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...March, French aviation firm Dassault bought an 82% share in conservative Le Figaro. Last week Libération, the feisty left-leaning tabloid daily, was getting the eye from Edouard de Rothschild, scion of the banking family. The real acid test will come, however, with Le Monde, which is seeking €50 million in new investment and is in talks with defense and media conglomerate Lagardère, as well as Madrid's daily El País. If it gets the new funds, Le Monde will have to pay for layoff packages for about 90 employees, work down...
...call. But in the most closely watched and heavily bankrolled races, the G.O.P. prevailed. In Missouri Matt Blunt, the son of four-term Congressman Roy Blunt, beat state auditor Claire McCaskill; the two candidates spent a combined $7.3 million, also a likely state record. And in Utah a scion of one of the state's richest families, Jon Huntsman Jr., handily trounced Scott Matheson Jr. Matheson was supposed to be the best Democratic gubernatorial hope since his father left the job in 1984. Like many in his party, he will have to go back to the drawing board. --By David...
...shown. The candidates were civil, pragmatic, unwilling to waste time?the virtues that make Hong Kong great. The flip side of all that, however, was a tendency not to probe issues deeply, a certain lack of political seriousness. James Tien, head of the pro-business Liberal Party and textile scion, maintained that democracy really means affluence of the kind Hong Kong has come to expect and that the needs of the hour are stability and tending of the economy. "Does having one man-one vote give you that good life?" he asked. But when Tien was challenged at a public...
...Inside, Scion aims for the sport-tuner look and basically gets it right. The instrument panel is cleanly laid out; chrome finishes accent the door handles and vent dials. A panorama sunroof, treated to reduce UV rays and interior temperature, lends an airy feel to the tight quarters. Scion rounds out the standard package with air conditioning, cruise control, power windows and mirrors, keyless entry and a 160-watt stereo...
With Toyota retiring the Celica and the MR2 Spyder, the company is banking on the tC to rev sales with hot-rod-minded kids. Scion offers a variety of accessories to customize the car with, such as an interior-light kit and satin silver shift knob. Add flame surfacing, and even a hipster might take notice...