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...that dates back almost four decades. During the first years of its operation, the factory produced small cars for the Turkish domestic market - models that were already at the end of their life in Western Europe. But since 2000, Renault has used the Turkish plant as a significant export hub. It makes Renault's Mégane and Clio cars there for the rest of Europe, and has been upgrading the factory to produce diesel engines. "The quality is really good," says Alain Gabillet, the French general manager...
...history of our 43rd president, there are no real revelations to be found in W. But what may surprise both Bush experts and newcomers alike is the breadth of sources used in constructing this piece of historical fiction. Taken on its own, the "W. Film Guide" is a useful hub of Bush anecdotes, psychoanalysis and chronology, charting the rise and fall of this unlikely world leader...
...Dubai and its real estate market are vulnerable to an international economic downturn, especially compared with many of its Gulf neighbors. As the region's premier business, transportation and tourism hub, it is by definition more entwined with the global economy. And in tight times, Dubai lacks the windfall oil profits that have enabled sister emirate Abu Dhabi, for example, to amass a financial cushion in sovereign wealth funds totaling hundreds of billions of dollars...
...world's factory, is a wealthy city. But even here, the global credit squeeze is making it tougher for businesses to borrow money to cover their short-term needs. "Right now, we're facing trouble," says Tommy Lam, owner of a garment factory in Dongguan, a Chinese manufacturing hub near Hong Kong. "We're not getting repeat orders we're supposed to get. [And] banks are warning us they may cut our credit in the future...
...ever seen a new England boarding school or a Harry Potter film, you can picture the scene in Nashville: an idyllic campus with kindly professors who head the dorms, a dining hall that's a social hub and a living room, interhouse rivalries and organized activities galore. But if you're thinking high school, think just a little bit higher; this is the Commons at Vanderbilt University, a brand-new campus within a campus to house the entire class of 2012, 10 professors and its own Dumbledore-like dean. The school spent $150 million and a decade creating this community...