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Auto Service Delay Woes

Auto Service Delay Woes

“Hey, it's ASOTU again, just calling to let you know it was tricky but we got the 3rd lug nut off. Talk to you soon”

Egyptian Banks Set Up Fintech Innovation Fund

Egyptian Banks Set Up Fintech Innovation Fund

A wonderful thing about our interconnected world is you never know when the next Paypal just got funding in Egypt and will change the shape of business within the next five years. It’s always fun to pay attention to the possibility.

Bitcoin Mine Gives County a Headache

Bitcoin Mine Gives County a Headache

Noise pollution court is in sessions, all rise for the honorable judges, AC/DC…

March Madness Upset Leaves 14 Yahoo Brackets in Play

March Madness Upset Leaves 14 Yahoo Brackets in Play

Surely, if you could predict the ending, they wouldn't call it "madness"…

More EV Price Hikes

More EV Price Hikes

The battery is the most expensive part of an EV, and the cathode is the most expensive part of the battery. The cathode is made of cobalt, lithium, and manganese. It only gets nerdier and more expensive from there…

Earthquake Temporarily Shuts Down Toyota

Earthquake Temporarily Shuts Down Toyota

This reduction leaves Toyota’s planned output for 2022 at nearly 11M vehicles. If they need a long weekend to shake off the blows we say they’ve earned it.

Germain Toyota of Naples Performs First Metaverse Transaction

Germain Toyota of Naples Performs First Metaverse Transaction

By this time next year, you’ll be reading this from inside a metaverse dealership sipping on your crypto coffee while you wait for the transaction on your new car to complete…

World’s First Retail Automotive Transaction in the Metaverse Completed at Germain Toyota of Naples

World’s First Retail Automotive Transaction in the Metaverse Completed at Germain Toyota of Naples

GM Brian Kramer Leads Team To Complete Monumental Transaction

Ryan Reynolds Helps Young Fan Understand Onscreen Kiss

Ryan Reynolds Helps Young Fan Understand Onscreen Kiss

Ryan Reynolds also evaporated a bunch of bad guys in that movie which he said was "totally real."

Netflix May Charge You For Sharing Your Password

Netflix May Charge You For Sharing Your Password

Somebody’s gotta pay for the next season of Stranger Things.

Amazon Workers Strike

Amazon Workers Strike

2-4-6-8 Our boss just paid to go to space…

Volkswagen Joins Push to Raw Material Sustainability

Volkswagen Joins Push to Raw Material Sustainability

OEMs are learning it's easier to push back when you band-together... Sound familiar?

Huge BMW Recall Over Possible Short Circuit

Huge BMW Recall Over Possible Short Circuit

Recalls can feel overwhelming for the customer, but for dealers, it's an opportunity for connection and care.

Mullen Stands Out in Performance EV Market

Mullen Stands Out in Performance EV Market

We went to the local YMCA and asked all the kids at swim class when they were ready to go after Phelps…

S&P 500 Hits a "Death Cross"

S&P 500 Hits a "Death Cross"

Stock market 101 is buying low. Stock market 102 is not spilling coffee on your sweet ties.

Lyft Adding a Fuel Surcharge

Lyft Adding a Fuel Surcharge

*Looks up skateboards and grapple hooks on Amazon*

Bitcoin Hardware Maker Announced Stock Buybacks

Bitcoin Hardware Maker Announced Stock Buybacks

Back in our day we just put a Nokia on a stick and started diggin’!

Shift to Acquire Fair's dealer listing marketplace.

Shift to Acquire Fair's dealer listing marketplace.

Is Shift's marketing going to work for dealers, or is the dealer's inventory going to work for Shift? 🤔

Jeep Announces Drive to Electrified Freedom

Jeep Announces Drive to Electrified Freedom

$5 on Jeep being the first EV company to let drivers recharge with lightning bolts.

Diversity and Inclusion Discussion from CARS.com

Diversity and Inclusion Discussion from CARS.com

Diversity starts at home, in our workplaces, at our tables, and in the values we pass to our family.

Artificial Intelligence Launches an NFT Collection

Artificial Intelligence Launches an NFT Collection

First, the robots took over our manufacturing jobs. Now, they're moving on all the creatives. Watch out influencers, you’re next…

NADA 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Panel hosted by Paul J Daly at the CARS.com booth #3421W

NADA 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Panel hosted by Paul J Daly at the CARS.com booth #3421W

A discussion between friends and industry leaders around the critical importance of diversity in automotive.

Apple & MLB Strike a Deal

Apple & MLB Strike a Deal

Wait, is this just marketing for some Ted Lasso spin-off?

Banks Anticipate Cyberattacks

Banks Anticipate Cyberattacks

Are Fax Machines about to be worth their weight in bitcoin…?

Daylight Savings: Now And Forever

Daylight Savings: Now And Forever

Our grandkids are never going to believe this was real.