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...does Tengzhong, a private company based in China's southwestern Sichuan province, hope to revive Hummer? The company has offered few details. It manufactures heavy machinery, road and bridge construction equipment, and special-use vehicles like dump trucks and cement mixers. With fuel prices remaining high, Tengzhong may restrict Hummer to some type of specialized application, rather than position the vehicle as a toy for wealthy consumers, says John Bonnell, director of Asia Pacific forecasting for J.D. Power and Associates. "I think the future is something outside a normal passenger vehicle for the Hummer," says Bonnell...
...hope that the program will not only prevent depression, but also the impairments associated with it," says Garber. "We will be looking at alcohol and drug use, eating problems, anxiety and behavior problems and performance in school...
...argued, of course, that life- and disability-insurance companies have everything to gain from customers who live long and healthy lives - and continue to pay their premiums. So it would not be in the insurers' interest to support tobacco use. But the authors argue that in fact, insurers profit both ways. "Although investing in tobacco while selling life or health insurance may seem self-defeating," the authors write, "insurance firms have figured out ways to profit from both. Insurers exclude smokers or, more commonly, charge them higher premiums. Insurers profit - and smokers lose - twice over...
...book you use history and psychoanalysis to explain what kindness means today and how it has evolved. Why take that route? Taylor: I had got fed up with seeing stuff in the media about people suddenly discovering that being nice to others made them happier than being self-interested or greedy. How is it that people don't know this? In order to understand what's happened to kindness in contemporary society, it's important to understand how we got here. (See 20 ways to get and stay happy...
...events that, when combined, was "close to the worst possible scenario that could arise from the design limitation in the AOA processing algorithm." Airbus also told investigators that this particular mathematical formula for flying the plane is found only on its A330 and A340 models. "Different algorithms were in use on other Airbus types, which were reported to be more robust to AOA spikes," the report said. "The manufacturer advised that AOA spikes matching the above scenario would not have caused a pitch-down event on Airbus aircraft other than an A330 or A340...