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American Christmas shoppers in Paris aren't the only ones suffering from sticker shock. The dollar fell to a near-record low of $1.33 to the euro at the end of last week. It has shed about six cents since early November, shattering months of calm on currency markets, causing a mini-swoon on some stock exchanges and prompting French Finance Minister Thierry Breton to call for "great collective vigilance." The dollar has also slid against the British pound, which closed last week just a few cents short of $2, its highest in 14 years. Many investors are betting that...
Another element of VW's strategy involves heading downmarket, reversing a silly foray into the luxury segment with its $68,000-plus Phaeton sedan, which flopped. The company has slashed sticker prices on the Jetta (lowered $1,400, to $16,500) and Rabbit ($1,000, to $15,000), hoping to recover profits with higher volume. And future models won't contain as many standard features, according to Hallmark. The idea is to produce cars that can compete more effectively in the midmarket. Designing cars for the local competitive landscape is precisely what the Japanese have done for decades, of course...
...different applications; generally, this is very easy, although in rare cases, if you don't pay attention, it may not work properly. The mouse is Mac compatible, but you must be sure to have the latest edition of Logitech's Mac software. The biggest setback is probably the $100 sticker price - now that worthwhile PCs sell for $500 including monitors - but it's worth it for a mouse that's tails ahead of the competition...
...third-generation rancher on the windswept prairies of eastern Wyoming, Frank Eathorne doesn't have much time or use for complaining. But one day this spring, he drove 80 miles in his GMC truck with a BUSH-CHENEY bumper sticker to do just that. It wasn't that he minded the oil-and-gas boom currently flooding the state with jobs and royalties. The problem, he told a government panel in a hotel ballroom in Casper, is that the rush to drill in Wyoming is swiping the land right out from under its people...
...July 12. They were happy, both to be returning home and at what they perceived as Hizballah's victory over the Israeli military. One man, Hussein Suleiman of Jawayya, a village in the south, joyfully yelled "Hizballah!" when asked who won the war. He then held up a bumper-sticker that read, "Victory from...