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Tuesday, November 2, 1999

ABC-NACO $300 Million Universal Shelf Registration Declared

ABC-NACO $300 Million Universal Shelf Registration Declared

ABC-NACO Inc. announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective the Company's recently filed $300 million universal shelf registration. ... Continue reading

Accuride Announces Reorganization

Accuride Announces Reorganization

Accuride Corporation announced that it has reorganized its operating structure. Effective immediately, the Company will be organized around two key business segments - Heavy Vehicle Operations (HVO) and Light Vehicle Operations (LVO). ... Continue reading

ACIS JetScream Husk for Fast Visualization of 3D Solid Models

ACIS JetScream Husk for Fast Visualization of 3D Solid Models

Spatial Inc. announced the release of the ACIS(R) JetScream(TM) Husk for licensees of the ACIS 3D Toolkit(TM), the de facto 3D solid modeling kernel for the CAD/CAM and CAE industries. ... Continue reading

AimRite's Form 10SB Will Be Reviewed By The SEC Soon

AimRite's Form 10SB Will Be Reviewed By The SEC Soon

Unfortunately the SEC has not yet officially recognized the filing and the NASD requires the SEC to reach a no comment on the filing in order to allow AimRite to re-list on the OTC-BB Exchange. ... Continue reading

Alpha Technologies Acquires 350,000 Shares of Its Common Stock

Alpha Technologies Acquires 350,000 Shares of Its Common Stock

Alpha Technologies Group Inc. announced that on October 29, 1999, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired 350,000 shares of its common stock from the former owners of its Lockhart subsidiary for $1,476,096. ... Continue reading

Alpine Ships First Aftermarket DVD-Based Navigation System in North America

Alpine Ships First Aftermarket DVD-Based Navigation System in North America

Alpine Electronics announced the shipping of the first aftermarket DVD-based Navigation and Information System to its network of authorized dealers. ... Continue reading

AMA: Grand National Series 2000 race schedule

AMA: Grand National Series 2000 race schedule

AMA GRAND NATIONAL SERIES 2000 RACE SCHEDULE ... Continue reading

Arizona's New Remote-Controlled Traffic Signals Make Their Debut

Arizona's New Remote-Controlled Traffic Signals Make Their Debut

Traffic Technology Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. will unveil a new technologically advanced traffic signal that's anticipated to have a huge, positive impact on traffic management at the Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500 race this November in Phoenix. ... Continue reading

Baldor Announces Q4 1999 Dividend Increase and Promotions

Baldor Announces Q4 1999 Dividend Increase and Promotions

Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures electric motors and drives and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. ... Continue reading

Bosch Platinum+4 Tapped for Popular Mechanics 2000 Design & Engineering Award

Bosch Platinum+4 Tapped for Popular Mechanics 2000 Design & Engineering Award

The editors of Popular Mechanics have chosen Bosch's Platinum+4 four ground electrode spark plug as a winner of its 2000 Design & Engineering Awards. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone/Firestone Chooses iFLEET as Fleet Information Service Provider

Bridgestone/Firestone Chooses iFLEET as Fleet Information Service Provider

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. has chosen iFLEET(TM), the leading provider of fleet information and services for the commercial and automotive industry, to technology and information services for its National Fleet and National Preferred Programs. ... Continue reading

CART expands driver out-reach program to include women; Lyn St. James partners with CART to identify candidates

CART expands driver out-reach program to include women; Lyn St. James partners with CART to identify candidates

CART expands driver out-reach program to include women; Lyn St. James partners with CART to identify candidates ... Continue reading

CART: Tragedy tempers Marlboro 500 win for Fernandez, FedEx Championship for Montoya

CART: Tragedy tempers Marlboro 500 win for Fernandez, FedEx Championship for Montoya

CART: Tragedy tempers Marlboro 500 win for Fernandez, FedEx Championship for Montoya ... Continue reading

Cooper Industries Acquires Crompton Lighting

Cooper Industries Acquires Crompton Lighting

Cooper Industries, Inc. announced that it has acquired Crompton Lighting, a privately held company headquartered in Guisely, England. ... Continue reading

Cooper Industries' Board Declares Dividend

Cooper Industries' Board Declares Dividend

The board of directors of Cooper Industries, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend on the company's outstanding common shares. ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire Puts the Dealer in Control

Cooper Tire Puts the Dealer in Control

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company unveiled its new multi-brand strategy at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The plan demonstrates Cooper Tire's commitment to the dealer's independence by offering a comprehensive offering with minimal requirements. ... Continue reading

Cost of Buying Vehicles On-Line Rising

Cost of Buying Vehicles On-Line Rising

Only 18 percent of Internet new-car shoppers are aware that vehicles purchased through on-line buying services such as AutobyTel or Michael Dell's CarsDirect actually come from an automobile dealer and not the factory. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler and Suppliers Jointly Invent New Technology

DaimlerChrysler and Suppliers Jointly Invent New Technology

DaimlerChrysler's Extended Enterprise (TM) is moving to the next level by enlisting suppliers to jointly invent a new technology for lightweight, low-cost, highly recyclable vehicles. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Moves Closer to Lightweight, Low Cost, Recyclable Vehicles

DaimlerChrysler Moves Closer to Lightweight, Low Cost, Recyclable Vehicles

DaimlerChrysler is going into production with a lightweight, low-cost, recyclable thermoplastic that could revolutionize the way cars and trucks are made. ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell Global Warner Electric Operations    

Dana Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell Global Warner Electric Operations    

Dana Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its global Warner Electric Industrial Products Group and most of its Warner Electric Industrial Motors and Controls Group to Colfax Corporation. ... Continue reading

Decoma Brings Advanced Exterior Systems Expertise To DaimlerChrysler

Decoma Brings Advanced Exterior Systems Expertise To DaimlerChrysler

Decoma International Inc.'s support of DaimlerChrysler's inventive new way to make lightweight, affordable vehicles marks the latest contribution of the exterior systems supplier to the automaker's innovative product and process programs. ... Continue reading

Discovery Completes Acquisition of Seven ARCO AM/PM Gas Stations

Discovery Completes Acquisition of Seven ARCO AM/PM Gas Stations

Discovery Investments Inc., a Nevada Corporation through LLO- Gas Inc., has acquired seven ARCO AM/PM gas station/convenience stores, for $9.5 million cash, under an agreement signed Oct. 26, 1999. ... Continue reading

Dollar Offers Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Members Triple Bonus

Dollar Offers Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Members Triple Bonus

Dollar Rent A Car is offering triple bonus half credits (1 1/2 credits per rental transaction) to all Southwest Airlines(R) Rapid Rewards(R) Members who book rentals on the DOLLAR(R) Web site, dollar.com through February 29, 2000.* ... Continue reading

Engine Manufacturers Seek Extension In EPA Rulemaking

Engine Manufacturers Seek Extension In EPA Rulemaking

The Engine Manufacturers Association called for a 60-day extension in The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2004 Final Rulemaking process. ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Airs First-Ever Global Advertising Campaign

Ford Motor Company Airs First-Ever Global Advertising Campaign

Ford Motor Company will make history tonight with a television commercial to be shown in virtually every country around the world. ... Continue reading

Ford Statement on NHTSA Supplemental Notice

Ford Statement on NHTSA Supplemental Notice

"We believe the recently proposed supplemental rulemaking by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is moving in the right direction and will support industry efforts to further improve motor vehicle safety in the coming years. ... Continue reading

Formula One: FIA Approves September 24, 2000 as Inaugural Date for U.S. Grand Prix at Indy

Formula One: FIA Approves September 24, 2000 as Inaugural Date for U.S. Grand Prix at Indy

Formula One: FIA Approves September 24, 2000 as Inaugural Date for U.S. Grand Prix at IndyUSAC: ... Continue reading

Gerodisc Traction Control System Selected Ford Mustang Cobra R

Gerodisc Traction Control System Selected Ford Mustang Cobra R

For automotive performance enthusiasts and industry personnel, the annual SEMA Show is the holy grail. The 1.5 million square- foot SEMA Show showcases the most advanced automotive thinking in a trade show environment with over 5200 displays. ... Continue reading

Glas Aire Industries Group Opens Upgraded Facility

Glas Aire Industries Group Opens Upgraded Facility

Glas Aire Industries Group Ltd. announced the official opening here of a $700,000 state-of-the-art addition to its factory and corporate headquarters building. ... Continue reading

GoAmerica and Avis Sign Wireless E-Commerce Agreement

GoAmerica and Avis Sign Wireless E-Commerce Agreement

GoAmerica Communications Corp. and Avis Rent A Car announced a 2year preferred partnership agreement to develop and market Rent A Car With Avis, a new service that initially will allow users to wirelessly obtain and confirm reservation status. ... Continue reading

Hawk Reports Third Quarter Profit of $1.2 Million, or $0.14 Per Share

Hawk Reports Third Quarter Profit of $1.2 Million, or $0.14 Per Share

Hawk Corporation reported a 5 percent increase in third quarter sales to $45.6 million, and net income of $1.2 million or $0.14 per diluted share. ... Continue reading

Imports Lead in Value, Says Strategic Vision

Imports Lead in Value, Says Strategic Vision

Despite all the cash incentives by domestic auto manufacturers, European and Asian brands top Strategic Vision's 1999 Total Value Index(TM) (TVI), with eight of the top 10 marques. ... Continue reading

I-Sim Awarded Driving Simulator Contract for San Jose Police Department

I-Sim Awarded Driving Simulator Contract for San Jose Police Department

I-Sim Corporation announced it has signed an agreement with the San Jose Police Department to construct four PatrolSim(TM) driving simulators for the department's officer training. ... Continue reading

Korando SUV Set for Baja Challenge

Korando SUV Set for Baja Challenge

All revved up and set to go! The Daewoo Korando is ready to kick up some dust at the 32nd annual SCORE Baja 1000 on November 4-6. ... Continue reading

Mace Security Acquires Millennia Car Wash Chain From Excel Legacy

Mace Security Acquires Millennia Car Wash Chain From Excel Legacy

Mace Security International, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition to purchase the Millennia Car Wash Chain from Excel Legacy Corporation. ... Continue reading

Magazines Square Off In Honda's 'Civic Si Challenge'

Magazines Square Off In Honda's 'Civic Si Challenge'

Super Street magazine spanked its rivals, taking first place in American Honda's "Civic Si Challenge," a competition to see which of four magazines could create the PHAT-est conversion trend vehicle. ... Continue reading

McLaren Displays Expertise in Ford Racing Concept Mustang at SEMA Show

McLaren Displays Expertise in Ford Racing Concept Mustang at SEMA Show

Every November, automotive manufacturers, aftermarket companies, and enthusiasts gather in Las Vegas to see what's new in their industry. ... Continue reading

Media Advisory from the Engine Manufacturers Association

Media Advisory from the Engine Manufacturers Association

Join the Engine Manufacturers Ass. and representatives from its member companies at a public hearing regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to implement new emission standards for highway vehicles and engines. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Credit Signs on for Fair, Isaac's ScoreNet Service

Mercedes-Benz Credit Signs on for Fair, Isaac's ScoreNet Service

Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation, a diversified financial services provider within DaimlerChrysler Services, signed on to use ScoreNet(R) Service from Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Phoenix is a problem turned opportunity for Philips driver Michael Waltrip

NASCAR WCUP: Phoenix is a problem turned opportunity for Philips driver Michael Waltrip

Phoenix is a problem turned opportunity for Philips driver Michael Waltrip ... Continue reading

NationaLease Chooses iFLEET to Handle Breakdown Management Services

NationaLease Chooses iFLEET to Handle Breakdown Management Services

NationaLease(R) announced that it has selected iFLEET(TM), the leading provider of information technology and services for commercial fleets, as provider of breakdown management services. ... Continue reading

New Goodyear Blimp to Fly Within Weeks        

New Goodyear Blimp to Fly Within Weeks        

Less than four days after the airship "Spirit of Akron" received severe damage in an accident close to its base at Wingfoot Lake in Suffield, Ohio, a replacement already is under construction. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Dixon, Force, Smith, and Mullen cruise to victory at record-setting Houston Raceway Park

NHRA: Dixon, Force, Smith, and Mullen cruise to victory at record-setting Houston Raceway Park

NHRA: Dixon, Force, Smith, and Mullen cruise to victory at record-setting Houston Raceway Park ... Continue reading

Norm Lafave of ``AM 1600-Auto Talk'' Endorses TORNADO

Norm Lafave of ``AM 1600-Auto Talk'' Endorses TORNADO

After several years of testing, Norm Lafave, host of AM 1600 "Auto Talk" has officially endorsed the TORNADO Air Management System throughout Southern California. ... Continue reading

Penn Engineering Announces Sales and Earnings for Third Quarter 1999

Penn Engineering Announces Sales and Earnings for Third Quarter 1999

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. announced net income of $4,469,367, or $.51 per diluted share, on quarterly net sales of $48,378,137 for the third quarter ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

Permatex: Ninety Years Young - and Rarin' to Grow

Permatex: Ninety Years Young - and Rarin' to Grow

Permatex, Inc. is off and running at a quick pace since its acquisition from Loctite in August. ... Continue reading

Reynolds and Reynolds Expands Automotive e-Business Solutions

Reynolds and Reynolds Expands Automotive e-Business Solutions

The Reynolds and Reynolds Company announced a strategic alliance with e-fin LLC, the first comprehensive, full-service electronic financing marketplace in the automotive industry. ... Continue reading

SEMA Show - ITE '99 Drives the Specialty Automotive World to Las Vegas

SEMA Show - ITE '99 Drives the Specialty Automotive World to Las Vegas

Once again, 90,000 of the biggest names in the specialty automotive world will descend upon Las Vegas for the annual SEMA Show International Tire Expo (ITE), November 2 through 5. ... Continue reading

Shiloh Completes Acquisition of MTD Automotive

Shiloh Completes Acquisition of MTD Automotive

Shiloh Industries, Inc. announced it had completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all the assets of MTD Automotive, a division of MTD Products, Inc., headquartered in Cleveland. ... Continue reading

SME'S Dallas '99 APEX Supports Local Economy

SME'S Dallas '99 APEX Supports Local Economy

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers' (SME) biennial Dallas '99 Advanced Productivity Exposition (APEX) is expected to generate more than $1.7 million for the Dallas area economy. ... Continue reading

Study Determines Cost Increase to Produce Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel

Study Determines Cost Increase to Produce Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel

The Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) sponsored an economic study on the refining costs associated with the desulfurization of diesel fuel. ... Continue reading

Subaru Announces October Sales Figures

Subaru Announces October Sales Figures

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced its October sales figures. Subaru recorded a sales total of 13,920 units for the month, slightly up over the same period last year (13,848 units). ... Continue reading

Teen Driving Law Can Cut Your Insurance Rates, Starting Today

Teen Driving Law Can Cut Your Insurance Rates, Starting Today

The Automobile Club of Southern California, co-sponsor of the 1998 Graduated Driver License Law, is now using the new law as a basis for offering a major auto insurance discount to new drivers. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Inc. Determines Debt Tender Offer Yields

Tenneco Inc. Determines Debt Tender Offer Yields

Tenneco Inc. announced the determination of the "Reference Yields" for its offer to purchase for cash any and all of approximately $1.0 billion principal amount of certain of its outstanding notes and debentures. ... Continue reading

The Magma Group to Drive College Marketing Outreach for Daewoo

The Magma Group to Drive College Marketing Outreach for Daewoo

The Magma Group, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Daewoo Motor America, Inc., to promote Daewoo's line of automobiles on college campuses throughout the Boston area. ... Continue reading

Titan Phoenix Line Launched In Asia

Titan Phoenix Line Launched In Asia

Titan Motorcycle Co. of America announced the shipment of the first unit of its new Phoenix(TM) model cruiser to Asia. ... Continue reading

Toyota Avalon Story Detailed at SAE November Meeting

Toyota Avalon Story Detailed at SAE November Meeting

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Detroit Section is pleased to announce the 2000 Toyota Avalon as the featured vehicle at the society's dinner meeting on Tuesday, November 9, 1999. ... Continue reading

UAW, Ford Sign Four-Year Labor Contract

UAW, Ford Sign Four-Year Labor Contract

The International Union, UAW and Ford Motor Company signed a new four-year national labor agreement. ... Continue reading

United Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month Results

United Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month Results

United Capital Corp. reported results for the three months ended September 30, 1999 (See Table attached). Total revenues for the period were $14,339,000 versus $13,883,000 during the comparable period in 1998. ... Continue reading

Universal Express to Move Its Corporate Headquarters

Universal Express to Move Its Corporate Headquarters

Universal Express, Inc. announced its plans to move its 13 year old 20 South Terminal Drive, Plainview Corporate offices to 1350 Broadway in New York City by Dec, 1999 and to also move immediately its new International Headquarters. ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura ... Continue reading

USAC: Noffsinger gets 1st Silver Bullet Win in Memphis 100; Newman is 1999 Coors Light Silver Bullet Champ

USAC: Noffsinger gets 1st Silver Bullet Win in Memphis 100; Newman is 1999 Coors Light Silver Bullet Champ

USAC: Noffsinger gets 1st Silver Bullet Win in Memphis 100; Newman is 1999 Coors Light Silver Bullet Champ ... Continue reading

USAC: Scully, Johnson share Ventura victory podium; Sprints, Midget cars 'double' at Irwindale

USAC: Scully, Johnson share Ventura victory podium; Sprints, Midget cars 'double' at Irwindale

USAC: Scully, Johnson share Ventura victory podium; Sprints, Midget cars 'double' at Irwindale ... Continue reading

USA Truck Acquires CCC Express

USA Truck Acquires CCC Express

USA Truck, Inc., of Van Buren, Arkansas, today closed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all the assets of CARCO Carrier Corporation, which is headquartered in the neighboring city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. ... Continue reading

Used Car Sales Soar, Setting Another Record Month

Used Car Sales Soar, Setting Another Record Month

Fidelity Holdings announced that the Company's subsidiary, Major Automotive Group has set another record for itself in used car sales at its Major World location in Long Island, New York, reaching 624 used vehicles sold in the month of October. ... Continue reading

Valeo to Build New Plant in Czech Republic

Valeo to Build New Plant in Czech Republic

Valeo today announced plans to build a new heat exchanger production plant in the Czech Republic. The plant will be located in Zebrak, 50 km west of Prague. ... Continue reading

Volvo Offers Environmental Car Care Kit

Volvo Offers Environmental Car Care Kit

Volvo's new car care kit contains cleaning products which are water-based and biodegradable, and packaged based on the eco- cycle principle. ... Continue reading

Wal-Mart and Exide Initiate Orbital Select Battery Sales

Wal-Mart and Exide Initiate Orbital Select Battery Sales

Wal-Mart Stores and Exide Corporation announced that they have reached an agreement to test market the Orbital Select automotive battery at selected Wal-Mart locations. ... Continue reading

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