The first T-Mobile HTC HD2 ROM update was released on record time, and it seems not soon after it has also disappeared.
It seems the update caused all kind of issues, include general instability and poor screen response, and has now been taken off line, with the company working on further bug fixes.
Keep an eye on www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade for the re-appearance of the software.
Have you been affected by the wayward software update? Let us know below.
Via T-MoNews.com
Redistricting Away Our Consent
Jeremy Lott, RealClearPolitics
America was founded on the bedrock notion of the consent of the governed. In the past, that consent was often and easily withdrawn by the governed. Pollster Scott Rasmussen points out in his new book, In Search of Self-Governance, that high incumbency reelection rates are a recent and troubling change in our politics. The House of Representatives used to enjoy frequent and massive turnovers. In the election of 1948, that body saw a 75-seat swing in favor of the Democrats, ushering out the so-called “do nothing” Republican Congress.What has changed since then? Gerrymandering, on a…
Mexico City and DC Gang Up On Phoenix
Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
Mexican President Felipe Calderon got the tough new Arizona immigration law wrong when he told Congress on Thursday, “It is a law that not only ignores a reality — but also introduces a terrible idea of racial profiling as the basis for law enforcement.”To the contrary, Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally, expressly prohibits police actions based on “race, color or national origin.”
Our New Culture War: Freedom vs. Govt
Arthur Brooks, Washington Post
America faces a new culture war.This is not the culture war of the 1990s. It is not a fight over guns, gays or abortion. Those old battles have been eclipsed by a new struggle between two competing visions of the country's future. In one, America will continue to be an exceptional nation organized around the principles of free enterprise — limited government, a reliance on entrepreneurship and rewards determined by market forces. In the other, America will move toward European-style statism grounded in expanding bureaucracies, a managed economy and large-scale income…
Converting the Korean price-tags for LG’s 3DTVs the other week almost gave a few of us heart attacks, so it’s pleasing to see that the Amazon prices (they’ve just gone live) are far more reasonable. More »
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Well good Monday morning everyone! It seems that the popular next generation of Bolt Browser has just been released from beta status, and put into the wild. Starting today you can now download Bolt Browser 2.1, which brings tighter integration with Facebook, support for HTML5 video and several new Flash video streaming websites. Bolt Browser’s streaming video support now includes: mtv.com, nick.com, bbc.co.uk (UK), maniatv.com, svtplay.se (Sweden), hungama.com (India) and bollywoodhungama.com (India). With the new upgraded version of Bolt Browser also comes tighter integration with Facebook, allowing Facebook chat to be used. Check out the press release (by pressing read more) for complete details on the new version.
The new Bolt Browser can be downloaded for your BlackBerry simply by pointing your device’s browser to boltbrowser.com.
With tabbed browsing, video support and social network integration, the second generation of the acclaimed BOLT browser enables handset manufacturers and mobile operators to deliver the best Internet user experience to all categories of mobile devices
MARLBOROUGH, Massachusetts – May 24, 2010 – Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced commercial availability of the second generation of its acclaimed BOLT™ mobile browser. BOLT 2.1 marks the completion of beta testing on the most fully featured browser available for mobile phones of all types. Among BOLT 2.1’s new features are tighter integration with Facebook, support for HTML5 video and several new Flash video streaming websites.
BOLT 2.1’s advanced integration with Facebook– by far the most popular domain visited by BOLT users around the world – includes the ability to use Facebook’s instant messaging service and to seamlessly copy text or links and post them to a Facebook account directly from within the BOLT browser. The most important new feature of BOLT 2.1 is tabbed browsing – giving people the ability to simultaneously browse multiple websites and easily switch between them – this functionality was a top request from BOLT users. With BOLT 2.1, Bitstream has expanded streaming video support to include mtv.com, nick.com, bbc.co.uk (UK), maniatv.com, svtplay.se (Sweden), hungama.com (India) and bollywoodhungama.com (India). Additional notable upgrades in BOLT 2.1 include a faster widget gallery with updated user interface and a server upgrade to WebKit 4.03, keeping BOLT up-to-date with the latest web standards.
The free consumer version of BOLT, available on mobile Java (J2ME) devices, has been downloaded nearly 7 million times since its debut in February 2009. Over the the past few months, more than thirty-thousand users installed the consumer version of BOLT each day, while additional people began using pre-installed versions of BOLT on newly-available devices from Bitstream’s OEM partners in Asia and Eastern Europe.
The BOLT mobile browser is engineered to run on mobile phones of all types, from low-end feature phones to high-end smartphones. BOLT has been installed on 1,000s of different handset models running on hundreds of networks worldwide. BOLT is the only major WebKit-based cloud computing browser and is built to deliver a PC-like browsing experience on mobile phones. Its small package, easy integration and comprehensive feature set make it ideal for handset manufacturers and mobile network operators to offer the best possible Internet experience for users of the widest range of mobile device categories. Co-branding and white labeling opportunities make BOLT especially attractive to OEMs and mobile network operators who will benefit from BOLT’s many advantages, including:OEMs:
· Can offer more appealing product lines to operators with mobile devices that provide full-featured browsing, multimedia, widgets and advanced social networking support on all levels of mobile devices.
· BOLT’s WebKit based cloud-computing architecture enables efficient use of on-device resources.
· BOLT is presently available in J2ME and Brew versions, with English, Spanish, Romanian and Russian user interfaces. OEMs can request BOLT in other platforms as well.
· A 153k lite version of BOLT is available for extremely resource-constrained devices.
Mobile Network Operators
· The BOLT mobile browser delivers PC-style browsing, multimedia streaming, widget downloads, and social networking that increase ARPU while lowering operator cost.
· BOLT reduces infrastructure costs through best-of-breed over the air data compression that is as much as 24:1, a factor that is more than twice-as-effective as competing mobile browsers. BOLT’s superior data compression offers the additional benefit of speedy performance on 2G networks and entry-level devices.
· Customizable widgets and featured favorites offer new revenue-generating opportunities.
· BOLT’s WebKit based cloud-computing architecture allows for easy scaling to hundreds of millions of users, and beyond.
· Flexible, cost-effective deployment options with Bitstream managing all server/cloud maintenance
BOLT is the most fully featured mobile browser, including many features not available in competing mobile browsers. Among these features are:
· Perfect rendering of Web pages on any class of phone, scoring 100 percent on the Web Standard’s project Acid3 test.· WebKit based cloud-computing architecture, ensuring rendering accuracy, speed and support for the latest web standards and innovations.
· Streaming video from many of the world’s most popular video sharing websites, including YouTube, MySpace, Blip.TV and MetaCafe, as well as websites that stream videos such as CNN, ESPN and any website with embedded YouTube videos.
· Super fast download speeds.
· Copy and pasting text.
· Built-in integration with Twitter and Facebook.
· Password manager.
· Download/Upload manager.
· Ability to run Web-based applications written in Ajax, Javascript and other Web programming languages, ranging from Google docs to Mafia Wars.
· The inclusion of widgets – standalone mobile applications that are run directly from the browser – such as a weather app, calendar app, calculator, Twitter client and others. These widgets let people using any phone take part in the mobile apps revolution.
· Best of breed over-the-air data compression, resulting in faster load times and decreased data usage.
· Ability to update the BOLT client remotely, over-the-air.
· Patented split screen viewing to make surfing complicated Web pages simple, and viewing content on the smallest of screens easy.
Bitstream has made BOLT extremely easy to use, with keypad shortcuts to quickly navigate pages and scale up and down through the browser’s six levels of magnification. Comprehensive instructions on how to use all of BOLT’s many features can be found at http://boltbrowser.com/faq.html.
Recognizing that some mobile phones currently in use cannot support the full size applications and some network providers limit the size of application downloads, Bitstream also offers a light version of the BOLT mobile browser, BOLT LiteTM. BOLT Lite contains all the essential features of the BOLT mobile browser, retaining BOLT’s feature-rich functionality, best-of-breed download speeds and desktop PC-style page layout in a smaller package optimized for entry-level devices.
BOLT 2.1 and BOLT Lite for free at http://boltbrowser.com. Consumers who have downloaded previous versions of BOLT will be prompted through the application to upgrade the browser.
About BOLT
The acclaimed BOLT mobile browser has the most faithful rendering of Web pages of any browser in its class. This fast mobile browser quickly and accurately displays Web pages on mobile phones just as they would appear on desktop computers. BOLT is the only browser for mobile phones of all types to support streaming video from popular media sharing sites such as YouTube and MySpace. Based on the same WebKit rendering engine used by the iPhone’s Safari and Android’s Chrome browsers, BOLT is compatible with the majority of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones. BOLT features a patented split-screen viewing mode, intuitive keystroke shortcuts and copy/paste functionality, and offers a user-friendly, feature-rich mobile browsing experience for even entry-level mobile phones. Download BOLT for free at http://boltbrowser.com – the mobile Internet has never looked this good on your phone.About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. develops software technologies and applications for the graphic art and mobile communications industries. Bitstream’s award-winning fonts and font technologies enable device manufacturers and application developers to render the highest quality text in any language, on any device, at any resolution. The company’s MyFonts brand is the world’s leading provider of fonts to consumers. Bitstream’s Pageflex brand enables marketers to easily produce customized communications in print, email, and online. The company’s latest offering is the BOLT mobile browser, which has been installed by millions of users worldwide since its release in February 2009. For more information visit www.bitstream.com.
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2003 Audi A2
Earlier this month, we heard reports that the next-generation Audi A2 will launch in 2012 instead of the 2014 as previously scheduled. Apparently, Audi is working hard to push forward the launch of the A1 as soon as possible so it can have a competitor to the BMW Megacity vehicle, which will go on sale in 2013.
According to sources, in order to compete with the BMW Megacity, the next-generation Audi A2 will be all-electric. The second-generation A2 will use a conventional steel monocoque from the new A1 and will drop its expensive spaceframe construction to keep cost down.
While styling on the next-generation A2 is being kept a big secret, it is known that Audi will keep its one-box design like the predecessor.
– By: Kap Shah
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"Air Products … conduct an engineering study and project plan to capture, concentrate and purify carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from industrial operations for use in enhanced oil recovery work. … will be among several to be evaluated in 2010 by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory for potential additional funding of the overall project."
" … design and construct a state-of-the-art system to capture CO2 from Air Products’ steam methane reformers (SMR) located at a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. … recover and purify the CO2 for delivery via pipeline for enhanced oil recovery in Texas. …"
" … Air Products has been involved in several carbon capture demonstration projects around the world, …information on Air Products’ CO2 purification technologies can be found at: www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture "
Via: Air Products and Chemicals LINK
Former American Idol pundit Paula Abdul is returning to the judges’ table — this time as part of a new primetime dance competition series on CBS.
The noted choreographer and former professional cheerleader will be lead judge, executive producer, creative partner, mentor, and coach on Got to Dance, a performance series based on the hit UK talent show of the same name, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday.
CBS suits are expected to announced the move this week.
The show — picked up by CBS in March — is billed as broadcast’s first all-ages, all-genres dance series — “from ballroom to break dance, bhangra to ballet, and tap to tango.” Dance acts will compete for a panel of judges, with viewers getting to vote for their favorites during the semi-finals and finals.
The gig is the singer’s first major role since leaving the panel of American Idol in the middle of a salary dispute with FOX. She was replaced by Ellen DeGeneres last fall, but is expected to appear on the show’s Season 9 finale this week to pay tribute to exiting judge Simon Cowell.
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Youtube
Monday, May 24th, 2010
The pudgy-faced opportunist reveals his true self. Taken from Armando Iannucci’s Time Trumpet (2006).
There appears to be some confusion amongst commenters on youtube concerning what this video represents.
It is a piece of British satire putting out the message that both of these politicians are puppets. Furthermore, in reality everyone knows they are the same, you don’t need to be shown the “evidence” – hence the ridiculousness of the evidence presented here. The problem is that the voting public still engage in cognitive dissonance by playing along with the phony left/right political divide.
Yes you read it correctly 🙂 The Sprint Evo 4G appears to have been rooted, before its officially released. Android developer Matt Mastracci at his blog grack.com has some pictures to show us, and by the looks of things the HTC EVO 4G has been rooted. This is excellent news, and the development community should quickly grow for this beast.
Sorry Incredible users, looks like this one won’t work for you. But have no fear, the right people are hard at work.
Follow the jump to see a few more pics and blurrycam video of the results. You can bet we’re keeping a watchful eye on this one. Stay tuned. [grack.com]
As you may know already Dodge announced that the Ram brand will be exclusively used for its pickup range but it appears that the American manufacturer is also preparing another move.
The Ram brand will keep the distinctive ram’s horns logo that adorned Dodge vehicles while the other cars from Dodge will adopt the twin red slashes of Chrysler Group’s SRT performance brand. “It signifies our sporty character. Most SRTs are Dodges.” said Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles. The first car which will receive the new logo will be the 2011 Dodge Charger and the seven-seat Dodge crossover which will replace the Durango.
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NormOxys, the Wellesley, MA-based company on a quest to make a new class of drugs that normalize oxygen levels in deprived tissues, has raised $17.5 million in venture capital to run its first set of tests in people with chronic heart failure and cancer.
The financing was led by a new investor, Princeton, NJ-based Care Capital, and included the company’s original backer, Switzerland-based Index Ventures. NormOxys, founded in 2004, has now raised about $30 million since its founding.
NormOxys, which we profiled when it emerged from stealth mode in December, is certainly pursuing a novel idea. The company’s lead drug candidate is a small-molecule compound that it says can induce tiny oxygen-carrying red blood cells to release a controlled amount of their oxygen payload into tissues that desperately need more oxygen. NormOxys is thinking specifically about heart muscles laboring under the stress of congestive heart failure, unable to pump enough blood to provide the energy people need. This is a tricky thing to do, because delivering too much oxygen too fast can be a bad thing. Other companies have tested drugs that increase the production of red blood cells, or the amount of hemoglobin that carries oxygen, but have led to serious side effects, including heart attack and death.
But if NormOxys can show in a couple early studies over the next year that its controlled release of oxygen works in people like it has in animals, the company could tap into a potentially very big market. An estimated 5 million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic heart failure, a condition that causes severe fatigue and death. NormOxys could offer an alternative therapy to the standard beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors that have a more limited effect in boosting exercise capacity, at least compared to what NormOxys says it has seen in animals so far.
“We can get to proof of concept relatively quickly, and it will have a large impact on our value,” says CEO Martin Tolar. The prize, once the concept is proven, will be a partnership with a big drugmaker or an acquisition, Tolar says.
The NormOxys method is based on biology research from Claude Nicolau, a visiting professor at Tufts University in Medford, MA, and chemistry research from Jean-Marie Lehn, a Nobel laureate at the College de France in Paris. Their approach is to create drugs that work as “oxyrens,” which interact with hemoglobin in a way that allows that protein to release much more than the usual one-fourth of oxygen it binds with. The lead drug candidate is called OXY111A.
Today, NormOxys is also announcing that it has started the first clinical trial …Next Page »
UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2010
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010
In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This briefing is closed press. Later, the President will attend a reception for the Federal Judge Association at the White House. This event is closed press.
The President will meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. The President will then participate in the daily briefing call with Gulf Coast Governors on the BP oil spill. This briefing is closed press.
In the afternoon, the President will welcome Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon to the White House. This will be the Prime Minister’s first official visit to Washington during his premiership and the President looks forward to consulting with Prime Minister Hariri on a broad range of mutual goals in support of Lebanon’s sovereignty and independence, and regional peace and security. There will be a pool still photographer spray at the bottom of the meeting.
Later, the President will host a reception to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the East Room. This event is pooled press.
The President will then meet with Secretary of Defense Gates in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press
At 3:00 PM, United States Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will join Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to hold a press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. This briefing is open press.
In-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: Regional Reporters
Radio: SRN
EDT
9:00AM In-Town Travel Pool Call Time
9:30AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
10:20AM THE PRESIDENT attends a reception for the Federal Judge Association
State Floor
Closed Press
11:05AM THE PRESIDENT meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press
12:00PM THE PRESIDENT participates in the daily briefing call with Gulf Coast Governors on the BP oil spill
Oval Office
Closed Press
2:30PM THE PRESIDENT welcomes Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon to the White House
Oval Office
Pool Still Photographers Spray at the Bottom (Pool Gather Time 2:10PM–Brady Press Briefing Room)
4:00PM THE PRESIDENT host a reception to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
East Room
Pooled Press (Pre-Set 2:00PM //Final Gather 3:30PM–North Doors of the Palm Room)
4:30PM THE PRESIDENT meets with Secretary of Defense Gates
Oval Office
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
3:00PM Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and United States Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen
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Henry Blodget
Business Insider
May 24, 2010
After writing a post blasting Facebook for allegedly deleting comments critical of Facebook (an allegation that Facebook says is ludicrous), Robert Scoble got an email from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In the email, which Scoble published only after receiving permission from Mark, Mark says he is planning to address the Facebook privacy criticism directly this week–in conjunction with Facebook rolling out a fix.
Here’s the email Mark sent to Scoble:
Hey,
We’ve been listening to all the feedback and have been trying to distill it down to the key things we need to improve. I’d like to show an improved product rather than just talk about things we might do.
We’re going to be ready to start talking about some of the new things we’ve built this week. I want to make sure we get this stuff right this time.
I know we’ve made a bunch of mistakes, but my hope at the end of this is that the service ends up in a better place and that people understand that our intentions are in the right place and we respond to the feedback from the people we serve.
I hope we’ll get a chance to catch up in person sometime this week. Let me know if you have any thoughts for me before then.
Mark
Mark’s making several smart moves here.
First, he’s addressing the criticism directly himself, which lessens the perception that he’s holed up in some bunker somewhere and doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks. Second, and more importantly, he appears to be listening to the criticism and fixing the problem. Third, he’s adopting the Steve Jobs technique of answering questions and issuing statements via private emails, which have a far more human and intimate feel than quotes to a journalist or a public press release.
Despite this latest PR flap, we still think Facebook’s approach to innovation is the smart one (make the changes, and then roll back or change anything people are unhappy with). We also continue to think that this latest PR storm over privacy will be forgotten as quickly as all the others have been.
UK – Home working, Acre Resources
A leading, successful provider of energy management solutions is looking for an outstanding energy consultant to join their rapidly growing UK team
This dynamic company provides businesses with innovative, strategic solutions to help manager their energy usage more intelligently.
Responsible for the development of the energy efficiency service, you will work with commercial, institutional and industrial facilities to help establish optimal performance and persistent energy savings.
Main responsibilities will be to:
• Initiate and develop robust client relationships
• Generate and convert leads into profitable business
• Solve customers’ energy management issues
• Develop control strategies
• Apply energy-affecting activity strategies
• Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, technologies and solutions
• Produce forward strategies for plant, equipment and control systems
• Prepare and present financial and sales proposals
Having previous experience in closing new business, you will have managed high value solution sales. Comfortable working through long sales cycles your experience will also include:
• Environment, engineering or technical degree; ideally up to Masters level (or equivalent)
• Experience in buildings operations
• Building management systems (BMS) experience
• Experienced in refrigeration, lighting and HVAC
• Knowledgeable of web-based energy/engineering tools
As a confident self starter, you will have the opportunity to work in fast paced environment with a business that believes in meritocracy and changing the way we use energy.
To apply you must have the right to work in the UK.
" … Philly plant in Lowville, NY … making to reduce our carbon footprint. … almost ¼ of the Lowville’s total energy use now comes from alternative sources."
" … converting the waste stream from Cream Cheese production (whey) into methane gas. … replaces about 1/3 of the natural gas usage and prevents virtually 100% of whey land-spreading. Annual energy savings are approximately 87,000 mm BTUs, or enough energy to heat around 1,100 average sized households for 1 year. … In early 2008, … Lowville … replaced its interior lights with energy efficient T-8 lighting fixtures. … saves 1,350,068 KWH of usage per year. That’s enough electricity to light 2,164 homes for a year."
" … In 2008, … cut its total water use by 9%. … [and] sent 33% less garbage to the landfill. …"
Via: Kraft LINK
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James Delingpole
London Telegraph
May 24, 2010
The voice of Scar in the Lion King has spoken:
“We must live more sustainably,” he growls from Pride Rock – as he probably doesn’t call a single one of his seven homes, not even the pink castle in Co Cork, because in real life he’s not a lion at all but a Sherborne-educated luvvie who takes himself very, very seriously called Jeremy Irons. (Hat tip: Brown Bess)
Irons has just announced his plans to become an eco-campaigner. He wants to be a bit like Michael Moore, he says, only not “as silly”. Sounds fun, Jezza. Tell us more.
The increasing global population would put an intolerable strain on the world’s resources, Irons said, and the gulf between developing countries and westerners living a bountiful “pie-in-the-sky” existence must be addressed.
“One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it’s unsustainable,” he said in an interview with The Sunday Times. “I think we have to find ways where we’re not having to scrap our effluent junk and are a really sustainable planet.”
Glee has been greenlit for a third season on FOX!
The freshman show is still in its first season, but has already earned strong numbers for the network and spun off in the form of a live tour and a four best-selling albums.
“In just one year, Glee has transcended the television landscape and emerged as a global pop culture phenomenon,” Peter Rice, the FOX Networks Group Entertainment Chairman, told Entertainment WeeklySunday.
The Glee season finale airs June 8.
Last week, the news came out that Pennsylvania Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate), Tom Corbett, was so thin-skinned that he had subpoenaed Twitter to try to get at the identity of some anonymous online critics. Of course, all this really did was draw attention to (a) the criticism of Corbett and (b) his incredibly thin skin when it comes to criticism. Twitter, thankfully, didn’t just roll over, and now Corbett has dropped the subpoena. Of course, one of the reasons Corbett was trying to unmask the identity of the commenter was because he believed it may have been someone he had already targeted in a political corruption scandal — who was being sentenced on Friday. However, without being able to identify the user by the time of the sentencing, he couldn’t use that in pushing for a tougher sentence. So, in the end, Corbett didn’t get what he was after, but called a lot more attention to criticism of him. Nice work.
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2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
At the production launch of the new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Friday, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said that a total of 1,080 employees will staff a second shift with nearly all new hires at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. The news spread excitement and interest in many job seekers looking for new employment; however, there’s some bad news – Chrysler isn’t accepting any applications.
Click here to get prices on the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
“We have enough people who have already applied,” said Chrysler spokeswoman Shawn Morgan.
Nonetheless, Chrysler is not discouraging applicants from monitoring its job search site since it could need to add people as the economy grows and sales increase. New hires by Chrysler will be paid an hourly wage of about $14, which is well below what an experienced worker makes. The wage was agreed to by the UAW in a 2007 national agreement with Chrysler, General Motors and Ford.
The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is in production now and will go on sale next month with prices starting at $30,995.
Click here for more news on the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
– By: Omar Rana
Source: Free Press
