Monday, May 12th, 2008
This past weekend, the Dutchess County Fairgrounds played host to the Rhinebeck Car and Auto Show.
Although attendance was down a bit from previous years, Vicki Imperati, spokeswoman for fairgrounds, said the event is always a successful one no matter how many people come out.
“Totals for attendance were down on both days, which was most likely [...]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Donny Schatz knows the history of Knoxville Raceway very well and he added his name to that history in couple of different ways on Saturday night. First he put himself in elite company of drivers that have won on opening night at the famed half-mile in Iowa. On top of that, the two-time defending Advance [...]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
A white 2006 Toyota Matrix was reported stolen Thursday from Finish Line Auto on Route 940, police said Monday. The owner went to pick up the vehicle and found it wasn’t on the property.
This is the fourth vehicle reported stolen from that location since April 27, when three boys between the ages of 15 and [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
CARMAKERS are forever looking for ways to keep customers coming back. They spend hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising. They slash prices. They throw in all sorts of options.
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Where Driving Has Its Rewards
But they are also increasingly turning to co-branded credit cards that give customers points for [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
ON a recent Monday evening, Mariano La Manno, a good-natured man of 56, sat at a table in the back garden of his Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, Acqua Santa, and traced the long history of the cars in his life.
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*Marianno La Manno*
Brooklyn
Occupation: Restaurant owner
Car: �67 Ford Mustang
Date Acquired: 1985
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
By David Bailey and Soyoung Kim
DETROIT (Reuters) - Investors led by Appaloosa Management backed out of a $2.55 billion equity deal to support Delphi Corp’s DPHIQ.PK emergence from bankruptcy on Friday, dealing a blow to General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its goal of putting the problems of its [...]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
(Corrects to attribute quotes throughout to executive Steven
Landry, not Michael Manley, as previously sent)
By Soyoung Kim
DETROIT, April 1 (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC said on Tuesday
it would continue to offer customers zero percent financing in
April and cut production if necessary as the embattled No. 3
U.S. automaker struggles with sluggish [...]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Eller declined to comment when approached by reporters as he left jail. Scoggin said no attorney had yet signed on to represent Eller.According to a criminal complaint, two Minneapolis police officers watched a Mercedes SUV run a stop sign and swerve toward their squad car. The officers chased the SUV to Eller’s home, where they [...]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Enodis’ shares rose 5.2 percent to 243 pence ($4.79) in morning trade.”The combination of Manitowoc and Enodis’ businesses will create one of the leading foodservice businesses globally,” Manitowoc Chairman Terry Growcock said in a statement.The purchase will allow Manitowoc to provide an “enlarged product range and a more comprehensive suite of services across the hot [...]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
After almost buying a ‘49 Pontiac, Humphreys continued to look out for a good ’40s GM car.Ironically, the car he ended up buying came from his hometown of Winnipeg. Neil’s brother Wayne called up one day to say he had located a ‘41 Buick two-door.”He was so impressed by the completeness of the car that [...]
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