Archive for November, 2008

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - CARS FOR THE CROWDED GLOBE AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM - 24 Hour Museum

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Exhibition Review - Japan Car: Designs for the Crowded Globe at the Science Museum from November 29 2008 – April 19 2009. When I found out I was being sent to Japan Car: Designs for the Crowded Globe at the Science Museum, I thought there had been FirstChoiceAutoFinder

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - A Blue Christmas at China’s Own North Pole - Time

Friday, November 28th, 2008

A Blue Christmas at China’s Own North Pole - Time
At about six o’clock Thursday evening, around what used to be quitting time for the day shift at the He Jun toy factory in Dongguan, China, 40-year-old Wei Dong Li made his way to the factory’s front entrance, his three-year-old son Qian Jie tugging

Romanian government drafted decree lifting tax on new cars as of - Focus Infomation
Bucharest. Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu confirmed Friday that the government plans to put off by two weeks, until Dec 15, the date when the car tax exemption on new cars becomes effective, adding the date could be moved up if the European

CARS FOR THE CROWDED GLOBE AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM - 24 Hour Museum
Exhibition Review - Japan Car: Designs for the Crowded Globe at the Science Museum from November 29 2008 – April 19 2009. When I found out I was being sent to Japan Car: Designs for the Crowded Globe at the Science Museum, I thought there had been

Renault to halt production at Russian plant - Seattle Times
French carmaker Renault said Friday it will halt production at its Moscow plant for more than two weeks in December as the global financial crisis crimps demand for cars. “It was the only reasonable decision,” said company spokeswoman Olga Sergeyeva

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - Thai government demotes national police chief - WTOP Radio

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Thai government demotes national police chief - WTOP Radio
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand ’s prime minister demoted the national police chief Friday after thousands of protesters occupied the capital’s airports in an anti-government campaign that has plunged the country into its worst political crisis in

Companies keep drilling for natural gas in East - Forbes
Illuminated drilling rigs glow for miles from atop flattened hills when night falls in this rolling farm and coal country in southwestern Pennsylvania. Tanker trucks back up traffic on two-lane roads, and Texans wearing heavy coats and muddy boots

South Korean train makes last trip to North - Idaho Statesman
South Korean trucks pass by the inter-Korean industrial park to return from North Korea city of Kaesong in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday

Future Tire Ltd. - PR.com
Plainview Tire Wholesalers Inc. was founded in 1973 by Richard Kugel and Marty Katz. The business handled both retail and the wholesale business until 1988 when Randy Lico joined their team and Future Tire Co. was born, separating the retail from the

HUMMER H3 Alpha first stock class vehicle to finish 2008 Baja 1000 - HULIQ.com
Team HUMMER once again demonstrated the inherent off-road capability of the HUMMER H3 as Chad Hall piloted his stock-full class #861 H3 Alpha to become the first stock class vehicle to finish the 2008 SCORE International Baja 1000. The 2008 Baja 1000

Mounting Violence Threatens Vital Pakistan/Afghanistan Link - Radio Free Europe
The border areas linking northwestern Pakistan with eastern Afghanistan have seen a significant increase in violence of late, threatening Kabul’s control over its share of the vital region. November 13 saw one of the area’s deadliest attacks in

Uniondale fire leaves family homeless - Newsday
A 4 a.m. house fire on Thanksgiving Day left a Uniondale family of six without a home — at least temporarily — but uninjured, after a 19-year-old woman smelled smoke and alerted the rest of the family, Nassau police said. The family safely got out

Letter: Spread the blame for bad air - Chico Enterprise-Record
Butte County and the city of Chico are trying to dump the blame for bad air quality on wood stove owners. A news release from the state of California begs to differ — apparently, diesel engines are to blame for a large portion of wintertime

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - WATSON: Sales tax can fund national health care system - Rocky Mountain News

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

WATSON: Sales tax can fund national health care system - Rocky Mountain News
Of the industrialized Western societies we pay the most for medical care, yet still have 45 million of our citizens outside our for-profit medical care system. I am a capitalist and strongly believe in business making a profit. However, it is not

Transporter 3 - Review - Cinema Blend
The Transporter series has always lived in a world constructed from the most ludicrous of contrivances. The stories never make much sense and the action is usually so over the top that it is, more often than not, laughable. Transporter 2 made this

Govt imposes curbs on import of more steel items - Business Standard
Import in case of these products would now be limited to actual user industries who are now required to secure a licence from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade. By implication, these items cannot be imported for trading purposes. The move is

Kings Dominion Adding New Stuff For 2009 - Jaunted.com
Apparently, Cedar Fair didn’t get the memo that theme parks are cutting back this off-season. The park operator recently announced some plans for Kings Dominion , just outside of Richmond, Virginia. With an eye on, unfortunately, the family

Judge: Automakers cannot block RI emission rules - Seattle Times
Automakers cannot sue to block Rhode Island from enforcing tighter standards on tailpipe emissions first adopted by California because the industry has already lost similar lawsuits elsewhere, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Ernest

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - Clare leaves A1GP - Pitpass

Monday, November 24th, 2008

David Clare has resigned as CEO Asia Pacific for A1GP in order to pursue automobile manufacturing, PR, marketing and motorsport projects that focus on the Asian market. Apparently, he left A1GP on November 14th. Clare has worked in various forms of FirstChoiceAutoFinder

WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Investigators who traced 13 fatal painkiller overdoses to a rural doctor hauled her into court in handcuffs and call her a heartless “pill mill” operator. Dr. Elizabeth Reimers has an unlikely advocate as she fights those FirstChoiceAutoFinder

The proposed bailout of GM, Ford, and Chrysler overlooks an important fact. The US has one of the most vibrant, dynamic, and efficient automobile industries in the world. It produces several million cars, trucks, and SUVs per year, employing (in 2006 FirstChoiceAutoFinder

David Clare has resigned as chief executive officer (Asia Pacific) for A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport, his intention being to pursue automobile manufacturing, PR and marketing projects in Asia. Clare is an experienced motorsport veteran having worked FirstChoiceAutoFinder

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States moved to unveil their newest strategies to battle the global economic crisis on Monday even as European fears of a long-lasting recession deepened. Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to FirstChoiceAutoFinder

The proposed bailout of GM, Ford, and Chrysler overlooks an important fact. The US has one of the most vibrant, dynamic, and efficient automobile industries in the world. It produces several million cars, trucks, and SUVs per year, employing (in 2006 FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/189afe/2009_trendology_u ) has announced the addition of the “2009 Trendology: U.S. Medical & Surgical Hospitals” report to their offering. The 2009 Trendology report on the U.S. Medical FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Shell took 5c off 91 and 95 octane prices yesterday, bringing them down to 143.9c and 148.9c, with BP, Gull and Caltex doing the same. Since July, the price of a litre of fuel has dropped by 75c. The price of crude oil is the lowest it has been since FirstChoiceAutoFinder

NEW YORK — The McGraw-Hill Companies, parent firm of J.D. Power and Associates, recently announced that Finbarr O’Neill will take over as president of J.D. Power on Jan. 1 for Stephen Goodall, who is retiring after three decades with the company. O FirstChoiceAutoFinder

The Cochran Firm , a law firm started by the late Johnnie Cochran, is expanding to Minnesota. The Cochran Firm Minnesota will be led by attorney James Rolshouse, who has been in private legal practice since 1983, most recently with James Rolshouse FirstChoiceAutoFinder

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - Global economic crisis triggers fall in rubber prices - Deepika Global

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Global economic crisis triggers fall in rubber prices - Deepika Global
Kottayam, Nov 21 (UNI) Rubber Board chairman Sajen Peter today said continued fall in the prices of natural rubber during the past few weeks was a reflection of the global economic crisis. In a statement here, he said problems in the automobile

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - Granholm: Forget jets, make a better case - Detroit Free Press

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

LANSING — Gov. Jennifer Granholm had advice Friday for the Detroit Three automaker executives when they plead their case again to Congress next month for $25 billion in loans to rescue the cash-starved industry. Make it clear that survival of the U FirstChoiceAutoFinder

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas man has had a lucky couple of weeks. In a span of 10 days, Michel Horton learned he had won two automobiles in separate contests. He picked up his newest ride Friday. It’s a 2008 “Bon Jovi Special Edition” Saturn Outlook FirstChoiceAutoFinder

The models will carry a price tag of Rs 1.25 crore to Rs 3 crore, the most expensive in the company’s line-up, and will be custom ordered and delivered directly from Germany. Delivery time may take two or three months depending on what the customer FirstChoiceAutoFinder

NEW DELHI: It’s the wedding season, and there’s reason for cheer for a lot of folks who are neither the bride or the groom and their family members. The Indian wedding market is huge and unique as lots of companies have already discovered. But FirstChoiceAutoFinder

LOS ANGELES — With the U.S. all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a Honda Accord, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom. But sales of many high-end luxury cars FirstChoiceAutoFinder

LOS ANGELES - Small-business owner Greg Mohr was hopping in and out of cars at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but he isn’t in the market to buy one. Neither are retirees Greg and Pinkie Stanley, or trucker Jorge Vidrio. “We’re in the market if the prices FirstChoiceAutoFinder

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars FirstChoiceAutoFinder

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - NOTEBOOK: Some fond moments for Bush at summit - Ann Arbor News

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The White House said quite emphatically that President George W. Bush’s final trip to a summit of Pacific Rim nations was no farewell tour. Sure sounds like it, though. And a lot of the sentiment is coming from Bush himself. At a FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Turkey might be the form of food most on our minds this week, but sportsmen who failed to nab a wild one for the holiday table can always substitute other forms of kill-it-yourself protein. If the only caveat for Thanksgiving dinner is that the main FirstChoiceAutoFinder

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The moving trucks haven’t even arrived, and already Michelle Obama’s being touted as the next Jackie Kennedy, the woman who’ll infuse Washington with a sense of style and vigor not seen since the days of Camelot. Never mind that Mr Obama has FirstChoiceAutoFinder

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - Two Children Among Three Dead In I-81 Crash - Daily News-Record

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Two Children Among Three Dead In I-81 Crash - Daily News-Record
Three people, including two children, were killed in a multi-vehicle wreck on Interstate 81 southbound in Shenandoah County this morning. One person in the victims’ vehicle was injured. The extent of that person’s injuries is not known at this time

Fire Service receives new pumper truck - Virgin Islands Daily News
ST. THOMAS - A 750-gallon interphase pumper fire truck for St. John arrived in the territory this week and will be sent over to the island soon. “We’re trying to rush it because the residents of St. John have been after us for a long time to get this

Sioux Falls company’s trucks ordered off the road - MSN MoneyCentral
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a Sioux Falls trucking company to pull its rigs from the road because it’s not carrying liability insurance, according to a court order. Action Carrier Inc. already was on probation because of

FirstChoiceAutoFinder - Former Judge Convicted for Lying About Injuries in Auto Accident - Law.com

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

In the end, the jury looked past the medical documents. Former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce was convicted Wednesday on charges that he lied about neck and back injuries and abused his position on the bench to receive a $440,000 payout from FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Japanese exports marked their biggest decline in seven years in October, causing the country to post its second trade deficit in three months, adding to the grim outlook for the world’s second-largest economy. The trade deficit, a rarity for Japan FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Kolkata, Nov 19 (UNI) West Bengal Principal Secretary for Commerce and Industry Sabyasachi Sen today said a bio-technology park would come up in the state in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. Speaking on the FirstChoiceAutoFinder

MOUNT PLEASANT — The square footage of the planned 27-acre office park that will complement the new East Cooper Regional Medical Center is too big for the approved zoning, a town official said Wednesday. Three years ago, Town Council approved FirstChoiceAutoFinder