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...life even more friction free, which is why the sudden proliferation of all manner of electric bikes and scooters thrills me (in a low-affect, let's-not-unduly-elevate-the-heart-rate kind of way). You've probably heard about the E-Bike, the brainchild of erstwhile Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, which went on sale (for $995 and up) at car dealerships in warm-weather states two weeks ago. I'm certain Iacocca is on to something, but even if I lived in a warm-weather state, the thought of going to a car dealership any more than necessary...
DIED. HARRY CALLAHAN, 86, innovative photographer who celebrated the ordinary; of cancer; in Atlanta. Callahan got his start in photography when he joined the camera club at his then workplace, Chrysler Motors. The self-effacing Midwesterner soon took to shooting city streets, clouds, pedestrians and, most memorably, his wife Eleanor. Influenced by Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz, Callahan infused his images with stark lines and contrasts. After teaching at the Bauhaus-inspired Institute of Design in Chicago, he ran the photography arm at the Rhode Island School of Design (see Appreciation, below...
...have heard of him, but Tom Paxton wrote "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler," an early '80s folk classic popularized by Arlo Guthrie. (If you haven't heard of that one, get out some time.) Tonight, he comes to Cambridge. Club Passim, Harvard Square...
Still, the hint of a deal with Ford was enough to pull DaimlerChrysler closer to Nissan, and the German-American auto giant may still step in to save the Japanese. Even before CEO Juergen Schrempp inked a deal to acquire Chrysler Corp. for $37 billion last May, his Stuttgart brain trust was urging him to buy a controlling stake in Nissan Diesel. That would give Daimler, the world's largest commercial-truck producer, a solid foothold in Asia...
...seen some surprising unions in the business world over the last few years: Disney and ABC, Mercedes and Chrysler, AT&T and TCI. But yesterday's announcement that the New York Yankees and the New Jersey Nets would merge into a single, $1.4 billion company--YankeeNets--takes the cake...