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Toyota raises Prius price $500
Toyota is raising the U.S. price of its Prius hybrid by $500 for the 2009 model. Toyota Motor Corp.'s U.S. sales unit said Friday that the Prius' suggested retail price will rise 2.2 percent. Base prices will range from $22,000 for the standard Prius to...Tags: Luxury Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Sales
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American Axle posts $644.3M 2Q loss, citing strike
AP Business WriterAmerican Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. said Friday it posted a $644.3 million second-quarter loss, blaming a nearly three-month-long strike that crippled production as well as charges related to a new labor agreement. The Detroit-based auto...Tags: Vehicles, Chrysler LLC, Leveraged Buyouts, General Motors Corp., Wages and Pensions
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MB Financial profit up, but short of estimates
Tribune staff reporterMB Financial Inc. posted an 18 percent rise in commercial loans in the second quarter, but profits fell short of analyst estimates as the amount of money set aside to cover potential loan losses quadrupled. The Chicago-based bank also said...Tags: Loans, MB Financial Incorporated, State Budgets
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Honda reports record fiscal first quarter profit as new market demand offsets currency damage
From the Associated PressTOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. reported record profit for a fiscal first quarter as sales growth in new markets offset the damage from a stronger yen and soaring material costs. Honda, Japan's No. 2 automaker, earned a better-than-expected 179.6 billion yen ($...Tags: Honda Motor Co., Vehicles, Real Estate Sales, Honda, Automotive Equipment
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Free air same as fee nitrogen as long as your tires are properly inflated
Special to the TribuneWhat started as a fad just a few years ago has ballooned into a profitmaker for tire dealers and a head scratcher for tire buyers: nitrogen inflation. Nitrogen is colorless, odorless, safe and ubiquitous. Nearly 80 percent of the air we breathe is...Tags: Lakeview, Vehicles, Chicago Heights
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BMW X6: About as useful as a laminated pizza
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUtility is not luxurious. Luxury is nonfunctional. Jimmy Choo stiletto sandals are, strictly speaking, shoes, but their functionality is all but surrendered to sex and gorgeousness. I for one am delighted. The toughest, most versatile, hard-core watch...Tags: Vehicles, Electronics, BMW, Porsche, Lamborghini
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Lewandoski Takes Advantage Of His Opportunities
It surely wasn't the way Charles Lewandoski had envisioned making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut. On June 28 Lewandoski made his first career start in NASCAR's second-tier division below the Sprint Cup Series in the Camping World RV Sales 200 at New...Tags: NASCAR, Vehicles, Awards and Prizes, Speedway, International Speedway Corp.
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Ford posts worst-ever quarterly loss: $8.7B
Three months ago Ford Motor Co. reported an unexpected $100-million first-quarter profit, and quiet jubilation ensued on Wall Street. Yesterday Ford brought down the hammer of reality, reporting its largest quarterly loss ever, an $8.7-billion...Tags: Green and Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Ford Motor Credit Company, Automotive Equipment, Ford Motor Co.
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