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Target-date funds shoot at moving, variable targets

Looking at target-date funds is a bit like trying to decide on a rental car. What investors learned at the Special Senate Committee on Aging hearing that looked at target-date funds as part of its efforts to strengthen the...

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Sweet rental-car deals not so easy to find

Hotel rates might be falling, but rental-car rates are rising. Compared with a year ago, rental prices increased nearly 50 percent on daily rates for midsize cars booked a week in advance, according to the Abrams Travel Data...

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Analysis: Chrysler's plans are ambitious

Nov 07, 2009 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - The $23 billion, five-year recovery plan for Chrysler Group LLC unveiled Wednesday was nothing if not ambitious, with big increases in market shares and sales forecast for each of its...

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RV Dealer-Lazy Days, Fl. Chapter 11

Big Companies and small companies make their money first. When times get tough and the money is not as plentiful, it is easy to declare bankruptcy. The losers are the vendors that sell to these companies. The victims are the...

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Hydraulic Hybrids

Using Fluid Power to Increase Fuel Economy on Commercial Vehicles The demand to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy is clear but how can we follow suit with commercial vehicles? Hydraulic Hybrid technology can...

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MARK PHELAN: The good, the odd, the testy in eventful week

Leftover thoughts from a week overloaded with news: The most welcome surprise in Chrysler-Fiat's 5-year plan? The nifty little 500 city car will proudly wear a Fiat badge when it goes on sale in Chrysler dealerships in early 2011.

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Saturn: Wealth of lessons from failure

KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON • November 8, 2009 General Motors' decision to scrap its Saturn brand triggered frequent retellings of the many ways in which GM missed an opportunity to recast itself and the auto industry. But Wharton...

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'Clunker' customers downsized, say dealers

Tri-State car dealers say the $3 billion federal Cash for Clunkers program earlier this year drew both customers looking for rebates and those searching for nonclunker deals into their showrooms. But locally, car dealers say...

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Homeless in a small town

Sioux Falls has resources to devote to the homeless. But what about small cities such as Chamberlain? The subject has come up because of Deb Leichtnam. She paces the streets and has lived out of her car in Chamberlain. Calling...

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Road Test: BMW XI

BMW says the X1, its new compact SUV, has no rivals. You might find that strange; I certainly do, because I can think of several. But BMWs aren't as other cars, we are told. The rivals I have in mind are not "premium". They are...

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