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Thousands of Opel workers in Germany are breathing a huge sigh of relief after the last-minute deal to rescue GM's European operations. German unions had always supported Austrian-Canadian company Magna International's takeover of GM Europe, wary that the rival bid from Fiat was just an attempt, as one union official put it, to "pinch German engineering." The unions regard Magna as an innovative company that put forward the best plan to secure the long-term future of Opel. At the carmaker's headquarters in the town of Rüsselsheim near Frankfurt, workers were hugging friends...
...tune--and it isn't a pleasant tune to listen to. He thinks the "phony economy" of the U.S. is headed for even harder times. He believes that the crisis-fighting measures coming out of Washington are merely delaying the inevitable, debasing the dollar and loading future taxpayers with huge debts...
...Looking to the West Are such huge projects really necessary? China, with its gleaming coastal cities and modern transport hubs, is already the envy of developing countries like India. And from Alaska to Japan, there are plenty of examples around the world of infrastructure projects that owed more to local politicking than to real economic need. Most of China's stimulus spending, critics note, will be supervised by local governments. This will undoubtedly mean that some money will end up lining the pockets of corrupt bureaucrats...
...trucks will need to have an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 m.p.g. (6.6 L/100 km) by 2016 - almost 40% cleaner than they are today. The regulations would be the first national limit on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions and could presage further action to curb climate change. "This is huge," says David Doniger, policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate center. "This meets and exceeds all our expectations...
...that is where you find the real ‘military spirit,’ in students, not in the barracks.” Castro was on a tour, but the fact that he was coming to Harvard was still monumental for many. “It was huge, from Harvard’s point of view, it was huge,” said Michael D. Lockshin ’59.CASTRO THE LIBERATOR Many students were excited and curious to see the face of the future of Cuba. According to Michael D. Lockshin...