Washington Post: Steven Forage, a software salesman who spends at least five hours a day in his car, juggles a lot on the road: finalizing deals over the phone, sipping coffee, checking e-mail. One thing he no longer worries about, though, is speed cameras. “Fuzz alert,” an electronic voice called out from the console of […]
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WKYT.com: It’s not all bad news for the auto industry. The repair shops are booming with older vehicles needing work done to keep them on the road. At Exhaust Pro the owner, Eddie Lynch, says business is steady, if not on the rise. Lynch says the average vehicle coming into the garage is 8 to
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AutoBlog: The middle of June might seem like an odd time to release sales figures, but we’ve just gotten word that previous reports announcing America’s best-selling vehicle may have been all wrong. While the Ford F-Series pickup has topped the vehicle sales list for as long as we can remember, the car crown has shifted
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The Cincinnati Enquirer: Fred Wenz, a deliveryman for UPS for 23 years, has turned his frustration with drivers on cellphones into a safety business venture. While on a run a few years ago, he came up with the idea for a device that blocks cell signals around a driver’s seat. It’s modeled on ignition locks
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Hidden parking spaces which pop up from your drive have become a must-have home improvement in London.
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The Wall Street Journal: Now Procter & Gamble wants to wash your car. The giant manufacturer of household staples including Pampers diapers, Crest toothpaste and Gillette razors is forging a new business model: franchising car washes. To jump-start plans for a nationwide chain of Mr. Clean Car Wash franchises, P&G in December acquired the franchise
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Trendhunter: Speed bumps are becoming an increasingly attractive option to advertise products and services by catching the customer at a moment when he has to slow down his speed and pay attention. The latest is a McDonald’s outdoor campaign by DDB New Zealand that promotes the new McDonald’s Shaker Fries (the ones that come in
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SANEPR.com: Whatever the size of the TRAILER COUPLERS or the ball hitches, one of the main problems faced by many drivers is how to do a perfect alignment of the ball hitch of the vehicle to the trailer coupler. Most available products in the market generally are very cheaply made and use magnets that do
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St. Petersburg Times: Zingo has a simple plan: turn a profit by keeping people from getting arrested for drunken driving. So far it’s working, despite the trying economy. The Atlanta company is a designated-driver business chain that gives tipsy customers a drive home in their own cars. It has grown from six franchises a year
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