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1999's Most-Stolen Vehicle: 1989 Toyota Camry

1999's Most-Stolen Vehicle: 1989 Toyota Camry

For the third straight year, Japanese imports won the top spots as the most stolen vehicles in the United States in 1999. ... Continue reading

Acura Sponsors Prestigious Regatta Competition

Acura Sponsors Prestigious Regatta Competition

Acura announces its corporate sponsorship of the 59th annual Southern Ocean Racing Conference (Acura/SORC) competition, set to take place off the coast of Miami's South Beach and Biscayne Bay February 29, 2000 through Sunday, March 5, 2000. ... Continue reading

American Axle & Manufacturing Unveils New SAE Display (Booth #2163)

American Axle & Manufacturing Unveils New SAE Display (Booth #2163)

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. invites all 2000 SAE Congress visitors to stop by our brand-new product and technology display. ... Continue reading

American Electric Automobile Files Form 10 to Become Fully Reporting

American Electric Automobile Files Form 10 to Become Fully Reporting

American Electric Automobile Company Inc. publicly trading under the symbol announced that the Company has filed a Form 10 SB, to conform to rules of eligibility related to the Over-The- Counter Bulletin Board Quotation System. ... Continue reading

American Inflatables Chosen as Supplier of Inflatable Advertising

American Inflatables Chosen as Supplier of Inflatable Advertising

American Inflatables Inc. announced that it has been selected by Prolong International Corp. as its exclusive supplier of inflatable advertising products. ... Continue reading

ASV Announces 4th Quarter and Fiscal 1999 Results

ASV Announces 4th Quarter and Fiscal 1999 Results

ASV, Inc. announced its financial results for its 4th quarter and fiscal 1999. ... Continue reading

Autoweb.com Teams With PeopleFirst.com to Offer Efficient Auto Financing

Autoweb.com Teams With PeopleFirst.com to Offer Efficient Auto Financing

Autoweb.com, the premier consumer automotive Internet service, announced that it will offer auto financing services through PeopleFirst.com, a leading online auto lender. ... Continue reading

AutoZone's 2nd Quarter EPS up 17%

AutoZone's 2nd Quarter EPS up 17%

AutoZone, Inc. reported diluted earnings per share of $.28 for its second fiscal quarter ended February 12, 2000, up 17% from $.24 per share for the prior year quarter ended February 13, 1999. ... Continue reading

Axis Group Acquires Logistics Services Company

Axis Group Acquires Logistics Services Company

Allied Holdings, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Axis Group, acquired CT Group, Inc., a Michigan- based holding company which owns CT Services and Cordin Transport. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ... Continue reading

carOrder.com Enhances Online Auto Purchase Experience

carOrder.com Enhances Online Auto Purchase Experience

Enhancing the online customer experience, carOrder.com announced the introduction of an online order tracking tool that provides customers useful and up-to-the-minute details about their purchases. ... Continue reading

CarsDirect.com Becomes Exclusive Buying Service for Pentagon Credit

CarsDirect.com Becomes Exclusive Buying Service for Pentagon Credit

CarsDirect.com, the leading automotive e-tailer, announced that it will become the exclusive online provider of new car-buying and leasing services for Pentagon Federal Credit Union, the third largest credit union in the United States. ... Continue reading

CART announces changes in Radio Network Programming for the 2000 season

CART announces changes in Radio Network Programming for the 2000 season

CART announces changes in Radio Network Programming for the 2000 season ... Continue reading

Chrysler Founding Father Did the Impossible

Chrysler Founding Father Did the Impossible

Who did the impossible? Walter P. Chrysler, that's who. What was the impossible? "He inspired teenagers to get a job." So goes the copy on the new Walter P. Chrysler Museum ads. ... Continue reading

Clarion Completes Acquisition of $50 Million Molder

Clarion Completes Acquisition of $50 Million Molder

Clarion Technologies Inc. announced that it has completed the transaction to acquire the assets of Drake Products Corp. (Drake), a full-service, ISO 9001 and QS9000 certified, plastic injection molding firm based in Greenville, Mich. ... Continue reading

Co-Steel Agrees to Sell Interest in Mayer Parry Recycling

Co-Steel Agrees to Sell Interest in Mayer Parry Recycling

Co-Steel Inc. announced that it has entered into a formal agreement to sell its interest in Mayer Parry Recycling to Manchester, UK-based, European Metal Recycling Limited. ... Continue reading

Court Grants 3M's Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Court Grants 3M's Motion for Preliminary Injunction

3M Unitek Corp. announced it has been granted injunctive relief in its lawsuit against California-based Ormco Corp. to halt sale of Ormco's "inspire!" ceramic orthodontic brackets until trial. ... Continue reading

Cummins Appoints Wall Chief Technical Officer

Cummins Appoints Wall Chief Technical Officer

Cummins Engine Co., Inc. announced the appointment of John C. Wall as Vice President - Chief Technical Officer for the Company. Wall previously served as Cummins' Vice President - Research and Development. ... Continue reading

Dana Completes Largest Divestiture In History With Sale of Warner Electric    

Dana Completes Largest Divestiture In History With Sale of Warner Electric    

Dana Corporation announced that it has completed the largest divestiture in its history -- the sale of most of its global Warner Electric businesses to Colfax Corporation. ... Continue reading

Delphi High-Tech Products Featured on Cadillac 2000 Imaj Concept Vehicle

Delphi High-Tech Products Featured on Cadillac 2000 Imaj Concept Vehicle

Delphi Automotive Systems products are showcased on the 2000 Cadillac Imaj concept vehicle, which makes its public debut here tomorrow at the Geneva Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Delphi Introduces Innovative Four-Wheel-Steering System at SAE 2000

Delphi Introduces Innovative Four-Wheel-Steering System at SAE 2000

Delphi Automotive Systems formally introduces its QUADRASTEER (TM) four-wheel steering system at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2000 World Congress at Cobo Center in Detroit this week (exhibit #1829). ... Continue reading

Downey Savings Completes Sale of Downey Auto Finance Corp.

Downey Savings Completes Sale of Downey Auto Finance Corp.

Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. completed the previously announced sale of its indirect automobile finance subsidiary, Downey Auto Finance Corp., to Auto One Acceptance Corporation, a subsidiary of California FederalBank. ... Continue reading

Eaton to Make Public Offering

Eaton to Make Public Offering

Eaton Corporation said it will make a public offering outside the United States of Euro 200 million of 10-year notes. ... Continue reading

Edmunds.com and Esurance Announce Premier Partnership Agreement

Edmunds.com and Esurance Announce Premier Partnership Agreement

Esurance and Edmunds.com, the Web's leading consumer resource for unbiased automotive information, announced an agreement under which Esurance will be a premier insurance partner on Edmunds.com. ... Continue reading

European Automotive Parts Retailer and Global Multi-Media Chain Select Retek    

European Automotive Parts Retailer and Global Multi-Media Chain Select Retek    

Retek Inc gathers continued support for its retail supply chain solutions with today's new customer announcements. Together with Oracle Germany, Retek has signed the largest automotive parts retailer in Germany, ATU. ... Continue reading

Exide Announces Sale of Charger Business

Exide Announces Sale of Charger Business

Exide Corporation, the global leader in the lead-acid battery business, announced that it has sold its battery charger operations to Midtronics, Inc. Proceeds from this sale will be used to reduce debt. ... Continue reading

FleetPride, Inc. Acquires Oklahoma Truck Supply Assoc., Inc.

FleetPride, Inc. Acquires Oklahoma Truck Supply Assoc., Inc.

FleetPride, the nation's largest aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck parts, announced the acquisition of Oklahoma Truck Supply Assoc., located in Oklahoma City, OK. ... Continue reading

Ford Announces HR Executive Director

Ford Announces HR Executive Director

Ford Motor Company announced the appointment of Joe W. Laymon as executive director, Human Resources Business Operations. ... Continue reading

Former Chairman & CEO of Federal-Mogul Joins Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. as Chairman

Former Chairman & CEO of Federal-Mogul Joins Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. as Chairman

The Board of Directors of Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. [EPS], a Garden City, NY-based firm, appointed Dennis J. Gormley, former Chairman and CEO of Federal-Mogul Corporation, to the position of Chairman of the Board. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Hakkinen Rested, Primed for Run at Rare Triple of Titles

Formula One: Hakkinen Rested, Primed for Run at Rare Triple of Titles

Formula One: Hakkinen Rested, Primed for Run at Rare Triple of Titles ... Continue reading

Gas Prices Leap Higher in Northern California, says AAA

Gas Prices Leap Higher in Northern California, says AAA

Gas prices in Northern California cities leapt 12 to 17 cents a gallon in two weeks, AAA reported. ... Continue reading

Gas Prices Shoot Upward in Two Weeks, Auto Club Survey Shows

Gas Prices Shoot Upward in Two Weeks, Auto Club Survey Shows

Fuel prices at Southern California gas stations surged by as much as 10 cents a gallon in the last two weeks, according to a special survey by the Automobile Club of Southern California. ... Continue reading

Gomez Reveals Results of Spring 2000 Internet Auto Manufacturer Scorecard

Gomez Reveals Results of Spring 2000 Internet Auto Manufacturer Scorecard

Gomez Advisors, the leading portal provider for B2C and B2B e- commerce, announced the results of its Spring 2000 Internet Auto Manufacturer Scorecard. ... Continue reading

IMPCO Announces the Release of Two New Products for Industrial Use    

IMPCO Announces the Release of Two New Products for Industrial Use    

IMPCO Technologies, Inc. announced that it has released its new four and five gas exhaust analyzer, the FGA-4000/4005 to the marketplace and a new carbon dioxide monitoring system, the Co- Trac(R) in March at the Hannover fair in Hannover, Germany. ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Al Unser Jr. entered in 84th Indianapolis 500 with Galles ECR Racing

INDY 500: Al Unser Jr. entered in 84th Indianapolis 500 with Galles ECR Racing

INDY 500: Al Unser Jr. entered in 84th Indianapolis 500 with Galles ECR Racing ... Continue reading

Intel Science and Engineering Fair Will Come to Detroit in May

Intel Science and Engineering Fair Will Come to Detroit in May

The first International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) of the new millennium will be held in Detroit, May 7 through 12 at Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center. ... Continue reading

IRL: Sam Schmidt Regaining Some Motor and Sensory Function

IRL: Sam Schmidt Regaining Some Motor and Sensory Function

Sam Schmidt Regaining Some Motor and Sensory Function ... Continue reading

Lexus Announces Four New Dealerships For Four New Diversity Dealers

Lexus Announces Four New Dealerships For Four New Diversity Dealers

Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., announced it has appointed four more diversity dealers, each of whom will establish new open-point Lexus dealerships. ... Continue reading

Magazine Highlights ``Rearview Mirror'' Exhibit in Riverside

Magazine Highlights ``Rearview Mirror'' Exhibit in Riverside

WESTWAYS magazine's March/April issue features an essay by hula instructor Rita Ariyoshi about the enduring appeal of ancient and modern hula dances. ... Continue reading

Magna Seating Systems Delivers Lightweight Seating Technology

Magna Seating Systems Delivers Lightweight Seating Technology

In response to General Motors' (GM) challenge to create a lightweight, fuel-efficient hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), Magna Seating Systems has developed an innovative lightweight seating system. ... Continue reading

Majestic Receives First Purchase Order for SAFE-T-BAR Bus Restraint

Majestic Receives First Purchase Order for SAFE-T-BAR Bus Restraint

The Majestic Companies Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has received its first purchase order for SAFE-T-BAR(TM)s' from a Unified School system located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. ... Continue reading

Mazda Appoints Kristen Simmons Director of Marketing

Mazda Appoints Kristen Simmons Director of Marketing

Mazda North American Operations announced the promotion of Kristen Simmons to the position of Director of Marketing, replacing Ron Neale who has resigned. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi's Audio Integrates Full Range of Car Audio Sound Controls

Mitsubishi's Audio Integrates Full Range of Car Audio Sound Controls

Mitsubishi Electronics America's Electronic Device Group announced it is sampling the M61508FP audio signal processor, which uses switched capacitor filter (SCF) technology. ... Continue reading

MOCON to Present Technical Paper on New Method for Fuel Permeation

MOCON to Present Technical Paper on New Method for Fuel Permeation

MOCON, Inc. announced that MOCON scientist Michelle Stevens will present a technical paper on a new method for fuel permeation analysis at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit on March 9, 2000. ... Continue reading

Modine Named Development Partner for Successor of BMW Z3 Roadster

Modine Named Development Partner for Successor of BMW Z3 Roadster

Modine Manufacturing Company has been named development partner for the successor of the BMW Z3 roadster. ... Continue reading

Moto Guzzi Issues $6M Convertible Preferred Stock

Moto Guzzi Issues $6M Convertible Preferred Stock

Moto Guzzi Corp announced that it had raised $6 million of fresh funds through the issue of a convertible preferred stock due 12/28/01, which was underwritten by the Italian institution FINECO SIM SPA, on behalf of its institutional clients. ... Continue reading

Motor Club Announces Completion of Mountain Valley Indemnity Aquisition

Motor Club Announces Completion of Mountain Valley Indemnity Aquisition

Motor Club of America announced that it had completed its acquisition of Mountain Valley Indemnity Company, formerly known as White Mountains Insurance Company, from Unitrin, Inc. for $7.5 million in cash. ... Continue reading

MSC.Software Announces New CAD-Specific Products

MSC.Software Announces New CAD-Specific Products

MSC.Working Knowledge, a division of MSC.Software Corporation, the world's leading developer of simulation software, announced four new visualNastran Desktop family members. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Buckshot Jones likes racing in Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Buckshot Jones likes racing in Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Buckshot Jones likes racing in Vegas ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Jack Sprague Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Jack Sprague Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Jack Sprague Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green Fan Club gears up for 2000 Season

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green Fan Club gears up for 2000 Season

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green Fan Club gears up for 2000 Season ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa prepares for racing in Las Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa prepares for racing in Las Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa prepares for racing in Las Vegas ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Las Vegas Notes and Quotes

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Las Vegas Notes and Quotes

NASCAR WCUP: Todd Bodine Las Vegas Notes and Quotes ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Orleans Racing Postpones Cup Debut, Announces 2000 Schedule

NASCAR: Orleans Racing Postpones Cup Debut, Announces 2000 Schedule

Orleans Racing Postpones Cup Debut, Announces 2000 Schedule ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Ward Buton ready for 'great racing surface' at Las Vegas

NASCAR WCUP: Ward Buton ready for 'great racing surface' at Las Vegas

USAC: 2000 'Thunder in the Dome XVI' midget het race starting positions ... Continue reading

National Auto Finance Announces Certain Amendments

National Auto Finance Announces Certain Amendments

National Financial Auto Funding Trust in its obligation to deposit approximately $5 million in collateral to secure its obligations under an $85 million auto loan warehouse financing facility with First Union National Bank. ... Continue reading

National Car Rental Announces 'Great Florida Dive-Out'

National Car Rental Announces 'Great Florida Dive-Out'

National Car Rental announced it is once again offering its popular "Florida Drive-Out," a one-way, time-limited car rental program designed to move portions of its fleet from Florida. ... Continue reading

Netier Signs NAPA Deal Worth Up to $70M

Netier Signs NAPA Deal Worth Up to $70M

Netier Technologies signed a potential $70 million deal with Genuine Parts Company, the parent of National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA), for up to 60,000 point of sale (POS) computer terminals throughout NAPA's 6,200-store chain. ... Continue reading

New Venture Gear Celebrates 10th Anniversary

New Venture Gear Celebrates 10th Anniversary

New Venture Gear (NVG) has justcelebrated its 10th Anniversary. ... Continue reading

Northport Announces 1999 Year Ending Financials

Northport Announces 1999 Year Ending Financials

Northport Industries, Inc. , a Texas based contract manufacturer for the automotive, juvenile, golf, and luggage industry, announced the unaudited financial results for the year ending 1999. ... Continue reading

Pick-Ups Plus Commences Trading On the OTC Bulletin Board

Pick-Ups Plus Commences Trading On the OTC Bulletin Board

Pick-Ups Plus, Inc. announced that it has retained the services of Strategic Investors Group (SIG) as its investor relations firm. ... Continue reading

PickupTruck.com Launches 'Shop @ PickupTruck.com'

PickupTruck.com Launches 'Shop @ PickupTruck.com'

PickupTruck.com launched its e-commerce section, "Shop @ PickupTruck.com" offering pickup truck owners and enthusiasts online shopping access to outdoor gear, towing accessories, upgrades and repair manuals for pickup truck models. ... Continue reading

Qual-Effic Services, Inc. Merges with Keddy Services Ltd.

Qual-Effic Services, Inc. Merges with Keddy Services Ltd.

The combined company, with more than 1,700 staff and 51 locations on four continents, will enjoy a prominent global position in the vehicle services industry. ... Continue reading

Saab Reveals Engine Concept That Offers Performance And Low Fuel Consumption        

Saab Reveals Engine Concept That Offers Performance And Low Fuel Consumption        

At the Geneva Motor Show, Saab Automobile AB unveils the Saab Variable Compression (SVC) engine, a new engine concept that enables fuel consumption to be radically cut while increasing engine performance per liter of engine displacement. ... Continue reading

SAE 2000 World Congress Has Major Regional Economic Impact

SAE 2000 World Congress Has Major Regional Economic Impact

The Society of Automotive Engineers' 2000 World Congress, which will be held March 6-9 at Cobo Center, will have a $25 million economic impact on the metro Detroit region, according to the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB). ... Continue reading

SAE Blue Ribbon Panel Event to be Broadcast Live on the Web

SAE Blue Ribbon Panel Event to be Broadcast Live on the Web

What do automotive designers have in common with hotel and resort design, retail consumer products, and the fine arts? Attendees at the SAE 2000 World Congress Blue Ribbon Panel will find out on Monday March 6 at 4 p.m. at the Cobo Center. ... Continue reading

SAE to Sign Memorandum of Understanding With AMIC and CEA

SAE to Sign Memorandum of Understanding With AMIC and CEA

SAE International has finalized an agreement with the Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMIC) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to develop vehicle standards for the Intelligent Transportation Data Bus (IDB). ... Continue reading

SAP Strengthens Partnership with Team West McLaren Mercedes

SAP Strengthens Partnership with Team West McLaren Mercedes

SAP AG is proud to announce that as of it has strengthened its Partnership with World Championship winning Formula One team West McLaren Mercedes. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Huffaker/Qvale Motorsports sign Brian Simo to Spearhead Mangusta Effort

SCCA: Huffaker/Qvale Motorsports sign Brian Simo to Spearhead Mangusta Effort

SCCA: Huffaker/Qvale Motorsports sign Brian Simo to Spearhead Mangusta Effort ... Continue reading

Superior Industries Wins Aluminum Wheel Supply Order From Mitsubishi

Superior Industries Wins Aluminum Wheel Supply Order From Mitsubishi

Superior Industries International, Inc. announced that it has won an initial order for aluminum road wheels from Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. ... Continue reading

Survey Shows Online Auto Shoppers Prefer E-Mail Interactions with Dealers

Survey Shows Online Auto Shoppers Prefer E-Mail Interactions with Dealers

Car shoppers who visit auto dealer Web sites prefer, by an overwhelming majority, to have dealers first interact with them by e-mail rather than phone. ... Continue reading

TeleSpectrum Worldwide Announces New Customer Sales and Service Contract

TeleSpectrum Worldwide Announces New Customer Sales and Service Contract

TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc. announced that it has signed a long- term contract with the NADA Official Used Car Guide(R) Company to have TeleSpectrum provide inbound and outbound customer sales, service and technical support for the Official Used Car Guide Company's print and electronic subscribers. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Wins TransCom USA Fleet Business

Tenneco Automotive Wins TransCom USA Fleet Business

Tenneco Automotive announced it has reached an agreement to supply Walker(R) heavy-duty exhaust and Monroe(R) heavy-duty ride control equipment to TransCom USA's approximately 100 locations across the United States and in Canada. ... Continue reading

The Callahan Report: Ward Burton ready to take on 'big brother' role at Las Vegas

The Callahan Report: Ward Burton ready to take on 'big brother' role at Las Vegas

The Callahan Report: Ward Burton ready to take on 'big brother' roll at Las Vegas ... Continue reading

The Wall Street Transcript Publishes Special Trucking Industry Report

The Wall Street Transcript Publishes Special Trucking Industry Report

Albrecht, Jeanne, and Kauffman discuss the outlook for the trucking industry, including the favorable conjuncture for the trucking companies and offer their current stock recommendations. ... Continue reading

Toyota Rolls Out Gentex Automatic-Dimming Mirrors

Toyota Rolls Out Gentex Automatic-Dimming Mirrors

Gentex Corporation announced that the Toyota Camry, Camry Solara SE (dealer-install option only), Avalon XL, Sienna, Tundra and Land Cruiser will offer Gentex automatic-dimming mirrors as port- and dealer-installed accessories. ... Continue reading

TRW NAMES DOUG MCILDOWIE VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

TRW NAMES DOUG MCILDOWIE VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

TRW Aeronautical Systems has appointed Doug McIldowie as Vice President, Human Resources. McIldowie replaces Peter Thorpe who retires in June 2000 after 39 years with the organization. ... Continue reading

TRW Unleashes Synergies From Acquisition

TRW Unleashes Synergies From Acquisition

Through live interactive presentations at the SAE 2000 World Congress, March 6-9, TRW Inc. will demonstrate for automakers -- and ultimately consumers -- how integration adds value to critical automotive systems. ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Revises the Financial Results Release Schedule for 2000

Turbodyne Revises the Financial Results Release Schedule for 2000

Turbodyne Technologies Inc. announces the following revised schedule for the release of Turbodyne's financial results: ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Sets New Date for Annual Shareholder Meeting

Turbodyne Sets New Date for Annual Shareholder Meeting

The board of directors of Turbodyne Technologies Inc. has reset the annual shareholder meeting for Friday, May 12, 2000, at 1:30 p.m. at the Miramar Hotel, 1555 S. Jameson Lane, Santa Barbara-Montecito, Calif. ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Sets New Date for Annual Shareholder Meeting

Turbodyne Sets New Date for Annual Shareholder Meeting

The board of directors of Turbodyne Technologies Inc. has reset the annual shareholder meeting for Friday, May 12, 2000, at 1:30 p.m. at the Miramar Hotel, 1555 S. Jameson Lane, Santa Barbara-Montecito, Calif. ... Continue reading

USAC: 2000 'Thunder in the Dome XVI' midget het race starting positions

USAC: 2000 'Thunder in the Dome XVI' midget het race starting positions

USAC: 2000 'Thunder in the Dome XVI' midget het race starting positions ... Continue reading

U.S. Wireless Partners with Iteris, Inc.

U.S. Wireless Partners with Iteris, Inc.

U.S. Wireless Corporation has signed an agreement with Iteris, Inc., a subsidiary of Odetics, Inc. to jointly market location- enhanced traffic systems and services nationwide. ... Continue reading

Volvo to Standardize on Rational Software Products

Volvo to Standardize on Rational Software Products

Rational Software announced that Volvo Information Technology is now standardizing on tools and processes from Rational Software. ... Continue reading

Webraska Takes Part in Launch of PSA Peugeot Citroen

Webraska Takes Part in Launch of PSA Peugeot Citroen

Webraska Mobile Technologies announces that it is providing real-time traffic information, maps, and navigation services to the joint PSA Peugeot Citroen - Vivendi portal project Wappi!. ... Continue reading

World Debut for All-New 2001 Chrysler Sebring at Geneva                

World Debut for All-New 2001 Chrysler Sebring at Geneva                

A stylish, all-new Chrysler mid-size sedan makes its world premiere at the Geneva motor show February 29. The new 2001 Chrysler Sebring throws down a significant challenge to look- alike mainstream models in the segment. ... Continue reading

WorldNet Resource Group Acquires Car Rental Direct.com

WorldNet Resource Group Acquires Car Rental Direct.com

WorldNet Resource Group announced that a memorandum of intent has been executed for its acquisition of Car Rental Direct.com, Inc. for an undisclosed amount of stock and cash. ... Continue reading

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