Arguably the biggest motorcycle safety development since the helmet, Honda Motor Company plans to make motorcycles safer by introducing an airbag. For now, Honda's still working on getting production costs down, but the company expects to be able to offer the technology on its bikes in three years. The airbag will fit under the handle bars and will protect everything from the head to the lower back in the event of an accident.
The CAW has picked Ford as its target for bargaining a new Master Contract. DCX and GM weren't selected out of concern that either company would tell the CAW to go perform an anatomically impossible act decide to allow a strike instead of bargaining. The CAW probably feels that it has some leverage with Ford since the country provides engines for much of the automaker's North American operations. On the other hand, Ford right now represents the turnip in this attempt at s
The madness is finally over; or, as GM said, "it's just time for it to end." New ads will run this weekend officially notifying the public of the employee pricing program's demise and advertising the new 2006 models, possibly along with a new "value pricing" plans. Lauded by some and criticized by others, the employee pricing plan resulted in a 47 percent rise in sales in June for the automaker, along with a significant boost in market share. Additionally, the easy-to-understand
