Boyd/Gerber ‘WOW’ program looks to cut days out of collision repair cycle times
— August 18, 2015The Boyd Group MSO has launched an aggressive initiative to boost customer satisfaction and lower cycle
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Business Practices
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Guest column: Wash. employers must separately compensate piece-rate workers for breaks
— August 17, 2015Editor’s note: A recent Washington state Supreme Court decision on how agricultural employers handle
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La.’s WAFB highlights State Farm’s use of non-OEM parts
— August 14, 2015Louisiana television station WAFB on Wednesday became one of the latest networks to warn consumers
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Exception sought for auto body shops on proposed OSHA silica rule
— August 13, 2015OSHA has floated the idea of exempting the collision repair industry from proposed new rules regarding
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Mitchell: Labor rates fail to keep up with inflation in some states — including R.I.
— August 12, 2015Average body labor rates are failing to keep up with even last year’s 0.8 percent inflation rate
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WPTZ: Licensed mechanic accused of manslaughter after allegedly OK’ing unsafe car
— August 12, 2015An Vermont mechanic was accused of manslaughter after giving a passing inspection grade to a car involved
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LKQ: State Farm driving boom in aftermarket chrome bumper sales
— August 12, 2015State Farm has bolstered LKQ’s bottom line with a boom in aftermarket chrome bumper orders over
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Chronicle: Independent Texas doctors’ struggles mirror auto body shops’
— August 10, 2015A Saturday Houston Chronicle article describing the difficulties faced by Texas independent doctors
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Berkshire Hathaway: Auto insurance losses prompting GEICO to raise rates again
— August 10, 2015GEICO, like Allstate, was injured by its second-quarter increases in crash frequency and severity, resulting
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Hood inquiry to examine insurer ‘warranties,’ effects on auto body repairs and rates
— August 7, 2015Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sought meetings with the nation’s largest insurers as
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