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Saturday, September 29, 2001

eCom Corp. Announces Agreement to Acquire TTRHP, LC

eCom Corp. Announces Agreement to Acquire TTRHP, LC

LAS VEGAS--Sept. 28, 2001--eCom Corp. (OTCBB:ECCM)(FRNK:E06) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 15 percent of TTRHP, LC. TTRHP, www.TTRHP.com, has been formed to develop, manufacture and distribute a product line of high tech, performance products and automotive exhaust systems aime ... Continue reading

eCom Corp. Announces Agreement to Acquire TTRHP, LC

eCom Corp. Announces Agreement to Acquire TTRHP, LC

LAS VEGAS--Sept. 28, 2001--eCom Corp. (OTCBB:ECCM)(FRNK:E06) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 15 percent of TTRHP, LC. TTRHP, www.TTRHP.com, has been formed to develop, manufacture and distribute a product line of high tech, performance products and automotive exhaust systems aime ... Continue reading

Featherlite Renews Agreement to Begin Their Second Decade With NASCAR

Featherlite Renews Agreement to Begin Their Second Decade With NASCAR

KANSAS CITY, Kan.--Sept. 28, 2001-- Unprecendented Five-Year Agreement Will Continue Featherlite Modified and Featherlite Southwest Series; Featherlite to Continue as `Official Trailer' and `Official Luxury Coach' of NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and Iowa-based Featherlite, Inc. hav ... Continue reading

Press Release: Toyota Credit Canada Inc.

Press Release: Toyota Credit Canada Inc.

Press Release: Toyota Credit Canada Inc. Date of Release: Sep 28, 2001 Confirms at AAA and R-1 (high) Kam Hon, Walter Schroeder, CFA / 416-593-5577 ext.2243 / e-mail: khon@dbrs.com Rating Trend Rating Action Debt Rated AAA Stable Confirmed Corporate Rating* R-1 (high) Stable Confirmed Commercial Paper * The Corporate R ... Continue reading

Starcraft Announces Two Multi-Year Contracts Between GM and Tecstar

Starcraft Announces Two Multi-Year Contracts Between GM and Tecstar

New Oshawa, Canada Facility to Supply Silverado Specialty Vehicle Upfit Packages for 2003-2006 Model Years; Bridgewater, New Jersey Facility to Produce S10 Packages for the 2002 and 2003 Model Years Starcraft Corporation (OTCBB:STCR) announced today that Tecstar, a firm jointly owned by Starcraft Corporation of Goshen, ... Continue reading

Starcraft Announces Two Multi-Year Contracts Between GM and Tecstar Totalling Up to $80 Million in Sales

Starcraft Announces Two Multi-Year Contracts Between GM and Tecstar Totalling Up to $80 Million in Sales

GOSHEN, Ind.--Sept. 28, 2001-- New Oshawa, Canada Facility to Supply Silverado Specialty Vehicle Upfit Packages for 2003-2006 Model Years; Bridgewater, New Jersey Facility to Produce S10 Packages for the 2002 and 2003 Model Years Starcraft Corporation (OTCBB:STCR) announced today that Tecstar, a firm jointly owned by S ... Continue reading

Textron Golf, Turf & Specialty Products Captures Meadowbrook Golf Business; Deal Involves Golf Cars and Turf Equipment Vehicles for More Than 100 Courses

Textron Golf, Turf & Specialty Products Captures Meadowbrook Golf Business; Deal Involves Golf Cars and Turf Equipment Vehicles for More Than 100 Courses

AUGUSTA, Ga.--Sept. 28, 2001--Textron Golf, Turf & Specialty Products announced today the signing of a five-year contract with Meadowbrook Golf Inc. and Meadowbrook's subsidiary International Golf Maintenance to be the exclusive provider of E-Z-GO golf cars, Jacobsen turf equipment and Cushman specialty vehicles at all ... Continue reading

ThermoDynamic Inc. Retains McCullough Public Relations

ThermoDynamic Inc. Retains McCullough Public Relations

For Immediate Release Contact: Shari McCullough-Arfons McCullough Public Relations (330) 244-9980 THERMODYNAMIC INC. RETAINS McCULLOUGH PUBLIC RELATIONS NORTH CANTON, OH – ThermoDynamic, Inc. has selected McCullough Public Relations as its PR agency to promote its line of Reactor Power Cell brand batteries, battery c ... Continue reading

United PanAm Financial Corp. Announces Share Repurchase

United PanAm Financial Corp. Announces Share Repurchase

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Sept. 28, 2001--United PanAm Financial Corp. today announced that, pursuant to authorization by the board of directors the company has repurchased 565,000 shares through Sept. 28, 2001. "This move reflects our continuing confidence in the strength of our business and the long term value of our fr ... Continue reading

U.S. Olympic Team Hopeful In Salt Lake City-Area Receives Vehicle To Help Support Olympic Dream

U.S. Olympic Team Hopeful In Salt Lake City-Area Receives Vehicle To Help Support Olympic Dream

FOR RELEASE: September 27, 2001 U.S. Olympic Team Hopeful In Salt Lake City-Area Receives Vehicle To Help Support Olympic Dream 40 Hopefuls Across the Nation Receive Chevrolet Vehicles SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -Annie Driscoll, Park City, Utah, native and U.S. Olympic Team hopeful in speed skating, received today a new Chev ... Continue reading

Window Maker Becomes First to Offer PPG's SunClean Self-Cleaning Glass to Residential Window Customers

Window Maker Becomes First to Offer PPG's SunClean Self-Cleaning Glass to Residential Window Customers

PITTSBURGH--Sept. 28, 2001--Thermal Industries today announced that it will offer windows containing SunClean self-cleaning glass from PPG beginning next spring - making it the first window and patio enclosure manufacturer to offer the latest in PPG's glass technology for residential windows. The announcement was made ... Continue reading

Antique Car Club Of Brooklyn Event Tommorrow

Antique Car Club Of Brooklyn Event Tommorrow

The Antique Car Club of Brooklyn exciting event has been rescheduled for tommorrow from 10AM-4PM at Floyd Bennett Field exit 11S on the Belt Parkway. Admission is free! Car Owners: If you are not yet registered you can do that tommorrow at the gate. For information call718-338-7400. ... Continue reading

National Safety Council Says Be Carefull Out There

National Safety Council Says Be Carefull Out There

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2001 CONTACT: Joe Larkin (630) 775-2303 National Safety Council Applauds Bush Administration*s Airline Security Efforts Council Says Restored Confidence in Air Travel Is Critical for Public Safety ITASCA, Il - Alan C. McMillan, President and CEO of the National Safety Council (NSC), ... Continue reading

Pontiac Leads Runners Down New York's Famed Fifth Avenue

Pontiac Leads Runners Down New York's Famed Fifth Avenue

FOR RELEASE: September 28, 2001 Pontiac Leads Runners Down New York's Famed Fifth Avenue This Weekend's Pontiac 5th Avenue Mile Features Runners of all Ages and Abilities New York, NY - Pontiac is the title sponsor of the 5th Avenue Mile, New York's premiere one-mile race, on Saturday, September 29th. Pontiac vehicles ... Continue reading

USGP free practice - BMW WilliamsF1 Team

USGP free practice - BMW WilliamsF1 Team

UNITED STATES GP - FREE PRACTICE 28 Sept 2001 Weather: Overcast and dry. Air temperature 14°C. Track temperature 16°C. Day one of the United States Grand Prix was trouble-free for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team, despite both drivers feeling they have not yet found the right set-up for the FW23. At the end of the day Ralf Sh ... Continue reading

US Grand Prix - Free Practice

US Grand Prix - Free Practice

US GRAND PRIX GETS UNDERWAY Times close as Alesi leads Honda quartet Jean Alesi and his Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda team-mate Jarno Trulli finished the first session of free practice 12th and 14th fastest overall to lead the Honda-powered quartet of drivers and cars, ahead of the Lucky Strike B.A.R Hondas of Olivier ... Continue reading

JORG BERGMEISTER, SASCHA MAASSEN GRAB POLE FOR WEEKEND PORSCHE-PIRELLI-SUPERCUP AT U.S. GRAND PRIX EVENT AT INDY

JORG BERGMEISTER, SASCHA MAASSEN GRAB POLE FOR WEEKEND PORSCHE-PIRELLI-SUPERCUP AT U.S. GRAND PRIX EVENT AT INDY

Contact: Bob Carlson 770-290-3676 Andy Schupack 401-739-5677 at the track 917-864-8767 Porsche-Pirelli-Supercup: 11th & 12th Rounds at the USA Grand Prix, Indianapolis JORG BERGMEISTER, SASCHA MAASSEN GRAB POLE FOR WEEKEND PORSCHE-PIRELLI-SUPERCUP AT U.S. GRAND PRIX EVENT AT INDY INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 28 - ... Continue reading

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