The fatal weakness of the old model was its reliance on rapid credit growth.

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GM's weakness in the Old Economy--jack of all models, master of few--could turn out to be an ace in the New Economy car-portal wars, which will calculate value on ears-per-hour, not J.

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Same-store sales dropped 9.2% from the same quarter a year ago, as ongoing weakness in wireless services dating to a 15-month old struggle in a transition to Cingular from Verizon led to a 25% decline in sales of wireless handsets.

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