Officials at Ford announced Friday they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Sollers OJSC, a Russian firm, “under which the parties intend to launch a new 50:50-owned joint venture called Ford Sollers for the production and distribution of Ford vehicles in Russia.” More from the news release appears below: The proposed joint venture will [...]
Ford Risks All in Joint Venture With Russians
February 19th, 2011 · No Comments
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Corrupt Russians ‘Redistribute’ Corporate Wealth
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
In a post nine months ago, I wrote that hammer-and-sickle thinking is gaining ground in the United States, thanks largely to then-president-elect Barack Obama and the people he selected to serve in his administration. If you don’t think such thinking is dangerous, take a look at the video and story below about what happened to [...]
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Uncle Jay Explains the News: July 13, 2009
July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In today’s episode of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay apologizes for not being able to record a show last week due to his need to attend Michael Jackson’s memorial service at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. In addition, he tackles such subjects as continued unrest in Iran, the surprise resignation of Alaska [...]
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Jerusalem Post Publishes ‘Must-Read’ Editorial
June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Amidst serious post-election turmoil in Iran, President Barack Obama has been quoted during the last 24 hours as saying that the United States respects that country’s sovereignty. It’s too bad he doesn’t care as much for the people of Israel. One person who has taken notice of President Obama’s apparent “cold shoulder” toward the Jewish [...]
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Shoe-Throwing Incident Prompts ‘Sole’ Searching
December 16th, 2008 · No Comments
“I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue,” said President George W. Bush following a June 2001 meeting during which he met for the first time with then-Russian President Vladimir Putin in Slovenia. “I was able to get a [...]
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Freedom of the Press to Suffer Under Obama (Updated)
November 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Freedom of the press is likely to suffer under the administration of Barack Obama. How do I know this? A look back at issues and events that arose during the 2008 presidential campaign reveals as much. Two weeks prior to the Nov. 4 election, Obama running mate Joe Biden faced tough questions from interviewers at [...]
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Three Reasons Not to Bail Out General Motors
November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
After reading an article in today’s edition of The Moscow Times (see graphic at right), I came up with three good reasons why at least one of the “Big Three” automakers — General Motors — should NOT receive any portion of a proposed $50 billion bailout from the federal government: Reason #1: GM is, according [...]
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