The News Review:
- EPA Revises Its Formula to Calculate Auto Mileage
- China A-shares close higher on follow-through buying; banks autos…
- Auto parts maker Dana announces 4 plants to close in US Canada in…
- Volvo XC90 and Volvo C30 Voted Auto Trophy Winners
- Japan’s Current-Account Surplus Widens on Auto Demand (Update4)
- Turnpike auto-pedestrian victim identified
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EPA Revises Its Formula to Calculate Auto Mileage
New York Times – Dec 12, 2006
The rules cover 2008 models some of which will be on sale next month. It does not change the actual mileage only the advice to consumers. Congress ordered the change 18 months ago because of widespread dissatisfaction with the accuracy of the old numbers. The system was last adjusted in 1984 when the E.
China A-shares close higher on follow-through buying; banks autos…
Forbes – Dec 12, 2006
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index which covers both A- and B-shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed up 38. 95 a new 65-month high after moving between 2180.
Auto parts maker Dana announces 4 plants to close in US Canada in…
International Herald Tribune – Dec 12, 2006
will close two plants in Canada and one each in Missouri and Indiana eliminating 440 jobs the auto parts maker announced Tuesday. Four other plants expected to close within the next two years will be announced sometime next year said Dana Chief Executive Michael Burns. The four plants identified are in Syracuse Indiana; Cape Girardeau Missouri; and Guelph and Thorold ntario. Dana which filed for bankruptcy protection in March announced last month that it would close eight of its 66 plants.
Volvo XC90 and Volvo C30 Voted Auto Trophy Winners
Al-Bawaba – Dec 12, 2006
The Volvo XC90 captured its fifth trophy in the import ranking for SUV’s and off-road vehicles and the Volvo C30 participating in the competition for the first time won the import ranking for compact cars this year. ver 350 vehicles in 27 categories vied for the votes of leading German automotive magazine “Auto Zeitung” readers in its 19th annual Auto Trophy competition. Nearly 94000 Auto Zeitung readers voted on the best cars of 2006. Votes were cast both on paper ballets and on the Internet.
Japan’s Current-Account Surplus Widens on Auto Demand (Update4)
Bloomberg – Dec 12, 2006
13 (Bloomberg) — Japan's current-account surplusunexpectedly widened for a fourth month in ctober as demand forfuel-efficient automobiles and a weaker yen spurred earningsfrom overseas. The surplus grew 5. 51 trillion yen ($13billion) from a year earlier the Ministry of Finance said inTokyo today. The income surplus which measures the differencebetween income coming into the country and going out rose 36percent to 1.
Turnpike auto-pedestrian victim identified
Rocky Mountain News – Dec 12, 2006
byline –>Tuesday December 12 2006A man who apparently staged car trouble and then deliberately steppedinto traffic and was killed last week was identified as Brian Lutz 25of Superior the Boulder Daily Camera reports. Lutz a University of Colorado graduate student in accounting wasknocked 65 feet after stepping in front of a delivery truck traveling60 to 65 mph. Police haven’t given a reason for his apparent suicide. Professor Frank Selto chairman of the accounting department at CUtold the newspaper Lutz was a “marvelous student” who excelled in anintensive five-year program aimed at attaining concurrent bachelor’sand master’s degrees. The accident took place Friday between the Broomfield and Superiorexits on U.
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Providence Journal – Dec 12, 2006
– Neighbors of Richard Childress Racing would like to drop the black flag on the operation. Until a few months ago racing the engines at the RCR garage in Welcome was never a problem. Then the team cleared 10 acres of forest between its buildings and nearby neighborhoods for its expansion. Those trees served as a muffler for the noise. Now that they’re gone people say the noise is unbearable.