4 Jul 2008 at 12:58am A project to start the UK's first rural community car scheme with carbon- friendly cars has got through to the final round of a funding bid for a chunk of £500,000. Reepham Green Team's bid to buy two cars, which could then be used by anyone who ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 11:47pm Cash-strapped consumers were warned last night that they face a massive hike in their food bills if a radical European-led ban on pesticides goes ahead. Already under pressure, shoppers would have to stretch monthly budgets even further as a result ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 7:50pm KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Greg Sacks will be there Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, seeing the NASCAR Sprint Cup cars circle the track. The race is officially titled the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola, but that's not what Sacks will be ...
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3 Jul 2008 at 1:17pm If anyone is willing to bet that the U.S. car industry can somehow survive its current crisis, Wall Street is willing to quote them generous odds. Some Ford Motor Co. and General Motors bonds are selling for 57 cents on the dollar, a new low. And ...
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2 Jul 2008 at 6:40pm When I was growing up, visiting family on Orcas Island always meant playing the "will we make the ferry?" game. Even if we arrived early in Anacortes and took our place in the sea of cars, there always was the chance that there wouldn't be room on ...
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2 Jul 2008 at 11:52am "Violent change" in consumer tastes is not a new challenge for the car business. The phrase is Lee Iacocca's, from his autobiography, referring to public demand for small cars after the 1979 oil shock. Less violently, a sudden shift in taste for ...
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1 Jul 2008 at 7:53pm When she has money, Keliesha Gardener heads to Forever 21 or Kohl's to try to snag the latest gear. But with no allowance or summer gig, shopping sprees for this 16-year-old fashionista are as rare as the pink diamond chandelier earrings she hopes to ...
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