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Before the recession, Audi's stated goal was to surpass BMW and Mercedes as the top-selling luxury brand. Is that still doable? We said we wanted to be the most successful premium car company in the world. Many people interpret this as meaning we want to sell the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Audi Is Cleaning Up with Clean Diesel | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

It's a compelling argument, though one he has yet to sell to his moderate colleagues and, crucially, to the Obama Administration. Schumer tried to make his case for a public option at a White House meeting on Oct. 22. But by all accounts, Obama and his chief of staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Chuck Schumer Push a Public Option Through? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

“Hence the vanity of translation;” Percy Shelley wrote, “it were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principles of its color and odor, as to transfuse from one language into another creations of...

Author: By Adam L. Palay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revisiting Rilke's Translations | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

In the business of protecting legacies, the choice of whether to block or back a project is often subjective and a matter of taste. In December, a Clint Eastwood-directed movie, Invictus (meaning "unconquered" in Latin), will be released, starring Morgan Freeman as Mandela. The film tells the story of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

The new legislation, the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act passed in July, now permits institutions to spend as much of an endowment fund “as the institution determines is prudent,” meaning that Harvard can now determine appropriate expenditures from more recently acquired endowments...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: New Law To Help University Finances | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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