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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Edwin Black in North Carolina Scholar-in-Residence lectures on Racist Eugenics and US Complicity in Nazism

Edwin Black in North Carolina Scholar-in-Residence lectures on Racist Eugenics and US Complicity in Nazism

The Edge of Genocide Special Report from Sabine Guinsbourg and TheCuttingEdgeNews.com Renowned investigative journalist and author Edwin Black, as part of his intercontinental lecture tour, will update audiences in North Carolina on his latest books and research as a scholar-in-residence. As a featured speaker, Black w ... Continue reading

Motorcycle Legion Riders Arrive after 5-Day, Multi-State Scholarship Ride for Kids of Fallen Servicemembers

Motorcycle Legion Riders Arrive after 5-Day, Multi-State Scholarship Ride for Kids of Fallen Servicemembers

More than 200 motorcyclists who raised more than $335,000 to cover education expenses for the children of U.S. servicemembers killed on active duty fighting the war on terror arrived in Minneapolis today, capping a five-day, 1,225-mile ride. ... Continue reading

Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile Strengthen Their R-Car Product Lineups With the R-Car E1 Automotive System-on-Chip (SoC)

Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile Strengthen Their R-Car Product Lineups With the R-Car E1 Automotive System-on-Chip (SoC)

Renesas Electronics Corporation and its subsidiary, Renesas Mobile Corporation, today announced a new member of the R-Car series of automotive systems-on-chip (SoCs), the R-Car E1 device, offering low power consumption and high system integration targeting the cost-sensitive markets of car navigation and multimedia sys ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Edition] - Revenue for the Year 2010 Was Approximately $24.5 Billion USD

Research and Markets: Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Edition] - Revenue for the Year 2010 Was Approximately $24.5 Billion USD

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's updated report "Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Edition]" to their offering. Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing Industry in t ... Continue reading

Plumbing Company Using Manageit Tracking System Recovers Stolen Vehicle in Minutes

Plumbing Company Using Manageit Tracking System Recovers Stolen Vehicle in Minutes

At 4 p.m., Mervin Gordon realized one of his plumbing company trucks had been stolen. He immediately called Ituran, the manufacturer and 24/7 service provider of the Manageit-Fleet Management System Gordon is using in his company vehicles. "What makes us different from our competitors is that we understand that the val ... Continue reading

CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions Awarded New Contract from a Leading Scientific Firm

CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions Awarded New Contract from a Leading Scientific Firm

CTS Corporation a leading supplier of electronics manufacturing services, today announced that CTS EMS has been awarded a new production program for printed circuit board assemblies and high-level assemblies for a leading scientific firm. CTS EMS will provide complex electromechanical assemblies for use in scientific a ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Edition] - Revenue for the Year 2010 Was Approximately $6.8 Billion USD

Research and Markets: Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Edition] - Revenue for the Year 2010 Was Approximately $6.8 Billion USD

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's updated report "Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Edition]" to their offering. 'Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing Industry in the US and its International Trade [2011 Q3 Ed ... Continue reading

Aviation - IAI Wins Two Contracts In Africa

Aviation - IAI Wins Two Contracts In Africa

Tel Aviv, August 25, 2011: Elta Systems Group has signed two contracts valued at $40 million with two countries in the Far East and West Africa. The systems are derivatives of Elta's EL/I-3300 homeland security system. Elta's coastal surveillance system provides all weather, real-time coverage. The system is comprised ... Continue reading

Cascade Corporation Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Earnings Call

Cascade Corporation Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Earnings Call

Cascade Corporation, , a leading international manufacturer of lift truck attachments, forks and accessories, will host a conference call to report second quarter fiscal 2012 results on Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 2:00 pm PDT. Conference Call Information Robert C. Warren, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer o ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Tony Stewart Regarding Danica Patrick's Limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule with Stewart-Haas In 2012

Sprint Cup - Tony Stewart Regarding Danica Patrick's Limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule with Stewart-Haas In 2012

KANNAPOLIS, Aug. 25, 2011: In a press conference earlier today in Scottsdale, Ariz., Danica Patrick announced she will run a limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2012 with sponsorship from Go Daddy, the world’s largest Web hosting company and domain registrar in the world. Bel ... Continue reading

Aviation - Boeing, Delta Announce Order for 100 Next-Generation 737-900ERs- 737-900ER

Aviation - Boeing, Delta Announce Order for 100 Next-Generation 737-900ERs- 737-900ER

SEATTLE, Aug. 25, 2011: Boeing and Delta Air Lines today announced an order for 100 Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range) airplanes. The order, with a list-price value of more than $8.5 billion, is part of Delta's fleet renewal effort to replace its less efficient domestic airplanes. "The 737-900ER is the perfect ... Continue reading

Sanctioning Body News - Statement From NASCAR Chairman And CEO Brian France On Partick Entre'

Sanctioning Body News - Statement From NASCAR Chairman And CEO Brian France On Partick Entre'

Daytona, August 25, 2011: “We are pleased Danica Patrick has chosen to race full time in NASCAR in 2012. She has demonstrated a strong desire to compete and NASCAR provides the best opportunity to race against the top drivers in the world with the largest and most loyal fan base in motorsports on a week-to-week ba ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Patrick Departs Andretti Autosport At The End Of The 2011 Season

IndyCar - Patrick Departs Andretti Autosport At The End Of The 2011 Season

INDIANAPOLIS, August 25, 2011: Andretti Autosport and Danica Patrick announced today that they have a mutual agreement to part ways at the conclusion of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series. Patrick, who has driven for Andretti Autosport since 2007, will pursue other interests in 2012. Michael Andretti, president and CEO of An ... Continue reading

Star Mazda - Juncos Racing on Track at Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Star Mazda - Juncos Racing on Track at Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Sonoma, August 24, 2011: With just three races remaining in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, Juncos Racing heads to Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California this weekend with the IZOD IndyCar Series. The last time the Star Mazda Championship series raced at the west coast road course was in 2005, m ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - McIntosh Part Of MTV Presents Seventeen Magazine's Pretty Amazing Contest Aug 30

Special Motorsports Event - McIntosh Part Of MTV Presents Seventeen Magazine's Pretty Amazing Contest Aug 30

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 24, 2011: MTV Networks, the world's premier youth entertainment brand, announced today that MTV would air a docu-reality special MTV Presents Seventeen Magazine's Pretty Amazing Contest on August 30, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV will profile I ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Short Track Result Top of Mind for Smith

Sprint Cup - Short Track Result Top of Mind for Smith

DENVER, Aug. 24, 2011: While the numbers vividly show that Furniture Row Racing is enjoying its best season on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, there are still milestones to conquer according to team driver Regan Smith, including a top-10 or better result at a short track venue. Smith and the Denver, Colo.-based Furnitur ... Continue reading

Nationwide Series - Sunoco Rookie Of The Year Battle Close With 10 To Go

Nationwide Series - Sunoco Rookie Of The Year Battle Close With 10 To Go

Daytona, August 24, 2011: Timmy Hill and Blake Koch continue their close Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings battle. Hill leads by three points with 10 races to go. And if recent results are any indication, that competition should remain tight this weekend. Hill was 29th and Koch was 30th following their series track d ... Continue reading

NHRA - Mike Coughlin Looking For Points Lead While Nephew T.J. Eyes First Divisional Win

NHRA - Mike Coughlin Looking For Points Lead While Nephew T.J. Eyes First Divisional Win

BOWLING GREEN, Aug. 24, 2011: Two-time class champion Mike Coughlin enters this weekend's Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Beech Bend Raceway Park just 53 points behind John Scali Jr. in the Division 3 Top Sportsman standings, but he knows that a strong outing at one of his favorite racetracks could turn that defi ... Continue reading

OTR PRO Fuel Card Program Launches for Over-the-Road Vehicles

OTR PRO Fuel Card Program Launches for Over-the-Road Vehicles

Wright Express Corporation , a leading global provider of business payment processing and information management solutions to the U.S. commercial and government fleet industries, announced today the launch of the OTR PRO fuel card program. At a time of rising fuel prices, the program is designed to meet the unique need ... Continue reading

LEAP Financial Expands Headquarters in San Diego

LEAP Financial Expands Headquarters in San Diego

LEAP Financial, an auto leasing company that helps consumers facing auto repossession or bankruptcy either keep their vehicle or get a different one, has expanded its footprint in San Diego. In a deal brokered by Hughes Marino, San Diego's leading commercial real estate company exclusively representing corporate tenant ... Continue reading

EVI and UPS Announce the Purchase of 100 Zero-Emission, All-Electric, Delivery Vehicles

EVI and UPS Announce the Purchase of 100 Zero-Emission, All-Electric, Delivery Vehicles

Electric Vehicles International (EVI) announced that UPS is purchasing 100 fully electric commercial delivery vehicles for deployment in locations throughout California. This purchase marks the largest deployment of zero emission delivery vehicles in California, and one of the largest single deployments of commercial a ... Continue reading

Autodata Solutions and DriveItNow Give Consumers More Detailed Payment Options

Autodata Solutions and DriveItNow Give Consumers More Detailed Payment Options

Autodata Solutions and DriveItNow Give Consumers More Detailed Payment Options Using OEM Incentives and Rebates DriveItNow pre-qualifies consumers based on their actual credit, OEM incentives and dealer financing guidelines to provide the clearest picture yet of their car-buying power. Professional services and technol ... Continue reading

2012 Volkswagen Jetta SE Review - By Carey Russ +VIDEO

2012 Volkswagen Jetta SE Review - By Carey Russ +VIDEO

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2011/12 Volkswagen Jetta SE Volkswagen made a major change of direction with the debut of its latest Jetta a year ago. What had for years been positioned as an upscale alternative to the common compact and small mid-sized sedans was radically revised to be direct competition with t ... Continue reading

BATS Announces the Next Generation Automatic Mobile Antenna Tracking System for Emergency Response Vehicles Providing Broadband in Minutes!

BATS Announces the Next Generation Automatic Mobile Antenna Tracking System for Emergency Response Vehicles Providing Broadband in Minutes!

Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems, Inc. (BATS) announces the next generation Automatic Mobile Antenna Tracking System (AMATS). 'Our customers appreciate that AMATS can be quickly deployed with a minimum level of technical skills' The ability to bring reliable critical real-time data, voice and video to and from an eme ... Continue reading

Three Global Investors to Invest $150 Million in Clean Energy Fuels Corp

Three Global Investors to Invest $150 Million in Clean Energy Fuels Corp

In a move to participate in the growing natural gas vehicle market sector in the United States, three investment companies have agreed to invest $150 million in Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , North America's leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation. The investors are Springleaf Investments Pte. Ltd., a wholl ... Continue reading

Scotland Rugby Stars Try Ford

Scotland Rugby Stars Try Ford

Scottish rugby stars John Barclay and Geoff Cross have chosen Ford Focus and Ford Kuga models to run with for the new season. They collected their vehicles yesterday, two days after being named in the 30-man squad to represent Scotland in New Zealand later this year. ... Continue reading

MG Motor UK in NationWide Charity Drive

MG Motor UK in NationWide Charity Drive

A fleet of the latest MG cars are touring the country in an initiative which hopes to raise thousands of pounds for two worthy charities. ... Continue reading

Compact Sports Tourer: The New B-Class From Mercedes-Benz

Compact Sports Tourer: The New B-Class From Mercedes-Benz

Substantially more agile and efficient, but as comfortable and spacious as ever - the new B-Class from Mercedes-Benz is a winner on all fronts. The vehicle's lower height and more upright seat position provide for a first impression that hints at the compact sports tourer's dynamic credentials. ... Continue reading

Citroen DS5 Achives Maximum 5-Star Euro NCAP Safety Rating

Citroen DS5 Achives Maximum 5-Star Euro NCAP Safety Rating

The New Citroen DS5 has achieved a 5-star safety rating in the latest round of Euro NCAP crash tests, along with an impressive 97% score in the 'Safety Assist' category. ... Continue reading

Honda FCX Clarity Makes Its UK Public Debut at EcoVelocity Show

Honda FCX Clarity Makes Its UK Public Debut at EcoVelocity Show

The FCX Clarity, Honda's state-of-the-art hydrogen fuel cell car which emits zero harmful emissions will be making its UK public debut at the low carbon motor festival which takes place at Battersea Power Station between 8-11 September. As well as being displayed on the Honda stand, the car will be running in the Parad ... Continue reading

Audi Confirms A8 Hybrid for Series Production

Audi Confirms A8 Hybrid for Series Production

Luxury class grandeur meets compact class efficiency in the Audi A8 hybrid, which this week has been given the green light for series production beginning in 2012, and will reach the UK late next year. ... Continue reading

Fiat's Twinair Engine Recognised Again in Technical Awards

Fiat's Twinair Engine Recognised Again in Technical Awards

The award-winning TwinAir engine has received further recognition from an awards judging panel, after being Highly Commended in the 2011 BusinessCar Fleet Technology Awards, announced yesterday (23 August). ... Continue reading

Nissan LEAF Fleet Helps to Drive National Grid's London Power Tunnels Project

Nissan LEAF Fleet Helps to Drive National Grid's London Power Tunnels Project

International electricity and gas company National Grid has taken delivery of four Nissan LEAFs on a four year/40,000 mile lease contract. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Amarok to the Rescue

Volkswagen Amarok to the Rescue

A fleet of 14 new Volkswagen Amarok pick-ups have been rescuing surfers and swimmers in Portugal this summer in one of its first uses as an emergency services vehicle. ... Continue reading

Super, Smashing, Great!

Super, Smashing, Great!

Most Chevrolet customers already know their cars are a safe purchase for their wallets, but the company also has one of the safest model ranges on the market for passengers after a second and third model achieved the maximum five-star rating in Euro NCAP crash tests. ... Continue reading

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