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Dodge Viper worth tens of thousands? Crush it, Chrysler orders.Dodge Viper was donated to tech center so students could work on it. But Chrysler says the Dodge Viper is outdated and not street legal.
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Taxes: Supportive to some, desired by others, and absent for manyNo one seems to like to bring up arguments in favor of taxes -- except perhaps policy makers -- but the Tax Policy Center notes there are ways of making taxes simpler to implement and fairer to those who pay them.聽
Unemployment extension: Senate reaches deal for long-term joblessUnemployment extension will be given to Americans who have been out of work five months or more, thanks to a deal reached in the Senate Thursday. The unemployment extension will affect more than 2 million people.聽
As CEO pay grows, hourly workers increasingly left behindThe billions of dollars in bonuses paid out to Wall Street executives could double the pay of more than 1 million American minimum wage workers, writes Robert Reich. So why does so much wealth flow into the hands of so few?
Americans' mass transit use highest in decadesAs more Americans move into cities and curb their driving habits over concerns of traffic and pollution, researchers say that mass transit use is higher than it has been in decades.聽
Top 8 wacky Obamacare adsThe Affordable Care Act needs young adults to sign up for the program to work, but getting their attention has proved difficult, and strategists are getting desperate. Here are eight of the strangest pro- and anti-Obamacare ads targeting Millennials.
2015 Audi A3 will include in-car 4G connectivity for less than $17 per month2015 Audi A3 Sedan will include聽in-vehicle 4G LTE connectivity for around $17 per month from AT&T. The 2015 Audi A3 feature makes Audi officially the first automaker to offer 4G LTE speeds in a car.聽
Abercrombie may be lowering pricesGone are the days of only marketing to 'cool' kids. In an earnings call last month, Abercrombie & Fitch said it may be cutting prices and selling through third party channels.
New study highlights gender inequality in African farm ownershipAcknowledging that many claims on women鈥檚 land ownership in Africa are oversimplified, the researchers still identified a consistent trend of African women owning less land then men, regardless of how land ownership was defined.
Wedding dresses for $99? H&M releases discount wedding gown.Wedding dresses aren't known for being cheap, but with the average price of weddings surging past $28,000, brides-to-be may want to take a look at wedding dresses that don't break the bank. Enter H&M, which just announced a $99 wedding dress that will go on sale later this month.
Bitcoin: why businesses are buying in, despite critics and start-up woesBusinesses are finding a Bitcoin 'community' that values the trendy new form of payment, while avoiding the risks of an unregulated currency by converting bitcoins, sometimes quickly, to cash.
Amazon Prime membership jumps to $99 per yearAmazon Prime membership fee 聽will increase by $20 for the next renewal. It's the first price increase for Amazon Prime since Amazon introduced the program in 2005.聽
Tesla store sales blocked in New JerseyTesla is facing a major obstacle in New Jersey, where Governor Chris Christie is expediting a proposal聽that would effectively block electric-car maker Tesla Motors鈥� direct-sales model in the state.聽
GM excluded Saturn Ion crash fatalities from ignition recallGeneral聽Motors聽excluded the Saturn Ion from a Feb. 13 recall for faulty ignition switches after engineers inexplicably failed to look at fatal crashes involving the compact car. Four crashes involving 2004 Ions that killed four people, according to a GM chronology of the recall.聽
Payday loans: Idaho bill gives borrowers more optionsPayday loans legislation passes state Senate and heads to House. If borrowers get behind on payday loans, bill lets them set up payment plan to return money.
Acura gets own marketing division as sedan sales slideLuxury automaker Acura will get its own team to help market its products after the brand reportedly saw a drop in sales of its sedans.
Kodak (KODK) taps Orbitz chairman as next CEOStruggling Kodak, which emerged from bankruptcy last fall, will rebuild itself under a new tech-savvy chief executive, Jeff Clarke. Kodak聽spun off its consumer photography operation last year, but Clarke hasn't indicated yet where he's taking the company,聽
Tax Policy Center: Tax plan would add $2.4 trillion to deficitHoward Gleckman writes that a broad proposal from Utah's junior senator, Mike Lee, would cut taxes for families, but add $2.4 trillion to the deficit, too. But is there a way to implement some of Lee's concepts without taking on a deficit increase?
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