Automakers smile as India okays for GTR (The Economic Times)

Automakers smile as India okays for GTR (The Economic Times)
NEW DELHI: In what will facilitate export of vehicles and reduce the cost of part development and production, India on Thursday decided to join the 1998 agreement on Global Technical Regulations (GTR) for automobiles with the Union Cabinet giving a go-ahead to the proposal.

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

Chrysler Dodge plans new building (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
The new owners of the Chrysler Dodge dealership plan to move it into new quarters near their Ford outlet. A group of investors led by Jeff Carlson is proposing to build a 16,000-square-foot sales and service facility on a vacant parcel now used for storage vehicles by the Ford dealership.

To Fight Rising Prices, Fed Nominee May Need New Weapons (New York Times)
Ben Bernanke is known as an advocate of inflation targeting, a technique for adjusting interest rates with the aim of keeping traditional inflationary pressures within a limited range.

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

RUSSIA: DaimlerChrysler suspends local assembly plans (just-auto)
DaimlerChrysler has suspended plans to establish its own assembly facility in Russia, Yelena Divakova, chief of the corporate communications department of DaimlerChrysler Automobiles RUS told Russian business daily Kommersant.

Agent says Kia official used abusive language (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI The Public Prosecution in Dubai will investigate on November 19 the complaint lodged by the agent of KIA Motors in Egypt against the Dubai-based KIA Motors regional manager for Middle East and Africa alleging that he had used abusive language.

America's Most Loved New VehiclesDiscover which new cars and trucks

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
Editors of MSN Autos

European Stocks Rise as Earnings Beat Estimates; Vivendi Gains (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose, sending the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index toward its biggest five-day gain since 2003, as earnings for Vivendi Universal SA, Imperial Chemical Industries Plc and Commerzbank AG beat analysts' estimates.

Top Ten Toughest Endurance Races (Forbes)
Forget marathons or climbing Everest. Today's adventurers are pushing themselves harder, longer and more dangerously than ever.

Train station helped squeeze big town into tiny Export (Murrysville Star)
Steam fills the air as a train rumbles to a slow stop at the Export station. Passersby take a moment from daily errands downtown to watch the station crew unload more than 20 boxcars filled with automobiles, animals, produce and even ice cream.

Littelfuse Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (The Auto Channel) DES

Littelfuse Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (The Auto Channel)
DES PLAINES, Ill.--Nov. 2, 2005--Littelfuse, Inc. today reported sales and earnings for the third quarter of 2005. -- Sales for the third quarter of 2005 were $131.0 million, a 4% decrease from sales of $135.9 million in the third quarter of 2004.

Fond Sketches Of Skitch (Hartford Courant)
Skitch Henderson was best known for a musical career that spanned decades, brought him fame and allowed him to work with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Johnny Carson.

Your bumper sticker says a lot about you (Salinas Californian)
QUESTION: What are people saying about their values when they place gross bumper stickers on their automobiles?

Preview: 2006 Ford Fusion
Ford's most important sedan launch since the Taurus.
Perry Stern

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models are big winners in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
Editors of MSN Autos

Top Sport Utilities on MSN Autos
The most popular sport-utility vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages during the third quarter of 2005.
compiled by MSN Autos

Same bus Rosa Parks rode had previously operated in integrated

Same bus Rosa Parks rode had previously operated in integrated fashion in Terre Haute (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
Hundreds of people rode in that same seat before Rosa Parks sat there nearly 50 years ago. And many of the previous passengers on that 1948 General Motors bus No. 2857 traveled on it through the streets of Terre Haute.

Smart growth, Main Street are hot issues in Franklin (Smoky Mountain News)
Information from the western North Carolina region covering Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties

Train station helped squeeze big town into tiny Export (Murrysville Star)
Steam fills the air as a train rumbles to a slow stop at the Export station. Passersby take a moment from daily errands downtown to watch the station crew unload more than 20 boxcars filled with automobiles, animals, produce and even ice cream.

Indian steel makers cut hot-rolled prices - source (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MUMBAI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - India's top steel makers cut prices by 2.3 percent for November due to easing global prices and large domestic inventories, an industry source said on Wednesday.

Littelfuse Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo!

Littelfuse Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Littelfuse, Inc. today reported sales and earnings for the third quarter of 2005.

One idea heats homes, protects the environment (The Burlington Free Press)
Phil Scott had his good idea about two weeks ago. The Washington County senator wanted to find a hands-on way to help low-income neighbors this winter, and thought the annual Central Vermont winter coat drive that provides clean, quality used coats for low-income Vermonters was an inspired model.

AstraZeneca Submits New Drug Application for TOPROL-XL(R)(metoprolol succinate)/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Tablets

AstraZeneca Submits New Drug Application for TOPROL-XL(R)(metoprolol succinate)/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Tablets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN -

International Rectifier Announces $100 Million Stock Repurchase Program (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
International Rectifier Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurc

Embedded TracVision Automotive Satellite TV System for OEM Applications (The Auto Channel)
KVH Industries, Inc., brought live satellite TV programming one step closer to being a factory-installed reality today when it unveiled an embedded automotive TracVision(R) system today at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

New Jeep Concepts
Two concept vehicles, unveiled at Europe's largest auto show, provide a peek into the future of DaimlerChrysler's Jeep brand.
Editors of MSN Autos

Wisconsin Bill Would Force Businesses to Allow Firearms on Private Property (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
A new effort to allow almost anyone to carry hidden guns in public takes the additional step of mandating that businesses allow employees to have loaded guns in their automobiles in company parking lots.

Suspects' spending suspicious, detective says (Bangor Daily News)
Summary: ELLSWORTH - The Lamoine couple charged with robbing an elderly relative last January went from having an overdrawn checking account one day to buying automobiles with cash the next, according to an investigator.

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
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One idea heats homes, protects the environment (The Burlington Free Press)
Phil Scott had his good idea about two weeks ago. The Washington County senator wanted to find a hands-on way to help low-income neighbors this winter, and thought the annual Central Vermont winter coat drive that provides clean, quality used coats for low-income Vermonters was an inspired model.

Same bus Rosa Parks rode had previously operated in integrated fashion in Terre Haute (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
Hundreds of people rode in that same seat before Rosa Parks sat there nearly 50 years ago. And many of the previous passengers on that 1948 General Motors bus No. 2857 traveled on it through the streets of Terre Haute.

Top Sport Utilities on MSN Autos
The most popular sport-utility vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages during the third quarter of 2005.
compiled by MSN Autos

What have we lost? (Times and Democrat) Remember that movie

What have we lost? (Times and Democrat)
Remember that movie Medicine Man about a doctor who lives with Indians in the Amazon jungles, looking for new medicines from plants? Eventually he falls in love with the place and with a lady doctor and they just stay and live with the Indians.

Louisiana Residents Blame Deaths on Canal They Sought to Close (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Trudging through knee-deep floodwater, Rodrigo Lopez approaches his single-story house in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He shoves open the front door and gags on the reek of toxic sludge deposited by Hurricane Katrina one month earlier.

PolyFuel Membrane Durability Enables Over 5,000-Hour Portable Fuel Cell Lifetimes (Fuel Cell Today)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,

Peguform Chooses UGS Tecnomatix Technology to Support Planning of New Facilities and Production Lines (The Auto Channel)
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 31 -- UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Peguform, a leading automotive supplier, has selected its Tecnomatix(TM) eM-Designer and eM-Plant solutions to help the company plan new facilities and production lines and optimize plant operations.

One idea heats homes, protects the environment (The Burlington Free Press)
Phil Scott had his good idea about two weeks ago. The Washington County senator wanted to find a hands-on way to help low-income neighbors this winter, and thought the annual Central Vermont winter coat drive that provides clean, quality used coats for low-income Vermonters was an inspired model.

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
Editors of MSN Autos

2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
MSN Autos brings you highlights from one of Europe's major shows.
Editors of MSN Autos

Pope car brings in $680,000 at auction (Daily Herald via Yahoo! News)
A Houston attorney Saturday bought the private touring car of former Pope John Paul II, vowing to protect the pontiff's memory by keeping the car on public display.

Frankfurt Motor Show Favorites
Public days for this huge auto show run through September 25, and concept cars continue to be a big draw. Our editors pick their ten favorites.
Editors of MSN Autos

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models are big winners in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
Editors of MSN Autos

Porsche Cayman S PremieresThe largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

Peguform Chooses UGS Tecnomatix Technology to Support Planning of New Facilities and Production Lines (The Auto Channel)
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 31 -- UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Peguform, a leading automotive supplier, has selected its Tecnomatix(TM) eM-Designer and eM-Plant solutions to help the company plan new facilities and production lines and optimize plant operations.

Villager created ANSYS, a popular engineering software (Villages Daily Sun)
THE VILLAGES - Villager John Swanson has something in common with brainiacs Orville Wright, Alfred Nobel, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. Swanson was awarded the 2004 John Fritz Medal, which is considered the most prestigious award in the engineering field.

Passion for Mustangs drives his business (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Mark LaMaskin was 30 years old when he decided to leave the family business. He went from more than five years of stable employment in his parents' material handling equipment business to being an unemployed newlywed hanging onto the hope of turning his passion into his profession.

Same bus Rosa Parks rode had previously operated in integrated fashion in Terre Haute (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
Hundreds of people rode in that same seat before Rosa Parks sat there nearly 50 years ago. And many of the previous passengers on that 1948 General Motors bus No. 2857 traveled on it through the streets of Terre Haute.

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
Ann Job

China s Pollution and its Threat to Domestic and Regional Stability

China s Pollution and its Threat to Domestic and Regional Stability (La Nueva Cuba)
By Nathan Nankivell * The Jamestown Foundation Infosearch: Jos Cadenas Research Dept. La Nueva Cuba October 29, 2005

Faith and medicine collide in Amish community (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
BERTHA, MINN. -- It is a word, the 19-year-old teacher said nervously, that she never mentions in her one-room Amish schoolhouse. Polio, teacher Sovilla Yoder explained, should be discussed among families at home and not in school. Or maybe not at all.

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Shawn Bonar, 28 (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Fort Wayne Street Department employee Shawn Bonar lives for snow. Thrives on it, as a matter of fact. During the winter, he drives a snowplow for the city. And during other parts of the year, he trains other people to drive snowplows.

How gas buildup overheats planet (Cape Cod Times)
By CONOR BERRY STAFF WRITER Global warming, the rising temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, is a phenomenon few scientists dispute, though the issue remains the subject of heated political debate.

Tops in Vehicle SatisfactionNissan models are big winners in this

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models are big winners in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
Editors of MSN Autos

Villager created ANSYS, a popular engineering software (Villages Daily Sun)
THE VILLAGES - Villager John Swanson has something in common with brainiacs Orville Wright, Alfred Nobel, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. Swanson was awarded the 2004 John Fritz Medal, which is considered the most prestigious award in the engineering field.

Fitch Issues Presale Report on HSBC Automotive Trust 2005-3 (Business

Fitch Issues Presale Report on HSBC Automotive Trust 2005-3 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fitch Ratings has issued a presale report today on HSBC Automotive Trust 2005-3 discussing the rating analysis behind Fitch Ratings' expected ratings on the offered notes. The collateral securing the notes consists of simple interest retail installment sales contracts secured by new and used automobiles, light duty trucks, and vans, to subprime borrowers.

Project steers locals back on road (Bangor Daily News)
ELLSWORTH - When their van was damaged in a car accident last March, Martin and Lindsay Doyle were unable to pay for its repairs, and buying a new car was simply not an option for the Calais couple.