| Treasury To Sell Final Shares of GM |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
The U.S. Treasury filed plans Sept. 26 to sell the remaining 101.3 million shares -- 7.3% -- of GM stock, which began immediately. Taxpayers once owned 61% of the Detroit automaker when the federal government took 912 million shares as part of a bailout under the Bush and Obama administrations. If the remaining portion sells at GM's current stock price, taxpayers will lose about $10 billion ...
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| Collision-warning auto-braking systems put to the test for first time |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety looked at nearly 75 models' sophisticated collision-warning and auto-braking systems in an effort to see just how well they really work. Thousands of dollars' worth of damage and potentially serious injuries - and even death - could be the result if a car doesn't have the latest collision-avoidance technology. The Insurance Institute's ...
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| U.S. Regulator Said to Look Other Way on Unsafe Mexican Trucks |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Regulators determined to let Mexican trucks on U.S. roads under a trade deal have downplayed safety shortcomings with companies in a border-crossing pilot program, according to safety, trucking and labor groups. Trucking authorities violated their own rules by letting one company keep operating over the border after its safety rating was lowered, and overlooked other carriers' failures to ...
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| Nine Japanese auto parts makers plead guilty to U.S. price fixing |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Nine Japanese auto parts makers and two executives have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of more than 740 million U.S. dollars in criminal fines for their roles in price fixing conspiracies, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...
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| John Allen as 007 Appeared At Worlds Only James Bond Auto Exhibition |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Today, John Allen, out of Del Ray Beach, Fla., shared about his being a Sean Connery lookalike at a special Bond event in Miami. The event will run through Oct. ...
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| Vestas Joins With Mitsubishi for Offshore Turbines |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
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| Auto parts maker Martinrea bracing for legal challenge |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
A production line at Ford Motor Co. of Canada's plant in Oakville, Ont. The company is a customer of auto parts firm Martinrea International. (Fred Lum/The Globe and ...
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| Grand Theft Auto V As Character Drama And The Challenge Of Writing A Female Anti-Hero |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Note: Some minor spoilers for Grand Theft Auto V in the following post. Also, this is a part of an ongoing series as I play through the game which I have not yet finished. Please tag spoilers in any comments. There aren't many female anti-heroes in video games, television, or film. Certainly none so iconic ...
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| Electric cars to converge on Capitol for National Plug-In Day |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Owners of electric plug-in cars will show off their vehicles at the State Capitol Mall this Saturday. More than 100 electric vehicles are expected to converge on the mall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for Twin Cities National Plug-In Day. They'll have company. Some 98 "Plug-In Day" events are planned this weekend throughout the continental U.S., Hawaii and the Netherlands. During the ...
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| 15 most beautiful American cars |
Sep 27th, 2013 |
Most of these beautiful vehicles are classics and most from companies long gone. What a shame that todays cars are such boring cookie cutter ...
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