Mahindra puts the pieces together for a strategic fit (Financial

Mahindra puts the pieces together for a strategic fit (Financial Express)
Conglomerates may be out of favour because their mix of businesses often clouds the true value of their assets -- witness how investors rewarded the recent demerger of Indian petrochemicals-to-telecoms group Reliance Industries with red hot share revaluations.

1994 Holden Commodore VR from Australia and New Zealand (Carsurvey.org)
What things have gone wrong with the car? Power steering pump required an overhaul. Transmission slips when hot and changes into third gear roughly. Crankshaft pulley and tensioner pulley required renewing.

Barrett-Jackson car auction boasts extra bidding day, even more cars (The Arizona Republic)
Craig Jackson leaned casually on the fender of a gleaming orange Hemi 'Cuda convertible, basically a 1970 Plymouth coupe with an enormous 425-horsepower engine.

Shop excels in custom details for cars (Greeley Tribune Online)
Israel Pena is a big fan of The Learning Channel's "Overhaulin'," where a team led by hot rod designer Chip Foose swipes a beat-up - or sometimes new - vehicle and turns it into a one-of-kind dream machine in a week.

Weapons seized as race riot fears empty Sydney beaches (AFP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
SYDNEY (AFP) - Sydney's famous beaches were eerily deserted on a hot summer day as fears of a new eruption of racial violence intensified after the seizure of petrol bombs and other weapons.

Music 2006: P2P Ascends as Moguls Fall (Addict 3D)
In the Beginning, it cost a bundle to stamp and promote a record. One of 10,000 artists who chased a recording contract got lucky. Of those, a few became Big Names. Even got houses, cars, pool boys and chamber maids as hot as those enjoyed by recording execs.

North burns in 42C heat (Townsville Bulletin)
FIREFIGHTERS were calling it as hot as hell, with just as many flames. On the hottest day of the year yesterday, in 42C heat, wildfires came dangerously close to homes in Roseneath and the Bohle.

The Truth About Fuel Economy Ratings
If your new car's actual fuel mileage does not match the fuel economy numbers on the window sticker, it's not necessarily your car's fault.
Ann Job

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?
After decades of market share losses, look for a leaner and more focused Big Two.
Ann Job

Weapons seized as race riot fears empty Sydney beaches (Financial Express)
SYDNEY, Dec 18: Sydney's famous beaches were deserted on a hot summer day Sunday as fears of a new eruption of racial violence intensified after the seizure of petrol bombs and other weapons, report agencies.