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Germany says agrees deal with Magna, GM to save Opel

Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:10

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany reached a landmark deal with Canadian auto parts group Magna, General Motors and governments to save carmaker Opel from the imminent bankruptcy of its U.S. parent, German leaders said on Saturday.

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Germany says agrees deal with Magna, GM to save Opel

Saturday, May 30, 2009 2:15

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany reached a landmark deal with Canadian auto parts group Magna, General Motors and governments to save carmaker Opel from the imminent bankruptcy of its U.S. parent, German leaders said onSaturday.

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Obama fashions a government of many czars

Saturday, May 30, 2009 1:31

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Name a top issue and President Barack Obama has probably got a "czar" responsible for tackling it.

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Obama financial reform, yet unwritten, faces battles

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:59

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's ambitious draft plan to redraw U.S. financial regulation has been panned by banking groups, setting the stage for a bruising months-long battle among lawmakers and federal agencies.

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Hot off the press

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:29

Theres really no room for revolution in the design of a book. Makers and users not professional designers have perfected its form and features over millennia. (The real revolution, if were looking for one, was the invention of the alphabet by the Phoenicians 5,000 years ago.) After all, ...

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Baker’s secret: ‘I love eating’

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:29

RACHEL ALLEN is set to have her own show on Discovery Travel & Living.

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The fight club

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:28

Indian fashion designers should call their fraternity The Fight Club. It has been said before in this column that the very inception of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) happened amidst intense internal wrangling. But ever since some designers walked out of the FDCI to set up the Fashion ...

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Legends of the North-East

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:28

A new graphic novel deftly balances the socio-economic realities of a neglected region with its rich tradition of folklore.

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The man behind the ZooZoo

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:26

He says he makes boring copy. But Aabhas Sharma convinces Rajiv Rao to talk about his stint in advertising and, of course, the ZooZoo campaign.

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Peer behind the scene

Friday, May 29, 2009 19:26

Lord Meghnad Desai offers Rrishi Raote a glimpse of the harsh life in the political village of Westminster.

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