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...jobs and 14 plants, Pipas says. Ford now plans to cut its total production in the fourth quarter by more than 21%. Almost half the cuts will be concentrated at four plants where the company builds pickup trucks, says Pipas."We know th is decision will have a dramatic impact on our employees, as well as our suppliers,"William Clay Ford, the company's chairman and CEO, said in a note to employees Aug. 18."This is, however, the right call for our customers, our dealers and our long-term future,"he said...
...What is likely to have even a far greater impact in the coming decades is the quiet work that he is doing under the auspices of the Clinton Foundation. At an international conference in 2002, Nelson Mandela asked Clinton to attempt what governments have found impractical, if not impossible: Find a way to provide AIDS drugs to the more than 40 million HIV-positive people in the world - 90% of them in developing countries. Clinton recruited Ira Magaziner, the architect of Hillary's disastrous health care effort, to begin negotiating deals with the same pharmaceutical industry that she had demonized...
...because in African Americans they see investment possibilities and start-up capital that this country badly needs. Although Ghana is in much better shape than many other African countries, its GDP is $9.4 billion, or about $420 per capita, which ranks below most Asian countries. "The potential for economic impact is very significant," says Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Ghana's Minister for Tourism and Diasporan Relations. "As you look around now, you see the role African Americans are playing in the corporate world, as mechanical engineers, architects, doctors--right across the gamut...
...anyone considered the potential economic impact of cures resulting from human embryonic-stem-cell research? At a time when our medical and Medicare systems are being stretched and their costs are escalating, the possibility of curing patients--as opposed to managing their illnesses--could be a tremendous financial boon. The research should move forward. C. ELISE ALEGRIA Arlington, Mass...
...additional $500 million in reconstruction aid to the Lebanese government. The rebuilding frenzy could provide an opportunity for the U.S. to improve its tarnished reputation with the Lebanese people. So far, the U.S. has pledged $50 million in humanitarian assistance, but few expect American efforts to have much impact. "This is going to be a very politicized reconstruction," says an officer from a U.S.-based aid group. To deliver aid effectively, "we have to work through existing institutions, but in the parts of Lebanon that need the most help, Hizballah is the only institution...