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Tuesday, December 2, 2003

GM Reports November 2003 Sales of 363,181, Up 22 Percent

GM Reports November 2003 Sales of 363,181, Up 22 Percent

Truck Sales Up 30 Percent; GM Sets Monthly Utility Sales Record for Industry DETROIT – General Motors dealers sold 363,181 new cars and trucks in November, up 22 percent compared with November 2002. GM’s overall truck sales (214,149) were up 30 percent. Car sales (149,032) were up 13 percent. “GM&#821 ... Continue reading

Nissan North America Reports November 2003 Sales

Nissan North America Reports November 2003 Sales

GARDENA, Calif.--Dec. 2, 2003--Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) reported November total sales of 63,930 for its Nissan and Infiniti divisions, a 15.6 percent increase versus November of last year. NNA reports selling 727,511 units calendar year-to-date, a 7.0 percent increase from last year at this time. NISSAN HIGHLIG ... Continue reading

American Honda Posts Record SUV Sales in November 2003

American Honda Posts Record SUV Sales in November 2003

Light Trucks and All-New Acura TL Lead the Pack with Record Sales TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Powered by record sales of light truck models and a strong launch of the all-new 2004 Acura TL, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., posted November sales of 96,559 Honda and Acura vehicles, a 2.4 percent increase over year-ago tot ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Reports November U.S. Sales Increased 3 Percent

Chrysler Group Reports November U.S. Sales Increased 3 Percent

- Dodge Ram sales up 15 percent - All-new 2004 Dodge Durango has strong launch; dealer orders exceed 40,000 units - Chrysler brand sales up 23 percent AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Chrysler Group reported sales of 157,212 units for November 2003, a 3 percent increase compared on a day-rate basis to November 2002. Ther ... Continue reading

Mazda Heads Into Holiday Season With Strong November Sales

Mazda Heads Into Holiday Season With Strong November Sales

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported sales of 19,306 units in November -- a 21.9 percent increase versus the same period last year. The increase was the best November year-over-year jump for Mazda in the past decade. The company's strong month was led by its sporty Miata roads ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars Hits Best November Ever

Volvo Cars Hits Best November Ever

... Up 37 Percent; Records Thirteenth Month-Over-Month Increase IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC (VCNA) continues its drive toward a record year reporting strong sales for all large platform cars, ending November with a sales increase of 36.9 percent over the same period in 2002. This is the t ... Continue reading

BMW Group Reports Best November Ever With 6.4 Percent Boost in Monthly Sales

BMW Group Reports Best November Ever With 6.4 Percent Boost in Monthly Sales

Year-to-Date Sales Jump 9.4 Percent WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec. 2 -- Sales of BMW Group (BMW and MINI brands combined) vehicles rose 6.4 percent in November, with sales of 25,086, compared to 23,579 last November. The BMW Group also recorded year-to-date sales of 251,954, a jump of 9.4% percent over the 230,370 vehicles ... Continue reading

Acura Shatters November 2003 Sales Record

Acura Shatters November 2003 Sales Record

All-New TL and MDX Luxury SUV Post Big Gains TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Acura posted its best November ever including record sales of the all-new TL performance luxury sedan and the MDX luxury SUV. November sales of 14,423 units shattered the previous Acura record of 13,645 set in 2001 and betters November 2002 sales ... Continue reading

American Suzuki Announces November 2003 Sales

American Suzuki Announces November 2003 Sales

BREA, Calif., Dec. 2 -- American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) sold 4,091 vehicles in November, a 10 percent decrease from its 2002 calendar year-to-date sales. The midsize Suzuki Verona sedan continued to gain momentum with 483 units sold in its third month of sales. The XL-7 posted 1,488 sales; the Grand Vitara pos ... Continue reading

Saab Continues Strong Sales Pace -- Record Year in Sight

Saab Continues Strong Sales Pace -- Record Year in Sight

- New car sales in November were up 30 percent over 2002. - Year-to-date numbers grow to 27 percent over last year. NORCROSS, Ga., Dec. 2, 2003 -- Saab Cars USA's November tallies maintained the pace with a volume of 3,600 new car sales, a 30 percent increase over 2002. This marked the best November for the US market i ... Continue reading

Porsche North America November 2003 Sales Rise Almost 60%

Porsche North America November 2003 Sales Rise Almost 60%

FRANKFURT, Dec 2, 2003; Reuters reported that German sportscar maker Porsche said on Tuesday it had sold 2,654 vehicles in north America in November, up 58 percent from the same month a year ago, with growth driven by its Cayenne sports utility vehicle. Porsche, which sells roughly half its vehicles in north America, s ... Continue reading

GM Trims Incentives on Some Vehicles

GM Trims Incentives on Some Vehicles

DETROIT December 2, 2003; Reuters reported that General Motors Corp. on Tuesday said it trimmed some of its U.S. sales incentives by raising the finance rates on mid-size sport utility vehicles and cutting the cash rebates on some small cars. GM executives have said in recent months that they hoped record high sales in ... Continue reading

Azure Dynamics closes Cdn$10.7 million financing - Triggers potential access to Cdn$5 million of TPC funding

Azure Dynamics closes Cdn$10.7 million financing - Triggers potential access to Cdn$5 million of TPC funding

TORONTO, December 2 -- Azure Dynamics Corporation ("Azure" or the "Company") (TSX Venture Exchange: AZD), a leading developer of hybrid electric powertrains for commercial vehicles is pleased to announce that it has closed a private placement financing led by Kingsdale Capital Markets Inc. for gross proceeds of Cdn$10. ... Continue reading

BMW Launches Unprecedented On-Line Game Starring New X3

BMW Launches Unprecedented On-Line Game Starring New X3

On-Line Driving and Sporting Adventure Mirrors Active Lifestyle of X3 Target Market WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Dec. 1 -- BMW of North America, LLC today launches the next phase of an aggressive marketing campaign for its newest entry into the Sport Activity segment, by introducing an unprecedented on-line gaming experience ... Continue reading

Boston Acoustics Brings Legendary Boston Sound to Future Chrysler 300 Series & Dodge Magnum

Boston Acoustics Brings Legendary Boston Sound to Future Chrysler 300 Series & Dodge Magnum

PEABODY, Mass.--Dec. 1, 2003--Boston Acoustics, Inc. today revealed the initial details of a recently announced business award with the Chrysler Group. The company, in partnership with Visteon Corporation , will provide premium audio systems for upcoming Chrysler 300 series and Dodge Magnum vehicles. These will be the ... Continue reading

Stevenson To Campaign GT Car in 2004

Stevenson To Campaign GT Car in 2004

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Spartan Chassis Asks Class 'A' Motorhome Makers: 'What Would You Do With Your Me2'

Spartan Chassis Asks Class 'A' Motorhome Makers: 'What Would You Do With Your Me2'

CHARLOTTE, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Spartan Motors Chassis is launching a new marketing campaign at this year's Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) show that dares motorhome makers to dream. The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of motorhome chassis, and subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. , is using the RVIA show ... Continue reading

Magna negocia con DaimlerChrysler su participación en New Venture Gear

Magna negocia con DaimlerChrysler su participación en New Venture Gear

AURORA, Canada, December 2 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) ha informado hoy de que se encuentra en negociación con DaimlerChrysler para la posible adquisición de una participación mayoritaria en New Venture Gear, sociedad con instalaciones de producción en Syracuse (Nueva York, EEUU) y Roit ... Continue reading

Auto Data Network's MAM Software Subsidiary Announces $2.5 Million Contract

Auto Data Network's MAM Software Subsidiary Announces $2.5 Million Contract

NEW YORK & TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK--Dec. 2, 2003--Auto Data Network Inc. (OTCBB: ADNW), a provider of software and real-time data services to the automotive industry, today announced that its subsidiary, MAM Software, has been engaged by Brown Brothers Ltd., a division of the Unipart Group of Companies, to supply its succe ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Joins Suppliers Partnership for the Environment In Providing Value to the Auto Supply Chain

DaimlerChrysler Joins Suppliers Partnership for the Environment In Providing Value to the Auto Supply Chain

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- At a Green Suppliers Network (GSN) meeting today hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), represented by Lear Corporation, General Motors and B.A.E. Industries, Inc., announced that DaimlerChrysler Corporation has joined its inno ... Continue reading

Ford Credit Employees Make Wishes Come True For More Than 600 Foster Children in 'Operation Good Cheer'

Ford Credit Employees Make Wishes Come True For More Than 600 Foster Children in 'Operation Good Cheer'

MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Ford Credit employees have purchased and wrapped gifts for more than 600 Michigan foster children as part of "Operation Good Cheer," a holiday program sponsored by Child & Family Services of Michigan, Inc. Under the program, foster children made Christmas wish lists, and Ford Credit emp ... Continue reading

GMAC Reaches $25 Billion In SmartNotes(SM) Outstandings

GMAC Reaches $25 Billion In SmartNotes(SM) Outstandings

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 2 -- General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) recently announced that it has exceeded $25 billion in outstandings in its SmartNotes program. SmartNotes (smartnotes.com) are GMAC's fixed-income medium-term securities designed specifically for individual investors. "SmartNotes offer the investi ... Continue reading

IMPCO to Supply Leading Forklift Manufacturer With Certified Engines Worth US$25,000,000 in 2004

IMPCO to Supply Leading Forklift Manufacturer With Certified Engines Worth US$25,000,000 in 2004

CERRITOS, Calif., Dec. 2 -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc. The company announced today they have secured a 3-year agreement with NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), a market leader in lift truck manufacturing, to supply NMHG with CARB and U.S. EPA 2004 emission compliant engines for their industrial forklifts which are ma ... Continue reading

PR: World's First Walking, Talking Advertisement Makes A Big Splash

PR: World's First Walking, Talking Advertisement Makes A Big Splash

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World's First Walking, Talking Advertisement Makes A Big Splash C I Host's 'Human Billboard' Called Huge Success -- 500 New Customers BEDFORD, TX, Dec. 2, 2003 -- In the 6 months that a 22-year-old Illinois man has had "C I Host" and "Managed Web Hosting" tattooed on the back his head, the company ... Continue reading

Singh Joins Goodyear's Global Sourcing Organization

Singh Joins Goodyear's Global Sourcing Organization

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 2 -- To ensure cost-effective supply of new products worldwide, a Goodyear marketing executive has joined the company's new global sourcing organization. Dipinder "DP" Singh, former director, global market intelligence and strategy, has been appointed director of global requirements planning. He repor ... Continue reading

SmartSignal Continues Momentum with Release of ECM 3.0; Predictive Solution Designed to Help Companies Gain Efficiencies, Improve Reliability to Customers, and Increase Revenue

SmartSignal Continues Momentum with Release of ECM 3.0; Predictive Solution Designed to Help Companies Gain Efficiencies, Improve Reliability to Customers, and Increase Revenue

CHICAGO--Dec. 2, 2003--POWER-GEN International--SmartSignal Corporation, the leading provider of predictive technology for Continuous Asset Management, today announced the availability of Equipment Condition Monitoring(TM) (ECM) 3.0(TM), a highly powerful business solution that includes new enhancements to SmartSignal' ... Continue reading

Unsung Heroes in War on Drunk Driving to Receive National Honors

Unsung Heroes in War on Drunk Driving to Receive National Honors

WHAT: To help kick off the December holiday season's National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, the National Commission Against Drunk Driving (NCADD) will hold a special ceremony to honor unsung heroes from across the nation who are leaders in the fight against drunk driving and underage drinking. WHEN: THURS ... Continue reading

Vignette Delivers BMW Web Site to Boost Online Branding and Speed of Content Deployment

Vignette Delivers BMW Web Site to Boost Online Branding and Speed of Content Deployment

AUSTIN, Texas--Dec. 2, 2003--Vignette Corp. today announced that BMW Great Britain has revamped its U.K. Web site with Vignette's portal and content management solution. These enhancements will boost corporate branding across the site and significantly improve the level of information available to the 250,000 visitors ... Continue reading

Clancy Systems International, Inc. Launches Park-by-Phone

Clancy Systems International, Inc. Launches Park-by-Phone

DENVER--Dec. 2, 2003--Clancy Systems International, Inc. (OTCBB:CLSI), announced today that it has launched a revolutionary new parking program called "Park-by-Phone" (www.ParkingHelp.com). This new program will allow drivers to pay for parking in lots and meters owned by participating agencies with a mere phone call. ... Continue reading

Collins Announces Final Results of Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer

Collins Announces Final Results of Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer

HUTCHINSON, Kan., Dec. 2 -- Collins Industries, Inc. (the "Company") today announced the final results of its modified Dutch auction tender offer, which expired on November 21, 2003 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Company commenced the tender offer on October 10, 2003 to purchase up to 1,100,000 shares of its common sto ... Continue reading

Eaton Files Complaint and Lawsuit Regarding Truck Transmission Patent Infringement

Eaton Files Complaint and Lawsuit Regarding Truck Transmission Patent Infringement

CLEVELAND--Dec. 2, 2003--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C., requesting that the ITC initiate an investigation of ZF Meritor LLC, ArvinMeritor and ZF Friedrichshafen AG for violating the Ta ... Continue reading

ECD Ovonics President and CEO Presents Invited Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston

ECD Ovonics President and CEO Presents Invited Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston

Ovshinsky discusses a nanostructure thin-film electrical device which would enable computers to go beyond conventional artificial intelligence ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) announced today that Stanford R. Ovshinsky, its president and chief executive officer, was the le ... Continue reading

Fleetguard Introduces Enviroguard Open Crankcase Ventilation System for Class 5-8 Vehicles

Fleetguard Introduces Enviroguard Open Crankcase Ventilation System for Class 5-8 Vehicles

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Dec. 2, 2003--Fleetguard Inc. is introducing a new product line designed to address diesel crankcase emissions in all Bus and Class 5-8 major diesel engine applications. The new product line, Enviroguard(TM), uses patented technology to control oil drip and filter crankcase aerosols in all diesel engi ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Hosts Conference Call to Discuss FY2003 Third-Quarter Earnings

Hayes Lemmerz Hosts Conference Call to Discuss FY2003 Third-Quarter Earnings

NORTHVILLE, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced that it will host a telephone conference call to discuss the Company's fiscal year 2003 third-quarter financial results on Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. (ET). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010522/HLILOGO ) To participat ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Helps Build First LEED-Certified Hospital

Johnson Controls Helps Build First LEED-Certified Hospital

Boulder Hospital's Green Building Design Benefits Patients, Staff And Community MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2 -- Boulder Community Foothills Hospital (BCFH) is the first hospital in the nation to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Administered by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED certifica ... Continue reading

PR: Port City Web Helps Lord John's Footwear Attain 20%+ Business Growth

PR: Port City Web Helps Lord John's Footwear Attain 20%+ Business Growth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port City Web Helps Lord John's Footwear Attain 20%+ Business Growth PORTSMOUTH, N.H. and NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 2, 2003 -- Port City Web, LLC, today announced that it has helped Lord John's Footwear (www.lordjohnsfootwear.com) achieve a 20% growth in business for November through the use of a new e ... Continue reading

Shane Lewis To Go After 2004 Daytona Prototype Championship In PAP-PARTS BMW FABCAR

Shane Lewis To Go After 2004 Daytona Prototype Championship In PAP-PARTS BMW FABCAR

Shane Lewis To Go After 2004 Daytona Prototype Championship In PAP-PARTS BMW FABCAR POWELL, Ohio, December 2, 2003 - Southard Motorsports' owner Steve Southard announced today that sports car and endurance racing standout Shane Lewis will be the lead driver of his No. 7 PAP-PARTS BMW-FABCAR in 2004. Lewis, of Jupiter, ... Continue reading

Auto Parts Manufacturer Thinks Nothin' Could Be Finah Than to Be in Carolina, an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com

Auto Parts Manufacturer Thinks Nothin' Could Be Finah Than to Be in Carolina, an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com

HOUSTON--Dec. 2, 2003--Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston). Metal tube component manufacturer Tube Specialties Company Incorporated (Troutdale, Ore.) (Company #1081018) is doubling the size of its North Carolina plant For details on this and other projects view the ... Continue reading

SHEP Technologies Announces Phase II Completion of its Hydraulic-Assisted Powertrain Prototype

SHEP Technologies Announces Phase II Completion of its Hydraulic-Assisted Powertrain Prototype

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Dec. 2, 2003--SHEP Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:STLOF) (BERLIN:IH3) ("STI" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Pi Technology ("Pi") reports that Phase II of the Company's third generation hydraulic-assisted prototype vehicle development has been successfully completed on time and on b ... Continue reading

NHTSA, IRL Team Up on Race Car Safety Research

NHTSA, IRL Team Up on Race Car Safety Research

Testing Capabilities and Comprehensive Comparison Data Make Delphi Site Ideal for Test VANDALIA, Ohio, Dec. 2 -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Delphi Corp. , a leader in advanced safety systems for the automotive market, have teamed up with the Indy Racing League (IRL) on research and t ... Continue reading

Insurance Company Honors Hampton Roads Troops

Insurance Company Honors Hampton Roads Troops

There won't be any performances by top-40 recording artists or celebrity appearances on Thursday, Dec. 4, but military personnel from area bases will still get a treat. GEICO will be hosting its fourth annual Military Appreciation Day at the Officers' Restaurant on the Damn Neck Base to honor 200 men and women from Ham ... Continue reading

New Approach Needed to Combat Drunk Driving

New Approach Needed to Combat Drunk Driving

'In Their Own Words' (First in a Series) WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The nation is on the wrong track in its efforts to combat drunk driving. PR campaigns and roadblocks -- the centerpiece of the nation's war on drunk driving -- harass and intimidate responsible adults while failing to target truly drunk drivers, according t ... Continue reading

A Girlfriend's Guide to DefenSAFE Driving

A Girlfriend's Guide to DefenSAFE Driving

Hyundai Motor America's One-Of-A-Kind Program Takes Women Out of the Office and Onto the Driving Course for a Life-Saving Safety Seminar What: Hyundai Motor America (HMA) has harnessed the experience of Lyn St. James, the only woman to be named Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, and other top female drivers to bring this one ... Continue reading

Fleetwood RV Introduces Newly Redesigned 2004 Folding Trailers

Fleetwood RV Introduces Newly Redesigned 2004 Folding Trailers

New Models, Floor Plans and Spacious Interiors Offer Customers the Most Convenient, Comfortable Folding Trailers Available RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Fleetwood RV, the world's leading recreational vehicle manufacturer, today unveiled its newly remodeled 2004 Fleetwood Folding Trailer models. The folding trailers feat ... Continue reading

Buddy Helms Oldest NASCAR Driver Dies From Burns at Age 87

Buddy Helms Oldest NASCAR Driver Dies From Burns at Age 87

MIAMI, Dec. 2 -- Buddy Helms, a stock car racing pioneer who entered a 1946 Hudson Super Six into the first NASCAR sanctioned race in 1949, died at the Ryder Trauma Center on December 1 at the age of 87, just two weeks after he had been honored as the oldest living NASCAR driver in a special parade lap at the Homestead ... Continue reading

Navistar Reports 4th Quarter Profit as Forecast; Strategies on Track for Solid Profitability in 2004

Navistar Reports 4th Quarter Profit as Forecast; Strategies on Track for Solid Profitability in 2004

WARRENVILLE, Ill.--Dec. 2, 2003-- Earnings At Top End of Guidance; Forecasts 16% Improvement In 2004 Industry Demand; Company Goal Is To Reach Or Exceed Volume Adjusted 17.5% ROE In 2004 As previously forecast, Navistar International Corporation , the nation's largest combined commercial truck and mid-range diesel engi ... Continue reading

Fleetwood RV Launches All-New Redesigned 2004 Pace Arrow

Fleetwood RV Launches All-New Redesigned 2004 Pace Arrow

Premier Gas-Powered Recreational Vehicle Offers Unsurpassed Elegance, Spaciousness and Convenience RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 2 -- Fleetwood RV, the world's leading recreational vehicle manufacturer, today revealed its highly anticipated 2004 Pace Arrow model at the 41st Annual National RVIA tradeshow, taking place in Lou ... Continue reading

Audi Reports November 2003 Sales

Audi Reports November 2003 Sales

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Audi of America, Inc. today reported November sales of 7,107, a slight decrease of 0.4 percent relative to 2002 sales of 7,138. In a competitive marketplace, strong sales of the all-new A8 L helped to keep Audi at the same selling pace as last year's record. Also, the allroad quattro, wit ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Reports Sales Up In November 2003

Volkswagen Reports Sales Up In November 2003

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. reported November sales of 28,957, a 27.6 percent increase relative to last year's total of 22,702. This month's sales were the best November sales in 30 years. Year to date, Volkswagen sales are 284,656 compared to 2002 sales of 312,260. ... Continue reading

Ford Co. November 2003 Sales Down But F-Series Sales Rose 10 Percent

Ford Co. November 2003 Sales Down But F-Series Sales Rose 10 Percent

- F-Series sales were 64,737 - up 10 percent compared with a year ago. - Ford Escape sets November record as sales increase 14 percent. - Lincoln sales climb 17 percent. - Volvo sets November record as sales increase 37 percent. - Ford's overall November sales were down 2 percent, reflecting lower fleet sales. ... Continue reading

Travelers Have Reason to Be Thankful; They Experienced Their Best Thanksgiving Travel Weekend in Recent Years

Travelers Have Reason to Be Thankful; They Experienced Their Best Thanksgiving Travel Weekend in Recent Years

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 1 -- Just two years after the hour- long lines that dominated post 9/11 travel, it seems that travelers and the Transportation Security Administration have the routine down pat. Wait times from curbside through to security, tracked on the hour by Travelocity representatives, on the whole went ag ... Continue reading

Asbury Automotive Group Announces Termination of Bob Baker Acquisition

Asbury Automotive Group Announces Termination of Bob Baker Acquisition

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 2 -- Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. , one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., today announced that its proposed agreement to acquire the Bob Baker Auto Group of San Diego, California has been terminated. When the proposed acquisition was announced in 2002, Asbury not ... Continue reading

Toyota To Up China Output Over 50%

Toyota To Up China Output Over 50%

TOKYO November 30, 2003; Yoshio Takahashi writing for Dow Jones reported that Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will boost production capacity at its joint venture in China by more than 50% to 80,000 vehicles a year ahead of its planned output of the Corolla small sedan there. A relative latecomer to the Chinese market ... Continue reading

Noble International Announces Quarterly Dividend

Noble International Announces Quarterly Dividend

WARREN, Mich., Dec. 1 -- Noble International, Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share of Noble common stock to be paid on or about December 30, 2003 to stockholders of record December 15, 2003. Commenting on the dividend, Christopher Morin, the Company's Chi ... Continue reading

Stevenson To Campaign GT Car in 2004

Stevenson To Campaign GT Car in 2004

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Visteon and Boston Acoustics Bring Audiophile Sound To Chrysler 300 Series Family of Vehicles

Visteon and Boston Acoustics Bring Audiophile Sound To Chrysler 300 Series Family of Vehicles

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 1 -- Sound quality, design and technology are some of the attributes of the premium audio system in the new Chrysler 300 series of vehicles. The audio system blends Visteon Corporation's Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and sound management capability with Boston Acoustics' speaker design and acous ... Continue reading

Autobytel Inc. to Announce Fourth Quarter 2003 Results and Host Conference Call on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004

Autobytel Inc. to Announce Fourth Quarter 2003 Results and Host Conference Call on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004

IRVINE, Calif.--Dec. 1, 2003--Autobytel Inc. will release fourth quarter and fiscal year 2003 financial results on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004 at 4 p.m. EST (1 p.m. PST). The company will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 4:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. PST) that same day. Hosting the call will be Jeffrey Schwartz, ... Continue reading

Caliber Collision Centers Honors Individuals In The Mentors At Work Apprenticeship Program

Caliber Collision Centers Honors Individuals In The Mentors At Work Apprenticeship Program

IRVINE, Calif.--Dec. 1, 2003--Caliber Collision Centers, an Irvine-based operator of high-quality collision repair facilities in California and Texas, recently honored two individuals for outstanding achievement in the collision repair industry. Paul Stone and Jack Nanigian, both first-year apprentices at Caliber's Chi ... Continue reading

Castek Announces Availability of Insure3 Policy Release 4.0; Powerful New Business Features and Deployment Options

Castek Announces Availability of Insure3 Policy Release 4.0; Powerful New Business Features and Deployment Options

TORONTO--Dec. 1, 2003--Castek Inc. is pleased to announce the general availability of Insure3 Policy Release 4.0 with significant enhancements to the business functionality and deployment flexibility already offered by this award-winning product. New business features have been added which will reduce implementation ti ... Continue reading

Cognex Corporation Acquires the Machine Vision Business Of Gavitec

Cognex Corporation Acquires the Machine Vision Business Of Gavitec

NATICK, Mass.--Dec. 1, 2003--Cognex Corporation , the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, announced today that it has acquired the machine vision business of Gavitec AG of Aachen, Germany. Under the terms of the acquisition, which closed today, December 1st, Cognex purchased both the tangible and intang ... Continue reading

Delphi Corporation To Provide CY2004 Financial Outlook On December 8

Delphi Corporation To Provide CY2004 Financial Outlook On December 8

Dawes to Host Briefing WHAT: Delphi Corp. will host a briefing and conference call for news media representatives, institutional investors and security analysts to discuss Delphi's financial outlook for 2004. WHO: Delphi's Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Alan S. Dawes will host this event. The meeting will c ... Continue reading

Donaldson Company Achieves Record First Quarter Revenue, Earnings

Donaldson Company Achieves Record First Quarter Revenue, Earnings

MINNEAPOLIS--Dec. 1, 2003-- Record first quarter EPS at 56 cents, up 12 percent on strong sales of engine products and disk drive filters Donaldson Company, Inc. , today reported record diluted earnings per share of $0.56 for the first fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2003, up 12.0 percent from $0.50 last year. Net inc ... Continue reading

DURA Automotive Announces Dividend on Trust Preferred Securities

DURA Automotive Announces Dividend on Trust Preferred Securities

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.--Dec. 1, 2003--DURA Automotive Systems, Inc. , announced today that a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share will be paid on the 7 1/2% convertible trust preferred securities issued by the DURA Automotive Capital Trust. The dividend will be payable on December 31, 2003, to stockholders of record o ... Continue reading

ECD Ovonics President and CEO Delivers a Keynote Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston

ECD Ovonics President and CEO Delivers a Keynote Talk At Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Dec. 1 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) announced today that Stanford R. Ovshinsky, its President and Chief Executive Officer, gave a keynote talk, "New Science and Technology, the Basis of the Hydrogen Economy," at the Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting in Boston. At the m ... Continue reading

Fleetwood Enterprises to Report Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call on December 8, 2003

Fleetwood Enterprises to Report Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call on December 8, 2003

RIVERSIDE, Calif.--Dec. 1, 2003--Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. , the nation's leader in recreational vehicle sales and a leading producer and retailer of manufactured housing, will release its fiscal 2004 second quarter financial results on December 8, 2003. The Company also said that Edward B. Caudill, Fleetwood's presi ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Listed on NASDAQ

Hayes Lemmerz Listed on NASDAQ

Hayes Lemmerz Approved for Listing on The NASDAQ National Market NORTHVILLE, Mich., Dec. 1 -- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: HAYZ) announced today that it has received approval from NASDAQ to begin trading December 2, 2003 on The NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "HAYZ." The Company's shares p ... Continue reading

Hertz Opens First Suburban Location in Hartford

Hertz Opens First Suburban Location in Hartford

- Grand Opening Celebration to be Held on Thursday, December 4, 2003 - PARK RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 1 -- The Hertz Corporation has opened its first suburban facility in Hartford, CT and will host a Grand Opening Celebration for local area body shops and insurance companies on Thursday, December 4, 2003. Strategically situate ... Continue reading

International Wire Group Inc. to Commence Negotiations with an Ad Hoc Committee of Subordinated Bondholders; Suspends Interest due on Senior Subordinated Notes

International Wire Group Inc. to Commence Negotiations with an Ad Hoc Committee of Subordinated Bondholders; Suspends Interest due on Senior Subordinated Notes

ST. LOUIS--Dec. 1, 2003--International Wire Group, Inc. announced today that an Ad Hoc Committee (the "Committee") of Bondholders holding its 11 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes and 14% Senior Subordinated Notes (collectively the "Senior Subordinated Notes") has been formed. The Committee represents approximately 61% of ... Continue reading

Magna en pourparlers avec DaimlerChrysler concernant New Venture Gear

Magna en pourparlers avec DaimlerChrysler concernant New Venture Gear

AURORA, ON, December 2 -- Magna International Inc. (MG.A, MG.B à la Bourse de Toronto et MGA à la Bourse de New York) a annoncé aujourd'hui être en pourparlers avec DaimlerChrysler quant à la vente éventuelle à Magna d'une participation majoritaire dans New Venture Gear qui possède des centres de production à ... Continue reading

Magna in discussions with DaimlerChrysler regarding New Venture Gear

Magna in discussions with DaimlerChrysler regarding New Venture Gear

AURORA, ON, December 2 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) announced today that it is in discussions with DaimlerChrysler regarding the potential sale to Magna of a controlling interest in New Venture Gear with manufacturing operations in Syracuse, New York and Roitzsch, Germany. New Venture Gear p ... Continue reading

Mazda Drives Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty With Its Strategic New Customer Relationship Management System

Mazda Drives Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty With Its Strategic New Customer Relationship Management System

eFORCE Deploys E.piphany(R) E.6(TM) Service Software in Mazda's Web-based Consumer Call Center HAYWARD, Calif., and SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 1 -- eFORCE ( www.eforceglobal.com ), a global provider of strategic information technology solutions, and E.piphany, Inc. , a full-suite provider of customer relationship manageme ... Continue reading

Myers Industries Announces Appointment of New Transfer Agent Effective December 1, 2003

Myers Industries Announces Appointment of New Transfer Agent Effective December 1, 2003

AKRON, Ohio--Dec. 1, 2003--Myers Industries, Inc. today announced the appointment of National City Bank as its new stock transfer agent, registrar, and dividend disbursement and reinvestment agent effective December 1, 2003. National City, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, replaces EquiServe and is not affiliated with ... Continue reading

Newstream.com Digest: Race Car Drivers as Athletes, How Popular Are Luxury Holiday Gifts? Taking the Stress Out of Holiday Shopping, and Other Free Multimedia Content For Journalists

Newstream.com Digest: Race Car Drivers as Athletes, How Popular Are Luxury Holiday Gifts? Taking the Stress Out of Holiday Shopping, and Other Free Multimedia Content For Journalists

NEW YORK--Dec. 1, 2003-- Race Car Drivers as Athletes It's a subject that's been debated for years. Are race car drivers really athletes? A report from General Motors . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11529 ------------------------------------------------- ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive Announces Dividend on Trust Convertible Preferred Securities

Tower Automotive Announces Dividend on Trust Convertible Preferred Securities

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--Dec. 1, 2003--Tower Automotive, Inc. , announced today that a dividend of $0.84375 per share will be paid on the 6 3/4% trust convertible preferred securities issued by the Tower Automotive Capital Trust. The dividend will be payable on December 31, 2003, to stockholders of record on December 15, 2 ... Continue reading

AutoZone to Release First Quarter Earnings on December 9; Company to Hold Stockholders' Meeting December 11

AutoZone to Release First Quarter Earnings on December 9; Company to Hold Stockholders' Meeting December 11

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 1 -- AutoZone , the nation's leading auto parts retailer, will release results for the first fiscal quarter ended November 22, 2003, after market close on Tuesday, December 9, 2003. Steve Odland, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, will host a one hour conference call on Wednesday, De ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors' Sales Division President & COO Greg O'Neill Resigns

Mitsubishi Motors' Sales Division President & COO Greg O'Neill Resigns

CYPRESS, Calif., Dec. 1 -- Greg O'Neill today announced his resignation as President & COO of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA), Sales Division, effective December 31, 2003. He stated: "For me, it was time for a change. Frankly, with the restructuring, I had worked myself out of a role. I will be announcing ... Continue reading

Magna und DaimlerChrysler in Verhandlungen über New Venture Gear

Magna und DaimlerChrysler in Verhandlungen über New Venture Gear

AURORA, ON, December 2 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) kündigte heute die Aufnahme von Verhandlungen mit DaimlerChrysler an, über den Verkauf einer New-Venture-Mehrheitsbeteiligung von DaimlerChrysler an Magna. New Venture Gear besitzt Betriebe in Syracuse, New York/USA und Roitzsch in Deutsc ... Continue reading

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