Will SJ Show Be Auto's Last Stand?

Seeded on Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:13 PM EST (msnbc.com)

This could be it for domestic auto makers. Ford, GM, and Chrysler are all at the Silicon Valley International Auto show, showcasing what they hope will be their future. For Ford, it's the Fusion Hybrid,...

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For many luxury car buyers, small is now beautiful
Tue Jan 24, 2012
- Anonymous: My wife bought a V70 about 10 years ago. We used the factory delivery program (totally super!) and asked if we could get a stick shift because the car was purchased and initially driven in Sweden.
Conservatives, evangelical Christians rebuff Romney in South Carolina
Sat Jan 21, 2012
- I wonder if Unhappy is the person I heard in an interview who spat out (and moderators, I'm just quoting here) "I would rather vote for a Jew or a Muslim than vote for a Mormon." as if all three were completely unpleasant alternatives.
High court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps
Fri Jan 20, 2012
- Not just Texas. I read an article about Pennsylvania where the Dems and Reps spar with each other exactly the same way. Ten years ago one Democratic-created district was drawn like a mangled ink-blot test so that it cordoned off Republican areas.
High court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps
Fri Jan 20, 2012
- A minuscule number of states take the process out of the hands of the politicians and turn it over to (relatively) non-partisan committees.
Singer Etta James dies at 73
Fri Jan 20, 2012
- So long, Etta. You were one of the great ones. God must love blues and jazz because he's called so many artists back to that concert hall in the sky.
This could be the year fed-up employees have had it
Mon Jan 16, 2012
- Ah, another case of facts getting in the way of "real" life. Oh well.
Automakers again driven by good design
Fri Jan 13, 2012
- I have to respectfully disagree about Hyundai's so-called "fluid" styling. It's so bloopy that either it was squeezed out of a tube or the clay model got left out in a rainstorm. Then again, I guess they're both fluids :)
Automakers again driven by good design
Fri Jan 13, 2012
- Phil, you're absolutely on target. My wife and I have been car-shopping for about 6 weeks and it seems that designers are playing a game of circular me-too. Nearly everything has
This could be the year fed-up employees have had it
Mon Jan 16, 2012
- If so many people are as lazy as you claim, how is it that when companies do have openings - even for entry-level positions - there are dozens or sometimes hundreds of applicants for each job?
This could be the year fed-up employees have had it
Mon Jan 16, 2012
- RW, a company I worked for many years ago demanded a minimum of 15 hours a week in off-the-clock overtime or you'd be moved down at least one salary grade. I was promised the possibility of a promotion if I could beat that number.

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