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Article from Christian Science Monitor: Bike to Work Day is a chance for dedicated cyclists to show commuters that there’s a better, cheaper way to get to work. Bike to work could save up to $ 9,000 a year, if you can ditch a car in the process. Fed up with $ 4 a gallon [...]
Article from Wall Street Journal: –GM to build new Astra in UK and Poland, halt production at its Russelsheim plant in Germany –Move follows new labor agreement in the U.K. –UK government lobbied hard to keep Ellesmere Port open –More steps to come in continued restructuring (Adds comment from labor union .) By Marietta Cauchi [...]
Article from Sacramento Bee: ATLANTA, May 16, 2012 – /PRNewswire/ – AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, surpassed a major milestone with its mobile apps for iPhone and Android devices: one million downloads. Available for less than one year, combined original downloads of these apps (not including downloads of app updates) hit the one-million mark on Monday, [...]
Article from BusinessWeek: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) (A) disclosed stakes in General Motors Co. (GM) (GM) and Viacom Inc. (VIAB) (VIAB) as former hedge- fund managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler built portfolios under Chairman Warren Buffett. Buffett’s firm had 10 million shares of the automaker on March 31, Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire said yesterday in [...]
Article from Business Insider: MSVG | Flickr The 2012 Ford Focus Electric Vehicle. 50 witnesses testifying vs. Anadarko in $ 25 billion scheme Reward will be hiked in med student’s slaying >> Read the full article Related News:
Article from Middletown Journal: By Randy Tucker, Staff Writer 10:16 PM Monday, May 14, 2012 U.S. consumers continue to reach for their credit cards and sign off on auto loans at a brisk clip, boosting borrowing twice as fast as most economists had predicted. Total U.S. consumer credit grew by $ 21.36 billion in March, [...]
Article from Reuters: Sun May 13, 2012 10:29pm EDT BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) – Car sales in China rose 12.5 percent in April from a year earlier, more than double the modest pace in March as consumers trickled back to the showrooms ahead of the Labour Day holiday. In April, a total of 1.28 million [...]
Article from Fox News: It’s one of the most anticipated cars of the year. It has a 252 hp turbocharged engine. It costs $ 24,495. It comes with a $ 299 video camera. Of course it does. Ford has begun taking orders for the 2013 Focus ST, the hottest high-performance hatchback the automaker has ever [...]
Article from Virtual-Strategy Magazine: Auto Parts Network has added their products to a variety of popular online shopping stores to allow customers a reliable source for all the automotive parts and accessories they need. Weston, FL (PRWEB) May 11, 2012 Online auto parts superstore, Auto Parts Network (APN), provides a vast selection of auto replacement [...]
Article from Pioneer Press: Say “squad car,” and most of us conjure up an image of the Ford sedan that has long dominated police fleets: the Crown Victoria. Now that symbol of law enforcement is coming to an end. Ford has stopped making the Crown Victoria police interceptor, introduced in 1983. “The significance is that [...]