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Wednesday, April 12, 2000

Arvin Declares Cash Dividend

Arvin Declares Cash Dividend

The Board of Directors of Arvin Industries, Inc., on April 10, 2000, declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of 22 cents per common share, payable June 30, 2000, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 2, 2000. ... Continue reading

A. Schulman Inc. Adds Two New Directors to Its Board

A. Schulman Inc. Adds Two New Directors to Its Board

A. Schulman Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has elected two new members, increasing the size of the Board to 11 people. ... Continue reading

A. Schulman Inc. Appoints Rengarajan Ramesh Vice President of Technology

A. Schulman Inc. Appoints Rengarajan Ramesh Vice President of Technology

A. Schulman Inc. announced the appointment of Rengarajan Ramesh to serve as Vice President of Technology. The Company's Board of Directors approved the move at its quarterly meeting here this morning. ... Continue reading

Bobit Publishing Acquires Bill Communications Automotive Group

Bobit Publishing Acquires Bill Communications Automotive Group

The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. announced that Bill Communications has sold its Automotive Group, which consists of three important B2B magazines serving the automotive aftermarket to Bobit Publishing Company. ... Continue reading

BT Industries Acquires 100% of CESAB

BT Industries Acquires 100% of CESAB

BT Industries has acquired the remaining 55% of the shares in the Italian forklift truck manufacturer CESAB. BT has owned 45% of the company since March last year. ... Continue reading

CART: Tony Kanaan rates Long Beach high on his list of favorite tracks

CART: Tony Kanaan rates Long Beach high on his list of favorite tracks

CART: Tony Kanaan rates Long Beach high on his list of favorite tracks ... Continue reading

CART: Toyota GP of Long Beach may provide preview of eventual FedEx Champ

CART: Toyota GP of Long Beach may provide preview of eventual FedEx Champ

CART: Toyota GP of Long Beach may provide preview of eventual FedEx Champ ... Continue reading

Cyclebytel Launches Site Upgrades

Cyclebytel Launches Site Upgrades

Cyclebytel, http://www.cyclebytel.com, the premier online market place for anything motorcycle related, is pleased to announce significant site upgrades, and the introduction of a new and more customer friendly purchasing process. ... Continue reading

Cypress's CTO to Present in Knowledge Management Roundtable

Cypress's CTO to Present in Knowledge Management Roundtable

Cypress Corporation announced that Paul Vagnozzi, the Company's Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, will participate in the Knowledge Management Roundtable session at FOSE, being held on April 18-20, 2000 in Washington, DC. ... Continue reading

Delphi Earnings Increase 13% To $322 Million in First Quarter 2000

Delphi Earnings Increase 13% To $322 Million in First Quarter 2000

Delphi Automotive Systems reported first quarter revenue of $7.8 billion and earnings of $322 million, excluding a one-time acquisition-related charge.* ... Continue reading

Device from Johnson Controls Creates Wireless Electronic Network in Vehicle Interior

Device from Johnson Controls Creates Wireless Electronic Network in Vehicle Interior

Johnson Controls unveiled new technology developments that will enable a full range of digital devices to "share" information wirelessly within a vehicle interior -- everything from cellular phones and pagers, to hand-held computers and more. ... Continue reading

Dollar Forms Online Travel Partnership with Hotel Reservations Network

Dollar Forms Online Travel Partnership with Hotel Reservations Network

Dollar Rent A Car has formed an online travel partnership with Hotel Reservations Network, http://www.hoteldiscount.com -- the Internet's leading provider of discount hotel accommodations worldwide and supplier of hotel lodging during sold out periods. ... Continue reading

Ducati Announces 14th Consecutive Quarter Record Revenue Growth

Ducati Announces 14th Consecutive Quarter Record Revenue Growth

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., a leading manufacturer of high performance motorcycles, announced record consolidated revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Ex-GM Exec to Direct WorldStar Sales and Marketing

Ex-GM Exec to Direct WorldStar Sales and Marketing

Composite Automobile Research Ltd., World Transport Authority Inc. (WTA), has appointed Joseph W. Parker as senior vice president. ... Continue reading

Fidelity Holdings Reports Year-End Results

Fidelity Holdings Reports Year-End Results

Fidelity Holdings, Inc. reported record revenues, gross profits and a net loss for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Ford and Wells Fargo to Offer Unique Small Business Credit Card

Ford and Wells Fargo to Offer Unique Small Business Credit Card

Ford, in partnership with Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers and Wells Fargo & Company, is launching a unique co-branded MasterCard(R) that will enable small and medium size businesses to more effectively manage their purchasing needs. ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Truscelli Team Racing files entry for Jaques Lazier

INDY 500: Truscelli Team Racing files entry for Jaques Lazier

INDY 500: Truscelli Team Racing files entry for Jaques Lazier ... Continue reading

Indy Racing: Carlson leads speed chart on short day at open test

Indy Racing: Carlson leads speed chart on short day at open test

Indy Racing: Carlson leads speed chart on short day at open test ... Continue reading

Indy Racing: Indy Racing NorthernLight Series Notebook

Indy Racing: Indy Racing NorthernLight Series Notebook

NorthernLight IRL: TeamXtreme manager hopes Vegas is a winning proposal ... Continue reading

InfoMove Secures $5.5 Million in Second Round of Funding

InfoMove Secures $5.5 Million in Second Round of Funding

InfoMove, the first company to fully integrate the advantages of the Internet with the car, announced that it has closed a second round of "Series A Preferred" funding totaling $5.5 million. ... Continue reading

International Auto Makers' Group Ready for New Challenges with New Leadership

International Auto Makers' Group Ready for New Challenges with New Leadership

The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) introduced its new leadership team, and pledged that the revitalized organization would provide a strong voice on the major issues affecting the auto industry. ... Continue reading

Leading Elastomers Suppliers Create Customer-Focused Industry E-Marketplace

Leading Elastomers Suppliers Create Customer-Focused Industry E-Marketplace

Leading elastomers industry suppliers including Bayer, CK Witco Corp., DSM Elastomers, DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C., Flexsys, M.A. Hanna Rubber Compounding and Zeon Chemicals L.P. have signed a letter of intent to create www.ElastomerSolutions.com. ... Continue reading

Lear Appoints Rodolfo Kroebel President Lear Electronics

Lear Appoints Rodolfo Kroebel President Lear Electronics

Lear Corporation announced the appointment of Rodolfo Kroebel to President of Lear Electronics and Electrical Division - Europe. ... Continue reading

LIGHT READING - Dayton Indy Lights Championship News & Notes

LIGHT READING - Dayton Indy Lights Championship News & Notes

LIGHT READING - Dayton Indy Lights Championship News & Notes ... Continue reading

Loanfirst.com Secures $7 Million in Funding to

Loanfirst.com Secures $7 Million in Funding to

Austin, Texas-based metamediary Loanfirst.com announced it has secured $7 million in its A round funding from SSM Ventures, Center Point Ventures, Vortex Partners and TechxasVentures. ... Continue reading

MaterialNet.com Expands Corporate Headquarters

MaterialNet.com Expands Corporate Headquarters

David Centner, president of MaterialNet.com announced it has leased 19,300 square feet of high-tech office space in the Lake Success Quadrangle, in Lake Success, N.Y. ... Continue reading

Meritor Automotive Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

Meritor Automotive Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

The Meritor Automotive, Inc. board of directors, declared a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on its common stock, payable June 5, 2000, to shareowners of record on May 15, 2000. ... Continue reading

Meritor Automotive Elects Cummins Corporate Officer

Meritor Automotive Elects Cummins Corporate Officer

Meritor Automotive, Inc. announced that its board of directors has elected Linda M. Cummins, senior vice president, Communications, reporting directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Larry D. Yost. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green's crew chief celebrates a homecoming at Talladega

NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green's crew chief celebrates a homecoming at Talladega

NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green's crew chief celebrates a homecoming at Talladega ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Talladega is like 'a chess game' for David Green

NASCAR BGN: Talladega is like 'a chess game' for David Green

NASCAR BGN: Talladega is like 'a chess game' for David Green ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Benson Gets To Bring His 'Daytona' Pontiac to Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Benson Gets To Bring His 'Daytona' Pontiac to Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Benson Gets To Bring His 'Daytona' Pontiac to Talladega ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau looks ahead to Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau looks ahead to Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau looks ahead to Talladega ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace has short race at Martinsville, Longer day coming at Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace has short race at Martinsville, Longer day coming at Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace has short race at Martinsville, Longer day coming at Talladega ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: NASCAR Winston Cup Sponsorship Produces Desired Results

NASCAR WCUP: NASCAR Winston Cup Sponsorship Produces Desired Results

NASCAR Winston Cup Sponsorship Produces Desired Results ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Schrader hope Daytona highlight will pale compared to Talladega success

NASCAR WCUP: Schrader hope Daytona highlight will pale compared to Talladega success

NASCAR WCUP: Schrader hope Daytona highlight will pale compared to Talladega success ... Continue reading

National Auto Credit Announces Settlement

National Auto Credit Announces Settlement

National Auto Credit, Inc. announced that it had reached an agreement in principle to settle the class action securities litigation filed against it and certain of its current and former officers and directors. ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Dismore hopes age and wisdom prevail at Indianapolis

NorthernLight IRL: Dismore hopes age and wisdom prevail at Indianapolis

NorthernLight IRL: Dismore hopes age and wisdom prevail at Indianapolis ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: TeamXtreme manager hopes Vegas is a winning proposal

NorthernLight IRL: TeamXtreme manager hopes Vegas is a winning proposal

NorthernLight IRL: TeamXtreme manager hopes Vegas is a winning proposal ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Tony George comments on 'State of the Series'

NorthernLight IRL: Tony George comments on 'State of the Series'

NorthernLight IRL: Tony George comments on 'State of the Series' ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck Named to Fortune 1000; Added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index

Oshkosh Truck Named to Fortune 1000; Added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index

Oshkosh Truck Corporation was recognized in two major corporate listings in one week. ... Continue reading

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. Acquires Atlas Engineering, Inc.

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. Acquires Atlas Engineering, Inc.

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. announced that it has acquired Atlas Engineering, Inc. of Tallmadge, Ohio, for an undisclosed sum. Atlas, which had sales of $3.0 million in 1999, is a manufacturer of blind threaded rivets. ... Continue reading

Plastics Fair Expos Announces Dates and Locations for 2001!

Plastics Fair Expos Announces Dates and Locations for 2001!

Advanstar Communications, producer of the original Plastics Fairs and Western Plastics Expo, announces its 2001 plastics trade show dates and locations. ... Continue reading

Prestigious Engineering Award to Scania

Prestigious Engineering Award to Scania

Scania received the prestigious Design Engineering Prize at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Goteborg in recognition of its advanced modular approach to the manufacture of heavy trucks. ... Continue reading

Priceline.com Releases Top 10 New Car Models And Manufacturers For March

Priceline.com Releases Top 10 New Car Models And Manufacturers For March

Priceline.com, the Internet pricing system that enables consumers to save money by naming their own price for a variety of travel, automotive and personal finance products, announced the top-ten selling vehicles and manufacturers for March. ... Continue reading

SANYO, USA Digital Radio Form Strategic Alliance

SANYO, USA Digital Radio Form Strategic Alliance

USA Digital Radio, Inc., and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. announced they had signed a joint technology and marketing development agreement. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Huffaker/Qvale, Tommy Bahama and Brian Simo head to Long Beach with momentum

SCCA: Huffaker/Qvale, Tommy Bahama and Brian Simo head to Long Beach with momentum

Huffaker/Qvale, Tommy Bahama and Brian Simo head to Long Beach with momentum ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally Championship - TV Schedules

SCCA ProRally Championship - TV Schedules

SCCA ProRally Championship Release - TV Schedules ... Continue reading

Simon Transportation Reports Profitable Second Quarter

Simon Transportation Reports Profitable Second Quarter

Simon Transportation Services, Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal second quarter and the six months ended March 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Southeast Toyota Posts Best-Ever March Sales

Southeast Toyota Posts Best-Ever March Sales

Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. announced the best-ever March retail sales in its 30-year history. The company's former March record, set in 1997, was surpassed by seven percent. ... Continue reading

Spatial and the Rapid Prototyping Directory Announce Internet Alliance

Spatial and the Rapid Prototyping Directory Announce Internet Alliance

Spatial Inc., developer of Web-based business-to-business (b2b) interoperability solutions and open, component 3D modeling technology, and CAD/CAM Publishing, publisher of the Rapid Prototyping Directory, announced a major Internet alliance. ... Continue reading

Subaru Legacy Earns Top Rating in High Speed Crash Tests

Subaru Legacy Earns Top Rating in High Speed Crash Tests

Subaru of America, Inc. announced that the 2000 Subaru Legacy has earned the highest rating among seven midsize four-door cars subjected to 40 mph frontal offset crash tests. ... Continue reading

Tampa/St. Petersburg-Area Toyota Sales Climb in March

Tampa/St. Petersburg-Area Toyota Sales Climb in March

Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that March's retail truck sales at Toyota's five Tampa/St. Petersburg-area dealers climbed 35 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 12 percent. ... Continue reading

Titan Obtains 90-Day Extension for Its Existing Credit Line

Titan Obtains 90-Day Extension for Its Existing Credit Line

Titan Motorcycle Co. of America announced reaching an agreement with its lender, Wells Fargo Credit, Inc., for a 90-day extension of its existing credit line. ... Continue reading

UAW President Tells Congress: Stand With Us For a Fair Global Economy

UAW President Tells Congress: Stand With Us For a Fair Global Economy

UAW President Stephen P. Yokich called for the U.S. Congress to stand with union members, environmentalists, human rights activists, and other concerned citizens working to create a new approach to the global economy. ... Continue reading

UNIDYNE Plans Reorganization

UNIDYNE Plans Reorganization

UNIDYNE Corporation announced that it has begun the process of structuring a reorganization of its business in consultation with financial and legal professionals. ... Continue reading

USAC: Scully, Hart take Bakersfield features, Sprints head to Mesa Marin Saturday

USAC: Scully, Hart take Bakersfield features, Sprints head to Mesa Marin Saturday

USAC: Scully, Hart take Bakersfield features, Sprints head to Mesa Marin Saturday ... Continue reading

Virginia Emissions Data Added to Carfax.com Database

Virginia Emissions Data Added to Carfax.com Database

Carfax.com, the nation's leading provider of vehicle history information, announced the addition of 1.2 million odometer readings from Virginia emission inspections to its national database of over one billion vehicle records. ... Continue reading

Visteon and Lernout & Hauspie Announce Intent to Create a Joint Venture

Visteon and Lernout & Hauspie Announce Intent to Create a Joint Venture

Lernout & Hauspie and Visteon Corporation announced their intent to create a joint venture dedicated to advancing and accelerating the speech interface in automotive applications. ... Continue reading

World Omni Master Owner Trust Rated `AAA' By Fitch IBCA

World Omni Master Owner Trust Rated `AAA' By Fitch IBCA

World Omni Master Owner Trust's, series 2000-1 $646,000,000 floating rate class A notes and $54,000,000 floating rate class B notes are rated `AAA' and `AA-' respectively, by Fitch IBCA. ... Continue reading

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