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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, John McCain, Congress, Fdic, Hank Paulson, Liquidity, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Chris Dodd, Democrats, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Bank for International Settlements, Senate, Forum of Financial Stability, Treasury, Washington, Comptroller of the Currency, Central Banks, Sec, Global-Financial-Markets, Us, Sheila Bair, Republicans, Politics News

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dubai, Stephen Wiltshire, Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong, Art Therapy, Photographic Memory, Painting, New York City, Frankfurt, London, Art, Madrid, Drawing, Autism, Tokyo, Impact News

Stephen Wiltshire was mute when he was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three. He began communicating through his drawings after being sent ...

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Frankfurt Book Fair: Deals, E-Books, China, Mandela

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Frankfurt, Publishing, Nelson Mandela, Google Books, Book Publishing, Google Editions, Books, Book Fair, China, Chinese Censorship, Frankfurt Book Fair, Cory Doctorow, Books News

The Frankfurt Book Fair has been going on this week, and it's brought news, controversy, and excitement galore with it. The choice of China for guest ...

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China special guest at Frankfurt book fair

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Frankfurt, China, Germany, Home News

BERLIN — Organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair worked for 15 years to secure China as the guest of honor at their five-day showcase of global trends and best sellers that opens to industry delegates Wednesday.

Organizers are steeling themselves for lively discussions and the possibility of protests at the fair, which boasts about 6,900 exhibitors from more than 100 countries.

In her speech inaugurating the 61-year-old event, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "There can be – and I am sure there will be – no taboos in discussions" at the fair.

But the director of the German Book Sellers Industry, Gottfried Honnefelder, went one step further insisting that: "We view freedom of opinion as an inalienable right."

In September, members of the Chinese delegation walked out of a pre-book fair symposium after two authors they had insisted not attend showed up anyway.

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Audi e-tron EV Supercar Scheduled For Production, U.S. Debut in 2 to 3 Years

AllAboutElectric | AllCarsElectric | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Frankfurt, Home News

According to Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen, an electric vehicle based on the concept e-tron electric supercar will enter production a...

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Report: Daimler may move some production to US

AP | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Germany, Home News

German carmaker Daimler AG is considering whether to move some production of its Mercedes-Benz C-Class models to Alabama from Germany, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

The daily Stuttgarter Zeitung reported, without citing sources, that the company's management is mulling whether to move production of the C-Class from its Sindelfingen plant, in the Stuttgart suburbs, to Tuscaloosa.

That would allow the company to take advantage of lower labor and other costs and avoid swings in the value of the U.S. dollar against the euro, and would leave Bremen as the only German site producing the C-Class, the newspaper said.

Daimler builds a C-Class four door sedan, a two-door sedan and a station wagon. The report didn't specify which models could be affected.

Daimler spokesman Markus Mainka said that "there is neither a decision nor a recommendation on C-Class location politics." He declined to comment further on the matter.

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First Drive: 2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo

The Car Connection | CarConnection | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Lisbon, Frankfurt, Home News

This week, we've been focused laser-like on the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. Focused, precisely, on the moment we could leave the un-air-conditioned ha...

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Confirmed: 2013 BMW 3-Series Will Have Four-Cylinder Engine

The Car Connection | CarConnection | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Frankfurt, Home News

At the Frankfurt auto show, German automaker BMW has confirmed that the next-generation BMW 3-Series will offer a four-cylinder engine. But it's sti...

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Green Cars Are All the Rage At The World's Largest Auto Show (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Automobiles, Green Technology, Slidepoll, Green News, Frankfurt-International-Auto-Show, Cars, Green Living, Green Automobiles, Frankfurt, Sustainability, Green News

From hybrid plug-ins to all-electric sports cars, these green cars were all the rage at the world's largest auto show, the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germ...

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Frankfurt: Ah, the French! Renault's 4 Electric Car Concepts

GreenCar Reports | GreenCar | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Frankfurt, Home News

French carmaker Renault, whose partner Nissan recently unveiled its 2012 Nissan Leaf compact electric hatchback , showed no fewer than four sepa...

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Monday Timewaster: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing Microsite

The Car Connection | CarConnection | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Frankfurt, Home News

It's Monday, and as usual, we're feeling kind of sluggish -- especially those of us stuck at Stalag TCC while other lucky folks have jetted off to F...

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MINI 'Two Untamed' Video Previews Roadster, Coupe Concepts

The Car Connection | CarConnection | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

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We've known about the MINI Coupe and Roadster concepts for a couple weeks now, but they're still six days from their official debuts in Frankfurt. A...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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Honda Pulls Out of Frankfurt to Save Costs, Starts Testing FCX in Germany

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Tokyo-Japan, Japan, Geneva, Frankfurt, Los Angeles-California, Detroit-Michigan, Germany, United Kingdom, Home News

It's looking like all auto shows are going to be feeling the pinch of a shrinking auto market going forward, including the mighty Frankfurt Show. Earl...

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