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There are other parties in the merger hunt. The French automaker Renault is also interested in Chrysler, according to several industry sources. But corporate merger would just be a step-up from the collaboration already going on among rivals in the industry. The sheer cost of developing new, more fuel-efficient vehicles is driving companies together, observes another executive, who notes that GM has already collaborated with Ford on building new transmission and has worked with Chrysler and BMW in developing hybrid vehicles. Chrysler spokeswoman Lori McTavish said that Chrysler entered into a partnership with Nissan earlier this year...
...Clair, Chrissis (6’0’’, 195) was a two-way starter for a 16-0 championship team and was also selected to play in the prestigious Pennsylvania East-West All Star Game. So far, Chrissis has impressed many upperclassmen with his dedication and sheer talent. “[Chrissis] was here this summer, worked hard, and can definitely play,” Pizzotti said. Chrissis will surely gain precious game experience this season, and may eventually mature into one of the most dangerous receivers in the Ivy League a couple of years down...
...November. In December, the committee will make the final decision on whether to proceed with any plan of action. But Grassi emphasized that the committee would be prudent in their decision making. “I would think the committee would not rush any recommendations through [due to] the sheer fact that he’s leaving in February,” Grassi said. “It’s very difficult to pass something for someone else to implement.” —Staff writer Michelle L. Quach can be reached at mquach@fas.harvard.edu...
...signed the bill into law, finally giving Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson the authority that he requested more than two weeks ago to buy up Wall Street's distressed mortgage-backed securities. But getting it done was not pretty or easy, and the clearest sign of that was in the sheer size of the legislation itself; Paulson's original request was barely three pages long, whereas the bill passed today runs well over 400 pages...
...needed any further evidence of a jaw-dropping double standard, we have to contemplate the sheer impossibility that someone who wrote a positive biography of McCain being chosen to moderate a debate." - the National Review's Jim Geraghty...