| Seoul shares edge up as techs autos firm |
May 27th, 2013 |
Sun May 26, 2013 10:26pm EDT * Foreign investors return after two selling sessions * Market's key heavy-weights tech, auto attract interest * CJ Group shares continue to lag amid slush fund investigation SEOUL, May 27 (Reuters) - South Korean shares rose on Monday, hovering close to a seven-week high hit last week, helped by prospects of strong corporate earnings and low valuations, analysts ...
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| 1 dead 10 hurt in car-bus crash in California |
May 27th, 2013 |
A woman was killed and her husband critically injured when their car careened out of control on a California highway Sunday and was hit by a bus, police said. The bus driver and eight passengers also were injured in the 2 a.m. crash on Highway 101 at Burlingame, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The California Highway Patrol said the unidentified 36-year-old woman who died was a passenger ...
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| Infiniti Developing New Entry-Level Crossover |
May 26th, 2013 |
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Thanks to the partnership between Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz, an entry-level Infiniti QX30 crossover may soon enter the lineup, positioned below what’s currently known as the EX, but will be renamed the QX50 for the 2014 model year. In a surprising twist, it will be built on the same Mercedes chassis that is used for the [...]
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| US cars rank high in total quality |
May 26th, 2013 |
Agreed with other comment: what's this list's definition of "Quality" -all those VWs? And the MINI is a very troublesome car. I question this survey. Big ...
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| Gutter oil to be used as auto fuel |
May 26th, 2013 |
Processed gutter oil is expected to be used as bus fuel within two years in Shanghai, as part of efforts to advance a circular economy and prevent recycled cooking oil from returning to the ...
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| How Mississippi Gets Taken By Nissan |
May 26th, 2013 |
Why in the world are the taxpayers of Mississippi--the very poorest in the nation, who are already enduring sharply-increasing economic inequality--providing $1.33 billion in subsidies to the auto giant Nissan, which raked in profits of $3.3 billion last year? That question has gained new urgency in the wake of a new study by Good Jobs First, the Washington, DC-based monitor of wasteful ...
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| Cars collide as elk gives birth in middle of road in Sweden |
May 26th, 2013 |
newborn calf delivered by an elk in the middle of the road, officials said. The accident took place Friday afternoon on the road between Trollhattan and Vanersborg, the Goteborgs-Posten newspaper reported. There had been reports of an elk spotted in the area earlier that morning, Swedish news agency TT reported Saturday. The elk gave birth in the middle of highway 44, and then ran off, leaving ...
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| Missouri highway collapses after rail cars hit overpass pillars 7 injured |
May 26th, 2013 |
CHAFFEE, Mo. - A Missouri highway overpass that partially collapsed when rail cars smashed into one of its support pillars after a cargo train collision was about 15 years old and in good condition but just couldn't withstand the impact, a sheriff said. Seven people in two cars on the overpass were injured, none seriously, when two 40-foot (12-meter) sections of the overpass crumpled early ...
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| GM founder Durant statue heads to foundry for bronzing |
May 26th, 2013 |
Flint - General Motors founder William "Billy" Durant will soon be immortalized in bronze. The finished statue will then be placed in the downtown Flint statue plaza that already features automotive giants Louis Chevrolet and David Buick, according to The Flint Journal. "Having him in the center of these two automotive names, he's the guy who brought them to Flint, and at ...
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| McLaren Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Special Edition 12C and 12C Spider |
May 26th, 2013 |
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McLaren is producing a commemorative model in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The McLaren 50 12C will be limited to 100 units globally, with that number split between 50 examples of the 12C and 50 of the 12C Spider. The special edition models feature a number of styling and specification enhancements, which have been produced [...]
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