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Tuesday, July 13, 1999

AlliedSignal And Honeywell Set Sept 1 As Date For Shareowners Meetings

AlliedSignal And Honeywell Set Sept 1 As Date For Shareowners Meetings

AlliedSignal Inc. and Honeywell Inc. announced that they have scheduled special shareowners meetings for September 1, 1999, to approve the proposed merger of the two companies. ... Continue reading

ARCA Trucks: In Baer Field ARCA Trucks, Hulings Hauls

ARCA Trucks: In Baer Field ARCA Trucks, Hulings Hauls

ARCA Trucks: In Baer Field ARCA Trucks, Hulings Hauls ... Continue reading

Best-Ever June Sales Reported By Lexus Central Area

Best-Ever June Sales Reported By Lexus Central Area

Lexus Central Region dealers posted record sales in June of 2,594 vehicles, a 28 percent increase over June 1998 when 2,035 were sold. ... Continue reading

Best-Ever June Sales Reported by Toyota's Kansas City Region

Best-Ever June Sales Reported by Toyota's Kansas City Region

Toyota's Kansas City Region posted its best-ever June for car sales, selling 2,436 vehicles, a 6 percent increase over June 1998 when sales totaled 2,307. ... Continue reading

BFGoodrich Tires Unveils Scorcher T/A

BFGoodrich Tires Unveils Scorcher T/A

Establishing a new standard for customization, BFGoodrich Tires unveiled its Scorcher T/A, the world's first color, high- performance tire. ... Continue reading

Borg-Warner Automotive Honors Fifteen Employees for Excellence and Innovation

Borg-Warner Automotive Honors Fifteen Employees for Excellence and Innovation

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. honored fifteen employees for their contributions and creativity in the areas of product development, operations excellence and customer excellence. ... Continue reading

Bullhide Expects to Form Up to $40 Million Strategic Alliance

Bullhide Expects to Form Up to $40 Million Strategic Alliance

The Bullhide Liner Corporation announced that it is in negotiations with a Mexican real estate development company to form a strategic alliance in which the Mexican developer would purchase $18.5 million worth of Bullhide products. ... Continue reading

CARHF Lands $4M Underwriting

CARHF Lands $4M Underwriting

Composite Automobile Research, Ltd. has entered into an underwriting agreement with First Liberty Securities, Ltd. to raise $4 million in guaranteed bond offering. ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Dilley tops Ford troops with seventh at Mosport

CASCAR: Dilley tops Ford troops with seventh at Mosport

Ford of Canada / CASCAR Super Series Report / Mosport Speedway ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Flat tire leaves Whitlock an unlucky 13th at Mosport

CASCAR: Flat tire leaves Whitlock an unlucky 13th at Mosport

Whitlock Motorsports / CASCAR Castrol Super Series / Mosport Report ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Thomson takes third CASCAR win of '99 at Mosport in CDS Tech 200

CASCAR: Thomson takes third CASCAR win of '99 at Mosport in CDS Tech 200

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - CDS Tech 200 Mosport Report ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Vanderwyst third in Mosport oval event

CASCAR: Vanderwyst third in Mosport oval event

Loctite Racing / Vanderwyst Motorsports - Mosport CASCAR Report ... Continue reading

ESWW Turns 11-Year-Old Clunker Into A Clean Air Vehicle

ESWW Turns 11-Year-Old Clunker Into A Clean Air Vehicle

Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. is pleased to announce that its patented Enviro-Cat(TM) converter eliminated more than 95% of nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) in an independent emission testing lab based in Chicago, IL. ... Continue reading

General Bearing's Chinese Joint Venture Earns Prestigious QS-9000 Certification

General Bearing's Chinese Joint Venture Earns Prestigious QS-9000 Certification

General Bearing Corporation said Ningbo General Bearing Co., Ltd. (NGBC), Ningbo, China, one of its three Chinese joint venture facilities, has earned the prestigious Quality Assurance standard QS-9000 certification. ... Continue reading

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter Sales and Earnings

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter Sales and Earnings

Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced record sales and earnings for its second quarter ended June 27, 1999. The Company's second quarter sales were $608.7 million, an increase of 17.7 percent over the second quarter last year. ... Continue reading

Hertz Reports Record Second Quarter Earnings of $87.9 Million, Up 17%

Hertz Reports Record Second Quarter Earnings of $87.9 Million, Up 17%

The Hertz Corporation reported record second quarter, 1999, earnings of $87.9 million, up 17 percent from the $75.1 million generated for the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Infiniti I30 Standard (1999)

Infiniti I30 Standard (1999)

Infiniti I30 Standard (1999) ... Continue reading

Isuzu Reports Record June Sales

Isuzu Reports Record June Sales

American Isuzu Motors Inc. announced its strongest June commercial vehicle retail sales performance in the company's history. ... Continue reading

Land Rover Named Most Improved Brand and Second Overall In 1999 Index

Land Rover Named Most Improved Brand and Second Overall In 1999 Index

According to the annual Strategic Vision Dealer Total Quality Index which was released today, Land Rover is the most improved brand for 1999 and now second overall in the industry. ... Continue reading

Lincoln Town Car Signature (1999)

Lincoln Town Car Signature (1999)

Lincoln Town Car Signature (1999) ... Continue reading

Lithia Motors, Inc. Added to Russell 2000 Index

Lithia Motors, Inc. Added to Russell 2000 Index

The Wall Street Journal reported that Lithia Motors, Inc. has been added to the Russell 2000 stock index, the leading investment benchmark for small-cap stocks. ... Continue reading

LoJack Reports First Quarter Income of $.12 Per Share; Revenues $22,501,000

LoJack Reports First Quarter Income of $.12 Per Share; Revenues $22,501,000

LoJack Corporation announced that for the first quarter ended May 31, 1999 (fiscal 2000) revenues were $22,501,000, an increase of 11% over revenues of $20,265,000 for the same period a year ago. ... Continue reading

Mobil Announces Startup of Gas Operations from North Sumatra Offshore Platform

Mobil Announces Startup of Gas Operations from North Sumatra Offshore Platform

Mobil Corporation announced that its wholly-owned affiliate, Mobil Exploration Indonesia, Inc. (MEI), has started production of natural gas from the North Sumatra Offshore (NSO) "A" Field, offshore northern Sumatra. ... Continue reading

New Mobil Drive Clean Oil Delivers Extra Engine Protection

New Mobil Drive Clean Oil Delivers Extra Engine Protection

Mobil Corporation announced the introduction of new Mobil(R) Drive Clean Oil(TM), a significant reformulation of the company's premium, conventional motor oil designed to reduce dirt deposits in automotive engines. ... Continue reading

New-Vehicle Buyers Shopping Online Up 15 Percent From 1998

New-Vehicle Buyers Shopping Online Up 15 Percent From 1998

The percentage of new-vehicle buyers using the Internet to help them through the shopping process has grown from 25 percent to 40 percent in just one year, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 1999 New Autoshopper.com Study. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Hines Looking for Fourth Straight Win at Bandimere Speedway

NHRA: Hines Looking for Fourth Straight Win at Bandimere Speedway

NHRA: Hines Looking for Fourth Straight Win at Bandimere Speedway ... Continue reading

NHRA: McClenathan Aiming for Third Straight Denver Win

NHRA: McClenathan Aiming for Third Straight Denver Win

NHRA: McClenathan Aiming for Third Straight Denver Win ... Continue reading

NHRA: MOPAR Parts Mile-High Nationals General Information

NHRA: MOPAR Parts Mile-High Nationals General Information

NHRA: MOPAR Parts Mile-High Nationals General Information ... Continue reading

NHRA: Tommy Johnson Getting Comfortable in Interstate Batteries Pontiac

NHRA: Tommy Johnson Getting Comfortable in Interstate Batteries Pontiac

NHRA: Tommy Johnson Getting Comfortable in Interstate Batteries Pontiac ... Continue reading

NHRA: Tough Record Book May Open This Season at Bandimere Speedway

NHRA: Tough Record Book May Open This Season at Bandimere Speedway

NHRA: Tough Record Book May Open This Season at Bandimere Speedway ... Continue reading

NHRA: Yates Wants to Start Pro Stock Winning Streak in Denver

NHRA: Yates Wants to Start Pro Stock Winning Streak in Denver

NHRA: Yates Wants to Start Pro Stock Winning Streak in Denver ... Continue reading

PACCAR Announces Dividend

PACCAR Announces Dividend

PACCAR Inc's board of directors today declared a third-quarter cash dividend in the amount of twenty cents($.20) per share, payable on Sept. 3, 1999, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 20, 1999. ... Continue reading

Productivity Improvement of Dana's GemStone Gasket Operation Recognized by Honda

Productivity Improvement of Dana's GemStone Gasket Operation Recognized by Honda

The GemStone Gasket Company, a joint venture between Dana Corporation's Victor Reinz division and the Ishino Gasket Manufacturing Company of Japan, was awarded Honda's 1998 Productivity Improvement Award. ... Continue reading

Shaky Global Economy Affects Fortune Global 500 List

Shaky Global Economy Affects Fortune Global 500 List

For the third year in a row, General Motors tops the 1999 FORTUNE 500 list of the world's largest corporations, followed closely by automotive industry powerhouses DaimlerChrysler at No. 2 and Ford Motor at No. 3. ... Continue reading

SPX Corporation Announces Sale of Acutex Division

SPX Corporation Announces Sale of Acutex Division

SPX Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Acutex division to Hilite Industries, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Board Declares Third Quarter Dividend

Tenneco Board Declares Third Quarter Dividend

Tenneco announced that its board of directors has declared a regular third quarter dividend of 30 cents per share on its common stock. ... Continue reading

Tomkins to Focus On Engineering

Tomkins to Focus On Engineering

The Board of Tomkins PLC announces that after good progress in the development of its Industrial & Automotive division it has taken the opportunity to review the future strategy and shape of the group. ... Continue reading

Toyota Remains Firm in Position on Emissions Performance

Toyota Remains Firm in Position on Emissions Performance

Toyota and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have been involved in a disagreement over the computer that monitors the performance of Toyota and Lexus vehicles' evaporative emission control systems. ... Continue reading

USAC: AMS Hosts First of Two Georgia F2000 Races

USAC: AMS Hosts First of Two Georgia F2000 Races

USAC: AMS Hosts First of Two Georgia F2000 Races ... Continue reading

USAC: Davey Hamilton a Winner in Carson City, Western Midgets, TQs Head for Ventura Saturday

USAC: Davey Hamilton a Winner in Carson City, Western Midgets, TQs Head for Ventura Saturday

USAC: Davey Hamilton a Winner in Carson City, Western Midgets, TQs Head for Ventura Saturday ... Continue reading

USAC: Leffler Takes $20,000 'Summer Sizzle '99' First Prize; Drake, Darland, Coers Snare 'Sizzle' Prelim Victories

USAC: Leffler Takes $20,000 'Summer Sizzle '99' First Prize; Drake, Darland, Coers Snare 'Sizzle' Prelim Victories

USAC: Leffler Takes $20,000 'Summer Sizzle '99' First Prize; Drake, Darland, Coers Snare 'Sizzle' Prelim Victories ... Continue reading

USAC: Silver Bullet Series Returns to Nazareth Roots

USAC: Silver Bullet Series Returns to Nazareth Roots

USAC: Silver Bullet Series Returns to Nazareth Roots ... Continue reading

USAC: Speedrome Race to Campbell, Point Lead to Young

USAC: Speedrome Race to Campbell, Point Lead to Young

USAC: Speedrome Race to Campbell, Point Lead to Young ... Continue reading

USAR: 'Four Champions' Charlie Campbell Memorial win puts driver in select company

USAR: 'Four Champions' Charlie Campbell Memorial win puts driver in select company

USAR: 'Four Champions' Charlie Campbell Memorial win puts driver in select company ... Continue reading

Wheels Named Preferred Supplier by Abbott Laboratories

Wheels Named Preferred Supplier by Abbott Laboratories

Wheels, a leader in fleet vehicle management, has received a Preferred Supplier Award from Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, a status that was awarded to only 24 of the company's 7,000 suppliers. ... Continue reading

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