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...Bloom has taken the lead in trying to negotiate the sale of 20% (at least initially) of Chrysler to Fiat. His position has been undercut by Chrysler's tenuous finances, leaving Fiat holding the cards at the negotiating table. The $6 billion sweetener from the government essentially amounts to a dowry for Fiat to take the ugly bride off America's hands...
...cheap migrant workers now face upheaval in their labor markets. In places like Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, and the Gulf states, companies are folding, factories are closing, and thousands are losing their jobs - meaning migrant workers like Hussein are being shoved out of the labor pool and into a tenuous half-life on the margins of the world economy...
...adviser to Senator Chuck Hagel, said there was little evidence to suggest that the interrogation of terrorism suspects under the Bush Administration had led to information that helped prevent attacks on U.S. soil. "At the Intelligence Committee, we tried to test these claims, but the evidence was very, very tenuous," he said...
...TIME interview, Neeson discussed his physical limitations and his tenuous, tenacious hold on life. In 1986 he had been felled by diverticulitis, an intestinal disorder. That experience scarred him. "I can't plan for next Thursday," he said. "I'll make a note of it and put a question mark after it. I don't like to commit, because you just don't know what's going to happen. It's got to do with 'the moment is now.' " In the same interview, Richardson testified to her future husband's chameleonic nature. "Liam has this gentleness and strength," she says...
...Since last May, Ankara has hosted several rounds of secret peace talks between Syria and Israel. It also played a role in helping secure the tenuous cease-fire that ended hostilities in Gaza earlier this year. Turkey has also been approached by Tehran to mediate in its standoff with Washington over Iran's nuclear program. A day after Secretary Clinton's Ankara visit, a high-profile Turkish delegation flew to Tehran, with whose regime Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's moderate Islamist-rooted government enjoys good relations...