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Tuesday, February 1, 2000

AAA-Chicago Motor Club Merges with AAA Michigan and AAA Wisconsin

AAA-Chicago Motor Club Merges with AAA Michigan and AAA Wisconsin

AAA-Chicago Motor Club has become affiliated with AAA Michigan/Wisconsin, Inc., the holding company for AAA Michigan and AAA Wisconsin. ... Continue reading

Algor Offers Floating Licensing to Facilitate Concurrent Software Usage

Algor Offers Floating Licensing to Facilitate Concurrent Software Usage

Algor, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, now provides floating, concurrent usage licensing with automatic monitoring at special concurrent-user pricing. ... Continue reading

American Millennium Corporation Completes Funding

American Millennium Corporation Completes Funding

American Millennium Corporation, Inc. announced that it has completed the first phase of its funding. This funding will be used to finance the company's near term capital requirements to expand its marketing and engineering objectives. ... Continue reading

ARCA: 2000 Official Entry List for Daytona

ARCA: 2000 Official Entry List for Daytona

ARCA: Official Entry List for Daytona, Event Number 1 ... Continue reading

Arvin Enhances Investor Center at www.arvin.com

Arvin Enhances Investor Center at www.arvin.com

Arvin has just launched an enhancement to the investor center found at www.arvin.com. ... Continue reading

Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration Schedules Three Supplier Updates

Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration Schedules Three Supplier Updates

The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration announced it will host three international update briefings for suppliers to the automotive, computer and high-tech electronics industries. ... Continue reading

AutoTrader.com Traffic Spikes 414% After Super Bowl Commercial Airs

AutoTrader.com Traffic Spikes 414% After Super Bowl Commercial Airs

AutoTrader.com, the world's largest used car marketplace, is claming victory after the company's first Super Bowl commercial. Seconds after the commercial aired, AutoTrader.com saw its visitor traffic increase by 414%. ... Continue reading

BEI Technologies Reports Fiscal 2000 Q1 Operating Income of $0.17 Per Share

BEI Technologies Reports Fiscal 2000 Q1 Operating Income of $0.17 Per Share

BEI Technologies, Inc. reported that for the fiscal 2000 first quarter ended January 1, 2000, earnings from operations were $1,256,000, or $0.17 per share, up 19% compared to $1,054,000, or $0.14 per share, in the fiscal 1999 first quarter. ... Continue reading

BigWigAuctions.com Auctions Rare Vector M12 On-Line

BigWigAuctions.com Auctions Rare Vector M12 On-Line

A Vector M12, one of the rarest high-performance, American-made automobiles ever built, is being auctioned on-line at BigWigAuctions.com (www.bigwigauctions.com). ... Continue reading

Burnham Reports Record Sales and Declares Dividend

Burnham Reports Record Sales and Declares Dividend

Burnham Corporation, a leading manufacturer of boilers, furnaces, radiators and related accessories for residential, commercial and industrial applications, reported record sales for the year and quarter ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Cannondale Announces Financial Results For Its Q2 of Fiscal 2000

Cannondale Announces Financial Results For Its Q2 of Fiscal 2000

Cannondale Corporation announced results for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2000, the period ended January 1, 2000. ... Continue reading

Capital Automotive Reports Record Results

Capital Automotive Reports Record Results

Capital Automotive, the nation's leading specialty finance company for automotive retail real estate, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Career Choices for Service Technicians Featured at SAE 2000 World Congress

Career Choices for Service Technicians Featured at SAE 2000 World Congress

"Life After Wrenching" is the provocative title of a special panel that will examine different career paths for automotive service technicians as part of the Service Technicians Society "Conference Within a Conference" at SAE 2000 World Congress. ... Continue reading

Carfax.com Adds Lemon Titles to Help New England Consumers Avoid Bad Cars

Carfax.com Adds Lemon Titles to Help New England Consumers Avoid Bad Cars

Used car buyers can now rest even easier. Carfax.com, the nation's leading provider of vehicle history information, announced the addition of Vermont lemon cars to its one billion-record-strong database. ... Continue reading

Carfaxonline.com Enhances Services for Used Car Dealers

Carfaxonline.com Enhances Services for Used Car Dealers

Carfax, Inc. (http://www.Carfaxonline.com), the nation's leading provider of vehicle history information, announced expanded access to its one billion record database. ... Continue reading

Caribbean Motor Works USA Announces Initial Public Trading

Caribbean Motor Works USA Announces Initial Public Trading

Caribbean Motor Works USA, Inc., manufacturer of the Jeep Islander Sport Utility Vehicle, announced immediate availability of its common stock for trading. Stock is quoted on the National Quotation Bureau system. ... Continue reading

CCC to Retain Strategic Investment in InsurQuote/ChannelPoint Company

CCC to Retain Strategic Investment in InsurQuote/ChannelPoint Company

CCC Information Services Inc. announced that it will retain a strategic investment in ChannelPoint, Inc., which announced that it has agreed to merge with InsurQuote Systems, Inc. in which CCC has been a major shareholder. ... Continue reading

Chevron Cars Teams with N2H2's Searchopolis to Design Car of the Future

Chevron Cars Teams with N2H2's Searchopolis to Design Car of the Future

Leading Internet content management and filtering company N2H2, Inc. announced it is teaming with Chevron Cars(TM) to award technology prizes and savings bonds to students who can best envision the car of the future. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler to Invest $100 Million in Sirius Satellite Radio

DaimlerChrysler to Invest $100 Million in Sirius Satellite Radio

DaimlerChrysler and Sirius Satellite Radio announced an agreement to bring satellite radio to DaimlerChrysler customers in the United States beginning next year. ... Continue reading

Dana and GKN Partner for Driveline Systems and Modular Assemblies

Dana and GKN Partner for Driveline Systems and Modular Assemblies

Dana announced the completion of previously announced transactions with GKN plc regarding the establishment of a joint venture to develop advanced driveline systems and modular assemblies. ... Continue reading

EWRX Approved for Quotation On the OTC-Bulletin Board

EWRX Approved for Quotation On the OTC-Bulletin Board

EWRX Internet Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the National Association of Securities Dealers has approved the company for trading on the OTC-BB under the company's trade symbol EWRX effective Jan. 28, 2000. ... Continue reading

Ford Contributes Over a Half Million Greeting Cards To St. Jude's Ranch

Ford Contributes Over a Half Million Greeting Cards To St. Jude's Ranch

Ford Motor Company collected more than a half-million used greeting cards during the 1999 holiday season for recycling by the St. Jude's Ranch for Children. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Jordan hopes new car will continue climb up F1 ladder in 2000

Formula One: Jordan hopes new car will continue climb up F1 ladder in 2000

Formula One: Jordan hopes new car will continue climb up F1 ladder in 2000 ... Continue reading

Hughes' Aggressive Growth Strategy Unaffected by GM Stock Transaction

Hughes' Aggressive Growth Strategy Unaffected by GM Stock Transaction

GM will restructure its economic interest in Hughes Electronics Corporation will have no impact on Hughes' current business plans, or on its strategy to be the world leader in digital entertainment and business communication services. ... Continue reading

InsurQuote to Deliver Esurance Rating Information to Web Portals

InsurQuote to Deliver Esurance Rating Information to Web Portals

InsurQuote Systems Inc. and Esurance Inc., the premier national provider of personal insurance online, announced plans for InsurQuote to supply its NetSync technology services to Esurance. ... Continue reading

Internet Executive Bernee Strom Elected To Hughes Electronics Board

Internet Executive Bernee Strom Elected To Hughes Electronics Board

Bernee D.L. Strom, president of InfoSpace.com Ventures, LLC and former chief executive officer of Priceline.com, has been elected to the board of directors of Hughes Electronics Corporation. ... Continue reading

IRL: 2000 Northern Light Indy Racing League Series Statistics

IRL: 2000 Northern Light Indy Racing League Series Statistics

IRL: 2000 Northern Lights Indy Racing League Series Statistics ... Continue reading

IRL: Jaques Lazier released from Orlando hospital

IRL: Jaques Lazier released from Orlando hospital

IRL: Jaques Lazier released from Orlando hospital ... Continue reading

Isuzu Genuine Parts 'Part of the Family' Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner

Isuzu Genuine Parts 'Part of the Family' Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner

American Isuzu Motors Inc. announced Bill Faulconer, owner of Renson Automotive in Campbell, California as the Grand Prize winner of the 1999 Isuzu Genuine Parts "Part of the Family" National Sweepstakes. ... Continue reading

ITW Reports Record Revenues for 1999 Fourth Quarter and Full Year

ITW Reports Record Revenues for 1999 Fourth Quarter and Full Year

Illinois Tool Works Inc. reported record revenues for the 1999 fourth quarter and full year as a result of improving base business growth and ongoing acquisition activity. ... Continue reading

J.C. Whitney & Co. Upgrades and Expands E-commerce Site at www.jcwhitney.com

J.C. Whitney & Co. Upgrades and Expands E-commerce Site at www.jcwhitney.com

J.C. Whitney & Co., the world's largest direct marketer of automotive parts and accessories, moves into a new phase of e- commerce success by significantly retooling its www.jcwhitney.com website. ... Continue reading

Lexus Chooses NetSearch For 'Build Your Lexus'

Lexus Chooses NetSearch For 'Build Your Lexus'

NetSearch, LLC today announced it will be Lexus' preferred provider to support the "Build Your Lexus" vehicle configurator on http://www.lexus.com. This announcement comes after a successful pilot with select Lexus dealers nationwide. ... Continue reading

Motor Club of America Signs with Cover-All Technologies

Motor Club of America Signs with Cover-All Technologies

Cover-All Technologies Inc. announced thatMotor Club of America has chosen CTI's Classic EXPRESSion(TM)system to provide a full policy rating and issuance solution and CTI'iClassic(TM)Web- enabling option that extends the system to the Internet. ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Dana Racing Signs Competitive Concepts to Handle Hospitality During 2000 Season

NASCAR Trucks: Dana Racing Signs Competitive Concepts to Handle Hospitality During 2000 Season

Dana Racing Signs Competitive Concepts to Handle Hospitality During 2000 Season ... Continue reading

National-Standard Announces that it has Licensed GridShield Technology

National-Standard Announces that it has Licensed GridShield Technology

National-Standard announced that it has licensed Nicholas Plastics (through its N-K Manufacturing Technologies Molding Group) to produce its proprietary GridShield(TM) product line. ... Continue reading

National-Standard Appoints Mississippi Welders Supply As an Authorized Distributor

National-Standard Appoints Mississippi Welders Supply As an Authorized Distributor

Mississippi Welders Supply Company has been appointed as an authorized distributor for National-Standard Company. ... Continue reading

National-Standard Introduces Satin-Glide(R) 2000

National-Standard Introduces Satin-Glide(R) 2000

A new line of stainless steel welding wire has recently been introduced by National-Standard. ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck Names Bohn Chairman

Oshkosh Truck Names Bohn Chairman

Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced that Robert G. Bohn has been named chairman of the board, succeeding Daniel T. Carroll. Carroll will remain a member of the Oshkosh board of directors. ... Continue reading

PACCAR Sales and Earnings Climb to Record Levels

PACCAR Sales and Earnings Climb to Record Levels

PACCAR's 1999 sales and earnings reached all-time records due to improved margins, excellent production efficiency, and strong truck demand in Europe and North America, according to Mark C. Pigott, PACCAR chairman and chief executive officer. ... Continue reading

parts.com on Track to Become a Fully Reporting Company

parts.com on Track to Become a Fully Reporting Company

parts.com, Inc., announced that the Company is in the normal course of development with the current SEC review process of becoming a fully reporting company. ... Continue reading

PickupTruck.Com Teams With InsWeb to Offer Online Insurance Shopping

PickupTruck.Com Teams With InsWeb to Offer Online Insurance Shopping

PickupTruck.Com, the online community for pickup truck enthusiasts, announced that it has chosen InsWeb (www.insweb.com) to provide insurance shopping services for its Internet site. ... Continue reading

Polaris Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Year

Polaris Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Year

Polaris Industries Inc. reported record sales and net income for both the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 1999. The company has now reported record adjusted net income for eleven consecutive years. ... Continue reading

Providata Automotive Announces New Automotive Forecasting Division

Providata Automotive Announces New Automotive Forecasting Division

Providata Automotive, the leading management consulting/market research firm that is solely focused on the global automotive industry, announced it has created an Automotive Vehicle Forecasting division. ... Continue reading

Rebates Available in Denver Area for ZAP Electric Vehicles

Rebates Available in Denver Area for ZAP Electric Vehicles

Buyers of ZAP electric vehicles in the Denver metro area are now eligible for rebates ranging from $50 for a ZAPPY folding scooter, to $200 for a motorcycle or bicycle, and up to $500 for a GEM Neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). ... Continue reading

SatCon to Build Fuel Cell Power Converters for H Power Corp.

SatCon to Build Fuel Cell Power Converters for H Power Corp.

SatCon Technology Corporation, a leader in power and energy management products, announced that it will build fuel cell power converters for H Power Corp. of Belleville, New Jersey. ... Continue reading

SDRC Reports 10% Revenue Growth for 1999 -- European Business Up 18%

SDRC Reports 10% Revenue Growth for 1999 -- European Business Up 18%

SDRC reported revenues totaling $114.1 million for the quarter ending December 31, 1999, about even with the same quarter last year and in line with analysts' expectations. Net income was $4.6 million, or $0.13 per average diluted share outstanding. ... Continue reading

SEGA Rally 2 Is The Best Dreamcast Racer Thus Far

SEGA Rally 2 Is The Best Dreamcast Racer Thus Far

Today there are many, many games that have been ported to the latest video-game console systems like the Playstation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast. ... Continue reading

Society of Plastics Engineers First Annual Automotive Safety Conference

Society of Plastics Engineers First Annual Automotive Safety Conference

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced that Martinez, one of the world's most highly renowned experts on automotive safety, will serve as keynote speaker at the First Annual Automotive Safety Conference. ... Continue reading

Starcraft Corporation Reports Strong First Quarter

Starcraft Corporation Reports Strong First Quarter

Starcraft Corporation announced first quarter results for fiscal year 2000. Sales were up sharply in the first quarter of fiscal 2000, ended January 2, 2000, at $36.2 million, up three- fold from first quarter fiscal 1999 sales of $12.1 million. ... Continue reading

Superbikes: Heavy Rains Force Kawasaki to Cancel Test Session at Sears Point

Superbikes: Heavy Rains Force Kawasaki to Cancel Test Session at Sears Point

Heavy Rains Force Kawasaki to Cancel Test Session at Sears Point ... Continue reading

Systems Modeling Appoints New VP of Sales

Systems Modeling Appoints New VP of Sales

Systems Modeling Corporation announced the appointment of Gary Napotnik to the position of Vice President, Sales. Napotnik joined Systems Modeling on January 3, 2000. ... Continue reading

Teleflex Announces Management Change and Previews 1999 Earnings

Teleflex Announces Management Change and Previews 1999 Earnings

Teleflex Incorporated announced that David S. Boyer, president and chief executive officer, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. ... Continue reading

The Seattle RV and Outdoor Recreation Show Returns!

The Seattle RV and Outdoor Recreation Show Returns!

The largest indoor RV show on the West Coast just got even bigger, as the MHRV Show announces its 37th Annual event, the "2000 Seattle RV and Outdoor Recreation Show," to be held from March 3 - 6 at the Stadium Exhibition Center in Seattle. ... Continue reading

Top Driver Acquires 1-888-Traffic School

Top Driver Acquires 1-888-Traffic School

Top Driver announced that it has purchased 1-888-Traffic School, Inc. ("1-888-TS"), based in Jacksonville, Florida. With 150 approved locations, 1-888-TS is the largest driver improvement program in Florida. ... Continue reading

USAC: Boat returns to Midget cars for 'Copper World Classic'

USAC: Boat returns to Midget cars for 'Copper World Classic'

USAC: Boat returns to Midget cars for 'Copper World Classic' ... Continue reading

Wescast Recognized As One Of The Best Companies To Work For In Canada

Wescast Recognized As One Of The Best Companies To Work For In Canada

Wescast Industries Inc. is proud to announce it has been ranked 8th in the "35 Best Companies to Work for in Canada" by a Globe and Mail survey released Friday, January 28. ... Continue reading

Williams Controls Receives Offers for Agriculture Equipment Business

Williams Controls Receives Offers for Agriculture Equipment Business

Williams Controls, Inc. announced that it has received two offers to purchase the Agriculture Equipment business of Hardee Williams Inc. and certain related assets. ... Continue reading

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