BMW is preparing to launch a new X-model: BMW X4. The entry-level Sports Activity Coupe is set to launch in 2014 and will be manufactured at the Spartanburg Plant in South Carolina. Built under the code F26, the X4 shares the same platform as the new X3, and will be positioned, price wise, below the X5. According to our sources, the X4 is 4.65 meters long (183 inches), same length as the F25 X3. From a design standpoint, the 2014 [...]
Daily Archives: May 27, 2012
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Strauss-Kahn countersuit: Opening the door to his sexual past?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn struck back this week at the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault with a sharply worded countersuit claiming defamation, but lawyers say the filing could backfire. Legal experts say Strauss-Kahns lawsuit could give New York maid Nafissatou Diallos attorneys greater freedom to present evidence of Strauss-Kahns sexual history, including allegations involving other women.
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Leisure at Cheltenham
Leisure@Cheltenham is a vibrant, newly refurbished council-run leisure centre, which re-opened in September 2008, and offers a range of affordable sporting activities on a pay-and-play or membership basis. There are three swimming pools at Leisure@Cheltenham, including a 33-metre main pool for lane and leisure swimming, as well as a training pool, and diving pool with four boards. Leisure@Cheltenham also boasts a multi-purpose sports hall for five-a-side football, badminton, netball and volleyball, as well as five separate courts for squash and [...]
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Oklahoma State’s Littlehead arrested
Oklahoma State defensive tackle Christian Littlehead was arrested early Saturday morning on a complaint of public intoxication. Citing the police report, the Tulsa World reports police were called to an apartment complex at 4:30 am on Saturday on a noise complaint. Once there the police found several people drinking in the parking lot and just plain being loud while doing so. Five people were arrested, with Littlehead being one of them. This is not the first time Littlehead has found [...]
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Officials urge fuller Fed policy reports
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve, which has taken already taken extraordinary steps in the past couple of years to provide greater transparency, is considering a range of ways to sharpen its communication on the possible future course of monetary policy. Some officials are advocating fuller and more frequent monetary policy reports that, ideally, would provide financial markets greater clarity about how the Fed would adjust its policy to changing economic circumstances, and give some sense about probability. The [...]
