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...PONTIAC, Mich.--Vinnie Johnson scored half of Detroit's points in a decisive 20-8 fourth quarter run as the Pistons beat the Boston Celtics, 113-105, last night to force a seventh game in the NBA Eastern Conference finals...
Boston, trying to reach the final round for the fourth straight year, can do so by winning Game 6 tomorrow night in Pontiac, Mich. The winner of the series will face the Los Angeles Lakers, who swept Seattle to win the Western Conference...
...Association says 53% of its member banks leased cars last year, up from just 26% in 1983. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (1986 assets: $90.78 billion) says the number of leases on its books has increased from about 50,000 in 1982 to about 600,000 last year. GM's Pontiac Division last month introduced 50-month cut-rate leases. Example: under the special offer, a 1987 Pontiac Grand Am that ordinarily leases for about $240 a month is now going for as little...
...Pontiac dealer in Glendale, Ariz., Evan Mecham handled his share of recalls, but he surely never expected to be the subject of one himself. Yet after just two months as Governor of Arizona, Mecham, 62, faces not only a storm of criticism over his appointments -- and the lowest approval rating of any new chief executive in local memory -- but also a growing effort to recall...
...displaced employees chose early retirement and stayed in the area, the long-term impact of the Phillips cuts was not as damaging as it might have been. Still, most business leaders in town say their customers are more cautious spenders now. Observes David Oakley, president of Oakley Pontiac-Buick: "People are starting to hang on to cars a little longer. My new-car sales are off, but service...