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...expansion in the past few years provides some economies of scale, he says. He points out that the firm is also pooling its resources with other manufacturers, developing engines for the Mini together with Peugeot and hybrid-engine components together with Mercedes. Looking around the world, he makes a sharp distinction. Toyota, the world's biggest and most profitable car company, "is strongly process driven," he says. BMW, by contrast, "is more product driven--and I wouldn't want to bet on who will be more successful in 10 years." That's bravado, of course, but in itself such self...
...Cups, here, at last, was a series to savor. The Kiwis stunned their confident rivals by winning two of the first three races. The remaining battles were fierce and peppered with lead changes, but a slightly superior Alinghi crew proved decisive. "Right now, the guys aren't feeling that sharp," said Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton. "We didn't come here to take part. We came here to win it and we haven't done that...
...competition was not without its controversy or hard feelings. According to the Agence France-Presse news wire, Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer had sharp words about the level of financial firepower Russia had focused on their efforts. "Salzburg didn't stand a chance," he said. "It was an economic and political powerplay...which indicates the way they want to go from now on, and this is wrong for the sport and for the IOC and Olympic Movement...
...VICTIMS' FAMILIES: For many of those who lost family or friends in the bombing, this ruling is a sharp reminder that their doubts and questions are still not laid to rest. "I was one of the only relatives who sat through the trial," says Jim Swire, an English doctor whose daughter, Flora, died in the crash. "I went into that court expecting to be convinced those two men were guilty; I emerged thinking it was a cock and bull story." Like some other family members, he is calling for an independent inquiry - not just into the Megrahi conviction, but into...
Given Unger’s sharp pen and academic background, some professors wonder whether he will be able to make any headway on pushing through reforms in Brasilia...