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...Three and its dealers was, for many years, symbiotic. There was some real balance between the products and marketing that came from the manufacturing and the sales and service that came from the dealer. That bond has been broken in an especially short period since approximately a third of the distributors of cars for Chrysler and GM will lose their franchises. It is the only financially expedient thing to do, but the government is, once again, encouraging an action that will put tens of thousands of taxpayers out of jobs. By placing the large car companies on short leases...
...researchers who conducted the first study of the test, patients with low risk scores may expect an 8% chance of seeing their cancer come back within three years; higher-scoring patients have a 25% chance of recurrence over the same time period. Colon cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. (See pictures of cancer survivors and read their stories...
...recognize Russia’s profound military weakness (while invading Georgia, many of its officers were reduced to communciating on their personal cell phones) or the effect of the nation’s recent economic collapse (stock market down three quarters, reserves down half, currency value down a third, double-digit unemployment and inflation). NATO in fact has far more power over Russia than Ms. Bryson imagines. She attempts to impugn President Saakashvili’s democratic credentials, ignoring the fact that he is besieged by a giant neighbor where even vestigial democratic politics have been totally liquidated. The fact...
...understand. You can't put hockey into every major city in America, because hockey isn't woven into the fabric of the American quilt the way it is woven into the Canadian toque. Canadian billionaire and hockey nut Jim Balsillie knows this - which is why he's making his third attempt to purchase a NHL team ... seemingly against the NHL's wishes. (Read "Why No One Is Seeing the NHL's Great Game...
...million in cost-cutting measures announced on Monday represents only a third of the total $220 million annual deficit that FAS administrators hope to close by July 2011. FAS will embark on its next stage of reductions—dubbed “reshaping” by FAS Dean Michael D. Smith—in the coming months to make up the remaining $143 million...