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Wednesday, September 22, 1999

AK Steel Increases Exchange Ratio for Armco Merger

AK Steel Increases Exchange Ratio for Armco Merger

AK Steel announced that it has increased the exchange ratio under its merger agreement with Armco Inc. so that, upon effectiveness of the merger, holders of Armco common stock will receive .3829 of a share of AK Steel common stock. ... Continue reading

ANT Announces Technology Partnership with Integrated Systems Inc.

ANT Announces Technology Partnership with Integrated Systems Inc.

ANT Ltd. announced a strategic technology partnership with ISI where OEM customers will be able to take a complete reference platform and customize it for their own product(s) seamlessly, quickly, and cost effectively. ... Continue reading

Aprilia World Service Signs Orbital License Agreement

Aprilia World Service Signs Orbital License Agreement

Aprilia World Service B.V. (Swiss Branch), a company belonging to the Aprilia Group, Europe's second largest and fastest growing motorcycle and scooter manufacturer, has signed a license agreement with Orbital Engine Corporation. ... Continue reading

AVIS to Immediately Fit 250 Skynet Skamp Units to Their Fleet

AVIS to Immediately Fit 250 Skynet Skamp Units to Their Fleet

Skynet Telematics Inc. announced that it has received an order from AVIS Rent-a-Car to immediately fit 250 of Skynet's "Skamp" units to the AVIS fleet of rental vehicles at Heathrow airport, London, England. ... Continue reading

BERU Withdraws Offer For IMPCO

BERU Withdraws Offer For IMPCO

IMPCO Technologies Inc. announced that BERU Aktiengesellschaft has withdrawn its offer made on Sept. 7, 1999, to purchase IMPCO in a transaction in which the stockholders would receive $14 per share in cash. ... Continue reading

BMW X5 Delivers What Consumers Want

BMW X5 Delivers What Consumers Want

"We created the X5 to give customers the best of both worlds," stated BMW Chairman and CEO Tom Purves. ... Continue reading

Caliber Logistics and Unicity Integrated Logistics Form Strategic Alliance

Caliber Logistics and Unicity Integrated Logistics Form Strategic Alliance

Caliber Logistics, Inc. and Unicity Integrated Logistics Inc. announced their strategic alliance that will provide customers with a combined source of logistics solutions that address customer needs across the U.S.-Canadian border and globally. ... Continue reading

CART: Memorial fund established for Gonzalo Rodriguez

CART: Memorial fund established for Gonzalo Rodriguez

CART: Memorial fund established for Gonzalo Rodriguez ... Continue reading

CART: Montoya positioned to clinch FedEx Championship series title at Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Montoya positioned to clinch FedEx Championship series title at Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Montoya positioned to clinch FedEx Championship series title at Texaco Grand Prix of Houston ... Continue reading

CCC Introduces Pathways Solutions for Insurance And Collision Repair

CCC Introduces Pathways Solutions for Insurance And Collision Repair

CCC Information Services Inc., the leading supplier of solutions to the auto claims industry, announced that it has introduced Pathways(R) collision estimating solutions that allow users to speed the process of writing an estimate. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Strengthens North American Accessory Floor Mat Operations

Collins & Aikman Strengthens North American Accessory Floor Mat Operations

Collins & Aikman announced the details of a comprehensive plan designed to strengthen the Company's North American accessory floor mat operations. ... Continue reading

Does Your Teenager Drive a Safe Car?

Does Your Teenager Drive a Safe Car?

With the start of the new school year, thousands of teenagers across the country are looking forward to getting their first driver's license -- and thousands of parents are worried about their children's safety behind the wheel. ... Continue reading

Dollar Promotes Sales and Marketing Executive in Hawaii

Dollar Promotes Sales and Marketing Executive in Hawaii

Dollar Rent A Car recently announced Haunani Vieira, Director of Sales, Pacific Region, has been promoted to Executive Director, Sales, Pacific Region. ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Announces Corporate Development Strategy for 2000

DynaMotive Announces Corporate Development Strategy for 2000

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation announced its corporate development strategy for 2000 as it commences commercial exploitation of its technologies. ... Continue reading

Gas Price Increases to Highest Level in 2 Years, AAA Survey Shows

Gas Price Increases to Highest Level in 2 Years, AAA Survey Shows

Gasoline prices are now at their highest point since September 1997, increasing another 2.7 cents per gallon in the last month, according to AAA. ... Continue reading

Gas Prices Edge Higher In Texas

Gas Prices Edge Higher In Texas

AAA Texas reports the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline climbed nearly four cents since its last Fuel Gauge survey in August. ... Continue reading

Good News For Safe Drivers In Florida, According to Response Insurance

Good News For Safe Drivers In Florida, According to Response Insurance

When it comes to auto insurance, many safe motorists in Florida have very little to show for the care and responsibility they exercise behind the wheel. ... Continue reading

Harley-Davidson to Host 15th Annual Open House Sept. 23-25

Harley-Davidson to Host 15th Annual Open House Sept. 23-25

Harley-Davidson is gearing up for its 15th annual open house Sept. 23-25. The three-day event attracts tens of thousands to the company's York facility and the York Expo Center. ... Continue reading

IRL: Cheever Reved For Vegas Race

IRL: Cheever Reved For Vegas Race

Cheever Reved For Vegas Race ... Continue reading

IRL: Hamilton Gets Dialed in to the Engineering Side of Racing

IRL: Hamilton Gets Dialed in to the Engineering Side of Racing

Hamilton Gets Dialed in to the Engineering Side of Racing ... Continue reading

IRL: Pennzoil Panther Racing Feature Notes & Quotes Vegas.Com 500

IRL: Pennzoil Panther Racing Feature Notes & Quotes Vegas.Com 500

Pennzoil Panther Racing Feature Notes & Quotes Vegas.Com 500 ... Continue reading

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League to race at Kentucky Speedway in 2000

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League to race at Kentucky Speedway in 2000

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League to race at Kentucky Speedway in 2000 ... Continue reading

Joe Deckman to Lead Harmon Autoglass

Joe Deckman to Lead Harmon Autoglass

Joe Deckman has been promoted to Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s Glass Services segment where he will oversee operations for Harmon AutoGlass, as well as Harmon, Inc., Harmon Solutions Group, Glass Depot and Curvlite. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls' US Treasury Center Deploys Finance KIT

Johnson Controls' US Treasury Center Deploys Finance KIT

Trema announced that Johnson Controls has completed the implementation of Finance KIT, in its Treasury Center in Brussels and is presently implementing the system at its headquarters Treasury Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. ... Continue reading

Magna Completes Preferred Securities Offering and European Private Placement

Magna Completes Preferred Securities Offering and European Private Placement

Magna International Inc. announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of Cdn.$165 million of 8.65% Series A Preferred Securities in Canada and U.S.$170 million of 8.875% Series B Preferred Securities /QUIPS in the United States. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Accumulating Accolades

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Accumulating Accolades

The all-new Mercedes-Benz 2000 S500 sedan has been named "Car of the Year" by Worth Magazine, the upscale personal finance monthly published by WorthMedia. ... Continue reading

Methode Electronics, Inc. Discusses Impact of Customer Bankruptcy

Methode Electronics, Inc. Discusses Impact of Customer Bankruptcy

Methode Electronics, Inc. announced that on Sept 20, 1999 Breed Technologies, Inc. and certain of Breed's domestic subsidiaries, filed a Voluntary Petition for Reorganization under Chapter 11 of The Bankruptcy Code. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Nemechek Win Keeps Hope Alive For Park

NASCAR WCUP: Nemechek Win Keeps Hope Alive For Park

Nemechek Win Keeps Hope Alive For Park; Park's Recent Improvement Makes Him Candidate to Join New Winner List ... Continue reading

NASCAR WWEST: Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Looking For a Smile From Lady Luck

NASCAR WWEST: Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Looking For a Smile From Lady Luck

Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Looking For a Smile From Lady Luck ... Continue reading

National Named Official Car Rental Company of Pebble Beach Resort

National Named Official Car Rental Company of Pebble Beach Resort

National Car Rental announced that it has been selected as the official car rental company of Pebble Beach Resorts and the courtesy car rental company of the 100th U.S. Open, which will be held at the prestigious Pebble Beach Golf Links. ... Continue reading

Polk Signs $1.3 Million Licensing Agreement With MicroStrategy

Polk Signs $1.3 Million Licensing Agreement With MicroStrategy

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of intelligent e-business software, announced a $1.3 million dollar licensing agreement with The Polk Company. ... Continue reading

Read the Writing on the ... Cell Phone?

Read the Writing on the ... Cell Phone?

Advanced Recognition Technologies(tm) Inc. (ART), the leading supplier of voice and handwriting recognition solutions to the wireless industry, announced the launch of the simpliWrite(tm) Embedded Handwriting Recognition Solution. ... Continue reading

Regency Announces Exchange of Common Stock and Control Of Glas-Aire

Regency Announces Exchange of Common Stock and Control Of Glas-Aire

Regency Affiliates Inc. announced that it had closed a common stock exchange agreement with certain shareholders of Glas-Aire Industries Group Ltd. ... Continue reading

Rhein Chemie Corporation to Buy Elastochem, Inc., Assets

Rhein Chemie Corporation to Buy Elastochem, Inc., Assets

Rhein Chemie Corporation, Trenton, NJ and Elastochem, Inc., announced that they have reached an agreement through which Rhein Chemie Corporation will acquire the assets of Elastochem, Inc., Chardon, OH. ... Continue reading

Southern California Gas Prices Move Downward, While National Average Increases

Southern California Gas Prices Move Downward, While National Average Increases

The average price of a gallon of regular self-serve unleaded gasoline in Southern California gave up nearly half of its Labor Day increase by dropping nearly 6 cents during the past month. ... Continue reading

Spatial Inc. Announces ACIS 3D Open Viewer 5.2

Spatial Inc. Announces ACIS 3D Open Viewer 5.2

Spatial Inc., the world's leading developer of 3D modeling technology and interoperability solutions, today announced the availability of version 5.2 of the ACIS(R) 3D Open Viewer. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Proxy Proposes One-for-five Reverse Stock Split

Tenneco Proxy Proposes One-for-five Reverse Stock Split

In a proxy statement Tenneco presented its shareowners amendments that will, when Tenneco Automotive becomes an independent, publicly traded company: ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Prices for 2000 ECHO And Celica and Avalon

Toyota Announces Prices for 2000 ECHO And Celica and Avalon

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., released manufacturers suggested retail prices on the all-new ECHO entry-level sedan and next-generation Celica and Avalonmodels. ... Continue reading

Toyota Introduces its Next Generation of Cars to the Next Generation of Buyers

Toyota Introduces its Next Generation of Cars to the Next Generation of Buyers

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. unveiled a radical new marketing campaign that reflects the same healthy dose of performance, attitude and futuristic styling that characterize its new sub-brand of cars. ... Continue reading

USAR: Ritch overcomes poor qualifying to capture third win of season

USAR: Ritch overcomes poor qualifying to capture third win of season

Ritch overcomes poor qualifying to capture third win of season ... Continue reading

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