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Jewellery, cash or first cars: Do rewards boost exam grades?
Vanessa Clarke Education reporter Hundreds of thousands of GCSE students are nervously waiting for their results this week - and for some,…
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Subscriptions are creeping into everything — even your car’s horsepower
The subscription model beloved of software is now creeping into cars. Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to adopt the pricing…
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Suzuki’s India unit doubles down on SUVs as small cars slide
Maruti Suzuki India is set to expand its sports utility vehicle (SUV) portfolio with a second mid-sized model, sources familiar with the…
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Electric cars will be cheaper to buy, pledges Heidi Alexander
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter Watch Heidi Alexander "guarantees" electric vehicle costs will be lowered The government will make it…
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Over 850,000 Ford cars and trucks recalled nationwide—and there’s no fix available yet
Ford Motor just issued another major recall. On July 7, the brand recalled 850,318 Ford and Lincoln models over concerns about the…
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This small island community is combating overtourism with self-navigating cars
In the North Atlantic Ocean, halfway between Iceland and Norway, a small island community is testing an imaginative solution to…
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Lotus Cars has 'no plans' to close any factory
Sportscar maker Lotus has declared it has "no plans" to close any factory after it emerged the company was considering setting up a new…
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Crew rescued after ship carrying cars and EVs catches fire
The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a…
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Colorado’s landfills generate as much pollution as driving 1 million cars for a year
Remember the banana peels, apple cores, and leftover pizza you recently threw in the garbage? Today, your food waste—and your…
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Chinese-owned Volvo Cars to cut 3,000 white collar jobs
Sweden-based car maker Volvo Cars says it will cut around 3,000 jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures. The firm says the layoffs will…
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Volvo Cars to cut 3,000 jobs in restructuring
Volvo Cars will cut 3,000 mostly white-collar jobs as part of a restructuring announced last month as it grapples with high costs, a…
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Republicans Are Rewriting Congressional Rules So Cars Can Pollute More
Freed to call all manner of administrative actions into question, the GOP, Becker said, is likely to “get a bad case of bloodlust and look…
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Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars
The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the…
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US and UK agree deal slashing Trump tariffs on cars and metals
Watch: US-UK relationship will soon be 'stronger than ever before' - Trump The US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of…
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UK-US tariff deal: Cars, steel and beef - what you need to know
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter, BBC News The UK and the US have reached a deal over tariffs on some goods traded between the…
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Chinese automakers crank up sales of cars with combustion engines in Europe
Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) are losing momentum in Europe, but the nation’s automakers are selling more cars than ever in the region…
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Volvo Cars to cut 5% of jobs at South Carolina plant as tariffs bite
The changes would affect about 125 of the 2,500 employees at its factory in South Carolina Volvo Cars said on Wednesday (May 7) it would…
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Volvo Cars sales fall 11% in April as fully electric cars slump
Volvo Cars reported on Monday (May 5) an 11 per cent decrease in April sales to 58,881 cars from a year earlier, sending its shares down.…
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Volvo Cars to cut costs by 18 billion Swedish crowns as earnings drop
Sweden-based Volvo Cars launched cost cuts of 18 billion Swedish crowns (S$2.4 billion) on Tuesday (Apr 29) as its operating profit fell…
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U.S. loosens safety rules for self-driving cars in a bid to compete with China
The Trump administration is loosening rules to help U.S. automakers like Elon Musk’s Tesla develop self-driving cars so they can take on…
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Will Cars, Phones and Other Goods Be Too Big to Tariff?
A dovish shift Stocks are on a three-day winning streak as investors cheer cooling trade-war tensions. Another boost has come from the Fed…
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Cars didn’t arrive after months – so Singapore dealer for China EV brand Neta closed: sources
The abrupt closure of Evology Automobile – the dealer/distributor for China automotive brand Neta – earlier this month happened because…
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Hertz wins over Ackman in a bet tariffs will boost value of cars
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has amassed a nearly 20 per cent stake in Hertz Global in a bet on the rental car…
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Top 5 Business Vehicle for Entrepreneurs
Being an entrepreneur means wearing many hats and sometimes, driving many miles, too. Whether you’re jetting off to client meetings,…