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• Giants GM Jerry Reese calls Eli Manning 'skittish' as critics pile on (New York Daily News)
  Everybody is a critic when it comes to Eli Manning. He's taken hits from fans, media, opponents and Tiki Barber. Even GM Jerry Reese piled on Tuesday when he was quoted as saying Manning looked "skittish" on Sunday.
  www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2007/11/28/2007-11-28_giants_gm_jerry_reese_calls_eli_manning_.html?ref=rss
  
  
• Premier comes a cropper with GM claim (Perth Now)
  VICTORIAN Premier John Brumby has blown a hole in his argument for consumer choice over genetically modified (GM) foods, admitting the public won't always know the origins of what they are eating.
  news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,22837256-5005361,00.html?from=public_rss
  
  
• GM to produce hybrid cars in China next year (MENAFN)
  GM to produce hybrid cars in China next year
  www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093175821
  
  
• Leafs erred in hiring John Ferguson as GM: Peddie (CBC Toronto)
  The August 2003 hiring of first-time GM John Ferguson might have been a mistake, Toronto Maple Leafs president Richard Peddie acknowledged in Tuesday's edition of the Toronto Sun.
  www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/11/27/leafs-ferguson-peddie.html?ref=rss
  
  
• FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY MEETING TO REVIEW GM RICE CONTAMINATION SCANDAL (Friends of the Earth)
  An official review of the Food Standards Agency’s handling of last year’s GM food scandal where unlicensed GM rice was illegally imported into the UK and sold to British consumers, is to be held tomorrow (Thursday 29 November).
  www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/food_standards_agency_meet_28112007.html
  
  
• Toyota & GM might end up sharing hybrid systems (AutoSpies.com)
  Toyota has already said they will want to produce a hybrid version of every car. It’s rumored though that the hybrid version of the Toyota Matrix would have a sibling in its Pontiac Vibe rival. Yes, that would mean a GM product with a Toyota hybrid system.
  www.autospies.com/news/Toyota-GM-might-end-up-sharing-hybrid-systems-23709/
  
  
• WA growers worry about eastern GM ban lift (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
  A Western Australian farmers group is concerned a planned trial to grow genetically modified (GM) canola in the south coast region may not go ahead because two eastern state governments have lifted the GM ban.
  au.news.yahoo.com/071128/21/153ju.html
  
  
• GM Bill introduced into Upper House (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
  The New South Wales Government has introduced a Bill into the Upper House to overturn the ban on the growing of genetically-modified (GM) crops.
  au.news.yahoo.com/071128/21/153jc.html
  
  
• CHINA: GM to build hybrid cars in China from 2008 (just-auto)
  This article is locked. You need to be a Full Member of just-auto to view this article. Existing users, please login at the top of the page. Summary: GM will begin producing a hybrid car in China from next year, in time for the Beijing Olympics in August, according to a Reuters report.
  www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=93215
  
  
• GM not ruling out interest in Proton tie-up (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  General Motors Corp has not ruled out interest in a possible alliance with Malaysian car-maker Proton , a senior GM official said on Tuesday, despite the Malaysian firm's intention to go it alone.
  news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/bs_nm/gm_proton_dc_1