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Toyota dealer goes upscale for recall customers

Toyota dealer goes upscale for recall customers

Ed Taylor, Tribune Feb 9, 2010 - 4:59PM

An East Valley Toyota dealer is rolling out the red carpet to make its customers feel a little less inconvenienced by the recalls to fix brake and accelerator glitches.

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Q.C. couple creates country wedding center

An old Queen Creek home is about to get new life as a wedding and event center. Mike Nasser and his wife bought a house and nearly one...

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Company offers lease on solar panels

A Phoenix-based alternative energy company has started offering a solar leasing program in Arizona.

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UA senior's spiderlike robot gains eye of Intel

TUCSON — Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around...

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The Associated Press

Feb 9, 2010 - 9:32AM

Some Glendale City Council members are questioning a recent land deal that cost the city $6.6 million.

Glendale questioned over land deal

The Associated Press Feb 9, 2010 - 9:32AM

Some Glendale City Council members are questioning a recent land deal that cost the city $6.6 million.

Gilbert shop in up-and-down business of yo-yos

Blake Herzog, Tribune Feb 9, 2010 - 12:05PM

A little-known Gilbert machining shop across the street from McQueen Park is churning out one of the lowest-tech toys imaginable — the humble yo-yo.

Only these aren’t so humble. They start at $30 and go up to 24K gold-plated $80 “Goldeneye” models.

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Blake Herzog, Tribune

Feb 9, 2010 - 3:13PM

Dana Ortiz was going to start shopping for her first house last week, eager to move out of her Mesa rental and stake her claim to the stability and status that she says paying a mortgage confers.

Low-income homebuyers find few Gilbert options

Low-income homebuyers find few Gilbert options

Blake Herzog, Tribune Feb 9, 2010 - 3:13PM

Dana Ortiz was going to start shopping for her first house last week, eager to move out of her Mesa rental and stake her claim to the stability and status that she says paying a mortgage confers.

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The Associated Press

Jan 25, 2010 - 1:09PM

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Mondy offered help for Americans struggling to pay bills and care for their families, appealing to a middle-class he says has been "under assault for a long time."

Survey: Slow recovery continues  |  McCain to oppose Bernanke's Fed confirmation

Obama announces initiatives for middle class

Obama announces initiatives for middle class

The Associated Press Jan 25, 2010 - 1:09PM

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Mondy offered help for Americans struggling to pay bills and care for their families, appealing to a middle-class he says has been "under assault for a long time."

Survey: Slow recovery continues  |  McCain to oppose Bernanke's Fed confirmation

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The Associated Press

Feb 9, 2010 - 6:59PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can....

Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private

The Associated Press Feb 9, 2010 - 6:59PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can....

Airgas board rejects Air Products' buyout offer

The Associated Press Feb 9, 2010 - 6:41PM

RADNOR, Pa. (AP) -- Industrial gas supplier Airgas Inc. on Tuesday rejected the unsolicited $5 billion buyout bid from larger rival Air Products and Chemicals Inc., calling it a "bargain basement price."...

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