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European car giants Daimler and Fiat have launched legal proceedings against Chinese manufacturers amid a growing copyright row.

I have been advised over and over again to consider foreign currencies as an investment, and I have declined over and over again because I think that all foreign currencies are, being as polite as I can, pieces of crap.

ISTANBUL, Oct 15 - Turkey's Tofas said on Monday a new production deal with Fiat would add 1.1 billion euros to annual revenues from 2010 and it would finance the 370 million euro project with a 10-year loan.

ISTANBUL, Oct 15 - Turkey's Tofas said on Monday a new production deal with Fiat would add 1.1 billion euros to annual revenues from 2010 and it would finance the 370 million euro project with a 10-year loan.

: Fiat money | Money that has no intrinsic value and cannot be redeemed for specie or any commodity, but is made legal tender through government decree. All modern paper currencies are fiat money, as are most modern coins.

Drivers of gas-guzzling, carbon-emitting 4x4s may consider buying hybrid vehicles instead once their road tax doubles next year.

ISTANBUL, Oct 15 - Turkey's Tofas will finance a new 370 million euro light commercial vehicle project using a 10-year loan with a 2-year grace period, CEO Ali Pandir said on Monday.

BERLIN Thomson Financial - Fiat ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) and Daimler ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) have lodged plagiarism complaints against Chinese carmakers before Chinese and European courts, according to a report in Automotive News Europe magazine.

BERLIN Thomson Financial - Fiat and Daimler have lodged plagiarism complaints against Chinese carmakers before Chinese and European courts, according to a report in Automotive News Europe magazine.

BERLIN Thomson Financial - Fiat and Daimler have lodged plagiarism complaints against Chinese carmakers before Chinese and European courts, according to a report in Automotive News Europe magazine.

MOSCOW, Oct 15 - Italian carmaker Fiat and Russia's largest car producer AvtoVaz will sign a partnership memorandum on Monday, Russian newspapers reported.

GM compacts help car sales jump in India despite slump in market

In which I implore Bill Gardner to save the New Hampshire primary.

Now, foreign carmakers are entering the competition, increasing pressure to make cheaper yet appealing cars. From June to September alone, Skoda, said it would start making and selling Fabia, its small car, in India...

I’m not questioning their hearts; I’m sure they are all trying to make Dartmouth the best “university” in the world. I’m questioning their means. I’m questioning the casuistry. I’m questioning their lack of humility.

The new Highway Code is full of many worthy and ethnically balanced tips for making the world a greener and safer place. You can’t smoke. You can’t leave your engine running unnecessarily. You can’t apply make-up if it’s been tested on cats.

NEW DELHI -- After struggling for years to gain a foothold in India, General Motors Corp. is tasting some success lately. In the past six months, the U.S.

General Motors (GM) Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner poses during the launch of the Chevrolet Spark in New Delhi, India, in this April 17, 2007, file photo. After struggling for years to gain a foothold in India, General Motors Corp. lately appears to be tasting success.

After struggling for years to gain a foothold in India, General Motors Corp. is tasting some success lately.

The Got Gold Report notes that COMEX commercial traders are the most net short they have ever been for gold futures, but that’s into some pretty bullish looking technical charts.

LONDON, Oct 11, 2007 (AFP) - Pictures of a dying Princes Diana were shown in court Thursday as the inquest into her death along with boyfriend Dodi Fayed in 1997 neared the end of a second week.

MUMBAI: If you thought there are too many cars on the road, this isn't good news for you. At least 20 new passenger car models are expected to hit Indian roads next year.

Colin Edwards was frustrated to only unlock the potential of his Fiat Yamaha at the end of the Australian Grand Prix after a weekend of difficulties

Not for the first time this season, and just a day after revealing he's still discussing a switch to Bridgestone tyres for 2008, Valentino Rossi was left looking ordinary during Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

Maruti and Fiat s venture

With third in Australia : Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi claimed his tenth consecutive career podium at Phillip Island today, taking third place and clocking the fastest lap of the race in the process.

Lee Domanico, the controversial ex-Chief Executive of El Camino Hospital, is suddenly in the market for a new job.

Casey Stoner celebrated his MotoGP world title in perfect style with a pulverising home victory at Phillip Island on Sunday, as Ducati sealed the 2007 teams' and manufacturers' crowns.

Full MotoGP race results from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round sixteen of the 2007 world championship.

It’s one of the most eagerly anticipated hot hatches of 2008 – but fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the new Abarth-badged 500 at this month’s Tokyo Motor Show will have to wait longer than they expected.

Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round sixteen of the 2007 world championship.

Celebrity, subservience, concupiscence and Cluedo are Britain's substitutes for its lost purposes.

I have been advised over and over again to consider foreign currencies as an investment, and I have declined over and over again because I think that all foreign currencies are, being as polite as I can, pieces of crap.

Shortly after qualifying second for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi revealed that he could switch to Bridgestone tyres next season - single brand rule or not.

At Phillip Island : Valentino Rossi qualified second for the second consecutive race at Phillip Island today, sealing his eleventh front-row start of the season at a track that has seen him top the podium seven times in his career.

Full MotoGP qualifying times from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round sixteen of the 2007 world championship.

Fiat and Tata said to be working on a new small carTata Motors is already selling Fiat cars in the Indian market.

Fiat group automobiles and Tata Motors have announced the signing of the definitive agreement for the establishment of the industrial joint venture, located at Ranjangaon in Maharashtra to manufacture passenger cars, engines and transmissions for the Indian and overseas markets. Assembly of the new Fiat palio at Ranjangaon has already commenced.

The Fiat-Tata combine is developing a new small car to be launched by 2010, a possible replacement for the Palio, sources close to the development said.

LONDON — The Fiat 500, Ford Mondeo, Kia Cee'd, Mazda2, Mercedes-Benz C-Class , Nissan Qashqai and Peugeot 308 are the seven finalists in the "Car of the Year 2008" contest.

New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court today refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to former Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh, but asked him to return back to the country within

Purchased a Fiat Stilo May 03, have done 26,000 mile on to 3rd set of tyres! suspension tracking has been adjusted at least three times now, and I get charged for this. Fiat Garage do not know why and are unable to fix. Fiat UK claim tyres are not covered by warranty and not interested.

Colin Edwards had an opening day to forget at Phillip Island, the Fiat Yamaha rider finishing Friday practice just 15th on the timesheets and 2.833secs from the top.

At Phillip Island : The Fiat Yamaha Team head for the ante-penultimate instalment of this year's MotoGP World Championship in Australia this weekend in the knowledge that the title has slipped from their grasp but with the clear focus of race wins and improved performance from the YZR-M1 machine to come over the last three rounds.

This is the special Abarth livery with which Fiat Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will compete in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.

This is the special Abarth livery with which the Fiat Yamaha Team, including riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards, will appear in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.

European stocks rose to their highest level in more than two months Thursday, lifted by mining and energy shares after copper jumped in New York and oil prices advanced.

Full MotoGP free practice times (1 and 2 combined) from the Australian Grand Prix at a wet/dry Phillip Island, round sixteen of the 2007 world championship.

Automakers in India, one of the world's fastest-growing car markets, are racing to respond to Indians' desire for small and inexpensive cars, some as cheap as $2,500.

ROME: Italy’s Fiat has been in contact with Germany’s Mercedes-Benz about a possible alliance, as it has had with other automakers, Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne said yesterday.

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in European markets. Prices are from the last close. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index climbed 0.6 percent to 390.43. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index increased 0.7 percent to 3,922.85.

Italy's Fiat has been in contact with Germany's Mercedes-Benz about a possible alliance, as it has had with other automakers.

Turin's bid to rebrand itself as a tourist destination reaches a climax this week with the opening of the Venaria Reale, an exquisite Baroque palace that has been compared with Versailles.

To produce passenger cars, engines and transmissions

The 50:50 joint venture (JV) will build passenger cars, engines and transmission with an overall investment of E650 million for the Indian and overseas markets.

Pictures of a dying Princes Diana have been shown in court as the inquest into her death along with boyfriend Dodi Fayed in 1997 neared the end of a second week.

To produce passenger cars, engines and transmissions

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose to the highest price since 1980 as a decline in the value of the dollar boosted the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also gained.

AS the Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed lay dying inside the wreckage of their car, photographers climbed on to it to take pictures instead of helping them.

MARUTI SUZUKI India (MSIL), Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) and Fiat Group company Magneti Marelli have entered into a tripartite joint-venture agreement to make electronic control units (ECU) of diesel engines at an initial investment of about Rs 75 crore (15 million euro).

Italian auto major Fiat and Tata Motors on Thursday entered into a joint venture to produce cars, engines and transmissions.

PICTURES of a dying Princess Diana were shown in court today as the inquest into her death along with boyfriend Dodi Fayed in 1997 neared the end of a second week.

The Linea is based on the same platform as the Grande Punto and is expected to be a more judicious mix of both attractive design and practicality. All the three engine options that will be available with the Grande Punto are also likely to be considered for the Linea.

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Mumbai, Oct. 11: Fiat premium cars Grande Punto and Linea will be manufactured in Ranjangaon in Maharashtra under the joint venture between Fiat Group Automobiles and Tata Motors. Under the definitive agreement signed on Thursday,

New Delhi, Oct 11: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp and Fiat Group company Magneti Marelli have entered into a tripartite joint venture agreement for making electronic control units (ECU) of diesel engines at an investment of 15 million euro (about Rs 75 crore).

Fiat SpA may increase its forecast for 2007 earnings later this month, Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne said, according to a Bloomberg News report today.

ROME, Oct 11 (Reuters) Italy's Fiat has been in contact with Germany's Mercedes-Benz about a possible alliance, as it has had with other automakers, Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Thursday.

New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI) Fiat Group Automobiles and Tata Motors today said it has signed an agreement to form a Joint Venture (JV) to manufacture passenger cars, engines and transmissions for the Indian and overseas markets.

The Fiat Chairman has indicated in February this year that synergies with Tata Motors will extend to components as well.

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Fiat Group Automobiles and Tata Motors today said it has signed an agreement to form a Joint Venture (JV) to manufacture passenger cars, engines and transmissions for the Indian and overseas markets.

LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Formula One champions Ferrari have signed a six-year deal to provide engines and design cars for the A1GP series from 2008, organisers announced on Thursday without giving financial details.

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Fiat has been in contact with Germany's Mercedes-Benz about a possible alliance, as it has had with other automakers, Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Thursday.

Here is a highly competitive three-way race for York supervisor, in the middle of the county covering Kiln Creek, Coventry and Foxwood.

Inquest jurors see pictures of fatally injured princess, but photographs will not be made public.

A driver had to swerve to avoid a car travelling slowly into a Paris tunnel seconds before the crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, her inquest heard today

The jury at the Princess Diana inquest has heard evidence from a man who was in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel on the night she died.

Italian auto major Fiat and Tata Motors today entered into a 50:50 joint venture agreement to produce cars, engines and transmissions at the facility located at Ranjangaon, Maharashtra.

A driver had to swerve to avoid a car travelling slowly into a Paris tunnel seconds before the crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, her inquest heard.

Photos shown at inquest will not be made public.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The joint venture of Fiat and Tata Motors Ltd will make premium cars of the Italian firm, as well as next generation vehicles of the Indian company, the firms said in joint statement on Thursday.

Leading MotoGP riders have hit out at the proposal by series organisers Dorna to make the championship a single tyre formula next year

Winners & Losers Winner MEGA-CASINO TARGETS UPSCALE CUSTOMERS MGM Mirage Inc. said Wednesday it will spend up to $5 billion to build a massive casino resort in Atlantic City and lift the level of luxury in a city hit hard by competition from slots parlors across the Northeast. The 3,000-room resort, planned to open in 2012, is part of a gamble by casino operators to reverse what is expected to ...

Photos of Princess Diana taken as she lay dying in the wreckage of a Mercedes were shown to the jury at her inquest today.   

MUMBAI, Oct 11 - The joint venture of Fiat and India's Tata Motors Ltd will make premium cars of the Italian firm, as well as next generation vehicles of the Indian company, the firms said in joint statement on Thursday.

MUMBAI, Oct 11 - The joint venture of Fiat and India's Tata Motors Ltd will make premium cars of the Italian firm, as well as next generation vehicles of the Indian company, the firms said in joint statement on Thursday.

The jury at the Princess Diana inquest has heard evidence from a man who was in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel on the night she died. David Laurent was taking his fiancée and her family on a late-night sightseeing tour when they passed through the tunnel in the early hours of August 31 1997.

(updating with comments on Jaguar and Land Rover) MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fiat SpA CEO Sergio Marchionne said the group will conclude at least one alliance in the auto sector before the end of the year.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fiat SpA CEO Sergio Marchionne said the group will conclude at least one alliance in the auto sector before the end of the year.

Ford and Fiat now propose options allowing you to connect Bluetooth devices to theircars. Driver can give phone calls, consult his contacts list, or listento MP3 content of the device, using voice command or car integratedcommands.

Paparazzi pictures taken of Princess Diana as she lay dying are shown to the jury at the inquest into her death.

Paparazzi pictures of Princess Diana taken as she lay dying are shown at her inquest.

Total Fed Credit expanded only $2 billion last week, taking the total to $861.6 billion. Not much of an increase, and sure enough, Doug Noland says, "Fed Credit has increased $9.4 billion y-t-d and $31.9bn over the past year (3.8%)." Almost nothing, considering their record!

Robert B Reich, former US Secretary of Labor and resident neo-liberal in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1997, wrote in the September 14, 2007 edition of The Wall Street Journal an opinion piece, "CEOs Deserve Their Pay", as part of an orchestrated campaign to promote his new book: Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Afred A Knopf).

The three companies would jointly invest in setting up a manufacturing unit at Manesar in Haryana, expected to be operational by end of calendar year 2008. The facility, when fully operational, would have a capacity to produce five lakh units per annum, MSIL said in a statement.

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Italy's Fiat SpA says it is in "contact" with Daimler AG about possible shared production of compact cars.

Columbus Brownstone on Main closed for remodeling Brownstone on Main, a Downtown restaurant and jazz club, has closed for at least 30 days to remodel and change its format, its owner said.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fiat SpA's component unit Magneti Marelli said it has signed an agreement with Suzuki Motor Corp and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd to set up a joint venture in India specialising in manufacturing electronic control units for diesel motors.

The Texan targets a podium finish : Colin Edwards arrives in Australia in equally determined mood as he aims to finish the season on a high.

Canadian pet food maker Menu Foods is cutting its workforce by as much as 15 percent and has raised the estimated costs of its tainted-pet-food recall by 22 percent.

Well-loved and well-known cars of the past are being brought back. But can they make it in the modern world?

Sox in dirty water The Red Sox’ victory song, the Standells’ “Dirty Water,” is “a song about a guy who got mugged.”

Total Fed Credit expanded only $2.0 billion last week, taking the total to $861.6 billion. Not much of an increase, and sure enough, Doug Noland says, "Fed Credit has increased $9.4bn y-t-d and $31.9bn over the past year (3.8%)." Almost nothing, considering their record!

Starcom Worldwide, part of the Starcom MediaVest Group, has elevated Nikhil Rangnekar to the position of executive director, India West, from his present position of general manager on the Procter & Gamble account.

Paparazzi clambered over the wreckage of Princess Diana's smashed car to take better pictures of her as she lay dying, her inquest heard yesterday. Instead of coming to her aid, two paparazzi snappers were seen by witnesses 'on the car' taking photographs.

In another world on Saturday evening, Phil Vickery and Raphaël Ibañez might be taking home half a dozen rainbow trout after a good day’s fishing.

The pillorying of Maj Gen V.K. Singh for being a whistleblower is an affront to Indian democracy

As the Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed lay dying inside the wreckage of their car, photographers climbed on to it to take pictures instead of helping them, it was claimed yesterday.

The media, particularly The Indian Express, needs to be congratulated on highlighting the injustice being meted out to Maj Gen V.K. Singh, a distinguished army officer and former member of RAW, merely because he ruffled some feathers in the RAW hierarchy. He is supposed to have done this by his expose of some aspects of RAW's functioning. Apparently the tables turned when the prosecuting ...

Tata Motors is targeting this year-end to begin the roll-out of its next generation passenger vehicles.

The EU said it would contribute €470 million and called on companies to match those funds to achieve the manufacture of cars that emit no carbon dioxide.

MILAN, Italy - Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo confirmed today that Fiat has had contacts with Daimler, but said it was premature to discuss alliances.

One of the first people to arrive at the scene of the car crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, has told an inquest jury paparazzi were already taking pictures of the wrecked Mercedes but were making no attempt to help the victims inside.

Tour de Corse - Entry list

Tour de Corse - Entry list : The Tour de Corse, France's event on the WRC calendar, will take place 12-14 October.

Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo confirmed Wednesday that Fiat has had contacts with Daimler, but said it was premature to discuss alliances.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday that not all of the Canadian dollar's rise to parity with the U.S. dollar was caused by U.S. dollar weakness.

Anyone who thinks that the super-rich, the rich, and the wanna-be rich who comprise Wall Street are defenders of prosperity in the name of the middle class is terminally naïve. He is confusing Wall Street with the free market.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fiat SpA chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said there are contacts with Daimler on possible cooperation on next generation compact A-Class and B-class models, confirming earlier reports.

The alleged movements of the men accused of trying to bomb London's transport system on July 21 last year were laid out in court today by Nigel Sweeney, QC, prosecuting.

DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union and automaker Chrysler LLC remained locked in contract talks on Wednesday morning just hours before a strike deadline set by the union that could trigger the industry's second major work stoppage in as many weeks.

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DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union and automaker Chrysler LLC remained locked in contract talks on Wednesday morning just hours ahead of a strike deadline set by the union that could trigger the industry's second major work stoppage in as many weeks.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Menu Foods Income Fund said on Wednesday it will cut between 10 and 15 percent of its staff as it raised the cost of its tainted pet food recall to C$55 million ($56 million) from $45 million.

Chrysler and UAW negotiating as strike deadline nears

(updating from Milan with Fiat comment, background, analyst view) FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Daimler AG is in talks with Fiat SpA over a cooperation to develop its next generation compact A-class and B-class models, Auto Motor und Sport magazine said, without saying where it got the information.

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Suzuki Motor Corp., Japan's second- largest minicar maker, sold more vehicles in India than its home market for the first time, twenty-five years after it entered the country.

Over the next 12 months, the Ministry of Petroleum will be reviewing the nation’s mining legislation. If it follows international best practices, international mining majors are expected to flock to the desert to follow the lead of gold miners at Centamin. Is your company ready to ride the wave?

Casey Stoner returns home to a hero's welcome as the newly crowned MotoGP World Champion to his home venue of Phillip Island.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union continued labor negotiations into Wednesday despite the expiration of the extension of their current contract, a source close to the talks told Reuters.

Dare devil gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday stormed the country home of Bayelsa State lawmaker, Honourable Ebioudu Komonibo, representing Kolokuma/Opokuma constituency I, and kidnapped his 82 years old father.

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Sharper Image (SHRP) fell 7 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $3.66. The electronics retailer restated earnings after an investigation into stock-options grants, and chief accounting officer Daniel Nelson stepped down Monday, the San Francisco-based company said today in a U.

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Daimler AG ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) is in talks with Fiat SpA ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) over a cooperation to develop its next generation compact A-class and B-class models, Auto Motor und Sport magazine said, without saying where it got the information.

When the Iraqi government last month demanded the expulsion of Blackwater USA, the private security company, I had one reaction: It's about time. As a U.S. official in Baghdad for nearly two years, I was frequently the "beneficiary" of Blackwater's over-the-top zeal.

Dare devil gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday stormed the country home of Bayelsa State lawmaker, Honourable Ebioudu Komonibo, representing Kolokuma/Opokuma constituency I, and kidnapped his 82 years old father.

The PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) server-side scripting language is at the heart of a major change in the software industry, with applications reconfigured for Web enablement and users become more involved, Harold Goldberg, CEO of Zend Technologies, said this week at the Zend/PHP Conference in California.

In a bid to shore up passenger car sales in the domestic market, Tata Motors is firming up plans to launch new cars in 2007-08.

( InfoWorld ) - The PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) server-side scripting language is at the heart of a major change in the software industry, with applications reconfigured for Web enablement and users become more involved, Harold Goldberg, CEO of Zend Technologies, said Tuesday at the Zend/PHP Conference in Burlingame, Calif. Goldberg cited four major business trends affecting ...

The PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) server-side scripting language is at the heart of a major change in the software industry, with applications reconfigured for Web enablement and users become more involved, Harold Goldberg, CEO of Zend Technologies, said Tuesday at the Zend/PHP Conference in Burlingame, Calif.

Naomi Klein: Give a bunch of pumped-up guys guns, and send them to a place where they're above the law, and they'll act like cowboys.

FOR THE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) to win the 2008 general elections hands down to build on the good foundations laid by President John Agyekum Kufuor, the leadership of the party has been tasked to extend an olive branch to minority groups in the country.

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks advanced, led by Daimler AG after Auto Motor und Sport reported the company is in talks with other European automakers over a possible partnership to develop the next generation of its small cars.

AeroVironment Inc., which makes fast-charge systems for electric vehicles, and a coalition of other companies said Tuesday that a public electric car demonstration was completed in Oslo, Norway.

SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's automobile industry plans to invest $15 billion in expanding and modernizing production over the next three years, Brazil Trade and Industry Minister Miguel Jorge said Tuesday, according to the Estado newswire.

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks including Daimler AG, advanced. ThyssenKrupp paced falling shares. Kloeckner & Co. AG tumbled after the steel trader said 2007 earnings will be lower than last year.

An explosion at a British-owned arms and ammunition factory near Rome has killed an Italian worker and injured at least 14 others, some seriously.

Gold Gold has continued to weaken in Asian and early European trade after yesterday's nearly 1% sell off. Gold was down $8.70 in New York from $741.30 to $732.60.

A second hydrogen station has been opened in Mantova, Italy as part of project Zero Regio, it has been confirmed.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Milan shares were slightly higher outpacing other European markets, with gains in the luxury sector, selective financial stocks and utilities as well as Alitalia ( Nachrichten ) leading gains and volumes at mid-day almost exceeding those seen in the full trading session yesterday.

RENO, Nev.----AeroVironment, Inc. , Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. 'Altairnano' , Micro-Vett, SPA and Go Green Holding AS, today jointly announced the successful public demonstrations of the All-Electric Fiat Doblo to government officials and potential commercial customers in Oslo, Norway.

Are manufacturers being fair to their independent competitors? No, says the European Commission.

With Casey Stoner having put the MotoGP title beyond Valentino Rossi's reach last time out at Motegi, the Italian has a simple target for the final three rounds.

OSLO, Norway & LONDON----StepStone today announced that it has experienced strong business growth and momentum during the 3rd quarter with both Online and Solutions continuing to gain new customers and grow market share.

Sure, the four-wheeled cycle in Jerry Sorensen's garage is more than 25 years old. Tooling it around seems like a time machine trip to what could have been an attraction at the Colombian Exposition.

Determined to have a good race at Phillip Island : The Australian Grand Prix marks the start of an unusual season finale for Valentino Rossi, who enters the final three races of a campaign without any possibility of winning the world title for the first time in his career.

At Phillip Island : The Fiat Yamaha Team head for the ante-penultimate instalment of this year's MotoGP World Championship in Australia this weekend in the knowledge that the title has slipped from their grasp but with the clear focus of race wins and improved performance from the YZR-M1 machine to come over the last three rounds.

Police are hunting arsonists who sparked five fires in one night at a cost of £25,000 to damaged wheelie bins.

ROME: Hundreds of thousands of Italians began voting yesterday in a union-organised referendum on controversial government proposals for pension reform that would involve raising the retirement age.

LONDON: The Diana inquest arrived in Paris yesterday - and was involved in two road accidents. The jury, coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker, and teams of lawyers made British legal history by making a site inspection of the places where the Princess and her lover Dodi Fayed spent their final hours.

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On a warm autumn afternoon, the jurors hearing the inquests of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed visited the spot in a Paris underpass where the couple’s car crashed on a hot August night ten years ago.

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ALL aboard the Princess Diana charabanc to Paris. It’s the full Diana experience. The Di-arama. The jurors in the Diana Inquest get to feel just what it is to be Diana. Blonde wigs atop heads. Shoes on. Official Harvey Nics carrier bags gripped tightly. They are aboard the bus.

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WARSAW, Oct 8 - Polish new car sales maintained their momentum, growing by 19.6 percent year-on-year in September, nearly flat from 19.8 percent in August, research agency Samar reported on Monday.

Elpa Rally - ERC - Finish : One more Elpa Rally, the 32nd, was over this afternoon at the Porto Carras resort at Halkidiki.

Gold Gold has traded sideways in Asia and down in early European trading and was trading at $736.50/ 737.00 at 1200 GMT. As expected after six weeks of rising prices, gold took a well earned rest last week and was down by a marginal $1.50 for the week.

Article summary: A new light commercial vehicle (LCV) production line has been inaugurated in Turkey. The new small panel vans have been developed by Fiat, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Tofas.

Christophe Schmidt, Mitglied im Fiat Freestyle Team Germany, legte einen Traumstart in die noch junge Wintersaison hin.

July 26, 1953, Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. (seated at left) and North Korean Gen. Nam Il (seated right), sign armistice documents in Armistice Hall in Panmunjom, a no-man’s-land between the Koreas.

On a July morning a lifetime ago, two generals -- one in American khaki, the other in North Korean drab -- strode into a makeshift building in a no-man's-land, took their seats at separate tables and signed the papers put before them. They left after just 12 minutes, without a handshake, without a word.

IT’S day six of the Princess Diana car crash inquest, or, as the Express puts it, 3698 AD. “DIANA,” announces the Express. “Armed police guard jury on crash route.” And not just any police, but “gun guards” and “200 riot police”.

MUMBAI: Equities are likely to open higher Monday on the back of positive global cues. But it needs to be seen whether indices can hold on to the gains as volatility is foreseen.

But a peace treaty is a necessary step toward finally moving beyond the all-devouring 1950-53 war, a conflict that left the two Koreas a wasteland of bombed-out towns and cities, downed bridges, severed rail lines, flattened factories and schools, with millions of homeless, destitute people.

Here is a highly competitive three-way race for York supervisor, in the middle of the county covering Kiln Creek, Coventry and Foxwood.

A cab ride from Nairobi whisks you to a mini-safari

On a July morning a lifetime ago, two generals, one in American khaki, the other in North Korean drab, strode into a makeshift building in a no-man's-land, took their seats at separate tables and...

SEOUL, South Korea | In isolated North Korea, the only legal transistor radios have dials permanently set to government stations.

Tata Motors & Italian ally Fiat Motors are among the five global companies vying for Zastava Auto, the Serbian national automobile manufacturer up for sale this Dec.

A 21-YEAR-OLD Barnoldswick man has been charged with overturning a Fiat Cinquento causing £1,000-worth of damage.

One jury member couldn’t help giggling when a long list of wacky theories about the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were read out in court this week.

Here is a highly competitive three-way race for York supervisor, in the middle of the county covering Kiln Creek, Coventry and Foxwood.

"Best fun per pound on the market!" What things have gone wrong with the car?

Tony Blair is considering buying a £3 million property that is regarded as being the finest surviving house built by Sir Christopher Wren.

Bitter disappointment for Formula One fans hoping to see a dream come true under the dull, grey skies of a damp Shanghai.

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On a July morning a lifetime ago, two generals, one in American khaki, the other in North Korean drab, strode into a makeshift building in a no-man's-land, took their seats at separate tables and signed the papers put before them.

On a July morning a lifetime ago, two generals, one in American khaki, the other in North Korean drab, strode into a makeshift building in a no-man's-land, took their seats at separate tables and signed the papers put before them.

TWO key witnesses to the events leading up to the death of Princess Diana will not give evidence to the inquest, dealing a blow to the inquest trumpeted as settling once for all how and why she died.

How could a huge baroque palace more than half as big again as Versailles (80,000 as against 51,210 sq.

As the usual strains between club and country tear at the world's soccer stars this week, soccer's administrators meet in Zurich trying to sort out their own manifest sporting politics.

TWO key witnesses to the events leading up to Diana's deathwill not give evidence, a blow to the inquest trumpeted as settling once for all how and why she died.

Two key witnesses cannot be forced to testify at a long-delayed inquest into Princess Diana's death 10 years ago, Britain's Daily Mail reported Sunday. Photographer Jacques Langevin and taxi driver Le Van Thanh have decided not to testify as to what they ...

Two key witnesses cannot be forced to testify at a long-delayed inquest into Princess Diana's death 10 years ago, Britain's Daily Mail reported Sunday.