Another great deal goes down the drain: Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy Tuesday under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law in the biggest nonfinancial corporate failure in the postwar period. The country’s flagship carrier is expected to continue flying and honor tickets with government assurances for lifeline funds, while undergoing a
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Is Ezra Klein: This seems like fairly decisive evidence that the dream can, in fact, die. I’ve known that ever since I left Japan. 🙁
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Having this as their platform to run on: Firing up voters on the eve of the special election to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat, Republican candidate Scott Brown spoke at a campaign rally today, proclaiming, “With your help, our dream of depriving millions of health care is
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Japan is ending its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean: The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s refueling mission in the Indian Ocean ended Friday, upon the expiration of the relevant law. The mission was in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan that began in the wake of the Sept.
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Needs to be raised on this: SurFor chief: Manning needs mean new duties By Philip Ewing – Staff writer Posted : Monday Jan 18, 2010 8:01:05 EST The Navy’s top surface leader said sailors can expect to see changes in which paygrades do certain jobs on ship as the
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And a sentiment with which I can agree to-from John Cole: I’ve been watching Bush the past two days working with Clinton on the Haiti disaster, and I think that even though his administration was such a disaster it made me switch parties, his conduct since he left office has
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Using the auto complete function in Google-Searches are compared between Japan, China, and the USA. Guess who comes out looking the worst? Here are the top auto completes for the phrase “Why is _________ so……” Japan: Not too bad. Now try China: Now compare that to the results for the
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Of Japan Airlines………..
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Back in Dullsville. Flew out first thing this morning after doing some recreational exploring last night. Learned I can’t hang like I used to-and needed a nap when I got home here. It would also appear that all of my bills picked this week to come in the mail, so
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UPDATE!!!: A pretty interesting comment thread on this incident can be found here. Its 100+ comments! Worth the time to read. I stand by my assessment and the one that was found in the comments here “a predetermined female success story”. Navy: Cruiser CO relieved for ‘cruelty’ By Philip Ewing
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