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...electric company is cutting costs. Whether GM goes into bankruptcy or not, it is still shrinking its workforce. Last week 7,600 salaried workers took buyouts. Chrysler has employee buyout offers pending. Several large auto parts suppliers are still cutting people. In other words, industries which were in trouble six months ago are in as much or more trouble now. (See pictures of Detroit's decline...
...With an election just six months away, Merkel simply doesn't have the political capital with voters enjoyed by the newly elected Obama Administration. She already faces rising criticism and demonstrations against her policies to bail out the banks, such as the government stakes in Commerzbank and struggling mortgage bank Hypo Real Estate. Critics say during years of belt-tightening to cut public debt the government had no money for social programs, but now it is spending billions to bail out irresponsible banks...
...Crimson scoring. Sophomore Dillon O’Neill and Rogers added two runs apiece on two hits as Harvard capitalized on overmatched Penn starter Reid Terry.In addition to a consistent offensive display, Suter delivered the true gem on the mound, yielding only one earned run, while striking out six and walking none. The freshman appeared to find his control early and pounded the strike zone—throwing 76 of his 99 pitches for strikes.“[Suter has] been showing all year that he can be a really good pitcher for us,” Douglas said...
...Crimson, finishing second in the most competitive division. They started off their seventeen races of the weekend well, with two early victories and three second place showings in their first ten contests, and also finished strong, placing in the top five in all but one of their last six races.“There was a pretty steady wind out on the river,” Palmer said. “It was a little different than our normal situation out there, but we were able to take advantage of being home. We had a rough Saturday but were able...
...operations officer is trained in a foreign language," he said. Panetta also said he'd like to increase the number of minorities at the agency to 30%, "so that we resemble America." And he acknowledged the need for "better outreach for Muslims, Arabs, African Americans and Latinos." (Read "Six Ways...