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...briefly outline how you met and how your relationship developed? We met through business. I was chief financial officer for Hadassah, and we had a donor from France whose contingency of the gift he was giving, $7 million, was that Bernie had to be the person who handled the investment. That's how we met and how Bernie was introduced to Hadassah...
...program, and total unit sales of 700,000, the cash-for-clunkers program generated at least $17.5 billion of economic activity, not including incremental sales of additional products, such as extended warranties, alarm systems and financing revenue for the dealerships - as well as roughly $875 million in sales-tax revenue for state governments. When we add in the fiscal multiplier effect, the net impact of the program was easily north of $25 billion - if not much higher. However, the impact also has a short life expectancy. Once the program is over, the impact is pretty much over as well...
...said that, there will be a natural decline in new-vehicle sales for the rest of the year when compared to August levels unless we see a new stimulus or record manufacturer incentives. Without those stimulants, we'll go back to the preclunker levels of about 10 to 11 million annual vehicle sales...
...least the next couple of weeks. If the auto-sales rate drops below expectations, there is always a chance Congress may come up with a similar or totally new stimulus idea, but that won't likely happen unless we experience another period of sustained sub-10 million level [in annual car sales], which I hope never happens again...
...growing number of non-Japanese who live in Japan are decidedly not lovin' Mr. James. In a country known for its small foreign-born population - only 1.5% of 127 million - and restrictive immigration and naturalization policies, the new envoy for McDonald's Japan is creating a stir among non-Japanese residents. (See pictures of Super Bowl entertainment...