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Monday, October 27, 2008

Noble to Host Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call

Noble to Host Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call

TROY, Mich., Oct. 27 -- Noble International, Ltd. ("Noble" or the "Company") plans to release its operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, after the closing of the stock market on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Noble will also host a conference call to discuss its operating results on Thursday, Novembe ... Continue reading

Avis Budget Group Comments on Preliminary Third Quarter Results

Avis Budget Group Comments on Preliminary Third Quarter Results

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 27 -- Avis Budget Group, Inc. , a leading provider of vehicle rental services, today announced preliminary results for its third quarter, which ended September 30, 2008. Revenues are expected to total $1.7 billion in the quarter; EBITDA is expected to be approximately $141 million, excluding unus ... Continue reading

LoJack Corp. Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results Webcast and Conference Call

LoJack Corp. Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results Webcast and Conference Call

WESTWOOD, Mass., Oct. 27 -- LoJack Corporation announces the following webcast and conference call for its third quarter 2008 results on Tuesday, November 4: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080512/NEM054LOGO) What: LoJack Corp. to report third quarter 2008 results When: Tuesday, November 4 -- 09:00AM EDT H ... Continue reading

2009 Jetta TDI Vehicles Named in Government Listing of Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles - VIDEO ENHANCED

2009 Jetta TDI Vehicles Named in Government Listing of Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles - VIDEO ENHANCED

Volkswagen Makes Annual EPA Top Ten List with All-New Clean Diesel Jettas HERNDON, Va., Oct. 27 -- The 50-state compliant clean diesel Volkswagen Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen TDI have claimed two of the top positions in the annual EPA and Energy Departments' list of the most fuel efficient vehicles. The Jetta TDI's a ... Continue reading

RCR Names DiCio Director of Business Development

RCR Names DiCio Director of Business Development

WELCOME, N.C. October 27, 2008: Michael DiCio has been named managing director of business development for 11-time NASCAR championship-winning Richard Childress Racing. DiCio comes to RCR with nearly 30 years’ experience in marketing and business development with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamso ... Continue reading

Thunderbirds Invite Coughlin To Take The Ride Of A Lifetime

Thunderbirds Invite Coughlin To Take The Ride Of A Lifetime

DELAWARE, Ohio October 27, 2008: Earlier this season in Denver, reigning Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. sported a specially-designed racing helmet commemorating the 50th anniversary of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). That helmet is now on permanent display at NORAD's museum on Cheyenne ... Continue reading

New Jersey MX-5 Cup Race Arrives on TV Screens

New Jersey MX-5 Cup Race Arrives on TV Screens

TOPEKA, Kan. October 27, 2008: Check your local cable and satellite listings this week, as Round Seven of the 2008 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup from Thunderbolt Raceway begins airing this week. For the penultimate round of 2008, the series heads to the newly constructed New Jersey Motorsports Park to race on ... Continue reading

Knaack Wins Pace Trailer in Pace Lap Challenge

Knaack Wins Pace Trailer in Pace Lap Challenge

TOPEKA, Kan. October 27, 2008 – D Sports Racing driver Dave Knaack, of Neenah, Wis., won the lottery-style drawing for a brand new trailer courtesy of Pace American®, the Official Trailer of SCCA. Knaack was one of 50 SCCA drivers eligible for the Pace Lap Challenge drawing held Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Nation ... Continue reading

Dixon Leads Team Target in Australia as Franchitti Makes IRL Return

Dixon Leads Team Target in Australia as Franchitti Makes IRL Return

SURFERS PARADISE, Australia October 26, 2008: Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s new duo of Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti picked up in Australia where the team left off at Chicagoland Speedway after wrapping up the 2008 IndyCar Series points championship. Dixon, finished a scant 0.5019-seconds behind racewinner Ryan ... Continue reading

TAL International Group to Webcast 2008 Third Quarter Conference Call

TAL International Group to Webcast 2008 Third Quarter Conference Call

PURCHASE, N.Y.--TAL International Group, Inc. will host a conference call that will be simultaneously Webcast on Thursday, November 6, 2008. The Company’s management will discuss the financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The conference call and live Webcast will begin at ... Continue reading

Magna International Inc. - Notice of conference call for third quarter 2008 results

Magna International Inc. - Notice of conference call for third quarter 2008 results

TORONTO, Oct. 27 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A; NYSE: MGA) will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. Magna will hold its quarterly conference call on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. EST. The number to use for this call is 1-800-89 ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company - October 2008 U.S. Sales Conference Call

Ford Motor Company - October 2008 U.S. Sales Conference Call

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 27 -- You are invited to participate in Ford Motor Company's October U.S. sales conference call hosted by George Pipas, U.S. Sales Analysis Manager. The conference call will begin at 1:00 p.m. (ET) on Monday, November 3, 2008 and last 45 minutes. To access the call, please dial 800-299-0433 about ... Continue reading

Wonder Auto Technology to Announce Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results on November 4th

Wonder Auto Technology to Announce Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results on November 4th

JINZHOU CITY, China, Oct. 27 /Xinhhua-Prnewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. ("Wonder Auto" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of automotive electrical, suspension and engine parts in China, today announced that it will report financial results for the third quarter 2008 ended September 30, 2008 b ... Continue reading

Ener1 Acquires Enertech International, Securing Automotive Lithium-ion Manufacturing Capacity

Ener1 Acquires Enertech International, Securing Automotive Lithium-ion Manufacturing Capacity

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -- Ener1, Inc. (AMEX:HEV) , a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for the automotive industry, announced today the closing of its acquisition of an 83% interest in Enertech International, one of South Korea's largest lithium-ion cell producers. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/2008 ... Continue reading

ElectriCar.com Launches Largest Global Online Network of Hybrid Limousines

ElectriCar.com Launches Largest Global Online Network of Hybrid Limousines

NEW YORK--ElectriCar.com, an online provider of environmentally-friendly transportation alternatives, today announced the launch of the largest global online network of chauffeur-driven hybrid vehicles. ElectriCar.com, a service of LimoRes.net, the leader in online transportation services, provides a global one-stop so ... Continue reading

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. Third Quarter 2008 Results and Conference Call Scheduled for Monday, November 24, 2008

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. Third Quarter 2008 Results and Conference Call Scheduled for Monday, November 24, 2008

Conference Call Scheduled at 10.00am ET AZOUR, Israel, October 27 -- Ituran Location and Control Ltd. , announced that it will be releasing its third quarter 2008 results on Monday, November 24, 2008, before the US market opens. The Company will also be hosting a conference call later that day at 10:00am ET. On the cal ... Continue reading

Toyota May Renew No-Interest Loan Sales Incentive

Toyota May Renew No-Interest Loan Sales Incentive

Toyota's "Saved by Zero" campaign is building traffic and might be renewed, says Bob Carter, general manager of Toyota Division. In Lewisville, Texas, dealer Rene Isip says, "0 percent is working for us." He says his September sales were down 18 percent from September 2007, but October sales are tracking at just below ... Continue reading

Consortium Is Working To Build First Retrofit Zero Emissions Technology For Vans

Consortium Is Working To Build First Retrofit Zero Emissions Technology For Vans

A UK consortium of specialists in hybrid vehicles is receiving funding from the Department for Transport, through the Energy Saving Trust's Low Carbon R&D Programme, to support development of a retrofit solution for Zero Emissions driving. The new system will allow existing vans to operate as zero emissions vehicles, m ... Continue reading

Porsche Interest In Volkswagen Increased To 42.6 Per Cent, Paving The Way For Domination Agreement

Porsche Interest In Volkswagen Increased To 42.6 Per Cent, Paving The Way For Domination Agreement

Due to the dramatic distortions on the financial markets Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, has decided over the weekend to disclose its holdings in shares and hedging positions related to the takeover of Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg. ... Continue reading

Ford China Taking Steps To Weather Tough Times

Ford China Taking Steps To Weather Tough Times

Ford China taking steps to weather tough times http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1008175/Ford-China-taking-steps-to-weat her-t ough-times.html Shanghai, October 27 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor Co., the second-biggest U.S. automaker, is taking steps to maintain a healthy growth in the Chinese market, the Economic Observer repo ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Caddy Van also Receives Four Stars from ANCAP

Volkswagen Caddy Van also Receives Four Stars from ANCAP

Australia's leading vehicle safety organisation, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), has awarded its second 4-star rating for a commercial van - to the Volkswagen Caddy. ... Continue reading

FAW Mulls Merging Besturn, Xiali Sales Networks

FAW Mulls Merging Besturn, Xiali Sales Networks

FAW mulls merging Besturn, Xiali sales networks http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1008177/FAW-mulls-merging-Besturn-Xiali -sale s-networks.html Shanghai, October 27 (Gasgoo.com) On October 18, FAW Group reduced the prices of its Hongqi sedans and the Hongqi HQ3 was renamed "Hongqi Shengshi" at its Beijing launch. The nex ... Continue reading

Suzuki GB Introduces Revolutionary Aftermarket Component Tracking System

Suzuki GB Introduces Revolutionary Aftermarket Component Tracking System

Suzuki GB has introduced a new paperless closed-loop track and trace system for the distribution and management of aftermarket parts from the company's £16 million state-of-the-art headquarters in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Suzuki works in partnership with global supply chain management specialist, CEVA Logistics ... Continue reading

Renault In Russia: A Winning Strategy For Growth

Renault In Russia: A Winning Strategy For Growth

The Russian car market has seen phenomenal growth: 2.7 million vehicles in 2007 with a forecast for 3.2 million in 2008 and 4 million vehicles expected by 2014. Russia, despite present economic difficulties, is poised to become the largest car market in Europe. ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars Engages Orrefors in Work With New Concept Car

Volvo Cars Engages Orrefors in Work With New Concept Car

Volvo Cars has engaged world-famous Swedish glassworks Orrefors in the work with the company's next concept car, which will be a first taste of the next-generation Volvo S60. The joint creation, a floating centre stack of hand-made Orrefors crystal, will be shown for the first time at the Detroit international motor sh ... Continue reading

Volvo's United Nations of Amateur Golf

Volvo's United Nations of Amateur Golf

All season, tens of thousands of amateur golfers all over the world have been living the dream of a place in the 2008 Volvo Masters Amateur, and for the 72 who remain, the prospect of being crowned ‘World Champion' at Valderrama is now within touching difference. ... Continue reading

Saab Moves to a Different Beat at the 2008 Melbourne Cup Carnival

Saab Moves to a Different Beat at the 2008 Melbourne Cup Carnival

Saab is set to turn up the heat when they bring a touch of Sweden to this year's Melbourne Cup Carnival with the steaming 'Song Sauna' -another first for the races and a striking contrast to last years 'Convertible on Ice' theme. ... Continue reading

Daimler Supports Handicapped Children in India

Daimler Supports Handicapped Children in India

Daimler is supporting the Cleft Center that opened in Mumbai this spring with a donation of EUR50,000. The clinic performs operations and subsequent medical checkups on children with cleft lips, palates or jaws. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz and Hungary Government Sign Cooperation Agreement for New Plant in Kecskemét

Mercedes-Benz and Hungary Government Sign Cooperation Agreement for New Plant in Kecskemét

Rainer Schmückle, Chief Operating Officer of Mercedes-Benz Cars, and Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian Minister for National Development and Economy, signed the cooperation agreement for the construction of a new Mercedes-Benz plant in Kecskemét in presence of Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary, and Dr. Gábor Zombo ... Continue reading

Driving Change, A New Consumer Report From BMW

Driving Change, A New Consumer Report From BMW

Drivers are ready to buy more energy efficient cars but only if they can still deliver the highest levels of driving dynamics. And while modern-day motorists are opting for lower emission cars, it's not to save the planet, it's because the cars will be kinder to their wallets. ... Continue reading

DTM Finale a Thrill for 1,300 Audi Mechanics

DTM Finale a Thrill for 1,300 Audi Mechanics

On Sunday 1,300 mechanics from Audi partner businesses got an up-close view of the last - and thrilling -German Touring Car Masters (DTM) race of the season. AUDI AG invited service employees from southwest Germany to experience an exclusive day of racing and pit tours at the Hockenheimring racetrack. ... Continue reading

China's Sales of Luxury Cars Drop by 70% in October

China's Sales of Luxury Cars Drop by 70% in October

SHANGHAI - October 27, 2008: Since September 1 when the higher sales tax on big cars took effect in China, many orders for high-emission luxury cars have been canceled or delayed, and sales in these two months have dropped by more than 50% year on year (y/y) in big Chinese cities, said xinhuanet.com today. Some brands ... Continue reading

CalMotors' Green Performance ECU Powers the eRuf from Ruf Automobile

CalMotors' Green Performance ECU Powers the eRuf from Ruf Automobile

CAMARILLO, Calif.--CalMotors, makers of power electronics and embedded systems for hybrid and electric vehicles, today announced that interest in its electronic control unit (ECU) and its electromagnetic interference (EMI) reduction system has increased dramatically since the release of the first electric Porsche devel ... Continue reading

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