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Tuesday, February 22, 2000

ADP Signs Provider Agreement with CARSTAR Automotive Canada

ADP Signs Provider Agreement with CARSTAR Automotive Canada

ADP Collision Repair Services announced that it has signed an agreement to become the primary provider of estimating and imaging services for all collision repair facilities owned, operated and licensed by CARSTAR Automotive Canada. ... Continue reading

AK Steel Contributes $85 Million to Mansfield Economy in 1999

AK Steel Contributes $85 Million to Mansfield Economy in 1999

Despite a labor dispute that resulted in the lockout of about 500 members of the United Steelworkers of America for a third of the year, AK Steel's Mansfield Works made a healthy contribution to the economies of Mansfield and Ohio in 1999. ... Continue reading

AMA: EA Sports Supercross Series Race Results, Silverdome, Pontiac MI

AMA: EA Sports Supercross Series Race Results, Silverdome, Pontiac MI

AMA EA SPORTS SUPERCROSS SERIES SILVERDOME, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN - FEBRUARY 19, 2000 ... Continue reading

ASA: Discount Auto Parts to Sponsor ACDelco Series Event at Lanier National Speedway

ASA: Discount Auto Parts to Sponsor ACDelco Series Event at Lanier National Speedway

Discount Auto Parts to Sponsor ACDelco Series Event at Lanier National Speedway ... Continue reading

ASA: Larry Foyt to Run for Harrah's Member of Elite Racing Family

ASA: Larry Foyt to Run for Harrah's Member of Elite Racing Family

Larry Foyt to Run for Harrah's Member of Elite Racing Family ... Continue reading

ASA: Pace American Trailers renews with AMA Pro Racing

ASA: Pace American Trailers renews with AMA Pro Racing

ASA: Pace American Trailers renews with AMA Pro Racing ... Continue reading

Autobytel.com Inks Deals with Three More Insurance Providers

Autobytel.com Inks Deals with Three More Insurance Providers

Autobytel.com announced that its comparative quoting auto insurance system will now offer real-time quotes through three additional insurance providers, eCoverage, Esurance, and Avomark Insurance Company* or one of its affiliates. ... Continue reading

carClub.com Announces $45 Million in Private Funding

carClub.com Announces $45 Million in Private Funding

carClub.com, the first Internet company to deliver savings and benefits to both car owners and automotive retailers, announced that it has obtained private funding totaling $45 million. ... Continue reading

Delphi Automotive Systems Announces Three Engineering Appointments

Delphi Automotive Systems Announces Three Engineering Appointments

Delphi Automotive Systems made three engineering appointments, according to Guy C. Hachey, president of Delphi Energy & Chassis Systems. ... Continue reading

Donnelly Announces Record Earnings For Fourth Quarter, Calendar Year

Donnelly Announces Record Earnings For Fourth Quarter, Calendar Year

Donnelly Corporation released fourth-quarter financial results for calendar year 1999 that included the company's highest-ever earnings for the October-December period, on total sales of $213 million. ... Continue reading

Drivers Can `See' Traffic Hazards With Wireless Warning System

Drivers Can `See' Traffic Hazards With Wireless Warning System

Every year, thousands of accidents occur because drivers can't see road hazards until they encounter them. ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Appoints New Technology Team

DynaMotive Appoints New Technology Team

DynaMotive Technologies announced that it has assembled a highly experienced new Technology Group to enable the Company to design and build commercial sized BioOil production plants in its key markets in North America, Europe, Asia and South America over the next five years. ... Continue reading

Europebyair.com Announces Budget Car Rental To Join Program

Europebyair.com Announces Budget Car Rental To Join Program

Europebyair.com announced that Budget Car Rental has joined the europebyair.com discount travel program. ... Continue reading

Federal Screw Works Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

Federal Screw Works Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

The Board of Directors of Federal Screw Work declared a regular quarterly cash divided of 10 cents per share on its outstanding $1.00 par value common stock, payable April 3, 2000, to shareholders of record at the close of business onMarch 6, 2000. ... Continue reading

Ford, Bing Group Open Nonprofit Training Center to Assist Minority Suppliers

Ford, Bing Group Open Nonprofit Training Center to Assist Minority Suppliers

Representatives from Ford, The Bing Group and the City of Detroit dedicated the Detroit Manufacturing Training Center, a nonprofit facility in the federal Empowerment Zone that will train workers for positions with minority auto suppliers. ... Continue reading

Ford Focus to Help Drive Educational, Cultural Programs for GRAMMYs

Ford Focus to Help Drive Educational, Cultural Programs for GRAMMYs

Ford has signed a three-year sponsorship package with The Recording Academy which includes funding for their educational and cultural programs, including the expansion of GRAMMY in the Schools Career Day, for the non-profit GRAMMY(R) Foundation. ... Continue reading

Gentex Corporation Receives VDA Certification

Gentex Corporation Receives VDA Certification

Gentex Corporation announced that its automotive operations have received registration to VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie) 6.1, the German quality assurance standard based on the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9000 series. ... Continue reading

Hella North America Appoints the Northwest Group Advertising Agency

Hella North America Appoints the Northwest Group Advertising Agency

Hella North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global automotive lighting and electronics company, Hella KG, has appointed Northwest Advertising of Livonia, Michigan, its advertising agency. ... Continue reading

Insilco Holding Co. Reports Improved Q4 and Full Year 1999 Results

Insilco Holding Co. Reports Improved Q4 and Full Year 1999 Results

Insilco Holding Co. reported sales and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

IRL: Heavy rain washes out first day of 'Test in the West'

IRL: Heavy rain washes out first day of 'Test in the West'

IRL: Heavy rain washes out first day of 'Test in the West' ... Continue reading

Magna Announces Record 1999 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results

Magna Announces Record 1999 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results

Magna International Inc. reported record sales, profits and earnings per share for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

MAN Acquires ALSTOM's Diesel Engine Operations

MAN Acquires ALSTOM's Diesel Engine Operations

Engineering companies ALSTOM of France and MAN of Germany have agreed terms for the acquisition by MAN of ALSTOM's Diesel engines business. ... Continue reading

Nadaguides.com Brings Nation's Most Comprehensive Vehicle Values To the Web

Nadaguides.com Brings Nation's Most Comprehensive Vehicle Values To the Web

N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides, the world's largest publisher of appraisal guides for used vehicle values, launched its newly developed Web site, http://www.nadaguides.com. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chad Little/John Deere Daytona 500 Recap

NASCAR WCUP: Chad Little/John Deere Daytona 500 Recap

Racing About to Shift to High Gear at USA International SpeedwayChad Little/John Deere Daytona 500 Recap ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Stewart eager for real season to start at 'The Rock'

NASCAR WCUP: Stewart eager for real season to start at 'The Rock'

NASCAR WCUP: Stewart eager for real season to start at 'The Rock' ... Continue reading

Newgen Teams With Saab to Boost Service Revenues and Brand Loyalty

Newgen Teams With Saab to Boost Service Revenues and Brand Loyalty

Newgen Results Corp. announced that Saab will endorse the use of Newgen's CRM services in more than 200 dealerships to maximize repeat dealership sales and service revenues and help build Saab brand and owner loyalty with consumers. ... Continue reading

Product Breakthroughs with Strong Consumer Appeal Drive Delphi at SAE 2000

Product Breakthroughs with Strong Consumer Appeal Drive Delphi at SAE 2000

Delphi Automotive Systems will use SAE 2000 to showcase its high-tech product portfolio -- and how consumer demand for these products will help drive the company's long-term growth. ... Continue reading

Rush Enterprises Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

Rush Enterprises Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

Rush Enterprises Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Second Goodyear Rock-Crawling Event Goes to Extremes

Second Goodyear Rock-Crawling Event Goes to Extremes

The second Goodyear Extreme Rock Crawling Championship next month pits two Arizona mountain men against two Nebraskans from the prairie. ... Continue reading

ShapingInnovation.com Showcases Real-Time Design

ShapingInnovation.com Showcases Real-Time Design

PTC announced that its collaborative product commerce (CPC) solutions will be used by three teams on three continents to collaborate via the Internet to completely design a racing car in seven days. ... Continue reading

Shareholder Files Suit Against Sheldahl, Inc.

Shareholder Files Suit Against Sheldahl, Inc.

Sheldahl, Inc. announced that it has received notice of a Minnesota state court complaint against the Company, its directors and Molex Inc. claiming that theconsideration to be paid in a proposed transaction between the Company and Molex. ... Continue reading

Simpson Industries, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Simpson Industries, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Simpson Industries, Inc. announces that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $.10 per share. ... Continue reading

Steve Nickelsen Will Publish a Weekly Column on Autolink.com

Steve Nickelsen Will Publish a Weekly Column on Autolink.com

Autolink.com, an independent, business-to-business Web site established exclusively for automotive retailers announced that its Web site (http://www.autolink.com ) will host a weekly column from Steve Nickelsen. ... Continue reading

Titan Announces Year End Financial Results

Titan Announces Year End Financial Results

Titan International, Inc. has announced net sales of $134.4 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1999, compared to $143.0 million for the fourth quarter of 1998. ... Continue reading

Titan Introduces Six New Year 2000 Models

Titan Introduces Six New Year 2000 Models

Titan Motorcycle Co. of America introduced its new Year 2000 model motorcycles at the annual Dealernews International Powersports Dealer Expo 2000 show in Indianapolis. ... Continue reading

Torrenzano Group Joins Warrantech as Financial Communications & IR Counsel

Torrenzano Group Joins Warrantech as Financial Communications & IR Counsel

Warrantech Corporation announced that it has retained The Torrenzano Group LLC of New York as outside corporate affairs and financial communications counsel. ... Continue reading

Tracks: Racing About to Shift to High Gear at USA International Speedway

Tracks: Racing About to Shift to High Gear at USA International Speedway

Racing About to Shift to High Gear at USA International Speedway ... Continue reading

USF Holland Opens New Service Center in Erie, PA

USF Holland Opens New Service Center in Erie, PA

USF Holland, a unit of USFreightways Corporation, announced the opening of a new, full-service terminal in Erie, Pennsylvania. ... Continue reading

ViaVid partners with Forsythe Racing

ViaVid partners with Forsythe Racing

ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. announced that it has partnered with Forsythe Racing Inc. for the production and distribution of a weekly webcast show, called `Inside Forsythe Racing.' ... Continue reading

WPI GROUP Announces Sale Of Rugged Handheld Computer Business

WPI GROUP Announces Sale Of Rugged Handheld Computer Business

WPI GROUP, INC. announced that the Company has sold its UK- based WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY business to Dynatech Corporation. ... Continue reading

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