Daimler - Single and Loving It
Spiegel - After the May sale of its long-ailing Chrysler unit, Germany’s DaimlerChrysler is back on the road to the kind of lofty earnings befitting a luxury automaker-and could soon overtake rival BMW. During a first-half conference call with analysts on Aug. 29, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said the group’s operating margin for 2007 would be significantly better than his 7% target. He predicted it would hit 10% by 2010 at the latest-likely outpacing profit margins at BMW, which hover between 7% and 8%.
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What makes us fat?
Independent - Genes, lack of sleep, even air conditioning – all sorts of unlikely things can influence your weight, says Julia Stuart
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A Test of Turkey’s Maturity
Spiegel - It was an image full of symbolism. On the night in July when his party won the general elections, Prime Minister Tecep Tayyip Erdogan stepped in front of the cameras side-by-side with his Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül and their two wives, both wearing headscarves. The message was clear: Here are the two most powerful couples in Turkey. They are conservative and they are religious — and their comfort with showing it amounts to nothing less than a silent revolution in secular Turkey.
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Eu traži ukidanje olakšica za crkve u Hrvatskoj
Jutranji list - Prema Zakonu o pravnom položaju vjerskih zajednica, sve vjerske zajednice u Hrvatskoj, pa tako i najveća, Katolička crkva, ne plaćaju porez na promet nekretnina, porez na priloge koje dobivaju od građana i pravnih osoba, niti porez i carinu na predmete koje dobivaju od stranih vjerskih zajednica, pravnih osoba ili građana. No, Europska Unija je još lani zatražila od Hrvatske da vjerskim zajednicama ukine privilegij koji se odnosi na neplaćanje carine i poreza kod uvoza doniranih stvari iz inozemstva.
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ZERP može usporiti pristupne pregovore
Jutranji list - Europska komisija u utorak je ponovno podsjetila da očekuje od Hrvatske da se suzdrži od bilo kakvog jednostranog aktiviranja Zaštićenog ekološko-ribolovnog pojasa na Jadranu. Takve komentare predstavnici Europske komisije dali su nakon najava da bi Hrvatska od 1. siječnja 2008. godine aktivirala ZERP.
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Pokazali Europi da se može
Vjesnik, by Jurica Körbler - I hrvatske i slovenske političke stranke položile su ispit i dokazale demokratsku zrelost. Nacionalni, ali ne samo nacionalni nego i europski interes je da zemlje rješavaju probleme, da često treba biti i kompromisa i da se do rješenja može doći samo ako svi relevantni partneri to žele.
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The Subprime Mess From Mount Olympus
Columbia Journalism Review, by Dean Starkman - Every time we have one of these meltdowns, the business press seems to adopt one of several postures: “Everyone knew that,” or ” ‘Twas ever thus,” or anything other than introspection. In fact, no complicated explanation is required. Their beat just blew up. It’s like the city hall reporter arriving at work one day to find the mayor being led out in handcuffs. Uh, oh. Better think of something.
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‘Left at the Mercy of God’
Spiegel - Fires burn for the fourth day across Greece in the worst blazes the country has ever seen. At least 60 have died and help has arrived from across Europe. The authorities suspect that many of the fires have been set on purpose.
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