General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest players in the U.S. auto market, predicted Tuesday that sales would fall this year to their lowest levels in more than a decade after already-weak demand tumbled further in June.
Sales of cars and light trucks slid 18.3 percent last month because of record-high gas prices, sinking […]
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Auto sales likely to get worse
July 2, 2008 – 11:23 am
Sales, gas sink auto stocks
July 2, 2008 – 11:22 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Share of both General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. tumbled in early trading Tuesday on worries about rising gas prices and ahead of the release of what was expected to be weak June U.S. sales figures.
In early trading, GM (GM, Fortune 500) shares fell 44 cents, or 3.8%, to $11.06, […]
Auto sales plunge
July 2, 2008 – 11:21 am
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — June auto sales plunged, according to reports from the nation’s major automakers, as Americans shunned pickups and SUVs in the face of record gas prices and growing concerns about the weak economy.
Despite high gas prices, sales of many fuel efficient car models also fell sharply in the month as automakers were […]
Thieves use ropes, ladders in theft of $50,000 in laptop
June 2, 2008 – 11:28 am
The smash-and-grab may be popular among some crooks, but others prefer a more subtle style of thieving.
An example comes from a Lee County Sheriff’s Office incident report taken this past Saturday at the Best Buy at the Coconut Point mall in Estero.
Thieves made off with an estimated $50,000 in laptop computers after they used ladders […]
Pfizer donates computers to United Way
May 2, 2008 – 11:27 am
Ledyard, Conn. —
Pfizer Inc. has donated 25 desktop computers, 20 laptop computers, 20 docking stations, 3 servers and 25 monitors to the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut.
The gift will allow United Way to update its existing hardware and replace equipment throughout its Gales Ferry offices and at the Gemma E. Moran United Way Labor Food […]