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Real Estate Investing In The Age Of Government Intervention

The term real estate investing likely brings a number of things to mind. You likely leap to real estate investing as real estate portfolios and real estate retirement plans, and then you may expand to thinking of short sales, bulk reo investing or virtual real estate investing. You may also consider what roles these things [...]

Entire County Wants You To Friend Them On Facebook

The tourism board of Northern Wisconson’s Forest County Chamber of Commerce has reached back to old media to promote their new social media campaign, erecting a billboard on Highway 32 to highlight their Facebook fan page. The idea is to promote the Facebook page as a portal into the rest of the county’s tourism promotions, with pictures, links to more specific sites, and event information. Cute:

Sadly, no one talks about billboards any longer. But they’re still out there and they still work. So why are we talking about the lowly billboard today? Social media, of course… it’s big news when a billboard is used to promote a Facebook page… Located just south of Lakewood on HWY 32, travelers from Milwaukee and Chicago heading north will see the board which carries an invitation from the Crandon Chamber to “Become a friend of Crandon” on Facebook.

Plane inspected after bomb note found

Authorities say they found no bomb on a plane that was inspected at Boston’s Logan Airport after a threatening note was found.

Breaking News: GM Kills Saturn Brand After Sale Fails

General Motors has announced its intention to shut down the Saturn Corporation after a plan to sell the car builder to Penske Automotive group fell through late Wednesday. The "different kind of car company" General Motors launched in an attempt to combat the success of Japanese automakers in 1985, lasted less than a quarter century. The New York Times reports, "Penske Automotive Group said on Wednesday it has terminated discussions …

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San Francisco: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, The Disney Family Museum Opens October 1

The Walt Disney Family Museum will open its doors October 1, but don’t expect to see Mickey’s mug plastered all over the place. Instead, the museum explores the man behind the mouse in Walt Disney’s own words through listening stations, interactive media and more than 200 video monitors.

Within the museum’s 10 galleries, you’ll find drawings Disney made when he was young; drawings and cartoons from Laugh-O-gram Films, Disney’s first company; early sketches of Mickey (see, you’ll get some mouse fun); storyboards, a technique Disney developed to map out film classics; the multiplane camera, an innovation at the time that brought depth to his revolutionary Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs flick; the unusual Academy Award Disney won for Snow White, which included a full-size Oscar and seven mini Oscarettes; the narrow-gauge Lilly Belle train he built for his Hollywood home, which recalled his youth and helped spur his vision for Disneyland; and a model of the Disneyland that the animator envisioned.

Penske Breaks Off Talks with GM for Saturn; Saturn Goes Away

In a surprise move, Penske Automotive Group terminated discussions with General Motors to acquire Saturn  due to its inability to secure agreements for the future supply of vehicles beyond what it had negotiated with GM. As a result, GM will wind down Saturn much as it is doing now with its Pontiac division.

In a statement issued by the Penske Group late Wednesday, on the eve of the expected close of the deal, the auto retailing group cited "concerns directly related to the future supply of vehicles beyond the supply period it had negotiated with GM."

Retailers who had signed franchise agreements for the new Penske-run Saturn group were as shocked as anyone. They were scheduled to attend meetings with company founder Roger Penske next week, after the deal was closed, to hear about plans for product and timing. Instead, they head through the media – not the Penske group, Saturn or GM — that the deal had fallen apart. Some are hoping something can be salvaged of the plan.

UB1 X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder review

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Some car accidents are pretty straightforward, but some are difficult to untangle. Witnesses may not remember details accurately, and it can be difficult to determine if a driver was in the wrong. The X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder attempts to clear up the facts by providing a …

Subaru’s Tokyo concept surfs trends

The Hybrid Tourer Concept debuts at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.

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For the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru built this Hybrid Tourer Concept, which manages to combine many of the latest trends in automotive development. Most major manufacturers are working on some kind of sporty touring car these …