28 Aug 2008 at 1:29pm MOSCOW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Russian steel companies have agreed to cut prices for car manufacturers by a minimum 5 percent and could make further reductions in the near future, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Thursday. The cuts, which Sechin ...
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28 Aug 2008 at 1:07pm It was simple economics that changed the driving habits of Xavier and Kyra Cuadrado. With gas prices on the rise, the Brooklyn (N.Y.) couple decided not to replace their 10-year-old Volvo station wagon when it died last spring. Instead, they joined ...
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28 Aug 2008 at 12:17pm It's a sign of how tough times are for the world's automakers when even Toyota ( TM ), the world's most profitable automaker and soon to be the biggest, has to slash sales forecasts. In Tokyo on Aug. 28, Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe said the ...
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28 Aug 2008 at 12:10pm NEW YORK (AP) - The average price for a gallon of gas is down more than 45 cents since hitting a peak in mid-July, which may encourage people who stayed home earlier this summer to hit the road for Labor Day weekend. But at an average $3.66 per ...
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28 Aug 2008 at 10:46am
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Toyota Trims '09 Outlook, Plans Electric Car
BusinessWeek - 3 hours ago
And, for the first time, Toyota confirmed plans to launch a new electric car in the early 2010s. While skimpy on details, Watanabe and Executive ...
Toyota cuts car sales forecasts BBC News
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28 Aug 2008 at 10:45am
US to continue conserving gas, even as prices fall
guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
I think there are a lot of people kind of embarrassed socially now with the kind of car they have." US motorists drove 12.2 billion fewer miles in June ... Read more...
28 Aug 2008 at 10:01am YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Reports' Auto Price Service's latest analysis shows that looking beyond the hype of heavily marketed sales, some deals are compelling, while others attempt to distract car buyers from the ...
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