They believe that Magna's plans are likelier than Fiat's to guarantee the 25, 000 Opel jobs in Germany (they are less bothered about Opel jobs elsewhere in Europe or Vauxhall in Britain).
Alas, it may take more than bureaucratic fiat to transform Japan into a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity.
To accomplish this, the Fed would have to let interest rates be set by the markets, rather than by fiat.
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However, that objective (price stability) is more credibly attainable under a convertible currency than a pure fiat money.
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Italy's Fiat more than doubled its third quarter profits, helped by strong North American sales figures at its Chrysler unit.
The long-term strategic interests of both Canada and the United States are better served if all parties involved heed the analysis under way in the State Department rather than resort to legislative fiat or a presidential veto.
In effect, the silver certificates were fiat money differing from greenbacks only because the historic role of silver as money made it more acceptable to increase the money supply by buying silver rather than by openly issuing fiat money.
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Since then Fiat has sold more than half a million copies in 80 countries.
Unfortunately, he did it by charging sky-high interest rates for borrowing fiat dollars, rather than by returning to a gold-defined dollar.
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With a combined production capacity of more than 4m vehicles a year, Fiat will also get some vital scale economies for its platforms, powertrains and the electrical components made by its Magneti Marelli subsidiary.
They'd certainly command more respect than some of the central banks now issuing fiat money in eastern Europe.
So one of the issues for Belvidere has been hiring of temporary workers because that has been a lot cheaper for Chrysler, which is now under Fiat's control, rather than hire people in full time.
Main point: there are more bank runs (in the fiat-sense of the term) than you can count.
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Perhaps no one is better suited for the challenge of reintroducing Fiat to the U.S. than Soave, who grew up bridging the Italian and American cultures.
And Fiat has also defied gloomy forecasts with better than expected profits.
As I was driving back from Westchester Airport on Wednesday, October 31, post-Sandy, dodging huge branches and driving by upended tree stumps taller than my super fun, super cute, super tiny Fiat 500c, affectionately known as Luigi, I envied my brother David his 4-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited and its trail-rated, go-anywhere capabilities.
Fiat wants to avoid cutting its Italian workforce any more than it has to.
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More than 20 new models are planned in the next three years for the Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia brands.
Fiat's Italian plants are 15-20% less efficient than those of competitors elsewhere in Europe.
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To Soave, a first-generation Italian-American who spent her childhood summers tooling around Italy in her family's Fiat, such stereotypes are no more symbolic of Italian culture or cars than an episode of The Sopranos or Jersey Shore.
Chrysler and Fiat are now collaborating on a fifth model, a four-door crossover that will be slightly larger than the 500 but based on the same architecture.
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