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Nissan North America Reports October Sales; Infiniti Sales Higher Than Any October in the Division's History; Nissan Altima Has Its Best October Ever

Nissan North America Reports October Sales; Infiniti Sales Higher Than Any October in the Division's History; Nissan Altima Has Its Best October Ever

GARDENA, Calif.--Nov. 1, 2002--Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) reported October total sales of 57,539 for its Nissan and Infiniti divisions, a 12.6 percent decrease. For the year, NNA has sold 624,514 vehicles, up 6.6 percent for the calendar year. INFINITI HIGHLIGHTS -- Infiniti, the luxury division of NNA, had Octob ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday's Final Results from The Strip

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday's Final Results from The Strip

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002 TAYLOR TOP QUALIFIER IN COMP AFTER 2ND SESSION Las Vegas - Jeff Taylor remained at the top of his class in Comp after the second round of qualifying at the Las Vegas Gambler Shootout ... Continue reading

Dodge NASCAR Winston Cup Notes and Quotes from Rockingham

Dodge NASCAR Winston Cup Notes and Quotes from Rockingham

Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002 Ray Cooper North Carolina Speedway Golin/Harris International Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 Advance 803-466-9085 Dodge Notes and Quotes. JIMMY SPENCER (No. 41 Target Dodge Intrepid R/T) "We had a real good car here in the spring and had an ignition problem. Sterling ran really good, too. ... Continue reading

Chevy Happy Hour Notes: Rockingham

Chevy Happy Hour Notes: Rockingham

CHEVROLET/TEAM MONTE CARLO NOTES AND QUOTES Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 North Carolina Speedway Rockingham, N.C. Round 34 of 36 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Saturday, Nov. 2, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501 CHEVY PRACTICE/HAPPY HOUR NOTES ­ Page 1 BOBBY HAMILTON, NO. 55 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC/SQUARE D CHEVROLET ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Fontana Saturday Qualifying

#10 Kanaan CART Fontana Saturday Qualifying

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Kanaan on the Pole for Sunday's 500-Miler at California Speedway FONTANA, Calif. (Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002) -- Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola qualified on the pole today for Sunday's 500-mil ... Continue reading

Musgrave Takes Third Victory; Dodge Rams finish 1-2-3 at California Speedway

Musgrave Takes Third Victory; Dodge Rams finish 1-2-3 at California Speedway

Friday, November 01, 2002 California Speedway, Fontana, Calif. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series American Racing Wheels 200 - Qualifying Patrick Mason Golin/Harris International 773-593-2044 TED MUSGRAVE (No. 1 Mopar Performance Parts Dodge Ram) - First NOTE: Musgrave's victory was his third of the year, and second consecu ... Continue reading

Top-20 selling vehicles in U.S. through October

Top-20 selling vehicles in U.S. through October

DETROIT, Nov 1, 2002 Reuters compiled this list of the 20 top-selling vehicles in the U.S. through October of 2002 as reported by the automakers. Total sales to date this year of the top 20 vehicles rose 3.1 percent or 143,408 units to 4,840,930. Following is a list of the top-20 selling vehicles, ranked by total units ... Continue reading

Ford Design VP J Mays to Be Featured in Los Angeles Museum Exhibition

Ford Design VP J Mays to Be Featured in Los Angeles Museum Exhibition

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 1, 2002; The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles will open an exhibition next month on J Mays, Ford Motor Company's vice president of global design. Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays is the first comprehensive museum exhibition devoted to the work of an American automobile desig ... Continue reading

U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for October

U.S. light vehicle sales, market share for October

DETROIT, Nov 1, 2002; Reuters published the following chart which represents U.S. light vehicle sales totals, individual automaker results and market share for the month of October. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate. The seasonally adjusted annual rate is calculated using seasonal factors supplied by th ... Continue reading

Auto industry U.S. Oct results by auto groups

Auto industry U.S. Oct results by auto groups

DETROIT, Nov 1, 2002 Reuter reported the US sales and market shares of cars and light trucks listed by auto groups and their wholly owned subsidiaries for October versus the same year earlier month and for the year to date. Percent changes are based on the daily sales rate. ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces Pricing On All-New 2003 Murano

Nissan Announces Pricing On All-New 2003 Murano

Nov. 01, 2002 GARDENA, Calif. - Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing on its innovative 2003 Nissan Murano crossover SUV, which goes on sale this December at more than 1,100 Nissan retailers nationwide. The Murano, equipped with a standard 245-horsepower, 3.5-liter DOHC V6 engine, features a Manufacturer&# ... Continue reading

2003 Nissan Murano Stands Out From Crossover SUV Field With Elegant Styling, Xtronic CVT and Dynamic Performance

2003 Nissan Murano Stands Out From Crossover SUV Field With Elegant Styling, Xtronic CVT and Dynamic Performance

Gardena Ca. November 1, 2002; The all-new 2003 Nissan Murano, with its dramatic exterior and interior styling and advanced drivetrain – including the first North American standard application of Nissan’s Xtronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) – goes on sale in December 2002 as a 2003 model. ... Continue reading

S&P Lowers ACE Funding Series 2001-1 Rating to 'BBB'

S&P Lowers ACE Funding Series 2001-1 Rating to 'BBB'

MELBOURNE, Australia--Standard & Poor's--Oct. 31, 2002--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has lowered its rating on the A$100 million asset-backed notes issued by ACE Funding Ltd. - Series 2001-1 to (triple-'B'/Negative/--) from (triple-'B'-plus/Watch Neg/--). This rating action follows the recent d ... Continue reading

Westcorp Announces $1.35 Billion Securitization Transaction

Westcorp Announces $1.35 Billion Securitization Transaction

IRVINE, Calif.--Oct. 31, 2002--Westcorp today announced the pricing of a $1.35 billion offering of automobile receivable asset-backed securities. The offering was lead managed by Credit Suisse First Boston and co-managed by Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities, and Salomon Smith Barney. This offerin ... Continue reading

CALSTART Tech Teams Roll-Out Two Transit ``Firsts''; First California Fuel Cell Bus in Revenue Service; First Gasoline Electric Hybrid Bus

CALSTART Tech Teams Roll-Out Two Transit ``Firsts''; First California Fuel Cell Bus in Revenue Service; First Gasoline Electric Hybrid Bus

PASADENA, Calif.--Nov. 1, 2002--CALSTART: -- Advanced "Next Generation" Transit Buses From ISE Research: Fuel Cell Bus Setting Operation and Durability Milestones for Industry -- Hybrid Bus Setting New Benchmark for Emissions -- Up to 60-Times Cleaner than Diesel Two advanced technology transit buses utilizing state-of ... Continue reading

Midas Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $0.07 Per Share, After Special Charge of $0.18 Per Share

Midas Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $0.07 Per Share, After Special Charge of $0.18 Per Share

ITASCA, Ill.--Nov. 1, 2002--Midas, Inc. today reported its results for the third quarter ended Sept. 28, 2002. Midas reported net income of $1.1 million for the quarter, compared to $5.2 million in 2001. The earnings per diluted share were $0.07 after a special charge of $0.18 per share after tax, compared to earnings ... Continue reading

Mirenco Presents at Pupil Transportation Conference

Mirenco Presents at Pupil Transportation Conference

RADCLIFFE, Iowa--Nov. 1, 2002--Mirenco, Inc. (OTCBB:MREO) representatives will travel to North Carolina next week to present, "BEEP: Do it the IA-way" at a national transportation conference. BEEP is Iowa's new Bus Emissions Education Program, a public-private partnership that offers Iowa schools emission testing and e ... Continue reading

Multimedia Available: How Long Can Dad Drive? The Hartford's Survey on Alzheimer's Disease and Driving Finds Families Need Help

Multimedia Available: How Long Can Dad Drive? The Hartford's Survey on Alzheimer's Disease and Driving Finds Families Need Help

-- Most families say they are in the best position to know when a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia should give up driving, according to a recent national survey sponsored by The Hartford Financial Services Group . Yet, 51 percent of those with an afflicted family member or friend say they are unsure or do ... Continue reading

Oshkosh To Deliver Common Bridge Transporter HEMTT Trucks To North Dakota National Guard

Oshkosh To Deliver Common Bridge Transporter HEMTT Trucks To North Dakota National Guard

OSHKOSH, Wis.--Nov. 1, 2002--Oshkosh Truck Corporation , a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, announced today that it will deliver Common Bridge Transporters (CBT) based on the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) to the North Dakota Army National Guard tomorrow. In a ceremony to be he ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive Announces Three Executive Appointments

Tower Automotive Announces Three Executive Appointments

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--Nov. 1, 2002--Tower Automotive, Inc. , today announced the addition of two new officers and the promotion of Tower Automotive's current CFO to a new officer role with responsibility for developing the company's international opportunities, a major area of future growth for the company. Tower Automo ... Continue reading

Union Acceptance Reports Reorganization Plans, Third Quarter 2002 Results

Union Acceptance Reports Reorganization Plans, Third Quarter 2002 Results

INDIANAPOLIS--Oct. 31, 2002--Union Acceptance Corporation ("UAC") today announced that it has filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to facilitate a financial restructuring. The objective of the reorganization proceeding is to protect the enterprise and restructure obligations so th ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Honeywell CEO Will Clear the SAE World Aviation Congress for Takeoff in Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 5-7

ADVISORY/Honeywell CEO Will Clear the SAE World Aviation Congress for Takeoff in Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 5-7

PHOENIX--Nov. 1, 2002--Robert D. Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Honeywell International and President and CEO, Honeywell Aerospace, will open the SAE Word Aviation Congress with a keynote address focusing on aircraft design and maintenance. Honeywell's Aerospace business, headquartered i ... Continue reading

CCC Information Services Group Inc. To Present At Salomon Smith Barney's 2002 Electronic Financial Services Conference

CCC Information Services Group Inc. To Present At Salomon Smith Barney's 2002 Electronic Financial Services Conference

CHICAGO--Nov. 1, 2002--CCC Information Services Group Inc. , through its wholly owned subsidiary CCC Information Services Inc., a leading provider of software and information services to the automotive claims and collision repair industries, today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Githesh Ramamurthy, will address in ... Continue reading

Cognex Expands Software Library of PC-Based Vision Systems; Popular VisionPro Series Now Delivers Expanded Vision Functionality in User-Friendly ActiveX Software Environment

Cognex Expands Software Library of PC-Based Vision Systems; Popular VisionPro Series Now Delivers Expanded Vision Functionality in User-Friendly ActiveX Software Environment

NATICK, Mass.--Nov. 1, 2002--Cognex Corporation , the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, today announced that it has expanded the functionality of its VisionPro(R) PC-based machine vision systems with the addition of new high-performance vision software tools. The new tools, which join a library of pro ... Continue reading

Cornerstone Investment Group, LLC Enters Into A Binding Asset Purchase Agreement With WesTek Inc.

Cornerstone Investment Group, LLC Enters Into A Binding Asset Purchase Agreement With WesTek Inc.

BOCA RATON, Fla.--Nov. 1, 2002--Cornerstone Investment Group, LLC, a private equity investment firm located in Boca Raton, Florida, specializing in turnarounds of undercapitalized or distressed small to medium size companies, announced today that it has entered into definitive written agreements to purchase the assets ... Continue reading

Detroit Public Schools and Ford Kick Off Dell TechKnow; After-School Technology Training Program Helps At-Risk Middle School Students Earn a Home Computer

Detroit Public Schools and Ford Kick Off Dell TechKnow; After-School Technology Training Program Helps At-Risk Middle School Students Earn a Home Computer

DETROIT--Nov. 1, 2002--Detroit Public Schools, Ford Motor Company and Dell Computers are helping 20 Boynton Learning Community students put personal computers together and troubleshoot hardware problems as part of the Dell TechKnow partnership program in Detroit, Mich. Dell TechKnow is an after-school program that uses ... Continue reading

Eaton Buys Aerospace Product Line and Machinery of Mechanical Products Inc.

Eaton Buys Aerospace Product Line and Machinery of Mechanical Products Inc.

CLEVELAND--Nov. 1, 2002--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced it has purchased the product lines and machinery, as well as the intellectual property and tooling, of the Aerospace Division of Mechanical Products Inc. The financial terms were not disclosed. Mechanical Products Inc., based ... Continue reading

Georgia DOT Selects Iteris Vantage Products

Georgia DOT Selects Iteris Vantage Products

ANAHEIM, Calif.--Nov. 1, 2002--Iteris Inc., a subsidiary of Odetics Inc. today announced that following a competitive bid process, its Vantage video detection products have been selected by the State of Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Temple Inc., the regional dealer for Iteris, was the recipient of the on ... Continue reading

Multimedia Available: James Bond Prepares To `Die Another Day' In Style

Multimedia Available: James Bond Prepares To `Die Another Day' In Style

-- James Bond prepares to hit the big screen this month in "Die Another Day" and he will be sure to arrive in style. The suave secret agent and his crew have done some tinkering with a very upscale Aston Martin Vanquish -- one of the most expensive and prestigious cars in the world. Who else would even think about acce ... Continue reading

Newstream.com Digest: Driving with Alzheimer's Disease, 007's New Aston Martin Vanquish, The Lanacane Chap Factor and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

Newstream.com Digest: Driving with Alzheimer's Disease, 007's New Aston Martin Vanquish, The Lanacane Chap Factor and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

NEW YORK--Nov. 1, 2002-- -------------------------------------------------- How Long Can Dad Drive? The Hartford's Survey on Alzheimer's Disease and Driving Finds Families Need Help Most families say they are in the best position to know when a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia should give up driving, acco ... Continue reading

Shanghai GM to Export Engines to Canada

Shanghai GM to Export Engines to Canada

FOR RELEASE: November 1, 2002 Shanghai GM to Export Engines to Canada Shanghai, China - Shanghai GM, a joint venture between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group (SAIC), announced today it has reached an agreement with CAMI Automotive Inc., of Ingersol, Ontario, Canada to export engines beg ... Continue reading

Teleflex Presents to Investors At Goldman Sachs Global Capital Goods Conference

Teleflex Presents to Investors At Goldman Sachs Global Capital Goods Conference

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--Nov. 1, 2002--Teleflex Incorporated management addressed investors yesterday at the Goldman Sachs Global Capital Goods Conference in New York. Jeffrey P. Black, president & chief executive officer, told investors that the company has numerous opportunities for growth in its operating businesses d ... Continue reading

Union Acceptance to Hold Conference Call on Reorganization Plans, Third Quarter 2002 Results

Union Acceptance to Hold Conference Call on Reorganization Plans, Third Quarter 2002 Results

INDIANAPOLIS--Nov. 1, 2002--The senior management of Union Acceptance Corporation ("UAC") will host a conference call today, November 1, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. EST to discuss the news of its reorganization plans and third quarter earnings released October 31, 2002. The call may be accessed through a toll-free telephone numb ... Continue reading

Union Acceptance To Hold Conference Call To Provide Reorganization Plan Update

Union Acceptance To Hold Conference Call To Provide Reorganization Plan Update

INDIANAPOLIS--Nov. 1, 2002--The senior management of Union Acceptance Corporation ("UAC") will host a conference call on Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. EST to provide an update on its reorganization plans. The call may be accessed through a toll-free telephone number at (877) 313-0551. A telephone replay will ... Continue reading

USFreightways Executives to Address Transportation Conference

USFreightways Executives to Address Transportation Conference

CHICAGO--Nov. 1, 2002--USFreightways Corporation announced today that Christopher L. Ellis, Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO and Pete Neydon, President, Eastern Carrier Group, will participate in a Less-Than-Truckload panel discussion at the BB&T Capital Markets Logistics and Transportation Conference in New York ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2002 HUSBAND AND WIFE NUMBER ONE QUALIFIERS Las Vegas - After two rounds of qualifying at the Las Vegas Gambler Shootout presented by Short Line Express Market, husband and wife John and ... Continue reading

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