The prison authorities’ recent decision to move perlemoen kingpin Morne Blignault to SA’s only super-maximum jail took his family by surprise. And they are not happy.
Automakers are getting rid of certain models because, well, buyer preference is changing. the world famous volkswagen beatle. seven decades of name recognition. the 2019 model will be the last one, at least for now. that was the color i had, yellow. the volkswagen taura suv will disappear in the u.s. but will remain in foreign markets. and good-bye to the taurus. at one point it was one of the most popular cars in america but now large cars are falling out of favor. ford also eliminating its compact focus as it shifts attention to suvs and trucks. the plug-in hybrided for c max had a strong run but then fizzled. just like the taurus, the chevg r chevrolet impala fell victim to the downfall of large sedans. the chevy cruz was killed off because of plunging compact sedan sales. the plug-in hybrid chevy volt never lived up to sales
All they said it will happen in the michigan assembly plant which is in wayne, michigan. interesting thing about that, it makes the c max and focus right now. focus production is headed to an existing plant in mexico. so this may be a bit of an offset. ford was going to have to announce a date at which those focus jobs were going to mexico. now it looks like maybe, i m speculating, they ll be able to save those workers jobs in michigan by adding this when they lose the ford forke is jobs to mexico. terms of sentiment, might not know the total of jobs created it s more than zero. that is positive momentum and that s clearly what they re looking for. reporter: right. ali, thanks. i ll be sure to watch your interview in a come hours with mark fields. all right. it is time now for your morning primer. give you everything you need to know across the board to get your day started. the suspect in friday s deadly airport shooting in florida is due in court in 90
Shelves at a discount store collapsed on unsuspected shoppers in the bronx. falling shelves created a domino effect burying shoppers under piles of merchandise. responding firefighters scrambled to reach the victims under the debris. no injuries were life threatening. a consumer alert this morning. to owners of nearly a half million ford cars and trucks. ford issued two recalls, the first for 386,000 older model escape suvs sold in states where the cars are exposed to road salt. sub frames could rust causing steering problems. the other recall is for newer ford fusion, lincoln mxz, ford escape and c-max models. the seat back frames could be defective. ford will make free repairs to both recalls. safety experts just released crash test results of a midsize suv is good news for general motors. chevy equinox and gmc terrain were the only models in the class to get good ratings in the tests.
Narrowing the wage gap between men and women. he will sign two orders. one barring federal contractors from punishing employees who discuss their salaries with co-workers. the other will require contractors to submit additional salary information to the government including breakdowns by gender and race. major recall from ford. 386,000 ford escapes from 2001-2004 are being recalled to fix rusting on a subframe. the issue can cause steering problems. in addition, 49,000 ford fusion, lincoln mkz, escape, and c max cars dating back to last year are also being recalled to replace seat back frames that were not welded properly. that is an alert for those ford customers out there. chris? people more keenly aware these days of what s going on with cars as we follow the gm recall situation. let s switch gears. a year ago the university of connecticut wasn t even eligible for the ncaa tournament. they had academic problems and