For Car Companies, It Was a Year to Forget - MSNBC

For Car Companies, It Was a Year to Forget MSNBC - 6 hours ago The surge in gas prices to more than $4 a gallon sent sales of GM's profitable pickup-truck and SUV business down almost 28%. When fuel prices started ...

Work Dries Up for Day Laborers - AlterNet

Work Dries Up for Day Laborers AlterNet, CA - Dec 24, 2008 Three hours later, around 10:30, a crew-cab pickup truck finally pulls up. A stampede of men engulfs it, shouting and jockeying for position. ...

Potential collapse of US automakers caps turbulent year - AFP

AFP	Potential collapse of US automakers caps turbulent year AFP - Dec 28, 2008 Daimler meanwhile officially filed a request with Russian authorities to take a stake in the truck maker Kamaz, but said it was also considering building ...