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Officials blamed in Mexico monster truck crash
Mexican government officials and event organizers on Monday blamed the driver of a monster truck for losing control and plowing into a crowd of spectators, killing eight and injuring 79. Motor-sports experts, however, pointed at the organizers, saying the setup of the state-sponsored show was blatantly deficient and life-threatening. Organizers ...
Fictional anchor Ron Burgundy pitches for Chrysler
When you've got the smallest marketing budget of the Detroit Three automakers, you have to take risks to get your TV spots noticed. That's why Olivier Francois, Chrysler's marketing chief, gambles a lot. He's following successful ads featuring rapper Eminem and movie star Clint Eastwood with a pitch from a ...
Fictional anchor Ron Burgundy pitches for Chrysler
When you've got the smallest marketing budget of the Detroit Three automakers, you have to take risks to get your TV spots noticed. That's why Olivier Francois, Chrysler's marketing chief, gambles a lot. He's following successful ads featuring rapper Eminem and movie star Clint Eastwood with a pitch from a ...
Car rental company Hertz begins move to SW Florida
Executives at car rental company Hertz are moving to new headquarters in southwest Florida. Hertz Chairman and CEO Mark Frissora will be among the company executives starting work Monday at temporary offices in Naples. Richard Broome, the company's vice president of corporate affairs, told The News-Press (http://newspr.es/GCKXqn) about 25 company ...
Oil falls below $103 as US debt deadline nears
The price of oil fell below $103 a barrel Monday as a partial U.S. government shutdown entered a second week and crude production in the Gulf of Mexico got back on track after a storm system passed through. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for November delivery was down ...
Tesla CEO says fire caused by impaled battery
The CEO of electric car company Tesla said Friday that a battery in a Model S that caught fire this week was apparently impaled by a metal object. Elon Musk gave more detail in a blog post about the fire that became an Internet sensation and unsettled Tesla investors. He ...
Oil rises toward $104 on Gulf of Mexico storm
The price of crude rose to near $104 a barrel Friday as offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico braced for Tropical Storm Karen. Investors were also keeping a close watch on developments in Washington D.C. as the partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered a fourth day. By ...
Daimler's Mercedes has record sales month
Daimler AG's luxury brand Mercedes-Benz sold a record number of cars in September. The Stuttgart-based automaker said Friday it sold 142,994 vehicles during September, up 15.9 percent on the same month a year before. It credited new versions of its E-Class and S-Class sedans, as well as increased sales of ...
Tesla fire shows electrics face safety challenges
When debris on a Seattle-area freeway pierced the battery of a $70,000-plus Tesla Model S and touched off a raging fire, it raised new safety concerns for electric-vehicle owners. It also caused rare jitters among investors, who of late have viewed Tesla as nearly invincible. Electric vehicles have scored well ...
Ill. nursing home cited for truck stop incident
State health officials have cited a southern Illinois nursing home for leaving a sick, disabled man at a truck stop without his medication or ID because he refused to submit to a mandatory background check. Petersen Health Network, which operates 90-bed the Lebanon Care Center, was cited for improper nursing ...
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