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Tuesday, September 22, 1998

AlliedSignal Responds To Latest AMP Maneuver

AlliedSignal Responds To Latest AMP Maneuver

AlliedSignal Inc. announced that once again AMP Incorporated has violated its shareholders rights by seeking to delay a shareholder decision on AlliedSignal's amended consent solicitation proposal by a month. ... Continue reading

Electronic Arts Ships NASCAR 99 for the PlayStation

Electronic Arts Ships NASCAR 99 for the PlayStation

Electronic Arts(tm) announced that it has shipped NASCAR(R) 99 on the PlayStation(R). NASCAR 99 features a new physics model for the cars, new drivers and new tracks. ... Continue reading

Exide Names James M. Diasio as CFO

Exide Names James M. Diasio as CFO

Today, the Exide Corporation Board of Directors announced that James M. Diasio has been named as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. ... Continue reading

Foamex International Extends Consent Solicitations

Foamex International Extends Consent Solicitations

Foamex International Inc. announced that Foamex L.P., its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, has extended the expiration of its previously announced consent solicitations for two issues of public debt to Wednesday, September 30, 1998. ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Chooses Interface Systems for Communications

Ford Motor Company Chooses Interface Systems for Communications

Interface Systems, Inc. announced that its Cleo Communications Group has been selected to provide bisynchronous communications for Ford Motor Company's new communications server. ... Continue reading

IRL: Conseco Driver Billy Boat Wins Texas Two-Step Championship

IRL: Conseco Driver Billy Boat Wins Texas Two-Step Championship

IRL: Conseco Driver Billy Boat Wins Texas Two-Step Championship ... Continue reading

IRL: Steve Knapp Proves Persistence Pays

IRL: Steve Knapp Proves Persistence Pays

IRL: Steve Knapp Proves Persistence Pays ... Continue reading

IRL: Tough Breaks at Texas for Luyendyk and Treadway Racing

IRL: Tough Breaks at Texas for Luyendyk and Treadway Racing

IRL: Tough Breaks at Texas for Luyendyk and Treadway Racing ... Continue reading

J.T. Granatelli Lubricants Certified to Sell in Russia

J.T. Granatelli Lubricants Certified to Sell in Russia

J.T. Granatelli Lubricants, Inc. has announced that it has received official Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) government certification for sales of its products in Russia. ... Continue reading

Liteglow Industries Inc. Announces New Acquisition

Liteglow Industries Inc. Announces New Acquisition

Spencer Krumholz, president of Liteglow Industries Inc. announced Tuesday that Liteglow has just signed an agreement to acquire B & B Associates of Van Nuys, Calif. ... Continue reading

Microsoft CarPoint Ranked Most-Visited Auto-Purchase Web Site

Microsoft CarPoint Ranked Most-Visited Auto-Purchase Web Site

The Microsoft(R) CarPoint(TM) online automotive service was the most-visited auto-purchase Web site for three straight months ending Aug. 31, and ranked among the top 30 Internet shopping sites during the same period according to Media Metrix. ... Continue reading

Midgets: Another Rookie Winner on NAMARS Circuit

Midgets: Another Rookie Winner on NAMARS Circuit

Midgets: Another Rookie Winner on NAMARS Circuit ... Continue reading

Módulo Inalámbrico de Control Automotriz CommandLink

Módulo Inalámbrico de Control Automotriz CommandLink

Propietarios de automóviles controlan las funciones de su vehículo con la tecnología de radiobúsqueda Omega Research and Development, hoy anunció la disponibilidad de CommandLink(TM) para residentes en el área de Miami. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green Can't Get Monkey Off His Back

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green Can't Get Monkey Off His Back

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green Can't Get Monkey Off His Back ... Continue reading

NASCAR GDS: Huffman has the Horses at Louisville

NASCAR GDS: Huffman has the Horses at Louisville

NASCAR GDS: Huffman has the Horses at Louisville ... Continue reading

NASCAR SJAPS: NSJAPS Event #16, Fact Sheet

NASCAR SJAPS: NSJAPS Event #16, Fact Sheet

NASCAR SJAPS: NSJAPS Event #16, Fact Sheet ... Continue reading

NASCAR SJAPS: NSJAPS Event #16, Winchester Preview

NASCAR SJAPS: NSJAPS Event #16, Winchester Preview

NASCAR SJAPS: NSJAPS Event #16, Winchester Preview ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Red Man Team Rebounds with Good Finish at Gateway

NASCAR Trucks: Red Man Team Rebounds with Good Finish at Gateway

NASCAR Trucks: Red Man Team Rebounds with Good Finish at Gateway ... Continue reading

Nematron to Supply OpenControl(TM) Workstations to Opel

Nematron to Supply OpenControl(TM) Workstations to Opel

Nematron Corporation said that its Pentium-based OpenControl(TM) Workstations have been selected by Adam Opel for its Opel plant in Kaiserslautern, Germany as an element of a completely integrated PC-based open architecture control solution. ... Continue reading

OEA Reports Major New Inflator Business

OEA Reports Major New Inflator Business

OEA, Inc. announced that it has been awarded new air bag inflator programs expected to generate approximately $21 million of additional revenue annually. ... Continue reading

Ronald J. McEvoy Joins Midas as Chief Information Officer

Ronald J. McEvoy Joins Midas as Chief Information Officer

Ronald J. McEvoy has joined Midas, Inc., as executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO), a new post. ... Continue reading

Spartan Motors Announces Tentative Carpenter Industries Shareholder Agreement

Spartan Motors Announces Tentative Carpenter Industries Shareholder Agreement

Spartan Motors, Inc. announced it reached a tentative agreement on the recapitalization of Carpenter Industries, Inc., establishing Spartan Motors as majority shareholder with Recovery Equity Investors, Inc. as minority shareholder. ... Continue reading

S&P Rates State Automobile Mutual Insurance as 'API'

S&P Rates State Automobile Mutual Insurance as 'API'

Standard & Poor's today assigned its single-'Api' insurer financial strength rating to State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive's Frissora Assumes Responsibility for Worldwide Original Equipment Program Management

Tenneco Automotive's Frissora Assumes Responsibility for Worldwide Original Equipment Program Management

Mark Frissora will assume the added responsibility for program management of Tenneco Automotive's global OE business, Tenneco Automotive President Thomas E. Evans announced today. ... Continue reading

USAC: Eldora Silver Crown Quick Facts

USAC: Eldora Silver Crown Quick Facts

USAC: Eldora Silver Crown Quick Facts ... Continue reading

USAC: Red Hill Raceway Added For Sprints

USAC: Red Hill Raceway Added For Sprints

USAC: Red Hill Raceway Added For Sprints ... Continue reading

USAC: The Week in Sprints, Midgets, Silver Crown and F2000

USAC: The Week in Sprints, Midgets, Silver Crown and F2000

USAC: The Week in Sprints, Midgets, Silver Crown and F2000 ... Continue reading

USAC: Unprecedented 4-Crown Nationals This Weekend

USAC: Unprecedented 4-Crown Nationals This Weekend

USAC: Unprecedented 4-Crown Nationals This Weekend ... Continue reading

Virginia Educator Wins VW Beetle

Virginia Educator Wins VW Beetle

Software BuyLine, a leading Internet software retailer, today announced a Virginia technology education specialist as the winner of its innovative "Win a 1998 VW Beetle" sweepstakes. ... Continue reading

Visteon Panoz Racing Scores First Overall Victory; Team Clinches Two Sports Car Championships

Visteon Panoz Racing Scores First Overall Victory; Team Clinches Two Sports Car Championships

Visteon Panoz Racing Scores First Overall Victory; Team Clinches Two Sports Car Championships ... Continue reading

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