| Auto industry predicts huge Memorial Day sales |
May 24th, 2013 |
Memorial Day weekend could be a smashing three days for the auto industry, which is pushing for the highest level of sales this year since 2002, forecasters predict.So far, new-vehicle sales to individual customers are keeping the industry on track for sales above 15 million this year. When all new-vehicle sales are counted in, the total could top 16 million for the first time this decade, LMC ...
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| Mitsubishi Motors manoeuvres to end 15-year dividend drought |
May 24th, 2013 |
By Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T), the Japanese maker of Triton pickups, the Outlander Sport SUV and i-MiEV electric car, wants shareholders to approve a capital reorganisation to clear more than $9 billion (5.9 ...
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| US bridge collapse sends cars people into river |
May 24th, 2013 |
A highway bridge over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed Thursday, sending cars and people plunging into the water below without causing any ...
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| PM orders auto industry crisis meeting |
May 24th, 2013 |
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has ordered a crisis meeting to examine the future of the nation's automotive industry in the wake of the shock decision by Ford to quit manufacturing in Australia. In Sydney for a National Panel for Economic Reform meeting, the Prime Minister said she had agreed to union requests for a meeting "for strategic discussion" on the future of the ...
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| Bridge collapse on Washington interstate drops cars into water |
May 24th, 2013 |
The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis said the four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m. PT, closing all northbound and southbound lanes between Burlington and Mount ...
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| Highway horror Washington state bridge collapses plunging cars into river |
May 24th, 2013 |
Washington state along a heavily traveled commuter route collapsed late Thursday.The bridge is located on Interstate 5. Washington State Patrol officials said no one was killed in the incident, which could have been sparked by a truck collision, when a driver hit the side of the ...
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| Terrafugia Transition flying cars roar into reality |
May 24th, 2013 |
The Terrafugia Transition lets you fly over traffic and point-to-point between more than 5,000 community airports around the United States. Courtesy ...
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| Cars and schools set ablaze in fifth night of Stockholm riots |
May 24th, 2013 |
STOCKHOLM // More than a dozen cars were torched and schools, shops and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said Friday. The riots, which have sated Sweden's image as a peaceful and egalitarian nation, have sparked a debate about the assimilation of immigrants, who make up ...
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| Bridge Collapses in Washington State sends People Cars into Skagit River |
May 24th, 2013 |
May 24, 2013 An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol ...
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| Collapsed I-5 bridge was used by 67000 cars a day detours set up |
May 24th, 2013 |
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge.Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border. The roadblock on both directions of I-5 is expected to cause a major disruption in trade and ...
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