Earlier this month he sent out some 10, 000 postcards to neighborhood residents and businesses, inviting them to an open bar from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each night that week. ("We're not spending a penny, because we have connections with the liquor companies, " he says.) Next up: a party for all the concierges at Manhattan's major hotels, and after that, a night for all the U.N. ambassadors.

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The chancellor could have taken the title of Jeffrey Archer's most famous novel as the theme of his conference speech today - Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.

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As a private company Chrysler has the latitude to make long-term decisions that would have been difficult, if not impossible, to justify in a world where shareholders punish companies for missing earnings projections by a penny per share.

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"From the executive office, they will not lack a penny, a document, an action or any other support, so that we can have an inquiry with depth and with the responsibility that it deserves, " Gov. Tarso Genro said.

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