| Five subprime auto finance predictions - and why you should care |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
two ) on why I think subprime auto lending is about to transform radically, and why it matters if you're interested in consumer finance or financial technology. Over the past five years, payday lending has evolved from a marketplace dominated by old-school lenders into one that is pioneering lower cost credit from a new breed of technology and data-driven lenders. Just as payday lending ...
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| Photo At least 10 cars involved in an accident in Englewood Colo. - CBSDenver |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
Add a location to your Tweets When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location ...
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| Metra train hits semi carrying cars in Bartlett |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
A semi-truck hauling a load of vehicles was struck by a Metra Milwaukee District West Line train in Bartlett, causing at least one train car to derail and leaving two passengers with minor injuries, officials said.The accident happened at 3:38 p.m. as the Milwaukee District West Line as the train was inbound and struck the trailer which was on the tracks at a grad crossing, said Meg Reile, a ...
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| After Estilo Maruti Suzuki to hit the brakes on A-Star as sales slip amid competition |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki, India's largest carmaker by volumes, is gradually phasing out another one of its popular hatchbacks to make way for a new range of cars. After phasing out its hatchback Estilo, the company is now zeroing in on A-Star. The two hatchbacks were once among the bestsellers in Maruti's portfolio, but slowing sales amid rising competition has forced Maruti to opt for ...
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| Toyota recalls more than 800000 cars |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
Toyota owners in Tampa may soon be getting a recall notice in the mail. A problem has been discovered that could cause the airbags in some late model cars to malfunction, and ...
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| UPDATE 2-Burning Canadian rail cars keep main line to Pacific blocked |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:31pm EDT By Louise Egan Oct 21 (Reuters) - Burning rail cars from a derailed Canadian train are taking longer to burn out than Canadian National Railway (CN) expected, closing the operator's main line to the Pacific coast and keeping 100 people from their homes. The derailment in the province of Alberta, a reminder of a deadly accident in Quebec in July that killed 47 ...
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| Taxi smashes into cars in Auckland driveway |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
A taxi has smashed into a south Auckland driveway after being hit by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road. The Holden taxi careered through a wrought iron fence and into a number of cars parked in the driveway of the home on Wylie Street in Papatoetoe at around 5am today. The driver was injured in the collision and has been taken to hospital. The second car, which is thought to have ...
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| Warm winters more efficient cars less coal use combine for big drop in US carbon pollution |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
WASHINGTON -- The United States cut its energy-related carbon dioxide pollution by 3.8 percent last year, the second biggest drop since 1990, the Department of Energy said Monday. The only recent year with a bigger percentage drop was in 2009, when America was in a large recession. American cars and factories spewed 5.83 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, down from 6.06 billion in 2011. It ...
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| New Trader Joe’s store creates traffic mess 55 cars towed |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
Arthur Rothenberg enjoyed a leisurely lunch at the Roasters ‘N’ Toasters deli in Pinecrest Friday afternoon. But the retired Miami-Dade circuit judge wasn’t too happy when he finished his turkey wrap and went out to the parking lot to find his car was gone.It had been towed because someone in management at the Dadeland Plaza shopping center thought he was a customer of the new ...
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| Rodney Brooks on Cars as Robots |
Oct 22nd, 2013 |
How many people have operated their own robot? A lot more than you might think, Rethink Robotics founder and CTO Rodney Brooks would say. "I tell everyone, 'You're driving around inside a robot, and 10 years from now it's going to become an even smarter robot,'" Brooks told us at our Techonomy Detroit conference. "Cars are the epicenter, actually, of ...
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