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...credits for selling their most efficient vehicles into California and other states that had adopted separate standards before the Obama Administration moved to harmonize an expanding patchwork of state and federal rules. The proposed solution results in an arrangement whereby carmakers who had been prepared to meet California's tough impending state rules (just to be able to sell in California) will now earn bonus credits for doing just that. "The concern is carmakers will be getting extra credits for what they would have done anyway," says Kliesch...
...bottle--a little more than half the size of its more traditional plastic bottle--for 35˘ in places like the southern coastal provinces, which have been hard hit by the slowdown in exports. Coke's China president, Doug Jackson, says he'll take what he can get in a tough economy. "If you have a little less kuai in your pocket," he says, using the colloquial word for Chinese currency, "folks look for where do I save that one kuai. Instead of drinking nothing, I can handle that cheaper one. It's just giving them an option...
...Harvard women’s volleyball team had a tough weekend in Durham, N.H., where it traveled for the Holly Young Invitational tournament. The Crimson (3-7) faced solid competition in Arizona State, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. Harvard was only able to come away with one victory in the tournament with its 3-1 defeat of New Hampshire...
...Scales took the reins. Forced to step up, the rookie contributed 11 yards in the fourth after running for 20 on five carries in the previous three quarters. Scales showed promise but could not comprise an effective run game by himself.“He’s a tough kid—poised,” Murphy said. “We didn’t do a good enough job in the running game today to beat a good football team.”Without a reliable run game, Harvard fell back on junior quarterback Collier Winters...
...Patriot League Player of the Year Dominic Randolph—the momentum instantly shifted over to the home team. Though Holy Cross was unable to get anything done in its opening possession, Randolph showed he could pick apart the Crimson defense.“They’re a tough offense,” captain Carl Ehrlich said. “We knew it was a tough offense coming in.”And though Harvard controlled the clock in the first possession, the Crimson ended the first quarter with just 6:57 of possession time to the Crusaders?...