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Delphi Secures $40 Million in New Battery Business During the First Half of 2001

Delphi Secures $40 Million in New Battery Business During the First Half of 2001

Delphi Secures $40 Million in New Battery Business During the First Half of 2001 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE LOGO Delphi Automotive Systems Wordmark. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] TROY, MI USA 10/19/2000 New Contracts Include Motorcycle Application and Maintenance-Free Technology TROY, Mich., July 10 Delphi Automotive Systems today announced ... Continue reading

Hyundai Santa Fe: On the Road to Becoming the First Environmentally Friendly Sport-Utility

Hyundai Santa Fe: On the Road to Becoming the First Environmentally Friendly Sport-Utility

Hyundai Santa Fe: On the Road to Becoming the First Environmentally Friendly Sport-Utility QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES LOGO Quantum Technologies, Inc. Logo. (PRNewsFoto)[TC] IRVINE, CA USA 03/20/2001 - New Technology Allows Santa Fe to Travel Farther and Run Cleaner - Hydrogen Fuel Stored at Never Before Reached Level of 5,00 ... Continue reading

Alcoa Awarded Long-Term Rolls-Royce plc Contract

Alcoa Awarded Long-Term Rolls-Royce plc Contract

Alcoa Awarded Long-Term Rolls-Royce plc Contract DARIEN, Conn., July 10 Alcoa announced today that its Howmet Castings business and Rolls-Royce plc have agreed on the principles of a long-term contract for the supply of high-technology, single-crystal investment castings for the Rolls-Royce Trent 500(R) engine program. ... Continue reading

American Axle & Manufacturing Awarded Driveline Design and Manufacturing Responsibilities for Future GM Vehicles

American Axle & Manufacturing Awarded Driveline Design and Manufacturing Responsibilities for Future GM Vehicles

American Axle & Manufacturing Awarded Driveline Design and Manufacturing Responsibilities for Future GM Vehicles DETROIT, July 10 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, announced today that it had been selected as a driveline system and module supplier for a major future ... Continue reading

AMETEK to Web Cast Second Quarter Investor Conference Call; Web Cast Scheduled for 9:00 AM on Tuesday, July 24

AMETEK to Web Cast Second Quarter Investor Conference Call; Web Cast Scheduled for 9:00 AM on Tuesday, July 24

AMETEK to Web Cast Second Quarter Investor Conference Call; Web Cast Scheduled for 9:00 AM on Tuesday, July 24 PAOLI, Pa., July 10 AMETEK, Inc. will Web cast its Second Quarter 2001 investor conference call on Tuesday, July 24, 2001, beginning at 9:00 AM ET. Frank Hermance, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Joh ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Appoints Carl Soderstrom Chief Financial Officer

ArvinMeritor Appoints Carl Soderstrom Chief Financial Officer

ArvinMeritor Appoints Carl Soderstrom Chief Financial Officer ARVINMERITOR LOGO ArvinMeritor logo. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] TROY, MI USA 05/24/2001 TROY, Mich., July 10 ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that Carl Soderstrom has been appointed chief financial officer, effective July 21, 2001. Soderstrom replaces Tom Madden, wh ... Continue reading

Cadillac Forms a New, Stronger Professional Vehicle Team

Cadillac Forms a New, Stronger Professional Vehicle Team

FOR RELEASE: July 10, 2001 Cadillac Forms a New, Stronger Professional Vehicle Team Detroit MI - Cadillac makes another aggressive move into the professional vehicle arena with a merger of its technical and marketing support staffs. The entire Professional Vehicle Support Team now resides under one roof and works direc ... Continue reading

Cooper Industries to Announce Second Quarter Earnings, Hold Briefing July 24, 2001

Cooper Industries to Announce Second Quarter Earnings, Hold Briefing July 24, 2001

Cooper Industries to Announce Second Quarter Earnings, Hold Briefing July 24, 2001 COOPER INDUSTRIES LOGO Cooper Industries logo. (PRNewsFoto)[JL] HOUSTON, TX USA 05/02/2001 HOUSTON, July 10 Cooper Industries, Inc. today announced that it will report its second-quarter 2001 financial results on July 24, 2001, prior to ... Continue reading

Covisint Names Dwaine Duckett Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Covisint Names Dwaine Duckett Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Covisint Names Dwaine Duckett Senior Vice President of Human Resources COVISINT LOGO Covisint, L.L.C. logo. (PRNewsFoto)[TC] DETROIT, MI USA 03/22/2001 DETROIT, July 10 Covisint today named Dwaine Duckett senior vice president of Human Resources. Duckett, 38, comes to Covisint from Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) ... Continue reading

Diodes Incorporated Ranked Among Fortune's Fastest Growing Small Businesses

Diodes Incorporated Ranked Among Fortune's Fastest Growing Small Businesses

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--July 10, 2001--Diodes Incorporated , a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality discrete semiconductors, primarily to the communications, computing, electronics and automotive industries, today announced that it has been named to Fortune's Small Business 100 list, a ranking of the fas ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation Announces Name Change to DynaMotive Energy Systems Corp. Company to Exploit Opportunities in Renewable Energy Markets

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation Announces Name Change to DynaMotive Energy Systems Corp. Company to Exploit Opportunities in Renewable Energy Markets

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation Announces Name Change to DynaMotive Energy Systems Corp. Company to Exploit Opportunities in Renewable Energy Markets VANCOUVER, July 10 - Richard Lin, Chairman of DynaMotive Technologies Corporation (OTCBB: DYMTF) has announced that the Company's shareholders approved the name chang ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Appoints FISHER/UNITECH Certified Data Service Provider; Company Joins Elite Rank as One of Only Fourteen Companies Worldwide With This Certification

Ford Motor Company Appoints FISHER/UNITECH Certified Data Service Provider; Company Joins Elite Rank as One of Only Fourteen Companies Worldwide With This Certification

TROY, Mich.--July 10, 2001--FISHER/UNITECH today announced its certification as a Data Service Provider (DSP) for Ford Motor Company. FISHER/UNITECH, an engineering services company and reseller of CAD/CAM/CAE/CAID software serving the Midwest, is one of only five companies in North America to receive this certificatio ... Continue reading

GenesisIntermedia Added to Final Russell 2000 Index

GenesisIntermedia Added to Final Russell 2000 Index

LOS ANGELES--July 10, 2001--GenesisIntermedia Inc. (Frankfurt:GIA) today announced that it has been added to the final Russell 2000(R) Index. The reconstituted index took effect July 1, 2001 and 2001 additions were announced on July 9. "This is an important milestone for GenesisIntermedia. Our addition to the Russell 2 ... Continue reading

Goodyear Announces Second Quarter 2001 Financial Release Date, Conference Call

Goodyear Announces Second Quarter 2001 Financial Release Date, Conference Call

Goodyear Announces Second Quarter 2001 Financial Release Date, Conference Call AKRON, Ohio, July 10 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will report second quarter 2001 financial results at 8 a.m. EDST on Monday, July 23, to be followed at 10:30 a.m. by an investor conference call. Participating in the conference call wi ... Continue reading

"Guardian Technologies Merger Update"; Vairex Completes First Round of Funding

"Guardian Technologies Merger Update"; Vairex Completes First Round of Funding

CAREFREE, Ariz.--July 10, 2001--Guardian Technologies International, Inc. , announced today that merger candidate Vairex Corporation has completed an initial round of equity financing providing sufficient cash flow to enable Vairex to reduce payables and ramp up staffing to meet its 2001 business plan. "With our first ... Continue reading

I.D. Systems, Inc. Retains the Equity Group to Provide Investor Relations Services

I.D. Systems, Inc. Retains the Equity Group to Provide Investor Relations Services

HACKENSACK, N.J.--July 10, 2001--I.D. Systems, Inc. today announced that it has retained The Equity Group Inc. of New York City to provide investor relations and financial public relations services. "We have engaged The Equity Group to assist us in bringing the story of our unique patented technology and operating mode ... Continue reading

International Speedway Corporation Reports Record Second Quarter Results; Kansas and Chicagoland Speedways Completed

International Speedway Corporation Reports Record Second Quarter Results; Kansas and Chicagoland Speedways Completed

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--July 10, 2001--International Speedway Corporation ("ISC") today reported record results for the second quarter and six months ended May 31, 2001. Total revenues for the 2001 second quarter increased to $112.0 million from $98.7 million in 2000. Operating income for the second quarter increased to $ ... Continue reading

Jeep Liberty Drives Wireless Advertising With AvantGo Service; The Jeep Brand Launches a Two-Month Customer Acquisition Campaign on Mobile Devices

Jeep Liberty Drives Wireless Advertising With AvantGo Service; The Jeep Brand Launches a Two-Month Customer Acquisition Campaign on Mobile Devices

SAN MATEO, Calif.--July 10, 2001--AvantGo, Inc., , the leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, today announced that the Jeep(R) brand, a division of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, will be conducting a two-month wireless advertising campaign for the all-new Jeep Liberty on the AvantGo mobile Inter ... Continue reading

Lear Corporation Announces Major Investment in France

Lear Corporation Announces Major Investment in France

Lear Corporation Announces Major Investment in France OFFRANVILLE, France, July 10 Lear Corporation today announced a major investment at a facility in Offranville, France, preserving jobs in Normandy and further supporting the company's strategy of internal growth. The 12,000-square meter Offranville facility will mak ... Continue reading

Lear Corporation Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Lear Corporation Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Lear Corporation Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 10 Lear Corporation will hold a conference call to review the company's second quarter financial results on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. To participate in the conference call: * Domestic calls 1-800-789-4751 * Interna ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive to Webcast Second-Quarter Results Conference Call On Thursday, July 19 - Webcast is Live at 11 a.m. Eastern

Tower Automotive to Webcast Second-Quarter Results Conference Call On Thursday, July 19 - Webcast is Live at 11 a.m. Eastern

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--July 10, 2001--Tower Automotive, Inc. , today announced that it will host a live Webcast of its second-quarter results conference call Thursday, July 19, at 11 a.m. Eastern. Dugald Campbell, Tower Automotive's chief executive officer, and Tony Barone, Tower Automotive's chief financial officer, wil ... Continue reading

Acura Music Festival and Magic 106.7 Give Listeners VIP Treatment At the Boston Show Featuring Paul Simon

Acura Music Festival and Magic 106.7 Give Listeners VIP Treatment At the Boston Show Featuring Paul Simon

Acura Music Festival and Magic 106.7 Give Listeners VIP Treatment At the Boston Show Featuring Paul Simon Auction Packages to be Awarded BOSTON, July 10 The Acura Music Festival, which is bringing the music of legendary musicians Paul Simon and Brian Wilson on a cross-country tour this summer, is teaming up with Magic ... Continue reading

ADESA Post Sale Inspection Promotes Dealer Value

ADESA Post Sale Inspection Promotes Dealer Value

ADESA Post Sale Inspection Promotes Dealer Value ADESA USA & CANADA LOGO Adesa USA & Canada logo. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] DULUTH, MN USA 03/08/2001 INDIANAPOLIS, July 10 To promote profitability and integrity for its customers, ADESA Corporation has developed a Post Sale Vehicle Inspection program to align buyers and sellers ... Continue reading

AMD Receives Bosch's Top Memory Supplier Award

AMD Receives Bosch's Top Memory Supplier Award

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--July 10, 2001--AMD today announced that the company has received the top memory supplier award from Robert Bosch GmbH for the two-year period 1999-2000. The award was presented to AMD's Flash Memory Group for outstanding performance, quality and reliability. The Bosch Group depends on AMD Flash produ ... Continue reading

AmeriCredit Corp. Announces $1.85 Billion Asset-Backed Securitization

AmeriCredit Corp. Announces $1.85 Billion Asset-Backed Securitization

FORT WORTH, Texas--July 10, 2001--AMERICREDIT CORP. announced today the pricing of a $1.85 billion offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse First Boston and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. The securities will be ... Continue reading

AmeriCredit Expands Warehouse Capacity by $1.1 Billion to $3.6 Billion

AmeriCredit Expands Warehouse Capacity by $1.1 Billion to $3.6 Billion

FORT WORTH, Texas--July 10, 2001--AMERICREDIT CORP. announced today that it has increased the borrowing capacity available under its credit agreements from $2.5 billion to $3.6 billion by adding or expanding the following facilities: - A new $750 million structured medium term note financing, insured by MBIA Insurance ... Continue reading

Cadillac Forms a New, Stronger Professional Vehicle Team

Cadillac Forms a New, Stronger Professional Vehicle Team

FOR RELEASE: July 10, 2001 Cadillac Forms a New, Stronger Professional Vehicle Team Detroit MI - Cadillac makes another aggressive move into the professional vehicle arena with a merger of its technical and marketing support staffs. The entire Professional Vehicle Support Team now resides under one roof and works direc ... Continue reading

Circuit City Stores, Inc. Amends Shareholder Rights Plan

Circuit City Stores, Inc. Amends Shareholder Rights Plan

Circuit City Stores, Inc. Amends Shareholder Rights Plan RICHMOND, Va., July 10 Circuit City Stores, Inc. announced today that its board of directors has amended the Shareholders Rights Plan to revise the beneficial ownership threshold at which a person or group of persons becomes an "acquiring person" and triggers cer ... Continue reading

CTS Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call

CTS Corporation Announces Earnings Conference Call

ELKHART, Ind.--July 10, 2001--CTS Corporation will release earnings for the second quarter 2001 before the NYSE opens on Thursday, July 19, 2001. A conference call to discuss second quarter financial results is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, 2001, at 4:00 p.m. (EDT). The dial-in number for the conference call is 877- ... Continue reading

Cummins Declares Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

Cummins Declares Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

COLUMBUS, Ind.--July 10, 2001--The Board of Directors of Cummins Inc. today declared a quarterly common stock cash dividend of 30 cents per share, payable on September 14, 2001, to shareholders of record on August 31, 2001. Cummins, headquartered in Columbus, Ind., is the world's largest producer of commercial diesel e ... Continue reading

Detroit Regional Chamber, AKT Peerless and Howard & Howard To Sponsor ISO 14001 Implementation Seminar, Sept. 13

Detroit Regional Chamber, AKT Peerless and Howard & Howard To Sponsor ISO 14001 Implementation Seminar, Sept. 13

Detroit Regional Chamber, AKT Peerless and Howard & Howard To Sponsor ISO 14001 Implementation Seminar, Sept. 13 DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LOGO Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce logo. (PRNewsFoto)[HD] DETROIT, MI USA 07/03/2000 DETROIT, July 10 AKT Peerless Environmental Services, the law firm of Howard & ... Continue reading

Genuine Parts Company Announces 2nd Quarter 2001 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

Genuine Parts Company Announces 2nd Quarter 2001 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

ATLANTA--July 10, 2001--Genuine Parts Company plans to release Second Quarter Earnings on July 18, 2001. Management will also conduct a conference call on this date at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. You are invited to join the call, which will be hosted by CEO Larry Prince and CFO Jerry Nix. The public may access the call by ... Continue reading

PACCAR Announces Dividend

PACCAR Announces Dividend

BELLEVUE, Wash.--July 10, 2001--PACCAR Inc's board of directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of thirty cents ($.30) per share, payable on September 5, 2001, to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 21, 2001, according to Mark C. Pigott, PACCAR chairman and chief executive o ... Continue reading

Rush Enterprises Second Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call, Wednesday July 18, 2001 9:00 CT

Rush Enterprises Second Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call, Wednesday July 18, 2001 9:00 CT

SAN ANTONIO--July 10, 2001--Rush Enterprises Inc. today announced that it will issue a press release reporting its second quarter financial results on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, after the market closes. The company will also host an investor conference call on Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. EST to review its seco ... Continue reading

S.E.T. Steel, Inc. Secures Financing

S.E.T. Steel, Inc. Secures Financing

S.E.T. Steel, Inc. Secures Financing DETROIT, July 10 S.E.T. Steel, Inc. (SET) today announced the completion of a $34.5 Million financing package with Comerica Bank and Noble International, Ltd. (NOBLE) . SET will use the proceeds to repay debt to Noble in connection with its purchase earlier this year of Noble Metal ... Continue reading

S&P Assigns Prelim Rtgs to Fiat SAVA SpA's ABS Deal

S&P Assigns Prelim Rtgs to Fiat SAVA SpA's ABS Deal

LONDON--Standard & Poor's--July 10, 2001-- Standard & Poor's today assigned its preliminary ratings to the EUR950 million asset-backed notes to be issued by Second Italian Auto Transaction SpA, a special-purpose entity (see list below). The collateral consists of a pool of auto loan receivables originated by Fiat SAVA ... Continue reading

Systemware's Xnet Enhances Mitsubishi Motors Data Communications Infrastructure; Mitsubishi Motors Implements Xptr Software to Distribute Reports to its Retail Partners Nationwide

Systemware's Xnet Enhances Mitsubishi Motors Data Communications Infrastructure; Mitsubishi Motors Implements Xptr Software to Distribute Reports to its Retail Partners Nationwide

DALLAS--July 10, 2001--Systemware, Inc. of Dallas, a leading provider of output management software, announced today the implementation of Xptr software at Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc. (MMSA). Xptr gives MMSA the flexibility to maintain its documentation in a central repository while providing unparalleled d ... Continue reading

Tiger Woods Makes Big Screen Debut

Tiger Woods Makes Big Screen Debut

FOR RELEASE: July 10, 2001 Tiger Woods Makes Big Screen Debut DETROIT - With some help from the all-new Buick Rendezvous, Tiger Woods is coming to a movie theater near you. Buick will run a 60-second commercial for the Rendezvous - featuring Tiger Woods - in nearly 10,000 movie theaters before movie trailers from July ... Continue reading

Definition 6 Revamps Kauffman Tire's Corporate Web Site, Adding Interactive Elements, Visually Appealing Design

Definition 6 Revamps Kauffman Tire's Corporate Web Site, Adding Interactive Elements, Visually Appealing Design

Definition 6 Revamps Kauffman Tire's Corporate Web Site, Adding Interactive Elements, Visually Appealing Design ATLANTA, July 10 From custom wheels to high-performance tires, Kauffman Tire has much to offer the car-conscientious, tire-savvy shopper. Now Kauffman Tire boasts a high-performance Web site as well, http://w ... Continue reading

IBM Puts Michelin's European Distributors in the Driver's Seat; New Web-based Ordering System is Powered by IBM eServer zSeries Mainframe

IBM Puts Michelin's European Distributors in the Driver's Seat; New Web-based Ordering System is Powered by IBM eServer zSeries Mainframe

PARIS--July 10, 2001--Michelin, the world's largest producer of tyres, and IBM announced today that Michelin has installed for all Europe a new Web-based system -- based on a Web-enabled IBM eServer zSeries mainframe -- that improves service to its network of 50,000 European distributors by allowing them to place order ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Engineer Named as Sir Roy Fedden Award Winner

Rolls-Royce Engineer Named as Sir Roy Fedden Award Winner

Rolls-Royce Engineer Named as Sir Roy Fedden Award Winner LONDON, July 10 Dr John Marshall, Rolls-Royce project leader for Trent 500 fan aerodynamics, today (10 July) was announced as the winner of the prestigious Sir Roy Fedden Award. The award, made by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), is presented for outstandi ... Continue reading

The Cobalt Group Sets Second Quarter Financial Results Announcement Date

The Cobalt Group Sets Second Quarter Financial Results Announcement Date

SEATTLE--July 10, 2001--The Cobalt Group , a leading provider of e-business products and services to the automotive industry, today announced that it will release financial results for its second quarter 2001 after the close of regular market trading on Tuesday, July 24, 2001. About the Cobalt Group The Cobalt Group(TM ... Continue reading

zMAX Outperforms Latest Industry Initiative for Improved Gas Mileage by as Much as 15 Times

zMAX Outperforms Latest Industry Initiative for Improved Gas Mileage by as Much as 15 Times

zMAX Outperforms Latest Industry Initiative for Improved Gas Mileage by as Much as 15 Times zMAX Validated by Industry-Standard Test CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 10 Dreams can come true -- zMAX, the only metal-saturating lubricant on the market, can save consumers millions of dollars on gasoline! Conducted under the hot Nevad ... Continue reading

LoJack Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings Of $.14 per Share On Revenues of $24,547,000

LoJack Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings Of $.14 per Share On Revenues of $24,547,000

LoJack Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings Of $.14 per Share On Revenues of $24,547,000 DEDHAM, Mass., July 10 LoJack Corporation, announced today that for the first quarter ended May 31, 2001 (fiscal 2002) revenues were $24,547,000 compared to revenues of $24,486,000 for the same period a year ago. Net income w ... Continue reading

GMC Midsize Utilities Smash June Sales Record

GMC Midsize Utilities Smash June Sales Record

FOR RELEASE: July 10, 2001 GMC Midsize Utilities Smash June Sales Record DETROIT - GMC, the Professional Grade division of General Motors, today announced record-breaking retail sales of midsize utilities sold in the month of June. With 8,697 Jimmy and Envoy SUVs sold last month, GMC smashed its June midsize retail sal ... Continue reading

Macek Named CFO at Hella North America

Macek Named CFO at Hella North America

Macek Named CFO at Hella North America PLYMOUTH, Mich., July 10 Edward Macek has been named vice president and chief financial officer for Hella North America, Inc., according to Joe Borruso, president and chief executive officer. A former executive at Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI), Macek most recently was corporate cont ... Continue reading

Us V Dem: California Abandons Plan to Destroy Pre-1970 Cars

Us V Dem: California Abandons Plan to Destroy Pre-1970 Cars

Washington, D.C. (July 2, 2001) - Under pressure from SEMA, environmental groups and automobile hobbyists, legislation that threatened to allow carmakers to crush pre-1970 vehicles in exchange for credits toward their obligations under the state's Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program was discarded by California legislat ... Continue reading

Ford Booster Seat Giveaway Passes 150,000 Milestone

Ford Booster Seat Giveaway Passes 150,000 Milestone

Ford Booster Seat Giveaway Passes 150,000 Milestone Boost America! Education Campaign Projected to Reach 35 Million U.S. Schoolchildren and Their Families DEARBORN, Mich., July 10 Ford Motor Company today announced that Boost America!, its $30 million child passenger safety program, has distributed more than 150,000 fr ... Continue reading

AutoNation, Inc. Promotes Allan Stejskal to Chief Information Officer...Congrats!

AutoNation, Inc. Promotes Allan Stejskal to Chief Information Officer...Congrats!

AutoNation, Inc. Promotes Allan Stejskal to Chief Information Officer AUTONATION COMPANY LOGO AutoNation Logo. (PRNewsFoto)[TC] FORT LAUDERDALE, FL USA 10/17/2000 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 10 AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, on and off the web, has promoted Allan Stejskal to the new position ... Continue reading

FordDirect, AutoTrader.com Form Partnership...They're Still Searching!Just Build Good Cars Ford...Leave The Sales to Dealers.

FordDirect, AutoTrader.com Form Partnership...They're Still Searching!Just Build Good Cars Ford...Leave The Sales to Dealers.

FordDirect, AutoTrader.com Form Partnership To Expand Listings and Customer Choices First-of-its-Kind to Integrate Both New and Used Inventories on One Site ATLANTA and DEARBORN, Mich., July 10 FordDirect, the joint venture between participating Ford dealers and Ford Motor Company , today announced that it has selected ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto Toyota and Lexus Unit Sales Increase 13% During the First Half of 2001

UnitedAuto Toyota and Lexus Unit Sales Increase 13% During the First Half of 2001

DETROIT--July 10, 2001--UnitedAuto Group, Inc. , a leading publicly traded automobile retailer and member of the FORTUNE 500, announced today that same store unit sales for its Toyota and Lexus brands increased 13% during the first half of 2001. The outstanding performance posted by UnitedAuto's Toyota and Lexus dealer ... Continue reading

Planet Hyundai Opens in Las Vegas; One of the Most Expensive and Technologically Advanced Hyundai Dealerships Ever Officially Opens Its Doors

Planet Hyundai Opens in Las Vegas; One of the Most Expensive and Technologically Advanced Hyundai Dealerships Ever Officially Opens Its Doors

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.--July 10, 2001--One of the world's largest Hyundai dealerships officially opened today in Las Vegas as the ribbon was cut at opening ceremonies for Planet Hyundai. The brand new state-of-the-art auto dealership represents an investment of some $6 million by the Staluppi Auto Group, the 14th larg ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Belief That The Internet is a Library, Not a Shopping Mall Is Correct According to a Markle Foundation Report.

The Auto Channel Belief That The Internet is a Library, Not a Shopping Mall Is Correct According to a Markle Foundation Report.

Here are some excerpts from the massive study titled, "Toward a Framework for Internet Accountability," being released here Tuesday morning by the Markle Foundation, as reported in The Standard. The New York-based philanthropy commissioned Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research to poll the general public and "Internet exper ... Continue reading

NASCAR WWEST: Woodside makes first time Winston West run at CNS

NASCAR WWEST: Woodside makes first time Winston West run at CNS

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 (North Hollywood, Calif.) - Sean Woodside, driver of the #45 Team Walker/Ron's Rear Ends/NAPA Chevrolet in the NASCAR Winston West Series, will make his first Winston West attempt at Colorado National Speedway in Erie, Colo. in this Saturday's ... Continue reading

CART: Toyota teams look forward to Toronto

CART: Toyota teams look forward to Toronto

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 MORENO LOOKS TO CONTINUE HOT STREAK - Roberto Moreno (Visteon Toyota) heads to Toronto on the strength of three consecutive top-10 finishes, including podium finishes at both Detroit and Portland. The Brazilian could easily have had a streak of ... Continue reading

ASA ACDelco Series Returns to Berlin Speedway

ASA ACDelco Series Returns to Berlin Speedway

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 PENDLETON, Ind. - After a one-year absence from one of the traditional stops on the ASA ACDelco Series schedule, a return to Berlin (MI) Raceway on Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14. The tires.com 300 presented by BFGoodrich Tires is ASA &# ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Geoffrey Bodine preps for racing at Chicagoland

NASCAR BGN: Geoffrey Bodine preps for racing at Chicagoland

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Geoffrey Bodine On Chicagoland Speedway . . . "One thing fans can expect to see at Chicago is speed. That track is fast. We tested at Chicago in June with a lot of other teams. The track is as fast as, if not faster, than Texas and Atlanta. The ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Earnhardt Jr. heads to Chicagoland on emotional high

NASCAR WCUP: Earnhardt Jr. heads to Chicagoland on emotional high

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Dale Jr. Quotes “I haven’t even seen the new track– but I hear it’s really fast, so that’s cool with me. The faster the better. We will have some extra time on Thursday to learn the track, and then hopefully we&#82 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Sadler opportunity for good run at Chicagoland

NASCAR WCUP: Sadler opportunity for good run at Chicagoland

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Coming off his third place run at Daytona International Speedway this past Saturday night, Elliott Sadler is ready to take on the challenge of Chicagoland Speedway. NASCAR's first visit to the new Illinois 1.5-mile D-shaped tri-oval, located ju ... Continue reading

USAR Prepares to Invade Jennerstown…AGAIN

USAR Prepares to Invade Jennerstown…AGAIN

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Jennerstown, PA- The next race for the USAR Hooters ProCup Series Northern Division will be the ½ mile Jennerstown Speedway in Jennerstown, PA for the running of the Lucas Oil 250. Jennerstown was the site of the first Northern Division race o ... Continue reading

USAR: Robertson goes 'Hot 'n Spicy' for Johnsonville

USAR: Robertson goes 'Hot 'n Spicy' for Johnsonville

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 HICKORY, N.C. - Wisconsin based Johnsonville Sausage, the world's leading producer of fine bratwurst, has announced a three race sponsorship deal with driver Toby Robertson and TWR Motorsports in the USAR Hooters ProCup Series South Division. T ... Continue reading

USAR: Goodson Sees Run End Early in Alabama; Looks to Jennerstown to Gain Track Experience

USAR: Goodson Sees Run End Early in Alabama; Looks to Jennerstown to Gain Track Experience

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Winston-Salem, N.C. -- Hal Goodson entered this past weekend's USAR ProCup Series race at Montgomery (Ala.) Motor Speedway on a hot streak. The Darlington, S.C. native's good fortune would take a turn south, however, as he was collected in an i ... Continue reading

USAR: Christian Visits Victory Lane

USAR: Christian Visits Victory Lane

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Montgomery, AL – After collecting his first career win in the USAR Hooters ProCup Series last November, Steven Christian said he hoped he wouldn’t have to wait long for his next win. Christian waited just nine races before outlastin ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Kenseth previews racing action at Chicogoland

NASCAR WCUP: Kenseth previews racing action at Chicogoland

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 The NASCAR Winston Cup Series will be making its debut at the new Chicagoland Speedway this weekend for the inaugural Tropicana 400. Ford Racing spoke to a few drivers and got their thoughts on one of the two newest tracks on the circuit. MATT ... Continue reading

USAC: Cline, Hunt, Gardner record Westing Sprint Wins

USAC: Cline, Hunt, Gardner record Westing Sprint Wins

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Troy Cline, Tony Hunt and Damion Gardner scored USAC Western Sprint Car Series victories last week but Jeff Gardner of Fresno, Calif. finds himself atop the series standings going into this weekend's events at Meridian Speedway near Boise, Ida. ... Continue reading

USAC: Darland, Fike enjoy #1 after Kansas City wins

USAC: Darland, Fike enjoy #1 after Kansas City wins

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. and Jay Drake of Val Verde, Calif. continue their torrid duel for the USAC WorldCom National Midget Car championship Wednesday night when the series returns to the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Ind. for t ... Continue reading

USAC: Elliott, Yeley close on point leaders

USAC: Elliott, Yeley close on point leaders

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Dave Darland leads a tightly-bunched group of point leaders into this weekend's back-to-back Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series events at Toledo, Ohio and Indianapolis Raceway Park. Only 24 points separate Dave and Jay Drake atop the list. D ... Continue reading

ARCA Trucks: Slaughter cashes in on Chystal Clay

ARCA Trucks: Slaughter cashes in on Chystal Clay

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 CRYSTAL, MICH - Defending champion Robbin Slaughter, in his own Carmen’s Vacuum-NAPA Auto Parts Ford Ranger, chalked up his second consecutive ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series victory Saturday night on the 1/3-mile Crystal Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Valvoline Named Official Motor Oil of Daytona

NASCAR WCUP: Valvoline Named Official Motor Oil of Daytona

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 Valvoline has entered into a multi-year agreement with Daytona International Speedway that will make Valvoline an official corporate sponsor of the Daytona 500. As a track sponsor, Valvoline will be the official motor oil of both Daytona Intern ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Stewart fate to be decided after Daytona black flag

NASCAR WCUP: Stewart fate to be decided after Daytona black flag

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 10, 2001 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., - When the checkered flag waved in Saturday night's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Tony Stewart's #20 Home Depot Pontiac crossed the start/finish line sixth in the running order. But it would be a 26th place f ... Continue reading

Buick Bengal Convertible Will Become A Production Model

Buick Bengal Convertible Will Become A Production Model

Automotive News Reported that industry sources say the GM's North American Strategy Board has approved production of the front-drive, four-passenger convertible, possibly late in 2003, although 2004 appears more likely. The concept has taken several styling cues from Buicks of the 1940s and 1950s. The decision to produ ... Continue reading

John Miller Joins MSX International as Executive Vice President; Jonathan Maples Adds Responsibilities

John Miller Joins MSX International as Executive Vice President; Jonathan Maples Adds Responsibilities

John Miller Joins MSX International as Executive Vice President; Jonathan Maples Adds Responsibilities AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 9 John Miller has joined MSX International as executive vice president, corporate product development and chief administrative officer. He reports to Thomas T. Stallkamp, vice chairman and CE ... Continue reading

STAR, The IT Automotive Retail Industry Consortium, Selects eXcelon to Lead the Architecture of the Star XML Project. GOOD LUCK!

STAR, The IT Automotive Retail Industry Consortium, Selects eXcelon to Lead the Architecture of the Star XML Project. GOOD LUCK!

BURLINGTON, Mass.--July 9, 2001-- Project to Develop Standard for the Automotive Retail Industry Based on OAGI and ebXML eXcelon Corporation , the leading provider of an XML-based platform for self-service and collaborative applications, today announced that it has been selected by STAR (Standards for Technology in Aut ... Continue reading

Delphi Automotive Systems Offers Hands-Free Mobile Multimedia Products To Help Minimize Distractions

Delphi Automotive Systems Offers Hands-Free Mobile Multimedia Products To Help Minimize Distractions

Delphi Automotive Systems Offers Hands-Free Mobile Multimedia Products To Help Minimize Distractions DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE LOGO Delphi Automotive Systems Wordmark. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] TROY, MI USA 10/19/2000 TROY, Mich., July 9 Delphi Automotive Systems' Communiport(C) mobile multimedia product line is a selection of products ... Continue reading

CTS Announces Cost-Effective Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillators - VCXOs - for Fiber Optic Datacom Applications

CTS Announces Cost-Effective Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillators - VCXOs - for Fiber Optic Datacom Applications

ELKHART, Ind.--July 9, 2001--CTS Corporation today announced a new "Panther(TM) PLL+" brand of miniature, surface mount voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO) products for use in a wide range of datacom applications including SONET, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, STM-1, STS-3c and OC-3 through OC-192. The Panther(TM) PLL ... Continue reading

Detroit Roads Suck So Bad That AAA Contributes to Michigan Road Improvement Project...What's Going On?

Detroit Roads Suck So Bad That AAA Contributes to Michigan Road Improvement Project...What's Going On?

A joint road improvement project between AAA Michigan, the City of Detroit, Wayne County and MDOT will bring badly needed safety enhancements to two of Detroit's most dangerous corridors. As part of a long-term project begun in 1996, AAA Michigan will donate $250,000 in seed money for the latest in a series of urban sa ... Continue reading

Haartz Forms Alliance with Wolfsteins Pro Series; Suppliers Develop Earth-Friendly Convertible Top Cleaning

Haartz Forms Alliance with Wolfsteins Pro Series; Suppliers Develop Earth-Friendly Convertible Top Cleaning

Haartz Forms Alliance with Wolfsteins Pro Series; Suppliers Develop Earth-Friendly Convertible Top Cleaning, Protection System for Automotive, Marine Applications ACTON, Mass., July 9 The Haartz Corp. -- the world's leading manufacturer of convertible topping fabrics -- announced today that it has formed an alliance wi ... Continue reading

Labor Agreement Clears the Way for LTV Steel Restructuring

Labor Agreement Clears the Way for LTV Steel Restructuring

Labor Agreement Clears the Way for LTV Steel Restructuring CLEVELAND, July 9 The LTV Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LTVCQ) today said that it has approved the tentative labor agreement negotiated by its Committee of Unsecured Creditors with the United Steelworkers of America. The Company said that the tentative agree ... Continue reading

Lean Enterprise Institute Compiles Short List of Landmark Books on Lean Production That Is Long on Content

Lean Enterprise Institute Compiles Short List of Landmark Books on Lean Production That Is Long on Content

Responding to questions from manufacturing professionals, the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) has compiled a list of eight books containing the essential knowledge about lean production's history and fundamental principles. "Lean thinkers have often asked us what they should read to understand lean thinking and where i ... Continue reading

Canadian Group Honors Arctic Cat Cleaner, Quieter Engine Technology

Canadian Group Honors Arctic Cat Cleaner, Quieter Engine Technology

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.--July 9, 2001--The Quebec Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (FCMQ) recently presented Arctic Cat Inc. with its BLIZZ'OR environmental award for development of cleaner, quieter four-stroke engine technology. The FCMQ presents the annual award to a snowmobile manufacturer that undertakes extraordina ... Continue reading

Gentex Ships Exterior Automatic-Dimming Signal Mirrors

Gentex Ships Exterior Automatic-Dimming Signal Mirrors

Gentex Ships Exterior Automatic-Dimming Signal Mirrors ZEELAND, Mich., July 9 Gentex Corporation , the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, has begun shipping the world's first exterior automatic-dimming mirrors with built-in turn-signal ind ... Continue reading

Top Driver SUV Driver Training

Top Driver SUV Driver Training

Responding to widespread interest from consumer and corporate customers, Top Driver will introduce a driving instruction program targeted to drivers of sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Sebastian Giordano, CEO of Top Driver, an Englewood Cliffs, NJ firm that is the largest driver training company in the country, is availa ... Continue reading

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