The family behind Coastline BMW, the business founded in Currimundi in 1987 by Tristan s grandfather, Karl, had made its name selling BMWs and Toyotas in the region for decades. Tristan told the Daily his family had been in the car game in some aspect since basically the end of World War II. The fit-out is well underway. Photo: Patrick Woods. He said the chance to open a 4WD accessories branch was an opportunity they couldn t say no to . Mr Kurz said he had a love of getting off road and exploring and they d seen a rise in popularity of four-wheel-driving since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
dollars to local banks to lend to small businesss. i m announcing a proposal to take 30l $30 billion of the moy that was repaid by wall street banks now that they are back on their feet, take that $30 billion and use it to create a new small business lending fund that will provide capital for community banks on main street. trace: that part about taking the money from bailout payments has turned out to be controversial and we will get into that shortly. this was the president s second town hall meeting in the past week. back in washington, president obama s top money man facing tough questions on capitol hill. treasury secretary tim geithner testifying at a senate hearing one day after the white house released its budget for the next financial year. many democrats are unhappy with the administration spending cuts and many republicans are upset over tax hikes and a large deficit. and, of course, members of both parties are still steaming over the bank bailouts. geithner today heard