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...dresses like a still curly-haired Chelsea Clinton, leaves the next morning for a Berkeley-esque college, where she realizes quickly her dream of normalcy—which entails, in her immortal words, “cruising around in a Volkswagen Beetle with a cooler in the passenger seat holding a bologna sandwich and a beer”— will be hard to achieve...
...Engine Trouble Blaming high German labor costs and a stagnant auto market, Volkswagen said it could cut 30,000 jobs unless employees accept a two-year pay freeze...
...more questionable. But veteran physicians such as Jean-Gabriel Brun, 57, a thoracic surgeon in Paris, say exploding malpractice-insurance costs, paltry fees and 60-hour workweeks are putting his profession on the endangered species list. He says he earns about €140,000 a year, but drives a Volkswagen Golf and has trouble making ends meet. And don't even think about invoking the magic word "solidarity," the idea that even surgeons should sacrifice to make the health system whole again. "Solidarity," he harrumphs, "has always been against us." In addition to the 10% pay hike, Health Minister Philippe...
...Padilla, 57, the Detroit native in charge of the company's Americas division, is taking the role of COO and much of the credit for Ford's $6 billion swing into profitability over the past two years. Padilla's push for quality helped the firm pull ahead of Volkswagen and Nissan in the latest J.D. Power & Associates survey. But Ford has to get a lot better to remain competitive. It still trails DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, not to mention the industry average, in the Power quality rankings. Padilla, who was also named chairman of automotive operations, needs to revive...
...Flyer was designed by Chinese engineers, but at least two other companies are suspected of trying to cut costs through a time-tested Asian shortcut: copying Western designs. Analysts once considered cars too sophisticated to knock off. They were underestimating Chinese ingenuity. In 2002 a Volkswagen-like subcompact made by a small company in Anhui province now called SAIC-Chery Automobile began appearing: it was made with components provided by suppliers that were believed to have signed exclusive deals with Volkswagen's joint venture. More recently, Chery has run afoul of GM by releasing a car, called the QQ, that...