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Wednesday, November 29, 2000

AMD Announces Flash Memory Agreement With Siemens Automotive

AMD Announces Flash Memory Agreement With Siemens Automotive

AMD announced a three-year agreement with Siemens Automotive AG, a global leader in electrical and electronics systems, to supply them with AMD's most advanced Flash memory devices. ... Continue reading

Ascend IT of Nashville, Tenn., Changes Name to MSX International

Ascend IT of Nashville, Tenn., Changes Name to MSX International

MSX International, Inc. announced that its Ascend IT staffing office in Nashville, Tenn., will formally change its name to MSX International on Dec. 1 and merge with their IT Services division. ... Continue reading

Auxer's Chairman Outlines 2001 Strategy

Auxer's Chairman Outlines 2001 Strategy

The Auxer Group, Inc. announced the company's twelve month strategy for Auxer. Mr. Chiaramonte, Chairman of Auxer, unveils his plan for the Telecom Group and Auxer over the next twelve months which focuses on listing AXGI on the NASDAQ. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone/Firestone Recall Effort Reaches Important Milestone

Bridgestone/Firestone Recall Effort Reaches Important Milestone

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. announced that it has provided consumers with an estimated 5.5 million tires in less than four months under its safety recall of P235/75R15 Radial ATX, ATXII and certain P235/75R15 Wilderness AT tires. ... Continue reading

Coachmen and Transamerica Announce New Strategic Alliance

Coachmen and Transamerica Announce New Strategic Alliance

Two of the most powerful names in the recreational vehicle business have teamed up to offer new financing solutions for RV dealers. ... Continue reading

Dec. 1 Marks 87 Years of 'Fill 'er Ups': What's Changed for Consumers?

Dec. 1 Marks 87 Years of 'Fill 'er Ups': What's Changed for Consumers?

Customers at the country's first service station, which opened for business 87 years ago on Dec. 1, would not recognize today's gasoline retailing industry. ... Continue reading

Fleetwood Introduces New Motor Home and Travel Trailer Models at RVIA

Fleetwood Introduces New Motor Home and Travel Trailer Models at RVIA

Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. introduced a series of new motor home and travel trailer models at the 38th Annual Recreation Vehicle Industry Assoc. (RVIA) show. ... Continue reading

Four Companies Join California Fuel Cell Partnership

Four Companies Join California Fuel Cell Partnership

The California Fuel Cell Partnership, a public-private venture to demonstrate fuel cell vehicles in California and explore the path to commercialization, announced the addition of 4companies with expertise in developing hydrogen fueling stations. ... Continue reading

GE Capital Fleet and Innovative Fleet Management Form Alliance

GE Capital Fleet and Innovative Fleet Management Form Alliance

GE Capital Fleet Services announced it has signed an agreement with Pennsylvania-based Innovative Fleet Management, Inc. to develop a direct-to-dealer used-vehicle resale channel in the United States. ... Continue reading

Goodyear's Aquatred 3 Tire Remains Departure from Norm

Goodyear's Aquatred 3 Tire Remains Departure from Norm

Although Goodyear's new Aquatred 3 all-season tire may appear to be dramatically different from its Aquatred predecessors, first impressions can be deceiving. ... Continue reading

MascoTech and Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. Complete Merger

MascoTech and Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. Complete Merger

MascoTech, Inc. announced that it completed a recapitalization merger with an affiliate of Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Statement from Tony George on NASCAR organizational changes

NASCAR: Statement from Tony George on NASCAR organizational changes

NASCAR: Statement from Tony George on NASCAR organizational changes ... Continue reading

Nissan U.S. Production Hits 5 Million Mark

Nissan U.S. Production Hits 5 Million Mark

At 8:45 p.m. (CST) last night, a yellow 2001 SuperCharged Nissan Frontier 4x4 Crew Cab became the 5 millionth vehicle built at the Nissan North America manufacturing plant here, marking a milestone in production. ... Continue reading

SiGEM Introduces ePiNG Emerald(TM) To Global Transportation Sector

SiGEM Introduces ePiNG Emerald(TM) To Global Transportation Sector

Fleet managers can use ePiNG Emerald with ePiNG Enterprise(TM) to track vehicles via the GPS system and communicate with drivers on a screen that displays jobs and messages. ... Continue reading

Spartan Motors Introduces New Mid-Engine RV Platform

Spartan Motors Introduces New Mid-Engine RV Platform

The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of custom chassis and emergency vehicles will introduce its Me2 chassis at the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) national show this week in Louisville, Ky. ... Continue reading

Tesma International Inc. - Strong growth in Q1 fiscal 2001 continues

Tesma International Inc. - Strong growth in Q1 fiscal 2001 continues

Tesma International Inc. reported, for the three months ended October 31, 2000, the 21st consecutive quarter (on a comparative year-over-year basis) of record sales and operating income since going public in 1995. ... Continue reading

The Cobalt Group Launches Upgraded CRM Tool

The Cobalt Group Launches Upgraded CRM Tool

According to a recent study conducted by Friedman-Swift Associates and The Cobalt Group(1), 82% of online car shoppers said they prefer email responses to their dealer inquiries. ... Continue reading

Toyota Selects Intermec Wireless Network Infrastructure

Toyota Selects Intermec Wireless Network Infrastructure

Intermec Technologies Corp. announced that Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. has selected Intermec as the standard vendor for all wireless LAN infrastructure to support office and plant floor operations. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Helping Needy Children Goal Of Martinsville Speedways Seventh Annual Toy Drive

TRACKS: Helping Needy Children Goal Of Martinsville Speedways Seventh Annual Toy Drive

Helping Needy Children Goal Of Martinsville Speedways Seventh Annual Toy Drive ... Continue reading

USAC: Youngsters Kahne, Kaeding and Fike snare USAC rookie honors

USAC: Youngsters Kahne, Kaeding and Fike snare USAC rookie honors

USAC: Youngsters Kahne, Kaeding and Fike snare USAC rookie honors ... Continue reading

Verizon Wireless Supports Driver Education

Verizon Wireless Supports Driver Education

Verizon Wireless introduced a curriculum package designed to teach young drivers that, when operating a car, the first responsibility is safe driving. ... Continue reading

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