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Pawn shops offer quick cash, goods on the cheap (Cnylink) Foreclosed mortgages, repossessed cars, rising unemployment rates all spell trouble for everything from auto dealers to grocery stores. For those short on cash, the challenge has us.rd.yahoo.com
Los Angeles considers restrictions on street sales of cars (Los Angeles Times) A council committee forms a task force to address the practice, which officials say creates traffic snarls and visual blight. Complaints have come from many neighborhoods. Los Angeles may start cracking down on the impromptu, do-it-yourself used car lots that have sprung up along some streets, raising the ire of nearby residents who find them a more common sight in these tough economic times. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
El Jebel family fuels its cars with power from the sun (The Aspen Times) EL JEBEL - It figures that a guy who owns a mule by the name of Fart Blossom would come up with an innovative idea to help save the world. us.rd.yahoo.com
V8: Villeneuve targeted for V8 seat (autosport.com) Jacques Villeneuve is being targeted for a V8 Supercar drive with Super Cheap Racing us.rd.yahoo.com
10 Ways To Lower Auto Expenses (Forbes) Stockpiling cheap gas isn't the way to save money; keeping your car well maintained is. us.rd.yahoo.com
Even used car sales down (The Kalona News) Most area used car dealers agree - as with the new-car market, sales for pre-owned vehicles have slowed Clint Helmuth of Kalona Auto Used Cars and Trucks said that with the current downturn in the economy, owners are driving longer and placing more miles on their vehicles. us.rd.yahoo.com
Transcript: Obama seeks unified fight against economic woes (CNN) In a speech from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, on Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama called on Congress to act quickly on his economic package. The following is a transcript of his prepared remarks. us.rd.yahoo.com
Harley-Davidsons still thunder along in Cuba (International Herald Tribune) Sergio Morales is the last mechanic in Cuba making his living by fixing the iconic American bikes the old-fashioned Cuban way, working with homemade parts. us.rd.yahoo.com
GT40 ‘Ferrari Killer’ Returns as $100,000 Kit: Jason H. Harper (Bloomberg) Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- There are cars that race and then there are real race cars. I’m inside America’s most famous example of the latter: the GT40, the “Ferrari killer” of the 1960s. us.rd.yahoo.com
Global stocks tumble (Reuters via Yahoo! News) World stocks and metal prices fell on Thursday after bleak data and poor corporate earnings stoked gloom about the economic outlook, while sterling eased against the dollar before the Bank of England's interest rate decision. us.rd.yahoo.com
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