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Friday, June 19, 1998

AlliedSignal's Offer To Exchange Debentures Due June 1

AlliedSignal's Offer To Exchange Debentures Due June 1

AlliedSignal Inc. announced that its offer to exchange Debentures due June 1, 2033 for any and all of its outstanding 9 1/2% Debentures due June 1, 2016 as set forth in the related Offering Circular dated May 20, 1998, expired on June 18, 1998. ... Continue reading

AlliedSignal Will Earn $0.60 In Second Quarter, Up 15%

AlliedSignal Will Earn $0.60 In Second Quarter, Up 15%

AlliedSignal Inc. said that it expects to report diluted earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter ending June 30, 1998, an increase of 15% over 1997 second-quarter diluted earnings of $0.52 per share. ... Continue reading

ALLSTAR: Ohio Speedweek Coming Soon

ALLSTAR: Ohio Speedweek Coming Soon

ALLSTAR: Ohio Speedweek Coming Soon ... Continue reading

AMA: Hillclimbers Hope for Clear Skies in Avoca, N.Y.; Steel City Round Rescheduled

AMA: Hillclimbers Hope for Clear Skies in Avoca, N.Y.; Steel City Round Rescheduled

AMA: Hillclimbers Hope for Clear Skies in Avoca, N.Y.; Steel City Round Rescheduled ... Continue reading

AMA: Loudon Classic Celebrates 75 Years of Racing

AMA: Loudon Classic Celebrates 75 Years of Racing

AMA: Loudon Classic Celebrates 75 Years of Racing ... Continue reading

AMA: U.S. Open of Supercross: It's Official

AMA: U.S. Open of Supercross: It's Official

AMA: U.S. Open of Supercross: It's Official ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 25

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 25

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 25 ... Continue reading

Bonded Motors Withdraws Secondary Offering

Bonded Motors Withdraws Secondary Offering

Aaron Landon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bonded Motors, Inc. announced that the Company is withdrawing its offering of 1.5 million new shares. ... Continue reading

Bosch Automotive Group Announces Management Changes

Bosch Automotive Group Announces Management Changes

Robert Bosch Corporation today announced that John Moulton has been named president of its Automotive Group. ... Continue reading

Budget Group, Inc. Completes Consent Solicitation

Budget Group, Inc. Completes Consent Solicitation

Budget Group, Inc. announced that consents to certain amendments to the indenture relating to the US$175 million 10% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 of Ryder TRS, Inc. have been received from holders of more than a majority of the total outstanding principal amount of the notes. ... Continue reading

Carey International Announces Board of Director Appointments

Carey International Announces Board of Director Appointments

Carey International, Inc. announced that Joseph V. Vittoria and Dennis I. Meyer were elected to the Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Meeting held June 3. ... Continue reading

CART: Franchitti Leads Friday Qualifying at Portland

CART: Franchitti Leads Friday Qualifying at Portland

CART: Franchitti Leads Friday Qualifying at Portland ... Continue reading

Chrysler Reports U.S. and Canadian Assembly Plants Schedule

Chrysler Reports U.S. and Canadian Assembly Plants Schedule

Chrysler Corporation reports eight of its nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of June 22, 1998. ... Continue reading

Cooper Industries Adjusts Quarterly Earnings Estimate

Cooper Industries Adjusts Quarterly Earnings Estimate

Cooper Industries, Inc. announced that it expects its earnings for the second quarter to be up modestly as compared to 1997, but lower than previously anticipated. ... Continue reading

Delco Remy International Subsidiary Initiates Plan

Delco Remy International Subsidiary Initiates Plan

A Delco Remy International, Inc., subsidiary, Delco Remy America, Inc., announced today that the company has initiated a plan to ensure that DRA employees will not be affected during the current UAW strike at General Motors. ... Continue reading

Delphi and Lear Extend Discussions

Delphi and Lear Extend Discussions

Delphi Automotive Systems and Lear Corp. announced that they now anticipate completing Lear's acquisition of Delphi's seating business during the first part of the third quarter, rather than by the end of the second quarter. ... Continue reading

Dunlop World Superbike Championship; It's the Only Time in the USA

Dunlop World Superbike Championship; It's the Only Time in the USA

Dunlop World Superbike Championship; It's the Only Time in the USA ... Continue reading

EPA Reports on Toxic Releases to Air, Water and Land in New Jersey

EPA Reports on Toxic Releases to Air, Water and Land in New Jersey

The EPA reported in its annual Toxic Release Inventory showed that the 45 million pounds of toxic chemicals listed as released into New Jersey's environment in 1988 had dropped to 10.6million pounds in 1996; a decrease over the eight-year period of 76%. ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company, Republic Industries Partner In Rochester Retailing Initiative

Ford Motor Company, Republic Industries Partner In Rochester Retailing Initiative

Ford Motor Company and Republic Industries, Inc. announced that they have reached an agreement in principle with Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers in Rochester, New York to establish a Ford Retail Network (FRN) in that market. ... Continue reading

Fred Bauer, Chairman and CEO of Gentex Named Master Entrepreneur of the Year

Fred Bauer, Chairman and CEO of Gentex Named Master Entrepreneur of the Year

Fred Bauer, chairman and CEO of Gentex Corp, the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming mirrors and fire protection products, has received Michigan's Ernst & Young Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award. ... Continue reading

HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER DRIVER

HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER DRIVER

HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER DRIVER ... Continue reading

Interpool, Inc. Announces Participation in Merger

Interpool, Inc. Announces Participation in Merger

Interpool, Inc. announced that it has joined with Apollo Management IV, L.P. in entering into a definitive merger agreement providing for the recapitalization of XTRA Corporation. ... Continue reading

IRL: Stewart, Sharp Tied Atop Standings Entering New England 200

IRL: Stewart, Sharp Tied Atop Standings Entering New England 200

IRL: Stewart, Sharp Tied Atop Standings Entering New England 200 ... Continue reading

McKechnie Vehicle Components Announces New Chrome Plating Line

McKechnie Vehicle Components Announces New Chrome Plating Line

McKechnie Vehicle Components announces plans to install a plastics chrome plating line at its Nicholasville, Kentucky, manufacturing site. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Green Breathes a Sigh of Relief After Pikes Peak,

NASCAR BGN: Green Breathes a Sigh of Relief After Pikes Peak,

NASCAR BGN: Green Breathes a Sigh of Relief After Pikes Peak, ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Gordon Grabs Another Pocono Pole

NASCAR: Gordon Grabs Another Pocono Pole

NASCAR: Gordon Grabs Another Pocono Pole ... Continue reading

New Blimp's Message to Shine Bright and Sharp

New Blimp's Message to Shine Bright and Sharp

When Goodyear's newest airship arrives at her home base in Fla., she'll carry a brighter, sharper message. Stars & Stripes, features a new era of sign technology that revolutionizes its messaging capabilities during day and night operations. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Capps Returns to Scene of First Funny Car Success

NHRA: Capps Returns to Scene of First Funny Car Success

NHRA: Capps Returns to Scene of First Funny Car Success ... Continue reading

NHRA: Scelzi Feels Confident First Victory of Season is Near

NHRA: Scelzi Feels Confident First Victory of Season is Near

NHRA: Scelzi Feels Confident First Victory of Season is Near ... Continue reading

NHRA: Winston Points Battles Get Extreme at Sears Craftsman Nationals

NHRA: Winston Points Battles Get Extreme at Sears Craftsman Nationals

NHRA: Winston Points Battles Get Extreme at Sears Craftsman Nationals ... Continue reading

Perfect Circle Names Wichlacz 1998 Machinist of the Year

Perfect Circle Names Wichlacz 1998 Machinist of the Year

Dana Corporation has named Scott Wichlacz as the automotive Machinist of the Year for 1998. Wichlacz was selected from a group of national finalists by a panel of automotive business magazine editors. ... Continue reading

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

The Auto Channel's video game review section provides unbiased reviews, previews, and news on the lawww racing games for all of the major gaming platforms like it's nobody's business. ... Continue reading

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

The Auto Channel's video game review section provides unbiased reviews, previews, and news on the lawww racing games for all of the major gaming platforms like it's nobody's business. ... Continue reading

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

The Auto Channel's video game review section provides unbiased reviews, previews, and news on the lawww racing games for all of the major gaming platforms like it's nobody's business. ... Continue reading

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

Platform Racing Game Reviews for Playstation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Dreamcast

The Auto Channel's video game review section provides unbiased reviews, previews, and news on the lawww racing games for all of the major gaming platforms like it's nobody's business. ... Continue reading

Royal Automobile Club Members Approve First Step

Royal Automobile Club Members Approve First Step

Cendant Corp announced that members of the Royal Automobile Club approved by majority the first stage of the two-step process to implement the sale of RAC Motoring Services to Cendant for 450 million, or approximately $730 million in cash. ... Continue reading

Sony Showcases MiniDisc Car Products At FUSE '98

Sony Showcases MiniDisc Car Products At FUSE '98

Sony Mobile Communications America demonstrates its 1998 car MiniDisc (MD) receiver and changer models at FUSE '98. ... Continue reading

S&P Lowers Mitsubishi Motors Rating to 'BBpi'

S&P Lowers Mitsubishi Motors Rating to 'BBpi'

Standard & Poor's today lowered its rating based on public information, or 'pi' rating, of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to double-'Bpi' from triple-'Bpi'. ... Continue reading

Top Source Enters Into Lease Agreement

Top Source Enters Into Lease Agreement

Top Source Technologies, Inc. announced today it has entered into a long-term lease agreement with a Midwestern operator of auto auctions for two of Top Source's MotorCheck On-Site Oil Analyzers (OSA). ... Continue reading

Transportation Components, Inc. Completes Initial Public Offering

Transportation Components, Inc. Completes Initial Public Offering

Transportation Components, Inc. , also known as TransCom USA, announced today the initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $8.00 per share. All shares were offered by the Company. ... Continue reading

TRW Honored For "Best of the Decade" Work On Record-Setting Chip

TRW Honored For "Best of the Decade" Work On Record-Setting Chip

A team of engineers from TRW has been honored by the Intl. Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials for its work developing high-speed integrated circuits made from indium phosphide, a next-generation semiconductor material. ... Continue reading

USRRC: Visteon Panoz Racing Team Road Atlanta Practice Notes

USRRC: Visteon Panoz Racing Team Road Atlanta Practice Notes

USRRC: Visteon Panoz Racing Team Road Atlanta Practice Notes ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 276,555 units this week, a decrease of 12.3 percent from the 315,494 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

World Star Asia's Private Placement Announced May 8, 1998 Canceled

World Star Asia's Private Placement Announced May 8, 1998 Canceled

World Star Asia's private placement announced on May 8, 1998, has been canceled. The funds raised in this private placement were to have been used to further the Company's negotiations and acquisition of an American direct marketing company. ... Continue reading

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