Archive for April 2011

Arkansas firm adds 2 banks in Ga. with FDIC help

The Bank of the Ozarks has taken over two troubled banks in Georgia under an arrangement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which had shut the banks down. View full post on All Stories

Cheap Auto Insurance — Easier To Get With The Following Tips

If you must get huge discounts, then you must NOT miss certain things. Following are a few of such things… For folks who might NOT find the mass transit a feasible alternative, carpooling is an effective way to lower your annual mileage. With this, you’ll get to drive your car less often. Using your parents’ [...]

Watchdog hits British supermarkets for excessive packaging

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Consumer watchdog Which? has slammed British supermarkets for their excessive packaging, which contributes to pollution and landfill materials. The group found at least 50 products that is said had too much packaging. Which? cited as an example quadruple chocolate cookies sold in Tesco which [...]

Auto Ego: An Artist’s Career Writ Large, With Spray Cans

A New York graffiti artist, who claims to have sprepainted subway cars in his youth, cruises the city in 1972 Ford Thunderbird that his father originally bought. View full post on All Stories

Lebanese don’t know their national anthem, poll finds

The Media Line Staff Beirut, Lebanon David E. Miller – Imagine 10,000 fans standing up at the start of a soccer match in Beirut to sing the national anthem. Statistically speaking, however, most of them – some 9, 500 – will be faking it, because they don’t know the words. That’s what a survey released [...]

Fast Five ( **1/2 )

Bill Wine – Celebrity News Service Movie Critic United States (AHN Entertainment) – 130 minutes In theaters April 29 Rating: PG-13, Thriller Let me not overstate this. When I call Fast Five, the fifth installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise of action thrillers, the best of the bunch, I offer the assessment as [...]

Women Pay Less

There’s one rule for the men. They think they drive well. They praise their skills and refuse to allow women to drive them. Indeed, catch them in an relaxed moment with a beer in one hand and they will scorn women as drivers. But the facts are rather different. Insurance companies exist to make money. [...]

Rochester Completes Sentinel World Class Fleet Certification Program

ROCHESTER, NY – The City of Rochester has completed the Sentinel World Class Fleet Certification program with a high score of 97 percent. View full post on Automobile Stories

eBay Find: 1982 Lucas-Reliant Hybrid British Concept Car

The history of the auto industry is littered with the carcasses of the cars and companies that didn’t make it. Modern hybrid-electric vehicles, for example, were first commercialized by Toyota, with its 1997 Prius (sold in the U.S. starting in 2000). But many concepts, development vehicles, one-offs, and other technology experiments preceded that first Prius. [...]

Cheap Auto Insurance Price — Five Really Important Recommendations

You can get high quality coverage without paying top price. You only need the right information and the discipline to practice what you’ll be taught to get a more affordable rate. Let’s look at several sure-fire ways to get better rates… i. It is crucial that you drive sensibly all the time. The benefits in [...]