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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...agreement doesn't require Fiat to sink any cash into the Chrysler. Nevertheless, the Italian industrial group would get the initial 35% stake along with access to Chrysler's assembly plants and its distribution network, which stretches across North America. The companies have long been considered a good "fit" because Chrysler's footprint in North America complements Fiat's strength in Europe and South America. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Who Owns Chrysler Now? | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...trade conflict with China, Geithner knows, doesn't fit anywhere in that prescription...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Geithner's China-Currency Charge | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...bill really doesn't fit into what the Democrats [have] been talking about all along as timely, targeted and specific," Senator John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, lamented to another group of reporters around the corner, 20 minutes later. "It would take a significantly larger portion of tax relief to attract the support of a lot of Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economic Stimulus Plan Hits Bipartisan Obstacles | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...bosses to force their employees to work more. The move retained the 35-hour week as the nominal legal reference to undercut union protest, but then rendered it nonsensical by giving employers a free hand to set far longer work requirements. So far, however, bosses haven't seen fit to make such moves. (See pictures of Sarkozy's visit to London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why France's 35 Hour Week Won't Die | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

...history. If so, it will more likely be a force for civility - for "boring" things like good governance, for new ideas about how to control the cost of entitlements (which Obama pointedly mentioned in his speech) - rather than a rabble spamming the offices of recalcitrant Republicans. It will fit neatly into the Obama zeitgeist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Promises New Destiny, Work Begins Today | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

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