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...In 1976, an ill-fated attempt saw a lumbering Ford Torino and Dodge Charger take on the challenge, only for both cars to retire....
...By comparison, the worst quarter in the financial crisis saw a decline of -8½%....
...Fiat Chrysler largely got out of saloons in 2016, dropping its Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 models, to focus more on Jeep and Ram....
...In 2010 South African media conglomerate Naspers acquired a 67.8 per cent stake in the company, since increased to 95 per cent....
...Tokyo’s Kokugikan tournament runs from May 8-22; the Nagoya tournament from July 10-24....
...Shares in Phoenix rose 8.5p to 866.5p....
...However, Fiat’s shares fell 2.5 per cent in Milan to €8.55 on Wednesday....
...Collateralised debt obligations, or CDOs, saw more issuance in the first half of this year than all of 2012 – although the $65bn of new paper is a fraction of the $521bn in 2006....
...Since 1989, the unemployment rate for college graduates had never exceeded 8 percent....
...Chrysler said sales of its new 300 and 200 saloons as well as the Dodge Charger and Avenger models were particularly strong....
...Battery charger China Shoto, the lead-acid battery maker that joined Aim at the end of 2005, is to leave the market....
...The present figure is 25.8 per cent, only just off the 2006 peak of 26.6 per cent. This is odd in two respects....
...Dodge & Cox top the list with an average investment of $860,000 per manager....
...The federal deficit was running at more than 8 per cent of gross domestic product while the national debt had climbed to 70 per cent of output....
...The new holdco housed Chrysler Corp LLC – producer of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep branded vehicles – and Chrysler Financial....
...Man’s shares closed almost 8 per cent higher. Funny turning point, though....
...The Turkish lira has proven resilient, having dropped to a low of 1.8 against the dollar last winter but then recovering to about 1.5....
...The Mega Power Policy has been modified and is now consistent with the National Electricity Policy, 2005 and Tariff Policy, 2006....
...The value of their deals grew from less than $1bn in 2003 to more than $22bn in 2006....
...Pension funds with SEIU members’ money account for more than 30 per cent of KKR’s $16.6bn (£8.3bn) 2006 Fund, he said....
...According to Autodata, its market share stood at 15.8 per cent last month, down from 17.6 per cent in October 2006....
...India experienced average shortage at peak demand of 13.8 per cent between April 2006 and March 2007, and that figure is expected to rise to 14-15 per cent in the summer months....
...While 16 of the Dow’s 30 members failed to beat the overall market’s rise in 2006, Citigroup, with a gain of 14.8 per cent to $55.70, made a valiant effort late in the year, jumping 12.3 per cent in December...
...Without the adjustment, sales grew 6.6 per cent in 2006, compared with growth of 8.7 per cent in 2005....
...Phelps Dodge fell 0.7 per cent to $122.87, from an earlier high of $124.75....
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