"Cash for Clunkers" Success Was Hampered By Red Tape, Program Flaws
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's revived business at car dealerships, taken gas-guzzlers off the road and given a badly needed boost to struggling auto factori...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's revived business at car dealerships, taken gas-guzzlers off the road and given a badly needed boost to struggling auto factori...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business
RICHMOND, Va. — One man's clunker is another man's meal ticket. Mom and Pop used-car dealers are feeling the crunch as the old Caravans and Che...
TIME | JOSEPH R. SZCZESNY Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
Detroit measures muscle in how fast it takes to accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h.; by that gauge the government's cash-for-clunkers program (formally kno...
bloomberg.com | Lee J. Miller and Marco Babic | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy is poised to emerge from the worst postwar recession as early as this quarter, with manufacturers boosted by th...
AP | Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting swift approval for an extension of the popular "cash-for-clunkers" program, which i...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The White House warned Monday that the "cash for clunkers" program, already zooming toward a quarter-million trade-ins with the ini...
wsj.com | By COREY BOLES | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday that unless the Senate approves $2 billion in additional funding, the Obama administrati...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Attention car buyers: There's still time to get in on the "cash for clunkers" rebate rush. The House hastened to refuel the progra...
AP | Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House raced Friday to pass legislation pouring an additional $2 billion into the popular -- but financially strapped -- "cash f...
Steve Parker | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business
I've said when program was first announced that the slated $1 billion would run out well before the time limit. But I don't think anyone expected this!
Posted 08.28.2009 | Business
Confused about the 'Cash For Clunkers' program? Well, for one, it's also called "Car Allowance Rebate System" and its also causing some signifiicant c...
Posted 07.23.2009 | Green
If you trade your old vehicle for one that gets better mileage the government could provide you with federal vouchers of up to $4,500. An addition to ...
AP | Stephen Manning, AP Business Writer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business