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...Monday but does not go far enough as to clear the air on the what-ifs that sit like an elephant in the middle of [Toyota's] story," noted James Bell, a senior analyst with Kelly Blue Book. "We appreciate that such an issue is difficult to replicate and test, but we don't believe this press conference has put the public's mind at ease just yet." (See the worst business deals...
...circus had come to town for its annual preseason trials. It was only a test session (racing gets under way March 14 in Bahrain), but it gives you a good idea why F1 is one of the biggest sporting enterprises in the world - part medieval joust, part moon launch. The pennants bearing each team's coat of arms flap jauntily from trucks that house enough computing power to send a man into orbit. This mix of techno-dazzle and hometown pride helps explain why 40,000 fans turned out at Ricardo Tormo to watch a nonrace with no winner...
...kept in a different cell block. After a month of sleep deprivation ("The guards would force me to stand every time I tried to sit down," he says), the interrogations continued but the conditions of his confinement relaxed. Zaeef came to accept his captivity as a test from God. He memorized the Koran and brushed up on his English, which he now uses skillfully. He describes the Pakistanis, whom he says sold him to the Americans, as "impish." (See pictures of the U.S. Marines' July 2009 offensive in Helmand province...
...This study was done in a test tube,” Moir said. “We have to show in vivo that it does in fact work...
...Specter survives the primary, he will face a stiffer test in November against former Congressman Patrick Toomey - the man whose candidacy drove Specter from the Republican Party. In 2004, Specter beat the far more conservative Toomey by a mere 17,000 votes of the million cast in the Republican primary - which is one reason Specter realized he couldn't win a rematch against him four years later in a primary that would be decided by a smaller, more conservative party base. After Specter's party switch, Toomey was down in the polls by 20 points against Specter in a general...