Category Archives: people

Digital Media is Dirty, Rife with Kickbacks, Fraudulent Claims

Posted on 24 March 2017 by Ken Zino

Years – if not decades – of abuse by digital media online ads with fraudulent or inflated traffic claims and ambiguous view-ability standards about how the ads actually appear on screens, have caused national advertisers to demand changes. Continue reading →

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FCA Dedicates World Class Manufacturing Academy

Posted on 21 March 2017 by Ken Zino

FCA employees and community members can take classes to earn an Associate’s degree through Ivy Tech, then work toward a Bachelor’s degree from Purdue. Continue reading →

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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Ratings Run – Beats Fox, O’Reilly

Posted on 16 March 2017 by Ken Zino

Rachel Maddow’s 9 o’clock show beat every other prime time show during the week of March 6. This made her thoughtful, fact-filled show Number One for adults 25-54 years old in her time slot with an average 624,000 viewers. Maddow even beat the lying, racist pandering Bill O’Reilly of the non-news Fox Propaganda channel. Continue reading →

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Trump Lies – Healthcare Bill Boots 24m, Eventually Keeps 52m from Insurance Because of Tax Cuts for Favored Rich

Posted on 15 March 2017 by Ken Zino

Look at an analysis by the independent and widely respected Congressional Budget Office that was released his week, and promptly dismissed by Republicans as bogus. In the analysis, the highly respected, independent CBA says that 24 million people – mostly poor – will lose health service while giant, unimaginable tax cuts will go to the supper rich. Continue reading →

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Hiroto Saikawa Chosen as Nissan Chief Executive Officer

Posted on 23 February 2017 by Ken Zino

This planned management shift follows Ghosn’s recent expansion of the Renault-Nissan Alliance to include Mitsubishi Motors, which positions the Alliance among the top automotive groups in terms of scale. Continue reading →

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Trumped? Hyundai Motor Names David S. Kim as Lobbyist

Posted on 22 February 2017 by Ken Zino

Kim also served as Deputy Assistant for Congressional Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Hyundai of course has a lot to lose if Trump can get a border tax through Congress even though it has a manufacturing presence in the U.S. Continue reading →

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Porsche Forms New Import JV in Taiwan

Posted on 20 February 2017 by Ken Zino

Taiwan, with its continued growth, registered a sales record of 3,356 units in 2016 contributed from four Porsche Centers. Continue reading →

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President of China Automotive Technology and Research Center Keynotes SAE

Posted on 26 January 2017 by Ken Zino

Traditionally, SAE was dominated by the what were then called the Big Three Detroit auto manufacturers, more recently it has become an international forum for global automakers and suppliers. Now it’s China’s turn. Continue reading →

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NADA Celebrates Its 100-Year Anniversary

Posted on 26 January 2017 by Ken Zino

Founded in 1917, NADA was formed when a group of local dealers set out to fight Congress on levying a luxury tax on new automobiles. Continue reading →

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Daytona: Katherine Legge Drives for Acura, Shea Adam Calls for IMSA

Posted on 26 January 2017 by Ken Zino

Katherine Legge will be one of the four full-time drivers for the Michael Shank Racing/Acura Motorsports campaign starting now at the 24 Hours of Daytona for the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Continue reading →

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Japanese Husbands Cross-dress for Nissan’s Mommying Drive

Posted on 23 January 2017 by Ken Zino

The project – Auto Informed says this is groundbreaking, adept and socially transforming thinking – was supervised by the Japan Aisaika Organization (Japan Society of Loving Husbands). The organization works to make husbands “care and be more grateful towards their wives.” It made 31 January the National Day of Loving Husbands. Continue reading →

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Detroit Tigers at NAIAS: Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and…

Posted on 20 January 2017 by Ken Zino

Chevrolet, of course, is the official vehicle of Major League Baseball. The Tigers, of course, didn’t make the playoffs in 2016, and seem set to field the same team. Continue reading →

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Freshened Ford Mustang Shown in Los Angeles

Posted on 17 January 2017 by Ken Zino

Pro wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson introduced the new freshened Ford Mustang in Los Angeles today. Continue reading →

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Volkswagen Pleads Guilty on Felony Charges in Dieselgate

Posted on 13 January 2017 by Ken Zino

Volkswagen AG will plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty because of the company’s long-running Dieselgate caper that sold ~590,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. using a defeat device to cheat on emissions tests. Continue reading →

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Porsche Extends Lutz Meschke’s Job for Five Years

Posted on 20 December 2016 by Ken Zino

Porsche has a profit target of more than 15%, but is part of the Volkswagen Group that is enmeshed in a company threatening Dieselgate emissions scandal. Continue reading →

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