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...company, which once prided itself on its provincial roots in Baden-Württemberg, acquired a worldwide scale and presence in both cars and trucks--and bought some absolute dogs. That included a near bankrupt household appliance company (AEG), a teetering airplanemaker (Fokker) and a 37% stake in Japan's inept Mitsubishi Motors. Those and other investments drained management's attention and the company's account; Daimler's share of Mitsubishi's 2002-04 losses totaled more than $1 billion. The company's biggest acquisition, the $36 billion purchase of Chrysler Corp. in 1998, remains deeply controversial. The market value...
...order FEMA to build refugee camps. Before the elephant of big-government conservatism stumbles into mangrove swamps, vowing to set things right, Republicans need to remember that the lesson of Katrina is that individuals and local communities should be empowered, not trapped in moral or financial dependency upon an inept federal government...
...buffer against natural calamity. Big Government must organize access to medical care for all individuals. But Big Government has been under constant attack for decades, seen as the cause of Americans' woes rather than as part of the solution. Big Government is not the enemy, Bad Government is - inept, shortsighted and self-serving. Francis Mickus Paris...
...planner’s more curious suggestions is to “talk to complete strangers.” Only at a place like Harvard would administrators have to coax students into interacting with their peers. But the advice that follows shows that the administration is perhaps as socially inept as the student body. The planner continues: “Talk to complete strangers in the dining hall and the library.” The library seems an odd place to begin a conversation with someone you don’t know...
...Nancy Gibbs' article described the U.S. government's inept response to the hurricane disaster. That's one report we should all keep close at hand when Administration officials go on TV and try to rewrite history to save their political skins. Marjorie Hertelendy Grafton Township, Ohio...