Makes and Models

Bike sales, repairs up as gas prices soar (The News Journal)

20 Jul 2008

LOS ANGELES -- High gasoline prices are fueling bicycle sales and on some days Michael Hall's blood pressure.

Reuters Business Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

20 Jul 2008

Freddie Mac files with SEC, first step to capital WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion. The approval clears the way for the company to fulfill its promise in May to raise $5.5 billion to bolster its ...

Report: Ford to retool U.S. plants (MSNBC)

20 Jul 2008

Car maker Ford Motor Co is drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small, fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported.