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The European Commission's report cards in May 2012 for the 27 members of the eurozone.

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Akerson's efforts to change the culture at GM. The struggle against the bureaucracy and practices of the old GM that still persist.

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Saudi Arabia and the UAE are emerging as large arms buyers. Saudi Arabia spent $80 billion on arms purchases in 2014, more than France or Britain, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The Emirates spent $23 billion, triple the amount spent in 2006. Qatar made a $11 billion deal in 2014 for air defense systems and helicopters. It is looking for F-15 fighter jets to replace its fleet of older Mirage jets. Lockheed plans to replace smaller Pentagon sales by increasing global arms sales to 25-30%, according to CEO Marillyn Hewson. It has setup a separate division for foreign military sales.

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The glass ceiling facing locals for senior management positions at operations of western companies in China, India, Indonesia and other parts of Asia. Western companies are not doing enough to train and develop managerial talent in China, India and other Asian countries.

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The grace and good sense of railway announcement person Zende at Victoria Terminus in Mumbai that saved many lives during the Mumbai attacks on 11/26/2008.

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Try this climate change game from Harry Stevens in the Washington Post with your own answers. Data sets from Japan Meteorological Agency and National Snow and Data Ice Center helped build this game. Why is the Greenland ice melting that can cause sea levels to rise 24 feet along shorelines as the Greenland ice sheet melts. It is explained by the idea of Arctic amplification. Arctic sea water is whiter than the ocean. It reflects much of the sun's light and heat back into the earth's atmposphere increasing global warming. Increasing temperatures on oceans creating the kind of effect that created the Acapulco Storm and the Libyan coastal storm very rapidly before storm preparation can happen. And making more of the Greenland Ice Sheet to melt in this process of Arctic Amplification. Note that the Greenland Ice Sheet is based on land so that it contributes to sea level rise.

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Efforts to increase electricity costs, healthcare costs, to rein in the deficit from 6% to 5% come at the wrong time in France from the Barnier government which faces a no confidence vote and collapse in Dec. 2024. Macron appears to have made some bad choices.

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Listen America-the dire story of rural America with loss of people, losing schools, grocery stores, and then the last music place where people congregate. The US government must actively assist Rural America.

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China's Xiaomi smartphone maker makes electric cars. It delivered 135,000 EV's in 2024.

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For the first time Ford intorduces a car that will be a global car to go on sale in all markets around the world . The small car Fiesta will take a cue from Toyota's Corolla and Honda's Civic and be sold around the world under one name. The Fiesta has beeen sold in Europe for 30 years. Ford hopes to seel a million of these cars. The Fiesta was shown as the concept vehicle the Verve at recent auto shows in Detroit, Frankfurt and Guangzhou.

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Of the 13 US presidents she came to know Queen Elizabeth was the closest to president Eisenhower who she said knew her parents the most. Eisenhower headed the Allied Command in Europe during the period after the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. In Washington she stayed in Eisenhower's personal quarters the only such stay.

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Kaname Harada, 98 years, was a Japanese fighter pilot during World War II. Here NYT's Martin Fackler provides this exceptional account of Harada's effort to remind each new generation since 1965 of the horrors of war, and why Japan should not forget the lessons of World War II. In 1965 Harada started teaching kindergarden children at a school he opened to help give a new Japanese generation the right values of peace. Since he retired he gives frequent public speeches on the values of peace, and how Japan has benefitted from the post war peacetime period. He reminds listeners about the horrors of war from his own experience shooting down 19 Allied aircraft from his Zero fighter plane, and being close enough to see the horror stricken faces of Americans in the other planes. Even at the age of 98, Harada's voice has vigor though he suffers from throat cancer. His message is that the best way for Japan to protect its children, and its children's children from war, is never to forget. He says the current generation of leaders were born after the war and have no idea what it is....

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As the Ukraine war enters a new phase in the east UK prime minister Boris Johnson goes to Kviv.