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Following Sunday's French Grand Prix, round five of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, many riders and teams returned to Le Mans for testing on Monday...

The Conference Board reported that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.5%, the coincident index increased 0.2%, and the lagging index increased 0.2% last month (April).

NEW YORK----GoldMoney today announced the availability of Customer Segregated Funds Accounts, making it even more convenient to buy and sell gold and silver through GoldMoney.

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TUESDAY MAY 22 ASIA -Australia April new vehicle sales -Japan's Cabinet Office May economic report -Japan April supermarket sales -Bank of Japan releases minutes of April 9-10 policy meeting AUSTRIA -BWIN AGM BENELUX -Belgian May consumer confidence indicator (1300 GMT) -Aegon analysts/investors conference in Amsterdam -CBS annual report -Deceuninck ex-dividend -Exmar ex-dividend EASTERN EUROPE ...

Colin Edwards was forced to watch his first MotoGP pole position go to waste at Le Mans on Sunday, as race day rain highlighted a dramatic weakness with his Fiat Yamaha.

Wish I'd bought the Bravo HGT!! A so-so sort of car!

I was speaking to Mark Bursa yesterday about his trip to Turkey last week. He was there for the market launch of Fiat's new model for emerging markets - the Linea .

Fiat has applied world car principles to the C-segment and has created the Linea, a more expensive cousin to the Palio. Mark Bursa reports Fiat looks set to scrap its Chinese partnership with Nanjing Automobile Corporation in the near future following an extraordinary attack on the Chinese company by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 8: MinnPar, LLC a subsidiary of PartsZone, LLC has agreed to purchase the rights to manufacture and sell service and replacement parts for all models of Grove Manlift aerial work platforms from Manitowoc Crane Group, a business entity of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW). Grove, part of the Manitowoc Crane Group since 2002, was founded in 1947 and is one of the world's ...

Sales are exceeding all forecasts for the Brazilian market so far this year. From January to April, deliveries rose 23% year on year, suggesting an all-time record of over 2.2m units is likely in 2007. This is more good news in a month celebrating production of 50m by the Brazilian motor industry.

WORCESTER - Ankit Tambe says his four years as a Clark University student are best defined by a single cricket game.

WORCESTER - Ankit Tambe says his four years as a Clark University student are best defined by a single cricket game.

Greg Silberman submits: This week saw a major change in position from some serious market students. Chief amongst them was Richard Russell the Dow theorist from dowtheoryletters.com.

General Motors has announced the second quarter launch of a hatchback version of the unique Brazilian Vectra sedan, which has recently started production and sale in Europe badged as an Astra.

The Italian maker has announced it shifted the first 500 limited versions of its exciting new supermini within two hours of putting them up for sale on the Internet.

MONDAY MAY 21 ASIA -Steel Authority of India FY results -Japan April convenience store sales -Hong Kong April CPI -Singapore Q1 GDP BENELUX -Unibail EGM to discuss merger with Rodamco Europe EASTERN EUROPE -Hungarian Monetary Council holds rate setting meeting EUROPEAN UNION/EURO AREA -ECB's Papademos speech in Vienna (0830 GMT) -OECD financial market trends report (0900 GMT) -EUs Kroes at state ...

Are We There Yet? By: John Mauldin, Millenium Wave Advisors

Bradley Smith will be back at school this week after making history yesterday by becoming the youngest British rider ever to reach the podium of a grand prix motorcycle race.

VATICAN CITY, MAY 20, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the Pope's introduction to Cardinal Bertone's book "The Last Fatima Visionary: My Meetings With Sister Lucia" (Rai Eri/Rizzoli). The book was written in collaboration with Giuseppe De Carli.

Chris Vermeulen claimed the first MotoGP race win of his career at a sodden French Grand Prix.

My story is a common one: I tried GNU/Linux a few years ago (and a few years before that, and even a few years before that), and each time grew excited by the possibilities.

My oil sump sprung a leak one hour after purchasing the car. Had problems with engine over-heating. Also had problems with heating system in car. Bad condensation in cold weather difficult to get round.

The following is Yamaha... Torrential rain in Le Mans today doused the hopes of the Fiat Yamaha Team as Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards struggled in the wet conditions and splashed home to sixth and twelfth respectively.

Bridgestone Motorsport boss Hiroshi Yamada hailed Chris Vermeulen's maiden victory as he led the Japanese tyre manufacturer's second 1-2-3 result in three MotoGP races

Chris Vermeulen has taken his debut MotoGP victory from 12th on the grid after an action-packed French Grand Prix, in which rain fell just before the start - prompting pit stops, accidents and continuous overtaking.

Chris Vermeulen claimed the first MotoGP race win of his career at a sodden French Grand Prix.

Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen won his first-ever MotoGP today, the Australian mastering the wet and cold conditions in Le Mans, France to also end a winless drought for Suzuki in MotoGP that dates back to 2001.

Full MotoGP race results from a wet French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

Full MotoGP race results from a wet French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

1939, Hitler's forces ravage Poland while the West looks on... but could it have gone differently? What if the French attacked Italy in the South, pushing through Torino, Milano, Verona and Venice?

Casey Stoner confirmed his and his Ducati's good form this morning by topping the timesheets in the warm-up for this afternoon's French MotoGP in Le Mans

Full MotoGP warm-up times from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

KAZAN, Russia: The EBRD will showcase its drive for regional development in the former Soviet Union when it opens its two-day annual meeting today in Russia’s poster child republic of Tatarstan.

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Rep. Nick J. Rahall has proposed legislation he says would urge the development of new energy sources and help counter climate change, and he has lashed out against the White House on another environmental issue: protection of endangered species.

To the uninitiated they are just sunglasses. But for the wealthy fashion victim, Lapo Elkann's carbon fibre shades are the must-have accessory.

WUHU, China — Chinese carmaker Chery, which is on an ambitious growth path both at home and abroad, has teamed up with U.S. finance company Quantum to set up a new production facility here in the carmaker's home city. Production will start in about 2009.

Two drivers were taken to hospital after an accident yesterday (Thursday) at 9am at the Hill Rise junction with the A259 at Seaford.

This is my son’s last photograph,” Harpal Singh said matter-of-factly as he flipped through several other pictures, and then showed a colour photograph from a winter 20 years ago: young Dr. Prabhat Singh and his wife, also a doctor; their little son, beaming, sitting in the middle, and their daughter in her father’s arms in a white and red shirt.

struggle to make DaimlerChrysler into a transatlantic automotive powerhouse ended last week as private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management bought the struggling US Chrysler division.

Colin Edwards hopes that taking his maiden pole position at Le Mans is a sign that his luck is changing

I'd like to thank the sponsors for making every second sentence uttered by a sports person, coach or administrator totally unnatural. It appears sponsors, realising they have possibly thrown their money down the drain, are now demanding everyone to spout their company name at every opportunity.

The following is from Yamaha...

There's rarely a dull moment with Colin Edwards around and the Texan was at his animated best as he described clinching a first ever MotoGP pole at Le Mans on Saturday.

Fiat Yamaha team manager Davide Brivio refused to make predictions for tomorrow's French MotoGP at Le Mans, despite his rider Colin Edwards clinched pole position in qualifying today.

Bradley Smith will start the French Grand Prix from the front row.

KAZAN, Russia, May 19 (Reuters) - The EBRD will showcase its drive for regional development in the former Soviet Union when it opens its two-day annual meeting on Sunday in Russia's poster child republic of Tatarstan.

Fiat Yamaha’s Colin Edwards took his first ever pole MotoGP position with a blistering lap of the Le Mans circuit, site of the Sunday’s French Grand Prix.

A last gasp charge by Colin Edwards knocked world championship leader Casey Stoner from the head of qualifying at Le Mans - and handed the Texan his first ever MotoGP pole.

Full MotoGP qualifying times from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

John Hopkins topped the third and final free practice session ahead of qualifying for tomorrow's French MotoGP

Full MotoGP free practice times (3 from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

Save for election years, when a pitch from the pulpit is de rigueur for campaigning politicians, you wouldn't expect to see Scott Harshbarger preaching in a chapel. Yet the former state attorney general got to be homilist one day last month at Cornell University, where he delivered a message unusual for a lawyer: The law isn't all it's cracked up ...

First ever pole puts Edwards in Le Mans driving seat

ARMED police cornered two gun-wielding suspects in a supermarket car park only to find they were arresting teenage women in Wild West costumes carrying a toy pistol. (19/05/2007 09:31:32)

TWO teenagers dressed as cow girls have been talking of the moment armed police swooped on them in a Calderdale supermarket car park.

LONDON: Formula One's governing body and manufacturers are discussing major technical changes from 2011 to try to make the sport cheaper, greener and more relevant to ordinary road users.

Americans eyeing a rematch with Canada after an 18-5 drubbing in the round-robin on Wednesday

Opening today The following movies are scheduled to open today in the Bay Area: "FAY GRIM" (R): A sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 well-regarded "Henry Fool," starring Parker Posey as Henry's wife and mother to his troubled teenage son.

Motorcycling: Marco Melandri was fastest in yesterday's French MotoGP practice session.

WUHU, China — Chinese carmaker Chery, which is on an ambitious growth path both at home and abroad, has teamed up with U.S. finance company Quantum to set up a new production facility here in the carmaker's home city. Production will start in about 2009.

Valentino Rossi yesterday shrank the speed gap between himself and the dangerous young Australian Casey Stoner to just 4.089mph on the fastest part of the Le Mans circuit, a tiny difference that may yet enable the Italian to fight back in the battle for the MotoGP championship.

Marco Melandri, winner of the French round of the World MotoGP Championship last year, was looking good for an action replay after setting the pace in very mixed weather conditions at Le Mans during opening practice. By Dave Fern.

Mumbai, May 18 : Tata Motors has recorded a 26 per cent growth in net profit for the fourth quarter of 2006-07. The profit grew to Rs 576.72 crore during the period compared with Rs 458.11 crore a year ago.

SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- The California Tech Showcase 2007 (CTS 2007 - www.CaliforniaTechShowcase.com) will be held at the Hotel Hermitage in La Baule, France on June 28th and 29th this year. The conference is being hosted by EuroStart, a new Silicon Valley-based venture fund.

Showcase 2007 18/05/2007 19:17:00 Business Wire The California Tech Showcase 2007 (CTS 2007 - www.CaliforniaTechShowcase.com) will be held at the Hotel Hermitage in La Baule, France on June 28th and 29th this year.

SAN FRANCISCO----The California Tech Showcase 2007 will be held at the Hotel Hermitage in La Baule, France on June 28th and 29th this year. The conference is being hosted by EuroStart, a new Silicon Valley-based venture fund.

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Bradley Smith is set for a front row start for Sunday's 125cc race at the Le Mans Grand Prix.

Police on the Isle of Man are looking for the rider of a red motorbike after a crash in which a tourist died.

NEW DELHI -- Tata Motors Ltd., India's largest automobile manufacturer, said Friday its profit in the most recent quarter rose 26 percent from a year ago, driven by strong sales of...

A bee in his boot caused a brief, unpleasant, interruption - but otherwise Colin Edwards was a happy man after setting the fourth fastest time during Friday practice at Le Mans.

Valentino Rossi has admitted that he is going to need to make changes to the set-up of his bike overnight if he is going to close the gap on his rivals.

A gruelling run of seven races in ten weeks got underway today at the historic circuit of Le Mans, as the MotoGP paddock returned to Europe for the Grand Prix of France.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's top bus and truck maker Tata Motors Ltd. beat forecasts with a 26 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Friday, helped by sales of higher-margin trucks.

SATURDAY MAY 19 GERMANY -G8 Finance Ministers meeting in Potsdam (day 2 of 2) INTERNATIONAL -G8 finance ministers meeting in Potsdam, Germany (day 2 of 2) SUNDAY MAY 20 GERMANY -Siemens supervisory board EGM MONDAY MAY 21 ASIA -Steel Authority of India FY results -Japan April convenience store sales -Hong Kong April CPI -Singapore Q1 GDP EASTERN EUROPE -Hungarian Monetary Council holds rate ...

It's all well and good governments and the public demanding cleaner air, but how are those charged with effecting reductions of pollutants -- the automobile and truck manufacturers -- going to tackle a problem that can't simply be fixed overnight?

Debt is an inescapable concept. It is never a question of debt or no debt. It is always a question of which kind of debt, owed to whom, when. The modern economy is addicted to government debt by way of central banking debt. The system is self-reinforcing.

Marco Melandri overcame ever-changing track conditions to set the fastest time in second free practice for this weekend's French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Full MotoGP free practice times (1 and 2 combined) from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

Strong demand for trucks and buses in India accelerates earnings at the country's auto giant Tata Motors.

Melandri leads MotoGP pack

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Milan's S&P/Mib index is expected to fall 2.096 pct at the start of trading Monday because of a raft of shares going ex-dividend, said Standard & Poor's.

Tata Motors Ltd., India's largest automobile manufacturer, said Friday its net profit in the most recent quarter rose 26 percent from a year ago, driven strong local sales of trucks and buses.

The 18 shares going ex-dividend include market heavyweights Unicredito Italiano SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA plus STMicroelectronics NV, and Fiat SpA. nigel.tutt@thomson.com nt/jlc COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fiat SpA declined to comment on a report in Il Giornale newspaper that it is eying an agreement with lorry-maker Navistar for the US firm to produce Fiat brand Iveco's Daily light van in the US.

Formula One boss Max Mosley is proposing a raft of changes to help accelerate the adoption of "green" technology.

India's top bus and truck maker, Tata Motors Ltd, reported quarterly net profit rose 26 per cent, helped by sales of higher-margin trucks.

In the last months, there has been speculation Fiat could launch Iveco on the US market via a link-up with Navistar, though Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has said Fiat does not need to buy Navistar.

MUMBAI, May 18 (Reuters) - India's top bus and truck maker, Tata Motors Ltd. , reported on Friday quarterly net profit rose 26 percent, helped by sales of higher-margin trucks.

SALEM — The shortest bill of the session — prohibiting adverse possession of railway land or right of way — may have also received the shortest committee hearing Thursday.

Full MotoGP free practice times (1) from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.

Sales of the Peugeot 207 increased dramatically during April, catapulting the model from fifth to top-selling car in Europe.

The Peugeot 207 has become Europe's top-selling car after a strong performance in April. Acccording to industry analyst JATO Dynamics, 152,638 examples have been sold so far this year.

UPDATED: :16 a.m. PDT, May 18, 2007 When we think of the great films that gave Italy a new face in the ruins of World War II, we're generally thinking of Rome and points north -- the land of Fiat and fashion, of de Sica, Fellini and Pasolini.

Peugeot 207 most popular Euro car.

Casey Stoner himself may not agree, but many of his MotoGP rivals hope that the lack of a long straight at this weekend's French Grand Prix will stop the Australian winning three events in a row.

Colin Edwards has blamed Michelin's current difficulties in MotoGP on new tyre regulations introduced at the start of this year.

I can now confidently advise you that had you invested in base metals over the past 3 – 5 years, you would have had the chance to multiply your wealth by anywhere from 5 to 15 times.

Valentino Rossi feels he has a scored to settle in the French MotoGP race at Le Mans.

Valentino Rossi aims to complete the second half of his recovery from two miserable races last season when he lines up for the French MotoGP race at Le Mans.

Oh, awesome. Again for its Palio model, Fiat succeeds in confusing us more than it did yesterday. Got two minutes? Watch an old man throw knives at a cow. Then hit the campaign website, where you can watch all...

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Why China is letting the blogger thing go for technological and business reasons. Also, MySpace kids aren't fooled by large companies wanting to be friendly. Finally, a chart that lets you know how much Wii calories you can burn if...

Phil Davis submits: Was I paranoid yesterday or is this really the top? We wont really know until the end of next week, but weve had far too good of a year so far to take chances up at this level and I doubt many hedge fund managers will disagree with me.

Mr Turnbull is affected by "apprehended bias" due to his Government's statements about the mill and the $5 million in funding it provided for Gunns' planning.

There are things that people do that just drive me wild … like tailgating for instance. Tailgating can, and has, gotten people killed.

NEW DELHI - Encouraged by India's fast-growing small-car market - it already accounts for 75% of the 1.5 million auto market in that country - a slew of global auto makers have announced plans to make and launch small cars in the South Asian country.

Full Throttle Your weekly fix of motoring and motorsport news. The Tech Set A weekly dose of gadget and technology news. Buying a car? Tired of your old car? In the market for a new set of wheels?

Research undertaken by auto industry analyst Rob Golding for just-auto shows that Fiat has outperformed all other major car companies on its share price in the twelve months to the end of March this year.

Work by the internationally recognized graffiti artist John Matos, popularly known as "Crash," will be the big draw for the "DCC Crashes MOCAD" fundraiser Saturday night at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

CHICAGO | Ozzie Guillen thinks he’s got something so good in John Danks he wants to put him under glass and avoid pitching him out of turn.

Peugeot's new 2-series is about emotion, not practicalities. By BRUCE NEWTON.

Fiat has brought in another flex-fuel show vehicle - and taken it straight to the people who will produce the ethanol on which it's meant to run.

Eastern Europe was strong but Germany, France and Spain were weak.

Imagine Wichita as the center of the motorsports universe.

The car : Citroen C4 diesel. The price: $30,990. Vital statistics: 1.6-litre, turbo diesel, six-speed automated manual gearbox. The testers : Joshua Dowling and Richard Blackburn.

"...The €500 note is more bling than a gold-plated Uzi. No wonder it's become so popular with gangsters in Moscow ..."

A future policy framework to limit CO2 emissions from cars should be cost-effective; the European automotive industry deserves better recognition for its environmental track record and the industry needs sufficient preparation time ahead of a legislative framework on CO2. These are the main messages of a keynote speech by Sergio Marchionne, President of the European Automobile Manufacturers ...

BRITISH buyout fund Permira is vying for control of the Italian fashion house behind Valentino and Hugo Boss amid mounting private equity interest in the sector.

This week saw a major change in position from some serious market students. Chief amongst them was Richard Russell the Dow theorist from dowtheoryletters.com. I admire Richard’s work immensely so when he stands up with a big change like this, I listen!

A BIKER killed in a crash at the Verandah on the Mountain Course has been named as Alan Ronald Osborne, from Kent.

The number of people employed in the SA auto industry is expected to fall in 2007 with the end of a vehicle assembly contract and the demise out of a South African motoring icon.

France's Renault SA once again lost out as European car sales slowed in April with gains in faster-growing eastern Europe failing to outweigh a slump in major car-buying nations Germany, France and Spain.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Fiat 2007 Company Profile" to their offering.

Data released today by the European carmakers' trade association, ACEA, shows that the European new car market fell by 0.6% in April over the same month last year, in spite of an extra working day. It was the third consecutive monthly market decline.

FIAT chief executive, Sergio Marchionne, sees more private equity firms getting involved in the automobile sector. "I think Chrysler may be the first and not the last of a transaction of this caliber," he said, yesterday.

At 11.15 am, Alitalia was down 3.29 pct to 0.869 eur, while the S&P/Mib index lost 0.15 pct to 43,957 points. "It seems from what I read that all the news is negative, such as the news yesterday that bids in the government's privatisation are between zero and 0.40 eur per share," one broker said.

A GUN scare sparked a massive cross-border chase in which armed police swarmed on to a supermarket car park.

Trace your Fiat Stilo with the help of a satellite. Or do it owing to the crazy coloring. The new Fiat Stilo are equipped with the system of a satellite tracing. It seems quite impossible to lose such a vehicle.

Okay. Leo Burnett, Sao Paulo sent us this Fiat ad, which we'd like to say we get, but we're really not sure. Is the car fast? Is that it? Is it super strong or safe? Is it actually a...

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Leading European exchanges are expected to open lower following a mixed showing on Wall Street after US housing data yesterday, with a mixed bag of earnings news taking centre stage, dealers said.

ACEA said the EU's new member states enjoyed their fourth consecutive month of growth, with new car registrations up 12.9 pct, but western Europe performed below trend, with a decline of 1.5 pct.

Torino, Italy- The new Fiat Linea, built in Turkey with the partner Tofas, makes its market debut in Europe in June starting from 13,000 euros (17,653 dollars). Manufactured at the plant in the Turkish city of Bursa, the factory will produce 60,000 u...

The Worldcom Public Relations Group, the world's largest network of independently owned public relations counseling firms, announced the addition of four new agency partners and a new chairperson at its 2007 annual global meeting held recently at the Peninsula Hotel in Bangkok.

This year's Biggin Hill International Air Fair has been given priority one status by the RAF, one of only five shows in the country to be selected for full RAF support.

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Lynn Rapoport, Sara Schieron, Jason Shamai, Chuck Stephens, and Matt Sussman. The film intern is Maria Komodore.

BANGKOK, Thailand----The Worldcom Public Relations Group, the world's largest network of independently owned public relations counseling firms, announced the addition of four new agency partners and a new chairperson at its 2007 annual global meeting held recently at the Peninsula Hotel in Bangkok.

The White House on Tuesday defended World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz as a special committee found that he broke the rules in dealing with a former employee, who was also his girlfriend. A proponent and an opponent of Wolfowitz's resignation debate the matter.

BRUSSELS - Car manufacturers called on the European Commission on Tuesday to delay setting new requirements for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to 2015, three years later than currently proposed, to give them more time to prepare.

We in Ministry of Defence and the UPDF have followed keenly the war of words between The New Vision and The Daily Monitor newspapers.

*** Sweet, gooey money can buy anything...capitalists hiding behind the red curtain... *** U.S. consumers are the floodgates of liquidity...fossilized investors in a cooling market...

SYDNEY, Australia — Fiat's new small car, the Linea, which was launched in Europe recently, may be seen on Australian roads before the end of next year, complete with a Chinese engine and automatic gearbox.

Turkey : BF Goodrich - Finish : Nicolas Vouilloz, his co-driver Nicolas Klinger and their Peugeot 207 S2000 hit the ground running in the 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge by winning the Fiat Rally – Rally Turkey, second round of the series.

THIS year's Biggin Hill International Air Fair has been given priority one status by the RAF, one of only five shows in the country to be selected for full RAF support.

MR. SNOW: Hello. One additional item before we get to questions. The President this morning had a call with Prime Minister Abe of Japan. Prime Minister Abe gave the President a readout of the Prime Minister's visit to the Middle East, including visits to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar.

The following is from Yamaha... The Fiat Yamaha Team returns from a whirlwind trip to the Orient next week to continue their MotoGP World Championship challenge on more familiar territory in Europe.

ICT Turku Oy has developed a new traffic information service that will transmit details of driving conditions updates to a driver’s cell-phone. (5/15/2007)

By The Miami Herald May 15--Not enough water is being conserved under the South Florida Water Management District's restrictions to cope with the worst drought in recent memory. In a region that relies on new development to underwrite its economy, resource conservation remains a hard sell.

This week saw a major change in position from some serious market students. Chief amongst them was Richard Russell the Dow theorist from dowtheoryletters.com. I admire Richard’s work immensely so when he stands up with a big change like this, I listen!

Robert Spencer, the publisher of the JihadWatch.com website and the author of a number of volumes attacking Islam, bridled at my comment in last week's essay ( Are the Arabs already extinct?

The doyen of British motoring journalists, Gordon Wilkins began his professional life in the 1930s, when he was just in his twenties, and he was still attending motor shows and filing stories into his nineties.

Frankfurt, Germany The merger between Daimler-Benz AG and Chrysler Corp. was billed as a merger of equals and a marriage made in heaven the perfect model for the future of auto manufacturing worldwide.

A BIKER from Kent has died following an accident on the Mountain Raod yesterday afternoon.

RÜSSELSHEIM/BENSHEIM, Germany — First details on the second-generation Opel Agila and its Suzuki sibling, the Splash, have been revealed, months ahead of their public debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September.

A new small passenger car known as both the Vauxhall Agila and the Suzuki Splash will go on sale in spring 2008. The new model is short, for manoeuvrability in urban situations, but tall, for visibility, airiness and space.

Connecticut?s highest court became the first in the nation to hear arguments over whether civil unions create a fundamentally inferior status for gays and lesbians.

RÜSSELSHEIM/BENSHEIM, Germany — First details on the second-generation Opel Agila and its Suzuki sibling, the Splash, have been revealed, months ahead of their public debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September.

One cannot help but wonder if Freedman took anything at all away from these classics of the Western Canon, other than a few good quotes to be dumped on the appropriate occasions to impress the right people. In many ways, then, the students at Dartmouth are following Freedman’s legacy; just a few years ago, a student, speaking at Commencement, mentioned the Greek poet Catullus.

CNH said the Kansas National Guard todaybegan hauling skid steer loaders and related equipment from the company'splant in Wichita, Kan., about 90 miles west to tornado-stricken Greensburg,Kan., where it will be used in a massive cleanup effort.

The price of gas has hit a record high here in Las Vegas. Read on to find the cheapest gas prices in town. Watch Tedd Florendo's report.

Mafioso has the look and feel of an archived piece of dust-washed stone being hunted by Indiana Jones. Its black-and-white photography (pristine and peerless by any standards) and its leading man, the incomparable Alberto Sordi, are timestamps of a bygone era where style was a matter of pride.

When Rabbi Serena Eisenberg took over as the Hillel director at Brown University in the fall of 2005, she was surprised there wasn't an Israeli flag in the group's building. Eisenberg thought one should go up. But the issue proved divisive among students.

WASHINGTON----White House Conference Center Briefing Room

CNH said the Kansas National Guard today began hauling skid steer loaders and related equipment from the company's plant in Wichita, Kan., about 90 miles west to tornado-stricken Greensburg, Kan., where it will be used in a massive cleanup effort.

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How far will the dollar continue to slide? Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, says the trend of the weakening US currency has now become entrenched, even if it is driven by cyclical interest rate considerations rather than ”structural over-reach”.

Two vans had door locks damaged and a moped and bicycle were stolen during one night in Sudbury.

2007-05-14 14:46:41 Iceland's Kaupthing buys 20 pct stake in Norwegian insurer Storebrand

2007-05-14 15:32:25 Stocks mostly higher on Chrysler news

Valentino Rossi believes his Fiat Yamaha team will return to winning ways soon thanks to the championship's return to Europe and so to more favourable tracks for them.

Stocks mostly higher on Chrysler news NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street traded mostly higher Monday, with investors welcoming news that a private equity group will buy more than 80 percent of Chrysler Group.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today (5/11/07) that the monthly goods and services deficit increased from $57.9 billion in February to $63.9 billion in March 2007.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Ifil SpA, the holding company of the Agnelli family which controls Fiat SpA, said its consolidated net profit in the first quarter rose to 87.4 mln eur from 67.3 mln in the same period a year ago. The results were boosted by the higher contribution of Fiat, which offset the lower contributions of other minority interests.

DaimlerChrysler sells a majority stake in its troubled US arm to private equity company for a fraction of what it paid 10 years ago. By Mark Milner.

The group's net financial position was negative at 130.8 mln eur compared with a positive position of 386.2 mln eur at the end of 2006. This was due to a result of the purchase at the end of March of 71.52 pct of real estate service company Cushman & Wakefield with an investment of 483.5 mln eur.

ANOTHER day, another bid to topple the coalition governing Cape Town. Or so it has seemed over the past few weeks, with rumours flying thick and fast along the lines that the African National Congress (ANC) and Independent Democrats (ID), among others, were conspiring to propose a vote of no confidence in Democratic Alliance (DA) mayor Helen Zille.

Legalizing abortion by judicial fiat (Roe v. Wade) instead of by democratic means has its price. One is that the issue remains socially...

The three-door Alfa hatchback will share its underpinnings with Fiat's Grande Punto. And engineers are currently testing a prototype fitted with a 197bhp petrol engine and limited-slip differential, which could form the basis of a hot GTA variant.

Four people have been killed in an accident involving a truck and a car in Pietermaritzburg.

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in European markets. Prices are from the last close.

Fiat has been showing off its cool new Uno in different parts of the country. Made in Brazil, the Fiat Flex can run on both petrol and ethanol. So clever is the technology that the car has a single tank.

It is hard to believe this. But this spring, 15 years (FIFTEEN!!!) have passed since that Simi Valley acquittal of four white LAPD officers who beat African-American motorist Rodney King. In the wake of the verdicts, Los Angeles exploded in blood and flames. Also that week, there were disturbances and rebellions in 100 other U.S. cities. One of them was San Francisco (where I was then ...

Four people were killed when the truck they were travelling in collided with a car before crashing into a house in Pietermaritzburg.

Below is an excerpt from a commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Tuesday, April 24 th , 2007.

Peugeot driver Nicolas Vouilloz has won the Rally of Turkey, after taking the lead of the all-gravel event on the final afternoon of the Intercontinental Rally Series (IRC) event.

China's top 16 automotive groups reported a 70 percent increase in first-quarter profits helped by brisk sales, but the pace is expected to slow due to pricing wars in the world's second-biggest vehicle market.

COLOMBO: The Secretary-General of the Muslim National Alliance (MNA) Nazeer Ahmed castigated the action of the United National Party (UNP) leader as being terribly unpatriotic when he criticised Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s performance of duties.

It is hard to believe this. But this spring, 15 years (FIFTEEN!!!) have passed since that Simi Valley acquittal of four white LAPD officers who beat African-American motorist Rodney King. In the wake of the verdicts, Los Angeles exploded in blood and flames. Also that week, there were disturbances and rebellions in 100 other U.S. cities. One of them was San Francisco (where I was then ...

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today (5/11/07) that the monthly goods and services deficit increased from $57.9 billion in February to $63.9 billion in March 2007.

Every time it appears the United Nations has hit rock bottom on human rights, it gets worse. Early this month, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution against defamation of religion.

The little man from Adelaide proved me wrong as he brushed-off ‘Ale-Jet’ and the Milram train to take the second stage of the 2007 Giro d’Italia in great style as riders fell like skittles behind him in a nasty finish straight crash.

The highlights from our bloggers: Rev Shark, Cody Willard, Steve Smith and Tony Crescenzi.

Nothing has gone wrong with this car. Knew of this car via the Internet one year before it finally arrived on my shores. And what a worthy wait it had been!

TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp plans to stop developing and producing engines for small trucks because of the soaring costs of coping with tighter emissions regulations, the Nikkei reported.

The newspaper said that as a result, the company, which produces 180,000 small trucks each year, will procure roughly 80 pct of its engines from other companies.

The Sept. 11 terrorist attack and its immediate effects on a Manhattan family, by the great chronicler of our collective angst. By Sven Birkerts, Sven Birkerts' latest book is "Reading Life: Books for the Ages." He edits the journal AGNI at Boston University.

Three people have been injured when a Mercedes-Benz truck collided with a VW Golf, a Fiat Palio, a tree and two private house wall fences.