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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

lanelogic to Add 500 Additional Dealerships; Dealers in Twelve States Will Join lanelogic's Proprietary Trading Solution

lanelogic to Add 500 Additional Dealerships; Dealers in Twelve States Will Join lanelogic's Proprietary Trading Solution

DALLAS--June 27, 2006--lanelogic, the Wall Street inspired used vehicle trade network, announces the addition of 500 dealerships. New dealerships joining lanelogic are in the Midwest, Northeast, and Northwest regions and can except to begin trading by the end of this summer. Signed dealers who are not within the initia ... Continue reading

Baldwin-Motion Camaro debut at Carlisle, GM Nationals

Baldwin-Motion Camaro debut at Carlisle, GM Nationals

Media Friends: The debut of the first customer (of 12 to be built) Baldwin-Motion big-block 1969 Camaro at the GM Nationals was super-successful. The #01 Camaro will be fully-sorted out, go through pre-delivery prep and be delivered to its owner, Dave Flynn, at his Chevrolet dealership in Ohio next week. Two more custo ... Continue reading

Pure Exotics Dream Automobile Rentals Adds Convertible Dodge Viper to Fleet

Pure Exotics Dream Automobile Rentals Adds Convertible Dodge Viper to Fleet

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Just in time for the 4th of July holiday, Pure Exotics Dream Automobile Rentals (http://www.pure-exotics.com/) announces the addition of a new all-American convertible Dodge Viper SRT-10 to its rental fleet. "The Viper is a powerful addition to our expanding exotic car rental fleet," said Jennife ... Continue reading

KleenAir Appoints Guy Saxton; Saxton Joins as Non-Executive Director

KleenAir Appoints Guy Saxton; Saxton Joins as Non-Executive Director

LONDON--June 27, 2006--KleenAir Systems Ltd, a leading provider of vehicle emissions management solutions, today announced the appointment of City Investor Guy Saxton as Non-Executive Director. Saxton is CEO of AngelBourse, a private equity investment community that helps angel investors to find, analyse and invest in ... Continue reading

Budget Asks 'How Well Do You Know Your World?'

Budget Asks 'How Well Do You Know Your World?'

Enter the Geo Brain Game Sweepstakes and You Could Win a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 27 -- Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. and "My Wonderful World" -- a National Geographic-led campaign -- are teaming up to help boost kids' global geography I.Q. Beginning today, the "Budget Geo Brain Game" sweepstake ... Continue reading

Another Top-Twenty Finish For Bourque At Holland

Another Top-Twenty Finish For Bourque At Holland

Another Top-Twenty Finish For Bourque At Holland “Diversity Driver Continuing To Learn The Ropes�?? HOLLAND, New York (Tuesday, June 27, 2006) - - If anyone attended last weekend’s NASCAR Busch East Series event from Holland International Speedway, they saw first hand that rookie P ... Continue reading

2006 United States Grand Prix - Preview

2006 United States Grand Prix - Preview

The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses 2006 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX INDIANAPOLIS 27 JUNE PREVIEW The Honda Racing F1 Team heads south from Canada to the United States this week for Round Ten of the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship. The second race in the mid-season double-header will take place on Sunda ... Continue reading

NHRA NEWS: Troxel Nominated for 2 ESPY Awards

NHRA NEWS: Troxel Nominated for 2 ESPY Awards

<http://www.nhra.com/> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NHRA Communications, (626) 914-4761 Attached: Victory photo of Melanie (high-res copy available on request); ESPY Logo More photos: Available at http://media.nhra.com NHRA'S MELANIE TROXEL NOMINATED FOR "BEST FEMALE ATHLETE" ESPY SEASON-LONG POWERADE SERIES POINTS L ... Continue reading

AFV Solutions Appoints Carlos Zalduondo to Board of Directors

AFV Solutions Appoints Carlos Zalduondo to Board of Directors

IRVINE, Calif.--June 27, 2006--AFV Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB:AFVS), today announced the appointment of Mr. Carlos Zalduondo to its Board of Directors. Mr. Zalduondo has worked for a number of pharmaceutical companies throughout Latin America, including Allergan-Lok Produtos Farmaceuticos Ltda., Allergan Puerto Rico, Inc., ... Continue reading

Quality Control Council of AQCA Releases Updated Certified Product Line Listing, Awards Certified Status to Pepperidge Farm Product Line

Quality Control Council of AQCA Releases Updated Certified Product Line Listing, Awards Certified Status to Pepperidge Farm Product Line

GAITHERSBURG, Md.--June 27, 2006--AQCA's governing body rewards Pepperidge Farm for its excellence. Certified Product Line Listing - June 27, 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Automobiles/SUV's Honda, Toyota Batteries, Small Duracell Cabinetry KraftMaid Candy Products Hershey's ... Continue reading

Brian Simo - NASCAR Infineon/ Watkins Glen

Brian Simo - NASCAR Infineon/ Watkins Glen

Brian Simo was zapped out of the June 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Infineon Raceway when a carburetor failure sabotaged his qualifying run, but he will be back for the next series road-course race at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Aug. 13. The Carlsbad, Calif., driver finished 10th in last year's ... Continue reading

AFL Automotive Supplying Wire Harnesses to Powersports Market

AFL Automotive Supplying Wire Harnesses to Powersports Market

DETROIT--June 27, 2006--Alcoa announced today that its AFL Automotive business is supplying Polaris Industries Inc. with wire harnesses for the company's RANGER all-purpose utility vehicle, one of Polaris' fastest-growing product lines. The wire harnesses are manufactured at AFL Automotive's facility in Acuna, Mexico a ... Continue reading

ASSURANCEAMERICA Corporation Announces May, 2006 Unaudited Pretax Profits Increased 120% over May, 2005

ASSURANCEAMERICA Corporation Announces May, 2006 Unaudited Pretax Profits Increased 120% over May, 2005

ATLANTA--June 27, 2006--Atlanta based ASSURANCEAMERICA CORPORATION (OTCBB:ASAM), today announced its unaudited financial results for May 2006 and the five months ended May 31, 2006. Revenues for the month of May 2006 increased 56% to $4.3 million, compared to $2.8 million for the same month of 2005. Pretax earnings inc ... Continue reading

Midas International Raises the Bar on Service and Support with Astute Solutions; Consumer Interaction Solution Increases Agent Productivity, Streamlines Operations

Midas International Raises the Bar on Service and Support with Astute Solutions; Consumer Interaction Solution Increases Agent Productivity, Streamlines Operations

COLUMBUS, Ohio--June 27, 2006--Leading the charge to help consumer based companies differentiate through service excellence, Astute Solutions today announced that Midas International Corporation, an operating unit of Midas, Inc. , is enhancing its consumer and franchisee service and support initiatives with Astutes's e ... Continue reading

Spartan Motors and Force Protection to Host Investor Event with Cougar and Buffalo Military Vehicles in New York City

Spartan Motors and Force Protection to Host Investor Event with Cougar and Buffalo Military Vehicles in New York City

Event to Mark Three Years of Combat Operations without a Reported Fatality CHARLOTTE, Mich., June 27 -- Spartan Motors, Inc. and Force Protection, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: FRPT) will display a Cougar and a Buffalo military vehicle in front of the St. Regis Hotel in New York City on June 28 from 10 a.m. ET to 3 p.m. Both c ... Continue reading

Textron's Kenneth Bohlen Addresses Innovation, Emerging Technology, and New Product Development at Frost & Sullivan Forum

Textron's Kenneth Bohlen Addresses Innovation, Emerging Technology, and New Product Development at Frost & Sullivan Forum

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--June 27, 2006--Textron Inc.'s Kenneth C. Bohlen, executive vice president and chief innovation officer, spoke last week at Frost & Sullivan's 2nd Annual Emerging Technologies, New Product Development and Marketing Innovations Executive MindXchange in San Diego, CA. The conference was attended by more ... Continue reading

TomTom Gives Driving Directions More Personality With Navtones, the Ringtones for GPS; Celebrity Voices from Burt Reynolds and Dennis Hopper to Mr. T Available for Download onto TomTom's Navigation Devices

TomTom Gives Driving Directions More Personality With Navtones, the Ringtones for GPS; Celebrity Voices from Burt Reynolds and Dennis Hopper to Mr. T Available for Download onto TomTom's Navigation Devices

CONCORD, Mass. & LOS ANGELES--June 27, 2006--Make your driving experience even better by listening to one of your favorite A-list celebrities or a humorous character as they show you the way on your TomTom portable navigation device. TomTom, the leading portable navigation solution provider worldwide, has signed a mark ... Continue reading

World's Largest Automotive Supplier Joins JT Open Program to Help Establish JT Format as the Global Industry Standard for Sharing 3D Data

World's Largest Automotive Supplier Joins JT Open Program to Help Establish JT Format as the Global Industry Standard for Sharing 3D Data

Robert Bosch GmbH joins other leading manufacturers and PLM industry leaders in UGS' rapidly expanding initiative to make 3D product data easily and globally accessible PLANO, Texas, June 27 -- UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced Robert Bosch ... Continue reading

DENSO Announces Senior Management Changes

DENSO Announces Senior Management Changes

TOKYO, June 27 -- DENSO Corporation announced the following management changes, which were voted upon at today's shareholders meeting. These changes are effective today. New Directors appointed to the Board: * Shinro Iwatsuki, Executive Vice President (from Senior Managing Director) * Oyuki Ogawa, Executive Vice Presid ... Continue reading

Automotive Retail Innovator to Transform Car-Buying With State-of-the-Art Technology Platform

Automotive Retail Innovator to Transform Car-Buying With State-of-the-Art Technology Platform

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--June 27, 2006--Zag (www.zag.com), an automotive retail innovator, today announced that in its first full year of operation, it has already zoomed onto Entrepreneur Magazine's "Hot 100" list of the fastest-growing companies. Entrepreneur's annual ranking of the fastest-growing companies is open to ... Continue reading

DuPont to Produce New High-Performance Polymers Made with Renewable Resources

DuPont to Produce New High-Performance Polymers Made with Renewable Resources

WILMINGTON, Del., June 27 -- DuPont expects to begin production in 2007 of new high-performance thermoplastic resins and elastomer products made from two of its latest bio-based materials innovations. The products will be targeted for automotive, electrical/electronic and other industrial markets. Intermediates for DuP ... Continue reading

Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine Secures Patent Protection in Key Global Markets; Comprehensive Patent Portfolio Attracts Investors and Licensees

Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine Secures Patent Protection in Key Global Markets; Comprehensive Patent Portfolio Attracts Investors and Licensees

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--June 27, 2006--The Scuderi Group has secured patent protection for its revolutionary Split-Cycle Engine in key global markets including Japan, Taiwan, China, and Russia, the company announced today. The patents are a major step toward complete worldwide protection of the revolutionary Scuderi a ... Continue reading

Delphi's Four-Zone HVAC System Offers Individualized Comfort On New Audi Q7 Luxury SUV

Delphi's Four-Zone HVAC System Offers Individualized Comfort On New Audi Q7 Luxury SUV

Separate Front and Rear HVAC Modules Allow Autonomous Climate Control TROY, Mich., June 27 -- Audi's first luxury sport utility vehicle, the Q7, hits showrooms this year able to offer something most others in its class do not -- a four-zone fully-automatic climate control system. The unique system, designed and enginee ... Continue reading

Interactive Mapping of Alternative Fuel Stations across the US

Interactive Mapping of Alternative Fuel Stations across the US

Hi, I am writing to let persons interested in alternative fuels know that MapMuse.com has recently introduced interactive mapping of biodiesel fuel stations and ethanol 85 fuel stations across the US. There are presently over 650 ethanol 85 fuel stations, and 350 biodiesel fuel stations located on the MapMuse maps. The ... Continue reading

Number of Consumers Selling SUVs on Cars.com Continues to Rise

Number of Consumers Selling SUVs on Cars.com Continues to Rise

CHICAGO, June 27 -- Large SUVs posted for sale by owner on cars.com have risen dramatically over the last several years and now make up a larger portion of the total number of ads listed for sale by owner. The increase in large SUVs for sale by owner on Cars.com was calculated by taking a look at the most popular large ... Continue reading

Progressive Government Policies to Drive Growth of Indian Automotive Sensors Market

Progressive Government Policies to Drive Growth of Indian Automotive Sensors Market

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 27 -- The Indian government's move to make the installation of certain automotive sensors mandatory are driving rapid growth in all segments of the Indian automotive market. The compulsory use of sensors in all cars coupled with the decreasing cost of sensors has set the Indian automotive s ... Continue reading

Wheelfloat(TM) Aims to Revolutionize Auto Service Industry

Wheelfloat(TM) Aims to Revolutionize Auto Service Industry

New Wheel Dolly Simplifies Tire-Changing, Speeds Service, Reduces Injury Risk SOUTHLAKE, Texas, June 27 -- Anyone who has ever changed a tire has wished there was a better way. Now, the creator of the Wheelfloat(TM) wheel dolly aims to make traditional tire-changing a thing of the past. The invention is a wish come tru ... Continue reading

AOL Teams with Fusion to Launch Groundbreaking Action Sports Network on the Web: Lat34.com

AOL Teams with Fusion to Launch Groundbreaking Action Sports Network on the Web: Lat34.com

DULLES, Va. & PORTLAND, Ore.--June 27, 2006--AOL: Online Network to Feature Events, Breaking News, User-Created Video, Blogs and In-Depth Coverage of Action Sports Jeep(R) Brand Signs On as Charter Advertiser AOL and Fusion Entertainment today announced a joint venture called Lat34.com ( http://www.Lat34.com ), the fir ... Continue reading

Autobytel Taps Former AOL and iProspect Search Executive Jon Rosen as Senior VP, Web Business Operations

Autobytel Taps Former AOL and iProspect Search Executive Jon Rosen as Senior VP, Web Business Operations

IRVINE, Calif.--June 27, 2006-- Former President of Highly Respected Search Marketing Firm to Lead Web Business Operations for Autobytel's Expanded Media Efforts, Including Advertising, Search, and Syndication Autobytel Inc. today announced that Jonathan Rosen has been named to the newly created position of senior vice ... Continue reading

TED and BMW Team Up to Share the Power of Ideas With a Global Audience

TED and BMW Team Up to Share the Power of Ideas With a Global Audience

NEW YORK and WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 27 -- Once a year, 1000 people are invited to the TED Conference in Monterey, California, to exchange something of incalculable value: their ideas. What happens there has never been shared until now. TED and BMW today announced they will team up to provide a ground-breaking, free ... Continue reading

Atlantis Holding Corp Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Eagle Automotive Group

Atlantis Holding Corp Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Eagle Automotive Group

TUSTIN, Calif., June 27 -- Atlantis Holding Corp (Pink Sheets: AHDG) has signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of Eagle Automotive Group, Inc. Terms of this acquisition are expected to be finalized in the near future and it is expected that Atlantis Holding Corp will purchase Eagle Automotive Group in exchange ... Continue reading

Dow Automotive and Audi Sport Making History at Le Mans

Dow Automotive and Audi Sport Making History at Le Mans

SCHWALBACH, Germany, June 27 -- Dow Automotive is pleased to share the good news that Audi Sport and Dow Automotive made history over the June 17-18 weekend with the first-ever diesel sportscar win at the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race in Le Mans (France). Supported by Dow Automotive's diesel particulate filter technol ... Continue reading

Volvo Hooks Nearly 30,000 in Its Worldwide 'Pirate' Treasure Hunt for a Buried SUV

Volvo Hooks Nearly 30,000 in Its Worldwide 'Pirate' Treasure Hunt for a Buried SUV

Visit www.volvocars.us/thehunt Today to Participate in Volvo's Promotion With Disney for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 27 -- Maybe they are at their computers, treasure map in hand, dressed in swashbuckling garb with a sea-traveled parrot resting on their shoulder. Or, maybe not. Ei ... Continue reading

Derhaag Motorsports Daytona Prototype finishes twelfth at Mid-Ohio

Derhaag Motorsports Daytona Prototype finishes twelfth at Mid-Ohio

Derhaag Motorsports No. 40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype CONTACT: Cristi Brumm 1-336-210-0980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Derhaag Motorsports Daytona Prototype finishes twelfth at Mid-Ohio Lexington, OH (June 26, 2006) ­ It was a wild weekend in Mid-Ohio, as intense weather and racing made for an action-packed R ... Continue reading

Don Swearingen Joins Kia Motors America as Vice President, Parts Supply and Logistics

Don Swearingen Joins Kia Motors America as Vice President, Parts Supply and Logistics

IRVINE, Calif April 21, 2006; Don Swearingen will join Kia Motors America, Inc. (KMA) as vice president, parts supply and logistics at its U.S. headquarters in Irvine, Calif., effective Monday, April 24. With more than 30 years of automotive industry experience, Swearingen joins Kia after 10 years with Mitsubishi Motor ... Continue reading

Acura To Debut American Le Mans Series Sports Car Racing Program In 2007

Acura To Debut American Le Mans Series Sports Car Racing Program In 2007

June 26, 2006 -- Torrance, Calif. -- Acura found several enticements about the American Le Mans Series, but one major attraction drew them into the sports car series for 2007. "We love competition," said Robert Clarke, president of Honda Performance Development. In particular, HPD loves competing against the big dogs, ... Continue reading

CRA Encore at PAS Saturday

CRA Encore at PAS Saturday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-159 CRA "ENCORE" AT PERRIS SATURDAY; GARDNER FIRST TO REPEAT AT "THE PAS" THIS SEASON Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. returns to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway this Saturday night as the only driver so far to repeat as a winner in the USAC/CRA ... Continue reading

Detroit Diesel Corporation Joins Wayne County and Redford Township in Sponsoring New Splash Pad at Capitol Park

Detroit Diesel Corporation Joins Wayne County and Redford Township in Sponsoring New Splash Pad at Capitol Park

Ceremony marks official grand opening of new local attraction DETROIT, June 26 -- A collaborative project between Wayne County, Redford Township and Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) to install an aquatic play area in the Township came to fruition earlier today with the grand opening of the "Splash Pad at Capitol Park." ... Continue reading

Waters Joins Rocky Mountain Title Chase

Waters Joins Rocky Mountain Title Chase

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-160 WATERS THROWS HAT IN RING AT SALT LAKE CITY; McCLISH ENDS WYSONG'S USAC/SLVRA STREAK Former two-time series champion Jim Waters of Salt Lake City, Utah has bolted into contention for the 2006 USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint ... Continue reading

Ford PSD by Int'l News and Notes - Kansas

Ford PSD by Int'l News and Notes - Kansas

Contact: Jeffrey Sturek, Global Performance Group, (704) 450-9060, jeffrey@gperformance.com, www.ppcracing.com/media No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International / Terry Cook O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 / Kansas Speedway - Saturday, July 1, 2006 STORY LINES LEADING INTO KANSAS: - Cook Ties A Record: Ford Power Stroke D ... Continue reading

Group 1 Automotive Completes Sale of Convertible Senior Notes

Group 1 Automotive Completes Sale of Convertible Senior Notes

HOUSTON, Texas--June 26, 2006--Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , a Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2036 (the "Convertible Notes") in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers (the "Initial Purchasers") under Ru ... Continue reading

Harman International Announces Pricing for Tender Offer for Its 7.125% Notes Due 2007

Harman International Announces Pricing for Tender Offer for Its 7.125% Notes Due 2007

WASHINGTON--June 26, 2006--Harman International Industries, Incorporated announced today the reference yield and purchase price for its previously announced tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 7.125% Notes due 2007. The Company is conducting the offer in accordance with the Offer to Purchase, dated June 9, ... Continue reading

LE MANS TO LIME ROCK A RACE BY ITSELF

LE MANS TO LIME ROCK A RACE BY ITSELF

News feature and photos attached. Thanks, Ryan Smith Web editor/Media Relations Manager American Le Mans Series 1394 Broadway Ave. Braselton, GA 30517 E-mail: rsmith@americanlemans.com (706) 654-2983, Ext. ... Continue reading

NHRA MIDSEASON CALL: Troxel, Capps, Anderson, Sampey (June 28)

NHRA MIDSEASON CALL: Troxel, Capps, Anderson, Sampey (June 28)

NOTE: Please Reply If You Will Be Participating In The Call. Thank You. M E D I A A D V I S O R Y THE NHRA POWERADE SERIES POINTS LEADERS AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 2006 SEASON WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA TELECONFERENCE AT 3 P.M. ET ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 ESPY “Female Athlete of the Year�?? and “Driver of the Yea ... Continue reading

Wandahsega Doubles at Crandon...

Wandahsega Doubles at Crandon...

_www.benwandahsega.com_ (http://www.benwandahsega.com) CORR Racing Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Crandon, WI Sunday 6/25/06 Round 4 As the 9 Sportsman 2 trucks lined up to take the green flag. One thing was on Ben Wandahsega's mind. WIN!! As the green flag dropped his tires f ... Continue reading

AUDIO from Medialink: GM Turnaround on Track With New Employee Agreement

AUDIO from Medialink: GM Turnaround on Track With New Employee Agreement

--General Motors Corporation took another step today in the turnaround of its North American operations, announcing that approximately thirty-five thousand hourly manufacturing employees have agreed to participate in the accelerated attrition program. Listen to this report at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?stor ... Continue reading

Autobytel to Host Investor Conference Call and Webcast on Thursday, June 29, 2006

Autobytel to Host Investor Conference Call and Webcast on Thursday, June 29, 2006

IRVINE, Calif.--June 26, 2006--Autobytel Inc. , a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced that the Company will hold a conference call to update the investment community on Autobytel's corporate strategy. This call is scheduled for Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 2:00pm PT and will be hosted ... Continue reading

FW: NHRA MIDSEASON CALL: Troxel, Capps, Anderson, Sampey (June 28)

FW: NHRA MIDSEASON CALL: Troxel, Capps, Anderson, Sampey (June 28)

NOTE: Please Reply If You Will Be Participating In The Call. Thank You. M E D I A  A D V I S O R Y THE NHRA POWERADE SERIES POINTS LEADERS AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 2006 SEASON WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA TELECONFERENCE AT 3 P.M. ET ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 ESPY “Female Athlete of the Year�?? and “Driver of th ... Continue reading

Jeg Coughlin pockets another $10,000 at Tri-State (JEG'S)

Jeg Coughlin pockets another $10,000 at Tri-State (JEG'S)

Coughlin pockets another $10,000 at Tri-State HAMILTON, Ohio – One week after winning the $20,000 first place prize at the Top Eliminator Top Gun Classic at Piedmont Dragway, Jeg Coughlin struck again with a $10,000 victory at the Jeg’s U.S. Open Bracket Championships at Tri-State Dragway in Hamilton, Ohi ... Continue reading

Sprint Nextel Completes Acquisition of Nextel Partners

Sprint Nextel Completes Acquisition of Nextel Partners

RESTON, Va.--June 26, 2006--Sprint Nextel Corp. announced today the completion of its acquisition of Nextel Partners for approximately $6.5 billion, representing $28.50 per share of Nextel Partners Class A Common stock. Sprint Nextel, which previously owned approximately 31 percent of Nextel Partners common stock, now ... Continue reading

Standard Aero Awarded NAMSA Contract for T56 Engine Services

Standard Aero Awarded NAMSA Contract for T56 Engine Services

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 26 -- Standard Aero was awarded a competitively bid contract with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to provide Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services for the Rolls-Royce T56 engine family. The scope of the agreement includes the A-7, A-14, and A-15 models of the T56 engin ... Continue reading

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director

PHOENIX, June 26 -- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. , a provider of technical education training, today announced the appointment of Allan D. Gilmour, to the Board of Directors of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Mr. Gilmour will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael R. Eisenson. With the additi ... Continue reading

USAC Release - MARTZ WINS MIDWEST FOCUS RACE AT ANDERSON; XENIA RAINED OUT

USAC Release - MARTZ WINS MIDWEST FOCUS RACE AT ANDERSON; XENIA RAINED OUT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 CONTACT: MICHAEL HARKER (mharker@usacracing.com) DICK JORDAN (djordan@usacracing.com) 06-165 MARTZ WINS MIDWEST FOCUS RACE AT ANDERSON; XENIA RAINED OUT INDIANAPOLIS – Tate Martz is quickly pulling away from USAC Midwest Ford Focus Pavement Midget Car Series competitors in the poin ... Continue reading

USAC Release - MICHNOWICZ WINS AGAIN, LEADS SERIES TO VENTURA ON SATURDAY

USAC Release - MICHNOWICZ WINS AGAIN, LEADS SERIES TO VENTURA ON SATURDAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 CONTACT: MICHAEL HARKER (mharker@usacracing.com) DICK JORDAN (djordan@usacracing.com) 06-164 MICHNOWICZ WINS AGAIN, LEADS SERIES TO VENTURA ON SATURDAY INDIANAPOLIS – With another race for the USAC California Ford Focus Dirt Midget Car Series came another victory for Bobby Michnowi ... Continue reading

USAC Release - RAIN CLAIMS ANOTHER NORTHEAST FOCUS DATE

USAC Release - RAIN CLAIMS ANOTHER NORTHEAST FOCUS DATE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 CONTACT: MICHAEL HARKER (mharker@usacracing.com) DICK JORDAN (djordan@usacracing.com) 06-163 RAIN CLAIMS ANOTHER NORTHEAST FOCUS DATE INDIANAPOLIS – Rain has claimed another date on the USAC Northeast Ford Focus Midget Car Series calendar. The series debut at Wall Township Speedway ... Continue reading

USAC Release - RIETHMEYER RETURNS SOUTH TO TACKLE SCOTT'S CAROLINA/VIRGINIA FOCUS POINT LEAD

USAC Release - RIETHMEYER RETURNS SOUTH TO TACKLE SCOTT'S CAROLINA/VIRGINIA FOCUS POINT LEAD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 CONTACT: MICHAEL HARKER (mharker@usacracing.com) DICK JORDAN (djordan@usacracing.com) 06-166 RIETHMEYER RETURNS SOUTH TO TACKLE SCOTT'S CAROLINA/VIRGINIA FOCUS POINT LEAD INDIANAPOLIS – Chase Scott isn’t the only USAC Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus Midget Car Series driver who will ... Continue reading

Webasto BlueCool Truck Commences Idle-Free Technology Tour

Webasto BlueCool Truck Commences Idle-Free Technology Tour

Cross-Country Tour to Show No-Idle Bunk Cooling System for Commercial Truck Cabs and the Positive Effects on Reducing Emissions, Fuel Savings, Increased Driver Comfort and Safety FENTON, Mich., June 26 -- Growing concerns about high fuel costs and increased vehicle emissions hurting the earth's atmosphere are just two ... Continue reading

DIG Motorsports Takes 7th At Infineon Raceway

DIG Motorsports Takes 7th At Infineon Raceway

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

Eventful Weekend for Tim Sauter

Eventful Weekend for Tim Sauter

Eventful Weekend for Tim Sauter Ill-timed caution spoils another strong run for driver at hometown track June 23rd, Milwaukee Mile. As fellow Wisconsin driver Paul Menard celebrated his first Busch Series victory Saturday night at the Milwaukee Mile, Lester Buildings driver Tim Sauter wondered what could have been. An ... Continue reading

AutoOne Insurance Introduces CAR Network

AutoOne Insurance Introduces CAR Network

Complete Auto Repair (CAR) customer service provides stress-free repairs MELVILLE, N.Y., June 26 -- AutoOne Insurance, a division of OneBeacon Insurance Group, providing auto insurance to both voluntary and Assigned Risk drivers, today announced a brand new service for its customers aptly named AutoOne CAR Network. The ... Continue reading

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly as U.S. Interstates Turn 50;

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly as U.S. Interstates Turn 50;

DETROIT, June 26 -- Fifty years ago, America was a much smaller place, or so it seemed. With its winding roads and lazy byways, the U.S. was more a collection of states, rather than an intertwined tapestry of people, commerce and destinations. The signing of the Interstate Highways Act on June 29, 1956 changed everythi ... Continue reading

Highway Safety Experts Demo Safe-Driving Measures for July 4th Travel

Highway Safety Experts Demo Safe-Driving Measures for July 4th Travel

National Share the Road Safety Tour Visits South Carolina to Save Lives on State Highways On a typical day as many as 119,000 vehicles travel I-26 through Columbia, SC. Most automobile drivers are not aware of what they can do to avoid crashes with tractor-trailers. Who: The American Trucking Associations (ATA), the So ... Continue reading

Delphi Announces Results of UAW-GM-Delphi Hourly Special Attrition Program

Delphi Announces Results of UAW-GM-Delphi Hourly Special Attrition Program

TROY, Mich., June 26 -- Delphi Corp. (Pink Sheets: DPHIQ) today provided preliminary acceptance results of the UAW-GM-Delphi Hourly Special Attrition plan, announced March 22, 2006. Under the provisions of the plan, approximately 12,600 UAW-represented employees have elected one of the retirement options available unde ... Continue reading

NHRA NEWS: Troxel Nominated for 2 ESPY Awards

NHRA NEWS: Troxel Nominated for 2 ESPY Awards

- <http://www.nhra.com/> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NHRA Communications, (626) 914-4761 Attached: Victory photo of Melanie (high-res copy available on request); ESPY Logo More photos: Available at http://media.nhra.com NHRA¹S MELANIE TROXEL NOMINATED FOR ³BEST FEMALE ATHLETE² ESPY SEASON-LONG POWERADE SERIES POI ... Continue reading

Toyota SPRINT/MIDGET Classic at ORP

Toyota SPRINT/MIDGET Classic at ORP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-157 TOYOTA USAC SPRINT/MIDGET CLASSIC SATURDAY AT ORP; TYLER TAKES RICHMOND'S "SHOWDOWN AT SUNDOWN" Saturday's "Toyota USAC Sprint/Midget Classic" at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis will serve as a salute to Sunday's United States Grand Pr ... Continue reading

Rodela Leads Midgets to Ventura

Rodela Leads Midgets to Ventura

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 26, 2006 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 06-158 RODELA LEADS WESTERN MIDGETS TO VENTURA SATURDAY; FLOCK TIES TRIPP WITH 8TH BAKERSFIELD VICTORY Defending USAC Western Midget Champion Jerome Rodela of El Monte, Calif. is back atop the series standings but his nine-point lead over Tyler Bro ... Continue reading

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