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Tuesday, November 23, 1999

AM General Corporation Solicits Noteholder Consents

AM General Corporation Solicits Noteholder Consents

AM General Corporation ("AMG") has commenced a solicitation for noteholder consents to amendments to an indenture governing AMG's publicly held Senior Notes. ... Continue reading

CarParts.com Announces Partnership with Classified Advertising Site, Recycler.com

CarParts.com Announces Partnership with Classified Advertising Site, Recycler.com

CarParts.com announced a partnership with Recycler.com, a general merchandise specialty website providing the Southern California online community with a comprehensive selection of classifieds and services. ... Continue reading

CarStation Names LVMH Executive Bergen CIO

CarStation Names LVMH Executive Bergen CIO

CarStation.com, the e-commerce hub for the automotive services industry, announced the appointment of David Bergen as chief information officer. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Promotes Ernie Wilson to Vice President of Quality and Continuous Improvement

Collins & Aikman Promotes Ernie Wilson to Vice President of Quality and Continuous Improvement

Collins & Aikman announced the promotion of Ernie Wilson to Vice President of Quality and Continuous Improvement for its North American Automotive Interior Systems Division. ... Continue reading

Collins Posts Record Sales and Earnings

Collins Posts Record Sales and Earnings

Collins Industries, Inc. reported record sales and pretax earnings for its fiscal year 1999 which ended October 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Cooper Industries Completes Acquisition of Regent Lighting

Cooper Industries Completes Acquisition of Regent Lighting

Cooper Industries, Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of Regent Lighting, a privately held company with 1998 revenues of $99 million. ... Continue reading

Cooper to Acquire Automotive Fluid Handling Division of Invensys

Cooper to Acquire Automotive Fluid Handling Division of Invensys

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY announced an agreement to acquire the automotive fluid handling division of Invensys plc, for a purchase price of $244.5 million. ... Continue reading

Copart Opens in Denver, Colorado

Copart Opens in Denver, Colorado

Copart, Inc., announced that it has opened a green-field location to serve Denver, Colorado and the surrounding area. The Denver location is 20 acres and joins with Salt Lake City to become Copart's second location in the mountain-states area. ... Continue reading

Cybereps Signs AutoWorld and iOwn.com

Cybereps Signs AutoWorld and iOwn.com

Cybereps, the Internet's leading advertising sales and marketing organization specializing in the individual representation of the Web's best content sites, announced that it signed exclusive agreements with AutoWorld and iOwn.com. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Applauds Judge's Decision in New York Air Bag Case

DaimlerChrysler Applauds Judge's Decision in New York Air Bag Case

DaimlerChrysler applauded United States District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff's decision to overturn a $750,000 damage award in an air bag lawsuit. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler EPIC Logs More Than 350 Miles In 10-Hour Demonstration

DaimlerChrysler EPIC Logs More Than 350 Miles In 10-Hour Demonstration

A DaimlerChrysler EPIC minivan logged 353.1 miles in a 10-hour period Thursday, demonstrating the real-world benefits of fast- charging capabilities for electric vehicles. ... Continue reading

Delphi Announces Agreement to Purchase Diesel Business from TRW Inc.

Delphi Announces Agreement to Purchase Diesel Business from TRW Inc.

Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lucas Diesel Systems and the associated aftermarket business from TRW Inc. for approximately 538 million pounds or U.S.$ 871 million in cash. ... Continue reading

Delphi Wins Satellite Radio Contract to Supply Receivers for GM Vehicles

Delphi Wins Satellite Radio Contract to Supply Receivers for GM Vehicles

Delphi Automotive Systems announced that it has been awarded the first ever satellite radio manufacturing order. ... Continue reading

Driving Tips Aid Holiday Travelers

Driving Tips Aid Holiday Travelers

As families prepare for their long getaways, many do not properly prepare their vehicles or themselves for suchjourneys; more time is spent deciding what clothes to pack rather than knowing the simple ways to save their lives this season. ... Continue reading

Erie Insurance Group Releases Car Guide 2000

Erie Insurance Group Releases Car Guide 2000

Traces of pine needles in the living room carpet, a shirt box collection that would put Macy's to shame, the search for the perfect Pokemon card -- the holidays are hectic. And to top everything off, your car won't start. ... Continue reading

Exchange Ratio Fixed for Illinois Tool Works-Premark Transaction

Exchange Ratio Fixed for Illinois Tool Works-Premark Transaction

Illinois Tool Works Inc. and Premark International, Inc. announced that assuming the merger transaction between the two companies closes on November 23 following the required shareholder approval. ... Continue reading

F. Lee Wilson Named President & General Manager of Borg-Warner Turbo Systems

F. Lee Wilson Named President & General Manager of Borg-Warner Turbo Systems

F. Lee Wilson has been appointed president and general manager of the Turbo Systems unit of Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. The announcement was made by Ronald M. Ruzic, group president of Morse TEC and Turbo Systems. ... Continue reading

IG2 Inc. Chooses Realtech for Design and Planned Deployment of Next-Generation Network

IG2 Inc. Chooses Realtech for Design and Planned Deployment of Next-Generation Network

IG2, Inc. has selected REALTECH Systems Corporation to assist in design for its planned deployment of a multimedia network for IG2's anticipated rollout of 620 central offices, to cover 48 percent of IG2's target market. ... Continue reading

IMPCO Announces Gaseous Fuel Injector and Regulator for CNG and Hydrogen

IMPCO Announces Gaseous Fuel Injector and Regulator for CNG and Hydrogen

IMPCO Technologies, Inc. announced the development of an important automotive injector and pressure regulator technology, which will provide exceptional gaseous fuel control for fuel cell and internal combustion engines. ... Continue reading

Invensys Sells its Automotive Fluid Handling Division for 151 Million Pounds

Invensys Sells its Automotive Fluid Handling Division for 151 Million Pounds

Invensys plc announces the sale of its Automotive Fluid Handling business to Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for cash proceeds of 151 million pounds ($244.5 million). ... Continue reading

I-Sim Awarded Second Driving Simulator Contract For National Tractor Trailer School

I-Sim Awarded Second Driving Simulator Contract For National Tractor Trailer School

I-Sim Corporation announced it has sold a second TranSim(TM) simulator to National Tractor Trailer School (NTTS), based in Buffalo, New York and Liverpool, New York. ... Continue reading

Kia Selects New Advertising Agency

Kia Selects New Advertising Agency

Kia Motors America announced that David and Goliath Advertising in Los Angeles will become its agency of record on Feb. 15, 2000, replacing Goldberg Moser O'Neill of San Francisco. ... Continue reading

KRUG'S Klippan Subsidiary Receives Two Gold Awards For its Safety Seats

KRUG'S Klippan Subsidiary Receives Two Gold Awards For its Safety Seats

KRUG International Corp. announced that its European subsidiary, Klippan Limited, earned Mother & Baby Magazine's highest awards for its Prima and Futura automobile safety seats at the Mother & Baby Magazine's awards ceremony in London. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Michael Waltrip heads home after frightening day in Atlanta

NASCAR WCUP: Michael Waltrip heads home after frightening day in Atlanta

Michael Waltrip heads home after frightening day in Atlanta ... Continue reading

Nationwide Crackdown Takes Aim at Deadbeat Drivers

Nationwide Crackdown Takes Aim at Deadbeat Drivers

"Drivers who consciously break the law and knowingly place children at deadly risk by failing to buckle them up are deadbeat drivers and they need to be stopped, ticketed and fined to protect innocent children." ... Continue reading

NetSol Intl Announces the Addition of Chrysler to Its Fortune 500 Customer List

NetSol Intl Announces the Addition of Chrysler to Its Fortune 500 Customer List

NetSol International, Inc., announced the addition of Chrysler Finance, Australia to the contract between Network Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd., a subsidiary of NetSol International, and Mercedes- Benz Finance, Australia (MBFA). ... Continue reading

North Carolina Given Top Grade for Anti-Driving While Impaired Efforts

North Carolina Given Top Grade for Anti-Driving While Impaired Efforts

North Carolina was named as one of only four states to receive a grade of "A-" or better for its attention to the problem of drinking and driving, according to a "Rating of the States 2000" report released today by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). ... Continue reading

Novamerican Steel Discusses Forming a Joint Venture With Bethlehem Steel

Novamerican Steel Discusses Forming a Joint Venture With Bethlehem Steel

Novamerican Steel Inc. announced that it is in discussions to form a joint venture with Bethlehem Steel Corporation to produce steel tubes for use in hydroforming automobile and truck parts. ... Continue reading

OEA Announces First Quarter Results

OEA Announces First Quarter Results

OEA, Inc. announced increased sales and improved gross margins for its first quarter ended October 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

PeopleFirst.com Introduces New Concept in Used Auto Financing

PeopleFirst.com Introduces New Concept in Used Auto Financing

Online auto loan leader PeopleFirst.com (http://www.peoplefirst.com) announced the introduction of the first online auto financing program by an Internet company that supports private-party used vehicle purchases. ... Continue reading

PugetSound Energy to Give WTO Delegates a Clean Ride During Conference

PugetSound Energy to Give WTO Delegates a Clean Ride During Conference

Delegates attending next week's World Trade Organization conference in Seattle will help reduce vehicle emissions every time they travel in their cars, which will operate exclusively on Puget Sound Energy's clean-burning natural gas. ... Continue reading

RALLY: 55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain, End of Leg 2

RALLY: 55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain, End of Leg 2

RALLY: 55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain, End of Leg 2 ... Continue reading

RALLY: McRae slithers out of promising fourth place

RALLY: McRae slithers out of promising fourth place

McRae slithers out of promising fourth place ... Continue reading

Rent-A-Wreck Purchases and Retires 400,000 Shares -- 10.1% -- of its Common Stock

Rent-A-Wreck Purchases and Retires 400,000 Shares -- 10.1% -- of its Common Stock

Rent-A-Wreck of America, Inc. purchased and retired 400,000 shares of it outstanding common stock for $790,000. ... Continue reading

Sense Technologies Announces Major Order Placed for New Auto Backup Warning System

Sense Technologies Announces Major Order Placed for New Auto Backup Warning System

Sense Technologies, Inc. announced the receipt of an order of 30,000 units of its Guardian Alert(TM) microwave backup device. The Guardian Alert(TM) alerts a driver of a pending collision while backing a vehicle. ... Continue reading

Sheet Steel Industry is Key Participant in DoD IMPACT Program

Sheet Steel Industry is Key Participant in DoD IMPACT Program

American Iron and Steel will contribute nearly $2.6 m in cash, in-kind services and materials to IMPACT to develop strategies for reducing weight, enhancing performance, improving mobility and increasing fuel economy of tactical trucks for the U.S. Army. ... Continue reading

Slater Joins in Launching National Effort To Enforce Seat Belt, Child Seat Laws

Slater Joins in Launching National Effort To Enforce Seat Belt, Child Seat Laws

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater joined other national leaders in launching the Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign's fifth Operation ABC Mobilization, a nationwide effort to enforce child passenger and seat belt laws. ... Continue reading

Southern California's Thanksgiving Travelers Will Stay ``Local'' This Weekend

Southern California's Thanksgiving Travelers Will Stay ``Local'' This Weekend

Nearly 2 million Southern Californians are projected to travel the state's roads and freeways this weekend en route to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. ... Continue reading

Starcraft Corporation Continues to Post Solid Financial Gains

Starcraft Corporation Continues to Post Solid Financial Gains

Starcraft Corporation announced year-end and fourth quarter results. For the fiscal 1999 year, ended October 3, 1999, sales were $89.5 million, up 69 percent from 1998 sales of $53.1 million. ... Continue reading

Tilden Associates, Inc. Increases Assets, Purchases First Income Property

Tilden Associates, Inc. Increases Assets, Purchases First Income Property

Tilden Associates, Inc. which operates under the name of Tilden Car Care Centers, reported it has purchased its first income property associated with the company's franchise operation. ... Continue reading

TRW Divests Diesel Systems Business; Reports on Reduction of Acquisition-Related Debt

TRW Divests Diesel Systems Business; Reports on Reduction of Acquisition-Related Debt

TRW Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its Lucas Diesel Systems and associated aftermarket business to Delphi Automotive Systems. ... Continue reading

Unibex and the Automotive Parts Rebuilders Ass. Launch Marketplace

Unibex and the Automotive Parts Rebuilders Ass. Launch Marketplace

Unibex and the Automotive Parts Rebuilders Association announced the launch of BuyReman.com, an online business community powered by Unibex's e-marketplace service, the Universal Business Exchange. ... Continue reading

USAC: Darland and Lakatos Win; Leffler returns for 'Turkey Night'

USAC: Darland and Lakatos Win; Leffler returns for 'Turkey Night'

USAC: Darland and Lakatos Win; Leffler returns for 'Turkey Night' ... Continue reading

USAC: Eight drivers split $30,000 'Road to Indy' bonus money

USAC: Eight drivers split $30,000 'Road to Indy' bonus money

USAC: Eight drivers split $30,000 'Road to Indy' bonus money ... Continue reading

Warrantech and SEC Resolve Accounting Issues

Warrantech and SEC Resolve Accounting Issues

Warrantech Corporation announced that it has received a letter from the Office of Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission which stated that it does not object to Warrantech's revenue recognition policy. ... Continue reading

ZAPWORLD.COM Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 1999 Results

ZAPWORLD.COM Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 1999 Results

ZAPWORLD.COM announced financial results for the three months ended September 30, 1999. Revenues of $1,767,000 were recorded during third quarter fiscal 1999, an increase of $537,300 or 44% over 1998's third quarter revenues of $1,229,700. ... Continue reading

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