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Porsche Halts Car Sales To Iran

The Huffington Post | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Renault, Nissan, Uani, Porsche, Toyota, United Against Nuclear Iran, Hyundai, Iran Sanctions, Mitsubishi, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Currency, Business News

Porsche has joined Hyundai in its decision to cease selling cars in Iran, after a group called United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) asked both automaker...

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Four-Wheeled Future: All Hail the Taxi of Tomorrow

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Nissan, New York, Vanity Fair, New York City, Cars, Travel, Commute, Future, Technology, Transportation, Taxi, New York News

After exhaustive evaluation by all manner of stakeholders, the Nissan NV200 has been selected to replace the venerable Ford Crown Victoria as the Big Apple's official cab.

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All Hail The New NYC Taxi

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 04.03.2012

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NEW YORK -- In a cab and your cellphone just died? No problem. Just plug it in. New cabs hitting the streets of New York City next year will have cha...

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Korea Deserves to Be Taken (More) Seriously

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Nissan, Kia, Apple Samsung, South Korea, Electric Cars, North Korea, Kim Yuna, Jim Yong Kim World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, South Korea Economy, Korea, Business News

There is no need to idealize Korea. But it is hard not to admire the resolution of a country surrounded by big brothers and an enemy. It is a country of talents.

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An iPhone Case That Licks Its Own Wounds

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Nissan Scratch Shield, Iphone Case Nissan, Iphone, Video, Apple, Nissan Scratch Shield Iphone Case, Nissan Iphone Case, Scratch Shield Iphone Case, iPhone Case, Nissan, Technology News

Smartphone cases are getting to be as high tech as the devices they protect. On Thursday, we wrote about one that invisibly waterproofs your phone...

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New 'Magic' iPhone Case Repairs Itself

The Week | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Nissan, Iphone, Weird Inventions, Self-Repairing iPhone Case, Weird Technology, Weird Science, Weird News News

Prone to dropping your iPhone? What if there were a way for unsightly scratches to disappear, on their own? That's the promise of a new type of pho...

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Renault-Nissan CEO Angling To Lead Electric Vehicle Market

David Kiley | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Detroit Auto Show 2012, Naias 2012, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Electric Vehicle, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, Renault-Nissan, Detroit Auto Show, Detroit News

When Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn starts talking about electric cars, it's easy to think at least one house on every block in America will have one in a decade or two.

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2012 Detroit Auto Show Highlights: Day 2 (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Nissan, Buick Encore, North American International Auto Show, Prius, 2012 NAIAS, Detroit Auto Show 2012, Detroit Auto Show, Naias, Accord Coupe, Lincoln Mkz, Video, Detroit News

The North American International Auto Show press preview week kicked off in Detroit Monday with big debuts from the Big Three American automakers as w...

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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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Honda Chief Financial Officer: 'To Put It Bluntly, We're In A Really Tough Spot'

Posted 12.31.2011

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TOKYO (Chang-Ran Kim) - Honda Motor Co withdrew its annual earnings guidance in an unusual move on Monday due to uncertainty surrounding currency ...

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WATCH: Genius Or Sellout?

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Nike, Target, Gap, Michel Gondry, Smirnoff, Prada, Nissan, Andy Warhol, Commercials, Ikea, Apple, Ps2, Commercial, Best Commercials, David Lynch, Coca Cola, Play Station 2, Sony, Spike Jonze, Arts News

There are the starving artists, burning unacknowledged works to keep warm in the wintertime, and then there are these artists. In the slideshow below,...

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World Leader In Green Vehicles?

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Nissan, Nissan Cars, Green Cars, Video, Nissan Electric Cars, Hybrid Cars, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Green-Technology, Green News

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world's No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2017 wi...

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Broke But Now Unbroken

Michele Weldon | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Dryer, Broken, Divorce, Handyman, Car Repair, Plumbing, Summer, Nissan, Washer, Fix, Home Repair, Sears, Women News

This was the Summer of the Broken and now Labor Day marks its official end. If the universe was sending me a message -- and I believe she was -- it is that I cannot forever ignore the sagging, splintered pieces of my life's machinery.

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Unemployment Rises In More Than Half Of U.S. Metro Areas

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 08.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Unemployment rates rose last month in more than half of the nation's largest metro areas, driven higher by weak private-sector hiring an...

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Japanese Automakers' Production Cut Nearly In Half In April

AP | Posted 07.27.2011

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TOKYO -- Japanese automakers' global vehicle production plunged in April, especially in Japan where supplier plants were destroyed by the March 11 ear...

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The 'Surprises' of the Japanese Crisis and the Investment Lessons to Learn

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.26.2011

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Surprise consequences to the earthquake in Japan have revealed significant weaknesses in both the worlds of politics and business and from an investment point of view, there are lessons we can learn.

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Auto Union Grows For First Time In Years

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2011

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DETROIT - United Auto Workers membership rose for the first time in six years in 2010, helped by a recovering U.S. auto industry and expanding to ...

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Taxpayer Billions Could Fall Short In Creating New Jobs, More Efficient Cars

Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Tesla, Steve Westly, Green Cars, Energy Department, Fuel Efficient Cars, Tesla Motors, Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing, Electric Cars, Hybrid Cars, Ford, Nissan, Gao, Business News

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk The Center For Public Intergrity An Energy Department loan program meant to create jobs and spur development o...

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Japanese Auto Production Falls To Disastrous Lows

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Japan automakers in the first two weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami will lose about 65 percent in light vehicle ...

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Stalled Japanese Car Production Ripples Through Global Auto Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Japanese automakers recover from damages sustained in the earthquake and tsunami, effects of the stalls in production have already begun to spread ...

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Japanese Automakers Search For Alternative Suppliers Post-Quake

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, Parts Suppliers, Tokyo, Nissan, Goldman Sachs, Japan Earthquake, Japan Disaster, Prius, Lexus, Honda, Tokoya, Mitsubishi, Japan, Business News

TOKYO — Japan's major automakers are trying to find alternative parts suppliers to replace those knocked out of action by the colossal earthquake la...

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Automakers Extend Factory Shutdowns In Japan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Japanese auto companies on Wednesday extended shutdowns of car-assembly plants affected by the country's devastating earthquake and...

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UAW In Talks To Unionize Other U.S. Auto Plants

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Non-U.S. Automakers, Business News, Uaw, Toyota, US Automakers, United Auto Workers, Foreign Automakers, Honda, Business News

DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers has had preliminary private discussions with some nonunion automakers about organizing U.S. plants as it ...

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Jump-Starting the Fan Base

Chris Paine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tesla, Bob Lutz, Gm, Carlos Ghosn, Who Killed the Electric Car, Electric Cars, Nissan, Volt, Documentaries, Revenge of the Electric Car, Facebook, Elon Musk, Leaf, Indie Film, Entertainment News

Five years after Who Killed the Electric Car, we have a new documentary and a dramatic new era both for electric cars and movie distribution. How the world's changed.

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Nissan Profit Quadruples To $1.26 Billion

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Nissan's quarterly profit quadrupled and the automaker raised its full-year forecasts as surging sales overcame the drag from a strong y...

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