Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
General Motors, Driven to the Brink
By BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY NewYorkTimes
Published: October 25, 2008
IN late May, senior executives at General Motors confronted a decision that few thought they would ever face: whether to continue developing the next generation of one of the most successful products in G.M.’s 100-year history — the full-size sport utility vehicle — or to punt the program entirely.
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Posted by smeddum on October 26, 2008
The Age of Triumphalism is over
Americans are no longer in the mood to chase after distant evildoers.
By Andrew J. Bacevich LosAngelosTimes
October 26, 2008
All but lost amid the hullabaloo of the presidential campaign, the State Department recently dropped North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Kim Jong Il pocketed a concession that even a year ago would have seemed unimaginable. The American people — feeling more threatened by Wall Street than by Pyongyang — managed barely a shrug. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by alfied on October 25, 2008
Whilst this entity exists Humanity can never progress
BRITAIN : FAMILIES EVICTED from their homes on an island in the Indian Ocean lost their long-running battle to return yesterday when the law lords (the senior court of appeal court in the UK) ruled by a majority of three to two in favour of the British Foreign Office. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 24, 2008
Harry Wallop
24th October, 2008
Though very few private investors have their money tied up in hedge funds, everyone who owns shares will be affected – including the estimated nine million people whose pensions are invested in the stock market.
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Posted by smeddum on October 24, 2008
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Posted by seumasach on October 23, 2008
John Lichfield
23rd October, 2008
President Nicolas Sarkozy would like to emerge as the economic “president” of Europe until 2010 – overseeing a united response to the world financial crisis by the 15 Euroland nations and Britain.
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Posted by seumasach on October 23, 2008
Ben Hall
23rd October, 2008
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday said France would set up a new “strategic investment fund” to stop French companies from falling into the hands of foreign “predators”.
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Posted by seumasach on October 22, 2008
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Posted by alfied on October 22, 2008
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Posted by seumasach on October 22, 2008
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Posted by smeddum on October 22, 2008
The Medvedev Doctrine and American Strategy
OCTOBER 21, 2008
September 2, 2008
By George Friedman GeorgianDaily
The United States has been fighting a war in the Islamic world since 2001. Its main theaters of operation are in Afghanistan and Iraq, but its politico-military focus spreads throughout the Islamic world, from Mindanao to Morocco. Read the rest of this entry »
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In These New Times 