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Disappointed with soft sales for the Saturn Aura, winner of the 2007 North American Car of the Year award, General Motors is embarking on a bold strategy: having Honda Accord and Toyota Camry models at U.S. Saturn dealers, so buyers can directly compare the rival brands.

"In that side-by-side comparison, we come out really well," Mark LaNeve, head of North American sales and marketing for General Motors, told CNNMoney.com.

Toyota, meanwhile, didn't seem worried. "I think we can stand up to the comparison," Toyota spokesman Wade Hoyt told CNNMoney.com.

"They talk down the competition all the time, so this is just taking it one step further."

Car shoppers will be able to test-drive the rival models at Saturn dealers, but, obviously, they will not be able to purchase them there should they prefer a rival product.

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Qualifying for the world production race in Germany, the two-car New Zealand based Kiwi Team Nurburgring will start Saturday's 24 hour race from positions 164 and 166.Assigned car number 220 (P164) and 221 (P166) for the 35th running of the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring in Germany, the team's two Honda Civic Type-R cars set the times in today's second qualifying session.In mild summer conditions, the team have travelled to the northern hemisphere for their second attempt with an eight driver lineup spread across the two cars.Today's qualifying was the first time the cars have been allowed to take to the track 鈥?squeezed among 228 others. That number will be culled to only allow 220 cars to start the 24hour race tomorrow afternoon.However, with carnage aplenty the starting numbers have depleted in the two sessions.

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Ford Denies Plan To Sell Volvo - Update

(RTTNews) - Tuesday, Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker Ford Motor Co. (F | charts | news | PowerRating) said it was not in discussions to sell its Swedish unit Volvo to BMW or any other company. The company denied Swedish newspaper Goteborgs Posten reports, that said the company was aiming a sale of its Volvo brand to German carmaker BMW. The U.S. automaker in a statement said, "Ford Motor Company is not in discussions with BMW or any other company regarding an interest in the Volvo Car Corporation,"

While analysts see no urgent need for the automaker to rush into a sale, many feel that the company is burning cash and can remain open to such an option if they can get a good price for Volvo.

Tuesday, Wall Street Journal said though rumor of a sale has been making the rounds a sell-off might make some sense -- at first glance.

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Three critically injured at I-35, I-37

Three motorists who stopped to change a tire were in critical condition Sunday after an oncoming vehicle spun out of control and struck them, police said.

The accident, which occurred around 1 p.m., forced temporary closure of the exit from Interstate 35 South to Interstate 37 South as officers investigated the incident.

A Chevy Tahoe, driven by a 56-year-old woman, had parked along the exit shoulder because one of its tires had blown out, said San Antonio Police Sgt. Michael Brown. Two men driving a red Ford Explorer stopped to assist the woman.

As all three stood behind the Tahoe, a green Honda Civic came around the curve in the road and somehow lost control, striking guardrails on both sides of the exit ramp.

The Civic then spun around, striking the three motorists and slamming into the rear of the Tahoe with its back bumper, Brown said.

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Kirssi wins Prologue on HP2 Enduro

BMW Motorrad Motorsport team rider Simo Kirssi proved without question that he was the best rider up Erzberg's iron mountain this year when he recorded the fastest time in the Prologue, having already won the twin-cylinder class race two days previously. Finishing ahead of 2006 twin-cylinder class winner David Knight to win the 'Knigsklasse' event for the first time, Simo then recorded a best time of eight minutes 44 seconds to top the results of the Iron Road Prologue. In adding a winning performance in the Prologue to his twin-cylinder class victory Simo made it a perfect two from two for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team and their HP2 motorcycles at the 2007 Erzberg event. With the 500 fastest riders in the Prologue qualifying to start Sunday's Hare Scramble, Kirssi - although well aware that he would only be competing in the Hare Scramble for fun aboard his 1200cc HP2 Enduro - set about bettering the time that earned him victory in Thursday's twin-cylinder race.

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Ford's End-of-Era Sale?

Jaguar is the preferred mode of transport for Britain's political and financial elite. Land Rover provides the nation's aristocratic set with wheels. But they have been poor performers for their owner, Ford Motor Co., which may be putting both iconic brands on the block.

Given the state of those brands, the U.S. car maker may have to settle for a less-than-luxurious price. Still, that's better than diverting precious management attention from more-pressing matters back home in Detroit.

Ford, which has hired investment bankers to evaluate options for Jaguar and Land Rover, doesn't break out results for either marque. This makes ...

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Jobe's walkoff grand slam helps CHS finish off Blanchard

After giving up four runs in the third-inning roll, Lambeth held the Chicks off with six straight routine infield outs but he was running on fumes coming out for the sixth.

Josh Gresham hit him hard for a flyout to deep center then he plunked Braden Cook. He walked Dalton Shepherd then got Korey Keef to pop up for the second out.

But Chance Thomas and Tylor Lee killed him with back-to-back deep counts that they worked into back-to-back walks to load the bases and the Lions got out the hook.

Jobe was due. One of the best Chickasha clutch hitters had walked and grounded out twice so he was very due.

So he watched Stevens warm up and waited.

Once in the box, he got right to work, fouling off two fastballs as he looked for the right one.

It came in low, right in his power zone and it left the yard over the right-center field wall like a rocket.

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Sick Monty forced to withdraw from BMW

COLIN Montgomerie pulled out of the BMW International Open in Munich before even making it onto a plane to Germany due to sickness.

That made him the second big name to fail to put in the expected appearance. John Daly, another former winner of the title, decided on Tuesday not to make the trip "for personal reasons".

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As with games on the iPod, BlackBerry games are more an added feature than a selling point for the devices themselves. "Primary applications such as phone, e-mail, Internet and intranet access, and other factors still rule the day in terms of purchasing decisions and loyalty, but gaming is catching on," Mark Guibert, RIM's vice president for corporate marketing says.

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More than 20000 PS3 units sold in Australia

Sony Australia has announced that more than 20,000 PlayStation 3 units have been sold in the territory since the console launched there on Friday.

According to TheAge.com, Sony also said that combined sales of hardware, software and accessories generated over AUD 25 million (GBP 10.3 million / EUR 15.2 million / USD 20.2 million) in retail spending.

The PS3 retails in Australia with an RRP of AUD 999.95. With 20,000 consoles sold, that would mean AUD 5 million has been spent on software and accessories. First-party games are priced at AUD 99.95.

Xbox 360 launched in the region exactly one year before PS3, on March 23 2006. According to market analyst GfK, 30,421 units were sold in the first four days following launch - making it the fastest-selling console then released.

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Hard work, hard play equal success

Chief executive of TrayGames, an online multiplayer gaming community, Pantuso recently offered students at Upper Valley Joint Vocational School tips on designing video games 鈥?and a warning.

Don't assume that because you like playing games, you'll like designing them, Pantuso told students.

"It's kind of like going to work at a meat factory because you like to eat steak," he said.

A Washington Twp. resident, Pantuso, 37, grew up near Milwaukee. He attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering but dropped out. At the time, he was working at PKWare, creator of the ZIP file format.

"After a while, I realized I was learning way more at work," Pantuso said.

He was also earning six figures at age 23, making tools to edit video games.

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PS3 will be able to play 1800 PS2 games

Sony Computer Entertainment has launched an online list of old video game titles fans will be able to play on the soon-to-be-released Australian version of the PlayStation 3 (PS3).

The website at faq.eu.playstation.com/bc lists more than 1,800 PS2 titles that can be played on the PS3, about three quarters of the complete PS2 game catalogue.

The long-awaited gaming console launches in Australia, Europe and New Zealand on Friday, about five months after it was released in the United States and Japan.

Last month, SCE, the PS3's maker, said the Australasian and European regional models - which operate on the PAL regional television standard - would not feature the same level of "backward compatibility" that the US and Japanese versions do.

The software-hardware configuration of the PAL model means gamers will not be able to play as many titles from the PS2 on the PS3 as Japanese and US users, who can access almost all of the older games.

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Group sees no need for IPO

DESPITE the many businesses it has ventured in, ranging from the hotel and banking industries, the Metrobank Group of Companies is not yet keen to enter into an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Right now, its too early to tell, said Alfred Ty, Federal Land Inc. (FLI) president.

FLI is the real estate arm of the Metrobank group, which developed among others, the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel in Cebu.

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Unlike business tycoons like the Ayala group, SM group and the Aboitiz group to name a few, who have ventured into an IPO for a bigger capital infusion, Ty said the company has yet to further study the local and foreign investing communities before it enlists in the stock market.

Earlier, Aboitiz Power Corp., a wholly owned holding company for the electricity interests of Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) Inc., said it is now planning for a second IPO as the company is set to hold an international road show and drum up investor interest.

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Gilead Board of Directors Approves Two-for-One Stock Split

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one stock split of the company's outstanding common stock to be effected through a stock dividend. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 24, 2007 will receive a stock dividend of one additional share of common stock for every share of common stock they own. Based on the total number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2007, the stock split will increase the total number of shares of common stock outstanding from approximately 465,544,000 to 931,088,000, out of the 1,400,000,000 shares of common stock currently authorized.

Because Gilead will establish a Direct Registration System for its stockholders prior to the dividend distribution date, the company's transfer agent, Mellon Investor Services L.L.C., has been instructed to mail a Direct Registration Transaction Advice for the additional shares to stockholders that have physical possession of their stock certificates on June 22, 2007.

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Euro zone growth slows after spurt

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Euro zone first quarter growth was up by 3.1 percent, slightly slower after a record spurt at the end of 2006, Eurostat, EU's statistical agency, said Tuesday.

The euro-area economy expanded by 3.1 percent in the first quarter, slowing slightly after a record growth spurt at the end of last year, the EU statistical agency Eurostat said Tuesday.

The 13-nation euro zone grew 3.3 percent in the last three months of 2006, its fastest rate since 2000, as Europeans started spending again after several years of little economic growth.

Quarter-on-quarter, the euro-zone economy expanded 0.6 percent in the three months ending March 31, Eurostat said in a first estimate that must be confirmed when it has more information on all euro nations.

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Two controversial proposals in budget

Making PAN the sole basis for investor identification and enhancing the threshold for TDS on interest from bank deposits are the two most investor friendly announcements in the budget for the financial sector. THIS TIME the Finance Minister's budget speech dwelt on some issues that had been doing the rounds earlier. The separation of the debt management function from the Reserve Bank of India and vesting it with an autonomous body functioning under the Government has been talked about since 2001. This model, in vogue in advanced countries, is meant to ensure that the RBI carries its core central banking function of monetary management unhindered by debt management issues. There is bound to be a transition period before the Government assumes the role. Many more announcements will be made and a roadmap drawn up.

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Sports bar makes its move

SPRINGFIELD - McKay Investment Company may get a step closer to redeveloping its portion of the old Mohawk Shopping Center next Monday, but at least one business owner hasn't waited around to see if, or when, he will need to relocate.

Tom Nelson, owner of Tommy's Sports Bar & Grill - now at 1509 Mohawk Blvd., a couple of doors down from Bi-Mart - took the plunge earlier this year. He moved across the parking lot to the end of the shopping center owned by Cuddeback Investments Inc., where he revamped an old beauty parlor into a state-of-the-art beer-and-burger bar complete with 10 flat-screen plasma TVs and a 10-foot projection screen.

The move from the former Stepina's Bar and Grill location at nearby 1475 Mohawk Blvd. happened in near-record time - less than two months from start to finish - and cost $365,000, Nelson said.

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UTV on an expansion spree

UTV wants to be a global player in the entertainment industry. The company has announced its floating of eight new international channels, targeting all sections, including kids, youth, and families by investing $200 million.

Four of the channels will kick off in August and the other four by this year's end.

Ronnie Screwvala's promoted UTV also plans to make 12 films in a month. The company will be listed on London Stock Exchange next month.

It may be recalled that Walt Disney acquired a 15% stake in the company. .

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Real Estate Assistant Receives Point2Agent Certification

Cincinnati, Ohio 05/03/07 - EliteREVA has implemented a new and effective way for real estate agents to streamline the entire process of the major online marketing effort. EliteREVA now has certification to offer Point2Agent Real Estate Services. Point2 Agent is a brand that has now been amalgamated under the recently announced Point2 NLS (Point2 National Listing Service) brand. Agent property listings can be syndicated on the consumer search sites Point2Homes.com, at the discretion of the listing broker and their agent, rather than automatically as stated in the previous announcement. Point2Agent is a revolutionary approach for real estate agents wanting to make the entire process of marketing and selling a home. Real estate agents are finding that by using the Point2Agent system they receive more online listing exposure, improve agent productivity and increase sales.

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Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2007 Results

PIRAEUS, GREECE -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/14/07 -- Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONAV) (SGX: ONAV50), a provider of global marine transportation services focusing on product tankers, announced today its unaudited financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007.

The Company had previously announced the declaration of its quarterly cash dividend with respect to the first quarter of 2007 of $0.50 per share payable on May 31, 2007 to stockholders of record on May 21, 2007.

Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. was incorporated in the Marshall Islands in February 2005. On April 7, 2006, the Company successfully completed its Initial Public Offering of 12,000,000 Class A Common Shares at $17 per share raising a total of $204 million in gross proceeds.

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First Quantum's move to LSE's main board could boost interest, UBS ...

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM/TSX), which reported a 40% increase in net earnings for the first quarter, could receive approval to de-list its shares from the AIM and move to the London Stock Exchange's main board.

UBS analyst Tony Lesiak considers this event a re-rating opportunity that could demonstrate the valuation differences between First Quantum and miners in the U.K.

He also noted that the company is a candidate to be added to the S&P/TSX 60 index when it is updated in mid-June.

Mr. Lesiak revised his price target to $105 from $100 and has a 鈥渂uy" rating on First Quantum shares.

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Interbank FX Wins 2007 Best of State Award

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interbank FX, an online foreign currency broker, today announced it has won the 2007 Best of State Award in the financial services category.

As the winner, Interbank FX will be recognized at the Best of State Awards Gala on Saturday, May 19th at the Salt Palace Grand Ballroom at 6:00 p.m.

"This award is a reflection of our commitment and dedication to providing the best trading tools and customer service in the forex industry," said Todd Crosland, CEO and founder of Interbank FX. "I would like to thank all of our customers and employees who have helped make this award possible and I look forward to continued growth and reaching additional milestones in the future."

Interbank FX won the award based on the following criteria:

Its ability to excel in the financial services industry Its ability to use innovation or creativity in approaches, techniques, methods or processes Its contribution to improving the quality of life in Utah

About the Best of State Awards

The Best of State Awards (www.bestofstate.org) were created to recognize outstanding individuals, organizations and businesses in Utah.

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Forex - Yen weaker, euro stronger vs US dollar in Sydney afternoon ...

SYDNEY (XFN-ASIA) - The US dollar was higher against the yen and lower against the euro in afternoon trading here in volatile trading, with the the focus remaining on equity markets around the world and the unwinding of yen carry trades, dealers said.

At 2.58 pm here (0358 GMT), the dollar was at 116.42 yen, up from 115.25 yen nearly five hours earlier. The euro was at 1.3110 usd up from 1.3088 usd earlier.

Dealers said the release later today of the US January factory orders and fourth-quarter productivity and labor costs figures would provide a distraction if the world's equity markets showed further signs of calming down.

NAB Capital said it expected the euro to gain against the dollar, with small support for the greenback around 1.3130 usd.

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The online stock broking firm India Infoline has indicated that Apollo Tyres is a prudent share purchase, and has placed a recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 397 (4.74). India Infoline describes Apollo as the leading commercial vehicle tyre player in India and adds that the company is expanding at a rapid pace, both organically and inorganically. The brokerage firm expects Apollos topline and bottom line to grow by 14.3 per cent and 26.2 per cent respectively between the 2006 and 2009 financial years.

Apollo is expanding passenger car tyre capacity by 1,100,000 units and light commercial tyre capacity by 100,000 units by the end of the 2007 financial year, increasing total production to 410 tonnes per day. To add to the tyremakers sharemarket desirability, Apollo have also recently commenced production of its Dura Tyre range of retreads, scheduled for initial launch in northern India in May 2007.

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Nine stocks look to make the leap to full listing

A few weeks ago, rumours were rife that a growing number of companies were planning to switch from Aim to the main market.

Now nine businesses are looking to make the transition, when usually only a couple of companies graduate every year. This week alone, a host of companies admitted they want to leave behind the junior market, including software company NCC Group.

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Getty Images Acquires Stock Photography Firm PunchStock

Seattle - Getty Images, a licensor of stock photography, announced that it has acquired PunchStock, a Wisconsin-based stock image provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The acquisition follows the company's recent purchases of fellow image providers iStockphoto and Scoopt. Seattle-based Getty Images also announced that it has named Craig Peters to head a new unit that will license video footage and other multimedia content. Peters formerly served as senior vice president of new media and strategic development at WireImage parent company MediaVast, another recent Getty Images acquisition. Finally, Getty Images said it will take a charge of between $28 million and $32 million to account for errors found in its stock option granting practices from 1998-2006. The company said an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing in the matter by current employees or management.

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Rupee shows signs of recovery in early trade

MUMBAI: The rupee showed signs of further recovery, strengthening to 44.3250/3350 per dollar in late morning deals on some dollar selling, amid firm dollar overseas and weakness in equity markets in early trade.

In quiet trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, rupee resumed better at 44.32/34 per dollar from previous close of 44.3350/3450 a dollar and later was quoted at 44.3250/3350 a dollar in late morning dealings.

Despite firm dollar in New York on Thursday and weak equity market on Friday morning, the rupee improved marginally against dollar due to dollar sales from exporters, a forex dealer said.

The benchmark Sensex was down by about 69 points in late morning trading after a firm start, following continued pull out by Foreign Institutional Investors.

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Whatever the impression "Journeys" cards end up making on the public overall, Musick said they are intended to provide "hope in an envelope."

It's something Musick, whose parents are both cancer survivors, can personally see a need for. She said she hopes "Journeys" can help fulfill that need of support for others as it has for her in addressing her parents' illnesses.

"It can be extremely healing and comforting to know that somebody is acknowledging a difficult situation, not just ignoring it," Musick said. "I am really pleased that Hallmark is doing Journeys' because I think it fills a need for a lot of people and I think it is really going to help a lot of people connect."

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Residents pay as incidents mount

Criminals in Jackson make off with $1.6 million in cash, cars and stolen merchandise every month.

That's the average amount the Jackson Police Department concludes is lost monthly in stolen cars, robberies, burglaries and thefts around the city. The figures are contained in monthly reports the city makes to the FBI and are twice the national per-capita average.

"That's an astounding number," said Tricia Raymond, executive director of the local crime watchdog group SafeCity. "That just kind of points to the fact that the criminals are getting smarter and they are following the money."

About half of that lost value comes from cars stolen in the city. On average, $700,000 worth of vehicles are stolen in Jackson every month.

Clinton resident Cyndi Stewart became part of that calculus when she pulled her car into a shopping center parking lot on Old Canton Road in Jackson on the afternoon of Oct.

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Off The Menu: Make Time for Thyme

Marie Graham grew up in her grandmothers restaurant kitchen in San Leandro, and now shes playing in her own kitchen restaurant, appropriately titled, Thyme to Eat.

The name might as well be time to play since thats what this 48-year-old has been doing ever since she opened her cafe doors a little over a year ago.

I love to cook, its in my blood. And I love to talk, so everyone at the restaurant has a hard time shutting me up! says Graham, of Danville, who recently celebrated her one-year anniversary at the very place her life-altering career decision took place, Sakuras in San Ramon.

We celebrated with sushi and sake, she says.

Before pots and pans took over, Graham worked as an insurance agent for State Farm, while helping her husband, Michael, run his auto repair business.

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ASAM: Announces Approval to Write Automobile Insurance in Arizona

AssuranceAmerica Corporation (ASAM) announced that AssuranceAmerica Insurance Company has been approved by the Arizona Dept of Insurance to write automobile insurance in that state. According to Automobile Insurance Reports, Arizona generates about $3.4 billion in automobile insurance premium annually with almost $1 billion characterized as non-standard. We believe Arizona is the 10th largest state for the sale of non-standard automobile insurance. KNOBIAS DISCLAIMER: All statements made in this article were made by the Company and do not in any way reflect the opinions of Knobias. Knobias is not a registered broker-dealer, nor investment advisor, and does not endorse or recommend any securities mentioned. This story is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended for trading purposes.

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Hooper Holmes Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Date and ...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hooper Holmes, Inc. announced today that it will release fourth quarter and year end 2006 financial results after-market on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. The Company will host a conference call on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

To participate in the fourth quarter conference call, please dial 888-790-3758 or 210-839-8398, passcode: Hooper Holmes. A live web cast will be hosted on the Company's web site located at http://www.hooperholmes.com/. Listeners may also access a telephone replay of the .

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Your car insurance rate can go down, if you shop

The typical American driver will pay less for auto insurance this year than in 2006, according to the Insurance Information Institute. This is the first decrease in insurance premiums since 1999.

But the average annual cost for car insurance is still a hefty $847 (it was $851 in 2006).

There are ways to bring down your costs:

• Shop around for insurance quotes. Get estimates from at least three places.

• Consider insurance costs when buying a car. Some cars just cost more to insure.

• See if buying your homeowners and auto insurance from the same company is cheaper.

• Raise your deductible. But be sure you can afford to pay it if you have an accident.

• Ask for discounts.

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Acquire Vanguard Car Rental

ST. LOUIS--Enterprise Rent-A-Car has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Vanguard Car Rental Group Inc. This transaction between two privately held companies is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of 2007, contingent upon clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvements Act and other customary closing conditions.

The acquisition will join two rental car companies with very complementary businesses. St. Louis-based Enterprise's primary strength lies in the in-town and insurance replacement segments of the industry. Vanguard, based in Tulsa, operates the National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands, which serve the airport segment of the market. Capitalizing on the companies' assets in these different segments will allow for more efficient fleet utilization and enhance the combined companies' ability to offer low prices and quality service to all customers.

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Citizens can voice opinions to assist northern businesses

The Ontario government's Northern Development Councils have announced they will tap into regional expertise to help develop recommendations for high-potential business growth strategies, says Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci. "We're on the side of northerners," said Bartolucci, in a news release. "That's why we're initiating a dialogue with northerners about growing and strengthening northern businesses." The research phase began late last year with a review of research and previous reports, said Bartolucci. The councils used this information to develop potential growth strategies. Northerners now have an opportunity to comment on a wide variety of proposed business-support strategies and to identify those they think would be of greater benefit for their own communities, he said.

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Arts contributors earn Ovations for creating a richer community

A public-servant photographer, a storytelling historian and a provocative film series on 19th Street are among the recipients of the Allentown Arts Commission's 19th annual Arts Ovation awards.

Hub Willson (visual arts award) has been taking careful, insightful photographs of arts groups for three decades. His roster of clients is a local who's who: the Celtic Cultural Alliance, the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, the Repertory Dance Theatre, the City of Bethlehem's 250th anniversary committee. He's also a favorite of painters, sculptors and musicians. The latest CD featuring Jay Proctor, lead singer of Jay and the Techniques, has a cover photo by Willson, a busy drummer and pianist.

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By CLAY CAREY
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SPARTA, Tenn. There was no screaming. No jumping up and down.

In fact, it was so quiet that you could hear the frogs chirping from a nearby pond when Elizabeth and Reece Green learned they'd become the richest farmers in White County.

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Bupa survey shows careers in poor shape

Are you a pink square or a yellow squiggle? Unlikely as it may sound, you could be stuck unhappily in the wrong job if you don't know the answer.

A survey that asks what shape and colour people most identify with has found that as many as three quarters are in careers which do not suit their personalities.

The study of more than 2,300 adults found that 40 per cent of bankers and accountants chose colours and shapes which indicated that they think of themselves as "warm" and "people-oriented", and the same proportion of secretaries described themselves as having leadership skills.

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Oscar Fashion Best and Worst: Does This Statue Make Me Look Fat?

The 79th Annual Academy Awards held a whole lotta surprises this year, from awards to speeches to, yes, the fashion. There were smokin' hot looks, and outfits that made us scream in fright. There were snappy tuxes and oodles of bling. But who were the Oscar fashion darlings? Join us as we reveal the best and the worst of the red carpet styles.

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DAVID Brown should have been celebrating his fourth goal of the season. Instead he was bemoaning his first sending off.

It was with a heavy heart that the striker greeted his former Hereford colleagues, just over an hour after he had set up current club Accrington Stanley's first back-to-back wins since September, and the first time the Reds had kept back-to-back clean sheets in League Two, with Peter Cavanagh wrapping things up in the second half with his second in as many games.

It was more sweet-bitter than bitter-sweet for Brown.

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The Continental Indoor Football League has bottled up those wild old games on your folks' carpet and added a twist -- real football players.

The Kalamazoo Xplosion's 37-35 inaugural-game win at the second-year Marion (Ohio) Mayhem Saturday night took place in a building usually home to craft shows.

Everything about the outside of the venue screamed bush-league. Inside Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the more than 2,500 passionate fans who skipped Ohio State's NCAA Tournament men's basketball game saw a display of exciting football -- highlighted by a ton of big plays on offense.

``This is good football. This is entertainment,'' said former Loy Norrix and Michigan State running back Little John Flowers, now the Xplosion's main man in the backfield.

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Deltagen Reports Full-Year 2006 Consolidated Financial Results and ...

Deltagen, Inc. (Pink Sheets:DGEN), a leading provider of drug discovery tools to the biopharmaceutical industry, today reported audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2006 and declared a 5-cent per share dividend scheduled to be distributed on or about May 31, 2007 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 21, 2007.

Revenues: The Company's consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 totaled $9.780 million. The revenues were attributable primarily to: (i) license fees associated with the provision of knockout mice and related phenotypic data under the Company's DeltaOne(TM) program; (ii) fees associated with the acceptance by the NIH of materials relating to the initial delivery order placed by the NIH in September 2005; and (iii) milestone buyout payments from two of the Company's DeltaBase subscribers, which were received during the fourth quarter of 2006.

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Have you ever been out somewhere and noticed a kid floating by? Maybe you even thought he was of the spirit world because his body was moving but his legs weren't. Well, you're not seeing a ghost. This weightless, floating effect is all in the shoes.

These shoes are actually cool skates called Heelys. They have wheels that are set deep into the sole of the shoe so that you can walk or skate, whichever you choose, whenever you choose. They're not only fun but really handy, especially when you want to get somewhere fast. When you want to walk, they're shoes; but if you get tired of walking, or just want to have some fun, you can skate.

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Former La. Cop, Wife, Plead Not Guilty to Insurance Fraud

A former Shreveport, La., police officer and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an allegedly altered police report.

Ronald Small and his wife, Tracey, entered the plea Mar. 12 in state district court in Caddo Parish.

They were arrested in January on one count each of felony insurance fraud and injuring public records. Authorities allege that Tracey Small's auto insurance had lapsed at the time of a Dec. 11, 2005, automobile accident, that she paid the premium soon after the accident and that the time on the accident report was changed to falsely indicate that she was covered when the accident happened.

Geico Insurance Co. contacted Shreveport police after becoming suspicious of inconsistencies during a claims investigation.

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Japan's Vehicle Sales May Fall in 2007 on Truck Slump (Update2)

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Vehicle sales in Japan, the world's third-largest auto market, may fall to a 23-year low next fiscal year as truck sales are expected to decline following a surge in demand triggered by new environmental rules.

Sales of cars, minicars, trucks and buses may drop 2 percent to 5.52 million vehicles in the 12 months starting April 1, from an estimated 5.63 million in the current business year, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said in a release today. Truck sales may fall 11 percent, leading the decline.

The drop in demand for commercial vehicles will add to a sales slump of passenger cars after consumer spending fell every month last year and automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. introduced fewer new models.

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Big global footwear brands manufacturing shoes in India

Time may not be far away when a Roger Federer or a Maria Sharapova bangs down their booming serves in the manicured lawns of Wimbledon stepping on shoes made out of India.

The big names in the sports footwear industry – Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Puma and Fila—are presently manufacturing shoes in India through outsourcing contracts with domestic companies such as Lakhani and M&B Footwear.

"We are using 10 per cent of our total production capacity for producing shoes, mainly sports shoes, for multinational brands in India. In the coming year, we hope to double volume of production for global brands," said Inder Dev Singh Musafir, managing director of M&B Footwear.

M&B Footwear, which is targeting a turnover of Rs 100 crore by the end of this fiscal, also has an exclusive manufacturing and marketing rights for Lee Cooper shoes in India.

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SF Judge Orders Broker Pay Over 6M In Restitution

(BCN) SAN FRANCISCO A former Modesto mortgage broker who was convicted of fraud has been ordered by a federal judge in San Francisco to pay East Bay and Central Valley homeowner victims a total of $6.7 million in restitution.U.S. District Judge William Alsup signed the restitution order for Tony Daniloo, 32, on Thursday after prosecution and defense lawyers filed a stipulation agreeing on the amount.A restitution hearing scheduled before Alsup for Tuesday was canceled as a result of the stipulation. Last month, Alsup sentenced Daniloo to nine years in prison. With credit for 18 months served in state custody on similar charges, Daniloos remaining prison term will be seven and one-half months. Daniloo, a Turlock resident, headed Dreamlife Financial in Modesto from 2003 until his arrest in 2004 and before that worked for a different mortgage broker in Dublin.

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Man convicted of killing three boys in Iowa dies in Alabama

DES MOINES (AP) — A man convicted of killing three teenagers in Des Moines 29 years ago died in prison in Alabama, authorities said.Daniel Munro was sentenced to life in prison for the 1978 slayings of Gerald Hoffman Jr., his brother, Jeff, and their friend, Jeff Beavers. They were shot to death while cleaning a building, and the case became known in Iowa as "Bloody Sunday." Police said robbery was the apparent motive.Munro died of a heart attack in a prison hospital last June, Alabama officials said.Iowa authorities said they checked Munro’s status last summer, and knew he was sick. Once they receive a death certificate "we will clean out his records," said Polk County Sheriff Dennis Anderson.Munro was convicted in 1968 in an attack on a shoe clerk in Mobile, Ala. He escaped from a prison work-release program in 1977.After being convicted of the killings in Des Moines, Munro was sent back to Alabama to finish his sentence there.

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Religion, cartoons, and the law

Carsten Juste, the Danish newspaper editor who inflamed parts of the Muslim world by publishing 12 cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in September 2005, offered this mea culpa to The New York Times the following January: "If I had known that the lives of Danish soldiers and civilians would be threatened, if I had known that, as my finger hovered one centimeter above the send button for publishing the drawings, would I have hit it? No. No responsible editor would have done."

In fact, the consequences of pressing that button transcended mere threats: Beyond a fatwa on the cartoonists themselves, firings and even jailings of editors who chose to reprint their work, and the forced resignation of government ministers in Italy and Sweden, more than 100 people worldwide were killed in riots triggered by what some Islamic leaders called an outrage against their religion.

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Meet the top 10 new ethical beauty innovators

Whilst some cosmetic companies use the term 'natural' but still include synthetics in their formulas, there is a new band of ethical entrepreneurs who are proud to shout about what they leave out of their products and take good care about what they put in. Ethical consumers expect no sodium laureth sulphate, no parabens, petrochemicals or synthetics and ethical cosmetics companies are eager to please, even creating food grade products.

Fortunately, there's a wide and growing choice of natural face and body care for all skin types, all ages and all tastes. The following list, in no particular order, contains ‘must buy’ products from each company and the ‘ethical edge’ that sets them apart from the pack.

Many of the products are suitable for those who suffer from eczema or other skin conditions, but do check with the companies before you buy.

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Mom and son weavers push the pedal to the wood in St. Elmo

But Beverly Crawford and her son Zach Crawford, 25, still are boldly going where few people bother to go these days by having two working looms parked in their St. Elmo living room.The warp turns out to be the name given to the rack of 336 parallel loom threads through which the Crawfords' nimble fingers shoot a 6-inch-long wooden boatlike object called a shuttle, which in turn trails material of many colors. Alternately throwing the shuttle from side to side while manipulating the threads by pushing on wooden pedals and then compressing the woven rows with something called a "beater bar," the loom devotees inch-out their intricately patterned material magic."It's just very relaxing," says Beverly Crawford, 51. "I really enjoy it." Her son nods in agreement. "And you can take out your frustrations on it," adds Zach Crawford, slamming the beater bar down with coupe de grace finality.

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Ford Motor Company Announces Agreement to Sell Automobile ...

DEARBORN, Mich., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ford [NYSE: F] announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Automobile Protection Corporation (APCO) to Trident IV, L.P., a private equity fund managed by Stone Point Capital LLC. This transaction is the result of the review of strategic options for the business announced by Ford on October 11, 2006.The sale is expected to close during the second quarter and is subject to customary closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals. Terms and conditions specific to the agreement are not being disclosed at this time. .