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Get ready for likely gas price increase when California taxes go up
It's probably the last thing that California motorists want to hear: the state's excise tax on gasoline will rise by 3.5 cents a gallon on July 1. The increase will take the state's excise tax to up to 39.5 cents a gallon for every gallon of gasoline...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry, Gasoline Industry
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Toyota releases convertible concept of GT86 ahead of Geneva
Almost since the day Toyota and Scion debuted the FR-S sports car, there was conjecture that a convertible version would eventually follow. On Friday, the drop-top's prospects got a lot better. Toyota's UK office announced it would be bringing the FT-...
Tags: Ford, Passenger Cars, Toyota, Subaru, Scion
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Volkswagen to unveil 261-mpg car at Geneva Motor Show
Volkswagen plans to bring a 261-mpg production car to the Geneva Motor Show next week. Unfortunately, the company won't be bringing it to the U.S. Ever. That's the official word on the two-seat, carbon-fiber, plug-in hybrid. However, the featherweight...
Tags: Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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California gas prices peak; pump pain changes U.S. driving habits
California gasoline prices may have already peaked for the first half of the year and should head lower soon, analysts said. Meanwhile, nationwide gasoline price averages over the first two months of the year rose at such a blistering rate that...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Commodity Markets, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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J.C. Penney reports another loss in fourth quarter; sales slide 28%
J.C. Penney Co. is falling deeper into a rut, reporting yet another quarter of tanking sales and net loss as the department store chain struggles in its reinvention. The Plano, Texas, company reported a net loss of $552 million, or $2.51 a share, in its...
Tags: Sears, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, JC Penney Company Inc., Target, Martha Stewart
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Spanish-style living in the Hollywood Hills
This 1920s Spanish-style house had its beginnings in old Hollywood. The villa, which features a rotunda entry, stenciled ceilings and a tower room, was built for early film producer William Sistrom and designed by art director Harry McAfee. Location:...
Tags: Lauren Beale
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Bank of Japan unveils bold plan to lift economy, combat deflation
Japan's central bank took a massive bet to reset its economy and pull out of nearly two decades of deflation. The Bank of Japan announced an aggressive and ambitious plan Thursday to expand its purchase of long-term bonds and double the amount of...
Tags: Central Bank, Business, Ford Motor Co., Sales, Sony Corp.
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Social Security cutters distort 'accuracy' of chained CPI, again!
Ed Lorenzen, a representative of a clutch of Washington groups aiming to cut Social Security benefits for you and me, takes issue with my recent blog post calling out one of their "reforms" as a stealthy, and deceitful, benefit cut. Lorenzen even...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers, Consumer Confidence, Market and Exchange
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FTC warns hotels about 'drip pricing,' but is it enough?
Consumers continue to get dinged and, worse, surprised by "resort" fees that often aren't quoted upfront in the hotel booking process. This one lump-sum fee often covers such items as phone calls, bottled water, Internet access, access to the pool or...Tags: Federal Trade Commission, Food Industry, Kevin Mitchell, Consumers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Median home price posts biggest gain since 2005, Realtors say
One measure of national home prices rose last month with a vigor not seen since the bubble days as the number of foreclosed homes and other distressed properties on the market shrank. The median sales price for previously owned U.S. homes rose 12.3%...
Tags: Inventories, Real Estate, Realty, Services and Shopping, Foreclosures
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Sony’s PS4 presentation leaves gamers with questions, few answers
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesCRITIC’S NOTEBOOK On Wednesday evening in New York, Sony threw one of the biggest magic shows of the year. “PlayStation ...... -
Fewer Americans are stuck in underwater mortgages
Nearly 2 million Americans got out of negative equity positions as home prices rose last quarter, according to new estimates. Negative equity fell to 27.5% of all U.S. homeowners with mortgages in last year's fourth quarter, compared with 31.1% during...
Tags: Inventories, Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
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