International Business News - CAB http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Michigan's top tourist attraction could be getting a rival--another Cabela's. The state's first Cabela's Inc. outdoor equipment store, built in Dundee about 40 miles southwest of Detroit, has been the state's No. 1 tourist attraction since it opened in August 2000, drawing about 6 million people a year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/mich-gov-granholm-announces-658m-in-investments.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:41:14 EDT Among the earnings stories for Friday, Aug. 1, from AP Financial News: DETROIT (AP)--GM on Friday reported a $15.5 billion second-quarter loss, the third-worst quarterly performance in its nearly 100-year history. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/earnings-roundup-general-motors-nyse-euronext.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:29:39 EDT Consumer spending is down and gas prices are up. That's bad math for the scores of destination retailers across the country that want customers to fill up the tank for a gas-guzzling day of retail therapy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97859-destination-shopping.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/destination-retailers-feel-gas-price-pinch.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/destination-retailers-feel-gas-price-pinch.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:03:22 EDT Police say a suspect in a bank robbery on Long Island tried to get away by hailing a cab. Police say a man walked into a Washington Mutual Bank on Merrick Road in Copiague about 10:02 a.m. Tuesday and passed a note to a teller announcing a robbery and demanding cash. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/police-li-bank-robbery-suspect-tried-to-hail-cab.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:54:35 EDT MANCHESTER, Tenn.--"On the Road" with Death Cab for Cutie isn't just a weak pun for the touring band. Jack Kerouac's book is an inspiration to lead singer and songwriter Ben Gibbard, who wrote many of the songs on their new album "Narrow Stairs" at a cabin in California's Big Sur once occupied by the author. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73089-bonnaroo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/death-cab-finds-life-on-the-road-to-their-liking.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/death-cab-finds-life-on-the-road-to-their-liking.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:13:57 EDT A man accused of calling 911 15 times in a row because he was tired of waiting for a cab was arrested early Tuesday, police said. Each time Kevin Lewis Waits called, the emergency dispatcher told the man he had to call a taxi service and that police could not help him, said Waco police officer Steve Anderson. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/man-accused-of-repeatedly-calling-911-for-cab.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 19:50:28 EDT Finding your better half this Valentine's Day could be as easy as hailing a taxi _ especially if Ahmed Ibrahim is in the driver's seat. The 53-year-old cupid cab driver, as he refers to himself, has spent the past few years playing matchmaker to lonely New Yorkers, setting up more than 70 dates. Nineteen have led to relationships that lasted more than a year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080212/romance-blooms-in-nyc-cupid-cab.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:50:35 EST