| Analysis Spending on cars homes threatens apparel sales as holidays approach |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
Many consumers are taking advantage of still-low interest rates, purchasing cars and houses, but at the same time they are holding back on shirts, dresses and shoes, which doesn't bode well for many retailers in the run-up to the year-end holiday ...
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| Death toll from train derailment in Mexico rises to five |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
The number of migrants who died in a train derailment in Mexico has risen to five, the Tabasco state's attorney general's office said Monday. The dozen injured of the roughly 275 migrants making their way north were taken to nearby hospitals, El Universal reported. The derailment occurred Sunday in a desolate area of southern Veracruz. The train in which the migrants were riding ...
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| Toyota 86 Review Tada prototype |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
Toyota 86 is as good as you dared to dream it would be." That's what we wrote 12 months ago at the launch of the affordable sports car that immediately became one of motoring's most stunning success stories of its era. A year on, it's a bona-fide cult car, and a rarefied phenomenon. The stats, particularly locally, are frankly eye-opening, too: more than 6000 units sold, ...
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| Tata Nano next-gen Indian micro to become global “smart city car” |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym confirmed the Nano’s emphasis would shift from being the ‘world’s cheapest car’ to a vehicle that would be competitive and desirable outside India. "We still want it to be affordable, but more of a smart city car is what we'd expect of the transformation," Slym said in a round-table discussion with members of ...
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| Were mystery cars and bike involved in Dianas death |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
Some significant clues which suggested that Princess Diana could have been murdered in a rogue SAS plot were never correctly investigated, it has been revealed. According to the Daily Express, cops never found two cars being driven suspiciously on the night of the car crash that killed the Princess of Wales and her lover Dodi Fayed. The publication has claimed that a British solicitor told ...
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| Auto PCBs to buoy Chin-Poon 2013 revenues says report |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
. The product segment accounted for 72% of the Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer's overall revenues in the first half of 2013, compared to 66% in all of 2012, the website ...
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| Webber all but confirms Ricciardo to claim Red Bull F1 seat |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
team after seven years with the Formula One team. Speaking with Australia’s Channel 10 prior to the Belgian Grand Prix’s main event at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday, 36-year-old Webber announced, ';The decision’s made.'; ';We all know who it is. I’m happy with that decision. It’s good for him and good for ...
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| Volkswagen Golf Plus first look at new high-roofed hatch |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
The original Golf Mk5-based Volkswagen Golf Plus joined the German car maker's line-up at the end of 2004, offering a more spacious and versatile alternative to the standard Golf hatch, yet packaged in a shorter body than the Golf wagon and Touran seven-seater. The Golf Plus received a facelift in 2009, bringing it in line with the Golf Mk6, and continues to be sold alongside the ...
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| Retired German auto workers fight for pension increase |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
Last Wednesday, several hundred former GM-Opel workers gathered at factory gate 4 at the company's plant in Bochum. They demanded adjustments in their company pensions to keep pace with inflation, to which they are entitled.They marched from gate 4 in a column across Wittenerstrae and Dannenbaumstrae to gate 1, which is located on the factory grounds. Since they retired, very few of the ...
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| Nissan Patrol breaks Touareg’s aircraft towing record |
Aug 26th, 2013 |
has staked its claim for the title of the world’s strongest car, breaking the Guinness World Record for the ‘Heaviest aircraft pulled by a production vehicle’. The new-generation ...
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