Detroit's 'Big Three' Automakers Launch New Incentive ProgramsGeneral Motors, Chrysler

Detroit's 'Big Three' Automakers Launch New Incentive Programs
General Motors, Chrysler and Ford announce new programs in efforts to boost slackening year-end sales.
Perry Stern

The Inside Scoop on 2006 (BusinessWeek)
The economy keeps chugging along, the housing bubble develops a slow leak, Apple surprises again... You read it here first

BUSINESS/AGRICULTURE (Grand Forks Herald)
After becoming Internet moguls, Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are dipping their toes into Hollywood. The pair are executive producers of a low-budget, independent film to be released next year, "Broken Arrows," written and directed by a friend of theirs, Reid Gershbein.

2005 in Review: Year of anger finally comes to a close for Duneland and Porter County (Chesterton Tribune)
Call it the Year of Indignation. In 2005 it seemed at times as if everyone in public life was mad at someone else in public life. There were charges and countercharges, lawsuits and rumors of lawsuits.

Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3
Editors at MSN Autos take Microsoft's latest driving game out for a spin.
Perry Stern

U.S. factory orders rise on strong aircraft demand (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Hefty orders for U.S. aircraft buoyed otherwise weak factory orders in November, a report showed on Wednesday, the second in as many days to raise concerns about U.S. manufacturing.

A rough new year for consumers (MSNBC)
The U.S. economy's stalwarts will find themselves tested by higher prices for everything from bleach to natural gas in 2006.

Refinancing Car Loans Can Save After Interest Rate Cuts (Action News 4 Pittsburgh)
As interest rates drop, people's thoughts turn to refinancing -- refinancing their home loan, that is. What they don't know is that refinancing an auto loan is easier to do, and it can save you some serious money.

Bulls and bears see the same signs but interpret them differently (Kansas City Star)
Go ahead, be bullish. The coming year should be a good one for stocks. Sure, interest rates will go up. Inflation, too.