EO spares big cars from hiked duty.
Executive Order No. 419, which temporarily increased the duty rates on cars with big engines imported as completely builtup (CBU) packs, has exempted Ford Motor Philippines from paying the higher rates for its big engine cars imported as completely built-up packs. Section 3 of EO 419 issued...

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: For Consumers, the Salesperson Provides Strong Influence in Purchasing Manufacturer-Sponsored Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-26 September 2007-J.D. Power and Associates Reports: For Consumers, the Salesperson Provides Strong Influence in Purchasing Manufacturer-Sponsored Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Although the price of a certified pre-owned vehicle is important, the salesperson is key in influencing both customer consideration of...

Big-time boxes: our readers offer a proud look at their awesome tool storage systems.
Owner: Jay Grose Oyster River Boat Yard Chatham, Mass. Box: This black stainless steel setup by Cornwell Tools consists of two 103" boxes, and, with the side cabinet and locker, features an overall length of 22'. Jay Grose's storage...

The asteroid hunters: backyard astronomers keep watch against Armageddon.
Eighty-four miles east of Mount Rushmore, the town of Quinn, South Dakota, blends unobtrusively into the outskirts of arid Badlands National Park. With a population of just 44, it would be easy for passing tourists to completely miss the town's existence--if it weren't for the incongruous, futuristic white dome...

Head bolt thread repair.
Emhart Teknologies' Heli-Coil M11 x 1.5 Metric Head Bolt Thread Repair Kit is specially designed for repairing head bolt threads on Cadillac, Honda, Toyota and most import vehicle engines. The kit restores stripped head bolt threads to OEM specifications. Other features include: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] *...

China's Yutong wins $370m bus contract.
Yutong Group, a leading coach and bus manufacturer based in Zhengzhou, Henan province, has signed a $370 million contract provide buses to Cuba. Yutong will manufacture 5,384 vehicles for Cuba by 2009, under the contract's terms, reports online news service China Knowledge. The deal is...

Iacocca ponders leadership dearth.
"I am going out of retirement because I am deeply worried about this country I love."--Lee Iacocca in Livonia, Mich., on May 21, 2007 CHIPPAWA, Ont. -- Lee Iacocca, the former Chrysler chairman, pitchman and best-selling author, finds the state of our nation deeply troubled, with inept,...

It's all about choices.
Our driver in Seattle was a Kikuyu tribesman from East Africa who'd come to America in search of a better life. His sister, who'd lived here for 14 years, helped him buy the Lincoln Town Car that was his pride and joy. The sadness of leaving his wife and...

Tree-Huggers Move Over: Survey Finds that 'Regular' Folks Have Gone Green.
ENERGY RESOURCE-1 May 2007-Tree-Huggers Move Over: Survey Finds that 'Regular' Folks Have Gone Green(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Green is no longer the province of tree-huggers, according to the 2007 ImagePower Green Brands Survey that finds consumers in both America and the UK "have woken up to the...

Job security in question.
I enjoyed your piece entitled "Job Security for Reservists" ("Hits & Misses" Volume 14 Issue 1). I know Major Sean Courty well. We spent the last two years doing an army operations course and training for deployment to Afghanistan. I am currently deployed on Roto 3. I was employed...