Archive for the 'Auto Trade' Category

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

AutoCareInsurance.com Offers Consumers a Helpful Resource for Obtaining Car Insurance Quotes

“We initially launched the site in order to make it easier for consumers to find the best insurance quotes available,” says Brandon Larsen, CEO. “In our rush to get the site live as soon as possible, we weren’t able to spend a great deal of time on the design. After running the site for awhile [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Pay As You Go Auto Insurance

I have an ardent love/hate relationship with technology. Those of you who read my column in CHP have heard me sing it’s praises a couple of times.
Things along the lines of, “we have engines that are more powerful than ever, while also being more reliable and economical,” all thanks to technology. For that matter, our [...]

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Auto trade deficit with U.S. doubles

Canada’s auto trade deficit almost doubled in the first four months of this year primarily because of a sharp drop in exports of finished cars and trucks, statistics show. Using data from Statistics Canada and Industry Canada, the Canadian Auto Workers union says the trade deficit in the January to April period jumped to $3.7 [...]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

W.T.O. Rules Against China for Its Tariffs on Auto Parts

China violates global trade rules by requiring automakers operating there to buy components from local suppliers or face penalties, the World Trade Organization ruled on Friday.
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The decision, issued in Geneva on a complaint brought by the European Union, the United States and Canada, is the first time China has lost a case [...]

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

State Declares Columbia Expansion Site Blighted

The Empire State Development Corporation today declared blighted a 17-acre swath of Manhattanville where Columbia University is seeking to expand, a major step toward allowing the state to use eminent domain to acquire the property of two businesses that have declined to sell their land to the university.
Opponents of the $6 billion expansion plan said [...]

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Tallahassee Tops The List Of Best Drivers

Tallahassee drivers roared in at number 57 in Allstate’s Americas Best Drivers Report.
The report is based on the number of property damage claims over a two year period.
We talked to some drivers today and many of them say it’s pretty hard to believe Tallahassee holds the safest drivers.
Tallahassee Driver, Melissa Baniak said, “I highly doubt [...]

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Paris shares edge into positive territory; oil prices weigh on auto stocks

Share prices were slightly higher midsession as upward momentum in heavyweight oil-related stocks offset the dampening effect of high oil prices on auto and aviation shares.
At 12.10 p.m. the CAC-40 index was up 2.07 or 0.04 percent at 4,620.82 and the SBF-120 was 1.86 or 0.06 percent lower at 3,354.85.
The euro was quoted at $1.5484, [...]

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Beef Renegotiation Might Trouble Auto Deal

The delegation explained their six-day-long activities in the United States between June 9 and 15 and said, “The United States had an understanding that renegotiation means having the negotiation all over again. If the negotiation starts from the origin, it is likely that [the U.S. Congress] will demand renegotiation on the automobile deal within the [...]

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Steel Valley Super Nationals Schedule

Flagraising ceremonies by the AMVETS Post 45 Honor Guard at 6:25 p.m. at the Key Bank and Salem Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge live band stage located on the front lawn of city hall), followed by the Car Cruise Specialists, Mirror Image until 10 p.m.
Hot rod and hot rod diesel truck dynomometer form 1 to 7 p.m. on the [...]

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

United Auto Workers Union Endorses Obama For President

The United Auto Workers international executive board has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president.
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said Tuesday in a news release that Obama has given the country a positive vision for a better America and concrete plans to achieve it.
Gettelfinger notes the Illinois senator has pledged to rebuild the country’s manufacturing base and [...]