Two years after she avoided jail time for smothering her 2-month-old baby during a drug-induced haze, Melanie Hayward, 25, stabbed a Wal-Mart security guard with a pen when he tried to stop her from using stolen credit cards, according to deputies.
Hayward, who is listed as a prostitute in police records, is charged with aggravated battery, [...]
Last we looked, none of Ontario’s auto plants were located in Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Ottawa-area riding. Yet the premier has been consistently supportive of Canada’s largest manufacturing sector, the powerhouse of Canada’s largest provincial economy.
When General Motors Corp. announced about 970 layoffs at its Oshawa complex last week, McGuinty popped up a day later to [...]
THERE was disappointing news ahead of the Geneva motor show this month: for the first time in decades, Bertone, one of Italy%26#8217;s great coachbuilders, would not have its own display inside the exhibit halls.
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When the new Volvo XC60 crossover hits the streets in early 2009, the vehicle will come equipped with the innovative City Safety technology as a standard feature.”The future is already here,” says Thomas Broberg, Volvo Car Corp.’s senior safety technical adviser. He’s based in Goteborg, Sweden, and works at Volvo’s Safety Centre. “The XC60 actually [...]
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PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - European equities were expected to rise on
Wednesday, extending the previous day’s sharp rally as investors’ optimism that
the worst of the credit crisis may be over continues to boost equity markets
worldwide.
At 0623 GMT June Stoxx50 futures STXEM8 were up [...]
NOT everything that%26#8217;s new in the automotive world is visible to the naked eye. Technology advances hidden deep inside a car can be just as significant and as strong a reason to buy a particular vehicle as the latest luxury feature or styling gimmick.
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Just like everyone else in Southeast Michigan, Desta Woudenh is worried about declining home values, high gas prices and the economic slowdown.
But the computer software maintenance specialist still spent much of his Good Friday holiday inside the showroom at Tamaroff Honda, sitting in a deluxe new Accord and talking with a salesman.
No matter what happens [...]
NOT everything that%26#8217;s new in the automotive world is visible to the naked eye. Technology advances hidden deep inside a car can be just as significant and as strong a reason to buy a particular vehicle as the latest luxury feature or styling gimmick.
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GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - Swedish premium car maker Saab
will likely see sales from its main market in western Europe
remain flat this year as a result of weakened consumer demand
in a slowing economy, according to its managing director.
“Western Europe will probably be flat year on year,”
Jan-Ake Jonsson told [...]
CHICAGO, March 3 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. sales and
market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups
and their wholly owned subsidiaries for February versus the
same year-earlier month and for the year-to-date. Percent
changes are based on the daily sales rate.
Makers [...]
