green living, smart spending
BMW’s $200 million additional investment in an American carbon fiber factory may be more important than its $1 billion investment to expand the BMW production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Here’s why: The smaller investment underscores the success of BMW’s new electric vehicle, the i3 (pictured above) and interest in the high performance i8 due
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Visit Cuba legally now from the USA. My recent visit to Cuba proves it’s easier than you think, with or without the steps toward normalizing relations just announced by President Obama. I flew from Miami on a chartered American Airlines plane. Half the passengers were Cuban-Americans visiting their relatives. The other half was Americans like
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Airports around the world are trying to reduce the stress of getting home or away for the holidays by adding some festive cheer, and it’s much more than just festive decorations and piped in holiday music. How about free gift wrapping, an ice rink and therapy dogs for petting. Here’s some of the things to
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Lufthansa is offering you the chance to name your own price on the new Lufthansa Premium Economy Class. The bid system is for an upgrade from economy on all routes flown by a Boeing 747-8 from Frankfurt, including to Bangalore, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Beijing, São Paolo, Seoul, Tokyo-Haneda and
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Let’s call this the Haul of Fame. If you’ve ever wanted to get your photo on the side of a U-Haul truck, now is your chance. The company is launching a photo contest that also raises money for the Red Cross. Here’s how it works: This offer is from 2014 and no longer in
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Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is relaunching the super-luxury Maybach sedan in 2015 as a 2016 model. The company stopped manufacturing them in 2012 because there just weren’t enough sales of the $380,000 car, even to Russian oligarchs or American rap stars. Maybach sold just 3,000 cars in a decade of competing against super-luxury limo
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Humanitarian disasters don’t just bring pain to people directly hurt by them. They also bring out the scammers to prey on our sympathy for those affected. Avoid getting ripped off by a fraudulent Ebola charity claiming to help its victims, or for products that claim to protect you against the deadly Ebola virus. The bad guys
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Enter to win the chance to get behind the wheel of the new Audi GR8 supercar on a super racetrack. The contest is to is to help launch the competition version of the Audi R8, the most powerful Audi production vehicle ever, based on the R8 LMS racecar. The R8 competition redefines the iconic R8
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When it opens in November 2014, Glacier 3000 will be the world’s first suspension bridge linking two mountain peaks. It’s an adrenalin-charged bridge walk in the Swiss Alps, high above the resort towns of Villars-Gryon and Les Diablaret, both famous for their skiing. I’ve skied at both. Villars is more family-friendly, with more gentle slopes
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This is your last chance for steep discounts for the upcoming 2014/2015 ski and snowboard season. Bargain rates for season passes, hotels and condos and airline flights and more, are ending just as the snowguns are gearing up. Here’s what you’ll miss if you wait much longer: Crested Butte, Colorado: Peak Passes are just $599
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