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...Mercedes Sprinter vans into plug-ins, which will be tested as early as this fall by commercial partners in the U.S., such as utilities. Chrysler says the vans can run 20 miles on batteries charged both via the socket and, like the Prius, by braking. Cost will matter, says Rolf Bartke, head of the Mercedes-Benz van division. "In the end it should be viable and economic for our customers." Bartke says the aim is to bring the battery cost down below $10,000 within four years...
...Seifert's costly and unsuccessful bid to take over the London stock exchange earlier this year, TCI pushed for a reshuffle of Deutsche Börse's management and the replacement of most of its supervisory board. As well as securing Seifert's removal, the investors also picked off Rolf Breuer, the chairman of the supervisory board, who said he would quit before year's end. Many Germans were taken aback by the sight of heads rolling at the exchange - a symbol of German capitalism - but not all believed "locusts" were to blame. Reinhild Keitel of Schutzgemeinschaft der Kapitalanleger...
...changing your diet and lifestyle or seeing a doctor for a proper diagnosis. Most pain is just a temporary, slight discomfort. Learn to tell the difference between twinges and chronic pain, and take medication only for the big stuff. Recognize that painkillers are drugs that have side effects. Rolf Ohlemutz Napa, California, U.S. Remaking Morocco Re TIME's report on investigations of the bombings in Madrid last March 11 [March 21]: I was disappointed by the story's implication that Morocco's policies may exacerbate terrorism. Moroccans continue to be saddened by the March 11 tragedy and share the grief...
...whole, Japan Inc. remains one of the most insular corporate cultures on earth. Over the past 15 years, plenty of Western management practices, investors and executives have been tried, with mixed results. For every Ghosn, who is now a national hero for saving Nissan, there is a Rolf Eckrodt, the DaimlerChrysler executive who failed to turn around Mitsubishi Motors. For every Ripplewood Holdings, the U.S. investment firm that bought out and successfully relaunched the bankrupt Long-Term Credit Bank as Shinsei Bank, there is a Carrefour, the French retailer that is withdrawing from the country after just five years. Still...
...runway and the gentle, classic beats began. Strutting effortlessly onto the runway, the Philo blondes wore flowing washed silk skirts and effortlessly sexy black ankle strap shoes. Many of this season’s collections were jarring and outrageous-—like that of Alexander McQueen or Viktor & Rolf, whose most recent line was replete with pyrotechnics. Phoebe Philo had no charades. She filled Paris’s most beautiful gardens with nothing but class...