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The massive blizzard that hit the US East Coast could mess up auto sales
2016-01-26 22:20:55| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A few weeks after closing out a year of record sales in 2015, carmakers and dealerships are feeling a big chill from winter storm Jonas. East coast plants - like BMW's Spartanburg, SC facility - cut several shifts during the storm, as did Toyota and GM plants in Kentucky and another GM plant in Tennessee, Automotive News reported .
Wall Street hit by oil price slide
2016-01-25 23:15:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Shares on Wall Street close down, hurt by the slide in the price of oil.
As Japan's oil, gas, power use stalls, coal imports hit new record
2016-01-24 23:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's 2015 oil imports fell to the lowest since 1988, reflecting the country's declining population and low economic growth while at the same time its natural gas imports fell for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Yet in the same year that the world agreed to combat climate change, Japan's utilities continued to increase the use of the cheapest but dirtiest fossil fuel, ramping up coal imports to a record. Continuing a steady decline since the mid-1990s, Japan's crude oil...
Hong Kong hit by coldest temperatures in nearly 60 years
2016-01-24 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A cold snap gripped Hong Kong on Sunday, with residents shivering as temperatures plunged to the lowest point in nearly 60 years and frost dusted the mountaintops of a city accustomed to a subtropical climate. Weather officials issued a frost warning saying an "intense cold surge" was in place, coupled with chilling monsoon winds. Morning temperatures dropped to 3.3 Celsius (38 Fahrenheit) in urban areas of the southern Chinese city, where most buildings lack central heating, and below freezing...
VSP Trooper hit by car while helping driver in New Kent
2016-01-23 08:30:00| Paper - Topix.net
A Virginia State Police trooper helping a driver in New Kent was hit by a passing driver on Friday night. Trooper M.D. Jester suffered minor injuries and is now receiving care at VCU Medical Center.
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