Archive for January, 2008

Auto Cars - Fitch: Revenue Challenges to Overshadow U.S. Auto Cost Improvements in


PR Inside - - Slowing U.S. economic growth will place pressure on U.S. auto sales in 2008, with revenue declines offsetting much of the benefits from recent fixed-cost improvements achieved at GM, Ford and Chrysler. Fitch Ratings expects that U.S. light vehicle

Nano: The drive to big dreams
Hindustan Times - An auto cost from Rs 300,000 to Rs 400,000 while the Nano comes for a convenient Rs 100,000 only,” Singh said while comparing his auto and the new car. “That’s why a couple of us are thinking, why not buy a Nano instead of an auto-rickshaw? It’s

Auto Cars - Fremont: The U.S. base for Shaolin kung fu masters


Inside Bay Area - Kirk Graebe, a former martial arts instructor, did a double-take the first time he drove past the school a former auto repair shop at the corner of Peralta Boulevard and Dusterberry Way. “I said, ‘Right, Shaolin monks in Fremont,’” he said

Radio Broadcast News
Who Won - On-Track presented by GMDC Auto Repair and Auto Sales will present the 55th installment of the show on Monday Night, January 28th, immediately following CARQUEST Gasoline Alley. K-MAC Sports (kmacsports.com) is proud to announce the UIL Realignment

Auto Cars - 1 Dead In Warehouse Shooting


Boston Channel - BOSTON — One person is dead after a double shooting at an auto parts warehouse in Webster on Monday morning. The search for the alleged gunman led police to a wooded area in Berlin on Monday afternoon. NewsCenter 5’s Jack Harper reported that

SUPER POLLO
Orange County Weekly - Super Pollo is a Costa Mesa institution, a bit of quirky comfort beside a Kragen Auto Parts. OC Weekly s premiere issue sung its praises as five bucks of heaven on a plate, the same combo you can now gnaw through for just 50 cents more, all

Business Topics by Industry
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Florida is organizing an export sales mission March 9-12 to the Dominican Republic, a top market for such products as auto parts, hotel supplies, building materials and medical equipment, the state’s economic development partnership Enterprise

Massachusetts shootings put Mechanicville police on alert
Daily Gazette - MECHANICVILLE Mechanicville police are watching the home of a city man after his former wife was shot by a former boyfriend at an auto parts store near Worcester, Mass. Boston television station WBZ and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette are

State evolving into leader in auto output
Indianapolis Star - Three Japanese companies powered Indiana’s surge: Toyota at Princeton; Subaru at Lafayette; and Honda’s new Greensburg plant, set to open this summer. Those plants already have hired the bulk of their labor force. And their auto parts suppliers are

Carmakers oil supply chain
Detroit Free Press - But this year may show whether Detroit automakers have learned important lessons from the recent spate of high-profile Chapter 11 cases among auto-parts makers. General Motors Corp. also said it spent less on distressed suppliers in 2007 than it did

2008 TORA Schedule Released
Who Won - BELLEVILLE, Kan. — The 8th season of racing for the O’Reilly Auto Parts TORA Racing Series has been scheduled and readied as the series looks to rebound from years past and become a series to look forward to in 2008. The season will start April 11

Hemaraj Land and Development boosted by auto sector
Nation - Thailand - Besides the Bt9.5-billion investment from Suzuki, I believe our project will bring an additional investment of Bt20 billion from other auto-parts manufacturers that are supporting Suzuki,” he said. He said Suzuki sold 2,200 cars in Thailand last year

Experienced criminal going to prison for gas station robbery in
Free Lance-Star - Neenan is scheduled to go to court Feb. 12 in Stafford on charges that include attempted robbery, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and burglary for crimes committed at Advanced Auto Parts and the Wingate Inn. Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424 Email

Auto Cars - Auto Toyota Goes “Batty” with Hybrid Pickup Concept


DailyTech - Tech enthusiasts know that the month of January is usually reserved for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and Macworld Expo . All of the latest tech gadgets and computing products are shown at both shows — the omnipresent iPhone made its initial

ALONSO GOT IT RIGHT - TRULLI
Sporting Life - Jarno Trulli believes Fernando Alonso made the right decision in returning to Renault. Trulli spent two seasons as Alonso’s team-mate at Renault in 2003 and 2004, before switching to Toyota towards the end of the latter year. The French marque then

Japanese Cars Lead Most Reliable List
WSOC-TV - Sometimes the most important thing about a car isn t how fast it is or how well it handles, but how well it starts on mornings when it is 10 below zero or how often it has its owner digging out their AAA card. With this in mind, Consumer Reports

Auto Cars - Jason Edward Murphy


Times-News - He was a 1999 graduate of Eastern Alamance High School and a 2000 graduate of the Nashville Auto Diesel College. He was an automobile mechanic and an avid drag-racing fan. He was a former Boy Scout, Troop #36. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a

Auto Cars - Correction: Congress-Energy


CNBC - WASHINGTON - In a Dec. 3 story about energy legislation in Congress, The Associated Press misstated the estimated revenue shortfall to the government if proposed new auto fuel economy standards become law. The estimated shortfall is $3 billion, not

Nuclear Power Gets Boost from Candidates
Common Dreams - WASHINGTON - On the brink of a nuclear power resurgence in America, the once-vilified industry is buoyed by a slate of presidential candidates who seem ready to embrace or at least consider a nuclear energy future. Already enjoying strong

Indian Stocks Little Changed; Oil Stocks Gain, Infosys Falls
Bloomberg - Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — India’s energy shares gained, paced by state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp., on hopes the government will raise auto fuel rates after global crude prices touched $100 a barrel. The stock benchmark swung between gains and losses

TD Securities-Melbourne Institute: Australia November Inflation Up 0.3
RTT News - A significant rise in the price of auto fuel was the greatest contributor to the November increase, followed by rises in prices at deposit and loan facilities, fruit, and rental accommodations. Auto fuel prices rose 17.5 percent for the year to

Bush Signs New Mileage, Biofuel Mandates
Smart Money - WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) — U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday signed into law a major energy bill that raises auto fuel economy standards for the first time in more than three decades and requires a quadrupling of biofuel production. The Energy

The Global Warming Playbook
Time - Washington is finally awakening from its slumber, with Congress hammering out the first increase in auto fuel economy standards since 1984, and with the first real piece of climate-change legislation a bill sponsored by Senators John Warner and

Auto Cars - Big rigs roll out in lead up to race


Bathurst Western Advocate - Mr Sullivan said his big rig is purpose built to carry the SuperCheap Auto cars around Australia. I suppose we d cover 60,000 kilometres in a season, he said. We go all over the country, from Perth to Darwin and Queensland but the big

Auto Cars - Iran, Egypt keen to boost bilateral ties


Tehran Times - Auto, trucks, rails, housing, construction, cement, food, petrochemical, chemical, oil, and gas industries as well as equipment and machinery, power plants, IT, shipbuilding, tiles, medicine, and biotechnology constitute the fields of bilateral

Wrestler Nikita booked for racism
Tribune - He said Kumbhat Holograms is the prime sponsor while other co-sponsors include Pioneer Cranes and Elevators, Mahindra Stiller Auto Trucks, Param International, Top Team Machines, Willwin, NK Forging and Rolling Industries, Indico Power Tools, Bull

Beep Beep
Oneida Dispatch - To select more than one item in a list, press CTRL key or Command key [Mac] while clicking on an item. Select a sub-category Beep Beep - All Auto Parts & Supplies Auto/Trucks Wanted Automotive automotive Repair Autos for Sale Boats Boats

Auto Cars - Candidates Focus On Economy


WWJ Newsradio 950 - He also railed against what he called pork-barrel spending projects. Mike Huckabee was going to tour an auto plant in Ypsilanti Monday afternoon before heading to the Auto Show at Cobo Center. MMVIII WWJ Radio, All Rights Reserved. The

Review: God’s Crucible
International Herald Tribune - In discussing the translation of ancient texts into Arabic, for instance, he refers often to the “Toledo conveyor belt,” making the slow, meticulous translation of Greek treatises into Arabic sound like something carried out at an Ohio auto plant

Toyota customers, whistleblower sue carmaker alleging defects
Detroit News - About two-thirds of all Corollas sold in the United States are made at NUMMI, a nearby auto plant jointly owned and operated by Toyota and General Motors Corp., said George Magliano, director of North American auto industry research for the

Mexico faces own job drain
Chicago Tribune - And one Chinese firm, FAW Group Corp., even plans to plant a beachhead in Mexico with its announcement last month it will build an auto plant here to make cars for Mexico and Latin America. That step is likely to usher in a wave of Chinese auto

Free of fear, he lights others lives
Buffalo News - This year, Stanley Blake will spend Christmas pretty much the same as usual. He will wake up in his Lancaster home, eat after fire in Colvin Avenue home 3,000 customers still without power Wild winter winds whip area Union says Syracuse auto plant

Working together creates holiday magic
Buffalo News - Marie Fender of Orchard Park and her family deserved a little break this Christmas season. Before she retired, she may be moved to Erie Canal site Mourning a man of peace: Foreign service officer John Granville Union says Syracuse auto plant

Cover story: Letter-perfect ‘Spelling Bee’ set for Shea’s run
Buffalo News - William Finn has an honesty problem. The famously big-hearted songwriter has gained high praise over the years for his after fire in Colvin Avenue home Historic tavern damaged in windstorm may be moved to Erie Canal site Union says Syracuse auto plant

Auto Industry 1991-2000
Kommersant - In June, Ivan Kostin, KamAZ’s general director, announced that the EBRD had agreed to a restructuring of the auto plant’s debts to it ($141 million with penalties and fines on principal of $100 million) in a share offset. In July, Vice-premier Il’ya

Auto Cars - Local Bowling Scores and Standings


Times-Leader - Lamoreaux Auto Parts, 47-17; 3. Confer Construction, 45-19; 4. Hollywood Tans, 41-23; 5. Cross Construction, 41-23; 6. Allstate Insurance, 38-26; 7. TC s Rydes and Repairs, 38-26; 8. Big Ten Subs and Pizza, 30.5-33.5; 9. Ron Lanning Trucking, 27-37

AUTOSHOW-Johnson Controls well-placed for any downturn-exec
Forbes - DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto-parts maker Johnson Controls Inc is well-positioned globally should there be more industry difficulties in North America, the president of its automotive interiors business said Sunday. Beda Bolzenius declined to comment

Chris Shott
New York Observer - According to public records, the voracious developer has snatched up yet another plot of land, this time in Hell’s Kitchen, paying $6.6 million for the current Pace Auto Parts Inc., building at 548 West 48th Street. What will become of the lot? Another