GM launches Total Confidence program to encourage buyers Filed under: Car Buying, GM General Motors has announced a new incentive program that it hopes will encourage people to enter the car buying market again. Called GM Total Confidence, the program has four prongs that includes Payment Protection if you lose your job, equity assistance...
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IRS makes deductible sales tax on new autos official Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal One of the interesting tidbits revealed by President Obama during Monday’s press conference on the auto industry was the announcement of a tax deduction for sales tax on new vehicle purchases. Later in the day, the Internal Revenue Service made...
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Grim US newspaper ad revenue figures released Last year was the worst ever for the US newspaper industry with both print and online advertising revenue posting declines, according to Newspaper Association of America (NAA) figures. PiggyNannan’s Snippet: ….Total newspaper advertising revenue fell 16.6 percent in 2008 over the previous year to 37.8 billion...
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US announces new fuel economy standard for 2011 The US administration Friday announced updated automobile fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles starting with the 2011 model year that aim to reduce gasoline consumption and emissions.
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Microsoft closing Encarta online encyclopedia Microsoft plans to close its Encarta online encyclopedia, which competes in an arena dominated by communally-crafted free Internet reference source Wikipedia.
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Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. Announces Nationwide Recall of Pistachios Because of Possible Health Risk (March 30) This voluntary recall affects certain bulk roasted inshell and roasted shelled pistachios shipped on or after September 1, 2008. The bulk product was distributed throughout the United States. The Company is voluntarily taking this precautionary...
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