Saturday, November 26, 2011

Used car sales climb 2.1% in January-September | The Budapest Business Journal on the web | bbj.hu

Hungarians sold and bought 316,964 used cars in January-September, up 2.1% yr/yr, however, a decline registered in September suggests that the market could start falling next year, brand manager Zoltan Horvath of Weltauto, the used car division of Porsche Hungaria, said.

Used car sales totalled 108,411 in the third quarter, still up 0.7% from a year earlier. In September, however, sales were down 6.5% yr/yr.

Sunday

National tour of the Tony-nominated musical about the day Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis met in Memphis.

Noon-5 p.m. (also 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday). Note that this is a timed-entry exhibition, so only a limited number of guests are admitted every 15 minutes. Discovery Place, 301 N. Tryon St. $24 for adults, $20 for seniors, $18 for kids. 704-372-6261.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Hawaii hosts Tulane amid point-shaving allegations

Quick Read Hawaii to host Tulane amid point-shaving allegations raised in anonymous letter to university

Photo credit: AP | Rice's Bryce Callahan (29) breaks up a pass intended for Tulane 's Justyn Shackleford during the first half of a Conference USA NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at Rice Stadium in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Eric Christian Smith )

Biden's 2012 targets: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida

By The Associated Press  JULIE PACE (Associated Press)

Quick Read Biden to target traditional battleground states in 2012 election: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida

(AP) -- A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Vice President Joe Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself.

Cowboys slip past Dolphins

ARLINGTON , Texas -- Win big, win small; win pretty, win ugly. Tony Romo learned a long time ago that victories are the only thing that matters.

So on a day when he was sloppier than he'd been in more than a month, and when his defense was giving up plenty of long drives but only one touchdown, Romo had one chance to make it pay off -- and he did. He and DeMarco Murray led an efficient final drive, setting up rookie Dan Bailey for a 28-yard field goal as time expired that gave the Dallas Cowboys a 20-19 victory over the Miami Dolphins yesterday.

MIUI 1.11.25 disponibile; ecco le novità - Centergeek.it

Anche per questa settimana il team MIUI ha rilasciato un nuovo aggiornamento, update 1.11.25, per questa fantastica ROM Android. Tra le novità più interessanti di questa versione, troviamo l’utilizzo di una nuova struttura per il Lockscreen che permetterà nuove ed interessanti personalizzazioni.

Royal Caribbean hosts Australia's first Elvis cruise

How popular is Elvis in Australia? Popular enough that an Australia-based event organizer has been able to fill an entire cruise ship with Elvis fans.

Australia's Daily Telegraph today reports that what's billed as Australia's first Elvis cruise set sail this week on Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas, which is spending the winter in the region.