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Both companies have promised to deliver fuel-efficient vehicles with advanced power trains that will alter perceptions about cars. "The Fisker Karma is the future of driving," says Henrik Fisker, founder and chief executive of the company bearing his name. "It proves we can drive environmentally responsible cars without sacrificing the emotional things that made us fall in love with cars in the first place." Fisker, the former design director for Aston Martin, has been in the auto industry for decades. (See the most important cars of all time...
Tesla plans to build a manufacturing facility, employing 650, in northern California that will build advanced power-train components for other automakers...
...much power federal health reform gives to states to manage exchanges - as envisioned in the Baucus bill - is a key element for controlling the cost of private health insurance for individuals and small businesses. "It's not whether they can or can't [establish an exchange]," says Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. "It's whether they will do it in an active way. An insurance exchange could just be a website that posts products, and you could do that with two people and an IT person...
...affront to Russian culture, critics point to what they call a breakdown in the rule of law. They see the skyscraper, which would be the tallest in Europe, as a symbol of the Russian leaders' blatant disregard for the public good as they continue to solidify their grip on power. On Sept. 28, a public opinion poll conducted by the EKOM Center, a nongovernmental organization that promotes civil rights in Russia, showed that 66% of St. Petersburg residents oppose the project. A month ago, a packed town-hall meeting ended in acrimony after four hours of heated debate over...
Still, it's a slim hope. Provincial councils have little real power in Afghanistan, as they serve more as advisory boards than legislative or budgeting organs. Tarana admits that she will be able to achieve little lasting change on the Kabul council but points out that by simply serving in the public realm, she will be making a difference. "I first started thinking about politics when I was having so many problems on Afghan Star. No one in government supported me, and those in power condemned me. Now I can be supportive of youth who are willing to rise...