Vivendi 4th-Quarter Profit Slips After Year-Ago Gains Update2 Bloomberg.com
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Vivendi SA, owner of the world's largest music company, said fourth-quarter profit fell 51 percent from a year earlier, when the company had a tax credit and one-time gains from asset sales.
The Hypermiler Hartford Advocate
On a midsummer Saturday in a sprawling Wisconsin parking lot, about a dozen people are milling about a candy-apple red Honda Insight. They’re watching Wayne Gerdes prepare for his run in Hybridfest’s MPG Challenge, a 20-mile race through the streets of Madison.
Artest suspended following arrest Inside Bay Area
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was arrested Monday and excused indefinitely from the team after a woman said he shoved her to the floor inside his home and prevented her from
March auto madness CNN Money
This week marks the opening of the spring selling season for automakers and dealers. Get ready for some especially intense activity.
Two killed in side-impact collision North County Times
ESCONDIDO ---- A man and a woman died Thursday after their vehicle was struck by a sport utility vehicle at an intersection that residents said has been the scene of several fatal collisions over the past six years.
Sales gains by GM surprise industry Los Angeles Times
Declines by Ford and Chrysler further erode Big Three's share of the U.S. auto market to 54%. General Motors Corp. accelerated last month, providing a bit of unexpected good news for the beleaguered U.S. auto industry.
Digging a hole to China Chicago Sun-Times
Traders and money managers nursing pain Tuesday after the stock market's worst performance since 2001 mostly said they had it coming. The markets were overdue for a correction, they said, and if it took a scare in China to set it off, that's all right.
Electricity costs push area price index higher The Times of Northwest Indiana
The rising cost of electricity in the greater Chicago area sparked a large increase in the area's consumer price index (CPI), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
Avis reports 4th-quarter profit from higher prices Daily Record
Avis Budget Group, the second- largest U.S. car-rental company, reported a fourth-quarter profit helped by higher prices and lower insurance costs. Earnings from continuing operations for Avis, formerly known as Cendant Corp., were $4 million, or 4 cents a share.
The many looks of Louise Lucas The Virginian-Pilot
In the Virginia Senate's sea of navy blue and gray, the legislator and great-grandmother is like a rare, luminous coral. She never wears the same thing twice in a year. Really.
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