The program didn’t bring any new buyers into the market, a study found. But it encouraged people who would have bought a car anyway to make their purchase a few months sooner. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-study-found-, del-icio-us, encouraged-people, have-bought, into-the, make-their, market, npr, program-didn, study-foundIn a few months, GM plans to launch its most anticipated vehicle in ages: the Chevy Volt. After years of hype, the Volt will join Nissan’s Leaf as among the nation’s first mass-market electric cars. And everyone in the auto industry will be watching to see what works, what doesn’t — and if America’s automotive future is electric. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged america, auto, automotive-future, electric-cars, first-mass-market, industry-will, launch-its, nation, nissan, see-what, the-auto, volt, what-doesn, will-joinCalifornia health officials say there’s an increase in cases of whooping cough, which is believed to have killed five people in the past few months. Follow this link: California sees increase in whooping cough Here is the original post: California sees increase in whooping cough
Also tagged a-health-officials, a-sees-increase, california, five-people, health-officials, link, original, past, sees-increase, the-original, the-pastDear Liz: I am a 49-year-old single father with two boys, 17 and 12. I had my own business for five years, which I finally gave up last year. I have credit card debt of about $68,000. My credit score is still good and all payments are current. I do not own a house, and I do not own much personal property either. I found a job a few months ago, and with that, I can still make payments every month. But I just figured out that it will take me about 40 months to pay them all off.
Also tagged a-few-months-, card-debt, credit-score, every-month-, make-payments, much-personal, not-own, own-business, payments-are, single-father, still-good, will-take, with-twoPatrick was frustrated. He explains that he was stuck with a defective and non-functional Lenovo laptop that was only a few months old. Before pursuing a chargeback, he decided to send a letter to the company’s president and COO, Rory P. See the original post: E-mail To Lenovo President Gets …
Also tagged a-defective-and, a-few-months-, coo, defective-and, lenovo, lenovo-president, original, president-and, the-originalSo, all telemarketing robocalls magically vanished a few months ago when the FTC banned them, right? Um, not quite. There are still companies out there exploiting their metallic minions in the name of feeding deceptive information to consumers. See more here: FTC Sues “Interest-Reduction” Robocallers
Also tagged all-telemarketing, are-still, feeding-deceptive, magically-vanished, metallic, more-here, not-quite-, robocalls-magically, the-name, their-metallic, there-exploitingThere was a time when Colombia refused to extradite suspected drug traffickers to the U.S. These days, critics say Colombia is extraditing too many minor players in the drug trade. So minor that some have spent just a few months in a U.S. jail before being shipped back home. That’s what happened to two banana vendors caught up in a drug investigation. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-drug-investigatio, a-few-months-, a-vendors-caught, colombia-, critics-say, drug, vendors-caught, what-happenedA few months ago, when the Credit Card Bill of Rights was before Congress, we visited Rachel Wilson: She’d had more than 18 credit cards since college, and had $17,000 in debt. But this past Wednesday, she finally paid off her “statement balance” and owes nothing to the credit …
Also tagged and-owes, congress, credit-cards, paid-off, paid-off-her, past, rachel-wilson, she-finally, since-college, the-credit, wednesdayAmerican International Group’s plan to pay millions in retention bonuses to top executives caused a political firestorm a few months ago. Both the company and federal officials are hoping to avoid another fiasco. AIG has asked the Obama administration’s new “compensation czar” to approve the bonuses to shield the company from a public backlash. The Treasury Department says the consultation process is just getting under way. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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