Charlie Sheen: Dumped By Bree Olson Via Text!

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Charlie Sheen is down to just one goddess after Bree Olson slash Rachel Oberlin peaced out of their little arrangement and did the breaking up via text.

Olson and fellow goddess Natalie Kenly, had been accompanying the actor on his 20-city "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option" tour.

Their role was to offer up their talents, a.k.a. long, girl-on-girl kisses onstage, as well as companionship for the star. But Bree apparently had enough.

During his show in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., yesterday, Sheen answered a fan's question about how he and his pair of goddesses were doing these days.

"Not well, because one left," Charlie said, then wished Olson well, while admitting that her goodbye arrived via text message, the N.Y. Post reports.

This isn't the first time Olson was questioned on separating from Charlie, or even the second. But it sounds like this breakup is actually gonna stick.

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How Bethenny Frankel Used Her Reality Show to Make $120 Million

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"I want a Sauvignon Blanc. Do you want a Sauvignon Blanc? I'm having a Sauvignon Blanc." It's March 25, lunchtime, and Bethenny Frankel is every bit as energetic -- some might even say spastic -- as she appears on her Bravo series, Bethenny Ever After. Her hair pulled back in a tight ponytail, Frankel, 40, draws a long sip from her wineglass. "It's Friday," she says. "I'm done with work. My weekend can begin." Sitting in a tucked-away corner of the BLVD restaurant at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire, the wound-up reality star and executive producer of her own series visibly begins to relax. Frankel removes the oversized shawl she calls her "moosh" and tugs at her gray sweater underneath. "It's Club Monaco," she notes without prompting. "I love their tops. I don't have a lot of tops, but everything I buy is on sale. I never pay full price." She buzzes on for a few minutes about her controlled spending and how her husband of one year, Jason Hoppy, recently encouraged her to purchase an $800 Chanel handbag she was eyeing. "I couldn't do it," she says. "I didn't need it."

Any other day, her animated tangent about frugality might have seemed unremarkable, but this week Frankel was celebrating the acquisition of her Skinnygirl cocktail line (featuring a 100-calorie margarita) by the world's fourth-largest spirits company, Fortune Brands' Beam Global -- which distributes the likes of Jim Beam bourbon and Sauza tequila -- for a price tag insiders have placed at $120 million. It's a feat never before seen in the spirits marketplace by a single celebrity (typically, the transactions are pure endorsement deals), unless you count Ciroc's nearly $100 million deal to bring on Sean "Diddy" Combs as part-owner of its

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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Get Married!

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Single or Taken? The Scoop on Hollywood's Rumored Couples

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Maruti Alto world's largest selling car

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The best selling small car of India, Alto has beaten all cars in the world to become no. 1 best selling car of the world. In the race, it has left behind worlds’ top selling compact models like Volkswagen Gold in Germany, Fiat Uno and Volkswagen Gol in Brazil.

During calendar year 2010, Alto sold 3,00, 956 units. Whereas VWGol sold 2,93,738 units and Gold sold only 2,51,078 units.

This is the first time when any Indian car model has outsold global best sellers.

Alto, which was launched in September 2000, has been a big success story from day one. It has sold cumulative 16.68 lakh units till now. Since financial year 2005-06, Alto has been the Number One selling car model in India.

Alto crossed its first 1 million sales mark in just eight years, November 2008, making it the fastest 1 million units selling car of India.

“Today, Alto along with another sibling called Alto K10 launched in August 2010 sells average 32,000 units a month. In March this year, it sold over 38,000 units. During just concluded fiscal 2010-11, Alto alone has sold around 3.47 units.

This is over 1/4th of Maruti Suzuki’s total sales of 12.71 lakh units from all models during the fiscal. It also reflects a growth of 47 per cent in Alto’s sales compared to 2.35 lakh units sold during fiscal 2009-10” informs Shashank Srivastava, Chief General Manager (Marketing), Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

Some other records of Alto in India:
* First car to cross the 5 lakh domestic sales figure (in 6 years)
* The achievement of the next 5 lakh unit sales – in 2 years and 2 months
* Crossed the 1 miilion production mark in Feb 2008.
* First car brand to cross the 2 lakh sales figure (domestic sales) in a single financial year - achievement twice in FY 2006-07 & FY 2007-08
* India’s largest selling car (domestic since FY 2005 -06)
* Fastest to sell 1 lakh cars – in 150 dys

Awards & Accolades for Alto
* 2000 : Winner of the “Overdrive most exciting new car of the year”
* 2001 : BS Motoring Car of the year 2001
* 2002 : Overdrive Car of the year 2002
* First Indian car to undergo a 24 hrs endurance test and set 13 national records
* Topper of the JD Power IQS in its segment for 2 years i.e 2004 and 2005
* 2006 : Winner of the EFFIE award for Boondein campaign
* 2007 : Winner of the EFFIE award for the ‘fuel efficiency’ campaign

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ANALYSIS: Retail momentum underpins US vehicle market growth

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Growth of the US light vehicle market is being underpinned by strong momentum in retail sales alongside a strengthening economy, according to JD Power.

JD Power Automotive Forecasting's Director Jeff Schuster told the Global Outlook Conference in London last week that the US light vehicle market is off to a strong start in 2011, underpinned by a reviving economy and strong momentum in retail sales.

JD Power is forecasting that the US light vehicle market will reach 13m units in 2011, 12% up on 2010. While the market is still way down on the 16m-17m levels of the 2003-2007 period, Schuster sees some upside potential ahead – though he acknowledges risks associated with the recent rise in oil prices and ongoing geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East.

“Consumer confidence has been hit lately,” he told delegates.

“But going forward beyond this year, economic growth projections [3-4% annual growth of GDP this year and next] look pretty good and there will be growth to demand coming from increased household formation coinciding with higher replacement demand,” Schuster maintains.

And more younger people becoming economically active will also be accompanied by older people staying in the job market for longer.

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