Word: terme
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...filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The U.S. automaker says the sale of Hummer, which GM valued at $500 million, should allow it to preserve more than 3,000 American jobs. Tengzhong says it plans to maintain Hummer's existing senior management team and will enter into long-term assembly and supply agreements with GM. (Read "China's Auto Bailout Takes a Different Route...
...Sound. It is a remarkable turnaround since the Exxon spill, the worst man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history - the immediate shock of which killed hundreds of thousands of shorebirds that made their home in the Sound along with sea otters that choked on the crude. Over the long term, populations of orcas, killer whales, herring and other species would be injured by the accident. (Read "Remembering the Lessons of the 'Exon Valdez...
...reactionary,” says Randall S. Sarafa ’09, former UC vice president. “It’s beyond me whether that has been the consequence of the administration or failed communication on the part of the UC—those issues include J-Term and budget cuts.”Flores readily acknowledges that she was forced to work to affect policy after decisions had already been made on both issues, but cites as the reason what she says is a lack of prioritization of student opinion in decision making...
...wake of economic tumult that has left Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences with a projected $220 million budget deficit, a diverse slate of student jobs will be eliminated next year as part of larger cost-cutting measures, leaving undergraduates with more limited options for term-time employment...
...Brown dismissed the suggestion. Labour's term doesn't expire until June 2010. But rumors are swirling that Labour backbenchers are collecting signatures on a petition asking for Brown to step aside. Some opinion polls are suggesting that Labour might even slide into third or fourth place in some parts of the country in Thursday's municipal and European elections. So nobody is taking bets on the Brown government lasting into next year. (See pictures of Brown as he prepared for power...