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GM Drops Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back 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.

GM Drops Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back discount
General Motors Corp. Drops Its Popular Employee-Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back on Incentives for 2006 Models

GM Drops Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back General Motors Corp. dropped its popular employee-discount plan Monday in a signal that the era of big incentives could be ending.

RedNova
Discount Medical Cards Emerging As Legitimate Alternative to Insurance discount
Jul. 31--After years on the fringe of the healthcare industry, sought after only by the desperate, discount medical plans may be gaining a toehold on respectability. Twenty-four have made it through the arduous licensing process the state of Florida started requiring this year.

Austin GM ends employee discount program discount
Automakers trying to find way to wean customers off of incentives. DETROIT — U.S. automakers, once again, are trying to wean customers off of incentives.

Korean Lawmakers Moving To Cut Discounters' Business Hours South Korean lawmakers are pushing to limit the business hours of discount outlets in an effort to protect small and mid-size retailers, drawing opposition from discounters, industry sources said Tuesday.

Richmond Bill rates hit levels last reached in 2001 discount
WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in yesterday's auction to the highest levels in four years. The Treasury Department auctioned $18 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 3.400 percent, up from 3.345 percent last week.

Papers Show Record Spending in Calif. Vote http://www.heraldsun.com/nationworld/national/30-632448.html
November's special election is shaping up as perhaps the costliest ever in California, campaign financial statements filed Monday show. The nation's biggest pharmaceutical companies contributed more than $37 million to the race during the first half of 2005. They hope to defeat a measure requiring prescription drug discounts, and hope to pass a measure calling for a voluntary discount program.

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GM Drops Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back 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.

GM Drops Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back discount General Motors Corp. Drops Its Popular Employee-Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back on Incentives for 2006 Models

GM Drops Discount Plan, Ford to Cut Back General Motors Corp. dropped its popular employee-discount plan Monday in a signal that the era of big incentives could be ending.

Northwest Indiana
Big Three Automakers Weigh Discount Offers http://nwitimes.com/articles/2005/08/01/ap/business/d8bn5jvo1.txt
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.

Charlotte
Police Suspect Same People Breaking Into Discount Stores http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4795895/detail.html?rss=char&psp=news
Police say thieves rip open the wall of a store in the hopes of a big payoff, but they can't crack the safe. Now police believe they are the same people hitting discount stores all over the Charlotte area.

Big Three Automakers Weigh Discount Offers discount
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. Ford Motor Co.

GM and Ford discount war continues
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.

Ford, Karmazin's Sirius Begin Factory Option Deal discount
Ford also extends employee-discount program.

GM and Ford cut prices as discount war continues
(Adds details throughout; combines material from separate stories about GM, Ford and Chrysler) By Poornima Gupta DETROIT, Aug 1 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Kansas City
Same-sex couple entitled to spousal discount, California court rules discount
SAN FRANCISCO - (KRT) - 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.