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Thursday, August 27, 1998

AAA Offers Recommendations for Safe International Travel

AAA Offers Recommendations for Safe International Travel

In the wake of recent threats of reprisals by terrorists for U.S. military actions in the Sudan and Afghanistan, AAA is urging travelers to be extra cautious while visiting abroad or at airports in the United States. ... Continue reading

Aftermarket Technology Announces Share Repurchase

Aftermarket Technology Announces Share Repurchase

Aftermarket Technology Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to 350,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, representing approximately 1.7% of the currently outstanding shares. ... Continue reading

America's First 'Smart' Highway-Rail Crossing is Dedicated

America's First 'Smart' Highway-Rail Crossing is Dedicated

Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today participated in the dedication of a new advanced technology gate system at the School Street Crossing in Groton, Connecticut. ... Continue reading

APS Holding Corporation Announces Modification of DIP Financing Covenants

APS Holding Corporation Announces Modification of DIP Financing Covenants

APS Holding Corporation announced that it has reached agreement with its Bank Lending Group regarding modifications to the covenants associated with its post-petition DIP financing agreement. ... Continue reading

Campaign Makes Seat Belt Safety 'Cool' at Summer Festival

Campaign Makes Seat Belt Safety 'Cool' at Summer Festival

Chrysler Corporation is addressing this problem with a new multi-million dollar campaign aimed at reminding kids and people of all ages it's "cool" to "Do the Buckle." ... Continue reading

CARB Lists Parts of Diesel Exhaust as Health Hazard

CARB Lists Parts of Diesel Exhaust as Health Hazard

The California Air Resources Board voted to list a small part of diesel fuel exhaust as a specific potential public health risk, avoiding an earlier proposed listing of whole diesel exhaust as cancer-causing. ... Continue reading

CART: Can Zanardi Beat the Odds?

CART: Can Zanardi Beat the Odds?

CART: Can Zanardi Beat the Odds? ... Continue reading

CART: Driver Standings Through August 26

CART: Driver Standings Through August 26

CART: Driver Standings Through August 26 ... Continue reading

Chrysler Sponsors Vatican Exhibition

Chrysler Sponsors Vatican Exhibition

Chrysler announced that it is the national corporate sponsor of a U.S. touring exhibition of art works from the priceless collections of the Vatican Museums. ... Continue reading

Delco Remy Intl & GM Service Parts Operations Sign New Agreement

Delco Remy Intl & GM Service Parts Operations Sign New Agreement

Delco Remy Intl, Inc., and GM Service Parts Operations, a division of General Motors Corp, have signed an agreement to renew their strategic alliance for the distribution of heavy- duty products to the independent aftermarket. ... Continue reading

DONNELLY CORPORATION NOMME M. SCOTT E. REED AUX FONCTIONS DE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES

DONNELLY CORPORATION NOMME M. SCOTT E. REED AUX FONCTIONS DE DIRECTEUR DES FINANCES

Donnelly Corporation (DON à la Bourse de New York) a annoncé aujourd'hui qu'à compter du 1er septembre prochain, M. Scott E. Reed assumera la fonction de directeur des finances au sein de la Société. ... Continue reading

Earl Scheib Repurchases 301,500 Shares of Common Stock

Earl Scheib Repurchases 301,500 Shares of Common Stock

Earl Scheib Inc. announced that it has recently repurchased 301,500 shares, or 6.5 percent, of Earl Scheib's common stock outstanding as of April 30, 1998. ... Continue reading

Federal Mogul Asks, Should You Replace or Rebuild Your Car

Federal Mogul Asks, Should You Replace or Rebuild Your Car

Noises coming from the engine compartment? Regardless of the age of the vehicle, there's a chance that one or more internal engine components has failed. Time to dive into another seemingly endless series of new-car payments? Not so fast. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Driver Standings Through August 26

Formula One: Driver Standings Through August 26

Formula One: Driver Standings Through August 26 ... Continue reading

Forstmann Little to Conclude Eight Year Investment

Forstmann Little to Conclude Eight Year Investment

General Semiconductor, Inc. announced that, at the request of Forstmann Little & Co., it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... Continue reading

Guardian Fiberglass Invests in Building Materials Buying Group

Guardian Fiberglass Invests in Building Materials Buying Group

Guardian Fiberglass, a leading manufacturer of fiberglass insulation, has made a major investment in the building materials buying market with the recent acquisition of 50 percent of South Carolina-based Builder Marts of America. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz International Reports Rise in Net Income and Sales

Hayes Lemmerz International Reports Rise in Net Income and Sales

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., supplier of wheels and brake components to the transportation industry, reported a 60% increase in net income of $7.5 million. ... Continue reading

Internet Car Referral Services - Who will dominate?

Internet Car Referral Services - Who will dominate?

Internet retailing of automobiles is gaining a foothold in the market. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Signs Facility Management Contract

Johnson Controls Signs Facility Management Contract

Johnson Controls, Inc. has announced an agreement with Mobil Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha, a Japanese subsidiary of Mobil Corporation for integrated facility management services. ... Continue reading

John Weber Resigns as President of Vickers

John Weber Resigns as President of Vickers

Aeroquip-Vickers, Inc. announced that John H. Weber has resigned as president of Vickers and executive vice president of Aeroquip-Vickers, Inc. to accept a position in another industry. ... Continue reading

July Toyota Certified Used Vehicle Sales

July Toyota Certified Used Vehicle Sales

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. reported today that sales of its Toyota Certified Used Vehicles totaled 8,317 units for the month of July, an increase of 2.0 percent compared to the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Labor Day Fuel Prices Reflect Big Drop From Last Year

Labor Day Fuel Prices Reflect Big Drop From Last Year

AAA Washington's Labor Day Fuel Gauge Report shows the regional average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline is $1.120, 18 cents below Labor Day 1997. Travelers will find prices relatively unchanged from July Fourth. ... Continue reading

Liteglow Industries Inc. Announces New Bank Line

Liteglow Industries Inc. Announces New Bank Line

Spencer Krumholz, president of Liteglow Industries Inc., announced that Liteglow has just signed an agreement for a new $400,000 line of credit with Colonial Bank of Florida. ... Continue reading

Lithia Motors, Inc. To Acquire Camp Automotive, Inc.

Lithia Motors, Inc. To Acquire Camp Automotive, Inc.

Lithia Motors, Inc. announced the acquisition of Camp Automotive, Inc. located in Spokane, Washington. The two-store group had sales of $88 million in 1997 and holds the franchises for Chevrolet, BMW, Subaru and Volvo. ... Continue reading

Michigan Rivet Corporation Declares Dividend

Michigan Rivet Corporation Declares Dividend

The Board of Directors of Michigan Rivet Corporation declared a dividend of twelve cents ($.12) per share payable September 30, 1998 to Shareholders of Record as of September 9, 1998. ... Continue reading

Midgets: NAMARS and Brad Doty at Butler Battlegrounds

Midgets: NAMARS and Brad Doty at Butler Battlegrounds

Midgets: NAMARS and Brad Doty at Butler Battlegrounds ... Continue reading

Monaco Coach Corporation Announces Management Changes

Monaco Coach Corporation Announces Management Changes

Monaco Coach Corporation announced several management changes and promotions. ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings Through August 26

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings Through August 26

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings Through August 26 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings Through August 26

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings Through August 26

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings Through August 26 ... Continue reading

NHRA: Bob Glidden Returns to Competition at Indy

NHRA: Bob Glidden Returns to Competition at Indy

NHRA: Bob Glidden Returns to Competition at Indy ... Continue reading

NHRA: Driver Standings Through August 26

NHRA: Driver Standings Through August 26

NHRA: Driver Standings Through August 26 ... Continue reading

NHRA: Hines Looking for First U.S. Nationals Victory

NHRA: Hines Looking for First U.S. Nationals Victory

NHRA: Hines Looking for First U.S. Nationals Victory ... Continue reading

NHRA: Johnson Family Looks for More Indy Success

NHRA: Johnson Family Looks for More Indy Success

NHRA: Johnson Family Looks for More Indy Success ... Continue reading

NHRA: McClenathan Says U.S. Nationals Win Key in Championship Hunt

NHRA: McClenathan Says U.S. Nationals Win Key in Championship Hunt

NHRA: McClenathan Says U.S. Nationals Win Key in Championship Hunt ... Continue reading

NHRA: Wilkerson Hopes First Victory Comes at U.S. Nationals

NHRA: Wilkerson Hopes First Victory Comes at U.S. Nationals

NHRA: Wilkerson Hopes First Victory Comes at U.S. Nationals ... Continue reading

Pep Boys IRL: Driver Standings Through August 26

Pep Boys IRL: Driver Standings Through August 26

Pep Boys IRL: Driver Standings Through August 26 ... Continue reading

PPG Industries to Acquire Australian Coatings Business

PPG Industries to Acquire Australian Coatings Business

PPG Industries expects to complete the acquisition within a month, for about US$150 million, of the technical coating business of Orica Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, following government review. ... Continue reading

Priceline.com Releases Top 10 New Car Models

Priceline.com Releases Top 10 New Car Models

Priceline.com released a list of the top 10 automobiles New York metro area consumers were ready to buy this month from its new car service. The list is based on more than 1,000 guaranteed purchase offers submitted to the service in August. ... Continue reading

Republic Industries: Rachat D'Actions

Republic Industries: Rachat D'Actions

Republic Industries, Inc. a annoncé aujourd'hui que son conseil d'administration a autorisé le rachat d'au plus 500 millions d'actions ordinaires de la Société. ... Continue reading

SmarTire Systems Applies for NASDAQ Listing

SmarTire Systems Applies for NASDAQ Listing

SmarTire Systems Inc. announced that it has applied for a listing on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Named One of IndustryWeek's 100 Best-Managed Manufacturers

Tenneco Named One of IndustryWeek's 100 Best-Managed Manufacturers

Tenneco has been selected by IndustryWeek (IW) Magazine as one of the world's 100 best-managed manufacturers for the third straight year. ... Continue reading

Thrifty and Blockbuster(R) Begin Major Promotion

Thrifty and Blockbuster(R) Begin Major Promotion

In a multi-million dollar promotion, Thrifty Car Rental is partnering with Blockbuster Video(R) to give consumers and frequent flyers a value of "epic" proportions. ... Continue reading

Tracks: Rookie Takes Lead in Bloomington's Pennzoil Cup

Tracks: Rookie Takes Lead in Bloomington's Pennzoil Cup

Tracks: Rookie Takes Lead in Bloomington's Pennzoil Cup ... Continue reading

Union Acceptance Corporation Reports Year End Results

Union Acceptance Corporation Reports Year End Results

As previously announced on August 17, 1998, Union Acceptance Corporation is restating its financial statements for fiscal June 30, 1997, as well as the first three quarters of fiscal 1998. ... Continue reading

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