BRIEFCASE GAS PRICES DROP FOR SEVENTH WEEK.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Southern California's gasoline prices dropped by their largest weekly amount in more than a year this week, the seventh consecutive weekly drop, the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. reported Friday. The average self-serve price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.199 in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area Friday morning - 5.3 cents less than last week, 27 cents less than last month and 50 cents more than last year. State added 8,700 jobs in November California's economy added 8,700 payroll jobs last month while the number of job seekers fell to the lowest level since 2001, the state said Friday. A survey of employers indicated that more than 14.6 million people held payroll jobs in November, the state's Employment Development Department said. Farm workers and the self-employed were not included in the survey. The state's unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, down from a revised 5.8 percent in October. A year ago, it was 6.6 percent. A separate survey of households suggested that more than 16.7 million people held jobs in November, a gain of 409,000 over the same month a year ago and an increase of 25,000 over October. Tenet says move will be done soon SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. - Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC. , the nation's second-largest for-profit hospital For-profit hospitals, or alternatively investor-owned hospitals, are investor-owned chains of hospitals which have been established particularly in the United States during the late twentieth century. chain, will complete its headquarters move to Dallas on Jan. 3, the company said Friday. Tenet chief executive Trevor Fetter and other senior executives will move next month. Operations at the Santa Barbara office will wind down until it closes June 30, the company said. Fewer than 30 of Tenet's 115 employees in Santa Barbara will make the move to Dallas. Some employees have opted not to move while others will be let go in the next six months, the company said. Durango, Dakota recall under way WASHINGTON - Bowing to pressure from federal safety regulators, DaimlerChrysler AG is recalling 600,000 Dodge Durango The Dodge Durango is an SUV from Chrysler's Dodge brand. It debuted in the 1998 model year and was redesigned for 2004. It fills the gap in the Dodge lineup since the cancellation of the Dodge Ramcharger in 1993. SUVs and Dakota pickup trucks because of a defect that can cause their wheels to fall off. The recall affects vehicles from the 2000-2003 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh") is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, part of the Department of Transportation. recommended the recall after a 16-month investigation revealed that the vehicles' upper ball joints could fail. If that happens, the suspension could collapse and a wheel could fall off. Ford orders recall of 474,000 SUVs DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it is recalling about 474,000 Ford Escape sport utility vehicles This page lists sports utility vehicles currently in production (as of April 2007), as well as past models. The list includes crossover SUVs, Mini SUVs, Compact SUVs and other similar vehicles. worldwide because of an accelerator problem that can cause the engine to race. The automaker said it does not know of any crashes or injuries related to the problem. The recalled vehicles are from model years 2002 to 2004, and the vast majority are in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , a Ford spokeswoman said. Escape SUV best in side crash tests WASHINGTON - The 2005 Ford Escape got the highest rating in side crash tests performed by the insurance industry, but only when it was tested with its optional side air bags, according to results released Friday. The 2005 Honda CR-V, which has standard side air bags, also got the highest rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a U.S. non-profit organization funded by auto insurers. It works to reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes, and the rate of injuries and amount of property damage in the crashes that still occur. . The Ford Escape got a ``poor,'' the institute's lowest rating, when it was tested without its side air bags. |
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