| Talk of the bay: Auto dealers' ads can take you for a ride
This just in: Some auto-dealership ads may be misleading. The less-than-surprising warning issued Thursday by the Florida Attorney General's Office says car buyers should steer clear of dealer offers to pay off their existing car loan or lease. The loan or lease obligation does not disappear in such cases; instead, the buyer ends up owing the dealer, and because of penalties the loan balance often increases. A dealer may try to hide the extra debt burden by lengthening the repayment period. In an unrelated settlement reached in November, Bill Heard Chevrolet of Plant City and Orlando agreed to pay the state $400,000 and not run misleading radio or print ads. Ruling nets Spain shipwreck details The Spanish government will receive detailed information about a shipwreck site where Tampa's Odyssey Marine Exploration found $500-million worth of coins and artifacts last year, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Different Clinton, more painful bill
It was like turning the clocks back 16 years when Hillary Clinton put her campaign to become the first woman president of the United States back on track with victory in New Hampshire. It was, of course, the same small north-eastern state where Bill first won his spurs as the comeback kid. The similarity does not end there. Just as in 1992, the US economy is a mess. Unemployment is rising, the federal deficit is enormous, personal debt frighteningly high, the real estate market is in freefall. For the first time since George Bush Sr was booted out of the White House, the economy is going to be absolutely central to this year's struggle for the presidency. Whoever wins the race - be it a Republican or Democrat - will take comfort from the fact that if economic recovery could be achieved in the 1990s it can be achieved again.
McCain and Romney spar over Michigan economy
The people will decide who best fits the robes for the position. They will determine who is going to take home the prize. Mrs. Clinton definetly is more modern than any of the other candidates, but Mr. McCain recieves support from many young people. This year, I know that many young people will vote because they are tired of a stagnat gov't who does nothing for them. I would like to see more change this year in the senate. I hope that the person who takes the presidency will appeal to a younger generation by including us in the decision he/she may make. .
Gazprom, Rosneft at War of Succession
Sibneft and Gazprom have reached principal agreement on selling Sibneft stocks to the gas monopoly, Interfax reported Friday, pointing out the deal parameters, including the budget and sources of funding, have not been determined yet. As long as the price remains unclear, it is too early to speak of any agreement, sources of Kommersant insist. As informed earlier, Gazprom is eying the stake of 92 percent in Sibneft (where the principal holders, including Chukotkas governor Roman Abramovich, own 72 percent) and is in talks to raise a loan of $10 billion.
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The Honey Project empowers teen entrepreneurs
When high school students want to get experience in running a business, they usually take up summer internships or shadow corporate executives. But several Broward County students have taken it a big step further - they are running their own honey business and with a global twist. The Honey Project is a program tied to the Junior Achievement Youth Entrepreneurship Program and the Minority E-Commerce Association - also known as MECA. It selects 15 Broward high school students to run the business, which sells organic African honey. Nathan Burrell, founder of MECA, conceptualized The Honey Project and along with being a partner in the business, he serves as an adviser for the students. "There are many after-school programs that focus on career training or reading or certain things from that standpoint, but we're one of the few unique projects that talk about youth entrepreneurship, in a sense that really gives the students an opportunity to own and manage their own business," Burrell said.
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