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Monday, February 7, 2000

ADESA Expands Again With Four New Auto Auction Facilities

ADESA Expands Again With Four New Auto Auction Facilities

ADESA Corporation is acquiring the Mission City Auto Auction in San Diego and nearing completion of new auction facilities in Los Angeles, Concord, Mass. and Calgary, Alberta. ... Continue reading

AMA: LaRocco stays within striking distance of Supercross leaders

AMA: LaRocco stays within striking distance of Supercross leaders

LaRocco stays within striking distance of Supercross leaders ... Continue reading

Autocam Announces Closing of Merger With Titan Acquisition Corporation

Autocam Announces Closing of Merger With Titan Acquisition Corporation

Kentwood, Michigan-based Autocam Corporation announced that it has completed the previously announced merger between Titan Acquisition Corporation, a corporation formed by Aurora Capital Group, and the Company. ... Continue reading

Autocam Announces Vote Results and Status of Merger With Titan Acquisition

Autocam Announces Vote Results and Status of Merger With Titan Acquisition

Autocam Corporation announced that its shareholders approved the previously announced merger between Titan Acquisition Corporation, a corporation formed by Aurora Capital Group, and the Company with a 92.5% affirmative vote. ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 6 YEAR 2000

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 6 YEAR 2000

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 6 YEAR 2000 ... Continue reading

Buick LeSabre Limited (2000)

Buick LeSabre Limited (2000)

Buick LeSabre Limited Review ... Continue reading

CIBER Announces 20% Increase in Services Revenues for Calendar 1999

CIBER Announces 20% Increase in Services Revenues for Calendar 1999

CIBER, Inc., a leading orchestrator of e.Business acceleration for the Internet-based economy, reported revenues and earnings for the year and quarter ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Con-Way to Build New Freight Handling Facility in Bessemer, Alabama

Con-Way to Build New Freight Handling Facility in Bessemer, Alabama

Con-Way Southern Express (CSE), announced it will hold a groundbreaking on February 9 at 10 a.m. for its new $6.8 million service center facility in Bessemer, Alabama. ... Continue reading

Copart Reports Continued Success from Internet Bidding

Copart Reports Continued Success from Internet Bidding

Copart, Inc. reported on its continued success from Internet bidding. Total Internet sales for the second quarter ending Jan 31, 2000, were approximately $26.4 million, 32% higher than the $20.0 million reported in the first quarter ending Oct 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Dura Automotive Systems Sales Reach $2.2 Billion for 1999

Dura Automotive Systems Sales Reach $2.2 Billion for 1999

During the fourth quarter of 1999, the company finalized its plans for integrating its acquisitions which result in the consolidation of certain operating facilities. ... Continue reading

Fidelity Holdings' Board Votes to Retain its Technology Operations

Fidelity Holdings' Board Votes to Retain its Technology Operations

Fidelity Holdings, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors has determined to continue the development and operations of its Technology Division, which includes its Computer Business Sciences, Inc., IG2, Inc. and InfoSystems, Inc. subsidiaries. ... Continue reading

Governor's Highway Safety Commission to Meet

Governor's Highway Safety Commission to Meet

The Governor's Highway Safety Commission will hold its first quarterly meeting of 2000 on Wednesday, February 9, at the Riverside Hilton in Wilmington. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Names Key Appointments to Its European Wheels Group

Hayes Lemmerz Names Key Appointments to Its European Wheels Group

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced three appointments to its newly formed European Wheels Group, which include the European Fabricated Wheels and the European Cast Aluminum Wheels business units. ... Continue reading

Honda Enhances Award Winning Pre-Owned Certification Program

Honda Enhances Award Winning Pre-Owned Certification Program

The award-winning Honda Certified Used Car Program (HCUC) just got a little better with a new extended powertrain warranty on a wider range of vehicles, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Retains John Bailey & Associates As Midwest Region Public Relations Firm

Hyundai Retains John Bailey & Associates As Midwest Region Public Relations Firm

Hyundai Motor America announces that John Bailey & Associates Inc., Public Relations (JB&A) will represent the company in the Midwest region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. ... Continue reading

iMotors.com Launches in San Diego

iMotors.com Launches in San Diego

iMotors.com, the Internet's first and only used car retailer, has launched its service in San Diego. ... Continue reading

Inside Motorsports

Inside Motorsports

Inside Motorsports ... Continue reading

Ivaco Expands Further Into Value-Added Wire Products

Ivaco Expands Further Into Value-Added Wire Products

Ivaco Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. operations of its Sivaco Wire Group is undertaking a substantial expansion at the 250,000 square foot complex of its Sivaco Georgia unit located at Newnan, Georgia. ... Continue reading

Lear Tackles The Safety Responsibilities of Modular Systems Integration    

Lear Tackles The Safety Responsibilities of Modular Systems Integration    

In the era of modularity, the key to earning and successfully executing the safety responsibilities of a Tier One automotive interior systems integrator is having innovative technology and comprehensive capabilities. ... Continue reading

Lernout & Hauspie Brings Continuous Dictation to Handheld Devices

Lernout & Hauspie Brings Continuous Dictation to Handheld Devices

Lernout & Hauspie showcased solutions that highlight how it is moving speech and language technologies beyond the desktop to a growing number of handheld, mobile and wireless devices, increasing the ease of use and utility of those devices. ... Continue reading

Lucky Member Wins Vintage Racer Leather Jacket

Lucky Member Wins Vintage Racer Leather Jacket

AMA member and legislative supporter Scott Braman was randomly picked recently to receive the AMA/Intersport Fashions West Vintage Racer leather jacket as part of a year-end drawing to support the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. ... Continue reading

Mace Signs Agreement To Acquire Mustang Car Wash

Mace Signs Agreement To Acquire Mustang Car Wash

Mace Security International, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Mustang Car Wash of Grapevine, Texas, which is located in the surrounding area of Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas. ... Continue reading

NASCAR Renews Microphonics for the Year 2000

NASCAR Renews Microphonics for the Year 2000

NASCAR has requested Microphonics's involvement for the entire 2000 racing season. Microphonics will again serve and assist NASCAR officials as a monitoring body at tracks such as Daytona, Talladega, Indianapolis, Charlotte and Atlanta. ... Continue reading

New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site

New Crash Test Results Available on NHTSA's World Wide Web Site

The latest crash test results for model year 2000 vehicles are now available on the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) world wide web site: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Complete race results, Autozone Winternationals

NHRA: Complete race results, Autozone Winternationals

NHRA: Scelzi, Toliver lead NHRA victory parade at Autozone Winternationals ... Continue reading

NHRA: WWF Racing and Jerry Toliver win back-to-back races at Pomona

NHRA: WWF Racing and Jerry Toliver win back-to-back races at Pomona

NHRA: WWF Racing and Jerry Toliver win back-to-back ... Continue reading

NHTSA Unveils Brochure To Help Those with Disabilities

NHTSA Unveils Brochure To Help Those with Disabilities

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled its first-ever consumer brochure to help persons with disabilities in the market for an adapted vehicle to take advantage of new technology to increase their mobility. ... Continue reading

Nissan Altima SE (2000)

Nissan Altima SE (2000)

Nissan Altima SE Review ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker Reaches Definitive Agreement to Sell Rouseville Refinery

Pennzoil-Quaker Reaches Definitive Agreement to Sell Rouseville Refinery

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Calumet Lubricants Company, LP to purchase its Rouseville, Pennsylvania refinery and related assets. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Reports Q4 and Full Year 1999 Results

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Reports Q4 and Full Year 1999 Results

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company announced fourth quarter 1999 net income before nonrecurring charges of $6.7 million, or 8 cents per basic share, compared to net income of $3.5 million, or 7 cents per basic share, in 1998. ... Continue reading

Reach Out and Touch the Ford Explorer Sport Trac at Spirit of Ford

Reach Out and Touch the Ford Explorer Sport Trac at Spirit of Ford

Heard the hype but want to see the hardware? Been wondering what this half truck/half Explorer is all about? Want to explore the cargo cage that increases the amount of stuff you can haul? ... Continue reading

Roberto Cordaro Named Chief Executive Officer of MCII

Roberto Cordaro Named Chief Executive Officer of MCII

Motor Coach Industries International, Inc., announced that Roberto Cordaro has been elected chief executive officer. Cordaro was formerly president of the Automotive Group of Cummins Engine Company. ... Continue reading

Rolex 24: Goodyear takes second overall, sports racer win at Daytona

Rolex 24: Goodyear takes second overall, sports racer win at Daytona

Rolex 24: Strong performances for Riley & Scott at Daytona ... Continue reading

Rolex 24: Reynard 2KQ goes the distance at Daytona 24 hour race

Rolex 24: Reynard 2KQ goes the distance at Daytona 24 hour race

Rolex 24: Reynard 2KQ goes the distance at Daytona 24 hour race ... Continue reading

Rolex 24: Strong performances for Riley & Scott at Daytona

Rolex 24: Strong performances for Riley & Scott at Daytona

Rolex 24: Strong performances for Riley & Scott at Daytona ... Continue reading

SDRC and Siemens AG Engage in Partnership for Competitive Excellence

SDRC and Siemens AG Engage in Partnership for Competitive Excellence

SDRC, a leading global supplier of Internet-enabled collaborative product development solutions, today announced that Siemens AG is engaging with SDRC in a partnership for competitive excellence. ... Continue reading

Textron Names Aubry Executive VP - Marketing, Communications and e-Business

Textron Names Aubry Executive VP - Marketing, Communications and e-Business

Kirk W. Aubry has been named executive vice president -- Marketing, Communications and e-Business at Textron Automotive Company. The announcement was made today by Chairman, President and CEO Sam Licavoli. ... Continue reading

togglethis Creates Interactive Email Advertisement for BMW

togglethis Creates Interactive Email Advertisement for BMW

togglethis, a leader in interactive marketing, announces the launch of a four-episode email advertising campaign to introduce the BMW X5, the new BMW Sports Activity Vehicle. ... Continue reading

Toyota Tundra X/Cab 4WD V8 Limited (2000)

Toyota Tundra X/Cab 4WD V8 Limited (2000)

Toyota Tundra X/Cab 4WD V8 Limited Review ... Continue reading

Union Acceptance Corporation Announces $283 Million Securitization

Union Acceptance Corporation Announces $283 Million Securitization

Union Acceptance Corporation announced that its subsidiary, UAC Securitization Corporation, has priced an offering of approximately $283 million of asset-backed notes, secured by a pool of prime automobile receivables. ... Continue reading

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, 'Copper World Classic'

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, 'Copper World Classic'

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, 'Copper World Classic' ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI Worldcom USAC National/Western Midget Car Series Race Results, 'Copper World Classic'

USAC: MCI Worldcom USAC National/Western Midget Car Series Race Results, 'Copper World Classic'

USAC: MCI Worldcom USAC National/Western Midget Car Series Race Results, 'Copper World Classic' ... Continue reading

USAC: Tony Stewart beats Newman in 'Copper World Classic' Thriller Midget Car Race

USAC: Tony Stewart beats Newman in 'Copper World Classic' Thriller Midget Car Race

USAC: Tony Stewart beats Newman in 'Copper World Classic' Thriller Midget Car Race ... Continue reading

USWA Local Approves Contract by 2 to 1 Margin at AK Steel

USWA Local Approves Contract by 2 to 1 Margin at AK Steel

Members of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1016-7 have overwhelmingly approved a new 5-year collective bargaining agreement with AK Steel. ... Continue reading

Viper LeMans - TCC Drives a 600 HP Kick in the Asp

Viper LeMans - TCC Drives a 600 HP Kick in the Asp

Strap yourself in for a 600-horsepower kick in the asp, as The Car Connection takes a high-speed tour of LeMans in the world's fastest and most powerful race-ready Dodge Viper. ... Continue reading

VitriSeal Announces Robert Gay Agreement to Serve On Board

VitriSeal Announces Robert Gay Agreement to Serve On Board

VitriSeal Inc. announced that Robert C. Gay, a Managing Director of Bain Capital, has agreed to serve on the board of directors of VitriSeal. ... Continue reading

ZAP Signs Agreement to Merge With Electric Car Rental Company

ZAP Signs Agreement to Merge With Electric Car Rental Company

ZAPWORLD.COM announced that it has reached an agreement to merge with electric car rental company EV Rental & Management Company, LLC of (EVR) of Fargo, ND. ... Continue reading

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