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...One of Torotrak’s most promising gadgets has long been the V-Charge, a smarter version of a turbocharger that took six years to develop....
...J Sainsbury (Retail) 91. National Grid (Utilities) 92. Daimler (Automotive) 93. McDonald’s (Restaurant) 94. Toyota (Automotive) 95. Volkswagen (Automotive) 96. Credit Suisse (Finance) 97....
...Republicans, meanwhile, have belatedly begun highlighting the Democratic party’s network of plutocratic backers, linked to a donor group called the Democracy Alliance....
...Dattaraj V. Salgaocar (V. M. Salgaocar Group) Harsh Pati Singhania (J.K. Organisation) Krishen Sud (Sivik Global Healthcare, Inc.)...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...The Elantra, launched last year, became the world’s fifth bestselling compact car and won America’s Car of the Year award....
...However, Fiat faces intense competition in Europe, even for its traditional forte of very small cars, where Volkswagen last month premiered its well reviewed Up model....
...He greets visitors in a meeting room lined with screens showing real-time sales charts at each of the group’s 60 dealerships around the country, which he is seeking to increase to 80 by the end of this year...
...Turner, Kevin J. Kelly, James D. Carnwath, Mary G. Condon, Paulette L. Kennedy, Vern Krishna, Christopher Portner and Edward P....
...In Europe, Honda’s CR-V small sport utility vehicle was a trailblazer when it was launched more than a decade ago, but now sits in an increasingly crowded segment that also includes Volkswagen’s Tiguan and...
...As the world car industry realigns after its crisis in 2008-9, Hyundai is – alongside Volkswagen and Ford Motor – part of a small cohort of rising producers that are changing the rules of the game....
...Jonathan Browning, the former General Motors stalwart appointed head of Volkswagen Group of America, is taking on one of the car industry’s most difficult jobs....
...Peugeot has 5.1 per cent of the Chinese light vehicle market, behind Volkswagen, General Motors, Hyundai, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, and Honda, according to JD Power, the consultancy....
...For example, in North America today, Chrysler manufactures all Volkswagen minivans, and beginning in 2011, we will produce all Nissan full-size trucks....
...America, Empire of Liberty: A New History By David Reynolds Allen Lane, £30 When America looks in the mirror it sees “liberty”, never “empire”, says Reynolds....
...“There’s no way we can expect to see an improvement in 2009, and probably the market will get worse before it gets better,” says Pete Kelly of J.D. Power Automotive Forecasting....
...GM, Hyundai, Nissan and Suzuki are all due to open factories in St Petersburg, and PSA Peugeot Citroënand Mitsubishi are building a plant in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, where Volkswagen has a factory....
...Perhaps this is not surprising as the down-to-earth, square-jawed, 59-year-old has spent his entire 36-year career at J&J, an icon of corporate America....
...TPG and Christopher Flowers aren’t likely to be the only beneficiaries....
...The SMMT described the growth of lower-emission car sales as “a dramatic shift” but environmental groups have been less impressed....
...Almost all the big companies showing cars in Frankfurt are showcasing at least one low-emissions vehicle; in the cases of some, such as Volkswagen and Ford, it will be an entire range....
...Diesel vehicles made up more than half of Volkswagen’s US sales at the height of the spike in petrol prices in 1981....
...Greenberg represented C.V. Starr & Co. Role reversal After years of serving as a top consultant to the world’s largest media groups, Michael Wolf is joining one....
...Interview: Dick Clark, chief executive of Merck, the US pharmaceuticals company, talks to the FT’s Christopher Bowe....
...What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist....
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