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...under current conditions, which include a severe shortage of cash for innovation and research. "This is the worst auto market since World War II," says Julie Becker of the Alliance For Automobile Manufacturers, representing both foreign and domestic nameplates. Adds Eric Fedewa, vice president at CSM Worldwide, a forecasting firm based in Northville, Mi.: "Our analysis suggests that allowing California and other states to regulate CO2 emissions, and thus fuel economy, will further damage companies that are struggling, like GM, Ford and Chrysler, and much of their supply base, and potentially destabilize relatively healthy companies like Toyota and Nissan." Asian...
More families are switching schools to save money on their children's tuition, according to a New York City--based firm that processes payments for nearly 2,000 private schools nationwide. Smart Tuition found that by the middle of the current school year, 7% of students had transferred--twice the number of students who left private schools...
...Shan, the trade could not have come at a better time. Shortly after the closing, she was laid off from her job as a project manager at a large communications firm. "This was a lifesaver for me," she says of the swap. "Now that I have a layoff package and a smaller mortgage payment, it takes a lot of the pressure...
...Having bought health insurance that carried a $2,500 deductible, he knew he would have to pay for a checkup himself. That is no small consideration for someone who makes $9 an hour, as my brother did in his job as an administrative assistant for a lighting firm in San Antonio. He also struggles with Asperger's syndrome, a disorder sometimes described as high-functioning autism. Pat can multiply three-digit numbers in his head with ease, but he has trouble accepting the unfamiliar and adjusting to the unforeseen...
...rally on Thursday following the ICCs indictment announcement, Bashir told a crowd that the aid groups had broken the law, though he did not say how. "We will act as a responsible government," he said, according to The Associated Press. "But we will be responsible and firm with anyone who tries to get at the stability, security in the country or whoever uses their position and presence in Sudan to violate the law, stability and security...