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CHRISTOPH FRANZ High Flyer Swiss International Air Lines, successor to the defunct Swissair, has been flying low since it took off in 2002. The unprofitable carrier is seeking to get lift from its new CEO, Franz, 44, who most recently worked at the German railway Deutsche Bahn. But it was Franz's track record at Lufthansa that put him in the Swiss pilot's seat. In the early 1990s, Franz helped then CEO Jurgen Weber free the German carrier from high labor costs and years of losses. Lufthansa tried and failed to grab Swiss late last year...
...Great Barrier Relief The E.U. welcomed the U.S. Senate's vote to repeal $4 billion worth of illegal export subsidies. Brussels says it will lift its own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods - in place since March - once the legislation becomes...
...March, Thaksin pledged an economic aid package worth $300 million for the south. But financial assistance has failed to stem the violence. Local Muslims say the quickest way to ease their resentment would be to lift martial law, which Thaksin imposed on most of the south after Islamic gunmen attacked an army depot there in January, killing four soldiers and stealing some 400 rifles. For now, though, the Prime Minister thinks it's safer to bet on the healing power of rice and rhetoric...
...also ran into trouble when classes began. The buildings where one of his courses was held was not accessible by wheelchair. Ford missed lecture until the class was moved. Kessler had the same problem—she missed three sections of a class held in Grays basement because the lift that helped her get to the room required a key she didn’t have...
...brutal,” Klein said. “It had kind of been a grind. I was feeling like I hadn’t gotten a lot out of the round and to make something like that as the final shot of the day was definitely a huge lift...