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Chrysler's performance last month was weak compared to that of the competition, as Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Ford Motor Co. all posted healthy sales increases, thanks to the Cash for Clunkers program, which boosted industry-wide sales to the highest level in more than a year. (See the most exciting cars...
...adds, nodding to the Clunker-program buyers' strong preference for fuel-efficient vehicles. Even struggling General Motors Corp., which also closed its factories after filing for bankruptcy and saw total sales drop year over year, reported a sales increase of 30% in August, when measured against the previous month. Overall, Chrysler sales were up a meager 5% compared with July and dropped 15% year over year, to fewer than 100,000 units...
Adding insult to injury, Chrysler finished a distant sixth place in overall sales for the month, behind even the younger South Korean brands, Hyundai and Kia, which don't report their sales figure jointly, even though they are owned by the same company. When combined, the two Korean brands sold more than 100,000 vehicles in August, finishing ahead of Chrysler in monthly sales for the first time. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
During my two-month internship in India this summer, I was curious to see how Indians viewed America. Had the aftermath of the Bush administration left them with a negative view of our country, as it had for most of the world? Or had the presidency of Barack Obama inspired them to respect our country? To my surprise, I found that India—a country in the midst of a sweeping economic and social transformation—has a much more favorable impression of the United States than I had expected...
...College closed its Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response for the month of July, and administrators combined the Office of Residential Life and Office of Student Life and Activities into a single office while downsizing staff. The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, which gives advice to faculty and teaching fellows, is also struggling after a 40 percent budget cut and a halving of its staff...