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Back at Ganley Chevrolet, the dealership's bank announced in a meeting yesterday morning that it will increase the floor plan rate - the interest on money that car dealers borrow to buy new inventory - by 1.5%. "Which forces me to have less inventory on hand," says Jim Helton, the general manager. "That makes it harder for me to sell cars, because I'm giving people fewer choices." The dealership's owners were planning this summer to spend millions of dollars on a complete renovation and expansion of the façade, showroom and service area. Rising credit costs, combined with...
...Sent from my Verizon BlackBerry” is not an appropriate closing to an email. Not even if you were able to type it out with one hand while bouncing on a pogo stick between classes and showing off your favorite yo-yo trick...
...been working on corners all day, everyday, so it feels good to finally execute them properly.” Only two minutes later, Northeastern tied the game. Husky midfielder Kaela Barker received a pass on the edge of the circle and buried a one-timer in the bottom left-hand corner of the goal. The Northeastern offense increased its pressure for the remainder of the period, but the score remained 1-1 until halftime, thanks primarily to the outstanding play of Stone. The Huskies recorded 12 shots in the opening frame, including eight shots on net, but time after time...
...pollsters Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus in a recent piece for the Los Angeles Times. The ensuring financial meltdown hasn't helped. Since the climate bill was defeated on June 6, the Dow industrial average has lost some 2,000 points. "I think the financial crisis will strengthen the hand of opponents of carbon trading on both the left and right," says Nordhaus...
...feat of resourcefulness. Her stagehand, a young woman concealed in black, frequently slipped onto the stage to add a table or a sash. While acting as the former governor of Texas, the late Ann Richards, Smith thanked the help when she put dinner on the table, integrating the stage hand in the performance to indicate Richards’ possession of servants. In a lighter moment, Smith, as English and aesthetics professor Elaine Scarry, plucked a piece of sage from grass surrounding the stage and handed it to an audience member to roll between her fingers and smell, asking...