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Friday, March 24, 2000

Amcast Announces Second Quarter 2000 Earnings

Amcast Announces Second Quarter 2000 Earnings

Amcast Industrial Corporation announced sales and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2000 ended February 27, 2000. ... Continue reading

American Electric Auto Electric Vehicle to be at Financial Fest

American Electric Auto Electric Vehicle to be at Financial Fest

American Electric Automobile Co. Inc. announced that the company and its electric vehicles will be featured at the popular San Diego, California Financial Fest on April 1, 2000. ... Continue reading

ARCA/IRL: Hillenburg one step closer to fulfilling life-long dream

ARCA/IRL: Hillenburg one step closer to fulfilling life-long dream

ARCA/IRL: Hillenburg one step closer to fulfilling life-long dream ... Continue reading

Astris Energi Secures Funds to Complete Fuel Cell Development Project

Astris Energi Secures Funds to Complete Fuel Cell Development Project

Astri Energi Inc. reported that it has generated internally all the funds needed for its current program to produce a commercial fuel-cell-driven golf cart as an example of its system's capabilities. ... Continue reading

Cambridge Industries, Inc. Concludes Financing Agreement

Cambridge Industries, Inc. Concludes Financing Agreement

Cambridge Industries reported that it has concluded agreement on a financial arrangement with its banks and selected customers. ... Continue reading

CART: Ticket sales get revved up March 24 for Marconi GP of Cleveland

CART: Ticket sales get revved up March 24 for Marconi GP of Cleveland

CART: Ticket sales get revved up March 24 for Marconi GP of Cleveland ... Continue reading

Computer Sciences Corporation Announces Strategic E-Business Contract Award

Computer Sciences Corporation Announces Strategic E-Business Contract Award

Computer Sciences Corporation announced it has been awarded a contract from International Truck and Engine Corporation to help the company transform its award-winning Web site into an even more dynamic site focused on its customers and dealers. ... Continue reading

Consolidation of Global Auto Industry

Consolidation of Global Auto Industry

The automotive industry has seen increased global consolidation over the past two years, reaching a crescendo during the past two weeks, The New York Times reported. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of March 27, 2000

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of March 27, 2000

DaimlerChrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of March 27, 2000. ... Continue reading

Dollar Opens in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport's New Rental Car Center

Dollar Opens in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport's New Rental Car Center

Dollar Rent A Car will officially open for business this Sunday, March 26, 2000 at a new centralized rental car center in the world's fifth busiest airport, Dallas/Ft. Worth International. ... Continue reading

DynaMotive announces construction of BioOil demonstration plant

DynaMotive announces construction of BioOil demonstration plant

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation announced that it will begin construction of a 10 tonne per day (tpd) BioOil plant in Vancouver, BC. ... Continue reading

Eagle One Honors Car Clubs

Eagle One Honors Car Clubs

Four car clubs have received the "Golden Rule" Award from Eagle One for outstanding community service programs during 1999. ... Continue reading

Ethanol Industry Can Quickly Double Production to Replace MTBE

Ethanol Industry Can Quickly Double Production to Replace MTBE

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack released a new analysis of the ethanol industry that clearly demonstrates its ability to increase production in the wake of a ban on the gasoline oxygen additive MTBE. ... Continue reading

Executive Changes at Orbital

Executive Changes at Orbital

Orbital Engine Corporation's Chief Financial Officer and joint Company Secretary, Mr. Peter Hatfull has resigned to pursue a career in the financial services arena. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Earns Place in John Deere's Excellence Hall of Fame

Federal-Mogul Earns Place in John Deere's Excellence Hall of Fame

Federal-Mogul Corporation's Lake City, Minnesota, manufacturing facility has received top ranking from John Deere's Achieving Excellence Award Program, earning distinction as a member of John Deere's Achieving Excellence Hall of Fame. ... Continue reading

Fitch IBCA Issues Report On Balloon Loans In Auto ABS

Fitch IBCA Issues Report On Balloon Loans In Auto ABS

Competition in the automobile finance industry continues to drive product innovation. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Brazil bursting with Barrichello Mania on eve of Grand Prix

Formula One: Brazil bursting with Barrichello Mania on eve of Grand Prix

Formula One: Brazil bursting with Barrichello Mania on eve of Grand Prix ... Continue reading

Gas Pump Prices Point To Advantages of Rectifier's Power Mmgt Technology

Gas Pump Prices Point To Advantages of Rectifier's Power Mmgt Technology

Pump prices are soaring. Sales of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickups are tanking. ... Continue reading

GE Reinsurance Announces Formation of Auto Segment

GE Reinsurance Announces Formation of Auto Segment

GE Reinsurance Corporation announced the formation of an Auto Segment. Kenneth Anderson will lead the Auto Segment based at the Lincolnshire headquarters. ... Continue reading

Hertz Opens At Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Hertz Opens At Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, will open for business at the new, 1.2 million square-foot Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) consolidated car rental facility. ... Continue reading

Intermediate Licensing - A Change for Washington's Teenage Drivers

Intermediate Licensing - A Change for Washington's Teenage Drivers

Teenagers in Washington will face new restrictions on their driver's licenses starting in July of 2001. ... Continue reading

iRV.com Adds Features to Web Site

iRV.com Adds Features to Web Site

The Southshore Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, iRV, Inc. has added real-time news and web based email to www.iRV.com. ... Continue reading

Japan's Auto Industry Optimistic for Turnaround in 2000

Japan's Auto Industry Optimistic for Turnaround in 2000

Japan's auto executives forecast a 2 percent increase in vehicle sales this year as consumers return to the showrooms. ... Continue reading

Key Plastics, L.L.C. Seeks Financial Reorganization

Key Plastics, L.L.C. Seeks Financial Reorganization

Key Plastics, L.L.C. and certain of its domestics affiliates, filed for voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. ... Continue reading

LookSmart Teams Up with CarSmart.com

LookSmart Teams Up with CarSmart.com

LookSmart announced agreements with CarSmart.com, Creditland, and eCoverage to integrate their content and services into the LookSmart Auto Center, a destination center for premier automotive services. ... Continue reading

Margate Announces Agreement with B2B EUROwireless.com

Margate Announces Agreement with B2B EUROwireless.com

Margate Industries, Inc. announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a non-binding letter of intent with New York City-based B2B EUROwireless.com, Inc. ... Continue reading

Margate Reports Improved 1999 Operating Results

Margate Reports Improved 1999 Operating Results

Fueled by the robust North American automotive industry, as well as increased efficiency at its foundry-services facilities, Margate Industries, Inc. reported improved operating results for the year ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

MSC.Software to Support New Vehicle Durability Simulation Center

MSC.Software to Support New Vehicle Durability Simulation Center

MSC.Software and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University announced MSC.Software's support of the development of a Vehicle Durability Simulation Center at Kettering University. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Casey Atwood finds Bristol Motor Speedway 'Intense'

NASCAR BGN: Casey Atwood finds Bristol Motor Speedway 'Intense'

NASCAR BGN: Casey Atwood finds Bristol Motor Speedway 'Intense' ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Cheez-It 250 Starting Lineup, Bristol

NASCAR BGN: Cheez-It 250 Starting Lineup, Bristol

NASCAR BGN: Cheez-It 250 Starting Lineup, Bristol ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: New sponsor Albertson's takes Texas by storm

NASCAR BGN: New sponsor Albertson's takes Texas by storm

NASCAR BGN: New sponsor Albertson's takes Texas by storm ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman 'riding the wave' after first win

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman 'riding the wave' after first win

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman 'riding the wave' after first win ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Food City 500 first round qualifying results

NASCAR WCUP: Food City 500 first round qualifying results

NASCAR WCUP: Food City 500 first round qualifying results ... Continue reading

NHRA: Cory Lee to debut new Funny Car at SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Vegas

NHRA: Cory Lee to debut new Funny Car at SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Vegas

NHRA: Cory Lee to debut new Funny Car at SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Vegas ... Continue reading

NHRA: Driver Standings Through March 24

NHRA: Driver Standings Through March 24

Driver Standings Through March 24 ... Continue reading

Nissan to Sell Holdings in Fuji Heavy Industries to General Motors

Nissan to Sell Holdings in Fuji Heavy Industries to General Motors

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will sell 25.4 million shares in Fuji Heavy Industries to The General Motors Corporation. ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Firestone excels in development, marketing with Indy Racing

NorthernLight IRL: Firestone excels in development, marketing with Indy Racing

Firestone excels in development, marketing with Indy Racing ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: New team with deep speedway roots enters 84th Indy 500

NorthernLight IRL: New team with deep speedway roots enters 84th Indy 500

NorthernLight IRL: New team with deep speedway roots enters 84th Indy 500 ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Tickets moving fast for Indy Racing debut in Kentucky

NorthernLight IRL: Tickets moving fast for Indy Racing debut in Kentucky

NorthernLight IRL: Tickets moving fast for Indy Racing debut in Kentucky ... Continue reading

Prudential Reduces Rates for Florida Drivers

Prudential Reduces Rates for Florida Drivers

Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company (PRUPAC) is reducing auto insurance rates in Florida by an average of 7.2 percent statewide. ... Continue reading

Racing Rose, Inc. Lands Robo Enterprises as Major Sponsor

Racing Rose, Inc. Lands Robo Enterprises as Major Sponsor

Robo Enterprises, Inc. has announced their intention to become a major sponsor for up and coming NASCAR driver, Brian Rose ... Continue reading

Rampant Growth Expected in Automotive Suppliers' Supply Chain eBusiness Transactions    

Rampant Growth Expected in Automotive Suppliers' Supply Chain eBusiness Transactions    

In the wake of the agreement between GM, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler that the Internet-based automotive-parts exchange company is in the works, automotive suppliers are scrambling to understand how eBusiness strategies will change the way they do business. ... Continue reading

realityBUY.com Adds New VP of Marketing

realityBUY.com Adds New VP of Marketing

realityBUY.com, an emerging e-commerce site for business-to- business solutions, announced the recent addition of Norm Cadsawan as their new vice president of marketing. ... Continue reading

SmarTire Systems Supplied To CART Race Cars

SmarTire Systems Supplied To CART Race Cars

When the tires hit the pavement at this weekend's FedEx Championship Series season-opener at the Marlboro Grand Prix in Miami, SmarTire's wireless pressure monitoring systems will again provide the majority of race teams with tire pressure data. ... Continue reading

SPEC RACER: Four additional dates added to the 2000 schedule

SPEC RACER: Four additional dates added to the 2000 schedule

SPEC RACER: Four additional dates added to the 2000 schedule ... Continue reading

Study Validates VillageFax.com's Solution for Auto Dealers

Study Validates VillageFax.com's Solution for Auto Dealers

VillageFax.com announced that a study performed by MBA students at the University of California confirmed that the VillageFax.com automated printing solution is needed and desired by auto dealers to improve website communication. ... Continue reading

TecSyn International Inc. - Notice Of Special Cash Dividend

TecSyn International Inc. - Notice Of Special Cash Dividend

Please be advised that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation held on the 23rd day of March, 2000. ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive and Defiance Services Announce Joint Venture

Tower Automotive and Defiance Services Announce Joint Venture

Tower Automotive, Inc. and Defiance Testing & Engineering Services, Inc., a subsidiary of GenTek Inc. announced the formation of a product technology and development joint venture. ... Continue reading

USAC: Hewitt eyes Larry Dickson's record; Number 2 on all-time winner's list

USAC: Hewitt eyes Larry Dickson's record; Number 2 on all-time winner's list

USAC: Hewitt eyes Dickson's record; Number 2 on all-time winner's list ... Continue reading

Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes to Take Over MRW-Stake

Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes to Take Over MRW-Stake

Mannesmannroehren-Werke AG and Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes -- a joint venture of MRW and Vallourec -- have agreed that V&M Tubes will take over the 76% stake in Mannesmann SA Brazil held by MRW. ... Continue reading

Viasystems Group, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering

Viasystems Group, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering

Viasystems Group, Inc. announced its initial public offering of 44,000,000 shares of common stock at $21.00 per share. Viasystems shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "VG." ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 388,138 units, down from the 393,231 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

WSI Industries Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

WSI Industries Reports Second Quarter Operating Results

WSI Industries, Inc. reported that sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2000 ended February 27 increased 107% to $7,711,000, from $3,729,000 in the year-earlier period. ... Continue reading

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