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Scottish News: Business and Politics from Glasgow, Edinburgh - all Scotland - The Herald (The Herald)
Marks & Spencer was yesterday accused of telling some staff they are to be made redundant amid reports that more than 1000 job are to be axed. A chicken-or-egg question about the early universe has been answered by astronomers who say black holes came before galaxies.
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Video: Are three-wheel Chinese cars "chick magnets"? (Shanghaiist)
Danwei directed us to the embedded six-month old video of a short local NBC News piece on a Chinese-made three-wheel "car" available from a dealer in Webster, New York (it's actually available in several places in the U.S., like Michigan ). The Webster dealer (we think this is his MySpace page ... yes, MySpace) claims women love the Wildfire WF650-C. The jury is still out on that ...
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Volvo's New Euro 5 D5 Diesel Engine Offers Increased Performance And Lower Fuel Consumption (The Auto Channel)
MARLOW, United Kingdom – January 7, 2009: Volvo Cars is introducing a new 2.4-litre 5-cylinder diesel engine in the Volvo S80.
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Search for information on your favourite model of car, including road tests and news. (CARkeys)
Hyundai's new naming system is gradually settling down. First there was the C-segment i30 , then came the i10 city car, and now here's the i20, which slots in between the other two as the replacement for the Getz and Hyundai's answer to the likes of the Ford Fiesta and the Peugeot 207.
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Bananas, bombs and bonding (Otago Daily Times)
Former Dunedin student Dani Blake writes about her year working for an environmental NGO on islands off the east coast of Africa. The Islamic Republic of the Comoros Islands is one of the world's poorest countries.
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Pioneer Pumps up the Music with Rock Technology in New Subwoofers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAS VEGAS----CES Booth #9827– Pioneer Electronics Inc. is giving consumers the power to add more bass to their vehicles with the introduction of its new series of Pioneer and Premier branded Champion Pro, ib-Flat Shallow and Champion series car subwoofers.
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Television - Weather (Scoop.co.nz)
After a winter of conservation efforts the hydro lakes are so full that Meridian Energy is conducting a series of controlled spills.
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Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Every time Israel doesn't something mean, cruel or stupid you can almost hear the sound of liberals and progressives rushing for a place to hide. Strip away the rhetoric and the excuses and the problem basically comes down to the fact that people don't ...
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Volvo Announces Powerful Twin-Turbo Diesel For Euro S80 [Volvo D5] (Jalopnik)
Once again, the American market gets shafted on badass diesels, Volvo has announced a new engine for its European S80, a 2.4 liter twin-turbo diesel with 205 HP and 310 lb-ft of torque. The all-new...
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Bouncers: 97% Nothing, 3% Hell and Terror (San Diego Reader)
“It’s nothing like Road House, there’s no Patrick Swayzes,” says Ted Washington, who divides his time as a bouncer between Winstons in Ocean Beach and at the Casbah in Middletown. Other bouncers have a different take on this particular vocation.
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