Our news is not only 24-hour, it's also completely slanted.
Headline at Wall St. Journal: "Officials Report Progress at Plant" with an editorial "Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl."
Headline at BBC: "Radiation Alert after Japan Blast"
Editorial at NY Times subtitled: "The unfolding tragedy should prompt the U.S. to study its nuclear plans."
(Earlier this morning they were even more bizarrely out of sync.)
Either the world is about to end ... or it isn't.
But, more to the point for this thread, is this quote from NY Times:
"At the same time, nearly all automakers, even those with no plants in Japan, could be forced to halt production of some models in the weeks ahead if Japanese suppliers are unable to quickly resume making electronics or other parts used in the vehicles, analysts said Monday."
And "Nissan said that six of its plants had been damaged but that they would reopen either Wednesday or Friday. In a statement Monday, it said supplies of most nameplates were sufficient but warned that “some Infiniti models and Nissan GTR and 370Z may experience delays in shipment.”"
(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/business/global/15supply.html?hp)