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Wednesday, July 14, 1999

AimRite Holdings Corporation Receives Joint Development Proposal

AimRite Holdings Corporation Receives Joint Development Proposal

AimRite Holdings Corporation is pleased to announce that it has received a joint development proposal from a major manufacturer of heavy duty vehicles ... Continue reading

Arvin Industries CEO V. William Hunt talks to The Wall Street Transcript

Arvin Industries CEO V. William Hunt talks to The Wall Street Transcript

The Wall Street Transcript has published an in-depth interview with V. William Hunt of Arvin Industries , in which he talks at length about his company's future. ... Continue reading

AutoZone Names Senior Vice President, Human Resources

AutoZone Names Senior Vice President, Human Resources

AutoZone, Inc. announced Joseph M. Fabiano, 43, has joined the company as senior vice president, human resources pending board approval ... Continue reading

Auxer Group Prepares For Filing Of Form 10-SB

Auxer Group Prepares For Filing Of Form 10-SB

The Auxer Group, Inc. announced that it has been in the process of preparing to file its Form 10-SB with the Securities and Exchange Commission and intends to file in time to be effective for the fall. ... Continue reading

BFGoodrich Announces Management Realignment of Industrial Operations

BFGoodrich Announces Management Realignment of Industrial Operations

The BFGoodrich Company announced a management realignment of its industrial businesses, which were acquired from Coltec Industries when the two companies merged on July 12th. ... Continue reading

BMW MOTORCYCLIST MAKES HIS FIRST MILLION --MILES--

BMW MOTORCYCLIST MAKES HIS FIRST MILLION --MILES--

In 1973, at the age of 43, Dave Swisher of Bowling Green, VA, purchased his first BMW motorcycle. And on it, he rode...and rode. ... Continue reading

Cummins Declares Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

Cummins Declares Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

The Board of Directors of Cummins Engine Co. Inc. declared a quarterly common stock cash dividend of 27.5 cents per share, payable on Sept. 15, 1999, to shareholders of record on Sept. 1. ... Continue reading

Don't Let the Sun Burn Your Vehicle's Performance This Summer

Don't Let the Sun Burn Your Vehicle's Performance This Summer

With record-breaking temperatures this week, commuters and vacationers traveling by car should make sure their vehicles are "heat-proof" before hopping on the freeways, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. ... Continue reading

Drag Bikes: AMA/PROSTAR Final Results

Drag Bikes: AMA/PROSTAR Final Results

Drag Bikes: AMA/PROSTAR Final Results ... Continue reading

Drag Bikes: AMA/PROSTAR Qualifying Results after Four Rounds

Drag Bikes: AMA/PROSTAR Qualifying Results after Four Rounds

Drag Bikes: AMA/PROSTAR Qualifying Results after Four Rounds ... Continue reading

Eaton to Sell Fastener Business to TransTechnology Corporation for $173 Million

Eaton to Sell Fastener Business to TransTechnology Corporation for $173 Million

Eaton Corporation and TransTechnology Corporation said they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Eaton will sell its Engineered Fasteners business unit to TransTechnology for $173 million cash. ... Continue reading

Electric Bikes ZAP Crime, Smog in Los Angeles

Electric Bikes ZAP Crime, Smog in Los Angeles

They appear to be normal police mountain bikes, but when a call goes out -- ZAP! -- these bikes spring into action with the help of a secret weapon, a powerful electric motor system that is helping bike patrols fight crime and air pollution ... Continue reading

Ford Credit Earns $335 Million in the Second Quarter

Ford Credit Earns $335 Million in the Second Quarter

Ford Credit earned $335 million in the second quarter of this year, up $35 million or 12 percent, from a year ago, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Philippe Paillart announced today ... Continue reading

Ford Posts Record Second Quarter Operating Earnings of $2.5 Billion; 13th Consecutive Quarter of Operating Improvement

Ford Posts Record Second Quarter Operating Earnings of $2.5 Billion; 13th Consecutive Quarter of Operating Improvement

Ford Motor Company earned $2,338 million in the second quarter of 1999, or $1.89 per diluted share of common and Class B stock ... Continue reading

Gentex Reports Record Revenues for the Second Quarter of 1999

Gentex Reports Record Revenues for the Second Quarter of 1999

Gentex Corporation, the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, today reported record financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 1999 ... Continue reading

Insurance Auto Auctions Retains Investment Banker

Insurance Auto Auctions Retains Investment Banker

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. announced it had retained Greif & Co. as exclusive financial advisor to the Company, to lead the development and structuring of a range of strategic alternatives intended to enhance shareholder value. ... Continue reading

Interstate National Dealer Included in 100 Best Stocks to Own for Under $20

Interstate National Dealer Included in 100 Best Stocks to Own for Under $20

Interstate National Dealer Services, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been included in a new book 100 Best Stocks to Own for Under $20. ... Continue reading

IRL: 1999 Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 Presented by MCI WorldCom, Pre Race Quotes

IRL: 1999 Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 Presented by MCI WorldCom, Pre Race Quotes

IRL: 1999 Kobalt Mechanics Tools 500 Presented by MCI WorldCom, Pre Race Quotes ... Continue reading

IRL: Eddie Cheever Laps Atlanta to Find a Cure

IRL: Eddie Cheever Laps Atlanta to Find a Cure

IRL: Eddie Cheever Laps Atlanta to Find a Cure ... Continue reading

IRL: Second in Points, Ward Ready for Challenges of Atlanta

IRL: Second in Points, Ward Ready for Challenges of Atlanta

IRL: Second in Points, Ward Ready for Challenges of Atlanta ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Teams With Special Olympics For Winning Experience

Johnson Controls Teams With Special Olympics For Winning Experience

More than 40 Johnson Controls employees spent hundreds of hours ensuring the success of the recent 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in the Raleigh-Durham and Chapel Hill area of North Carolina ... Continue reading

Lear Corporation to Produce Seats for Ford F-Series Pickup Trucks

Lear Corporation to Produce Seats for Ford F-Series Pickup Trucks

Lear Corporation announced that it has been selected to produce the seats for the 2000 model year Ford F-150 full-size pickup trucks built at Ford Motor Company's Kansas City, Missouri (USA) Assembly Plant. ... Continue reading

Lincoln Launches LS Television Ad Campaign

Lincoln Launches LS Television Ad Campaign

Launching its all-new 2000 LS luxury sports sedan this month with a national, fully integrated campaign, Lincoln will break a series of television commercials this weekend during the British Open Golf Tournament on CBS ... Continue reading

Lincoln Mercury Marks 1st California Anniversary, July 14

Lincoln Mercury Marks 1st California Anniversary, July 14

On Wednesday, July 14, Lincoln Mercury will celebrate its first anniversary as a California-based enterprise ... Continue reading

Liteglow Industries, Inc. Reports Record Sales & Earnings

Liteglow Industries, Inc. Reports Record Sales & Earnings

LouWiener, COO of Liteglow Industries, Inc. announced record sales and profits for both the month of June 1999, and for the first six months of 1999. ... Continue reading

Meritor Automotive Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

Meritor Automotive Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

The Meritor Automotive Inc. board of directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on its common stock, payable September 7, 1999, to shareowners of record on August 16, 1999 ... Continue reading

Meritor Automotive Elects Board of Directors

Meritor Automotive Elects Board of Directors

Meritor Automotive Inc. announced that Rhonda L. Brooks and Victoria B. Jackson were today elected to its Board of Directors. ... Continue reading

Motor Club of America Announces Shareholders Approve North East Acquisition

Motor Club of America Announces Shareholders Approve North East Acquisition

Motor Club of America announced that its shareholders have approved the acquisition of North East Insurance Co and an alternative plan of financing the acquisition which would enable the Company to raise up to $10 million. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: LaJoie Looks Ahead to Myrtle Beach

NASCAR BGN: LaJoie Looks Ahead to Myrtle Beach

NASCAR BGN: LaJoie Looks Ahead to Myrtle Beach ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Readies for Myrtle Beach

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Readies for Myrtle Beach

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Readies for Myrtle Beach ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Tony Roper Fast Facts, Myrtle Beach

NASCAR BGN: Tony Roper Fast Facts, Myrtle Beach

NASCAR BGN: Tony Roper Fast Facts, Myrtle Beach ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Aching Martin Shows True Grit at Brickyard Test

NASCAR WCUP: Aching Martin Shows True Grit at Brickyard Test

NASCAR WCUP: Aching Martin Shows True Grit at Brickyard Test ... Continue reading

NHRA: Etchells to Debut '99 Camaro FC in Denver

NHRA: Etchells to Debut '99 Camaro FC in Denver

Etchells to Debut '99 Camaro FC in Denver ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Names Marc C. Graham President of Jiffy Lube International

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Names Marc C. Graham President of Jiffy Lube International

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company announced today that Marc C. Graham has been named president of Jiffy Lube International ... Continue reading

Porsche Outlook on Sports Cars Tuesday, July 20, Detroit Athletic Club

Porsche Outlook on Sports Cars Tuesday, July 20, Detroit Athletic Club

Not so long ago, the death knell for the sports car was ringing as baby boomers bore children and minivans became a most popular mode of transportation. ... Continue reading

Rally: Round 9 of the 1999 FIA World Rally Championship, New Zealand

Rally: Round 9 of the 1999 FIA World Rally Championship, New Zealand

Rally: Round 9 of the 1999 FIA World Rally Championship, New Zealand ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce and Bentley Benefits from Dedicated Bentley Financial Services

Rolls-Royce and Bentley Benefits from Dedicated Bentley Financial Services

Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars and VW Credit Inc have announced the creation of Bentley Financial Services, a captive financial services provider dedicated to Rolls-Royce and Bentley clients and dealers throughout the United States. ... Continue reading

Saab 95 Estate (1999)

Saab 95 Estate (1999)

Saab 95 Estate (1999) ... Continue reading

Saab 95 Estate (2000)

Saab 95 Estate (2000)

Saab 95 Estate (2000) ... Continue reading

SDRC Receives $1.6M Contract from Dana Corporation

SDRC Receives $1.6M Contract from Dana Corporation

SDRC announced that the Spicer Light Axle Group of Dana Corporation, has selected SDRC's I-DEAS software as its core technology platform. ... Continue reading

Snap-on to Market MotorVac's New LEAKCHEK-TM- Leak Detection System

Snap-on to Market MotorVac's New LEAKCHEK-TM- Leak Detection System

MotorVac Technologies Inc. Wednesday announced that Snap-on Diagnostics, an operating group of Snap-on Inc., will distribute MotorVac's new LEAKCHEK(TM) Leak Detection System through its network of technical representatives ... Continue reading

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 1999 Earnings

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 1999 Earnings

Standard Motor Products, Inc., automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor reported its financial results for the second quarter of 1999, the three months ended June 30, 1999 ... Continue reading

TBC Expects to Report Record Sales and Sharply Higher Operating Earnings

TBC Expects to Report Record Sales and Sharply Higher Operating Earnings

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Annual Global Tyre and European Auto Seminar, Louis S. DiPasqua, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said that TBC Corporation expects to report record quarterly sales for the second quarter of 1999. ... Continue reading

The Eastern Company Reports Record Earnings

The Eastern Company Reports Record Earnings

The Eastern Company announced record sales and earnings for the second quarter of 1999. Net income increased to $1.6 million, or on a post-split basis $0.44 per basic share, compared to$1.3 million, or $0.36 per basic share for the same period in 1998. ... Continue reading

TOURING: Brazilian driver Ingo Hoffmann wins 4th round of the South American Touring Car Championship

TOURING: Brazilian driver Ingo Hoffmann wins 4th round of the South American Touring Car Championship

TOURING: Brazilian driver Ingo Hoffmann wins 4th round of the South American Touring Car Championship ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Four Points Separate Top Sprint Cars; Critical Swing Begins at Bloomington

TRACKS: Four Points Separate Top Sprint Cars; Critical Swing Begins at Bloomington

TRACKS: Four Points Separate Top Sprint Cars; Critical Swing Begins ... Continue reading

TRACKS: St. Augustine Speedway Beefs Up Racing Schedule

TRACKS: St. Augustine Speedway Beefs Up Racing Schedule

TRACKS: St. Augustine Speedway Beefs Up Racing Schedule ... Continue reading

Visteon Automotive Systems Building In-Car Multimedia Computer

Visteon Automotive Systems Building In-Car Multimedia Computer

e-SIM Ltd., formerly Emultek Ltd., a leading provider of advanced simulation technology for the consumer and industrial electronics industry, today announced that Visteon Automotive Systems has completed work on the user interface of its in-car multimedia computer called ICES using RapidPLUS ... Continue reading

Visteon Earns $282 Million in Second Quarter - Up 17 Percent

Visteon Earns $282 Million in Second Quarter - Up 17 Percent

Visteon Automotive Systems is reporting second quarter 1999 net income of $282 million, up 17 percent from a year ago ... Continue reading

ZeTek Power, Ltd. Announces Improved Fuel Cell Technology At Lower Costs

ZeTek Power, Ltd. Announces Improved Fuel Cell Technology At Lower Costs

ZeTek Power, Ltd. announced the development of a new power catalyst for fuel cells based on cobalt, which significantly improves fuel cell technology while reducing their cost. ... Continue reading

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