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...slump will go or how long it will last. "With all the merchandising going on, the true test will come in the first quarter of next year," says Farley. Farley adds that carmakers are seeing stress even among what has been the industry's most reliable - though low-profit - customers over the years: "We are seeing quite a bit of capital stress on our rental partners...
...Arizona senator, who blew out Bush in the 2000 primary by 18 points, and revived his campaign by winning this year's contest by 5 points over Mitt Romney. New Hampshire voters tend to be fiscally conservative-the state is home to the Concord Coalition, an anti-deficit non-profit-but fairly progressive on social issues. From that perspective, McCain seemed like a welcome change from Bush: a fiscal conservative who wouldn't focus much on abortion or gay marriage. And, in fact, Barack Obama and McCain stayed fairly close in New Hampshire polls up until...
...House office—which helped him arrange the logistics of his time off—“extremely supportive and facilitating.” After election day, Zuckerman plans to return to Portland, Maine, where he spent the summer in the foreclosure prevention group at the non-profit law firm Pine Tree Legal Assistance. This spring, he will continue his time away from Harvard, studying abroad in England...
After 30 proposals in the first round, closet Facebook stalkers delighted in the idea of more online social networking tools, while starry-eyed idealists rejoiced over non-profit organization schemes. And for the chocoholics, David B. Belanger ’09 appealed to their sweet tooth with his cornerless brownie rotisserie. “It’s a cylinder that rotates in your oven so that there are no corners,” he described to the chuckling onlookers...
...Meanwhile, an appreciating currency?the yen hit a 13-year high against the dollar on Oct. 24?is hurting Japan?s exporters. This week, Honda cut its annual revenue forecast for the 2009 fiscal year to $5.2 billion, a 19% decline compared with FY2008 results. Sony announced that its profit dropped 72% in the first half of the year. Help may be on the way. But Aso must convince a divided Japanese parliament to pass his stimulus package amid growing skepticism that it will be too little, too late...