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Shaun White confirmed he is competing.

So did Steve Fisher, Andreas Wiig, Kelly Clark, Tanner Hall, Simon Dumont and more. Many, many more.

Network cameras will be rolling, competitive juices flowing, uncanny ability on display.

These all-stars of skiing and snowboarding have much to gain, given a $1.5 million total prize purse dangling for the taking, and professional pride on the line.

The third and final stop of the Winter Dew Tour — the Toyota Championship — began Thursday and continues to take flight in Northstar-at-Tahoe’s superpipe and terrain park through Sunday.

If the above tidbits don’t provide enough of a clue, it’s kind of a big deal…  More info


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The motorcycle powers that be have amended the rules for MotoGP’s upcoming 2009 racing season, resulting in shorter practice sessions and engine limitations….  More info

BenZhou Group, one of the leading Scooter manufacturers of China, recently introduced 10 new models of High Speed Electric and Hybrid Scooters for export to over 100 countries.

BenZhou Motorcycle Group, based in Taizhou, China, is one of the leading manufacturers of high quality scooters since over 12 years. Recently BenZhou ventured into the field of Electric Scooters and quickly became one of the leading exporters of Electric Scooters to over 40 countries with over 50 different models of scooters shipping over 2,00,000 units a year.

Now, with the ever increasing demand of high speed electric scooters and alternative energy, BenZhou group has introduced a new range of High Speed Electric & Hybrid scooters. Although electric scooters are very new for a lot of countries, there has been a huge increase in sales since last year, as people look to move away from gasoline vehicles to electric & hybrid ones. Until now the biggest problem with the electric scooters was the low speeds and long charging times…  More info


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For the sales reps at ING , the Dutch bank’s involvement with Formula One racing was a dream.

The bank’s marketing team rolled through central and eastern Europe last summer, arriving at shopping centres and universities with a replica Renault Formula One car in tow. Wherever they went, crowds queued to be photographed with the show car, all wanting a taste of the sport’s glamour.

Having collected personal details, salesmen would turn up at the fans’ homes a week later with a copy of the photograph. It was the perfect way to get their attention.

ING said that between 6% and 7% of the people it visited ended up buying financial products – a far higher proportion than from a regular sales push. …  More info