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...there is one proposal that teams are not prepared to accept: the FIA's suggestion that all cars use an identical engine built by a single manufacturer. The idea, backed by FIA President Max Mosley, has drawn fierce criticism, with Ferrari arguing that it would undermine the sport's "raison d'être, based principally on competition and technological development." If it happens, Ferrari and other big teams say they would consider abandoning Formula One. Perhaps, as has been suggested in the past, a few big teams might even set up rival races. "Why would Toyota want to use somebody...
...stresses the controversial idea is only one of several options. Also up for discussion - this time between the FIA, teams and the majority owner of the sport's commercial rights, private equity firm CVC - is a new agreement governing the distribution of revenues from Formula One. The current deal gives each team a share of the profits that varies depending on their position in the championship. A new deal could increase the teams' combined share from 50% to as much...
...idea is that if there is a filmmaker that comes out, they’re going to be shooting in Massachusetts, they’re going to be utilizing the facilities that we have available for them,” says Peter Fleury, Executive Director of Operations. “It’s expensive to bring out an entire crew, so we want the talent on the East Coast to be utilized...
...Just as the success of movies and the flow of films to Massachusetts is an uncertainty, so too is the overall economic impact that they will have on the State. Paleologos believes that a “multiplier effect”—the idea that economic development will stimulate more than just the directly affected industries—may cancel out any money that the state puts into its film efforts...
...third myth is that animal protection is a new and radical idea. Stalwarts of greyhound racing in Massachusetts sought to cast themselves as preservers of a historic sport, battling against animal rights extremists set on destroying tradition...