bloomberg.com - 11/11/2008
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Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. , the world's biggest carmaker, opened a $300 million factory in Russia as it looks to compensate for slumping sales in western Europe and North America. The plant in the Shushary district on the outskirts of St. Petersburg will produce 70,000 ...
telegraph.co.uk - 11/16/2008
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telegraph.co.uk —
A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a
huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin...
the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Al Gore's chief ...
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The world has never seen such freezing heat
news.yahoo.com - 11/5/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
MOSCOW Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland
to counter U.S. military plans in Eastern Europe ,...
President Dmitry Medvedev warned Wednesday, setting a combative tone that clashed with global goodwill over Barack Obama 's election. In his ...
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Russia to deploy short-range missiles near Poland - ...
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Tuesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 51 Wounded
Antiwar.com Original —
At least six Iraqis were killed and another 51 were wounded , mostly during bombing attacks in Baghdad and Mosul. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, the fate of a U.S.-Iraqi agreement may rest on support from a political group that has much to lose regardless of the choice they make. Political observers are waiting ...
Today in The Nation: Why Save GM?
The Nation: Top Stories —
... ). He says the Cruze may be a very good car, but they're going to build and sell them them in Korea because it costs less to build there. He also believes the Malibu is an excellent car. For the near future, he thinks that GM has a much brighter possibilities overseas where there is more faith in their brand. Just this month they put cash into a Russian auto plant because they can build Opals there, and it seems that Buicks actually sell quite briskly in China. Possibly the most interesting thing he said was that Americans are never going to buy low-mileage cars at a ...
Can GM Survive? A Wall Street Analyst’s View
Firedoglake —
I watched with interest the first round of questioning by Senate Democrats of the Big 3 auto execs yesterday. They're still dancing around each other but the battle lines have been drawn: Right-to-work red state senators want to destroy Detroit so Toyota and Honda can build beatific non-union plants in their states, while the Big 3 execs assert that all they need is cash to weather the current credit crunch and it will all be beer and skittles again.
We know the first group is full of shit, but how about the second?
I had a very enlightening converation with former Wall Street GM analyst Ron Glantz, who is also a founding partner of ...
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