Ralph Gilles says many of the millennial generation haven’t yet found a need for cars, but they will. / Carlos Osorio/Associated Press More than ever, designing cars people want is a tricky business. Rapidly developing technology, changing demographics, emerging global markets and stricter fuel efficiency standards have forced automakers to rethink how they design cars […]
April 3, 2013
Unlike Europe, America has never really embraced small cars. In the midwest large cars rule, in the south its the pickup. God help you if your driving a Smart Car on the Interstates . In America, people buy small cars because: A. They live in urban areas where space is limited. B. Because they are economical. C. […]
April 2, 2013
After reviewing the Entertainment and Sports Center(ESC) Term Sheet. The Sacramento Kings moving to Seattle may be the best gift for Sacramentians. The 2013 sheet is overly optimistic with perfect storm forecasts. It has several unsubstantiated claims for growth and insufficient traffic/parking studies. In a city facing deficits this year, the questions becomes is the ESC a good deal from […]
March 22, 2013
Last year it seemed all pieces for the Downtown Arena at the Railyards had a place. With all the contributors identified, Sacramento‘s contribution would have been 250 million dollars. Fast Forward to March 2013. The Sacramento Kings are not simply moving out of town, they are up for sale. While Sacramento has bidders in place […]
March 17, 2013
In Maharashtra’s Mansawali village the story of farmer suicides persists as they continue to get entangled in the debt cycle of Bt cotton cultivation The former Sarpanch of Mansawali village, Ashok Khadase, does not stop counting the honours his village received during his tenure as the village head. Mansawali is located in Hinganghat tehsil of […]
March 13, 2013
Avon, Mary Kay, Tupperware, boring…. Jeanette Ellis of Gaffney, South Carolina discovered a gold mine….discarded porn…. Before you could say Hoo Haa ! Ms Ellis (an entrepreneur)was going door to door in her neighborhood selling porn. No unwanted scents , no green eye shadow or smoky eyes and no unwanted burps, just pure porn on VHS for […]
February 22, 2013
Framon where was your head? What were you thinking? Kristopher Wiggins is 302 pounds of man and Santee, South Carolina has less than a thousand people and word gets around. Burger King once had a policy “of having it you way” Kristopher’s girlfriend was worried about her onion rings becoming cold on the way home. […]
February 11, 2013
A WEST Australian man is facing the cane in Singapore after he was arrested for swearing on a Tiger Airways flight. Bruce Griffiths, 47, a maritime worker from Perth(Western Australia) was arrested when the flight landed on January 4 after an altercation on board. He has been charged under Singapore’s “outrage of modesty” laws. According […]
February 5, 2013
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February 5, 2013
Canada officials have made the cost-cutting decision to start phasing out their penny — could Abe Lincoln be next? The Royal Canadian Mint on Monday officially ended its distribution of pennies to financial institutions, citing production costs now exceeding their monetary value. The United States has wrestled with a similar problem in recent decades. The […]
April 21, 2013
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