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You’ve heard by now that the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), also known as Cash for bClunkers/b, ran out of money and ended last Monday at noon. The program was much maligned as an example of our government’s failure to understand …

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The Cash for bClunkers/b concept isn’t just for used cars anymore. Toys R Us is introducing their own version of Cash for bClunkers/b called the Great Trade-In.

After receiving the final numbers from the Cash For bClunkers/b program, we decided to see how our suggestions for replacement cars fared against what Americans bought in the program. Unfortunately, not well. Only two of the Top 10 cars …

The results are in, and the single biggest winner of the cash-for-bclunkers/b program funded by American taxpayers was .¤.¤. the Toyota Motor Co. Sales figures from the month-long program suggest U.S. automakers still have work to do to …

California held a two two-day garage sale over the weekend in Sacramento. Among the items for sale were 600 vehicles owned by the state.

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Washington is experimenting with bogus stimulus, such as the cash for bclunkers/b program. Taxing Peter to subsidize Paul’s new car is not a recipe for sound economic growth.

U.S. auto sales in August probably will run at the highest rate since April 2008 after the federal government’s “cash for bclunkers/b” rebates fueled demand. The so-called seasonally adjusted annual rate for this month will be 14.3 million …

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So now we come to the Cash-for-bClunkers/b program, which has suddenly put a large number of pre-2004 cars up for immediate destruction (and mercury reclamation). A lot of those cars were built by the Old GM. …

Starved major appliance dealers are. But so far the government isn’t. The best guesses from Tallahassee suggest consumers will wait until early next year to score a roughly 20 percent discount on energy efficient refrigerators, dishwashers, top …

U.S. sales of major appliances have been sliding for three years, with shipments down 10% last year and 15% so far this year, according to the Association of Home Appliances Manufacturers . The program “will provide consumers a unique opportunity to save money on energy-efficient appliances,” said Dave McCalpin, chief marketing officer for GE Appliances. He said Fairfield, Conn.-based GE is working with state governments to adopt rebate programs that rely on Energy Star ratings. Some sta

Missed this one. We took the kids to go see the Lakewood BlueClaws host the Hagerstown Suns – since the Chicken was there (and we had so much fun the last time we caught the Chicken when he was in town). I did catch the last out of the Yankees game when we hit the car in the parking lot – and then heard the whole post-game wrap-up. Boy, would I have kicked myself, hard, if I had missed Andy Pettitte throw a perfect game or no-hitter…chicken or no chicken. As it is, give Pettitte all

When I signed off on Friday morning, the currencies were enjoying a very nice rally, which remained in place the rest of the day. The Consumer Income and Spending data was very much as I describe it would be, and so there was no surprise for the markets to deal with. You may recall, that I told you that Spending would be greater than Income, as the “Cars for Clunkers” probably had something to do with the Spending be so much stronger than the Income piece… The currencies ran into a speed bump i

You eat, drink and sleep photography! You take fairly good pictures of your kids They’re not award winners by any stretch of the imagination, but they aren’t clunkers either. You wanted to make your photos stand out. Maybe you’re really into scrapbooking and you wanted to take it to the next level.So, you set a goal, saved your money and wound up buying an expensive digital SLR and now you’re just disappointed. Why don’t your pictures look any different? What happened? Everybody know

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I read with interest, Taylor Armerding’s column (Government finds another way to reward bad behavior) in this past Friday’s edition of The Salem News. After an eye-opening experience this past week, and then reading his opinion of the clunkers …