Tokyo stocks rose sharply Monday as auto and electronics exporters got a lift from the strengthening dollar, which traded comfortably above 108 yen.
The Nikkei 225 index rose 380.64 points, or 2.7 percent, to 14,354.37.
Traders said investors may chase the market higher. Exporters in particular are benefiting from the dollar’s strength as worries over inflation raise [...]

The United Auto Workers are going ahead with plans to picket the opening of MGM Grand at Foxwoods this weekend.
The union will stage a number of protests and demonstrations Saturday and Sunday at the Route 2 entrances to the casino, union officials said. MGM Grand is scheduled to open to the public at midnight Saturday [...]

“It’s been devastating,” Epperson said. “Florida is mentioned by many retailers as certainly one of the worst states in the country.”
John Purvis, who owns Showcase Furniture in Mount Dora, said his store has experienced a 40 percent to 50 percent drop in sales since the peak of the housing boom. And Furniture Country Galleries, a [...]

Marve and two other teammates were injured shortly after midnight on July 16. Wide receiver Jermaine McKenzie was driving a 2007 Dodge Charger owned by Marve’s parents when he fell asleep about 110 miles from Miami’s campus and the car rolled several times. Marve, who led Tampa Plant to a [...]

Fans of television’s bike building show American Chopper are sure to have noticed the departure of two familiar faces.Vinnie DiMartino and Cody Connelly left Orange County Choppers (OCC) and have struck out on their own. In their new shop, V-Force Customs,DiMartino is prepared to continue building and fabricating custom motorcycles (vforcecustoms.com).While DiMartino is no longer [...]

Rooms: Both units: first floor — great room with double doors to a loggia or patio; dining area; half-bath; kitchen; and single-car garage. Second floor — master suite with walk-in closet and tub/shower combination; 2 secondary bedrooms that share a bath; and laundry room.
Outstanding feature: Compact, efficient use of space with green-building features including Icynene [...]

Blue Water, Asarco, Buffets, Delphi: Bankruptcy (Update1)
By Bill Rochelle
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — Blue Water Automotive Systems Inc., a
designer and manufacturer of plastic components and assemblies
for the auto industry, filed a Chapter 11 petition Feb. 12 in
Detroit along with four [...]

Rubber Unchanged in Tokyo as Car Sales Add to Demand Concern
By Aya Takada
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Natural rubber futures in Tokyo, the
global benchmark, were unchanged amid concern that slowing car
sales in the U.S. may weaken demand for the commodity [...]

Solutia, Wickes, Dura, Plastech, Levitt, W.R. Grace: Bankruptcy
By Bill Rochelle
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Solutia Inc., the specialty chemical
manufacturer whose reorganization plan can;t be completed
despite being approved in November, intends to be in bankruptcy
court tomorrow demanding the right to take [...]

IN his 35 years of restoring cars, Mark Miller has seen it all � the good, the bad and the unsightly.
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