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...public meeting ended in White City, the angry ranchers began sounding less like noble John Ford homesteaders and more like Oliver Stone conspiracy theorists convinced the feds are on a land grab. The ranchers and loggers seem outnumbered by monument supporters (people who attended three public hearings seemed to favor the designation by a ratio of 2 to 1). But this week the Jackson County board of commissioners will make recommendations to Interior Secretary Norton, and it is expected that the wide-ranging public support will be tempered with the concerns of businesses...
...point was that GE could not restrict those who would buy the shares. But to some GE advisers, this could mean only one thing--Monti wanted GE to sell part of GECAS to a competitor. That was never going to fly. "It would have been like asking [Ford CEO] Jacques Nasser to drive a Toyota for 20% of the day," says Yale economist Barry Nalebuff, who advised GE. Monti asked Welch to consider the terms and return that afternoon. Welch did, and rejected them. The next day, Welch called Card and flew back to the U.S. Jeff Immelt, his successor...
...such demand that there's up to a two-month wait for delivery. Both the Santa Fe and the Toyota Corolla-sized Elantra recently won top marks for front-end crash results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, beating rivals like Toyota's RAV 4 and Ford's Escape. Consumer Reports rates the Elantra as favorably as the Honda Civic. Says Virginia dealer Don Reilly: "This is awesome...
...Tokyo Dome. Young fans scream, "Ben! I love you, Ben!" The actor winks at the camera, which projects his face on two screens, and the crowd of 30,000 goes wild. Then Affleck, flanked by director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, hops onto the trunk of a yellow Ford Mustang convertible that wheels around the stadium. As the lights dim, color floods a screen that is triple the size of a tennis court. Japan is about to meet Pearl Harbor?again...
...critics have failed to recognize that MG Rover is a far different company from the one that seemed destined for the trash heap 14 months ago. Under BMW, Rover Group also included two other loss-making brands: the Mini, which BMW kept, and Land Rover, which was sold to Ford. And more than half of 1999's losses came from expenses that no longer exist, including interest on loans, loss-making fleet and overseas sales, and the costs of maintaining a workforce of about 35,000. Rover workers now number a mere 6,500. Skeptics, however, maintain that Rover...