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Backseat Driver: Oil and gas prices keep pressure on consumers

12:32 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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By Peter C. T. Elsworth

Gustav is coming and oil and gas prices are going up, according to The Associated Press. No surprise there. A major hurricane in the Gulf......

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Backseat Driver: Honda outplays Toyota on truck front

12:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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By Peter C. T. Elsworth

You've got to hand it to Honda: It sure outplayed its big rival Toyota on the truck front. Unlike Honda, whose only venture into the......

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Gustav pushing oil prices higher

10:01 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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Oil prices rose sharply this morning as Tropical Storm Gustav neared the Gulf of Mexico area, home to a quarter of U.S. crude supplies and......

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Backseat Driver: Let sleeping policemen guard pedestrian crosswalks

3:14 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink | Write a

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One of the more amusing frauds perpetrated on the inhabitants of Rhode Island is the idea that a pedestrian crosswalk gives them the right to......

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Chrysler puts its Dodge Viper brand up for sale

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DETROIT -- Chrysler is looking at selling its Dodge Viper business after some third parties approached the company looking to take on the low-volume,......

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Toyota lowers 2009 global sales target

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TOKYO -- Toyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 to 9.7 million vehicles on Thursday, down from an earlier 10.4 million vehicles, blaming "tough......

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