Manufacturing and Engineering

FDA accuses 1-800-GET-THIN of using misleading Lap-Band ads

2011-12-14 00:00:00

The Food and Drug Administration has accused the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company of using misleading advertising in its promotion of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery, saying the billboard, radio and television ads underplay serious risks to patients. The...

Car review: 2012 Subaru Impreza adds fuel economy

2012-01-18 18:54:00

The recipe for Subaru's compact Impreza is getting a rewrite for 2012. Previously, it was like a bag of trail mix that skimped on the M&Ms. The Impreza was a hearty, go-anywhere offering that was long on nutrition but short on a key ingredient to sweeten...

Bagged greens: To wash or not to wash

2012-01-30 00:00:00

The salad chefs I know fall into two camps: Some serve pre-washed bagged leafy greens straight from the bag. The others insist on washing them first, even though the bag label promises that the contents are "triple-washed." Over the years, I've ignored...

Chrysler surges in a big year for U.S. cars

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Boeing to close historic aerospace facility in Kansas

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Homemade pop tarts? Absolutely.

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Planners want to discard Grapevine route for rail project

2012-01-10 00:00:00

Cadillac to take another shot at small luxury sedan leaders

2012-01-09 16:32:00

High school boys' basketball rankings

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Detroit auto show signals a turnaround for the industry

2012-01-09 00:01:00

Pep Boys agrees to be acquired for about $791 million

2012-01-30 08:17:00

China Communist Party bureaucrats like their cars high end

2012-01-08 00:00:00

It seems that both angels and automakers, not to be confused with one another, need halos. With automakers it's a halo car, a top-of-the-line sports model that shows its design and performance capabilities.

2012-02-08 00:00:00

Charging documents that Manos used the LPIG debit card for three Home Depot purchases. He bought more than $8,000 in merchandise, including a GE refrigerator like the one pictured, a dishwasher, and a microwave.

2012-02-08 00:00:00

How do you take an automotive icon and make it ugly? Hire a designer from Ford, circa 1984. That's when the automaker issued a performance variant of the Mustang called SVO. Already burdened with the econo-hatchback design of other Mustangs, it added a two-tiered spoiler and uniquely awful grille.

2012-02-06 17:23:42