On June 1, car maintenance in the European Union will see significant changes. Car-makers and "authorized dealerships" will be required to both share technical data and to remove conditional warranty limitations. This new law will remove the "block exemption" from antitrust rules that have, thus far, protected vehicle manufacturers. New rules end car maker / authorized ...

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Republican Dino Rossi, famous loser of not one, but two close gubernatorial elections in Washington State (one being among the closest in US electoral history), has withdrawn his hat from the ring for governor. Instead of gunning for the top spot in Olympia, he instead is aiming to unseat incumbent Democrat Patty Murray. Maria Cantwell ...

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Wednesday, as the Senate rejected an amendment to the financial reform package that would have tightened regulation on payday loan companies, consumer credit sources pulled off a narrow escape. What was rejected was the legislation that sought to exert federal restrictions on an industry regulated at the state level. Provisions within the payday loans no ...

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It's one of the great debates in purchasing a vehicle: manual vs. automatic. Most people under 30 within the United States were never really taught to drive a manual transmission vehicle. This begins to explain the fact 82 % of the cars sold in North The US are manuals. If you are presented with the ...

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The results of the Tennessee flooding of the Cumberland River, especially the Opryland Hotel flooding, have closed the area that is virtually the heart of Nashville. The Opryland Hotel is part of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, a large resort complex including retail stores and several atria, all next door to the Grand ...

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