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...start of the modern era was particularly good for Italian and American cinema: Italian films took home the award four times straight, from 1966 to 1972, and twice again in 1977-78. Italian-American heavyweights Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, 1976) and Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now, 1979) took the glory for the U.S. and even Bob Fosse joined in at the start of the 1980s with All That Jazz. But critics would snipe that truly great films (and directors) were being overlooked: there would be no Cannes love for Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul),Werner Herzog (Every...
...Ross P. Ford ’12 was among the students who also chastised the administration for debuting the cuts during reading period, which he said was a “deplorable” time to notify the community...
...addition, several automakers, among them Ford Motor Co., Volkswagen, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi, have applied for assistance under the Federal Reserve Board's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility or TALF. The TALF, which was set up last fall, was designed to subsidize the sale of asset-backed securities, a critical source of funding for car loans, student loans and credit card receivables...
...headlines about crisis aid to the automakers, the U.S. Department of Energy is now preparing to release $25 billion in loans appropriated last autumn to speed up the transition to more fuel efficient vehicles. The cash is supposed to be used for specific projects that increase fuel economy. Ford, for example, has applied to use some of the federal cash to convert an assembly plant in suburban Detroit from building trucks to building small cars and electric vehicles. The project costs $550 million and Ford hopes to use some of the DOE cash. GM, Chrysler, Nissan and Tesla, the California...
...Tata Motors' unusual sales scheme for the Nano could ease some of its financial pressures related to $3 billion in short-term debt taken on by the company to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in March 2008. Because buyers placing orders for Nanos were required to pay for their cars in full, Tata Motors - India's largest car company - is receiving a $507 million cash infusion. Analysts say the revenue will reduce the company's liquidity problems and make it easier to refinance its outstanding loans, which come due next month. Tata Motors repaid $1 billion...