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...just don’t doubt that Amanda will restore the paper to its glory,” Price said. “I’m sure it will be just a kick to be there...
...rumors at the 56th cannes Film Festival were so much more entertaining than the stuff on the Grand Palais screen, they deserve their own prizes. So here are our Kick-the-Cannes Awards. Best Pre-Festival Disaster Scenario: The Hell-no-we-won't-go rumor. After Gulf War II, journalists speculated that big American stars and producers would boycott Cannes in solidarity with the U.S. government's cold-shouldering of France. This notion of Cannes as a family picnic, where the feudin' cousins stay home, ignores what the festival really is: a place where movies are seen and sold...
...secretary will have to be prepared for more Orwellian wordplay. Once a tax cut becomes law, all the sunny guarantees that were made about its elixir-like effect on the economy will be put to the test as reporters demand to know when the promised boost is going to kick in. "These things take time," will be the inevitable answer. True, but not enough, especially since Bush's promises about the economic turnaround that would follow his $1.4 trillion tax cut in 2001 went unfilled. The White House could blame 9/11 and two wars for that. This time, reporters...
...have long been shifting from traditional pension plans, in which workers get a guaranteed income in retirement, to 401(k) plans, in which the pension depends on how much employees saved and how well they invested. And companies like Goodyear, Charles Schwab and Textron are reducing the amount they kick in to workers' 401(k) plans--or suspending company matches altogether. Other firms, such as Target Corp., are dropping paid vacations and health care for some workers...
...that Ford plans to leverage across 10 cars and crossover vehicles in its global lineup, including its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands. (Ford owns a controlling stake in Mazda.) But the core of Ford's global "product-led revival"--65 new models in the next five years--doesn't kick in until mid-decade...