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GM posts wider loss, burns through $5.2 billion in cash

General Motors, battered by a global economic collapse and buoyed by U.S. rescue loans, posted its sixth straight quarterly loss and burned through $5.2 billion in cash as revenue shrank by more than a third. The net loss of $9.6 billion in the fourth quarter compares with a loss of $1.5 billion a year earlier.

First Motorway Service Station Pub opens on M40

The Hope & Champion pub (pictured) opens at Beaconsfield Services on the M40 Where to stop for a bite to eat on UK motorways can often be a bit of a lottery, with many oif us seeking a pub just off the motorway for a bit of a break and a spot of lunch. But now, amid some controversy and complaints from safety groups, JD Wetherspoons has opened the first pub at a motorway services, with the Hope and Champion open for business at Beaconsfield Services on the M40. The Hope and Champion will be open from 4am to 1am, seven days a week, and serve the usual JD Wetherspoons fodder of passable meals and drinks and, say JD Wetherspoons, a wide range of non-alcoholic drinks, tea and coffee.

Stars to see at 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed

By Tim Pollard Motor Shows 23 June 2008 12:30 The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Hawthorn to Hamilton – Britain’s Love Affair with World Motor Sport’. Cue a smattering of iconic names from British motorsport, including Mike Hawthorn who became Britain’s first F1 world champion in a Ferrari 50 years ago and Lewis Hamilton, who is well placed to become his successor. Stars to look out for at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed include: Chris AtkinsonDerek BellStig BlomqvistSebastian BourdaisJenson ButtonJohn Cleland Troy CorserMike Doohan Carl FogartyFrank Gardner Lewis HamiltonMike Hawthorn Damon HillMikko HirvonenJuha KankkunenDougie LampkinJochen Mass Hannu MikkolaStirling Moss Anthony ReidAndy RousePetter SolbergJackie StewartMatthew Wilson More names are being confirmed day by day.