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Like Cox, many Americans are desperate to get better gas mileage, feel frustrated with fuel prices and are impatient with the pace of auto-makers' change. "Toyota could produce this [plug-in hybrid] in a heartbeat, but they are just not there yet," says Charles Tonelli, owner of Westboro Toyota in Westboro, Mass., which performed Cox's Prius conversion and has a waiting list of 96 other customers who want the same service. (Click here to see what's involved in a conversion). In the meantime, non-profits like CalCars and Plug In America are lobbying for tax credits...
...HOTEL SEMIRAMIS, ATHENS Springing from the mind of Egyptian-British designer Karim Rashid, Hotel Semiramis (www.semiramisathens.com) has a glowing pink-glass cube for a lobby, home to a rotating collection of hypermodern, provocative art. Much of the work is on loan from owner Dakis Joannou, founder of the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art in Athens. Currently, the lobby's centerpiece is the compelling image of artist Vanessa Beecroft's own highly stylized wedding in an Italian chapel, with all the guests dressed in white. It's wittily complemented by Tim Noble and Sue Webster's huge flashing YES sculpture...
...After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, a last-minute interference run by a state-owned Chinese bank, and a minor rebellion among Dresdner executives certain to get axed in the wake of a deal, Commerzbank overcame the odds and agreed to acquire Dresdner for $14.5 billion from its owner, insurance giant Allianz...
...seems that the only remaining piece in the consolidation of the German commercial banking sector is Deutsche Postbank, the former banking arm of the government post and telecommunications monopoly. Its owner, Deutsche Post, itself still controlled by a large government shareholding, wants to sell. Until now, a sale to Commerzbank was considered prudent, but the newly enlarged bank is unlikely to be interested, analysts...
...Chad does have a plan. He's come across a disc containing Cox's notes toward a mem-wah, and he brings Linda into the notion of calling Cox to return the disc; maybe the grateful owner will give them a small reward. Cox misinterprets Chad's call as blackmail, and rears up to snort and neigh at the do-gooders. That brings Harry into the plot, and things devolve from there...