GM Passes Toyota for First Time in J.D. Power Quality Survey
General Motors passed Toyota Motor Corp. to lead J.D. Power & Associates’ Initial Quality Study for the first time since the survey started 27 years ago. J.D. Power’s survey of new vehicles was redesigned for 2013 to measure the quality and problems related to new… Read More »
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Prisoner Files $1 Trillion Lawsuit Over Belly Ache
A convict in an Arizona prison won’t quit his belly aching unless he’s paid $1 trillion – literally. Dale Frank Maisano, 61, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson, is suing the company that runs the prison’s commissary for $1 trillion, claiming… Read More »
Best Toilet Papers Wipe Out Top Brands
Consumer Reports revisited its toilet paper ratings after testing more than two dozen products, naming the worst and best brands. The results may be a surprise to those who think the top national brands are always preferred. Three Walmart products were named in its top… Read More »
Wash. Man Wins Lottery Twice in One Day
If Cary Collings of Puyallup, Wash., won two separate lottery jackpots last week over just 24 hours, according to the Washington Lottery. 84-Year-Old Woman Wins Record Powerball Jackpot Collings, 61, hit his first jackpot on June 13 after buying a few “Red Hot 5′s” scratch… Read More »
Olympian Lolo Jones, Bobsled Federation Respond to Paycheck Backlash
American Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones said she wanted to show how hard bobsled athletes work when she posted a six-second clip about her paycheck on social video sharing site Vine. In the video, Jones, 30, shows her paycheck of $741.84 from her season with the USA… Read More »
Big Boost for GM and Ford in China
Morning Business Memo… Both Ford and General Motors are revving up production in China – now the world’s largest car market. GM has started work on a new Cadillac factory as it targets China’s lucrative luxury segment. The carmaker says it hopes to triple Cadillac… Read More »
Chrysler to Provide Trailer Hitches to Late-Model Jeeps
Chrysler said today that due to customers’ “raised concerns” it would add or replace trailer hitches on some older model Jeeps now at the center of a safety debate between the automaker and the U.S. government. Mike Palese, a Chrysler spokesman, told ABC News today… Read More »
Facebook Friends Welcome at Bar; Others, Maybe Not
Facebook users in or around the Stockton, Calif., area may be getting a new friend. A local business owner has made it his mission to friend every bar patron as a precautionary measure to keep the good patrons in and the bad ones out. Finnegan’s… Read More »
Chrysler Not Budging on SUV Safety Showdown
Morning Business Memo: In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and government regulators, Chrysler today is set to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions. The government says… Read More »
Markets Await Fed’s Word on Interest Rates
Morning Business Memo… Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to send financial markets soothing words about interest rates and cheap money. US stock futures and overseas markets rose this morning as hopes grew that the Fed will put off plans to wind down… Read More »
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