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Why I Love Eating at Restaurants

Laverne H. Bardy | Posted 05.24.2012

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Laverne H. Bardy

Most retirees spend money doing things they couldn't afford or didn't have time for before they retired. My guilty pleasure is eating out. Here's why.

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Designer Of Porsche's Classic 911 Sports Car Dies

AP | DAVID McHUGH | Posted 04.06.2012

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FRANKFURT, Germany -- He designed Porsche's classic 911 sports car – the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados &ndash...

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The Chinese Consumer: Still Projecting and Protecting

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital in China, Risk Avoidance, Changhong TCL, Handycam, Tcl, Status Projection, Changhong, On-Line Anonymity, Kaixing Wang, Chinese Digital Liberation, Chinese Consumer, Public Display in China, Beauty Products in China, Chinese Mass Market, Pizza Hut, Safety in China, Sports Cars, Nokia, Baby Formula, Ford, On-Line Games, Twitter, Haier, Iac, Internalized Benefit, Facebook, Haagen Dazs, Bmw, Sony, Mercedes, Autos in China, Externalized Benefits, Beer in China, Chinese Middle Class, Starbucks, Chinese Purchasing Power, Chinese Savings Rates, Weibo, Safeguard, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Contemporary Chinese society, still Confucian to the core, is driven by the need for societal acknowledgment and diffused insecurity. Consumer behavior, characterized by status projection and risk avoidance, reflects these truths.

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Toyota, Channeling James Bond, Makes Big Play For Sports Car Market

Bloomberg | Makiko Kitamura and Yuki Hagiwara | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the world's largest carmaker tries to rebuild its reputation for quality following record recalls, President Akio Toyoda, a racing fan, has said he...

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Drop Top Gorgeous: Mazda Miata Turning Heads for 20 Years

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Rose

How did Mazda reinvent the classic British sports car? They listened to a group of Southern California dreamers who lamented the loss of the "everyman" British sports cars.

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Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid: What It's Like To Drive The World's Most Exotic Hybrid Sports Car

Translogic | Diego Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Responding to a future clouded by issues such as climate change and peak oil, automakers are looking at new ways -- alternative powertrain technologie...

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Sexy Sports Car Is Also Green

GreenUpgrader | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hybrids, Hybrid, Green Technology, Hybrid Cars, Sports Cars, Green News

They keep getting better and better! Here's another killer eco-friendly sports car. While this is still a concept, Hybrid Technologies has some pret...

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The 10 Fastest Green Cars On The Planet

Wired | Matthew Phenix | Posted 05.25.2011

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E85 Viper Among old-school gearheads, conventional wisdom is that gasoline is where the fun is, was and always will be (until the pumps run dry). Alt...

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Porsche Profit More Than Triples

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Luxury sports car maker Porsche AG said Monday that its net profit for fiscal 2007 more than tripled with help from a revaluation of its 22 percent st...

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Honda To Unveil Hybrid Sports Car

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honda Hybrid, Honda, Tetsuji Morikawa, Sports Cars, CR-Z, Business News

Hybrids don't have to sacrifice looks to be environmentally friendly -- they can be muscular and stylish, too. That's the message Honda hopes to send ...

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