There are a lot of Americans that struggle making decisions. And some of the toughest decisions often concern big purchases. The fear of making the wrong decision can be crippling to some. When it comes to automobiles, Seattle-area dealer ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) has lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that its award-winning Automotive Tire Service (ATS) Certification Course will be offered at the Cincinnati State Technical & Community College Sept. 16-19, 2014. The course provides in-depth ...
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NEWARK (CN) – Hitachi, Panasonic, Sanyo and a host of other electronics manufacturers conspired to fix prices of capacitors, a Silicon Valley company claims in a federal antitrust class action. eIQ Energy, of San Jose, named 27 ...
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In June of the current year, new motor vehicle registrations (including automobiles and commercial vehicles) in the German market totaled 306,510 units, up 1.23 percent month on month, but decreasing by 1.15 percent year on year, according ...
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The Provincial People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Ha Nam province has issued a certificate of approval for the proposed textile plant to be set up by Taiwan-based Tai Yuen Textile Co. Ltd. Tai Yuen will invest US$ 150 million ...
A fire broke out Thursday morning at CMC’s Seguin, Texas facility, centralized in an outdoor pile of scrap metal. The dimensions of the pile, spreading across about one acre but is 30-40 feet deep according to officials, made the fire ...
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Audi delivered a convincing performance in the first half of 2014 with solid key figures. In the period of January through June, the Ingolstadt-based carmaker set a new record with deliveries of 869,355 Audi vehicles. The Audi Group ...
KSR International, Inc., a leading Tier One automotive supplier, has acquired Electronic Motion Systems (EMS), an innovative electronics supplier with Manufacturing based in Swansea, Wales and a Development Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, ...
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The National Retail Federation lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF forecasted ...
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Goodyear has launched Assurance All-Season tire that offers all season traction, great value and long treadwear. The new tire is available across retail outlets in North America. The size ranges from 14in to 18in rim diameters, which ...
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Kyocera Corp. aims to boost pretax profit by around 40% over the fiscal 2013 figure to more than 200 billion yen ($1.94 billion) in fiscal 2017, says President Goro Yamaguchi. The Japanese ceramics maker will work to sell more components ...
Malaysia appears to be steadily approaching the goal of taking its place among the world's developed economies by 2020. However, the nation needs to open up and embrace its ethnic minorities together with international residents and ...
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After the recession in 2011 and 2012, the LED industry saw a turning point in 2013 when the die and package LED markets rose 8.3% from 2012 to about $15.188bn, according to the 'Global and China LED Industry Report, 2013-2014' from Research ...
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Open Automotive Alliance (OAA), a consortium formed by automotive giants in collaboration with technology providers like Google, has launched an automotive specific operating system, the Android Auto at the Google I/O annual technology ...
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