02 August 2005

Keyword News: [discount]


Tuesday, August 2, 2005 1:09 AM PDT
Your Keyword News Alert for [discount]
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Boston Globe, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:53 PM PDT
GM drops discount to retrain car buyers http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/08/02/gm_drops_discount_to_retrain_car_buyers?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. dropped its popular employee-discount plan yesterday in a signal that the era of big incentives could be ending. Ford Motor Co. said it will continue employee pricing for another month.

Rocky Mountain News, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:16 PM PDT
GM ends discount plan; Ford, Chrysler continue http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_3970501,00.html
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. dropped its popular employee-discount plan Monday in a signal that the era of big incentives could be ending. Ford Motor Co. said it will continue employee pricing for another month but also will try to cut back on incentives for 2006 models.

Detroit News, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:02 PM PDT
Big Three automakers weigh whether to continue employee-discount incentive http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0508/02/01-266007.htm
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. ended its employee-discount incentive program Monday but was hoping to extend its summertime sales boom by lowering prices and adding features to its 2006 models.

Reuters via Yahoo! News, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:25 PM PDT
GM and Ford cut prices as discount war continues http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050802/us_nm/autos_gm_prices_dc_10
General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. on Monday said they were cutting sticker prices and adding features on many cars and trucks in new marketing programs aimed at boosting U.S. sales.

Billings Gazette, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:53 PM PDT
Court: Same-sex couple entitled to discount http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/02/build/nation/70-couples-discount.inc
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Monday added considerable legal clout to the state's new domestic partner protections, concluding that private country clubs must treat same-sex partners the same as married couples.

Denver Post, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 0:25 AM PDT
GM betting on a new lure http://www.denverpost.com/ci_2906574?rss
Daniel Ortiz waited until Monday, the last day of General Motors' Employee Discount Sale, in hopes of getting "the best deal" on a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali XL. Ortiz, 48, of Highlands Ranch got the price he wanted. But he chafed at the trade-in offer made for his 3-year-old Ford Excursion.

Miami Herald, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 0:15 AM PDT
Budget airlines set to challenge tradition http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/international/latin_america/12279239.htm
Discount airlines have their sights set on Mexico, where such traditional carriers as Mexicana and Aeroméxico have grown complacent with 80 percent of the market.

Billings Gazette, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:57 PM PDT
American used car prices slip http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/02/build/business/45-american.inc
MILWAUKEE - The employee discount price incentives boosting new car sales this summer also are generating a big pool of used cars at franchise dealerships as drivers trade in their vehicles to buy 2005 models.

Detroit Free Press, Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:29 PM PDT
Car prices to fall, but incentives will stay http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/pricing2e_20050802.htm
The encore to General Motors Corp's. wildly successful Employee Discount for Everyone program will not be the haggle-free, easy-to-understand car prices consumers seemed to be clamoring for as they poured into dealer showrooms during the past two months.

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