Reigning champion Raikkonen quickest in season-opening practice -…

The News Review:

- Reigning champion Raikkonen quickest in season-opening practice -…
- No Action on Auto Fuel Economy Despite EPA’s Urging
- MAN Volkswagen Resist Auto Fears
- Grand Theft Auto bid goes hostile
- US February retail sales fall 0.6 pct down 0.2 pct excluding autos…

Reigning champion Raikkonen quickest in season-opening practice -…
ESPN – Mar 13, 2008
The defending series champion Raikkonen set the pace at 1minute 26. 461 seconds almost a half-second clear of 2007runner-up Lewis Hamilton of McLaren. Hamilton who led the standings for most of last season beforebeing overhauled by Raikkonen in the last race in Brazil had atime of 1:26. 948 a hundredth of a second faster than Felipe Massain No.

No Action on Auto Fuel Economy Despite EPA’s Urging
Washington Post – Mar 13, 2008
No Action on Auto Fuel Economy Despite EPA’s Urging. Johnson recommended raising automobile fuel economy standards three months ago based on a staff assessment that carbon dioxide emissions threaten the public’s health and welfare but the Bush.

MAN Volkswagen Resist Auto Fears
Forbes – Mar 13, 2008
But hopes for consolidation helped lift German truck maker MAN and its biggest shareholder Volkswagen above the pack. Shares in MAN (other-otc:.

Grand Theft Auto bid goes hostile
BBC News – Mar 13, 2008
EA took the offer directly to shareholders after Take-Two rejected its offer last month. Take-Two said it would talk to EA after 29 April when Grand Theft Auto IV is released. It also said EA was trying to take advantage of its low share price. But John Riccitiello chief executive of EA said the offer was not hostile.

US February retail sales fall 0.6 pct down 0.2 pct excluding autos…
Forbes – Mar 13, 2008
6 pct fall was more than even the worst estimate of a 0. 5 pct drop from economists polled by Thomson’s IFR Markets. The median forecast was for 0. 2 pct increases both with and without auto sales included. The unexpected decline ‘confirms the US slowdown is already taking hold among US consumers’ said Ashraf Laidi of CMC Markets Auto sales fell 1. 9 pct and excluding autos February retail sales were down 0… The median forecast was for 0. 2 pct increases both with and without auto sales included. The unexpected decline ‘confirms the US slowdown is already taking hold among US consumers’ said Ashraf Laidi of CMC Markets Auto sales fell 1. 9 pct and excluding autos February retail sales were down 0. Gasoline prices were off approximately 2 pct last month and the price effect helped produce a 1. 0 pct decline in gas station sales.

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