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...INDICATORS In Reverse Fourth-quarter earnings at General Motors, the world's largest carmaker, tumbled 37% due in part to spiraling losses at its European operations and a $220 million write-down of the remaining value of its stake in Italy's Fiat Auto...
...stake in this week’s flap, according to observers on and off campus, are Harvard’s efforts to recruit top female academics and reach out to alumnae and professors already displeased with what they perceive as the University’s callous attitudes towards women...
...Brown back into his familiar role - the hugely effective Chancellor and loyal soldier who marches along while Blair leads the parade. The Blair-Brown relationship would be fascinating even if there weren't so much at stake; the Irish rock star Bono wryly compares their creative tensions to those of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. According to one version of their history, Brown's patience was first tested back in 1994 after the unexpected death of Labour leader John Smith. Brown and Blair, rising stars on the modernizing wing of the party, recognized that they risked splitting that vote...
...million it already hands out to promote innovation. The industry accounts for just 10,000 jobs and about 31 billion in revenues, but it has leapt to the center of national attention following the December purchase by U.S. giant Electronic Arts of a 20% stake in French rival Ubisoft. "There's a lot of creativity in France, and we don't want to end up as another sweatshop for video gaming like India or Morocco," says Romain Poirot-Lellig, director of the industry association APOM. EA says its intentions are not hostile and industry sources in the U.S. point...
...their income is largely discretionary. [Many twentysomethings] are living at home, but if you look, you'll see flat-screen TVs in their bedrooms and brand-new cars in the driveway." Some twixters may want to grow up, but corporations and advertisers have a real stake in keeping them in a tractable, exploitable, pre-adult state--living at home, spending their money on toys...