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"Weekend Cars" On The Way Out?

Every day seems to bring more doom and gloom for the American public. With everything made of oil skyrocketing, food getting pricier, houses going down and movies like Indiana Jones in theaters, there is little to encourage fun car purchases. Business Week is wondering openly about the future of "weekend cars" — convertibles, two-door coupes and other impractical but generally delightful machinery. They think cars like the BMW 6-Series, Mercedes-Benz CLK, and even the beloved Chevy Corvette are doomed to disappear. Though our rational mind says 'probably,' the rest of it says 'Noooooo!' [Business Week]

2:20 PM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,394 views, 47 comments

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Remploy Bosses Rewarded With Mercedes For Firing Disabled Workers

Okay, that's an admittedly sensationalist headline, but completely true even without context. Remploy is a British company in the business of hiring out disabled workers to jobs where they can be effective. It was incorporated after the WW2 to manage all the disabled workers now within Her Majesties court. Until recently things had been going along dandy with 5,000 people in their employ across many plants in Britain. That is until a couple of weeks ago, when the company laid off half of the total workforce. More »

5:45 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,600 views, 14 comments

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