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Transmission engineers are shifting to higher gears
Automakers are spending billions of dollars to squeeze efficiency from a car part most people never think twice about — the transmission. Over the next five years, many new vehicles will have transmissions with up to 10 speeds, replacing the...
Tags: Lexus, Ford, Dodge, Science and Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering
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James Tolbert dies at 86; lawyer pressed Hollywood on civil rights
In a Hollywood auditorium, James L. Tolbert tried to induce a room packed with broadcasting and advertising executives to essentially join the civil rights movement in 1963 by pointing out the obvious. "We Negroes watch 'Bonanza' and buy Chevrolets....
Tags: Loyola University New Orleans, University of California, Los Angeles, Entertainment, Media Industry, Philosophy
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Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour
The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...
Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, Architecture, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, O'Hare International Airport
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Toyota profit booms
Toyota's quarterly profit more than doubled to 313.9 billion yen ($3.2 billion) as cost cuts and better sales worked with a weakening yen to add momentum to the automaker's comeback. Toyota Motor Corp., which last year reclaimed the title of world's...
Tags: Earnings, Foreign Exchange Market, General Motors Corp., China Earthquake (2010), Akio Toyoda
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Mercedes redesigns Sprinter van for 2014 as competition ramps up
Mercedes-Benz is talking up the changes for 2014 for its redesigned Sprinter cargo van as other automakers ramp up to compete in the segment. Mercedes-Benz says the new Sprint is slightly longer, with its radiator grill moved into a more upright and...
Tags: Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz
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Tesla drives California environmental credits to the bank
When Tesla Motors reports its first-ever profit Wednesday, much of the money will come courtesy of the state of California. In its zeal to push electric cars into the market, the state has created a system in which Tesla can make as much as $35,000...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors Corp., Environmental Pollution, Sergio Marchionne, Prius
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Terror database too vague to flag Boston suspect
WASHINGTON — When a Russian intelligence service told the CIA that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had become an Islamic radical looking to join underground groups, the agency put his name in the government's catch-all database for terrorism suspects. The...
Tags: Law Enforcement, Central Intelligence Agency, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Laws
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SEIU wins union vote from Kaiser workers, defeating smaller rival
Workers at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente in California voted to remain with the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West union in a bitterly contested election pitting a labor giant against a smaller rival. The SEIU-UHW said it garnered nearly 19,000...
Tags: Elections, Work Relations, Employees, Career and Workplace, Politics
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GM first-quarter profits dip on losses in Europe, South America
General Motors Co. reported lower first-quarter profits Thursday as it struggled with the continuing economic slump in Europe and a dip in earnings in North America. Profit for the nation’s largest automaker profit fell 14% to $865 million...
Tags: GMC, Media Industry, General Motors Corp., Chrysler Group LLC, Services and Shopping
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Ford to add 2,000 jobs at Missouri plant to meet truck, van demand
Ford Motor Co. will add 2,000 jobs at a factory near Kansas City, Mo., to meet surging demand for pickup trucks and to build a new van. Helped by a rebound in housing and construction, trucks have become the hottest segment of the U.S. auto industry so...
Tags: Plant Openings, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Media Industry
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General Motors, Ford and Chrysler post strong April auto sales
This posted has been updated. See the note at the bottom for details. Automakers posted their strongest April sales since 2007 as many reported double-digit gains with trucks and SUVs leading the surge. General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and Nissan all...
Tags: GMC, General Motors Corp., Chrysler Group LLC, Jeep, Services and Shopping
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Bill Ford: The future of self-driving cars is closer than you think
Ford Motor Co. has been making automobiles for more than a century, but only now are the company’s products on the brink of monumental changes, according to Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. “The car as we know it, and how it’s used in...
Tags: Ford, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Lexus, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment
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