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Tesla???s Stock Takes a Dive
Tesla Motors Inc.???s stock fell 15% yesterday to $25.55, according to the Detroit Free Press. The story said Monday, December 27, 2010 marked the 180-day post-initial public stock offering constraint. Edmunds.com???s Senior Analyst Karl Brauer said
Dec 28, 2010
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Android App Joins Suite of Top Mobile Applications From kbb.com, Just in Time for Year-End Car Shopping
IRVINE, Calif. — Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today announces the official launch of its app for Android mobile devices, in addition to its iPhone and Windows Phone 7 applications. &nbs
Dec 27, 2010
Repair Shop Offers Generous Service Plan
Don???t have the cash to pay for a new set of brakes? That???s okay says one auto repair shop owner in Michigan who offers those customers who are strapped for cash an alternative to paying their repair bills. A story on Mlive.com said the repair sho
Dec 27, 2010
Auto Shop Receives Interesting Package Christmas Eve
According to News Channel 8 out of Connecticut, an auto shop owner received more than just presents on Christmas Eve. The story said police intercepted a delivery of 300 pounds of marijuana that was intended to be delivered to a local auto body shop.
Dec 27, 2010
More Female Students Enroll in Technician Programs
Students enrolled in an automotive technical program aren???t just boys now a days. A story from The Virginia-Pilot said there are three female students participating in a two-year auto mechanics course. The female students, the story said, even thou
Dec 27, 2010
A.J. Maida, Director of Digital Marketing, Papa’s Chrysler Dodge Jeep
A.J. Maida has been the director of digital marketing for Papa’s Chrysler Dodge Jeep in New Britain, CT, since the summer of 2008. After 14 years at another Dodge dealership that has since gone out of business, Maida started a flower delivery servi
Dec 1, 2010
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Todd Crossley, Gary Crossley Ford
Despite the challenging economy, Gary Crossley Ford in Kansas City, MO implemented a strategy that dramatically increased their revenue and reduced their operating costs and just had the best month in the dealership’s history, outperforming last ye
Dec 1, 2010
Is Your Advisor Writing Bad Estimates?
I was consulting in a mid-sized GM dealership one evening. The service manager and I were looking through carefully prepared pre-write packets (menu, history, pre-write, recalls, MPI, and notes), to determine how well the service advisors had pre-loa
Nov 15, 2010
You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Monitor
“In order to know where you are going, you have to know where you are.” “In order to grow, you have to know.” “What you treasure, you measure.” No matter how you say it, automotive industry experts all agree that you have to track the num
Nov 1, 2010