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Alan Mulally has no experience building cars. He isn't well known in Detroit, having spent more than three decades in Seattle as an engineer and senior executive with Boeing. Up until yesterday, when he was named CEO of Ford Motor Co., replacing Bill Ford, he drove a Lexus - a plush ride, to be sure, but not a car you'd drive to Lions football games as a Motown exec. "That Lexus has been destroyed," Bill Ford joked in an interview with TIME. "We had it vaporized during yesterday's press conference." Mulally, for his part, acknowledges...
Social isolation has many well-documented side effects. Kids fail to thrive. Crime rises. Politics coarsens. Generosity shrivels. Death comes sooner (social isolation is as big a risk factor for premature death as smoking). Well-connected people live longer, happier lives, even if they have to forgo a new Lexus to spend time with friends...
...Rogers are giving New York City's 13,000 taxis and 20,000 town cars some eco-conscious competition. Last September the longtime friends co-founded OZOcar, the city's first hybrid-car service. Since then their fleet has grown to 75 and includes the Toyota Prius, Lexus GS 450h sedan and Lexus RX 400h and Toyota Highlander SUVs. "Everybody's got the latest, greatest iPod and cell phone," says Harris, 52. "Why should we accept antiquated transportation, especially when it does so much damage...
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...Brands: Putting price aside, affluent Americans voted Ralph Lauren the best clothing brand (15%), followed by Brooks Brothers (12%) and Armani (11%), according to the TIME online poll. Mercedes (22%), Lexus (16%) and BMW (15%) were voted best automotive brands and Clinique the best beauty/grooming brand (11%) followed by Neutrogena (10%) and Est?e Lauder...