Those things hurt VW's initial quality scores with third-party ratings services such as J.

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His initial idea was to use gene databases being churned out by genetics maverick J.

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For starters, all of the cars and trucks on our list received above average scores for both initial quality and mechanical reliability over the first three years of ownership from J.

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According to a Goldman partner, Mr Corzine briefly kept from Mr Paulson initial discussions he had about possible mergers with two banks, Chase Manhattan and J.

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The Chevrolet Malibu made the biggest initial-quality gain over the past five years of any vehicle model, according to J.

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Vehicles with the lowest days' supply made our initial list (Ward's says the industry average is 63 days), which was pared down using J.

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