Saturday, January 25, 2003

Italy Pays Last Respects To Fiat Patriarch Gianni Agnelli

TURIN, Italy, Jan 25, 2003; Reuters reported that political bosses, soccer stars, captains of industry and factory workers lined up in the thousands on Saturday to pay their last respects to Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, the king of Italian business. Even as the one-time jewel of his industrial empire looked increasin ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - SnoDrift Day One News & Results

The press release text included below is also available in a formatted Word97-Word2000 document. If you would prefer to receive our press releases in that format, or if you wish to opt out of these distributions, please send your request to: sccaprorally@aol.com. For immediate release 24 January 2003 SCCA® ProRallysm ... Continue reading

Land Rover U.S. Selects G4 Challenger

EASTNOR, Herefordshire, England, Jan. 24 -- At the end of a grueling five-day training and assessment program, Nancy Olson, 29, U.S. Marine Corps Officer, has emerged as the competitor who will represent the United States in the 2003 Land Rover G4 Challenge. Despite intense competition from her fellow American Kirk Boy ... Continue reading

Westcorp to Present at Investor Conference

IRVINE, Calif.--Jan. 24, 2003--Westcorp , the financial services holding company whose principal subsidiaries are WFS Financial and Western Financial Bank, will be presenting at the Salomon Smith Barney Financial Services Conference in New York on Jan. 29 at 8:15 a.m. EST. Ernest Rady, chairman and chief executive offi ... Continue reading

WFS Financial's Parent Company to Present at Investor Conference

IRVINE, Calif.--Jan. 24, 2003--WFS Financial Inc , today announced its parent company, Westcorp , will be presenting at the Salomon Smith Barney Financial Services Conference in New York on Jan. 29 at 8:15 a.m. EST. Ernest Rady, chairman and chief executive officer, and Lee Whatcott, chief financial officer and chief o ... Continue reading

Saab Automobile Lays Off Additional 100 Workers on Top of 1,300 Job Cuts Announced Last Year

STOCKHOLM, Sweden January 24, 2003; The AP reported that automaker Saab said Friday it will lay off another 100 workers in Sweden on top of the 1,300 job cuts announced late last year. The additional job cuts were deemed necessary as Saab, the Swedish unit of General Motors Corp., examined how to streamline its organiz ... Continue reading

Press Release: SEMA Forms Lighting Task Force

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Steve McDonald, stevem@sema.org <mailto:stevem@sema.org> SEMA, 202/783-6007, ext. 31 SEMA FORMS LIGHTING TASK FORCE Group Meets With NHTSA Officials to Identify/Address Federal Lighting Concerns WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 24, 2003) - SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, has ... Continue reading

Midas Extends Line of Credit in Order to Complete Refinancing

ITASCA, Ill.--Jan. 24, 2003--Midas, Inc. has obtained a 60-day extension from its current bank group on its $100-million line of credit originally scheduled to mature on Jan. 29, 2003. Earlier this month, Midas signed a commitment letter with Foothill Capital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Comp ... Continue reading

GM Australia Beefs Up To Build Beefy GTO

SYDNEY, Jan 25 Reuters reportes that Holden Australia, the Australian unit of General Motors Corp <GM.N>, announced on Saturday a hiring drive to recruit 1,000 workers to help build the new Pontiac GTO muscle car for the U.S. market. Holden aims to run assembly lines around the clock at its suburban Adelaide plant in S ... Continue reading

Land Rover Selects Final 16 G4 Challengers

EASTNOR, Herefordshire, England, Jan. 24 -- At the end of a grueling five-day training and assessment program, the final 16 competitors who will represent their countries in the 2003 Land Rover G4 Challenge have been selected. From now until the event kick-off in New York City on March 30th, they will undertake trainin ... Continue reading