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Friday, October 23, 1998

ADP Consolidates Multiple Dealerships for Centralized Accounting

ADP Consolidates Multiple Dealerships for Centralized Accounting

The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., (ADP) announced the launch of Business Office Consolidation Service for vehicle retailers who need to centralize accounting operations for multiple dealerships. ... Continue reading

ADP Program Trains CPAs for Auto and Truck Retail Market

ADP Program Trains CPAs for Auto and Truck Retail Market

The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) announced the addition of a new Advanced Consultant Class designed specifically for CPA consultants doing business in the vehicle retail industry. ... Continue reading

AUTO BUSINESS ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

AUTO BUSINESS ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

AUTO BUSINESS ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ... Continue reading

Bonded Motors Announces Third Quarter Results

Bonded Motors Announces Third Quarter Results

Aaron Landon, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Bonded Motors Inc. announced operating results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 1998. ... Continue reading

Brad Ragan, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results

Brad Ragan, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results

Brad Ragan, Inc. announced that it earned net income of $301,000 or $.14 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 1998 on revenues of $69,461,000. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Reports Plants Schedule For Week of October 26, 1998

Chrysler Reports Plants Schedule For Week of October 26, 1998

Chrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of October 26, 1998. ... Continue reading

ESG Adds Inc. 500 Honor to "Fast-Growing" Reputation

ESG Adds Inc. 500 Honor to "Fast-Growing" Reputation

The Engineering Services Group continued to be acknowledged as one of the country's fastest-growing orgs. when it was included as one of the prestigious Inc. 500, a comprehensive guide to America's fastest-growing companies published by Inc. Magazine. ... Continue reading

"Fall Back" To Cautious Driving as Daylight-Saving Time Ends

"Fall Back" To Cautious Driving as Daylight-Saving Time Ends

Another hour of dangerous driving looms this weekend with the shift from daylight-saving time to standard time on Sunday at 2:00 a.m. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Announces Organizational Structure

Federal-Mogul Announces Organizational Structure

Kevin Baird, vice president, Sealing Systems - Europe, announces the new organizational structure for sales, applications engineering, and research and development, Sealing Systems - Europe, effective November 1, 1998. ... Continue reading

IRL: Simon to Field Team in Pep Boys IRL in '99 with Mexmil Sponsorship

IRL: Simon to Field Team in Pep Boys IRL in '99 with Mexmil Sponsorship

IRL: Simon to Field Team in Pep Boys IRL in '99 with Mexmil Sponsorship ... Continue reading

ITT Industries and EDA Announce New Electronics Joint Venture

ITT Industries and EDA Announce New Electronics Joint Venture

ITT Industries, Inc., through its Cannon division and EDA, Inc., Taiwan, announced the formation of CableCom Intl, a joint venture based in Hong Kong, with production facilities in Shenzhen, China, producing connector cable assemblies. ... Continue reading

KARTING, BUSINESS: WKA and The Skip Barber Racing School Form Marketing Partnership

KARTING, BUSINESS: WKA and The Skip Barber Racing School Form Marketing Partnership

KARTING, BUSINESS: WKA and The Skip Barber Racing School Form Marketing Partnership ... Continue reading

LucasVarity Change of Domicile

LucasVarity Change of Domicile

LucasVarity's proposals for changing its domicile to the US say that, if sufficient demand exists, the Company would consider making arrangements for a newly inc UK company to offer a security designed for those UK shareholders. ... Continue reading

Margate Industries Reports Sharply Higher Sales, Profits

Margate Industries Reports Sharply Higher Sales, Profits

Margate Industries, Inc. continued to post improved performance this year, reporting increased net sales and profitability in the third quarter ended September 30, 1998. ... Continue reading

Metrowerks Inc. to Support Motorola's Processor

Metrowerks Inc. to Support Motorola's Processor

Metrowerks Inc. announced that it will support Motorola's MPC555 processor for the highly rugged automotive environment. ... Continue reading

Midgets: NAMARS on Pit Talk Live

Midgets: NAMARS on Pit Talk Live

Midgets: NAMARS on Pit Talk Live ... Continue reading

Midgets: Opportunity Knocks in NAMARS

Midgets: Opportunity Knocks in NAMARS

Midgets: Opportunity Knocks in NAMARS ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Brewco Motorsports and Timber Wolf Renew Agreement

NASCAR BGN: Brewco Motorsports and Timber Wolf Renew Agreement

NASCAR BGN: Brewco Motorsports and Timber Wolf Renew Agreement ... Continue reading

NHRA, BUSINESS: Change Announced For Vandergriff Motorsports

NHRA, BUSINESS: Change Announced For Vandergriff Motorsports

NHRA, BUSINESS: Change Announced For Vandergriff Motorsports ... Continue reading

Polaris Industries Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

Polaris Industries Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

Polaris Industries Inc. announced the declaration of a quarterly $.18 per share cash dividend payable on or about November 16, 1998 to shareholders of record on November 2, 1998. ... Continue reading

PSCR: TRV Buys a Riley & Scott for Schroeder and Volk

PSCR: TRV Buys a Riley & Scott for Schroeder and Volk

PSCR: TRV Buys a Riley & Scott for Schroeder and Volk ... Continue reading

SDRC Certifies Metaphase Cooperative Implementor

SDRC Certifies Metaphase Cooperative Implementor

SDRC, the worldwide PDM market leader, announced the certification of Siemens Business Services as the first Certified Cooperative Implementor in the Metaphase(R) Enterprise (TM) Solution Provider ((e!sp(SM)) program. ... Continue reading

Superior Industries Wins Exclusive Contracts

Superior Industries Wins Exclusive Contracts

Superior Industries International Inc. announced that it has won exclusive, multi-year contracts to supply chrome plated aluminum road wheels for the new GMC Denali and Cadillac Escalade, the luxury models of GM's Yukon Sport Utility Vehicle. ... Continue reading

The Morgan Group Reports 1998 Q3 and Nine-Month Results

The Morgan Group Reports 1998 Q3 and Nine-Month Results

The Morgan Group, Inc. announced that revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 1998, were the highest for any third quarter and nine-month period in the Company's history. ... Continue reading

Third-Quarter Results Off 7% From Last Year's Level

Third-Quarter Results Off 7% From Last Year's Level

Wall Street's anxiety over Q3 results was well founded. A Business Week's flash estimate, based announced profits of 130 companies, is a sign of a slowing economy: Profits are down 7% from a year ago, on an anemic 2% sales increase. ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Technology Meets EPA Diesel NOx Standards for 2002

Turbodyne Technology Meets EPA Diesel NOx Standards for 2002

Turbodyne Technologies Inc. announced that the Company has been awarded two patents on NOx reduction technology dated June 30, 1998, and as recently as Oct. 20, 1998, with two additional patents pending. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 352,843 units, up from the 351,062 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

WOO: World of Outlaws Cancels Southern New Mexico Event

WOO: World of Outlaws Cancels Southern New Mexico Event

WOO: World of Outlaws Cancels Southern New Mexico Event ... Continue reading

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