The News Review:
- Ten Things You Should Know About ‘Grand Theft Auto’
- Ford reaches agreement with Canadian Auto Workers Union
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats,…
- GMAC loss widens as auto, insurance units decline
Ten Things You Should Know About ‘Grand Theft Auto’
Forbes – Apr 29, 2008
5 times as much as all the music CDs sold last year. It’s also enough money to turn even the most conservative of entertainment executives’ heads. Scott Steinberg, vice president of product marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, predicts we’re about to see the “GTA Effect”–box office sales, television ratings, Internet traffic will all dip as everyone “hunkers down” to play through “Grand Theft Auto IV” on game consoles. Of course, he gets paid to say things like that. Wasn’t there a huge uproar around “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”? What was that all about?Oh, those sneaky kids at Rockstar hid a really nasty Easter egg inside “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. ” Only the most die-hard fans who were willing to hack or patch their game could find it. Those who did were rewarded with a mini-game, whose goal was to execute correctly a series of bedroom gymnastics.
Ford reaches agreement with Canadian Auto Workers Union
International Herald Tribune – Apr 29, 2008
The president of Canadian Auto Workers, Buzz Hargrove, said Monday that the deal freezes wages and cuts vacation pay, but avoids changes to base wages. It also prevents a two-tier wage system used in the United States, where new hires would be paid about half the hourly wages of older employees.
SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats,…
SportingNews.com – Apr 29, 2008
All race and performance references are from Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. In today’s 12 Gauge, we recognize Kyle Busch’s final NASCAR victory as a 22-year-old. He turns 23 on Friday.
GMAC loss widens as auto, insurance units decline
MarketWatch – Apr 29, 2008
EDT April 29, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — General Motors Acceptance Corp. on Tuesday reported a wider first-quarter loss, reflecting losses in the financing company’s international-mortgage business that more than offset profits from the auto and insurance divisions. GMAC, of which General Motors Corp.