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NEW: Chrysler, GM expand low-rate plan - Kokomo Tribune
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. is expected to confirm today that it is expanding its initiative to offer credit union members access to lower loan rates on top of discounts on new vehicles. GM will join Chrysler LLC in making the offer available ... (more...)
OY VEY, WHAT A 'SNATCH' - New York Post
In a heist straight out of Guy Ritchie's film "Snatch," a pair of armed robbers disguised themselves as Hasidic Jews to steal $4 million worth of jewels from a Diamond District wholesaler in broad daylight, law-enforcement sources told The Post ... (more...)
Blackened Blue Chips - Forbes
The mall isn't the only place to find a bargain right now. With the big decline in the market this year, many blue-chip stocks are trading at levels last seen in the 1990s. These seven high-quality companies' stocks have fallen by more than 30% in ... (more...)
Today's Outrage: How Nice of BoA to Forego Bonuses - Street.Com
It's heartwarming to read that Bank of America ( BAC Quote - Cramer on BAC - Stock Picks ) CEO Ken Lewis is recommending that he and his executive team forego bonuses for 2008. Apparently, Lewis believes that because BoA's earnings will be below ... (more...)
Students' work used in scam to fool NASA - Tasmanian Examiner
STUDENT assignments from the University of Wollongong were used without the students' knowledge as part of an alleged ruse to fool the US Government and the space agency NASA into handing over millions of dollars for futuristic scientific research ... (more...)