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...wild ride began when Porsche quietly announced on Sunday that it now held nearly three quarters of VW's equity, having expanded its direct stake in VW to 42.6% from 35%, and also having exercised call options on enough shares to raise its stake to 74.1%. The sports-car manufacturer's announcement that it had effectively taken control of VW was very bad news for hedge funds and banks that had taken short positions on VW shares on the assumption that their price would fall...
...campaign is in its final week, and it's been an extraordinary ride - so extraordinary that it's easy to forget that it began with a skinny state senator with a funny name and a lot of teeth giving an unforgettable speech at the Democratic convention in Boston four years ago. When Obama stood before his party elders and declared that "there's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America," he was talking to a crowd of party faithful inflamed with hatred for George W. Bush and eager to fight every campaign...
...many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries. To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, the researchers conducted two experiments. The first involved a group of 41 undergraduates who were taken by elevator to a fourth floor room. During the ride, a research assistant who was unaware of the study's hypotheses, handed the test subject either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form on a clipboard. The drink was then handed back. When the subjects arrived...
...cabs will not deny a ride to those who need...
...SafeRide program, which is now in its fourth year, was created after the Boston chapter of the national Sober Ride program became defunct...