HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune
Tony McCune of McCune Chrysler Dodge Jeep believes his dealerships will outlast the sales downturn. |
Parked in reverse
By Dean Calbreath
STAFF WRITER
With U.S. auto sales plummeting and the Big Three automakers seeking billions of dollars in federal aid, San Diego car dealers are experiencing their worst downturn in 30 years or longer.
Dow rockets nearly 900 points
But market volatility reins in expectations
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Wall Street had another astounding advance yesterday, with the Dow Jones industrials soaring nearly 900 points in their second-largest point gain ever as late-day bargain hunters stormed into the market. The Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 index each shot up nearly 11 percent.
Google, publishers reach deal on lawsuit
More access gained to out-of-print books
By Hillel Italie
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Eager to cool the debate over copyright text online and to make some money, Google and the publishing industry announced yesterday that they have settled their three-year legal battle over the Internet giant's book search program.
Microsoft's next Windows to be less irksome
Company also enabling Office to run in browser
By Jessica Mintz
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES – The next version of Microsoft Windows, the software that defines the computing experience for most people, will nag users far less than its much-maligned predecessor, Vista.
Proposition 8 would blunt biotech edge, execs say
Calif. could lose lead to gay-friendly Mass.
By Terri Somers
STAFF WRITER
A group of San Diego biotechnology executives have banded together to oppose Proposition 8, saying the proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage would be bad for business.
