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September 2010

Auto show lights up Paris (9/29/10)

Paris show preview; Ghosn’s message to GM; Daimler’s integrity

Really? This Is Awesome?

I first heard about AwesomenessReminders.com about a month ago and assumed it would garner 10 followers. Then it would land on obscure marketing websites, listed as one of the silliest ideas ever.   But I was wrong about one thing: It now has more than 1,000 subscribers. And at about a month (the site offers [...]

MLM Home Business – Pyramid Scheme or Some Other Thing?

In the MLM Home Business arena you hear a lot of different opinions on the different businesses, their products and services and of course the MLM Home Business industry in general. There are those that always seem to relate to the MLM Home Business as some kind of pyramid thing or pyramid scheme as some [...]

General Motors assembles advisory team for Chevrolet Volt — with Bill Nye the Science Guy!

’80s babies who watched PBS, take note: One of your favorite TV personalities is helping launch an electric car.

GM Stamping Plant Closing (9/29/10)

Vote dooms GM plant; Ford to aid Visteon; Boosting engine power

Kimberly-Clark Helps Save Water One Flush at a Time

After a water footprint revealed that 85 percent of the water use associated with its toilet paper takes place during flushing, the company set out to create a product that would address an environmental impact long viewed to be outside its reach.

A Push to Corral Methane Gas

The United States and Mexico try to get 38 countries to accept an expanded agreement to rein in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas.

UAW workers at General Motors Indianapolis stamping plant reject contract

UAW workers at a General Motors stamping plant have turned down a contract proposed by a company interested in buying the property, according to this story in the Detroit News.

Fantasy Spa Cover Designs

We are always looking for unique and creative items to share with you, so when we saw that this Canadian hot tub covers website makes a big deal out of offering blank hot tub covers. Why blank? Because other covers sport the logo of the manufacturer, and as the website so aptly puts it, “We [...]