| Rolls-Royce Pratt Abandon Aero Engine Partnership |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney have abandoned plans to form a partnership to develop engines for mid-size aircraft, the two firms said on Thursday. In October 2011 Rolls and Pratt, a unit of United Technologies, announced plans to form a partnership to develop engines for 120-230 seat passenger aircraft that in future years would replace the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX narrow-body ...
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| Ohio museum grows fleet of historic electric cars |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
A fleet of more than three-dozen historic electric cars at the Northern Ohio Railway Museum have been joined by three more, including Cleveland's last ...
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| Mozart and French cars What we know about the popes likes — and why it matters |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
12,000-word interview with a Jesuit journal was a more personal nugget: The man loves Mozart. He finds Wagner impressive and Bach sublime, but the Holy Father will take Mozart any day."The ‘Et incarnates est’ from his Mass in C minor is matchless. It lifts you to God!" Francis gushed. "Mozart fulfills me. But I cannot think about his music. I have to listen to ...
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| Cars Damaged By BB Or Pellet Gun In San Jose Highway Shootings |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
SAN JOSE (KCBS) - The California Highway Patrol is looking for the suspect or suspects involved in a shooting spree during commute hours on Highway 101 in San Jose on Wednesday night. Officers said they suspect whomever did the damage, on Southbound 101 near McKee Road between 5:45 and 6:15 p.m, was using a BB or pellet gun, with as many as ten car windows ...
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| General Motors and Deloitte Touche in $303 million securities class action |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
A securities class action brought against General Motors (GM) by German’s DekaBank has led to a cash settlement of $277 million. In one of the biggest shareholder recoveries of 2008, the settlement will be paid to shareholders following an alleged misstatement of the auto company’s financials dating back to 2000. GM’s outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, is ...
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| 15 sedans for $20000 |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
According to the automotive research website TrueCar.com, the average price of a new car was $31,125 in June, which was about $5,000 higher than the pre-Great Recession price, despite stagnant incomes in the past five years. That means many Americans are extending themselves to buy a new vehicle. Then there are shoppers who set the bar at $20,000 for a new or used car, so they don't have to ...
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| New cars 2014 model year preview |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
Yeah, real ground-breaking. I guess these cars have even better lane departure warning systems than last year. Manufacturers need to stop catering to the brain dead and try to improve things like ride, handling, braking, and steering--all of which have deteriorated in recent years. More electronics is only going to result in more distracted driving and more ...
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| Pratt Whitney Rolls-Royce end joint venture to build aircraft engines |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are ending a joint venture to develop engines for mid-size aircraft, citing in part the current regulatory environment. Pratt & Whitney says it will continue to invest in and develop applications of its engine for powering the next generation of midsize aircraft. That's aircraft designed for about 120 to 230 passengers. It said in a statement ...
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| Two Fujikura Ltd. Executives Indicted for Roles in Fixing Prices on Automobile Parts Sold to Subaru to be Installed in U.S. Cars |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
WASHINGTON-A federal grand jury in Detroit returned an indictment against two Fujikura Ltd. executives for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of auto parts used in automotive wire harnesses sold to Subaru and installed in U.S. cars, the Department of Justice announced today. The indictment, filed today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit, ...
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| Consumer Federation of America Leaders Confront Flawed Auto Rule Analysis Poll |
Sep 20th, 2013 |
Dramatic Shift To Fuel Efficient Vehicles Began In 2005 New Auto Sales Analysis Reveals Market Reality Missed by Automakers & NHTSA Resulting Rule and Enviro Impact Analysis Flawed New Consumer Poll Shows Greater Demand for Fuel Economy than Available WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis of the impact of fuel economy on auto sales ...
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