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Saturday, September 21, 2002

Paris Auto Show looms-BMW ready to roll on Z4 convertible

Paris Auto Show looms-BMW ready to roll on Z4 convertible

Courtesy Of August Cole, CBS.MarketWatch.com Sept. 21, 2002 CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- To be in Paris in September. And it's not for a tranquil fall afternoon reading LeMonde in the lazy sun. It's for the show: the Paris Auto Show is about to kick off. It's going to be busy, with the auto press working more than the 37.5 hour ... Continue reading

FRIDAY RESULTS-Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Southern Oregon Dragway-Medford, Ore.

FRIDAY RESULTS-Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Southern Oregon Dragway-Medford, Ore.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION SOUTHERN OREGON DRAGWAY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2002 Lucas and Austin grab top spots at Southern Oregon Dragway MEDFORD, Ore. - In the opening rounds of qualifying at the Snap-On Valley Thunder sponsored by News Channel 5 event being hosted by ... Continue reading

Chevy Happy Hour note - J.Johnson, Sept. 21

Chevy Happy Hour note - J.Johnson, Sept. 21

TEAM MONTE CARLO Contact: Nancy Wager MBNA All-American Heroes 400 Advance nmwager@aol.com Saturday, September 21, 2002 GM Racing Communications Dover International Speedway (727) 784-8465 Page 1 JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO returns to Dover International Speedway with hopes of the same success h ... Continue reading

Multimedia Available: Sommers Schwartz Attorney Files Lawsuit Charging DaimlerChrysler in Death of Famed Croatian Actress

Multimedia Available: Sommers Schwartz Attorney Files Lawsuit Charging DaimlerChrysler in Death of Famed Croatian Actress

-- When stunningly beautiful Ena Begovic died two years ago in a rollover accident on the resort island of Brac in the Adriatic Sea, the nation of Croatia went into mourning for one of its greatest actresses. Her death is now back in the spotlight. Trial lawyer B.A. Tyler, a partner at Southfield-based Sommers, Schwart ... Continue reading

National Safety Council News Release, September 20

National Safety Council News Release, September 20

For Immediate Release Contact: Joe Larkin September 20, 2002 (630) 775-2303 National Safety Council Congress & Expo Salutes "Everyday Heroes" Itasca, Ill. - The National Safety Council (NSC), America's safety and health leader for 90 years, will celebrate "Everyday Heroes," including embattled soldiers and war correspo ... Continue reading

Polaris Announces Major Roseau Expansion; State Aid For Flood Relief Paves Way for Polaris Investment

Polaris Announces Major Roseau Expansion; State Aid For Flood Relief Paves Way for Polaris Investment

MINNEAPOLIS--Sept. 20, 2002--Polaris Industries Inc. today announced plans to expand its engineering facility in Roseau, Minn. It will be the 30th time in the recreational and utility vehicle maker's 48-year history that the company has invested in the northwestern Minnesota town where the company was founded. Construc ... Continue reading

Press Release: Toyota Credit Canada Inc. & Toyota Motor Corporation

Press Release: Toyota Credit Canada Inc. & Toyota Motor Corporation

Press Release: Toyota Credit Canada Inc. & Toyota Motor Corporation Date of Release: Sep 20, 2002 Confirms at AAA & R-1 (high) Kam Hon, Walter Schroeder / 416-593-5577 ext.2243 / e-mail: khon@dbrs.com Shawna Wagnell Typesetting Coordinator/ Press Releases Back-up Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited 200 King St. West, ... Continue reading

PTI Media Networks Redefines the Power of Outdoor Advertising

PTI Media Networks Redefines the Power of Outdoor Advertising

Asset Caption: PTI's premier creation, the pumptopper, is a full color laminated billboard that is positioned on top of fuel pumps at eye level with the consumer. Asset Caption: Web-ready logo Asset Caption: Press releaseAsset Description: Word document Asset Caption: Downloadable headline & body textAsset Description: ... Continue reading

Rogers Corporation Sells Moldable Composites Business

Rogers Corporation Sells Moldable Composites Business

ROGERS, Conn.--Sept. 20, 2002--Rogers Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell the assets of its Moldable Composites Division (MCD) located in Manchester, Connecticut to Vyncolit North America, Inc., a subsidiary of the Perstorp Group, Sweden. Under the terms of the agreement, Rogers will rec ... Continue reading

CORREX

CORREX

THAT'S WRONG STOKES! WE GOT A CALL FROM OUR "NUMBERS MEISTER" DICK HINDMAN, WHO CALLED TO TELL ME THAT WE HAD MISREPRESENTED THE FIGURE 8 POINTS CHASE IN OUR PRESS RELEASE AND ON THE WEBSITE... ESPECIALLY THAT LAST LINE BELOW: PICK YOUR PART FIGURE 8's: This one is anyone's crash-fest. (Actually two races back, the 8's ... Continue reading

Press Release: DaimlerChrysler Group of Companies

Press Release: DaimlerChrysler Group of Companies

Press Release: DaimlerChrysler Group of Companies Date of Release: Sep 20, 2002 Confirms at A (low) & R-1 (low) Kam Hon, David Schroeder / 416-593-5577 ext.2243, ext.2232 / khon@dbrs.com The above ratings of the DaimlerChrysler group of companies are confirmed. The confirmation follows today's announcement that Daimler ... Continue reading

Ferrari CEO hopes IPO process may begin early 2003

Ferrari CEO hopes IPO process may begin early 2003

TURIN, Sept 20 Reuters reported that sports car maker Ferrari has not yet decided when it will list its shares, but Chief Executive Luca di Montezemolo told Reuters on Friday he hopes the ball might get rolling in early 2003. "Nothing has been defined yet. It's still too early to say but I think that maybe at the begin ... Continue reading

GM sees booming business in So. America longterm

GM sees booming business in So. America longterm

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ By QUITO, Ecuador, Sept 20 Carlos Andrade Garcia writing for Reuters reported that despite economic turbulence in Argentina and Brazil, General Motors Corp. <GM.N> sees a booming market for car and truck sales in South America -- but only ... Continue reading

Canadian auto union sees solid support for GM deal

Canadian auto union sees solid support for GM deal

TORONTO, Sept 20 Jeffrey Hodgson writing for Reuters said that the head of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union said on Friday he expects solid support for its tentative deal with General Motors Corp. <GM.N> when workers vote on the agreement this weekend. CAW president Buzz Hargrove said a clear 'yes' vote would allo ... Continue reading

American Honda Extends Warranties on Select Automatic Transmissions

American Honda Extends Warranties on Select Automatic Transmissions

TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 20,2002 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced today it will provide extended warranties on approximately 1.2 million Honda and Acura models equipped with automatic transmissions due to problems that may result in premature wear or failure. The extended warranty will cover affected transmis ... Continue reading

Toyota to build pickup trucks in Mexico

Toyota to build pickup trucks in Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico, Sept 20 Reuters is reporting that Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday it will invest $140 million in its new manufacturing plant in Mexico to produce 20,000 small pickup trucks annually, in the latest challenge to U.S. automakers' grip on a key segment of the market. Japan's largest automaker said that i ... Continue reading

MEDIA ADVISORY-BMW TO UNVEIL HELMET IMAGING DISPLAY AT INDY

MEDIA ADVISORY-BMW TO UNVEIL HELMET IMAGING DISPLAY AT INDY

MEDIA ADVISORY MEDIA CONFERENCE -- SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 2002 BMW TO UNVEIL FORMULA 1 HEADS-UP HELMET IMAGING DISPLAY BMW AG, BMW of North America, LLC, BMW Technology Office, DesignworksUSA and Kopin Corp., in cooperation with the BMW WilliamsF1 Team, will unveil an innovative heads-up helmet imaging display, proposed f ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-U.S. Grand Prix-Preview

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-U.S. Grand Prix-Preview

United States Grand Prix - 27/28/29 September 2002 - PREVIEW After demonstrating unrealised potential in Monza, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team expects to do justice to its competitiveness in the USA. The penultimate race in the FIA Formula One World Championship takes the BMW WilliamsF1 Team to one the spiritual homes of inte ... Continue reading

AMA Testifies Before EPA on Streetbike Emissions Rules

AMA Testifies Before EPA on Streetbike Emissions Rules

AMA Testifies Before EPA on Streetbike Emissions Rules PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) told the Environmental Protection Agency that the rideability, fuel economy, and reliability of motorcycles must not be compromised by the agency's proposed new road-bike emissions standards. In test ... Continue reading

Testing Schedule Set for Daytona Prototypes

Testing Schedule Set for Daytona Prototypes

Testing Schedule Set for Daytona Prototypes DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (September 20, 2002) -- Grand American Road Racing Association has announced its schedule for testing of the Daytona Prototype coupes. Daytona Prototypes will be the featured class of the Rolex Sports Car Series beginning with the 2003 Rolex 24 At Daytona ... Continue reading

NASCAR Winston Cup Qualifying Notes and Quotes from Dover

NASCAR Winston Cup Qualifying Notes and Quotes from Dover

Friday, Sept. 20, 2002 Ray Cooper Dover International Speedway Golin/Harris International MBNA All-American Heroes 400 803-466-9085 Dodge notes and quotes. JERRY NADEAU (No. 44 Georgia Pacific/Brawny Dodge Intrepid R/T) "We were hoping for a better lap than that, but you take what you can get and go from there. We'll w ... Continue reading

LODRS, Friday from Columbus

LODRS, Friday from Columbus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY, HEBRON, OHIO Friday, September 20, 2002 QUALIFYING UNDERWAY AT NATIONAL TRAIL'S NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT HEBRON, Ohio - In the first rounds of qualifying at National Trail Raceway, Top Alcohol Dragste ... Continue reading

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