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Adrienne Wanek wants a low mileage 2017 Lexus sedan that offers the same reliability as the model she’s had for 20 years.
But after chatting with her trusted used car dealer, she’s come to the same depressing conclusion many people in the Chicago area have landed upon in the last several months: There’s never been a more difficult time to buy a used car.
“I’m thankful the dealer I’m working with was just honest about it and told me, ‘This is the absolute worst time to be shopping for a used car,’” she said.
Surgeries for driver attacked during carjacking at Des Plaines auto dealership A frame from surveillance video of a Feb. 25 carjacking at Jidd Motors in Des Plaines shows two men about to take two vehicles up front while another runs to take another car off a trailer, with the fourth man in a getaway vehicle near the road and the delivery driver crawling after he was attacked by the men. Courtesy of Jidd Motors
Updated 2/26/2021 8:29 PM
It s one surgery down and one to go for the 36-year-old driver who was badly beaten Thursday during a carjacking at a luxury automobile dealership in Des Plaines.
One of the most well-known recent Australasian success stories in the software space is accounting platform
Xero, which is based in New Zealand and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Head of IP Becky White said that cloud-based company is waiting for the “cloud of uncertainty” around Australian software patents to dissipate – though she added that the firm is not looking at a massive impact on filing strategy as of now.
Joe Mok, a patent counsel at gaming company
Aristocrat, said: “It’s adding cost to the business, and we’ve got to explain why we’re spending so much money on something we can’t get.” The company’s short term strategy was to wait for Encompass and clarity – now it has tough choices to make. Aristocrat is itself contesting a case that may present the next opportunity for a Federal Court clarification at some point next year.