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This Issue's Headlines: • Chrysler's Marchionne to keynote Automotive Forum in NYC on March 30 • Compromise would shield some lenders • Whitacre: GM is on track for pre-June loan repayment • Toyota troubles put spotlight on US safety agency • Toyota sales rebounding • Forget Toyota. Chrysler's got the most problems. • VW, BMW forecast sales growth as German carmakers lead recovery • Chevy getting a marketing reboot • BMW's 2009 profit slides 36% • Can the Toyota way survive Toyota's ways? • Click here for more news from NADAFrontPage.com   •Printer Friendly Version

Saying now is the time to be “nimble” with expansion, Lark Creek Restaurant Group said it plans to open four new concepts by 2011, including the San-Francisco-based company's first in Los Angeles.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nrns-BreakingNews/~4/QQZ5NdUA3pE" height="1" width="1"/

Nelson Peltz, non-executive chairman of Wendy's/Arby's Group and a well-known activist investor, may have his eye on rival fast-food company CKE Restaurants Inc., the New York Post reported Thursday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nrns-BreakingNews/~4/ieXAj-2ndN8" height="1" width="1"/

pPanera Bread Co. will post calorie information in all 585 of its company-owned bakery-cafes by April and expects similar disclosure at its 795 franchised branches by year-end, the company said Wednesday./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nrns-BreakingNews/~4/-klOX0ALHPY" height="1" width="1"/

pAs the latest same-store sales reports come in, the effects of the severe winter weather that hit most of the country in January and February are becoming clear, and in some cases it isn’t pretty. Some analysts have begun to question, however, whether the talk of weather is only an excuse from brands that were already suffering./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nrns-BreakingNews/~4/TwKPZO5Bi8s" height="1" width="1"/