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...Mart also inserted itself into political races, to the unions' great irritation. The company donated money to the campaigns of black Congressmen Harold Ford, Charles Rangel and Albert Wynn. And after Wal-Mart gave a lunch for a few members of the Congressional Black Caucus, a small brouhaha between labor and the black caucus erupted. The Service Employees International Union fired off a letter accusing the Representatives of betraying labor. The head of the caucus, Democratic Congressman Mel Watt of North Carolina, bristled at the criticism. "I'm not defending them--I think a lot of their practices are abysmal...
...would the new rules benefit the environment? They would toughen fuel-efficiency standards on such popular SUVs as the Ford Explorer and Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Bush Administration claims that would save 10 billion gal. of gas over the life of vehicles built from 2008 through...
...environmental downside? Groups like the Sierra Club say the rules would have the perverse effect of encouraging carmakers to bulk up vehicles so they would fall under more lenient m.p.g. standards. Automakers such as Ford and GM might even be tempted to give up building small cars altogether because they would no longer need them to improve their overall fuel-efficiency numbers...
Recovery takes time--five to 10 years in most cases--and there are hurdles and frustrations along the way. "But there is life after a base closure," says Tim Ford, executive director of the Association of Defense Communities, a nonprofit organization that has been advising cities and towns facing closings over the past 30 years. Here is how four communities have coped...
...a?os, Mart?nez Tucker es ahora la presidente del fondo, y ha volcado su experiencia de negocios en ?l con el objetivo de expandir sus operaciones. Su trabajo es captar estudiantes -que ella llama clientes- a trav?s de reuniones celebradas en 51 mercados claves. Al mismo tiempo, donantes corporativos como Ford y Coca-Cola le agradecen que hable lenguaje que ellos entienden: resultados por la inversi?n. The Lilly Endowment, una fundaci?n filantr?pica privada, qued? tan impresionada que le don? un cheque de $50 millones. Celebridades como Jeff Garc?a y Cheech Marin se han unido a la junta de HSF. ?El resultado...