Tom Krisher, The Associated Press June 27, 2008 - 7:58 p.m. DETROIT - Chrysler LLC will add multiple weeks to the normal summer shutdowns for at minutest three pickup truck and sport utility vehicle factories and industry analysts say it's a sign that further production cuts are looming. The association told workers in a memo on Wednesday that the Toledo North Assembly Plant, which makes the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro midsize SUVs, direct be shut down for seven ...
After-tax incomes and spending in United States show big gains
Jun 28 2008
Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press June 27, 2008 - 7:59 p.m. WASHINGTON - The millions of economic stimulus payments sent after-tax incomes in the United States surging in May by dint of. the largest amount since a similar recession-fighting effort by Gerald Ford 33 years ago. All the extra cash helped to push consumer spending up by the biggest amount in six months, but economists warned the boost would likely submit to the test ephemeral given all the other ...
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Goodfellow posts lower Q3 profits, sales on higher gas prices
Jun 28 2008
The Canadian Press June 27, 2008 - 7:08 p.m. DELSON, Que. - Wood wholesaler and distributor Goodfellow Inc. (TSX:GDL) says third-quarter profits dropped to $1.7 million as sales slid lower on a weakening economy. For the period ended May 31 net income was worth 20 cents by quota, down from $2.5 the masses or 30 cents per share in the comparable period. Consolidated sales declined 8.5 by cent to $131.5 million because of higher gas prices, a weaker U.S. economy and ...
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Duke Energy tries to cool tree debate, agrees to prune first, monitor
Jun 28 2008
Kantele Franko June 27, 2008 - 6:37 p.m. CINCINNATI (AP) - Duke Energy Corp. tried Friday to cool a heated debate about trimming trees going to happen power lines in southwest Ohio with a plan that satisfies area leaders, if not all residents. Residents in Green and Miami townships in Hamilton County had opposed Duke's plans to cut the floor trees in their yards that might grow too close to transmission lines in the ...
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Navistar files late earning reports, to resume trading Monday on NYSE
Jun 28 2008
June 27, 2008 - 6:50 p.m. WARRENVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Truck maker Navistar International Corp. has caught up on its quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, paving the way for the company's relisting on the New York Stock Exchange. The Warrenville-based company said Friday its common stock will resume trading Monday for that which is less than its original ticker emblem "NAV." The exchange delisted Navistar a year ago because of its failure to ...
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