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36 min ago | Barron's

Fewer 2010 Cars Pass New Safety Tests

Shoppers looking to buy the safest 2010-model cars will have 67 fewer choices this year than they did in 2009.

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Related Topix: Toyota Motor

4 hrs ago | AutoWeek

Former Fiat exec will revive iconic De Tomaso sports car brandItalian ...

A picture of The De Tomaso badge, which appeared on cars such as the Mangusta, shown, is being revived.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Italy, World News, Argentine, MI, Autos

9 hrs ago | Gasgoo

Honda tops again in efficiency on U.S. roads

South Korea's Hyundai-Kia and Toyota Motor Corp, also based in Japan, followed closely behind, respectively, for the second straight year, according to preliminary performance data released by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Related Topix: Honda Motor Co, Toyota Motor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Tampa Bay Online

Michael Jackson sets record for American Music Awards

Michael Jackson was honored with four American Music Awards tonight, making history by collecting more AMAs during his career than any other artist and becoming the show's winningest posthumous artist.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Manufacturing, R and B, Kings of Leon, Leon

Business Report

GM to present Opel restructuring plan in December

By Feliciano Tisera Zaragoza - American carmaker General Motors will present a new viability plan for Opel in mid-December as it aims to reduce capacity across Europe by about 20 percent, a top executive said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: General Motors, Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel

RV Business

Thompson Turned Disappointment into Success

In the midst of a business downturn for recreational vehicles in 1980, Wade Thompson purchased an iconic but failing brand, Airstream, and turned it into a money maker within a year.

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Related Topix: Mobile Homes, Thor Industries, Elkhart Metro, Elkhart, IN, New Zealand, World News

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers urged to drop clearinghouse owner cap

NYSE Euronext , LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Business News

InYork

York's hog -- Harley-Davidson -- keeps getting slimmer

Just a few years ago, no one employed close to the same number of manufacturing workers in York County as Harley-Davidson. But in 2008, Harley laid off the equivalent of Arm and Hammer's new York County manufacturing workforce.

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Related Topix: Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Harley Davidson, York, PA, York Metro, York County, PA, Industrial Machines, Glatfelter, Paper

Clover Herald

Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year

The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toyota Motor

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Clover Herald

Fitch upgrades Tenneco ratings on better earnings

Fitch Ratings on Thursday upgraded the issuer default rating on auto parts maker Tenneco Inc.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Tenneco Automotive, Lake Forest, IL

Freerepublic.com

GM Daewoo says mini cars to hit European market

GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. said Friday it had started shipping new mini cars to Europe as the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co.

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CBC

Strike deadline looms for Chrysler supplier

Officials and workers at an automotive production plant in Tecumseh, Ont., continue to talk on Thursday as a strike deadline approaches.

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Related Topix: Chrysler Town and Country, Chrysler, Chrysler Town & Country, Canada, Johnson Controls, Manufacturing, Textiles, Dodge, Dodge Caravan

Automotive

Chrysler's Marchionne to Address Economic Club at Chicago Auto Show

Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler Group LLC, will address the Economic Club of Chicago at the group's annual Chicago Auto Show luncheon meeting on Feb.

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Related Topix: Chrysler, Chrysler 300, Auburn Hills, MI, Fiat Spa, Italy, World News, Jeep, Jeep Wrangler

Kansas.com

GM chairman Whitacre has hands-on approach

In this July 10, 2009 file photo, General Motors Corp. Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr.

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Related Topix: GMC GM, GMC, Cadillac Escalade, General Motors, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Pontiac

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Trucker

Navistar 25-year veteran to continue to lead vehicle, powertrain integration efforts

Navistar International Corp. Thursday announced the appointment of Steve Ostarello to vice president of the company's powertrain product development organization.

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Related Topix: Navistar International

Hell For Leather

Erik Buell quits Harley, founds new company

Looks like the Free Erik Buell t-shirts worked, he's quitting Harley to setup a new company, Erik Buell Racing .

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Related Topix: Buell Motorcycles, Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Harley Davidson, East Troy, WI, Milwaukee Metro

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bill: Harley-Davidson as official Wis. motorcycle

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson would become the official Wisconsin motorcycle under a bill proposed in the Legislature.

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Related Topix: Harley Davidson, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government

WHAS-TV Louisville

Harley-Davidson's Pa. plant thought likely to stay

A tentative contract agreement between Harley-Davidson and union members at its south-central Pennsylvania plant pledges that the motorcycle maker will stop efforts to relocate the operation to Kentucky.

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Related Topix: Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, Motorcycles, Harley Davidson

The Cyprus Weekly

Volkswagen board moves closer to Porsche merger ...

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Friday its supervisory board had approved certain agreement contracts for the planned merger with German sportscar builder Porsche, taking the companies one step closer to completing the deal.

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Motor Age

Autolive to acquire Delphi passive safety assets

Autoliv Inc., an automotive safety manufacturer, will acquire North American airbag, seatbelt and steering wheel assets from Delphi.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Autoliv, Mexico, World News

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