A lot the Science et Vie.

A lot the Science et Vie. When it comes to my laundry, M.O. is this: Deciding precisely what I want; get myself to the exact location using a ‘Point A to Point B’ strategy; then lay my hands in a proper washing. After this, lay out the battle plan for anyone who’s along for the ‘trip’, and make my escape. I’m joking. Many years ago I had complicated period in my life when I read a lot the Science et Vie. Stories which will help you ‘enjoy the ride’ with me much more. Classic example from those readings is a common syndrome, looking far away when you ought to be dealing with something on your own doorsteps. If seriously, it’s like make the emphasize the keeping my eyes on the goal, and not in a silly arguments which are constantly erupted by some “medvedev” or “put in”, who’s continually in needs to beat everyone else. To don’t be too much bombastic, let’s rephrase this “El Valiente Soldado del Plomo” in other form. The Terry Pratchett in “The Unadulterated Cat” say: “Getting Real cats to take medication can be a problem”. And you start to see how touches in the “Born in 1838”, make possible that Irish O’Bama becomes the laureate of Nobel Peace Prize. Mean, look at yourselves. First, you should emphasize team work – than speak. Firs pay, - than send for me the “aca ca” (assassins) from Las Americas. Where I ask you this: Why would I sacrifice a project which is going through? (Portland 450 Cement between others) Your opinion is good, they can offer pause for thought, but they aren’t the law. Even when they are discarded by law-makers with axe. With these, I own my own mind – and my actions.

Fundos soberanos pouco expressivos para serem ameaça política. Os fundos soberanos ganharam protagonismo na actual crise, ao salvarem do colapso financeiro os grandes bancos de Wall Street, como o Citigroup, Merrill Lynch ou Morgan Stanley. As bandeiras do capitalismo ficaram a meia haste com a entrada em força de dinheiro fresco oriundo do mundo árabe e da China, cujos regimes políticos, de pendor totalitarista são contestados e receados no Ocidente. Mais do que a entrada meramente financeira no capital das empresas, teme-se o aumento da influência política no mundo ocidental. Durante a campanha eleitoral dos EUA, o actual presidente Barack Obama mostrava apreensão: "Preocupa-me que estes... fundos soberanos tenham outras motivações que não as meramente de mercado e essa é obviamente uma possibilidade". Na sequência das intervenções dos fundos soberanos na banca norte-americana, o Congresso dos EUA solicitou um estudo para aferir o nível de desconforto dos países em relação à entrada dos fundos de capitais nas suas empresas. E o resultado foi revelador: Seis em cada 10 países inquiridos expressaram desconforto em relação as fundos. O presidente francês foi mais longe. Em Outubro de 2008, no período mais crítico da crise financeira, que se seguiu à queda da Lehman Brothers, Nicolas Sarkozy anunciou a criação de um fundo soberano que teria como única missão impedir que a indústria francesa considerada estratégica caísse nas mãos de estrangeiros por se encontrar demasiado fragilizada pela crise. A medida proteccionista foi amplamente criticada pelos líderes europeus. Mas Sarkozy avançou.

Spain demands rework of Magna’s Opel plan. October 9 2009 02:34. The political row over Magna International’s plan to buy Opel escalated on Thursday when UK and Spanish politicians lashed out against the carmaker’s restructuring plan, culminating in Madrid boycotting a planned ministerial meeting to discuss the deal on Friday in Berlin. The German government was scrambling to prevent negotiations on state-backed financing for the deal with Magna, the Canadian car parts supplier, from falling apart after Spain boycotted the inter-governmental talks. Miguel Sebastián, Spain’s industry minister, will instead meet Siegfried Wolf, Magna’s co-chief executive, to try to convince him to rework the business plan and delay the deal, which could be signed next week. A Spanish official said on Thursday that Madrid was “not prepared to help finance a plan which could lead to the destruction of the Opel brand in Spain and Europe”. Lord Mandelson, the UK’s business secretary, took a similar stance on Thursday. Speaking to the Financial Times on a visit to Seoul, South Korea, he said the UK government could not “sign off” on the current form of the deal, which would see Magna and Russia’s Sberbank buy 55 per cent of Opel and Vauxhall, its UK subsidiary. Spain, the UK and Belgium are concerned that they are bearing a higher proportion of the 10,500 planned job cuts than Germany, which brokered the deal for General Motors’ European operations. Its success hinges on securing €4.5bn ($6.6bn) of state-backed loans and credit guarantees, mostly provided by Berlin. Lord Mandelson pointed to a report from PwC, the accounting firm, on Opel that stopped short of declaring Magna’s restructuring plan unviable but identified serious weaknesses. “Those need to be addressed. If there are not to be negative consequences for Vauxhall, the plan needs to be redressed in certain ways,” he said. UK government insiders said “progress has been made” this week on resolving the concerns in relation to the share of work that would be allocated to the Vauxhall plants under the deal. One person involved in the talks between Magna and the unions said Magna had proposed cutting 830 jobs at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant and 354 at the Luton site. The unions want Magna to commit to producing 150,000 vehicles per year at Ellesmere Port, 20 per more than foreseen under the plan, which they claim could reduce job losses to as little as 200. A German government official conceded that the preliminary report from PwC highlighted areas of concern. However, a spokesman for Angela Merkel, German chancellor, told German daily Financial Times Deutschland: “An agreement on this won’t fail. We’re in good talks with our European partners and are working towards a joint solution.”