Fisker's China (dis)connections By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) - In late January, consultant Joel Ewanick arrived at Geely's headquarters in eastern China to deliver an impassioned pitch on behalf of Fisker Automotive, the California-based boutique green-car maker that was running out of cash and sliding toward bankruptcy. Ewanick, a former General Motors Co and Hyundai marketing executive, walked Geely Chairman Li ...
June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
'Dead Man's Hill' no longer a menace in Wallingford Richard Marchese remembers sitting in his car one winter, decades ago, atop a steep hill on Route 5 in Wallingford. He waited until other cars were out of the way before making his slippery descent. Soon his car was sliding sideways, and it kept sliding all the way to the bottom.
June 17, 2013 - The Record-Journal
Steven Holcomb in ESPN My thoughts and prayers are with the Georgian Olympic team,US bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb said on Twitter. "The sliding community suffered a tragic and devastating loss to our family today."
Tiger Wood in Seattle Post Intelligencer One of the great things coming back is my bones aren't moving anymore,Woods said. "It's a very comforting feeling hitting a golf ball without your bones sliding all over the place. That's been very exciting to play that way, and I'm...
Levi Leipheimer in Toronto Star My wrist hurts, but surprisingly it's okay. It could have been a lot worse,Leipheimer said. "I was a bit surprised by a left corner ...... my tire was sliding and I couldn't quite save my bike from sliding out."