Local Dealers React to Slumping Auto Sales
Few folks bought cars in December. Toyota reported sales decreasing 37 percent, Honda 35 percent, Ford 32 percent, and GM 31 percent. Chrysler reported a staggering 53 percent drop in December.
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Brown, Collins Not Worried About Seneca Casino in Catskills
Mayor Brown and Erie County Executive Chris Collins both say they're not worried about the weekend announcement by the Seneca Nation it's building a casino in the Catskills.
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Time Warner Increasing Rates Next Month
Time Warner Cable announced rates will be going up on February 1st.
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Ford Sales Drop Over 30%
DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. says its U.S. sales plummeted 32 percent in December as buyers continued to steer clear of showrooms due to economic uncertainty.Ford's sales for the full year dropped 21 percent, making it likely that the Dearborn, Mich., company will trail Toyota Motor Corp. and remain the No. 3 U.S. auto seller for the second straight year.Toyota and other automakers report December and full-year sales later Monday.Ford says it sold 138,458 light vehicles last month, down from...
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Ground Forces Encircle Gaza City
Israeli forces consolidated their hold on parts of Gaza's north Monday, pounding the territory from the air, land and sea and killing at least seven children and six other civilians in a bruising campaign against Hamas militants. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the offensive would continue until Israel achieved "peace and tranquility" for residents of southern Israel .
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Politico.com: Big Tax Cuts In The Works
Aiming to foster bipartisan support for his record-setting economic stimulus, President-elect Barack Obama plans to propose huge tax cuts for businesses and middle-class workers that will total about 40 percent of the package, or up to $310 billion, congressional officials said.
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Blog Alert: Is the Minn. Recount Over?
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Heavy Ice Blamed In Fatal Amherst Accident
Icy road conditions are beleived to be part of a fatal accident Sunday on I-990 The Lockport Expressway. Jennifer Lacey, 31, of Lockport was killed when she lost control of her coar, hit a guardrail, and rolled over several times. Her two children, Kaylee, 4 and Keanan were injured and taken to Women and Children's Hospital in Buffalo.
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Auto Industry Girds for Chilling Dec. Sales Report
Wall Street proceeded warily into the first full week of 2009, trading mixed in premarket activity Monday ahead of readings on auto sales and construction spending., and some analyst predict Detroit's sales numbers will be down as much as 40 %
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Erie Tax Bills Ready For Mailing And Include Hike But.....
Erie County is ready to mail out property tax bills for 2009 that include a 4.8 percent tax hike, but they can not mail them until that figure is finalized as part of dispute between the county legislature and executive Chris Collins. A.
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Senecas Work On Catskill Casino Deal
The Seneca Nation of Indians is working on a possible deal with a casino developer, that could bring a privately operated gaming parlor to the Catskills.The partnership, disclosed in a federal securities filing Dec. 26, was first reported by the Albany Times Union, and later confirmed to them by Seneca President Barry E. Snyder
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Thruway To Study Cuts As Toll Hike Kicks In
While commuters have begun paying the second of three 5% toll hikes on The New York State Thruway, eventually those tolls may not support a downstate airport or the State Police Thruway division as much as it does today, according to one authority board member.
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Travolta: Heartbroken at Son's Death
John Travolta said Sunday he and his wife Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama. Police Superintendent Basil Rahming has said a caretaker found Jett Travolta unconscious in a bathroom late Friday morning and he was later pronounced dead at a Freeport hospital.
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Richardson Withdraws As Commerce Secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation.
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Fighting Continues in Mideast
JERUSALEM - The Israeli army says a soldier has been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Sunday's death by mortar fire is the first Israeli fatality in a ground offensive launched late Saturday.
Israel's eight-day offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers has enjoyed widespread popularity with the public.
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