That would be a big hurdle anyone would have to get over. That?s something that would have to be worked out through the city council, and I can?t even imagine how many public discussions and other steps would be involved in that process.

While there are really no better or worse rates from banks or insurance, ... rental or corporate fleet companies might work out better arrangements with their in-house financing.

Manufacturers, banks, corporations and rental companies are sitting with a tremendous amount of used cars. And that's good for consumers,

A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations.

An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.

California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States.