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Auto Recyclers Are Feeling Pressed as Clunkers Stack Up With a Deadline Nearing
New York Times, The | 30 days 1 hour 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON (AP) Trade-ins from the Cash for Clunkers program are piling up, and automobile recyclers are seeking more time to meet the deadline for disposing of all those vehicles.

Volkswagen reborn
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 11 days 12 hours 54 minutes ago
After years of neglecting the Canadian and U.S. market, VW is finally ready to commit. The new Golf is the first of several models designed with North Americans in mind

Inflatable seat belts to debut in 2011 Ford Explorer
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 17 days 11 hours 47 minutes ago
Ford has launched an inflatable seatbelt, saying the new belts will provide additional safety for rear seat passengers, especially children and the elderly, who more frequently sit in the back rows of cars and trucks.

Auto show gala tickets slashed to $250
Detroit Free Press | 24 days 2 hours 13 minutes ago
Ticket prices for the hottest gala in town the auto show Charity Preview have been slashed to $250.Its the second time in four months that organizers of Januarys North American International Auto Show have cut prices, the events co-chair said today.

Ticket prices cut again for auto show preview
Detroit Free Press | 23 days 16 hours 21 minutes ago
Ticket prices for the hottest gala in town -- the auto show Charity Preview -- have been slashed to $250.It's the second time in four months that organizers of January's North American International Auto Show have cut prices, the event's cochair said Friday.

Medical liability reform to save $54 billion over 10 years
News-Medical.Net | 42 days 19 hours 10 minutes ago
The nations neurosurgeons are urging lawmakers to pay close attention to the newly released findings of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which confirm that medical liability reform does indeed reduce the use of healthcare services and will save the system money

European Car Markets Stall
Forbes | 21 days 18 hours 40 minutes ago
LONDON -- A daunting thought for the struggling European car makers: don t expect a recovery in demand this or next year. The Chief Executive of French carmaker Renault, Carlos Ghosn, said he expects 2010 to be "as difficult as 2009" as the crisis in the worldwide auto industry continues.

Study: Pittsburgh one of safest metro areas for pedestrians
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 13 days 23 hours 16 minutes ago
Pittsburgh is one of America's safer metropolitan areas for pedestrians, according to a national study released yesterday.

Which cities are the safest for pedestrians? Which are dangerous? | csmonitor.com
Christian Science Monitor, The | 13 days 7 hours 37 minutes ago
Some of the most dangerous places for pedestrians, according to a new report, are cities in the South in areas that built streets mainly for automobiles. Not surprisingly, the safest cities have many miles of bike lanes or sidewalks.

Which cities are the safest for pedestrians? Which are dangerous?
Christian Science Monitor, The | 14 days 6 hours 18 minutes ago
Some of the most dangerous places for pedestrians, according to a new report, are cities in the South in areas that built streets mainly for automobiles. Not surprisingly, the safest cities have many miles of bike lanes or sidewalks.

Selling via video on cable TV
Travel Weekly | 28 days 7 hours 59 minutes ago
When Vic Sarkisyan founded his Glendale, Calif., travel agency in 1994, he figured he had to do something other agencies were not doing. He settled on cable TV as his communications medium. Over the years, SVH Tours and Travel evolved its use of TV into a routine. Sarkisyan, the president, travels to the destinations he wants to sell, sampling specific products and visiting hotels, his trusty video camera in hand. He shoots hours of footage and uses that material to create weekly, 30-minute...

Key House Committee Votes to Create Consumer Agency
Wall Street Journal, The | 32 days 4 hours 56 minutes ago
WASHINGTON--A key House panel voted Thursday to create a new federal agency to police financial products offered to U.S. consumers, advancing a key part of the White House's proposed overhaul of financial rules.

Texting while driving: the new drunk driving | csmonitor.com
Christian Science Monitor, The | 18 days 6 hours 9 minutes ago
Texting and driving and gadgets like iPods and GPS devices are a public safety epidemic.

Texting while driving: the new drunk driving
Christian Science Monitor, The | 18 days 9 hours 9 minutes ago
Texting an driving and gadgets like iPods and GPS devices are a public safety epidemic.

Consumer-Agency Bill Moves in House
Wall Street Journal, The | 32 days 1 hour 40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -- A key House panel voted Thursday to create a new federal agency to police financial products offered to U.S. consumers, advancing a key part of the White House's proposed overhaul of financial rules.