GM Eyes Revisions to California Zero Emission Vehicle Rules
GM plans to press before the California Air Resources Board to argue that mandating 23,000 electric vehicles per year is too burdensome during an energy crisis. Board and Energy Commission staff dismiss the plan. proposals to cut ZEVs to 4,600 annually are under consideration as automakers push postponement to 2007 and a market test for 2,500 EVs. GM introduced the EV1 in 1996 but deemed it a failure after lessons on range, battery cost, and subsidies.
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California Energy Commission
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Air Board
Rob Schlichting
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Dennis Minano
Detroit
Gloria Bergquist
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Schuichting
Auto-Industry Lobbying
New owner of Grafton garage grows one part at a time
Mike Mickey Plawny and wife Diane open Mickey D's Automotive at 878 Main St Grafton in the former building. Plavny, 48, returns to the town after leaving Grafton Auto Service in 1993 and plans to grow the shop gradually paying for equipment as they go. Diane handles office duties while they build from a small start with few employees.
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Grafton
Mike
Mickey” Plawny
Elyria
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Mickey D's Automotive
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Playnys
Mike Plavny
Plavnys
Diane Playnn
Consumers gain chance to shield privacy under GLBA act
Consumers can opt out of sharing non public personal information with affiliates under Gramm Leach Bliley Act rules. Banks and insurers have by July to offer opt out options, and many firms may sell data unless customers actively decline. Advocates criticize limited protections and ongoing privacy risks.
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The
Consumers Union
Washington, D.C
Julie Malveaux
American Bankers Association
IRS
FBI
Keith Fisher
Suffolk Law School
Boston
Butler
Underground Railroad Center nets $1 million gift
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center received a $1 million corporate donation from the Federated Department Stores Foundation and unveiled a redesigned website as it nears an April 2004 opening. Total funding reaches about $62 million with $26 million from public sources. other corporate donors include Procter & Gamble Cinergy Corp and Toyota.
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Cincinnati
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Federated Department Stores Foundation
Freedom Center
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Cinergy Corp
Toyota
Investors lock in profits after mixed earnings week
Analysts say earnings were uneven as tech gains offset by Sun Microsystems and Home Depot misses. Dow falls while Nasdaq edges higher on Sun and Nortel results. Traders anticipate further pullback with Fed rate cut optimism. Volume strong as options expire and profits shift among techs and blue chips.
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Home Depot
Sun Microsystems
Dollar drifts as euro softens yen rises in quiet session
In a quiet New York session the dollar strengthened versus the euro but weakened against the yen as traders awaited major data. The euro eased to about 1.344 dollars after a brief rally the prior day following softer regional manufacturing signals from the Philadelphia Fed.
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