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...debt and eliminating 20,000-plus jobs to return the moribund company to profitability. Many observers--especially France's sometimes intractable unions--expected similar tough love in early February, when Ghosn unveiled his ambitious four-year plan for the European auto giant, which has had an increasingly close joint partnership with Nissan since 1999. But, quelle surprise, so far Ghosn's quality-enhancing, production-boosting, profit-focused project has avoided layoffs. "Renault is not in the same critical situation Nissan was, so the methods we're using to improve things are different," says Ghosn during an interview at Renault...
...group, still considered to be at increased risk of transmitting HIV,” according to the FDA’s website. Along with the Red Cross, two organizations—the American Association of Blood Banks and America’s Blood Centers—issued a joint statement last week that called for an end to the FDA ban. “The current lifetime deferral for men who have had sex with other men is medically and scientifically unwarranted,” the statement said. The statement also noted the negative consequences of the existing policy...
...best to take "firm, meaningful action" to rein in Iran, which insists it has the right to enrich uranium for what it says are peaceful purposes. But another knowledgeable U.S. official goes further, asserting that Rice called Lavrov to voice concern about his government?s continued opposition to a joint U.S.-European plan to have the Security Council call on Iran to suspend its nuclear activities. The official said that Rice warned Lavrov that Russia was becoming isolated from the rest of the Security Council; she referred, he says, to Tuesday's "informal" gathering of Security Council delegates hosted...
Berkman Professor of Psychology Elizabeth S. Spelke ’71, the EPC member who presented the proposal, said that the committee intended for secondary concentrations to serve students who have a desire to study more than one field without having to also complete the integrated thesis required of joint concentrators...
...concert, which Reverend Peter J. Gomes will host, is expected to draw an audience including over 250 Krok alums of all ages. While students have been able to appreciate the Kroks’ dedication to musical tradition—most recently in their joint winter concert with the Harvard Callbacks—this performance is an opportunity to experience the group as living history...