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Zowie: Italian Woman Receives Illegal Parking Ticket Fine, Plus Interest Penalities, Dating Back 1,800 Years

| October 27, 2011

  And you thought it cost a lot to pay for a parking ticket in San Francisco (the highest in the US), New York City, or Chicago. Italy now takes the cake — or the torta — for the world’s record for issuance of the highest parking penalty ever because of an accidental 1,800-year typo. [...]

Recession Has Created Bigger Demand & Higher Prices Now for Used Cars, Thanks to Poor Economy

| August 16, 2011

  Supply and Demand 101 — The demand for used cars has skyrocketed during Obama’s Era of Hopenchange. Not only has the disastrous economy hurt new car sales, but the government’s Cash for Clunkers program in 2009 took thousands of used cars out of circulation. This has driven up the market demand for used cars, [...]

Saab Sob Story: Saab Auto Workers’ Union Raises Bankruptcy Threat over Not Paying Workers (video)

| June 23, 2011

Saab, the innovative car company that came up with the awesome PhoeniX concept, may be headed for bankruptcy action over unpaid wages. Nothing’s safe anymore. Not even Saab. From New York Times, Saab Workers Miss a Paycheck: PARIS — The outlook for Saab took a turn for the worse on Thursday, after the automaker’s Dutch [...]

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