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Wednesday, August 18, 1999

Amerigon Reports Second-Quarter, Six-Month Results

Amerigon Reports Second-Quarter, Six-Month Results

Amerigon Inc. announced results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

AutoBond Announces Dismissal of Preferred Shareholder Lawsuit

AutoBond Announces Dismissal of Preferred Shareholder Lawsuit

AutoBond Acceptance Corp is pleased to announce that a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Company on behalf of all purchasers of AutoBond Acceptance Corporation's 15% series A cumulative preferred stock between Feb 20 and 26. ... Continue reading

Axius(TM) Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Its 6 In. Deluxe Vehicle Fans

Axius(TM) Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Its 6 In. Deluxe Vehicle Fans

Axius, America's leading marketer of automotive window sun protection products and automotive accessories, announced that it is voluntarily withdrawing its 6 in. Deluxe Fans. ... Continue reading

Budget Group Selects Wichita Falls for New Reservation Center

Budget Group Selects Wichita Falls for New Reservation Center

Budget Group, Inc. announced its selection of Wichita Falls, Texas, as the site for the company's new 200-seat inbound reservation call center. ... Continue reading

Chase Manhattan Auto Grantor Trust 1996-B Upgraded

Chase Manhattan Auto Grantor Trust 1996-B Upgraded

Fitch IBCA upgrades Chase Manhattan Auto Grantor Trust 1996-B's class B automobile loan pass through certificates and Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust 1996-C's class B asset-backed certificates to `AA+' from `A+'. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Wins Chrysler Sebring Convertible Top Business

Collins & Aikman Wins Chrysler Sebring Convertible Top Business

Collins & Aikman Corporation announced that it has been awarded the Chrysler Sebring JR Convertible Top business for model year 2001. ... Continue reading

CON-WAY L-T-L Components Announce Rate Increase

CON-WAY L-T-L Components Announce Rate Increase

Con-Way Transportation Services announced that its less-than- truckload operating components, Con-Way Western Express, Con- Way Central Express and Con-Way Southern Express, will increase their rates and charges by 5.7 percent effective Oct. 4, 1999. ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Technologies Announces 1999 Second Quarter Results

DynaMotive Technologies Announces 1999 Second Quarter Results

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation released its 1999 second quarter financial results and announced completion of its corporate consolidation process. ... Continue reading

Eaton Names Krueger Vice President

Eaton Names Krueger Vice President

Eaton Corporation announced the appointment of Kenneth W. Krueger as Vice President - Finance and Business Development for the Hydraulics, Semiconductor Equipment and Specialty Controls Group. ... Continue reading

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Announces Q2 1999 Results

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Announces Q2 1999 Results

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended July 3, 1999. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Reports Little Damage After Turkish Quake

Goodyear Reports Little Damage After Turkish Quake

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company reported little damage to its Turkish facilities as a result of the powerful pre-dawn earthquake that hit the western part of the country today. ... Continue reading

Hurco Reports Third Quarter Results

Hurco Reports Third Quarter Results

Hurco Companies, Inc. announced that for its third fiscal quarter, which ended July 31, 1999, the Company recorded net income of $400,000, or $.07 per share on a diluted basis. ... Continue reading

IMPCO Technologies Reports Record Revenues

IMPCO Technologies Reports Record Revenues

IMPCO Technologies Inc. announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended July 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

IRL: Close race taking shape for Colorado Indy 200 at Pikes Peak

IRL: Close race taking shape for Colorado Indy 200 at Pikes Peak

IRL: Close race taking shape for Colorado Indy 200 at Pikes Peak ... Continue reading

Larry D. Lyons Appointed to DaimlerChrysler Post

Larry D. Lyons Appointed to DaimlerChrysler Post

DaimlerChrysler announces effective September 1, 1999, Mr. Larry D. Lyons is appointed Vice President - Small Car Platform Engineering, reporting to Bernard Robertson. ... Continue reading

Motorists Urged to Watch for Children Returning to School

Motorists Urged to Watch for Children Returning to School

School's Open -- Drive Carefully" -- AAA Texas wants motorists to heed this life-saving message as school gets underway for many Texas children. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Schrader to make sixth start in Busch Series at Michigan

NASCAR BGN: Schrader to make sixth start in Busch Series at Michigan

NASCAR BGN: Schrader to make sixth start in Busch Series at Michigan ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Looks For The Stars To Shine On Him At Bristol Motor Speedway

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine Looks For The Stars To Shine On Him At Bristol Motor Speedway

Todd Bodine Looks For The Stars To Shine On Him At Bristol Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman readies for Gateway International Truck Race

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman readies for Gateway International Truck Race

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman readies for Gateway International Truck Race ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Mike Wallace heads home for St. Louis and 160 laps of racing exci tement

NASCAR Trucks: Mike Wallace heads home for St. Louis and 160 laps of racing exci tement

Mike Wallace heads home for St. Louis and 160 laps of racing exci tement ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Scott Hansen Gateway International Preview

NASCAR Trucks: Scott Hansen Gateway International Preview

NASCAR Trucks: Scott Hansen Gateway International Preview ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: In Four Races Since Daytona Park Moved Up Seven Spots in Points

NASCAR WCUP: In Four Races Since Daytona Park Moved Up Seven Spots in Points

Park In Top-10 In Second Half Winston Cup Standings; In Four Race s Since Daytona Park Moved Up Seven Spots in Points ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil Team's 10 Favorite Places To Hang Out On The NASCAR Circuit

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil Team's 10 Favorite Places To Hang Out On The NASCAR Circuit

Pennzoil Team's 10 Favorite Places To Hang Out On The NASCAR Circ uit ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart heads to Michigan for a second time

NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart heads to Michigan for a second time

NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart heads to Michigan for a second time ... Continue reading

NASCAR WWEST: Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Take Pole and Points Lead Home From Portland

NASCAR WWEST: Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Take Pole and Points Lead Home From Portland

Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Take Pole and Points Lead Home From Portland ... Continue reading

Network-1 Receives Major Consulting Contract From Delphi

Network-1 Receives Major Consulting Contract From Delphi

Network-1 Security Solutions ,a pioneer in security solutions for e-Business networks, announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide network planning services for Delphi Automotive Systems, based in Troy, Michigan. ... Continue reading

PARTS Truck Series and ASTRO Super Late Model Series Merge

PARTS Truck Series and ASTRO Super Late Model Series Merge

PARTS Truck Series and ASTRO Super Late Model Series Merge ... Continue reading

Simpson Industries Announces Quarterly Dividend

Simpson Industries Announces Quarterly Dividend

Simpson Industries, Inc. announces that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $.10 per share. ... Continue reading

Smooth Sounds Now Available With Visteon's CD6 In-Dash Music System

Smooth Sounds Now Available With Visteon's CD6 In-Dash Music System

Visteon's latest innovation promises consumers a virtual revolution in vehicle audio convenience, integration and sound quality. ... Continue reading

S&P Rates USAA Auto Loan Grantor Trust 1999-1 AAA,BBB

S&P Rates USAA Auto Loan Grantor Trust 1999-1 AAA,BBB

Standard & Poor's assigned its triple-'A' rating to USAA Auto Loan Grantor Trust 1999-1's $673.1 million 6.10% class A certificates and its triple-'B' rating to the $26.3 million 6.67% class B certificates. ... Continue reading

Titan Inks $12 Million In New Orders

Titan Inks $12 Million In New Orders

Titan Motorcycle Co. Of America announced that, less than 90 days from the shipment of the first production unit of its Phoenix motorcycle, they have received in excess of $12 million in new orders for the recently introduced Phoenix line. ... Continue reading

TRW to Make $64,500 Corporate Contribution

TRW to Make $64,500 Corporate Contribution

TRW Inc. will be providing close to a quarter of a million dollars in corporate and employee donations this year to United Way Community Services in the southeastern Michigan area as part of the ongoing United Way campaign. ... Continue reading

USAR: ProCup invades South Boston for Aloe Lu Ya 250

USAR: ProCup invades South Boston for Aloe Lu Ya 250

USAR: ProCup invades South Boston for Aloe Lu Ya 250 ... Continue reading

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