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...elusive, one of the criteria for judging success used by Whitacre is market share, and by that measure, GM did improve in the third quarter, as its global share increased to 11.9%, up 0.3 percentage points from the first half of the year. "I took the job with a serious level of skepticism," Whitacre noted in a recent speech in Texas. "Some five months later, I am very pleased to report that my skepticism is giving way to optimism, little by little, day by day. We are much better positioned for success than I thought possible in July...
...paper, Ayogu might sound very serious, but he does not hesitate to admit that he is a Disney movie and musical theater buff, that he collects swords because of a childhood love of Lord of the Rings, that he spends a fair amount of time playing video games and procrastinating on Gchat, that he does have some Miley Cyrus in his extensive iTunes collection, and that yes, he calls his mother every...
...H1N1 virus is still quite a serious public health threat, Lipsitch said, but he added that the study’s results could be helpful for health officials in better gauging the necessary resources and precautions needed to combat the virus. For example, these results could be used to justify decisions not to close schools in large numbers...
...deeply concerned about Harvard’s budgetary situation. He took it upon himself to provide 13 pages of concrete recommendations for how we can all scrimp and save, including having all students brush their teeth more often so as to avoid the long-term costs of serious dental work and cavity fillings. I should have forwarded that one to Dean Smith...
...euro zone. "If you want an example of a political élite that thought membership of the euro zone was a panacea," says Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London, "you don't need to look further than Greece. They're in very serious trouble." (See pictures of the global economic crisis...