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Fixing What's Wrong with General Motors and Other U.S. Manufacturers; American Business Concepts Issues Opinion Editorial

Fixing What's Wrong with General Motors and Other U.S. Manufacturers; American Business Concepts Issues Opinion Editorial

REDLANDS, Calif.--June 6, 2005--The following is an opinion editorial article provided by Ray Anderson, Principal, American Business Concepts: With the 2005 Memorial Weekend NASCAR and Indy 500 races in the rearview mirror, General Motors faces its stockholders tomorrow at its Annual Meeting-as the public is being offe ... Continue reading

BATTLE FOR POINT LEAD SPICES SATURDAY'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE AT SALT LAKE CITY

BATTLE FOR POINT LEAD SPICES SATURDAY'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE AT SALT LAKE CITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MCHAEL HARKER 05-123 BATTLE FOR POINT LEAD SPICES SATURDAY'S ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE AT SALT LAKE CITY The torrid battle for the 2005 Young Automotive Group USAC/SLVRA Rocky Mountain Sprint Car championship continues this Saturday night at the Rocky Mountain Ra ... Continue reading

Release #122

Release #122

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-122 WESTERN MIDGET SERIES RESUMES SATURDAY AT VENTURA The 2005 USAC Western Midget Car Series resumes this Saturday night at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway and Robby Flock will continue his search for a fifth series championship. Flock, with 50 car ... Continue reading

SWANSON TAKES POINT LEAD TO REDWOOD ACRES SATURDAY SCORES 1ST USAC VICTORY AT ROSEBURG

SWANSON TAKES POINT LEAD TO REDWOOD ACRES SATURDAY SCORES 1ST USAC VICTORY AT ROSEBURG

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-121 SWANSON TAKES POINT LEAD TO REDWOOD ACRES SATURDAY SCORES 1ST USAC VICTORY AT ROSEBURG Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. leads the USAC Valvoline Western Sprint Car Series to Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, Calif. this Saturday. He has an 11 ... Continue reading

Kenwood's New Mobile Entertainment Receiver Featuring SRS Circle Surround Automotive(TM) and SRS WOW(R) Technologies Now Available at Retail

Kenwood's New Mobile Entertainment Receiver Featuring SRS Circle Surround Automotive(TM) and SRS WOW(R) Technologies Now Available at Retail

World's First Automotive Multimedia Receiver to Feature Two SRS Technologies SANTA ANA, Calif., June 6 -- SRS Labs, Inc. , one of the world's leading providers of audio, voice and surround sound technologies, today announced that Kenwood is featuring SRS WOW(R) and SRS Circle Surround Automotive(TM) ("SRS CS Auto") in ... Continue reading

ABRA Auto Body & Glass to Hold Career Night in Atlanta

ABRA Auto Body & Glass to Hold Career Night in Atlanta

MINNEAPOLIS--June 6, 2005--ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a national leader in the damaged vehicle repair industry, is holding a career night in Atlanta on June 14, 2005. Potential team members will be able to learn about the history of ABRA, their expansion within the Atlanta metro leading to record sales months, and what th ... Continue reading

ADESA Appoints Brent Huisman Vice President of Dealer Affairs

ADESA Appoints Brent Huisman Vice President of Dealer Affairs

CARMEL, Ind., June 6 -- ADESA, Inc. today announced it has promoted Brent J. Huisman to Vice President of Dealer Affairs for ADESA Corporation, the company's auction and related services business. Huisman is currently an Executive Director of Sales for ADESA, based in Phoenix, Arizona. His first day on the job in his n ... Continue reading

DENSO Wins Gold Medal at the 38th WorldSkills Competition

DENSO Wins Gold Medal at the 38th WorldSkills Competition

TOKYO, June 6 -- Shouji Watanabe, DENSO Corporation, won a gold medal in the category of Polymechanics/Automation at the 38th WorldSkills Competition. The WorldSkills Competition (formerly known as the "Skill Olympics") was held in Helsinki, Finland, May 25 to June 1. In the Polymechanics/Automation category, competito ... Continue reading

Dodge Answers the 'Call of the Wild' During Zoo Adventure Tour at the Oklahoma City Zoo

Dodge Answers the 'Call of the Wild' During Zoo Adventure Tour at the Oklahoma City Zoo

* Twelve-city tour to showcase Dodge vehicles and their family-friendly features visits the Oklahoma City Zoo on June 11, 2005 * Each two-day event includes six Dodge Zoo Adventure activity areas, featuring animal-themed Dodge vehicles OKLAHOMA CITY, June 6 -- A herd of Dodge vehicles will be coming soon to a zoo near ... Continue reading

Earl's Release

Earl's Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER GARDNER NOTCHES 11TH CRA FAST TIME! Damion Gardner notched his 11th USAC/CRA Sprint Car fast qualifying time Saturday night at Hanford, Calif. and has totaled 107 points in the 2005 Earl's standings. That's 61 more than any other driver in any other ... Continue reading

Fitch Issues Presale on Honda Auto Receivables 2005-3 Owner Trust

Fitch Issues Presale on Honda Auto Receivables 2005-3 Owner Trust

NEW YORK--June 6, 2005--Fitch Ratings has issued a presale report on Honda Auto Receivables 2005-3 Owner Trust discussing the rating analysis behind Fitch's expected 'F1+' ratings on the class A-1 notes and 'AAA' ratings on the class A-2 notes, A-3 notes, and A-4 notes. The securities are backed by a pool of retail ins ... Continue reading

Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Leaders Conference

Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Leaders Conference

CORALVILLE, Iowa--June 6, 2005--Heartland Express, Inc. announced that on Wednesday, June 8, 2005, Russell Gerdin, Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a panel discussion at the Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Leaders Conference in New York City at 11:45 a.m. (E.D.T) Interested investors can access a live a ... Continue reading

Horace Mann Rollout of New Auto Policy Statements Offers Multiple Advantages for Agents and Policyholders

Horace Mann Rollout of New Auto Policy Statements Offers Multiple Advantages for Agents and Policyholders

New Format Features Targeted Messaging, Image and Information Enhancements KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 6 -- To improve customer communications and foster agent/policyholder relations, Horace Mann Educators Corporation turned to DST Output to provide an innovative solution for its automobile insurance business. The result is ... Continue reading

JOY RIDE AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY JUNE 11 ... LOTS'O'BIKES! ... YIKES!

JOY RIDE AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY JUNE 11 ... LOTS'O'BIKES! ... YIKES!

It's A Joy to Ride & It's a Joy to Raise cash for the Kids! The Abate Local #5 Joy Ride slated to roll into Irwindale. Both motorcyclists and non-riders are invited to The Joy Ride 2005, benefiting Abate local 5 & 5 Acres children's' charity. 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, June 11 at the Irwindale Speedway. This is a five-st ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks Introduces ESR15N-Generation 24V Reach Trucks; Newly Designed Truck Delivers Advanced Level of Reliability

Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks Introduces ESR15N-Generation 24V Reach Trucks; Newly Designed Truck Delivers Advanced Level of Reliability

HOUSTON--June 6, 2005--Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks recently introduced its new generation of reach trucks, the ESR15N-Generation electric 24V Reach Truck, featuring Alternating Current (AC) traction, a heavy-duty mast with its pantograph design, and ergonomic operator control handle, which combine to provide advanced op ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck to Present at KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial & Automotive Conference

Oshkosh Truck to Present at KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial & Automotive Conference

OSHKOSH, Wis.--June 6, 2005--Oshkosh Truck Corporation will present its financial performance and growth strategies at the 2005 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial & Automotive Conference on Wednesday, June 8. The conference will be held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The information slides used at the conference will ... Continue reading

Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector Expands Its Presence in Mexico

Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector Expands Its Presence in Mexico

COURBEVOIE, France, June 6 -- In view of the strong growth trends in Latin American markets, Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) has decided to expand its presence in the region with the construction of a new float glass production line in Mexico. This facility is to be built at the Cuautla Morelos ... Continue reading

Timken Honored With Delphi Pinnacle Award

Timken Honored With Delphi Pinnacle Award

CANTON, Ohio, June 6 -- Timken was honored with the first ever Delphi Pinnacle Award for Supplier Excellence. Delphi launched the award program with a ceremony recognizing its global suppliers who have achieved the highest levels of performance in quality, delivery, service and competitive cost expectations. Timken was ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Final rounds from Brainerd Int'l Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Final rounds from Brainerd Int'l Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MINN. Monday, June 6, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956 ELIMINATIONS COMPLETE AT BIR'S NHRA LUCAS OIL SERIES RACE BRAINERD, Minn. - It's a day later than scheduled but NHRA West Central divisio ... Continue reading

Kongsberg Automotive Announces Acquisition of North American Head Rest Operation

Kongsberg Automotive Announces Acquisition of North American Head Rest Operation

Supplier Buys Tennessee-Based Milan Seating Systems From Intier FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 6 -- Kongsberg Automotive, a global supplier of automotive seat comfort products, today announced that they have acquired Milan Seating Systems from Intier Automotive Seating of America Inc. Milan Seating Systems, with operati ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Names Bernd Matthes President and General Manager, BorgWarner Transmission Systems; Mark Perlick Appointed Vice President, Technology

BorgWarner Names Bernd Matthes President and General Manager, BorgWarner Transmission Systems; Mark Perlick Appointed Vice President, Technology

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 6 -- BorgWarner Inc. today named two executives to new posts. Bernd Matthes has been named President and General Manager, BorgWarner Transmission Systems, succeeding Mark Perlick, who was named to the newly created position of Vice President of Technology for BorgWarner. Dr. Matthes, 45, has h ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck Awarded Roster Spot at DARPA Grand Challenge's National Qualifying Event

Oshkosh Truck Awarded Roster Spot at DARPA Grand Challenge's National Qualifying Event

OSHKOSH, Wis.--June 6, 2005-- Team TerraMax(TM) one of 40 teams invited to compete in $2 million off-road race Oshkosh Truck Corporation , along with partners Rockwell Collins and the University of Parma, Italy, announced today that its TerraMax(TM) robotic vehicle is among a select group invited to participate in the ... Continue reading

UAW approves Visteon bail out plan

UAW approves Visteon bail out plan

DETROIT June 6, 2005; Reuters reported that the United Auto Workers union on Monday said members have approved Ford Motor Co.'s over $1 billion plan to bail out auto parts maker Visteon Corp., clearing the way for its former subsidiary to unload unprofitable U.S. plants and 17,400 highly paid employees. Visteon and For ... Continue reading

NASCAR NEXTEL Driver Points and Standings

NASCAR NEXTEL Driver Points and Standings

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS RACE REPORT & POINTS IN MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT… http://www.nascarmedia.com/news/race_reports.jsp?release_section_id=1. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 13 MBNA RACEPOINTS 400 DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Dover, Del. – June 5, 2005 1 Mile Banked Concrete Oval 400 M – ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Shows Its Stars and Stripes in Nation's Capital

DaimlerChrysler Shows Its Stars and Stripes in Nation's Capital

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- DaimlerChrysler is demonstrating its long heritage and vast commitment to America this week in the nation's capital, through the "DaimlerChrysler Impact on America" exposition, featuring product displays, manufacturing and public policy events, and an innovation symposium, which includes the world ... Continue reading

Short-Range Technology Builds an 'Information Bridge' from Car to Car

Short-Range Technology Builds an 'Information Bridge' from Car to Car

- First driving demonstration of car-to-car communication between Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Dodge Durango - The innovative technology helps to optimize traffic flow and appreciably enhances traffic safety - DaimlerChrysler is preparing demonstration tests together with the Federal Department of Transportation and sever ... Continue reading

Takata CEO Receives NHTSA Award of Appreciation

Takata CEO Receives NHTSA Award of Appreciation

Jim Takada Recognized for Leadership in Automotive Safety WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Takata Corporation president and CEO Jim Takada today received an Award of Appreciation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for his superior leadership and contributions in automotive safety. NHTSA Administrator ... Continue reading

Energy Bill Update: Senate To Weigh Automaker Fuel Credit Provision

Energy Bill Update: Senate To Weigh Automaker Fuel Credit Provision

Waghington DC June 6, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that "a little-noticed provision in the House energy bill provides a key concession to major automakers, allowing them to take credit for producing vehicles that run on ethanol even if owners are using regular gas,” according to a Detroit News summary of a ... Continue reading

SPRINTS AT IRP THURSDAY' "IRWIN CLASSIC" SUNDAY AT WINCHESTER DRAKE TAKES GAS CITY, SWEEPS "BORDER WARS XI"

SPRINTS AT IRP THURSDAY' "IRWIN CLASSIC" SUNDAY AT WINCHESTER DRAKE TAKES GAS CITY, SWEEPS "BORDER WARS XI"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-119 SPRINTS AT IRP THURSDAY' "IRWIN CLASSIC" SUNDAY AT WINCHESTER DRAKE TAKES GAS CITY, SWEEPS "BORDER WARS XI" Jay Drake leads the USAC Valvoline National Sprint Car Series to races at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Winchester (Ind.) Speedway thi ... Continue reading

WISE LEADS SILVER CROWN SERIES TO RICHMOND AFTER "SUMAR CLASSIC 100" VICTORY AT TERRE HAUTE

WISE LEADS SILVER CROWN SERIES TO RICHMOND AFTER "SUMAR CLASSIC 100" VICTORY AT TERRE HAUTE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-118 The "Richmond Times-Dispatch 100" is next up for the USAC Weld Racing Silver Crown Championship Series and Josh Wise, one of NASCAR Nextel Cup veteran Tony Stewart's drivers, is atop the series standings. Wise, of Riverside, Calif., captured ... Continue reading

Hearn to Field One Car at Montreal Star Mazda Feature

Hearn to Field One Car at Montreal Star Mazda Feature

Hearn to Field One Car at Montreal Star Mazda Feature LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 6, 2005 - Hearn Motorsports will drop back to one entry for the upcoming Grand Prix of Canada-round of the 2005 Star Mazda Series North American Championship in Montreal. The Gilles Villeneuve Circuit will play host to the fourth race of the fo ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Fire Truck Subsidiary, Pierce, To Supply Mobile Air Support Vehicles To Protect Lincoln and Holland Tunnels

Oshkosh Fire Truck Subsidiary, Pierce, To Supply Mobile Air Support Vehicles To Protect Lincoln and Holland Tunnels

OSHKOSH, Wis.--June 6, 2005--Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Pierce Manufacturing Inc., has received an order from the State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, through the Department of Homeland Security, for six mobile air support vehicles to be used in the event of a lar ... Continue reading

Nissan Aims to Sell 50K Altma Hybrids a Year

Nissan Aims to Sell 50K Altma Hybrids a Year

Washington DC June 6, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that Nissan plans to sell 50,000 units per year of the upcoming Altima hybrid, to be built either in Smyrna, Tenn., or Canton, Miss., reports Automotive News. "That’s the number we’re looking at," says Tadao Takahashi, Nissan’s executive vice p ... Continue reading

Rising Gas Prices? No Problem. Summer RV Trips Are Still an Affordable Vacation Solution

Rising Gas Prices? No Problem. Summer RV Trips Are Still an Affordable Vacation Solution

RV Travelers Save Money and Have Fun Seeing the Great Outdoors COSTA MESA, Calif., June 6 -- Gas prices are climbing, but according to the experts at NADAguides.com (www.NADAguides.com), that shouldn't curb your summer road trip plans. The vehicle information website offers the following RV travel information to demons ... Continue reading

Warren Brown: “SUVs Are Not the Marauding, Murderous Vehicles...Media Have Portrayed Them to Be”

Warren Brown: “SUVs Are Not the Marauding, Murderous Vehicles...Media Have Portrayed Them to Be”

Washington DC June 6, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that "the truth, according to a report late last month by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, is that sport-utility vehicles are not the marauding, murderous vehicles that many in the media have portrayed them to be,” Warren Brown writes in his rec ... Continue reading

G.M. Execs, Shareholders To Retool At Tuesday Meeting

G.M. Execs, Shareholders To Retool At Tuesday Meeting

Washington DC June 6, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that executives of G.M. are expected to hammer out plans for a turnaround when they meet with shareholders at the annual meeting in Wilmington, Del. on Tuesday, reports USA Today. The automaker has faced stiff losses of late. The automaker suffered a first-quart ... Continue reading

Continental Displays Total Safety Concept Car at ESV 2005

Continental Displays Total Safety Concept Car at ESV 2005

Active/Passive Integration of Safety Features Highlights Continental's Leadership WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Continental Automotive Systems, North America, continues to build on more than a decade of crash prevention leadership by displaying at ESV 2005 what it calls its Total Safety Vehicle that combines innovative active ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi to Drop Montero After 2006 Model Year

Mitsubishi to Drop Montero After 2006 Model Year

Washington DC June 6, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that Mitsubishi Motors North America CEO, Rich Gilligan said last week that the automaker will drop the Montero SUV from its line-up after the 2006 model year, insisting, "The Montero is good, but the business model was not there for a new one," reports Automoti ... Continue reading

THE KENNEDY REPORT - IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY - JUNE 4, 2005 ... ACTION APLENTY!

THE KENNEDY REPORT - IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY - JUNE 4, 2005 ... ACTION APLENTY!

Irwindale, CA., Jun. 4 - Six racing divisions and seven main events provided almost four hours of action Saturday at Irwindale Speedway with the featured Auto Club Late Model Series running twin-50-lap features. Point leader Tim Huddleston, of Agoura Hills, lived up to his "dominator" status this season by winning both ... Continue reading

Capps to join NASCAR drivers on Eldora's dirt

Capps to join NASCAR drivers on Eldora's dirt

DON SCHUMACHER RACING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 6, 2005 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS TO JOIN NASCAR DRIVERS ON ELDORA'S DIRT CARLSBAD, Calif. (June 6, 2005) - Ron Capps, who drives the Brut Dodge Stratus Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing in the NHRA POWERade ... Continue reading

Dr. Peter E. Rieth wins U.S. Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence

Dr. Peter E. Rieth wins U.S. Government Award for Safety Engineering Excellence

Head of Advanced Engineering, Automotive Systems division recognized for significant contributions to traffic safety FRANKFURT, Germany and WASHINGTON, June 6 -- In recognition and appreciation of his extraordinary contributions in the field of vehicle safety technology, Dr. Ing. Peter E. Rieth, head of Advanced Engine ... Continue reading

AAA Expands Efforts to Help Motorists Save on Gas

AAA Expands Efforts to Help Motorists Save on Gas

DEARBORN, Mich., June 6 -- Just in time for the start of the summer driving season, AAA has added another free feature to its multi-faceted program to help motorists get the most for their gasoline dollar. By accessing AAA's Web site on the Internet (http://www.aaa.com/ ) and clicking on Fuel Price Finder, a motorist c ... Continue reading

2005 Honda Accord V6 Hybrid

2005 Honda Accord V6 Hybrid

By Bruce Gordon Hummmmmmmmm…that’s what I was expecting to hear from the engine compartment during and from my budget after my first test drive of an electric-hybrid vehicle, but that’s not what I heard. My first impression of the dark blue test car was quite good. The design is classic 4 door sedan, ... Continue reading

AMI DODUCO Introduces Hot-Air Levelling Flux for Lead-Free PCB Solder Finishing

AMI DODUCO Introduces Hot-Air Levelling Flux for Lead-Free PCB Solder Finishing

PFORZHEIM, Germany--June 6, 2005--AMI DODUCO, a Technitrol Company, offers the printed circuit board (PCB) industry a new flux material for hot-air levelling using lead-free solders. Hot-air levelling of tin/lead solder is the traditional surface finish for PCBs, but effective July 1, 2006, the European Union's Restric ... Continue reading

Hybrid Technologies 'HYBT' Begins Construction of the Hybrid Living Home

Hybrid Technologies 'HYBT' Begins Construction of the Hybrid Living Home

CALGARY, Alberta & LOS ANGELES--June 6, 2005--The Hybrid Living Experience begins with a home of the future lifestyle. Imagine a world where your home is powered by energy from the sun and wind, stored in Lithium batteries and supplies all the energy needs of a smart, environmentally friendly, healthy living lifestyle ... Continue reading

Michigan HMOs Garner Smaller Profits in 2004

Michigan HMOs Garner Smaller Profits in 2004

Similar to Nationwide Trends, Consolidation is Reducing Number of HMOs in the State, According to New Research from HealthLeaders-InterStudy NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 6 -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care industry intelligence, finds that Michigan's HMOs, like many others across the country, sa ... Continue reading

Playing Field Becomes Exclusive Integration Provider to AutoSoft International

Playing Field Becomes Exclusive Integration Provider to AutoSoft International

Fastest Growing Dealer Management System Provider Selects Playing Field as Sole Provider of Integration Services DETROIT, June 6 -- Playing Field, Inc. announced that it has been named the exclusive provider of integration services to leading automotive dealer management system provider, AutoSoft International (ASI). U ... Continue reading

SaVi Media Group Enters into a Lucrative Contract with Category Management, Inc.

SaVi Media Group Enters into a Lucrative Contract with Category Management, Inc.

ANAHEIM, Calif.--June 6, 2005--SaVi Media Group - (OTCBB: SVMI) announces that the Company has entered into a contract with Category Management, Inc. to create and implement an aggressive sales and marketing program for the Company's POWERVALVE ECV-1 and COREC System. The POWERVALVE ECV-1 and COREC System have the pote ... Continue reading

Automotive Suppliers to Visit Capitol Hill to Showcase Technology, Discuss Key Industry Issues

Automotive Suppliers to Visit Capitol Hill to Showcase Technology, Discuss Key Industry Issues

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- More than 100 representatives of the nation's leading automotive and truck suppliers will convene here Wednesday and Thursday, June 8-9, to speak as the "voice of the industry" in meetings with members of Congress on a wide range of industry policy issues. The group, which will include CEOs and ot ... Continue reading

Modine Wins New Engine Cooling Business to Develop Solutions to Meet Tighter Heavy-Duty Truck Emission Standards

Modine Wins New Engine Cooling Business to Develop Solutions to Meet Tighter Heavy-Duty Truck Emission Standards

RACINE, Wis.--June 6, 2005--Modine Manufacturing Company , a world leader in solving thermal challenges, announced today it has been chosen as the supplier for engine cooling modules for The Freightliner Group in North America and will also become the development partner for Mercedes-Benz Truck in Europe. The parent co ... Continue reading

Military Convoys Open to Attack - Autonomous Technologies Some Day To Save Lives - Letter to Editor

Military Convoys Open to Attack - Autonomous Technologies Some Day To Save Lives - Letter to Editor

Dear Editor: I saw Carey Russ' recent coverage about autonomous vehicles, and I thought you may be interested in information about developments of autonomous technologies specifically for the military to help protect soldiers in convoys. Each day hundreds of military convoys are threatened and often become slow-moving ... Continue reading

Broadcaster to Sell Its Shares of Auto Dealeship Investment

Broadcaster to Sell Its Shares of Auto Dealeship Investment

BALTIMORE, June 6 -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced that it has agreed to sell its 17.5% equity interest in Atlantic Automotive Corp. (formerly Summa Holdings, Ltd.), which owns automobile dealerships and a leasing company located in the mid-Atlantic region, to Auto Properties LLC, an affiliate of Atlantic Au ... Continue reading

Alps Automotive Shifts Into iPass Trusted Mobility Services

Alps Automotive Shifts Into iPass Trusted Mobility Services

Leading Automotive Parts Manufacturer Selects iPass for Secure Global Connectivity and to Enable the Continuous Protection of Alps' Remote and Mobile Computers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 6 -- iPass Inc. announced today that Alps Automotive, Inc. has signed an agreement to use iPass Corporate Access(TM) secure global ... Continue reading

Freescale Broadens General Purpose Amplifier Line with 11 Devices Covering Up to 6 GHz

Freescale Broadens General Purpose Amplifier Line with 11 Devices Covering Up to 6 GHz

AUSTIN, Texas--June 6, 2005-- Extended GPA Device Family Now Provides Designers with High-Volume, Cost-Effective Source Of InGap HBT and HFET GPAs for Nearly All Class A Applications Freescale Semiconductor , has extensively expanded its portfolio of gallium arsenide (GaAs) general purpose amplifiers (GPAs) with 11 new ... Continue reading

Redshift Systems Spins Out of Aegis Semiconductor

Redshift Systems Spins Out of Aegis Semiconductor

Company to Deliver Breakthrough Technology for Thermal Imaging Applications WALTHAM, Mass., June 6 -- RedShift Systems Corp., a pioneer in enabling low-cost, high-performance thermal imaging solutions for mass markets, has spun out as an independent company from Aegis Semiconductor, Inc., a leading supplier of cost-eff ... Continue reading

The First American Corporation Acquires Bar None, Inc.

The First American Corporation Acquires Bar None, Inc.

- Expands the Automotive Market Presence and Nontraditional Credit Capabilities of First American's Credit Information Group, Slated for Acquisition by First Advantage Corporation - SANTA ANA, Calif., June 6 -- The First American Corporation , the nation's largest data provider, today announced it has acquired Bar None ... Continue reading

EWI Names Henry J. Cialone as President and CEO

EWI Names Henry J. Cialone as President and CEO

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 6 -- The Board of Trustees of EWI announced today the selection of Dr. Henry J. Cialone as President and Chief Executive Officer. Cialone will replace Don Caudy, who has been serving as EWI's interim President since January 2005. Cialone joins EWI from Battelle Memorial Institute where he distingui ... Continue reading

Autobytel's Search Engine Strategy Revs Into High Gear

Autobytel's Search Engine Strategy Revs Into High Gear

Autobytel Page Views and Purchase Requests Through Search Engines Soar, Generating Steady Stream of High-Quality Customers for Dealers and Advertisers IRVINE, Calif., June 6 -- Autobytel Inc. reports that the number of customers who came onto Autobytel sites through search engines and then submitted a new vehicle Purch ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Credit Takes Web Site to a New Level with Four Side-by-side Payment Estimators

Mercedes-Benz Credit Takes Web Site to a New Level with Four Side-by-side Payment Estimators

* Did You Know You Could Lease a Supercharged Mercedes-Benz for less than $400 a Month? * Find Out How: Go to MBCREDIT.com for Details FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 6 -- Mercedes-Benz customers have long been able to check out the amazing line-up of Mercedes- Benz vehicles at MBUSA.com. Now, Mercedes-Benz Credit has la ... Continue reading

The DuPont(TM) Wedge(TM) for Head-up Display Illuminates Safety, Navigation and Handling Features; Available on GM Vehicles

The DuPont(TM) Wedge(TM) for Head-up Display Illuminates Safety, Navigation and Handling Features; Available on GM Vehicles

TROY, Mich., June 6 -- A head-up display (HUD) technology from Asahi Glass, Nippon Seiki and DuPont Automotive is available as an option on several GM vehicles including the Pontiac Grand Prix, Cadillac STS and Chevrolet Corvette. It comes standard on the Cadillac XLR and the new 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, launching ... Continue reading

Camp Jeep(R) On The Road Hits the Cross-Country Trail in Atlanta

Camp Jeep(R) On The Road Hits the Cross-Country Trail in Atlanta

* Bumpy, muddy, wet driving adventure to stop in Atlanta * Free driving event lets consumers get behind the wheel of Trail Rated(R) Jeep(R) vehicles * Mountain biking, Quattro bungee jumping and wall climbing offers those with a sense of adventure plenty to do ATLANTA, June 6 -- Camp Jeep(R) On The Road takes the most ... Continue reading

Intelligent Design Features Incorporated Into Fleetwood's 2006 Bounder Diesel and Expedition RV's

Intelligent Design Features Incorporated Into Fleetwood's 2006 Bounder Diesel and Expedition RV's

Full-Body Paint Option, 84" Ceilings and Increased Standard Options are Key Features on Fleetwood's Value-Priced Diesel Motor Homes RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 6 -- Fleetwood RV, a leading manufacturer of recreational vehicles, today announced that its 2006 Bounder Diesel and Expedition motor homes are now available at sel ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Extend Exclusive Relationship

Ford Motor Company and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Extend Exclusive Relationship

- All Ford Brands Included - Expanded Factory Installation Programs Expected - Factory Installed Volumes Expected To Significantly Increase NEW YORK and DETROIT, June 6 -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio , and the Ford Motor Company , today announced an agreement that extends SIRIUS' exclusive relationship with Ford through Sep ... Continue reading

Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. Announces its Financial Results for 2004

Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. Announces its Financial Results for 2004

Strategic M&A Results in 113% Growth in Revenues and in Increased Cashflow GIVATAYIM, Israel, June 6 -- Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: NXUSF), a leading provider of Stolen Vehicle Retrieval services in Israel, Argentina and Mexico, and a leading provider of Road Side Assistance and Towing Services i ... Continue reading

Britain's Top Companies Get Greener as Staff Get on Their Bikes: Results of Green Transport Week Survey

Britain's Top Companies Get Greener as Staff Get on Their Bikes: Results of Green Transport Week Survey

LONDON, June 6 -- Britain's leading companies have improved their green credentials, according to a survey by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA), the ethical alternative breakdown service. This announcement marks the 12th annual Green Transport Week created by the ETA to highlight real alternatives to the ca ... Continue reading

Hybrid Technologies 'HYBT' Begins Construction of the Hybrid Living Home

Hybrid Technologies 'HYBT' Begins Construction of the Hybrid Living Home

CALGARY, Alberta & LOS ANGELES--June 6, 2005--The Hybrid Living Experience begins with a home of the future lifestyle. Imagine a world where your home is powered by energy from the sun and wind, stored in Lithium batteries and supplies all the energy needs of a smart, environmentally friendly, healthy living lifestyle ... Continue reading

Nunn Thrills Packed British Grand Prix

Nunn Thrills Packed British Grand Prix

RINGWOOD, England, June 6 -- Factory KTM rider Carl Nunn electrified the 27,000 fans packed into Matchams Park yesterday when he won a leg of the British Grand Prix; round seven of seventeen in the FIM Motocross World Championship. The 25 year old from Mildenhall claimed his first chequered flag since 2000 and became t ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Brainerd Int'l Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Brainerd Int'l Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MINN. Sunday, June 5, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956 ELIMINATIONS CONTINUED TO MONDAY AT BIR'S NHRA LUCAS OIL SERIES EVENT BRAINERD, Minn. - The rain that plagued the NHRA West Central divis ... Continue reading

Mike Rockenfeller - Le Mans test

Mike Rockenfeller - Le Mans test

Mike Rockenfeller had a positive start to preparations for les 24 Heures du Mans, scheduled for June 18 and 19. Rockenfeller, of Monaco, and his fellow Porsche factory driver Marc Lieb of Ludwigsburg, Germany, were second in the GT2 class for most of a nine-hour test day on June 5. Their co-driver Leo Hindery of New Yo ... Continue reading

Action At The Valley Had Everyone Seeing Double

Action At The Valley Had Everyone Seeing Double

Action At The Valley Had Everyone Seeing “Double�?? -By: Rodney Rescott 06/04/2005 New Lebanon, NY: A Standing Room Only crowd saw twice the action for one low price as Keybank and Wohrle’s presented an action packed night of racing. With a rain shortened program on the card from l ... Continue reading

CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS

CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 4, 2005 ­ Hanford, California ­ Kings Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-14.943; 2. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-15.239; 3. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-15.495; 4. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.514; 5. ... Continue reading

Biffle Wins Crash-Filled MBNA 400 at Dover

Biffle Wins Crash-Filled MBNA 400 at Dover

DOVER, Del. June 5, 2005; Dick Brinster writing for the AP reported that Greg Biffle's surprising run to the top of Nextel Cup competition got a boost Sunday from a stunningly easy victory in a crash-filled race on The Monster Mile. Biffle got his series-leading fourth win of the season to close within 46 points of pac ... Continue reading

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