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...Speaking at the Paris Motor Show earlier this month, Carl-Peter Forster, president of GM Europe, said that car sales were falling fast across Europe and that higher gas prices had made the cost of car ownership prohibitive. To own and operate a car in Germany now costs 25.5 % more than it did in 2000, he said, while the consumer price increase has only been 15.6 %. Forster believes carmakers need help from Europe's capitals to turn the situation around. He wants European governments to stimulate the economy, free up credit and restore consumer confidence...
...analysts admit that most of them failed to predict how fast oil prices would drop. Just a few months ago, some were saying oil might reach $200 a barrel by year's end. "The analysts have been quite surprised by the pace and volatility of the decline," says David Fyfe, senior oil analyst for the International Energy Agency in Paris, which as a rule does not predict oil prices. "The volatility has been quite marked...
...from sellers not just complex debt vehicles like mortgage-backed securities but also plain old faltering home loans with local banks, without vacuuming up every loan in the country. If these approaches don't work, Kashkari and the rest of Paulson's team will need a Plan B. And fast. It's a tough assignment for a temp...
...which a husband reveals to his wife that he is gay; she responds that she is a werewolf. Even with the large number of films from varied backgrounds, many of them relied on the same techniques and started to blend together. Stop-motion and fast-forwarding effects were popular with filmmakers trying to pack more time into 60 seconds, and much of the music seemed to come from the same new-age soundtrack with the requisite beeps and static. Not surprisingly, the one-minute format was better at capturing small moments than complex concepts. “About a minute...
...because of her membership in a Bible church. But there is no denying that mainstream Evangelicals and Pentecostals, while political allies on many social issues, have historically had significant tensions over theological differences. The Evangelicals' swoon for Palin might fade if it turns out that she continues to hold fast to Pentecostal practices and beliefs...