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A report from Korea Times says Apple is close to finalizing deals with LG and Magna International to build the long-rumored Apple Car...The new rumors say Apple is close to signing a deal in which it would partner with Canadian manufacturer Magna International to build an EV powered by LG-supplied batteries and running on Apple software.So far none of the companies involved have commented on the reported negotiations, so there's no guarantee that this deal will be finalized or that it will result in a physical car...If the reports circulating now are correct (none of the three companies responded immediately...

Shares of Contemporary Amperex Technology were up as much as 9% in Shenzhen overnight on news that it could be the company involved in supplying batteries for Apple's electric vehicle project.The jump in shares marks the best day for the company's stock in four months, Bloomberg reported Monday morning.The report, which appears to be unconfirmed for the time being, was published in Xuangubao.cn, a Chinese online stock news platform. That platform did not report a source for the information.A battery is "still being tested" for the project, according to Bloomberg, and the company did not respond for comment when asked...

An American tourist who tackled a knife-wielding thief trying to steal a £20million Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral has spoken about his heroics. Matt Delacambre managed to hold onto the hooded man until security were able to arrive and apprehend the suspect. The 56-year-old said: 'I couldn't let him get away with it. The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in the world.'

American car maker agreed to sell a majority stake in GM Europe to Canadian automotive group Magna after filing for bankruptcy protection in June. In a sign that the deal could still collapse, GM has said it wants to see progress on talks with European governments about funding and job cuts by the end of the week, according to sources close to the talks. Although they insist GM is confident a deal can be done, the company is keeping on the table the alternative plans it drew up for Opel and Vauxhall before agreeing to the Magna deal, such as...

Not sure why the thread was closed, don't really care and assume Jim & Company had their reasons. This is not about that. In the article linked on Drudge, it mentions, somewhat as an aside, the following: He joked at the second fundraiser that she graduated summa cum laude, "not just magna or laude laude, but summa cum laude."Not sure if this is a pointed comment, a gaffe, or what, but I do believe a rough translation is actually: cum laude = with honors suma cum laude = with high honors magna cum laude = with highest honors I'm open...

Canadian Autoworkers chief Buzz Hargrove lauds his no-strike agreement with car-part giant Magna International as path-breaking. "Trade unions have been abolished as being an antagonism to employers and brought into one organization, and all parts having a share in government of industry," he wrote approvingly in his diary. "This is virtually advocated in Industry and Humanity; the state appoints referees and in this way strikes are ended. I confess that what one sees here of the (National) Socialist state causes one to see many merits in the system."

Irish angler uses Magna Carta on landowner By Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent Last Updated: 1:47am BST 14/04/2007 The Duke of Devonshire's ownership of Ireland's most prolific salmon river is to be challenged by an angler in a landmark court case that evokes the historic tensions between the English aristocracy and the Irish. Michael O'Shea will cite the 1215 Magna Carta signed by King John to argue that he has the right to fish the Blackwater as he attempts to overturn a poaching conviction. His case will question the Devonshires' entitlement to the river, which is on the border of Co...

Magna International Inc. has hooked up with a private equity group to make an offer for the Chrysler group, a U.S.-based analyst said today in a report quoted by Automotive News.

Victim stance self-serving Ottawa Sun September, 28, 2006 By SUSAN SHERRING Just what world is Belinda Stronach living in? Or perhaps more importantly, what world does she want to live in? The Tory-turned-Liberal MP believes it's still a man's world. That's her assessment after the member of parliament was named in divorce papers filed by former Toronto Maple Leaf Tie Domi's estranged wife Leanne. In a society that craves salacious gossip, the story of the alleged affair quickly became front page news this week. No surprise there. Domi's wife alleges her husband flaunted the alleged relationship with Stronach, ignoring...

Fuente Magna Rosetta stone of the Americas "Atlantis: the Andes Solution" by J.M.Allen (pub Windrush Press 1998) and basis of the Discovery film "Atlantis in the Andes" by Lisa Hutchison proposes the question "did anyone ever consider that the first reed boats may have crossed from west to east perhaps following the route from the River Plate eastwards across the Atlantic, past the Cape of Good Hope and via the Indian Ocean to enter the Persian Gulf and Red Sea to found the early civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt?" It is obvious that at that time, the author suspected a...

Source: University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Date: 2004-04-26 Classic View Wrong, Scientists Say, Huge Pots Of Magma Not Brewing Under Most Volcanoes CHAPEL HILL -- About 75,000 years ago, some scientists say, the last truly colossal volcanic eruption on Earth came close to wiping out all the primates, including humans. That eruption occurred when the Toba volcano in Indonesia exploded in an almost unbelievably shattering display. Other people with a flare for the dramatic warn that a supervolcano underlying Yellowstone National Park could erupt in the not-so-distant future and push humanity to the verge of extinction. University of...