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Monday, September 15, 2003

USWA Contract Advances Goodyear Turnaround

USWA Contract Advances Goodyear Turnaround

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 15 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company said today that its newly ratified, ground-breaking three- year contract with the United Steelworkers of America is an important step toward the turnaround of its North American business. The Steelworkers announced earlier today that the contract with the larg ... Continue reading

LAND ROVER TReK A UNIQUE EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAM

LAND ROVER TReK A UNIQUE EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Story by Manrico Delcore & Mary Beth Debicki Photos by the authors and courtesy of Land Rover As the 4:00 AM wake-up bugle echoed across Colorado’s San Luis Valley, 18 sleepy but resolute individuals emerged from their tents and raced towards their vehicles to begin another 18 hour day which would push their physical ... Continue reading

Another Solid Day for Team Target at New Hampshire

Another Solid Day for Team Target at New Hampshire

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, cell: (704) 500-6068, nhamilton@ganassi.com <mailto:nhamilton@ganassi.com> For Immediate Release Another Solid Day for Team Target at New Hampshire LOUDON, N.H. (September 14, 203) --- Casey Mears continued his consistency at New Hampshire International ... Continue reading

AutoZone to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End Earnings on September 22

AutoZone to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End Earnings on September 22

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 15 -- AutoZone's financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended August 30, 2003, will be released after market close on Monday, September 22, 2003. Steve Odland, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, will host a one hour conference call beginning at 4:30 p.m. EDT (3:30 ... Continue reading

Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light crew finish 29th in New Hampshire

Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light crew finish 29th in New Hampshire

Contact: Jennifer Powell, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, cell: (704) 658-8540, jpowell@ganassi.com For Immediate Release Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light crew finish 29th in New Hampshire LOUDON, N.H. (September 14, 2003) --- Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light team worked hard and stayed in the top-20 all ... Continue reading

USWA Contract Advances Goodyear Turnaround

USWA Contract Advances Goodyear Turnaround

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 15 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company said today that its newly ratified, ground-breaking three- year contract with the United Steelworkers of America is an important step toward the turnaround of its North American business. The Steelworkers announced earlier today that the contract with the larg ... Continue reading

McMurray's Hot Streak Continues; Scores Top-10 Finish at NASCAR Loudon

McMurray's Hot Streak Continues; Scores Top-10 Finish at NASCAR Loudon

Media Contact: Jason Wise, Havoline Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (704) 500-6121, jwise@ganassi.com <mailto:jwise@ganassi.com> -For Immediate Release- McMurray's Hot Streak Continues; Scores Top-10 Finish at Loudon LOUDON, N.H., (September 14, 2003) --- Jamie McMurray's hot streak continued today as the No. 42 ... Continue reading

Research Company Automotive Loyalty Awards Adds'Prestige' Sports Car, SUV Categories

Research Company Automotive Loyalty Awards Adds'Prestige' Sports Car, SUV Categories

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 15 -- R. L. Polk & Co. is adding "Prestige Sports Car" and "Prestige Sport Utility" as vehicle categories for its 2003 Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards. The expansion reflects the growing stratification of the new car marketplace, as automakers continue to develop vehicles to meet unique lifestyl ... Continue reading

Conning Research: Car Owners Subsidizing Premiums For Light Truck and SUV Owners

Conning Research: Car Owners Subsidizing Premiums For Light Truck and SUV Owners

- Most Insurers Don't Differentiate Between Light Trucks/SUVs and Cars - NEW YORK, Sept. 15 -- SUVs and light trucks, auto makers' highest profit generators, are fast becoming one of auto insurers' biggest risks, according to a study by Conning Research and Consulting, Inc. "For years, car owners have been subsidizing ... Continue reading

CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT FALLS TO MOTHER NATURE RUN WHAT YA BRUNG SEPT 20TH WEST LEBANON

CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT FALLS TO MOTHER NATURE RUN WHAT YA BRUNG SEPT 20TH WEST LEBANON

â€&#339;PRESS RELEASE” For Immediate Release September 13, 2003 Contact: Kevin Wright Phone: 518-794-9606 CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT FALLS TO MOTHER NATURE RUN WHAT YA BRUNG SEPT 20TH WEST LEBANON, NY â€&#8220; The wettest season in Lebanon Valley Speedway history is coming to an end and Mother Nature reared her ugly ... Continue reading

KASEY KAHNE MOVING THROUGH THE FIELD, KNOCKING OFF POSITIONS

KASEY KAHNE MOVING THROUGH THE FIELD, KNOCKING OFF POSITIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Becky Aschbrenner Performance PR Plus (704) 377-8727 Pprplus38@aol.com KASEY KAHNE MOVING THROUGH THE FIELD, KNOCKING OFF POSITIONS MOORESVILLE, N.C.--Kasey Kahne is on the move. Starting with the Pikes Peak event on July 26, Kahne and the No. 38 Great Clips team have moved up four ... Continue reading

GM Racing Congratulates Brian France On Becoming NASCAR 's Major Domo

GM Racing Congratulates Brian France On Becoming NASCAR 's Major Domo

CONTACT: Nancy Wager or Ron Lemasters Jr. GM Racing Communications nmwager@aol.com 727-784-8465 (ofc) 727-415-3109(cell) r.lemasters@att.net 704-792-1801(ofc) 704-236-9831(cell) http://media.gm.com/gmracing The following statement can be attributed to Doug Duchardt, Director of GM Racing, regarding the official announc ... Continue reading

SUV Owners of America Statement in Response to 'What Would Jesus Drive?' Campaign's Latest Michigan Version

SUV Owners of America Statement in Response to 'What Would Jesus Drive?' Campaign's Latest Michigan Version

TROY, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Today in Lansing, Michigan, the small but vocal Evangelical Environment Network, along with the Michigan Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign, will start another round of silliness, this time called "What Should the Governor Drive?" in conjunction with the "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign. ... Continue reading

Valeo wins contract for innovative all-in-one Rain Light Tunnel sensor

Valeo wins contract for innovative all-in-one Rain Light Tunnel sensor

Frankfurt, Germany, September 15 -- Valeo announced a contract for a compact Rain Light Tunnel (RLT) sensor system that will contribute to safety for all road users on rainy days, at twilight and going through tunnels. Valeo's RLT sensor system is the first to be integrated in the base of a rear-view mirror, where it u ... Continue reading

Valeo erhält Vertrag für bahnbrechenden integrierten Regen-Licht-Tunnel(RLT)-Sensor

Valeo erhält Vertrag für bahnbrechenden integrierten Regen-Licht-Tunnel(RLT)-Sensor

Frankfurt, Deutschland, September 15 -- Valeo kündigte einen Vertrag für einen kompakten Regen-Licht-Tunnel-Sensor an, der zur Erhöhung der Sicherheit von Verkehrsteilnehmern an Regentagen, in der Dämmerung und in Tunneln beitragen wird. Valeos RLT-Sensorsystem ist das erste, das in den Innenrückspiegel integriert ... Continue reading

Delphi XM SKYFi is Bloomingdale's Pick for Hot Radio This Fall

Delphi XM SKYFi is Bloomingdale's Pick for Hot Radio This Fall

Satellite Radios to be Given Out Daily During Nationwide Store Promotion TROY, Mich. and WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Delphi Product & Service Solutions, part of Delphi Corporation and XM Satellite Radio offer this fall's "Hot Radio" in the Delphi XM SKYFi(TM) satellite radio according to "What's Hot" Bloomingdale's Fall 20 ... Continue reading

Trade Counsel to House Ways and Means Committee to Join Panel At Automotive Counterfeiting and Non-Compliant Part Seminar

Trade Counsel to House Ways and Means Committee to Join Panel At Automotive Counterfeiting and Non-Compliant Part Seminar

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 15 -- Mike Castellano, trade counsel for the Ways and Means Committee (Democrats) and trade and tax counsel to Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.), has been added to the speaker line- up for "Counterfeiting and Non-Compliant Parts in the Automotive Industry: How to Address a $12 Billion P ... Continue reading

Dinli Purchases Intellectual Property of Cannondale Motorsports Division

Dinli Purchases Intellectual Property of Cannondale Motorsports Division

GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 15 -- Moto Assets Acquisition Corp. has announced that Dinli Metal Industrial Company, Ltd. ("Dinli"), a Taiwanese manufacturer of All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), has purchased the intellectual property associated with the motorsports division of the former Cannondale Corporation for an undisclosed ... Continue reading

Starcraft Corporation Names Joseph E. Katona Chief Financial Officer

Starcraft Corporation Names Joseph E. Katona Chief Financial Officer

GOSHEN, Ind.--Sept. 15, 2003--Starcraft Corporation today announced the appointment of Joseph E. Katona as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Katona, age 39, has 17 years of progressively responsible and successful experience as a senior financial executive, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of ... Continue reading

Top-10 Sorenson Continues March to $50,000 Rookie Title

Top-10 Sorenson Continues March to $50,000 Rookie Title

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email /f ... Continue reading

Benson On Dover, Hurricane

Benson On Dover, Hurricane

Dover Is Eye of Hurricane The last time Nascar Winston Cup Series visited Dover, Del. rain had altered racing during 8 of the 14 Nascar weekends that had been run in 2003. This weekend it appears not only rain, but Hurricane Isabel will dominate the pre-race discussion. The powerful hurricane is predicted to land near ... Continue reading

Arie Luyendyk Jr. Pre-California 100 Release

Arie Luyendyk Jr. Pre-California 100 Release

ARIE LUYENDYK, JR. PRE-RACE REPORT For Immediate Release Monday, September 15, 2003 INDY RACING LEAGUE INFINITI PRO SERIES CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY, FONTANA, CALIFORNIA "CALIFORNIA 100" 11th race out of 12-race season PRE-RACE REPORT DRIVER: ARIE LUYENDYK, JR. #5 SINDEN RACING SERVICE DALLARA/INFINITI/FIRESTONE IRL Menards ... Continue reading

Chassis Saver, A Direct-to-rust Chassis Paint Introduced

Chassis Saver, A Direct-to-rust Chassis Paint Introduced

Monday, September 15, 2003 To: Bob Gordon The Auto Channel From: Sonny Bynum Power PR Bob, This product release is about Chassis Saver, a direct-to-rust chassis paint and underbody coating made by Magnet Paints that sells for 30% less than it's leading competitor. Chassis Saver requires no primers or topcoat, and is ea ... Continue reading

Felker Finishes First in NAMARS Finale; Eden is Speedrome Champ

Felker Finishes First in NAMARS Finale; Eden is Speedrome Champ

Three Championships to be Decided on Sunday!... Felker finishes first in Finale; eden is speedrome champ By Bill Freis (Indianapolis, IN - September 14th) A.J. Felker of Jeffersonville, Indiana beat John Meyers and 2003 Speedrome MidgetCar champion, Sondi Eden to the finish line Sunday in the final 50-lap NAMARS/UMARA ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler's Road Ready Teens Event Postponed - New Date TBD

DaimlerChrysler's Road Ready Teens Event Postponed - New Date TBD

Press Conference: Auto Crashes Are the Number One Killer of Teens Safety Experts Outline Risks and Safe Driving Guidelines at Launch of Road Ready Teens New Research on Video Games as Teaching Tool Revealed, New Partners Named WHAT: Chrysler Group and its partners will unveil the new Road Ready Teens' video game and gu ... Continue reading

Automation Alley Forms Partnership With Eisbrenner Public Relations

Automation Alley Forms Partnership With Eisbrenner Public Relations

PONTIAC, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Automation Alley, Southeast Michigan's leading center for technological innovation and advancement, has retained Eisbrenner Public Relations as its agency of record. Eisbrenner PR will provide strategy and implementation to help Automation Alley continue to position Southeastern Michigan as ... Continue reading

Avis Offers Renters a Chance to 'Drive Free'

Avis Offers Renters a Chance to 'Drive Free'

Renters Can Earn A Free Weekend Rental After Renting Three Times This Fall PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 15 -- As the fall travel season gets ready to heat up, Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. announced today its "Drive Free" promotion that lets renters earn a free weekend rental after they've rented three times between Septembe ... Continue reading

Book Online With Dollar Rent A Car and Receive Double Frequent Flyer Miles Or Credits

Book Online With Dollar Rent A Car and Receive Double Frequent Flyer Miles Or Credits

TULSA, Okla., Sept. 15 -- Dollar Rent A Car customers who book a compact car or larger for a minimum of two days online at www.dollar.com now through Dec. 14, 2003, will receive double frequent flyer miles or credits. Dollar is a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. . (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bi ... Continue reading

BUSK & CoachMarque: Together we'll get you there safe and sound

BUSK & CoachMarque: Together we'll get you there safe and sound

London, September 15 -- - BUSK & CoachMarque in new child safety alliance BUSK - the national school transport safety group - has joined forces with CoachMarque - the UK coach industry's quality standard. The new alliance was launched today at a special event at Hampton Court Palace by BUSK patron Mike Nolan and CPT Di ... Continue reading

Crawford & Company Finalizes Multi-Million Dollar Outsourcing Contract With Insurer

Crawford & Company Finalizes Multi-Million Dollar Outsourcing Contract With Insurer

ATLANTA, Sept. 15 -- Crawford & Company recently signed a multi-million dollar outsourcing agreement to handle all personal lines auto, and home owners claims on behalf of a national insurance company. The insurer was seeking a cost-effective outsourcing arrangement to replace their in-house claims department and turne ... Continue reading

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group to Acquire Operations of Las Vegas Thrifty Franchisee

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group to Acquire Operations of Las Vegas Thrifty Franchisee

Acquisition Will Increase Company's Strong Presence in Top U.S. Leisure Destination TULSA, Okla., Sept. 15 -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. today announced its corporate operations subsidiary has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Thrifty Car Rental franchise operations in Las ... Continue reading

Global ET Successfully Installs SIMSigma Into Rear Suspension Module Sub-Assembly Line

Global ET Successfully Installs SIMSigma Into Rear Suspension Module Sub-Assembly Line

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Global ET in Southfield, MI, has successfully installed SIMSigma into a rear suspension module sub-assembly line integrated by GTS in Utica, MI. SIMSigma is used to ensure that assembly processes are completed properly before allowing a sub-assembly to advance through the assembly line. I ... Continue reading

In Response to 'Blackout 2003,' Aura Systems Donates Mobile Power Systems for Key Population Centers

In Response to 'Blackout 2003,' Aura Systems Donates Mobile Power Systems for Key Population Centers

Aura's AuraGen(R) Mobile Power System Offered to Provide Electric Power for Critical Municipal Services During a Range of Emergencies EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Aura Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: AURA) today announced a program to donate up to 100 of its AuraGen(R) Underhood Mobile Power Systems and related equip ... Continue reading

INTERMET Announces Plans for New Foundry in Mexico

INTERMET Announces Plans for New Foundry in Mexico

TROY, Mich., Sept. 15 -- In an effort to better serve its global customer base, INTERMET Corporation , one of the world's leading manufacturers of cast-metal automotive components, today announced that it plans to build and operate a ductile iron foundry in Mexico. This new plant will be located in the Monterrey area a ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Issues Senior Notes

Johnson Controls Issues Senior Notes

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15 -- Johnson Controls, Inc. , announced that it has sold a total of $500 million of senior notes in a public offering. Of the total, $200 million are two-year floating rate notes which were priced at par to yield three-month LIBOR plus seven basis points; in addition, $300 million are ten-year fixed r ... Continue reading

Kaizen(R) Institute of America Debuts Lean Accounting Seminar for Manufacturing Sector

Kaizen(R) Institute of America Debuts Lean Accounting Seminar for Manufacturing Sector

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15 -- Kaizen(R) Institute of America announced today the debut of a training seminar entitled Value Stream Costing: Managing by the Numbers, slated for November 11-13 in Houston, Texas. Geared toward managers and accounting personnel in manufacturing, the public session explores how Lean Accounting ... Continue reading

MEDIA ALERT: AutoXray's EZ Scan 6000 Wins Motor Top 20 Tool Award

MEDIA ALERT: AutoXray's EZ Scan 6000 Wins Motor Top 20 Tool Award

WHO: AutoXray, the leading provider of cost-effective automotive diagnostic scanners (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030721/AUTXLOGO ) WHAT: Motor Magazine Top 20 Tool Award WHERE: The Top 20 winning products are listed in the September issue of Motor Magazine and will be honored in Las Vegas at the AAPEX ... Continue reading

Nasdaq Updates Amerco Ticker Symbol

Nasdaq Updates Amerco Ticker Symbol

RENO, Sept. 15 -- AMERCO announced today that it has been advised by Nasdaq that its trading symbol will be changed from UHAEQ to UHALQ, in recognition of the Company's current filing status. The fifth character "Q" will remain appended to the Company's symbol pending its emergence from Chapter 11. The trading symbol w ... Continue reading

Noble International, Ltd. Appoints Greg Salchow As Director of Investor and Public Relations

Noble International, Ltd. Appoints Greg Salchow As Director of Investor and Public Relations

WARREN, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Noble International, Ltd. (the "Company") announced the appointment of Greg Salchow as Director of Investor and Public Relations. Mr. Salchow will have primary responsibility for communications with the financial community and media in this role. Chris Morin, President and Chief Operating Off ... Continue reading

Plastic Omnium : Forte progression du résultat net au premier semestre 2003

Plastic Omnium : Forte progression du résultat net au premier semestre 2003

Paris, September 15 -- Le Conseil d'Administration de la Compagnie Plastic Omnium s'est réuni le 11 septembre 2003 et a arrêté les comptes semestriels 2003. Comptes consolidés 1er semestre 1er semestre Variation audités 2002 2003 Change réel Change (en millions constant d'euros) Chiffre d'affaires 852,2 857,1 +0, ... Continue reading

PR: Our-Hometown.com Delivers Additional Revenue to Community Newspapers

PR: Our-Hometown.com Delivers Additional Revenue to Community Newspapers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Our-Hometown.com Delivers Additional Revenue to Community Newspapers CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY, Sept. 15, 2003 -- Our-Hometown.com (www.our-hometown.com), the leading Web-based community newspaper content management service, is now automatically generating income for its customers, thanks to a new "smar ... Continue reading

Richard Lynch Joins CTA Acoustics as Vice President of Marketing and Planning

Richard Lynch Joins CTA Acoustics as Vice President of Marketing and Planning

CTA Acoustics expands management circle to assist growth with new products and plants on the near horizon MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 15 -- CTA Acoustics is growing and expanding, and that includes its management staff. The company announced today that Richard W. Lynch has joined CTA Acoustics as vice president of ma ... Continue reading

Strike or Settle at the Big Three? VW Writing Off Profits on Phaeton Image-Builder; Spy Shots of BMW 4-Series and Next 7-er; Complete Frankfurt Show Coverage, Chrysler Again at the Abyss; Taking the Mazda3 for a Spin, And More - Only on TheCarConnection.com!

Strike or Settle at the Big Three? VW Writing Off Profits on Phaeton Image-Builder; Spy Shots of BMW 4-Series and Next 7-er; Complete Frankfurt Show Coverage, Chrysler Again at the Abyss; Taking the Mazda3 for a Spin, And More - Only on TheCarConnection.com!

DETROIT, Sept. 15 -- Negotiators are now working overtime -- trying to figure out what went wrong with a groundbreaking, industry-wide deal between the Big Three U.S. automakers, two top suppliers and the UAW. Turn to TheCarConnection.com to bring the latest reports on what's happening at the bargaining table on deadli ... Continue reading

Syntel Included in Business 2.0 Magazine's Second Annual 'B2 100' Ranking of Fastest-Growing Technology Companies

Syntel Included in Business 2.0 Magazine's Second Annual 'B2 100' Ranking of Fastest-Growing Technology Companies

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15 -- Syntel, Inc. announced its inclusion today in Business 2.0's second annual B2 100, the magazine's ranking of the fastest-growing technology companies. Syntel ranked 38th on the list. The B2 100 is featured in the October 2003 issue of the magazine, on newsstands Sept. 22. ... Continue reading

Ultimate Security Systems Corporation Announces New Senior Vice President of Advanced Systems Technology

Ultimate Security Systems Corporation Announces New Senior Vice President of Advanced Systems Technology

New Engineering Talent Enhances the Power Lock(R) Product Development Team IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Ultimate Security Systems Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: IMNT) announced today that Mike Lin has been named senior vice president of advanced systems technology. Lin, based in Orange County, Calif., is responsible for t ... Continue reading

United Physicians Partnering With Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan For Pilot Pharmacy Program

United Physicians Partnering With Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan For Pilot Pharmacy Program

BINGHAM FARMS, Mich., Sept. 15 -- United Physicians, an organization of physicians on staff at William Beaumont Hospital, is partnering with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) in a pilot pharmacy program. The goal of the program is to improve the quality of prescribing practices among primary care physicians an ... Continue reading

Yellow Transportation Receives Quest for Quality Award from Logistics Management Magazine

Yellow Transportation Receives Quest for Quality Award from Logistics Management Magazine

Yellow Also Recognized for 10 Years as Top Performer OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Sept. 15 -- Yellow Transportation, the largest subsidiary of Yellow Corporation , today announced that it has received a 2003 Quest for Quality Award from Logistics Management magazine and was recognized for 10 years as a top performer in the tra ... Continue reading

ZF: Car Market Expected to Fuel Growth; Strong Euro and Weak Economy Holding Back Sales Growth

ZF: Car Market Expected to Fuel Growth; Strong Euro and Weak Economy Holding Back Sales Growth

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 15 -- Given the continuing worldwide economic slump, ZF Friedrichshafen AG is satisfied with the results that have been achieved in 2003. However, the ongoing drop in demand in many consumer areas along with the strong euro will prevent any significant increase in sales this year. At best, ZF ... Continue reading

Fewer Trucks Repossessed in the First Half of 2003, Reports Nassau Asset Management's Quarterly Index

Fewer Trucks Repossessed in the First Half of 2003, Reports Nassau Asset Management's Quarterly Index

Index Tracks Top Repos, Including Printing Presses, Machine Tools, Construction Equipment, Buses, and Medical Devices ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Sept. 15 -- Fewer trucks were repossessed in the first two quarters of 2003 than the same time last year, another sign that the economy may be improving for the trucking industry i ... Continue reading

Delphi Honored With 2003 Motor Magazine Top 20 Tools Award For DS800 Vehicle Diagnostic Tool

Delphi Honored With 2003 Motor Magazine Top 20 Tools Award For DS800 Vehicle Diagnostic Tool

TROY, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Delphi Product & Service Solutions, part of Delphi Corporation , was honored with the prestigious Motor magazine Top 20 Tools award for the Delphi DS800 -- a new computer implemented workflow management and vehicle diagnostic system. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020315/DEF002LOG ... Continue reading

Grammer Automotive Awarded U.S. Patent for Integrated Child Booster Seat

Grammer Automotive Awarded U.S. Patent for Integrated Child Booster Seat

TROY, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Grammer AG-Automotive has been granted a U.S. patent (#6,557,936) for the mechanism for an innovative integrated child booster seat. The seat is designed to support "tweeners," children weighing more than 50 pounds who have outgrown infant seats, but who are too small to properly fit within the ... Continue reading

Volunteers to Clean Up Pike National Forest Near Hayman Fire Area in Denver As Part of National Public Lands Day

Volunteers to Clean Up Pike National Forest Near Hayman Fire Area in Denver As Part of National Public Lands Day

DENVER, Sept. 15 -- Volunteers will descend on Pike National Forest in Colorado on Thursday, Sept. 18, as part of the 10th annual National Public Lands Day "Helping Hands for America's Lands" program designed to clean up and preserve America's public lands. Pike National Forest is one of more than 500 locations in all ... Continue reading

More Than 100 Vehicles, 15 Manufacturers, Head to Sonoma for 2003 Challenge Bibendum

More Than 100 Vehicles, 15 Manufacturers, Head to Sonoma for 2003 Challenge Bibendum

Largest Environmental Vehicle Event on the Planet Set to Begin Sept. 23 GREENVILLE, S.C., Sept. 15 -- One week from tomorrow, more than 100 of the cleanest running advanced technology vehicles on the planet will roll into Sonoma, Calif., to kick off Michelin's fifth annual environmental vehicle competition, Challenge B ... Continue reading

UAW and Ford Keep Talking - UAW and GM Keep Talking - UAW and DaimlerChrysler Talked Enough to Agree

UAW and Ford Keep Talking - UAW and GM Keep Talking - UAW and DaimlerChrysler Talked Enough to Agree

DETROIT September 15, 2003; John Porretto writing for the AP reported that United Auto Workers representatives told their members they were close to new labor agreements with General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. but that difficult issues remained as negotiations stretched on Monday. The union announced early Monday ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Owners of Asian-Make Cars and Compact Vans Report Lower Satisfaction With Their Original Equipment Tires

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Owners of Asian-Make Cars and Compact Vans Report Lower Satisfaction With Their Original Equipment Tires

Pirelli Ranks Highest in Car/Compact Van Tire Satisfaction Michelin Ranks Highest in Light-Truck Tire Satisfaction WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Owners of non-luxury Japanese- and Korean-make cars and compact vans report lower levels of satisfaction with their original equipment (OE) tires(1) compared with thos ... Continue reading

GM chief says may build Saabs in U.S

GM chief says may build Saabs in U.S

FRANKFURT, Sept 15, 2003; Reuters reported that General Motors Corp may start building Saab cars for the American market in the United States to ease the effect of exchange rate movements, GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner was quoted as saying in a newspaper report on Monday. "Saab is a small manufacturer which is very d ... Continue reading

UAW, DaimlerChrysler Reach Tentative Deal

UAW, DaimlerChrysler Reach Tentative Deal

Auto Workers, DaimlerChrysler Reach Tentative Contract; Talks Continue With Ford, General Motors DETROIT September 15, 2003; John Porretto writing for the AP reports that representatives from the auto workers union and two of Detroit's Big Three car makers negotiated into the wee hours Monday, trying to hammer out a la ... Continue reading

UAW Reaches Pact With Chrysler; GM, Ford Talks Continue

UAW Reaches Pact With Chrysler; GM, Ford Talks Continue

Detroit September 15, 2003; United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said early Monday the union had reached an agreement on a new contract with DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group but said the union was still at the bargaining table with Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. , Monday's Wall Street Journal repo ... Continue reading

NHTSA Crash Test Results, Rollover Ratings 9/15/03

NHTSA Crash Test Results, Rollover Ratings 9/15/03

For 2003 Models on NHTSA&#8217;s Web Site Additional National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test results and rollover ratings for selected 2003 models are now available on the agency&#8217;s web site: www.nhtsa.dot.gov. Rated for rollover resistance are the 2003 BMW X5 4x4 four-door utility, BMW Z ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Brian France To Run The Family Business

NASCAR: Brian France To Run The Family Business

LOUDON, N.H. September 14, 2003; Mike Harris writing for the AP reported that Brian France expected to eventually be the boss at NASCAR. He just didn't know it was going to happen so soon. The scion of the founding France family was named Saturday by his father, Bill France Jr., as his successor in the dual roles of bo ... Continue reading

NASCAR WC: Johnson Wins In New Hampshire

NASCAR WC: Johnson Wins In New Hampshire

LOUDON, N.H. September 14, 2003; Mike Harris writingf for the AP reported that there was a time in Sunday's race at New Hampshire International Speedway when Jimmie Johnson was just hoping to salvage a decent finish. Instead, Johnson withstood a pit accident that sent three of his crewmen flying, an angry competitor he ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Sunday from No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, La.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Sunday from No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, La.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION NO PROBLEM RACEWAY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2003 HOWARD, STIDHAM PICK UP LATE SEASON WINS BELLE ROSE, La. - In the final results from No Problem Raceway, Top Alcohol Dragster driver Shelly Howard posted a 5.505 second pass at 254.57 mph takin ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals-Sunday from IRP

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals-Sunday from IRP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK, INDIANAPOLIS Sunday, September 14, 2003 NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION SUMMIT SERIES FINALS WRAP UP AT IRP INDIANAPOLIS - In the final rounds of the NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Indianapolis ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals - West Central Division, Morrison, Colo. Sunday, Sept. 14

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals - West Central Division, Morrison, Colo. Sunday, Sept. 14

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES &#8211; WEST CENTRAL DIVISION BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY &#8211; MORRISON, COLO. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2003 SUMMIT RACING CHAMPIONS TO COMPETE AT NHRA FINALS MORRISON, COLO. &#8211; In today&#8217;s Summit Racing Series Finals held at Bandimere Speedway, four drivers earned the r ... Continue reading

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