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...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 slow truck and SUV sales, forced the dealership to shelve the entire project. "Customers are still coming in, but they're walking away without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleveland's Crisis: Cars Aren't Moving | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...flush or bust, remain steady. Sales dropped slightly last month at Halleen Kia in North Olmsted, a Cleveland suburb. But so far in October they're back to normal, even as credit tightens, says general manager Eric Halleen. "People who might have qualified for an 84-month loan this summer are getting cut back to 62 months," Halleen says, "but we're still able to get deals done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleveland's Crisis: Cars Aren't Moving | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...number of BlackBerries on campus seems to have tripled over the summer, and their hypnotic hold on their users has been ruining conversations for weeks. If you are a BlackBerry addict, please take some advice on how not to be the most annoying person in the room...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BlackBerry Ettiquette | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

With the beginning of summer, mats enter storage and Crimson singlets find their way to the back of closets, as the collegiate wrestling season draws to a close. Yet, far away from the bannered walls and bright lights of the MAC, the members of Harvard wrestling enjoy no such hiatus. After suffering unprecedented injuries in the ’07-’08 campaign that deflated a promising year, the Crimson has worked tirelessly, running, lifting, and adapting, to achieve its full potential...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Anticipates New Season, Fresh Start | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

...McCain has led most of the summer in this bellwether state - Missouri has gone with the winner in every presidential election but one since 1904 - with just a skeleton crew in place. In fact, paid McCain staffers are so scarce in these parts that reporters have to call Iowa if they want a comment. Tina Hervey, the state GOP spokeswoman, says the McCain camp is simply doing a better job of marshaling resources - and they are confident that the "72-hour strategy" of flooding likely Republican voters with phone calls, direct mail and even personal visits in the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama's Grass-Roots Army Win Missouri? | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

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