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Tuesday, December 14, 1999

AMA: Progressive Insurance Sponsors AMA Flat Track

AMA: Progressive Insurance Sponsors AMA Flat Track

AMA: Progressive Insurance Sponsors AMA Flat Track ... Continue reading

ARCA: 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series schedule released

ARCA: 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series schedule released

2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series schedule released ... Continue reading

ARCA: Champion Bill Baird honored

ARCA: Champion Bill Baird honored

ARCA: Champion Bill Baird honored ... Continue reading

ARCA: Kerry Earnhardt to go ARCA racing in 2000

ARCA: Kerry Earnhardt to go ARCA racing in 2000

Kerry Earnhardt to go ARCA racing in 2000 ... Continue reading

Aura Sets Annual Meeting Date to Ratify Terms of Financial Restructuring

Aura Sets Annual Meeting Date to Ratify Terms of Financial Restructuring

Aura Systems Inc. announced that its board of directors has scheduled its annual meeting of shareholders to be held on Feb. 25, 2000. Shareholders of record on Jan. 14, 2000, will be eligible to attend and vote at the annual meeting. ... Continue reading

AutoNation To Close Used Vehicle Megastores

AutoNation To Close Used Vehicle Megastores

AutoNation, Inc. announced that it will exit the used vehicle megastore category by immediately closing 23 of its megastores and integrating six others with new vehicle franchises. ... Continue reading

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. Enters Into Agreement with Vehicle Inspection Services

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. Enters Into Agreement with Vehicle Inspection Services

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Vehicle Inspection Services (V.I.S.) to inspect retail consumers' vehicles for the company's planned Internet site, www.tradeincarsonline.com. ... Continue reading

BellSouth Mobility DCS to Trial SnapTrack's Wireless Location System

BellSouth Mobility DCS to Trial SnapTrack's Wireless Location System

BellSouth Mobility DCS and SnapTrack announced that they will conduct technology trials of SnapTrack's Personal Location System(TM) for wireless phones. ... Continue reading

BestOffer.com Offers 'Free for All' Preview of Painless Way to Buy and Sell Used Cars

BestOffer.com Offers 'Free for All' Preview of Painless Way to Buy and Sell Used Cars

Consumers can say goodbye to the headaches and hassles of buying and selling used cars with the launch of BestOffer.com, the first company dedicated to taking the pain out of buying and selling used cars. ... Continue reading

Bonded Motors Reaches Accord With Major Trade Suppliers/Bank

Bonded Motors Reaches Accord With Major Trade Suppliers/Bank

Aaron Landon, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Bonded Motors Inc. announced that the company has reached an agreement with its major trade suppliers and with Comerica Bank - California. ... Continue reading

CART: New Millenium Brings High Hopes for Toyota

CART: New Millenium Brings High Hopes for Toyota

CART: New Millenium Brings High Hopes for Toyota ... Continue reading

Delphi Invests in Anderson, Ind., Facility

Delphi Invests in Anderson, Ind., Facility

Delphi Automotive Systems is investing nearly $2.7 million in its Anderson, Ind., manufacturing facility, according to Donald L. Runkle, president of Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems. ... Continue reading

Free Child Safety Seat Inspections for Customers by Appointment

Free Child Safety Seat Inspections for Customers by Appointment

Onany given day in the Richmond, Williamsburg and Hampton Roads areas, an estimated eight out of ten children are at risk in safety seats that are not properly secured. ... Continue reading

Goodyear: Tire-Shopping 'Burns Rubber'

Goodyear: Tire-Shopping 'Burns Rubber'

Tire-buying never was a "shop 'til you drop" proposition, but new market research now shows tire "shopping" is downright rushed. ... Continue reading

Gran Turismo 2 to Drive PlayStation Holiday Sales With December 16 Release

Gran Turismo 2 to Drive PlayStation Holiday Sales With December 16 Release

The most anticipated videogame title this holiday season, Gran Turismo(TM) 2, the sequel to the best-selling racing videogame of all time, will be released nationwide on December 16, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today. ... Continue reading

Guardian Industries Announces Purchase of Partner's Equity in Siam Guardian

Guardian Industries Announces Purchase of Partner's Equity in Siam Guardian

Guardian Industries Corp., announced the purchase of its partner's equity in Siam Guardian Glass Co., Ltd. (Siam Guardian), increasing its existing commitment to Asian customers and the growth of the region. ... Continue reading

Holidays Sometimes Prompt Second Thoughts About Insurance Fraud, State Farm Says

Holidays Sometimes Prompt Second Thoughts About Insurance Fraud, State Farm Says

When Don Petteway one recent morning opened a cardboard envelope addressed to no one in particular, the mail center assistant at State Farm's regional office in Duluth, Ga., was in for a couple of surprises. ... Continue reading

International Software Group Helps ComSearch Drive Legacy-to-Web E-Commerce

International Software Group Helps ComSearch Drive Legacy-to-Web E-Commerce

ISG International Software Group Ltd. announced that ComSearch has selected ISG Navigator's Enterprise Info Infrastructure solution to help Web-enable the company's legacy back-office systems for a new business-to-business e-commerce application. ... Continue reading

IPSCO Inc. Announces Increased Selling Prices

IPSCO Inc. Announces Increased Selling Prices

IPSCO Inc. announced an increase in the selling prices of OCTG in Canada of 5% effective immediately with orders for shipment starting January 1, 2000. ... Continue reading

Kansas Accident Data Added to Carfax.com Database

Kansas Accident Data Added to Carfax.com Database

Carfax.com, the nation's leading provider of vehicle history information, announced the addition of thousands of accident data records from Kansas to its national database of over 980 million vehicle records. ... Continue reading

Lithia Motors Completes Acquisition of Roundtree of Idaho in Boise, Idaho

Lithia Motors Completes Acquisition of Roundtree of Idaho in Boise, Idaho

Lithia Motors, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Roundtree of Idaho in Boise, Idaho. ... Continue reading

Mark Mederski named Executive Director of American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation

Mark Mederski named Executive Director of American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation

American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Marketing Vice President Mark Mederski has been named Executive Director of the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, which operates the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum at AMA headquarters in Ohio. ... Continue reading

Maxager Technology Names Three New Executives

Maxager Technology Names Three New Executives

Maxager Technology, Inc. announced the appointment of Terry Hartsfield as vice president of Operations, Steve Levy as vice president of Sales North America and Global Strategic Alliances and Alan Steelman as vice president of Consulting. ... Continue reading

MoreCars.net to Open Online ``Garage'' for Enthusiasts, Collectors, Fans

MoreCars.net to Open Online ``Garage'' for Enthusiasts, Collectors, Fans

What, until now, has been ill-served by the Internet, despite its ubiquity and influence? Give up? It's the automobile. ... Continue reading

MSC.Software Teams up With Navistar to Capture Best Simulation Practices

MSC.Software Teams up With Navistar to Capture Best Simulation Practices

MSC.Software Corp. announced a collaborative effort with Navistar International Corp. to improve speed and accuracy of The Navistar Technology & Engineering Center's structural analysis efforts. ... Continue reading

Proton Energy Systems Announces Charles Curtis to join Board of Directors

Proton Energy Systems Announces Charles Curtis to join Board of Directors

Proton Energy Systems, Inc announces that Charles B. Curtis has agreed to join its Board of Directors. ... Continue reading

Readers to Name the Car of the Century; GM Bets Big on Subaru

Readers to Name the Car of the Century; GM Bets Big on Subaru

While the juried competition draws to a close this week, The Car Connection is giving its readers the chance to pick the most significant car of the century -- and win prizes for naming the winners of the official Car of the Century contest. ... Continue reading

Royal Oak Expands Combination Starter and Security Alarm Keyless Remote

Royal Oak Expands Combination Starter and Security Alarm Keyless Remote

Autoco.com announced that its subsidiary, Royal Oak Marketing has expanded its current line of fully featured automotive starters with the addition of their newly developed Automotive Motor and Access Control Key or AMAC. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Sears Point Added to 2000 Speedvision World Challenge Schedule

SCCA: Sears Point Added to 2000 Speedvision World Challenge Schedule

SCCA: Sears Point Added to 2000 Speedvision World Challenge Schedule ... Continue reading

Siemens Lauded by for Ability To Bring New Technologies to Market

Siemens Lauded by for Ability To Bring New Technologies to Market

"Siemens intends to stay a leader that shapes the future of the electrical engineering and electronics industry with cutting- edge innovations," stated Heinrich von Pierer, president and CEO, Siemens AG. ... Continue reading

Taurus Touchdown Drive Sweepstakes Add Excitement To Bowl Championship

Taurus Touchdown Drive Sweepstakes Add Excitement To Bowl Championship

College football fans will find the Bowl Championship Series games more exciting than ever this holiday season, thankspartly to commercials for the redesigned 2000 Ford Taurus which link the action on the field to the viewers' chance to win a Taurus. ... Continue reading

UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement at Saturn

UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement at Saturn

UAW President Stephen P. Yokich, and Vice President Richard Shoemaker, who directs the UAW General Motors Department, announced this morning that a tentative national agreement has been reached between the union and the Saturn Corporation. ... Continue reading

Viisage Awarded New Contract With The State Of Ohio

Viisage Awarded New Contract With The State Of Ohio

Viisage Technology, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a new $2.6 million contract to maintain and support the digital drivers program with the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Bureau of Motor Vehicles. ... Continue reading

ZAP Revamps Investor Relations Program

ZAP Revamps Investor Relations Program

ZAPWORLD.COM announced a revamping of its investor relations (I/R) website. ... Continue reading

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