After big flirtations with General Motors and Chrysler in recent years, the 90-year-old billionaire investor now has his sights set on Ford Motor.

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The car companies briefly threatened to set up a rival motor-racing competition, but relented after Kirch promised to keep the races on free television, and not shift them to its pay channels.

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Coverage of the travel rush nears a peak with reports on rail and road traffic, while the People's Daily also reports that hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in southern Guangdong province set off home on motor bikes.

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Baucus should be very aware of this from his experiences during the 1990 House-Senate conference committee on Clean Air Act amendments, when he failed to persuade the Senate to adopt language requiring the EPA to set CO2 emission standards for motor vehicles.

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General Motors is unveiling the world premiere of its convertible Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, and Toyota's GT86 Open, which has been penned as a vision of youthful glamour, helps set the tone for this year's motor show.

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There's also a rising demand for motor and entry courtyards, which can serve as transitional spaces to set a calmer, off-the-street tone and welcome people into the house.

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But although Russia continues to keep its 201st motor rifle division in the capital, Dushanbe, and has agreed to set up a military base in the country, this is one former republic in which Russia seems neither able nor willing to invest.

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The trust fund was originally set up to help fund stem cell treatment for Michael Emms when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease when in his teens.

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Elsewhere on the earnings calendar, NYSE Euronext, set to be acquired by IntercontinentalExchange, beat expectations thanks to cost-cutting, while Toyota Motor rode a weaker yen and improved U.S. sales to better-than-expected results.

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