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China's New Taste For Luxury Cars

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

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BEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) - BMW Group expects its China sales to rise 25-30 percent this year, Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner told repor...

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The Ten Most Expensive Cars To Own

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Range Rover, JD Power, Edmunds.com, 24/7 Wall St., Audi, Fuel Efficiency, Lexus, Bmw, Mercedes-Benz, Vehicle Costs, Slideexpand, Most Expensive Cars to Own, Business News

24/7 Wall St: The cost of a luxury automobile does not end with its purchase price — it begins there. The true ownership costs are often much mo...

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U.S. Car Companies on Cruise Control While the Amazon Burns

James Turner | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Automakers, General Motors, Dilma Rouseff, Slavery, Bmw, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Brazil, Forced Labor, Deforestation, Green News

In the heart of the Amazon, a scandal is unfolding which threatens the reputation of both the Brazilian president and some of the biggest car companies in the world.

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This Is America's 'Blind Spot'

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, Michelin, Toyota, L'Oreal, Reuters, Employment, Organization for International Investment, Bmw, Manufacturing, Foreign Investment, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, US Tax Code, Dhl, Business News

* Each job at a foreign firm's U.S. unit supports 3 others * Manufacturing employment leads other sectors * U.S. slice o...

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Green Too: Can Transportation Drive the Future?

Michael Rose | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Futurama, Automobiles, Germany, Chevy Volt, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, President Obama, International Transport Forum, Mitt Romney, Cars, China, Los Angeles, Center for Automotive Research, Norman Bel Geddes, Oecd, Bmw, High-Speed Rail, Rick Scott, General Motors, Angel Gurria, Bicycles, Leipzig, Scott Walker, Electric Cars, John Kasich, India, New York Worlds Fair, Norman Baker, Light Rail, Auto Bailout, Politics News

Republican governors Rick Scott of Florida, John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin all turned down available Federal funds. California's governor is happy to take the money to build a system linking Los Angeles and San Francisco but it's become tied up by routing and funding disputes.

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A Getaway To Palm Springs And Coachella Valley

Meg Hemphill | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Bmw, Jennifer Lawrence, Coachella, Travel, Colony Palms Hotel, Palm Springs, Rancho Las Palmas, Travel News

Whereas Palm Springs became a fashionable getaway for Hollywood types in the 1920s, Palm Desert saw its boom later in the mid century era.

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What We Can Learn From German Leadership

Aaron Hurst | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Bmw, Social Entrepreneurship, Bmw Ceo, Markus Hipp, Robert Bosch, Germany, Robert Bosch Foundation, Bmw Foundation, Bmw Nonprofit, Leadership Development, Business News

Markus Hipp is the Executive Director of the BMW Foundation, headquartered in Germany. He began his career in philanthropy at the Robert Bosch Foundation. I recently spoke with Markus about his work and his perception of German vs. American leadership.

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German Automaker Sees Record Profit

AP | DAVID McHUGH | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Automakers, Recovery, Sales, Revenue, Rolls-Royce, Bmw, German Automaker, Cars, Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany -- A sharp jump in sales of its luxury cars and sport utility vehicles in China helped German automaker BMW AG increase net profit ...

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Bar Fight Leads To Murder Charge For Law Student

Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Murder Charge, Charlotte, Kenan Gay, Charlotte School of Law, Bobby Kingston, Bmw, Law School Student, Unc, Bar Fight, North Carolina, Death, College News

A law school student charged with murder claims he was just defending his girlfriend. Kenan Gay, a student at the Charlotte School of Law, got into...

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BMW 3 Series: Meet the Gravity Slider Rig

Harmon Leon | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: 328i, Snorri Cam, Bmw 3 Series, Bmw, Snorri Bros, Requiem for a Dream, Bmw 328i, Snorri Brothers, Eiður Snorri Eysteinsson, KBS+P, Technology News

If the 3 Series is the star of the commercial, then the co-star is the Gravity Slider -- the revolutionary camera rig created especially for the BMW shoot. The device is the brainchild of the commercial's two quirky Icelandic directors: the Snorri Brothers.

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M.I.A Defies Death In "Bad Girls" Video

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Vice Magazine, Mia-Bad-Girls, Video, Morrocco, World Music, Romain Gavras, Music Video, Bmw, M.I.A., Vikki Leekx, Danja, Noisey, Car Stunts, Arts News

Fresh off the heels of releasing her latest single from her forthcoming album, Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A., has premiered the video for "...

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Move Over Cruise Control, Meet BMW's Self-Driving Car (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 03.27.2012

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Forget cruise control. Now, a newly released video shows what a completely hands-free driving experience might look like. Based on BMW's ConnectedD...

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Meet Your New Best Friend: Your Car

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, CES 2012 Cars, CES Car, CES Cars, Audi, Ces 2012, Bmw, Carmakers, Consumer Electronics Show, Ford, Technology News

LAS VEGAS -- The most striking innovation on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest consumer tech tradeshow, came not...

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Guten Tag, Mitt! Greetings From a European Welfare State

John Blumenthal | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Elderly, Majorca, Germany, Bmw, Smart Bombs, Siemens, Euros, Bridges, High Speed Trains, Mitt Romney, Jet Fighters, China, Drones, Mental Ill, Comedy News

I wish we had this cool stuff in my country. But we don't. Instead, our government spends money on crippled people and old people and people with mental problems, and fixing old bridges and building highways and hospitals and things like this. We are not so cool as you.

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BMW Tops Mercedes As Most Popular Luxury Auto Brand

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Nissan, Automakers, Video, Luxury, Audi, Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp, Honda, U.S. Luxury Auto Market, Bmw, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, General Motors Co, Ford, Volkswagen, Daimler AG, Business News

BMW grabbed the top spot in the U.S. luxury auto market in 2011, edging out Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz brand, as both German automakers took advan...

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WATCH: Car Crashes Into Brooklyn Supermarket

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Nostrand Avenue, Car Crashes Into Supermarket, Brooklyn, Ny News, Bmw, Looters, Flatbush, New York News, New York News

Surveillance footage captured a car crashing into Brooklyn grocery store Saturday afternoon. Police believe the driver of the BMW SUV hit the gas i...

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Toyota, BMW To Work Together On Greener Car Battery

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Greener Car Batteries, Video, Green Cars, Toyota Bmw Collaboration, Toyota, Car Batteries, Bmw, Cars, Automotive Technology, Green-Technology, Green News

TOKYO -- Auto giants Toyota and BMW said Thursday they have agreed to collaborate on research for cleaner, next-generation car batteries, underlining ...

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The Electric Car Branding Trick Even Nissan's Leaf Is Missing

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Harley Davidson, Chevy Volt, Bmw, Nissan Leaf, Acceleration, Range Anxiety, Ice, Electric Cars, Business News

Why aren't the headlines about what a cool experience it is to drive an electric car?

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7 Game-Changing Green Advancements You Should Know About

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Co2, Clean-Burning Stoves, Green Gamechangers, Solar, Biofuel, Piezoelectricity, Electric Vehicles, Green Concrete, Bmwi, Bslide-Bmw, Green Tech, Cellulosic Ethanol, LED Lights, Stoves, Gamechangers, Game-Changers, Green Game Changers, Green Technology, Bmw, Sustainability, Ethanol, Environmental Issues, Technology, Huffington Post Game Changers, LED Bulbs, Global Warming, Concentrated Solar Power, Green News

As temperatures rise and populations get larger, it's clear that breakthroughs in green technology hold the key to the survival of Earth and all the s...

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BMW: Changing the Game in the Auto Industry

Posted 11.23.2011

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Synonymous With Entertainment: Branded Content and Why it Works

Mia R. Benenate | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Tiesto, Television, Branded Entertainment, Proctor & Gamble, Term of Art, Soap Operas, Gas Station Tv, Advertising, The LeBrons, Resonance Interactive, Bmw, Documentary, Believe Entertainment Group, Commercialism, Media, Film, Levi Strauss, Business News

"Branding" entertainment allows a company to target its audience and give a specific message, often imbedded within the programming in original and interesting ways.

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Guggenheim BMW & Urban Sustainability

HuffingtonPost.com | Annemarie Dooling | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Video, Urban Planning, Guggenheim Museum, Bmw Guggenheim Lab, Arts, Bmw, Pop-Up Museum, New York, New York City, Arts Education, Arts News

A shady street corner park is hardly the place you'd expect to find a lab, but that's what BMW brought to New York City's Houston Street this week. Th...

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BART To Get A Makeover From BMW

Aaron Sankin | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: BART BMW, BART Redesign, Bart, Bart Bmw Redesign, New BART Trains, Bmw, Designworksusa, BMW BART Redesign, BART Seat Labs, BART DesignworksUSA, San Francisco News

Does anyone know how BMW feels about interior carpeting? This is a serious question now that DesignworksUSA, a subsidiary of the German car manufac...

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Famous Artists Design Race Cars

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Alexander Calder, Car Racing, Cars, UK Arts, Art Cars, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Art, Video, Racing, Frank Stella, David Hockney, Bmw, Olafur Eliasson, Bmw Art Cars, Arts News

Since 1975, BMW has commissioned 17 racing cars painted by famous artists from all over the world. Now, they're offering a virtual tour online of the ...

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WATCH: BMW Stunt Atop US Bank Tower In LA

The Huffington Post | Eliza Fisher | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Bmw, Cars, US Bank, Video, Driving, Drifting, US Bank Building, Los Angeles News

BMW has just released this comically dramatic clip of one of their vehicles atop Los Angeles' US Bank building. The car is "drifting" on the structure...

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