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Wednesday, March 24, 1999

1999 CARS PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

1999 CARS PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

1999 ONTARIO PERFORMANCE RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP ... Continue reading

1999 CARS PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

1999 CARS PERFORMANCE CALENDAR

1999 WESTERN CANADA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP ... Continue reading

AAA Appoints Bob Brown as Media Relations Manager

AAA Appoints Bob Brown as Media Relations Manager

The AAA affiliate of Northern California, Nevada and Utah has named Bob Brown as its new Media Relations Manager. ... Continue reading

ABB Appoints D. Howard Pierce President & CEO At U.S. Headquarters

ABB Appoints D. Howard Pierce President & CEO At U.S. Headquarters

ABB announced that D. Howard Pierce has been named president and chief executive officer of ABB Inc., the U.S. headquarters of ABB, effective April 1. ... Continue reading

AK Steel Names Brenda S. Harmon Corporate Secretary

AK Steel Names Brenda S. Harmon Corporate Secretary

AK Steel said Brenda S. Harmon, 47, vice president, human resources has been named corporate secretary. ... Continue reading

Allegheny County Man Convicted in Jury Trial on Insurance Fraud Charges

Allegheny County Man Convicted in Jury Trial on Insurance Fraud Charges

The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office Insurance Fraud Unit, funded since July 1998 by the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority, received its first insurance fraud jury trial conviction last week. ... Continue reading

All-New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Hits the Road

All-New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Hits the Road

The model-year 2000 Mercedes-Benz S-Class premium luxury sedan is arriving at Mercedes-Benz retail centers across the U.S. ... Continue reading

Bank of America Completes Financing for Dura Operating Corp.

Bank of America Completes Financing for Dura Operating Corp.

Bank of America completed $1.15 billion in senior credit facilities for Dura Operating Corp., a subsidiary of Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. ... Continue reading

CART: Naoki Hattori's promising start ended with a crash

CART: Naoki Hattori's promising start ended with a crash

CART: Naoki Hattori's promising start ended with a crash ... Continue reading

Cascade Corporation Announces Promotion of Richard S. Anderson

Cascade Corporation Announces Promotion of Richard S. Anderson

Robert C. Warren, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Corporation announced that Richard S. Anderson has been named Senior Vice President -- International. ... Continue reading

Composite Automobile Readies Factory Shipment to Colombia

Composite Automobile Readies Factory Shipment to Colombia

Composite Automobile Research Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary World Transport Authority Inc. announced the receipt of the initial contract payment by WorldStar Panama-Andino. ... Continue reading

Delphi Sends Sponsorship Support

Delphi Sends Sponsorship Support

Delphi Automotive Systems enters its eighth year of participation in FIRST by providing its strongest support ever -- including the sponsorship of five high school teams, a major engineering award and the 1999 Great Lakes Regional Competition. ... Continue reading

D.O.T. Announces 8,500 Buckle Up Billboards

D.O.T. Announces 8,500 Buckle Up Billboards

Partnering with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc., the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA unveiled a public service campaign worth $5 million in advertising on more than 8,500 billboards throughout the U.S. ... Continue reading

Dynamic Automotive Sensors Market Forecast to Grow

Dynamic Automotive Sensors Market Forecast to Grow

Today's cars are equipped with numerous sensors, ranging from mature to emerging products. On the one end of the spectrum are several long-used devices such as fuel level, vehicle speed, oil pressure and coolant temperature sensors. ... Continue reading

FinishMaster Inc. Announces Three Acquisitions

FinishMaster Inc. Announces Three Acquisitions

The Company has acquired Pamler Distributing Inc. of South Chicago, Ill., and the Houston, Texas jobber operations of Spies Hecker Inc. ... Continue reading

Fitch IBCA Assigns Ratings to Key Auto Finance Trust 1999-1 - Fitch IBCA -

Fitch IBCA Assigns Ratings to Key Auto Finance Trust 1999-1 - Fitch IBCA -

Fitch IBCA assigns the following ratings to securities issued by Key Auto Finance Trust 1999-1: ... Continue reading

General Bearing Wins $1.7 Million Contract from Detroit Edison

General Bearing Wins $1.7 Million Contract from Detroit Edison

General Bearing Corporation announced that Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of DTE Energy Co., has contracted to buy $1.7 million of its Hyatt Tapered Journal Bearings for coal-carrying freight cars. ... Continue reading

IRL: It's All in the Family for Jaques Lazier at Phoenix Debut

IRL: It's All in the Family for Jaques Lazier at Phoenix Debut

IRL: It's All in the Family for Jaques Lazier at Phoenix Debut ... Continue reading

Lee Iacocca Makes E-Bike Available to the Public for First Time

Lee Iacocca Makes E-Bike Available to the Public for First Time

Lee Iacocca will join Westside auto dealer Buerge Chrysler-Jeep for the introduction of his latest venture, the E-Bike, the most advanced electric vehicle in mass production in the world. ... Continue reading

Lucor, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 1998 Results

Lucor, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 1998 Results

Lucor, Inc. the largest Jiffy Lube franchise in the United States, announced net sales of $15.0 million in the fourth quarter of 1998, an increase of 37.5 percent over $10.9 million a year earlier. ... Continue reading

Major Auto Mergers Drive Sweeping Change in the Parts Industry

Major Auto Mergers Drive Sweeping Change in the Parts Industry

Major deals among automakers are driving sweeping changes in other parts of the industry according to the 1998 PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Automotive Deal Survey. ... Continue reading

Metex Announces Labor Settlement

Metex Announces Labor Settlement

Metex Mfg. Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Capital Corp., announced that effective March 19, 1999, Metex and the Teamsters Union reached settlement on a contract that ended the four day old strike. ... Continue reading

NASCAR-CTS: David Starr in familiar role at Phoenix

NASCAR-CTS: David Starr in familiar role at Phoenix

NASCAR-CTS: David Starr in familiar role at Phoenix ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Elliott Saldler Test

NASCAR-WCUP: Elliott Saldler Test

NASCAR-WCUP: Elliott Saldler Test ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau/Melling Racing Texas Preview

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau/Melling Racing Texas Preview

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau/Melling Racing Texas Preview ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Lake Speed Joins Midwest Transit Racing as General Manager

NASCAR WCUP: Lake Speed Joins Midwest Transit Racing as General Manager

NASCAR WCUP: Lake Speed Joins Midwest Transit Racing as General Manager ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: M&M's(R) Racing Team Texas Pre Race Notes

NASCAR WCUP: M&M's(R) Racing Team Texas Pre Race Notes

NASCAR WCUP: M&M's(R) Racing Team Texas Pre Race Notes ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Texas could be good medicine to soothe Darlington disappointment for Michael Waltrip

NASCAR WCUP: Texas could be good medicine to soothe Darlington disappointment for Michael Waltrip

NASCAR WCUP: Texas could be good medicine to soothe Darlington disappointment for Michael Waltrip ... Continue reading

NHRA: GatorNationals Post Race Notes

NHRA: GatorNationals Post Race Notes

NHRA: GatorNationals Post Race Notes ... Continue reading

NHRA: Kurt Extends Points Lead with Runner-Up Finish in Florida

NHRA: Kurt Extends Points Lead with Runner-Up Finish in Florida

NHRA: Kurt Extends Points Lead with Runner-Up Finish in Florida ... Continue reading

NHTSA Announces Highway Safety Award Recipients

NHTSA Announces Highway Safety Award Recipients

SEATTLEThe U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced recipients of the agency's highway safety awards at Lifesavers 17, the premier highway safety conference in the United States. ... Continue reading

Prolong International Corp. Reports Q4 and Year-End Results for 1998

Prolong International Corp. Reports Q4 and Year-End Results for 1998

Prolong International Corp. reported sales and earnings for the year ended Dec. 31, 1998. ... Continue reading

RALLY: McRae clears the way for Ford victory in Portugal

RALLY: McRae clears the way for Ford victory in Portugal

RALLY: McRae clears the way for Ford victory in Portugal ... Continue reading

RALLY: Rallye De Portugal: End of Leg 1

RALLY: Rallye De Portugal: End of Leg 1

RALLY: Rallye De Portugal: End of Leg 1 ... Continue reading

Roadway Shareholders Approve All Proposals

Roadway Shareholders Approve All Proposals

The shareholders of Roadway Express, Inc. voted to elect all nominees proposed for election to the Board of Directors. ... Continue reading

Ryder TRS Raises Rates on Average 9% Nationwide

Ryder TRS Raises Rates on Average 9% Nationwide

Ryder TRS, the nation's second largest consumer truck rental company and a subsidiary of Budget Group, Inc., announced it will raise one-way rates by nine percent on average in all locations and mileage ranges, effective April 1, 1999. ... Continue reading

Texas Auto Insurance Rates to Decrease for Many GEICO Policyholders

Texas Auto Insurance Rates to Decrease for Many GEICO Policyholders

GEICO announced an auto insurance rate decrease of 6 percent for its GEICO and GEICO General policyholders, and 17.3 percent for its GEICO Indemnity policyholders in Texas. ... Continue reading

TH Plastics Selects Enterprise Solution to Support Growth

TH Plastics Selects Enterprise Solution to Support Growth

QAD announced that TH Plastics Inc., a mid-market supplier of plastic parts for consumer and automotive products to companies like Solvay Automotive and Whirlpool, has chosen the QAD and IBM PowerSystem enterprise solution. ... Continue reading

USAR: Ritch wins Miller Lite 250

USAR: Ritch wins Miller Lite 250

USAR: Ritch wins Miller Lite 250 ... Continue reading

Vroom, Vroom: Life is Beautiful in a Ferrari

Vroom, Vroom: Life is Beautiful in a Ferrari

What would make a week in Italy's finest hotels even better? How about a Ferrari to drive through the hills and villages of Tuscany and along the Italian coastline? Well, put on your driving gloves. ... Continue reading

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