Joke of the day

The following is part of an article in the Latin America Herald Tribune. A link to the entire article is at the bottom of the page. Read it for a good laugh (at least if you live outside of the US and once in while people outside the US read this blog).

"General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations -- Money to Come from U.S. Rescue Program

By Russ Dallen
Latin American Herald Tribune staff

SAO PAULO -- General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil to avoid the kind of problems the U.S. automaker is facing in its home market, said the beleaguered car maker.

According to the president of GM Brazil-Mercosur, Jaime Ardila, the funding will come from the package of financial aid that the manufacturer will receive from the U.S. government and will be used to "complete the renovation of the line of products up to 2012."

"It wouldn't be logical to withdraw the investment from where we're growing, and our goal is to protect investments in emerging markets," he said in a statement published by the business daily Gazeta Mercantil....."


Source: http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=12396&ArticleId=320909