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CarMax Announces Webcast Information - January 12, 2017 Analyst Day

CarMax Announces Webcast Information - January 12, 2017 Analyst Day

RICHMOND, Va.—CarMax, Inc. is pleased to announce that it will webcast its analyst day presentations on Thursday, January 12, 2017, starting at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Due to limited seating, only invited guests will attend in person. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Unveils Texas-Sized Tire Mascot Sculptures to Celebrate Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Goodyear Unveils Texas-Sized Tire Mascot Sculptures to Celebrate Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 29, 2016 -- To honor the hard work, determination and grit that the University of Wisconsin and Western Michigan University exhibited to reach the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today revealed massive sculptures of each team's mascot – built from more than 500 Goody ... Continue reading

Polaris Recalls Sportsman 570 All-Terrain Vehicles Due to Fire Hazard

Polaris Recalls Sportsman 570 All-Terrain Vehicles Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2016 Sportsman 570 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) Hazard: The air intake duct can contact the fuel rail and cause a fuel leak, posing a fire hazard. ... Continue reading

JUST OVER TWO WEEKS OUT: Premier auto event rolls into TUCSON Jan. 13-14

JUST OVER TWO WEEKS OUT: Premier auto event rolls into TUCSON Jan. 13-14

For images / graphics, broll, potential advance interviews or to coordinate on-site opportunities, contact Jessica Redden, Bohlsen Group | jredden@bohlsengroup.com | 812.606.0553 TEN: THE ENTHUSIAST NETWORK PRESENTS THE FIRST ROADKILL ZIP-TIE DRAGS EVENT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, FOR TWO DAYS ONLY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JANUA ... Continue reading

Top 3 Trends Impacting the Global Automotive Auto Dimming Mirror Market Through 2020: Technavio

Top 3 Trends Impacting the Global Automotive Auto Dimming Mirror Market Through 2020: Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global automotive auto dimming mirror market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? Technavio has published a new report on the global automotive auto dimming mirror market from 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

2017 Subaru BRZ Adds Magellan Navigation App to SUBARU STARLINK Multimedia System

2017 Subaru BRZ Adds Magellan Navigation App to SUBARU STARLINK Multimedia System

Magellan Navi, a cloud-based navigation app, has been added to the 2017 Subaru BRZ multimedia system. The app works through the SUBARU STARLINK™ In-vehicle Technology and in conjunction with customers' smart phone to deliver up-to-date audio and visual navigation. The new service is available for immediate use with a ... Continue reading

Growing Used Car Market to Boost the Global Automotive Polishing Machine Market Through 2021, Says Technavio

Growing Used Car Market to Boost the Global Automotive Polishing Machine Market Through 2021, Says Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global automotive polishing machine market from 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Symbio Celebrating 220 000 Miles Travelled with Top 20 Hydrogen Vans Kangoo ZE H2 Zero-Emission at CES 2017

Symbio Celebrating 220 000 Miles Travelled with Top 20 Hydrogen Vans Kangoo ZE H2 Zero-Emission at CES 2017

PARIS—What better way of introducing its solution to CES 2017 than by celebrating the 350 000 kilometers/220 000 miles reached with zero-emissions? Symbio, fuel-cell systems integrator experts, have delivered their 150th hydrogen electric vehicle this year. Symbio will be introducing its green mobility solutions and ... Continue reading

How These Auto Parts Stocks are Faring? -- Dana, Allison Transmission, Tenneco, and WABCO

How These Auto Parts Stocks are Faring? -- Dana, Allison Transmission, Tenneco, and WABCO

NEW YORK, December 29, 2016 -- On Wednesday, US markets were deep in bearish territories with all nine sectors trading in red at the closing bell. Major US indices were also in negative zone with the NASDAQ Composite ending the trading session down 0.89%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging 0.56% lower; and the S&P ... Continue reading

Patriot nation awards Raytheon more than $600m to upgrade missile defense system

Patriot nation awards Raytheon more than $600m to upgrade missile defense system

ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 29, 2016 -- An undisclosed member of the 13 nations which owns and operates the combat-proven Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System has awarded Raytheon Company a direct commercial sales contract worth more than $600 million to upgrade the system to the most current configuration. ... Continue reading

Research Reports Coverage on Rental & Leasing Services Stocks -- Air Lease, Ryder System, Aaron's, and HERC

Research Reports Coverage on Rental & Leasing Services Stocks -- Air Lease, Ryder System, Aaron's, and HERC

NEW YORK, December 29, 2016 -- On Wednesday, the NASDAQ Composite ended the trading session at 5,438.56, down 0.89%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.56% lower, to finish at 19,833.68; and the S&P 500 closed at 2,249.92, down 0.84%. Losses were broad based as all nine sectors ended the day in red. This Thursday ... Continue reading

HERE and Mobileye to partner on REM™ and Open Location Platform technology to enable crowd-sourced HD mapping for automated driving

HERE and Mobileye to partner on REM™ and Open Location Platform technology to enable crowd-sourced HD mapping for automated driving

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands and JERUSALEM, Dec. 29, 2016 -- HERE and Mobileye, both leaders in providing technologies for intelligent vehicles, today announced plans for a strategic partnership that links their respective autonomous driving technologies into an enhanced industry-leading offering for automakers. The two comp ... Continue reading

Volvo Adds Skype for Business to its 90 Series cars, Heralding a New Era for In-car Productivity

Volvo Adds Skype for Business to its 90 Series cars, Heralding a New Era for In-car Productivity

With Photo Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that it will introduce Skype for Business, Microsoft's leading collaborative productivity app, to its new 90 Series cars. Volvo Cars is the first carmaker to launch such an in-car productivity tool. ... Continue reading

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