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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Conducts Annual Shareholder Meeting

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Conducts Annual Shareholder Meeting

Shareholders Elect Four Directors Board Selects Barry Allen as Chairman Board Approves Cash Dividend for Second Quarter 2009 MILWAUKEE, April 25 -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. today held its annual shareholder meeting at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Jim Ziemer, retiring Chief Executive Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc., provid ... Continue reading

SunTrust Racing Qualifying Report

SunTrust Racing Qualifying Report

Alton, April 24, 2009: The No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara of Wayne Taylor Racing will start Saturday’s Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Bosch Engineering 250 from the outside of the fourth row after qualifying Friday afternoon at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton. Brian Frisselle, new full-time co-driver ... Continue reading

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and Fogarty Qualify Third

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and Fogarty Qualify Third

DANVILLE, April 24, 2009: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing’s Jon Fogarty will start on the inside of the second row for Saturday’s Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway (Live on SPEED at 2:30 p.m. ET) after the GAINSCO crew overcame some mechanical issues in Friday morning practice and Fogarty q ... Continue reading

Rolex Series' Rojas, Bernhard on Front Row

Rolex Series' Rojas, Bernhard on Front Row

DANVILLE, April 24, 2009: Memo Rojas prevailed in a back-and-forth battle with Timo Bernhard to capture the Daytona Prototype pole position for the Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway. Nick Ham turned in the fastest lap in GT qualifying, with both pole winners shattering the existing track records. ... Continue reading

Lofton holds off pack to win ARCA RE/MAX Series 250; Alabama native Enfinger finishes third

Lofton holds off pack to win ARCA RE/MAX Series 250; Alabama native Enfinger finishes third

TALLADEGA, April 25, 2009: Justin Lofton refused to let go of the lead for the final 46 laps of Friday’s ARCA RE/MAX Series 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. And then he refused to let go of the winner’s trophy. Lofton held off 59-year-old Bill Baird and Alabama native Grant Enfinger following a late-race resta ... Continue reading

Brawn GP - Bahrain GP - Sakhir - April 24, 2009

Brawn GP - Bahrain GP - Sakhir - April 24, 2009

In an intense qualifying hour at the heat-soaked Bahrain International Circuit, the Brawn GP team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello qualified in fourth and sixth positions respectively for Sunday's 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix. With air temperatures reaching as high as 38°C and track temperatures just above 50°C, t ... Continue reading

SDK Develops Graphite for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles

SDK Develops Graphite for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles

Tokyo, Apr 22, 2009; Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has developed a new grade of SCMG(TM) (shape-controlled micro graphite) to be used as anode material in large lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Since the material has been adopted for use in several models of EVs to be sold in Japan and overseas, SDK has deci ... Continue reading

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