Allstate Will Lay Off 55, Close South Portland Office

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The nation’s second-largest automobile insurer on Wednesday announced plans to lay off 55 local employees, part of a companywide consolidation of its automobile claims processing offices.

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When Crows Attack

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People living in a quiet Rustington street are having to take extreme measures to protect their cars from a black-clad raider. Sue Pyle said: “I have had to fork out 50 excess for a new windscreen replacement, as the crow pecked so hard it made a crack.

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Heading into Memorial Day Recess, ‘Right to Repair’ Gains Four More Congressional Co-Sponsors

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As Congress approached the Memorial Day recess last week, four more members of Congress declared their support of the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act (HR 2057).

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Heading into Memorial Day Recess, ‘Right to Repair’ Gains Four More Congressional Co-Sponsors

Body Shop Files Response to State Farm in Tortious Interference Suit; Argues That State Farm is Not a Party to Its Relationship with Customers

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Gunder’s Auto Center, a body shop based in Lakeland, Fla., has filed a response to State Farm Insurance’s motion to dismiss its tortious interference suit. In the suit, Gunder’s alleges that State Farm tortiously interfered with at least three customers and made “slanderous and/or tortious statements to those identified prospective customers.”

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Waterloo Man Faces Charges After Alleged Crime Spree

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A Waterloo man faces multiple charges following an unexplained 12-hour crime spree in the city. Authorities are trying to figure out why 43-year-old Arthur Schmelzer damaged apartments, a hospital building, and attacked a sheriff’s deputy.

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State Offers Resident Low-Cost Auto Insurance

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With California’s unemployment rate topping 11-percent, the state is offering struggling residents an affordable car insurance option.

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Evansville Vandalism Spree

Posted by on May 28, 2009 under Auto News | Be the First to Comment

Police are looking for the vandals responsible for causing thousands of dollars of damage this holiday weekend. The rocks shattered windshields, windows, headlights and mirrors.

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As Parts Company Visteon Goes Bankrupt, Car Industry Faces Another Challenge

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Car parts maker Visteon is is going into Chapter 11 and if a number of its peers follow it, there is a chance that the supply of components to US car companies could be interrupted. That would make GM’s (GM) life more difficult as it attempts to go through the Chapter 11 process.

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Xinyi Glass Placement Upsized to $127 Million

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One might have thought that investors would tread cautiously around a stock that has already risen more than 200% this year, but as it were, investors were happy to buy Hong Kong-listed Xinyi Glass Holdings last night when the stock was offered through a combined placement of new and existing shares.

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Reward Offered in Fatal Hit and Run

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A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest following an early May 17 fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 26-year-old man in Libertyville.

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