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Spoiler alert! If you haven't caught up with the previous season of the most mind-bending show on television, or if you haven't ever watched the show (for some inexplicable reason) but plan to at some future date, there are major spoilers in this article and in this video. You should probably go read about Paul Blart: Mall Cop right...
...Paul is at least inchoately aware that he has inner resources. Surely he is ordained, by the dictates of movie comedy, to win the girl, take revenge on his detractor, thwart a major crime and become a hero. When Veck, a new security guard (Keir O'Donnell), turns out to be the head of a gang that takes Amy and his daughter (Raini Rodriguez) hostage during a mall robbery, Paul proves his mettle, outwitting Veck and overcoming the gang lord's parkouring minions...
...Except for China and India, every major national economy in the world now readily admits that it is in the midst of GDP contraction. The resulting slowdown in global trade will certainly affect China seriously, as well, and sooner than most analysts think. A deep recession in China may be only a quarter away...
...Fiat is hardly a magic pill for Chrysler, which is burdened by inefficient factories that need major overhauls to allow for production of smaller, smarter automobiles, says Giuseppe Berta, a Milan-based car-industry expert. "At this point, Chrysler can say it tried to get out of a corner, that it found a European company that makes more marketable cars," says Berta. "But if you want to actually use Chrysler facilities to construct a Cinquecento or Alfa MiTo, you're talking about a major cost." (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...signature "just a start," noting that much will depend on how the U.S. auto bailout proceeds under the new Obama Administration. "This is still far from a done deal," says the official. "We've already said that with the current situation in world markets, there needs to be major consolidation in the car business, and as we've shown today, we'd like to be part of that." Still, despite its more recent success, the Italian company's share price is near an all-time low, and Tuesday's deal may have been an attempt, above all, by Fiat...