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Friday, July 21, 2017

Canada and Quebec support improved transit service in Lévis

Canada and Quebec support improved transit service in Lévis

LÉVIS, QC, July 21, 2017 /CNW/ - The governments of Canada and Quebec recognize that investing in public transit infrastructure is crucial to economic growth, reducing pollution and creating inclusive communities where everyone has access to public services and job opportunities. The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minis ... Continue reading

Club Med Flash Sale: Buy One Night, Get One Night Free At Your Favorite Family & Beach Resorts In Mexico, Florida And The Caribbean

Club Med Flash Sale: Buy One Night, Get One Night Free At Your Favorite Family & Beach Resorts In Mexico, Florida And The Caribbean

MIAMI, July 21, 2017 -- Back by popular demand, Club Med is offering a BOGO offer that can't be beat: buy one night, get one night free! Guests taking advantage of the sale available for booking now through July 25 can stay at Club Med properties for up to 50% off*. It's so easy when it's all included and guests will e ... Continue reading

Embraer KC-390 successfully concludes world demonstration tour

Embraer KC-390 successfully concludes world demonstration tour

GAVIAO PEIXOTO, Brazil, July 21, 2017 -- The new multi-mission military transport and tanker jet, the KC-390, concluded this week a successful 40-day demonstration tour. During this tour it flew over 19 countries and was presented to nine nations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. ... Continue reading

FleetPride Expands to Mount Crawford and New Orleans; Adds Second Branch in Houston

FleetPride Expands to Mount Crawford and New Orleans; Adds Second Branch in Houston

IRVING, Texas, July 21, 2017 -- FleetPride is pleased to announce the recent opening of new branch locations in Mount Crawford, Virginia, Houston, and New Orleans. The Mount Crawford location opened in early May, while the Houston and New Orleans branches opened in early July. ... Continue reading

FleetPride Opens First New Orleans Location

FleetPride Opens First New Orleans Location

IRVING, Texas, July 21, 2017 -- FleetPride, the nation's largest independent distributor of aftermarket heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, recently opened its first branch in the New Orleans metropolitan area. This branch is FleetPride's third location in Louisiana, bringing its southeastern U.S. network to 64 locati ... Continue reading

Global Power Lawn Mower Market to Grow at a CAGR of 4.5%, 2017-2021 with Deere & Company, Husqvarna, MTD & The Toro Company Dominating - Research and Markets

Global Power Lawn Mower Market to Grow at a CAGR of 4.5%, 2017-2021 with Deere & Company, Husqvarna, MTD & The Toro Company Dominating - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Global Power Lawn Mower Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The analysts forecast the Global Power Lawn Mower market to grow at a CAGR of 4.57 % during the period 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

NASA Television Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch

NASA Television Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Crew Launch

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three new crew members for the International Space Station are scheduled to launch on Friday, July 28. Live launch coverage will begin at 10:45 a.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency's website. ... Continue reading

Social Status or Going Green: The Habits of Hybrid Car Drivers

Social Status or Going Green: The Habits of Hybrid Car Drivers

http://www.aaea.org/images/email/email_header.gif FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2017 Contact: Jay Saunders (414) 918-3190 or jsaunders@aaea.org (mailto:jsaunders@aaea.org) Social Status or Going Green: The Habits of Hybrid Car Drivers Research at AAEA Annual Meeting looks at behaviors of people who buy Hybrids   ... Continue reading

Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR Special Sets Sub-Seven Minute Nurburgring Lap

Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR Special Sets Sub-Seven Minute Nurburgring Lap

NURBURG, Germany, July 21, 2017 -- Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that the Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR Special set a new lap record for a four-door sedan at the famous 12.8-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife race track, achieving a time of 6:57.5. A video will be released shortly. ... Continue reading

Sunwing extends summer with exclusive savings on vacation packages

Sunwing extends summer with exclusive savings on vacation packages

TORONTO, July 21, 2017 /CNW/ - For many Canadians, summer often feels like it slips away before they get the chance to enjoy it. As the #1 for family, adult and luxury vacations, Sunwing is helping avid beachgoers enjoy the best of summer long after Labour Day with its Extend Your Summer Sale.  Featuring exclusive dea ... Continue reading

Union Pacific Improves Railroad Crossing Safety

Union Pacific Improves Railroad Crossing Safety

OMAHA, Neb., July 21, 2017 -- Union Pacific's rail safety programs helped improve public safety and contributed to a 5 percent decline in vehicle–train collisions at railroad crossings in the first half of 2017, compared to last year. Union Pacific reported a 2.27 crossing accident rate across its 23-state network, c ... Continue reading

VIDEO | Curry Makes Epic Shot into INFINITI Q50 Sunroof

VIDEO | Curry Makes Epic Shot into INFINITI Q50 Sunroof

Good morning! You may think that you've seen all the epic basketball shots the world had to offer, but think again, and watch how one of the greatest shooters in basketball history, Stephen Curry, astounded crew members during the filming of INFINITI's new Q50 commercial campaign. On set of the new Q50 sports sedan adv ... Continue reading

Ford Reveals Industry’s First Police Pursuit-Rated Pickup Truck – the F-150 Police Responder

Ford Reveals Industry’s First Police Pursuit-Rated Pickup Truck – the F-150 Police Responder

Ford is revealing the industry’s first pursuit-rated pickup, the 2018 F-150 Police Responder, giving law enforcement agencies a more versatile and capable patrol vehicle ... Continue reading

Recall: Audi Starts Free Retrofit Program For Up to 850,000 Diesel Powered Cars

Recall: Audi Starts Free Retrofit Program For Up to 850,000 Diesel Powered Cars

July 22, 2017 Audi is offering its customers in Europe and other markets* a retrofit program for cars with EU5 and EU6 diesel engines. A total of up to 850,000 cars worldwide with six-cylinder and eight-cylinder diesel engines (V6/V8 TDI, EU5/EU6) will get new software. ... Continue reading

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2016 Avalon Hybrid and Camry Hybrid Vehicles

Toyota Recalls Certain Model Year 2016 Avalon Hybrid and Camry Hybrid Vehicles

PLANO, Texas, July 20, 2017 – Toyota Motor North America, Inc., announced that it is conducting a safety recall involving 671 Model Year 2016 Avalon Hybrid and Camry Hybrid vehicles in the U.S. Among these 671 vehicles, up to 42 are potentially equipped with a misassembled front drive shaft. The front drive shaft ass ... Continue reading

Nissan ProPILOT Assist Technology Reduces The Hassle Of Stop-And-Go Highway Driving, Ready For U.S. Launch

Nissan ProPILOT Assist Technology Reduces The Hassle Of Stop-And-Go Highway Driving, Ready For U.S. Launch

Earlier this week, for the first time on public roads in the U.S., Nissan put media behind the wheel to experience its ProPILOT Assist technology, which will be available to customers later this year. ProPILOT Assist reduces the hassle of stop-and-go driving by helping control acceleration, braking and steering during ... Continue reading

2018 Hyundai Lineup Changes And Specs For New Models

2018 Hyundai Lineup Changes And Specs For New Models

a summary of changes to the Hyundai lineup for 2018 model year. This document will be updated regularly, creating a one-stop shop for the most up-to-date Hyundai vehicle lineup news. ... Continue reading

Traffic Jam Assist Is Your Intelligent Chauffeur In Stop-And-Go Traffic

Traffic Jam Assist Is Your Intelligent Chauffeur In Stop-And-Go Traffic

Summer is the time for holiday travel. Unfortunately this also involves heavy traffic and long traffic jams, as the typical routes of travel are often overcrowded. ... Continue reading

Express Your Individuality With the New Volvo XC40 Small SUV

Express Your Individuality With the New Volvo XC40 Small SUV

With dozens of possible exterior and interior color combinations, the choice of the individual is at the center with the new colorful Volvo XC40, Volvo Cars' first ever entry in the small premium SUV segment. The highly anticipated XC40, set to be revealed shortly, will complete Volvo's SUV line-up with a distinctive c ... Continue reading

Autoliv Financial Report April - June 2017

Autoliv Financial Report April - June 2017

STOCKHOLM, July 21, 2017 --For the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, Autoliv, Inc. , the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, reported consolidated sales of $2,545 million. Quarterly organic sales* grew by 0.2%. The reported operating margin was 8.5% while the adjusted operating margin* was 8.4% (for no ... Continue reading

Automotive Interior Market Worth 301.56 Billion USD by 2022

Automotive Interior Market Worth 301.56 Billion USD by 2022

PUNE, India, July 21, 2017 -- The report "Automotive Interior Market by Component (Central Console, Cockpit Module, Dome Module, Door Panel, Headliner, Infotainment System, Interior Lighting, and Seat), Vehicle Type (PV, LCV, and HCV), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022", published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Automo ... Continue reading

Axalta Coating Systems Implements Titanium Dioxide Surcharge on Selected Products

Axalta Coating Systems Implements Titanium Dioxide Surcharge on Selected Products

PHILADELPHIA—Due to continuing significant price increases in the cost of titanium dioxide over the past six months, Axalta Coating Systems will impose a price surcharge for coating products that contain this critical raw material. The surcharge will be applied to specific products sold in all regions of the world an ... Continue reading

Bandit's Boileau Holds Off Ball, Morgan at packed Hawkeye Downs to Take $10,00 Home from the $50,000 Purse

Bandit's Boileau Holds Off Ball, Morgan at packed Hawkeye Downs to Take $10,00 Home from the $50,000 Purse

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 21, 2017 -- Mike Morgan (#88) gave it his all after the collision with Trevor Kruckeberg (#63) on Saturday, but with that Tommy Boileau (#16) gained the lead taking the win. Boileau won his first feature win of the Minimizer Bandit Big Rig Series event at Hawkeye Downs Speedway, giving the crow ... Continue reading

Bruce Fraley: TORC Bark River Race Report

Bruce Fraley: TORC Bark River Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2017 Las Vegas, NV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fraley Wins at Bark River Keeps Pace with Points Leader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce Fraley was almost perfect during the TORC Seri ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company to Release Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results August 4

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company to Release Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results August 4

FINDLAY, Ohio—Cooper Tire & Rubber Company will announce second quarter 2017 financial results before the U.S. stock markets open on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. ... Continue reading

Delphi to Present at Jefferies Industrials Conference

Delphi to Present at Jefferies Industrials Conference

GILLINGHAM, England, July 21, 2017 -- Delphi Automotive PLC will present at the Jefferies Industrial Conference in New York Aug. 9. ... Continue reading

Delphi to Present at J.P. Morgan Auto Conference

Delphi to Present at J.P. Morgan Auto Conference

GILLINGHAM, England, July 21, 2017 -- Delphi Automotive PLC will present at the J.P. Morgan Auto Conference in New York Aug. 9. ... Continue reading

DS VIRGIN RACING SET TO CONTINUE WINNING WAYS IN MONTREAL

DS VIRGIN RACING SET TO CONTINUE WINNING WAYS IN MONTREAL

21.07.17 DS VIRGIN RACING SET TO CONTINUE WINNING WAYS IN MONTREAL Jose Maria Lopez returns for season finale Following its dominant display in New York, DS Virgin Racing are confident they can continue their winning ways during the final Formula E rounds of the season when the all-electric series arrives in Montreal o ... Continue reading

Express Your Individuality With the New Volvo XC40 Small SUV

Express Your Individuality With the New Volvo XC40 Small SUV

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 21, 2017 -- - With Photo With dozens of possible exterior and interior colour combinations, the choice of the individual is at the centre with the new colourful Volvo XC40, Volvo Cars' first ever entry in the small premium SUV segment. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:https://w ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Passive Safety System Market to Grow at a CAGR of 4.7%, 2017-2021 with Continental, Delphi, Autoliv, Takata Corporation & ZF-TRW Dominating - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Passive Safety System Market to Grow at a CAGR of 4.7%, 2017-2021 with Continental, Delphi, Autoliv, Takata Corporation & ZF-TRW Dominating - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Global Automotive Passive Safety System Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global automotive passive safety system market to grow at a CAGR of 4.70% during the period 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Robotics Market Analysis & Trends (2014-2025) - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Robotics Market Analysis & Trends (2014-2025) - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Global Automotive Robotics Market Analysis & Trends - Industry Forecast to 2025" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The Global Automotive Robotics Market is poised to grow at a CAGR of around 26.8% over the next decade to reach approximately $29.47 billion by 2025. ... Continue reading

Honeywell Delivers $1.80 Earnings Per Share; Sales of $10.1 Billion Exceeds Guidance

Honeywell Delivers $1.80 Earnings Per Share; Sales of $10.1 Billion Exceeds Guidance

  MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., July 21, 2017 -- Honeywell today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2017 and updated its full-year 2017 sales and earnings guidance. "Honeywell's strong performance continued through the second quarter, with over 3% organic sales growth that exceeded the high end of our guidan ... Continue reading

Hyundai and NAACP host Backpack Giveaway

Hyundai and NAACP host Backpack Giveaway

BALTIMORE, July 21, 2017 -- Hyundai Motor America in cooperation with the NAACP will distribute 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies for children in the Baltimore community. The backpacks and related school supplies will be distributed on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Baltimore Convention Center in conjunction ... Continue reading

Kenya Airways selects latest technology from Sabre to increase group booking revenue

Kenya Airways selects latest technology from Sabre to increase group booking revenue

SOUTHLAKE, Texas and NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2017 -- Kenya's flag carrier, Kenya Airways, is broadening its revenue streams, having implemented the latest group booking technology from Sabre Corporation .  The new approach to group bookings will see the airline use Sabre's AirVision Group Optimizer platform to strea ... Continue reading

Moon Express Announces Lunar South Pole Mission Technology Development Contract With International Lunar Observatory Association

Moon Express Announces Lunar South Pole Mission Technology Development Contract With International Lunar Observatory Association

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 21, 2017 -- International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and Moon Express have announced a collaboration for the delivery of the first International Lunar Observatory to the South Pole of the Moon in 2019 (ILO-1). Moon Express has been contracted by ILOA to develop advanced landing tech ... Continue reading

Stocks Under Scanner in the Aerospace Products & Services Space -- Boeing, Rockwell Collins, Spirit AeroSystems, and TransDigm

Stocks Under Scanner in the Aerospace Products & Services Space -- Boeing, Rockwell Collins, Spirit AeroSystems, and TransDigm

NEW YORK, July 21, 2017 -- If you want a Stock Review on BA, COL, SPR, or TDG then come over to http://dailystocktracker.com/register/ and sign up for your free customized report today. On Thursday, July 20, 2017, the NASDAQ Composite ended the trading session at 6,390.00, up 0.08%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average edg ... Continue reading

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