ON THE WAY: Norway-based Think plans to sell its City electric car in the U.S. in 2009 and has an eye toward the Southern California market. ( Dan Neil/Los Angeles Times ) OSLO, NORWAY - Ingvil Ladehaug is battery challenged. Her laptop is running ...

Money skills unlearned - Chicago Tribune

College graduates are saying goodbye to all-night study groups, pizza diets and midafternoon naps. And many will need to accept more financial responsibility. But some of those about to leave college for good worry they are not up to the task of ...

Rental car firms OK refueling agreement - Baltimore Sun

Major rental car companies have reached agreement with state officials to reduce refueling fees by about 40 percent on vehicles returned in Maryland with partially full gas tanks. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler will detail the new rate ...

Travel experts: US share of foreign tourists slips - BusinessWeek

Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor ...

Home loans, rent hurting more than fuel - News.com.au

HOME loan repayments and rent are hurting struggling borrowers much more than high petrol prices, data from Australia's largest privately owned debt collection agency shows. Unleaded fuel prices were approaching $1.70 in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney ...