Not humming right along: General Motors says it will close four truck and SUV plants as sales continue to fall.
The automaker, sensing drivers’ desire for vehicles that consume gas by the gallon rather than the barrel, may even revamp the Hummer lineup, making something smaller than the H3, the smallest of its mammoth SUVs.
GM figures that by the time it gets to H53, it ought to have something that gets 30 miles to the gallon, although drivers will have to strap one to each foot.
Ready, aim, fire resume: Job-hunting columnist Eve Nicholas advises military professionals looking for work in the civilian sector to avoid jargon and remove references that just won’t translate in their resumes.
So, when your listing proficiency, go ahead and mention your knowledge of Microsoft Excel, but downplay your anti-tank missile accuracy rate.
Let them eat mousse: U.N. delegates at a conference on global hunger aren’t missing any meals. While in Rome, the officials are dining on risotto, veal ragout and lemon mousse.
We won’t begrudge them a good meal, but we will advise them not to burp as they express their concern for the starving masses.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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