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Italian Car Sales Slow Down Further in November, Plunging 29% (Bloomberg)

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Italian car sales dropped 29 percent in November, indicating that the slump in car demand is getting worse as economic recession discourages buyers.

Despite rain, buyers dash to car sale (Montgomery Advertiser)

Ka'Aire Smith called on his high school basketball wind sprint conditioning drills Saturday morning to race through a downpour to get behind the wheel of a $99 car that he quickly claimed.

More window shoppers than buyers (China Daily)

A world speeding into recession can expect little solace from Chinese consumers, with the country's furniture stores, car showrooms and malls busier with window shoppers than buyers.

India's automakers rev up for run at U.S. car market (The Toledo Blade)

First of three parts MUMBAI, India — Yet another challenge is facing the U.S. auto industry. And this time, it isn’t coming from Japan, South Korea, or Germany — or the meltdown of the economy. In the next few years, Indian automakers and parts suppliers, long outcasts because of lackluster innovation and stagnant technology, have ambitious plans to sell cars to American consumers and peddle ...

Toyota, Nissan Lead Drop in Japan Car Sales as Wages Fall (Bloomberg)

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's new auto sales fell for a fourth straight month, led by Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. , as a slowing economy kept buyers out of showrooms.

Water rate increase looms (The Ocala Star-Banner)

OCALA - Some implications of the paralysis of the nation's credit markets are familiar: students unable to obtain loans to attend college; business owners worried about making payroll; car buyers denied money for new cars; taxpayers on the hook for billions in bailing out Wall Street.