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E. Idaho auto dealership apologizes for radio ad
An eastern Idaho auto dealership that offended some area residents with a radio commercial that included a derogatory reference about special needs children in a sales pitch for trucks has apologized. KIFI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/11PyoCa) in a story Friday that Pocatello-based Cole Chevrolet pulled the ads and is also teaming up ...
Sulphur will buy 4 SUVs for police
The City Council has voted to use the general fund to buy four police vehicles. Mayor Chris Duncan tells The American Press (http://bit.ly/cseYHv ) that the purchases will increase the city's projected deficit by $101,250. Duncan says the general fund originally had $33,750 budgeted for a Chevrolet Tahoe, but the ...
Goodyear's new Ohio HQs: huddle rooms and more
Goodyear's brand-spanking-new, state-of-the-art headquarters has "huddle rooms." Don't confuse those with numerous other conference and training rooms sprinkled around the 639,000-square-foot, seven-story structure. Atriums contribute mightily to vast amounts of open space. Carpeting subtly hints of tires and motion. The main lobby pays homage to Charles Goodyear and his discovery ...
Lime Rock hosts race for electric cars
Two flat tires didn't deflate the enthusiasm of the Housatonic Valley Regional High School team that competed in the Electrathon at Lime Rock Park. In the school's first entry into the electric car competition, drivers Wayne Purdy and Brian Saccardi managed to get their entry around the track nine times. ...
Grand opening held for Model A museum in Michigan
A museum in southwestern Michigan that celebrates Ford Motor Co.'s Model A has held a grand opening ceremony. The 12,000-square-foot Model A Ford Museum is fashioned after a Ford dealership from 1928. It sits on the Gilmore Car Museum campus in Hickory Corners, about 115 miles west of Detroit. Marketing ...
EUROPEAN AUTO SALES REBOUND, BUT WITH AN ASTERISK
c.2013 New York Times News Service PARIS — European auto sales broke an 18-month losing streak in April, industry data showed Friday. But don’t pop open the Champagne just yet: The increase was mostly a trick of the calendar. New car registrations in the 27-nation European Union rose 1.7 percent ...
GM stock rises above $33 for first time in 2 years
Shares of General Motors reached an important milestone on Friday, closing above their initial public offering price of $33 for the first time in more than two years. GM shares reached $33.77 Friday before slipping back to close at $33.42, up 3.2 percent. The auto giant sold shares to the ...
Falling yen to make Japan's goods more affordable
Attention, bargain-hunters around the world: Japanese goods — from cars to televisions — are going on sale. Credit Japan's drive to pump cash into its economy to stimulate growth. The extra money flooding its financial system is helping shrink the value of the yen. A U.S. dollar now buys about ...
4-month strike at PSA Peugeot Citroen plant ends
A four-month strike at a car factory north of Paris has come to an end, although the workers say they will still fight a plan to close the plant. PSA Peugeot Citroen said Friday that it had signed an agreement with the CGT union to end the strike, which started ...
China: Cadillac recalling SUVs to fix wheel nuts
China's product safety agency says General Motors Co.'s main Chinese joint venture is recalling Cadillac SUVs to correct a problem with nuts that hold their wheels in place. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said Friday that Shanghai GM will recall 2,653 imported Cadillac SRXs. The agency ...
European car sales up for first time since 2011
The European auto industry may be showing the first signs of a slowdown in its sales free-fall, according to data from the European automaker's association. New car registrations in April were up 1.7 percent on the same time last year, the ACEA's latest figures show. Although the April rise has ...
Bond sale to expand Gestamp plant in W.Va. OK'd
West Virginia officials are moving forward with a bond sale to help expand an auto parts stamping plant in South Charleston. The West Virginia Economic Development Authority on Thursday authorized up to $150 million in bonds that will be used to purchase equipment for the Gestamp plant over the next ...
Mich. Senate votes to extend health claims tax
A continuation of a 1 percent tax on health insurance claims passed the state Senate Thursday, but yet to be resolved is how to ensure the levy brings in enough revenue for Medicaid, which serves 1.9 million low-income Michigan residents. The tax, which took effect nearly 17 months ago and ...
Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests
Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations. Subaru's 2014 Forester was the only vehicle to get the top "good" rating in the results released Thursday. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport ...
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SHINTO PRIESTS
c.2013 The International Herald Tribune From The International Herald Tribune SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATOR PRESERVES AN OLD HOME IN A ONCE-SACRED DISTRICT KYOTO _ Centuries ago, it would have been difficult for anyone other than a Shinto priest to enter the sacred district of Kamigamo, let alone live here. But now ...
Moss Point gets new technology in patrol cars
Moss Point patrol cars are now equipped with new technology to help officers record events as they happen and track criminal activity. The new equipment comes from a $132,000 Juvenile Accountability block grant through the Department of Public Safety. Police Chief Keith Davis tells The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/14rDhh7 ) the ...
APNewsBreak: Details of NC House tax plan unveiled
House Republicans offered their own North Carolina tax overhaul plan Thursday that would reduce personal and corporate income tax rates and expand the sales tax to cover more services. The proposal's scope is much narrower than what Senate counterparts offered as GOP legislators try to fulfill a commitment to carry ...
Honda to return to F1 as engine supplier
Japanese automaker Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to McLaren, recreating a partnership that was dominant in the 1980s and 1990s. Honda president Takanobu Ito announced the decision at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday, reversing the decision made in 2008 to pull ...
Bowling Green plant to add 100 full-time jobs
An auto parts maker is adding a new building and 100 full-time jobs to its operation in Bowling Green. Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC broke ground Wednesday on its second expansion since November. Gov. Steve Beshear's office said the company plans to add an 87,000-square-foot building with a capital investment ...
Asia stocks mixed as Wall St. ignores euro gloom
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. However, losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said Wednesday that nine of the 17 countries that use the euro are in ...
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