Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Sunday | November 22, 2009
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Deadly Fridays
'Thank God it's Friday!' may no longer be a welcome refrain at the end of the Jamaican workweek, as that day accounts for the highest number of road fatalities in the country.

Sound clash next Sunday
It's all systems go for next Sunday's staging of auto sound system face-off, Sound Ruption 2-4-1, scheduled for MoBay Cricket Club, Jarrett Park.

Morgan crowned champ
Though he has been named the Jamaica Karting Association (JKA) Driver of the Year, Sheldon Morgan has not yet celebrated his achievement in motor sport.

Road fatalities near 300 mark
For the ninth straight year, Jamaica is on track to record more than 300 road fatalities.Statistics from the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Works show that up to last week, approximately 289 persons had...

China October sales up
BEIJING (AP):Powered by tax cuts and stimulus spending, China's October auto sales soared 72 per cent from a year earlier, outpacing United States (US) sales for another month, according to data reported Monday.

Electric-cars adoption gradual
NEW YORK (AP):The head of the Nissan-Renault alliance said Thursday that customers' adoption of electric vehicles will be a slow and gradual process, with traditional gasolene-powered cars continuing to dominate the market for many years.Carlos Ghosn...

GM plans for Europe
DETROIT (AP):UNITED STATES (US) auto sales could top an annual rate of 10.8 million in November, General Motors Co's top sales analyst said Thursday.That would mark the first month this year that sales jumped to such levels without the aid of the...


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