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On the left, a wall of washing machines and stoves. On the right, a man is taking apart a vacuum cleaner, another a food processor.A little further away, an employee looking through a powerful...
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The 2010 Toyota Corolla is the most reliable car sold in the United States, according to a report released today.The car requires fewer repairs than any other car — 2002 model year or later — and the...
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View ArticleINSTANT MBA: Leaders Must Be Consistent
Today's advice comes from John Duffy, CEO of 3C Interactive, via The New York Times"Consistency is important to me. I think my partners and employees appreciate the fact that you get the same John...
View ArticleThe 10 Least Reliable Car Brands In The US
Given that Consumer Reports is among the most influential sources of information for new cars, people tend to pay a lot of attention to its new press releases, whether they agree with the publication...
View ArticlePorsche Tops JD Power's List Of Most Reliable New Cars
Buyers of Porsches are least likely to have problems with their new vehicles, according to the latest Initial Quality Study from market research agency J.D. Power. The study, which is widely used by...
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Consumer Reports released its annual Auto Reliability Survey on Monday and cited a growing problem that should be of significant concern to carmakers, regardless of where their brands finished in the...
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View ArticleThis Fiat Crossover Finished Last On Consumer Reports' Reliability List
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View Article5 of the least reliable cars from Consumer Reports' annual auto survey
The Consumer Reports 2015 Annual Auto Survey allowed car owners to tell us, in their own (often angry) words, about service problems they had experienced in the past year.With more than 740,000...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Surface devices are 'significantly less reliable' than other...
The breakage rate for Microsoft's Surface devices is significantly worse than for other manufacturers' laptops and tablets, Consumer Reports said, adding that it was removing its "recommended"...
View ArticleWhy Twitter Was Down: 'Reason'
It's enough to make us miss the Fail Whale.During its outage this morning, Twitter's website displayed a bizarre message showing chunks of code:Twitter is currently down for <%= reason %>.We...
View ArticleHow Manufacturers Get You To Buy New Appliances
On the left, a wall of washing machines and stoves. On the right, a man is taking apart a vacuum cleaner, another a food processor.A little further away, an employee looking through a powerful...
View ArticleThese Are America's Most Trusted Cars
The 2010 Toyota Corolla is the most reliable car sold in the United States, according to a report released today.The car requires fewer repairs than any other car — 2002 model year or later — and the...
View ArticleThese Are The Most Reliable Used Cars Money Can Buy
A study by Warranty Direct has revealed what it says are the 10 most reliable used cars of the last 15 years.The company was founded in 1997 and has examined more than 200,000 customer policies between...
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