| Virgil Trucks Dies MLB Pitcher Was 95 |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
reporting that Trucks was admitted to a hospital near his home in Calera, Alabama on March 21 for pneumonia. He died on March 23. Trucks was born in Alabama and began playing in the minor leagues in 1938. By 1941 he made his debut for the Detroit Tigers, the team with which he would play most of his career. He made the Major League Baseball all-star team twice and during his 1952 season threw ...
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| US industry March auto sales tracking above 15 mln -Toyota exec |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
By Ben Klayman NEW YORK, March 26 | Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:40am EDT NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. industry sales in March have been strong, with the annual sales rate tracking at a pace that would top 15 million for the fifth consecutive month, a senior U.S. executive for Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday. Bob Carter, Toyota's senior vice president for U.S. auto operations, said ...
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| Auto supplier to add more than 100 Kentucky jobs |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
Hayashi Telempu is a global company that constantly works to improve itself and the products it creates, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said in a news release. This is exactly the type of drive and determination we admire here in the commonwealth." Hayashi Telempu North America Corp., a subsidiary of Japan-based Hayashi Telempu Corp., plans to invest $10.7 million and add 103 jobs at a ...
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| NHTSA wants OK to speed up noncontroversial auto regulations |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to implement new rules to speed adoption of noncontroversial auto industry regulations.In a notice posted Tuesday, the auto safety agency wants authority to approve "routine and noncontroversial rules by reducing the time and resources necessary to develop, review, clear and publish separate" regulations without a full public ...
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| 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo convertible review notes: A turbocharged Beetle drop-top can be fun |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
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| Honda to launch 100-110cc bike to take on Heros Splendor |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
HMSI plans to sell 6 lakh units of this new bike in FY14, which will be just 25% of the Hero Splendor family’s annual sales of 2.1-2.2 mn ...
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| Mercedes-Benz remains as official F1 safety and medical car |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
Mercedes-Benz is now in its 18th year as the provider of the Official F1 Safety Car and the Official F1 Medical Car. In the 2013 Formula 1 season, they are using the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT as the safety car while the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate is used as the medical car. The season is not far gone since its opening at the Australian Grand Prix and the second race in the Malaysian Grand Prix. ...
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| GM reveals updated 14 Buick LaCrosse |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
Buick on Monday revealed its refreshed 2014 LaCrosse sedan featuring new front and rear fascia, a larger and more striking grille, new LED wraparound tail lights and a new interior with more comfortable seats.General Motors Co. today in New York City will show the full-size sedan, which has a more modern look and comes with more technology than today's LaCrosse. That's just ahead of ...
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| Automakers to show off new products at New York International Auto Show |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
New York - Automakers are rolling out more than two dozen new cars and SUVs at the New York International Auto Show this week, as the industry races to get new and refreshed models into showrooms faster.Buffeted by rising auto sales and pent-up consumer demand, U.S. and foreign automakers are turning over vehicles faster than ever.The number of new product launches will rise 57 percent to 141 ...
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| Ford India sorry for controversial ads |
Mar 26th, 2013 |
Mumbai, India - The Indian unit of Ford Motor Co. has apologized for advertisements decried as demeaning to women, including one depicting Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a trio of bound women in the trunk of a car.A Ford India spokeswoman said Monday that the company is investigating whether anyone at the automaker ever saw the print ads, which were never used ...
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