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Algor's Software Now Handles Variable Material Properties Automatically

Algor's Software Now Handles Variable Material Properties Automatically

Algor, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, has announced that its Release 12 version of heat transfer analysis software has been enhanced to handle variable material properties automatically. ... Continue reading

ALMS: Huffaker/Qvale look to extend point lead

ALMS: Huffaker/Qvale look to extend point lead

Huffaker/Qvale look to extend point lead ... Continue reading

Autoliv Declares Dividend

Autoliv Declares Dividend

The Board of Directors of Autoliv Inc., the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has declared a dividend of 11 cents per share of common stock payable on December 2, 1999 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov 4, 1999. ... Continue reading

Auxer Group Sales Growth is Up

Auxer Group Sales Growth is Up

The Auxer Group, Inc. announced that sales for the group's subsidiaries were up more than $200,000 for the first six months of 1999 compared to the first six months of 1998. ... Continue reading

CART: First Round Qualifying Results

CART: First Round Qualifying Results

CART: First Round Qualifying Results ... Continue reading

CCC Information Services Group Announces Increase in Share Repurchase Plan

CCC Information Services Group Announces Increase in Share Repurchase Plan

CCC Information Services Group Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in the number of shares to be repurchased under a plan originally announced August 18, 1998. ... Continue reading

Credit Acceptance Corp. Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Credit Acceptance Corp. Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Credit Acceptance Corp. announced that its board of directors has authorized a common stock repurchase program of up to 1,000,000 shares of the company's common stock. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of Aug 9, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Reports Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of Aug 9, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Corporation reports eight of its nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of August 9, 1999. ... Continue reading

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company Announces Resignation of Tom Rootness

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company Announces Resignation of Tom Rootness

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company announced that Thomas Rootness has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President to pursue other business opportunities. ... Continue reading

Ford Seeks to Amend Defeasance Provision of its 7-1/4% Notes Due Oct. 1, 2008

Ford Seeks to Amend Defeasance Provision of its 7-1/4% Notes Due Oct. 1, 2008

Ford Motor Company is seeking consents from holders of its $500 million of 7-1/4% Notes due October 1, 2008 to expand the defeasance provision applicable to the Notes. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Stewart-Ford Formula One Car on Display at Speedway Hall of Fame Museum

Formula One: Stewart-Ford Formula One Car on Display at Speedway Hall of Fame Museum

Formula One: Stewart-Ford Formula One Car on Display at Speedway Hall of Fame Museum ... Continue reading

Formula One: US Grand Prix at Indianapolis Construction Update

Formula One: US Grand Prix at Indianapolis Construction Update

Formula One: US Grand Prix at Indianapolis Construction Update ... Continue reading

Gibraltar Acquires Hi-Temp Incorporated

Gibraltar Acquires Hi-Temp Incorporated

Gibraltar announced that it has acquired Hi-Temp Incorporated, a Northlake, Illinois-based, privately held commercial heat- treating company. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ... Continue reading

Horace Mann Reports 10 Percent Increase in Operating Income Per Share

Horace Mann Reports 10 Percent Increase in Operating Income Per Share

Horace Mann Educators Corporation reported operating income of $13.9 million, or 34 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 1999, compared to $13.6 million, or 31 cents per share a year ago -- an increase of 10 percent per share. ... Continue reading

Insilco Holding Co. Reports Second Quarter Results

Insilco Holding Co. Reports Second Quarter Results

Insilco Holding Co. reported sales and operating results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

Investor Comments On Sale of Scania Shares to Volvo

Investor Comments On Sale of Scania Shares to Volvo

At a press conference held in Stockholm in conjunction with the agreement reached with Volvo on the sale of Investor shares in Scania, Marcus Wallenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Investor AB, made the following comments: ... Continue reading

Investors Seek Return of Losses Announces The Desmond Law Firm

Investors Seek Return of Losses Announces The Desmond Law Firm

The Law Office of Leo W. Desmond announced that securities actions requesting class action certification have been initiated in various courts alleging violations of federal and/or state securities laws on behalf of purchasers of the following securities: ... Continue reading

IROC: IROC at Indy Race Results

IROC: IROC at Indy Race Results

IROC: IROC at Indy Race Results ... Continue reading

Isuzu Continues Record-Breaking Sales Trend for 1999

Isuzu Continues Record-Breaking Sales Trend for 1999

American Isuzu Motors Inc. (AIMI) announced the second-highest July commercial- vehicle retail sales month in the company's history. ... Continue reading

Lucor Reports 44 Percent Increase in Revenue for Second Quarter 1999

Lucor Reports 44 Percent Increase in Revenue for Second Quarter 1999

Lucor, Inc., the largest Jiffy Lube franchisee in the United States, announced second quarter 1999 revenues of $21.6 million, a gain of 44 percent over $15.0 million in the second quarter of 1998. ... Continue reading

MIDGETS: Darland takes Belleville Midget Nationals opener

MIDGETS: Darland takes Belleville Midget Nationals opener

MIDGETS: Darland takes Belleville Midget Nationals opener ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Kroger 200 Starting Lineup

NASCAR BGN: Kroger 200 Starting Lineup

NASCAR BGN: Kroger 200 Starting Lineup ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Power Stroke 200 Race Results from Indianapolis

NASCAR Trucks: Power Stroke 200 Race Results from Indianapolis

NASCAR Trucks: Power Stroke 200 Race Results from Indianapolis ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Brickyard 400 Qualifying Wrap Up

NASCAR WCUP: Brickyard 400 Qualifying Wrap Up

NASCAR WCUP: Brickyard 400 Qualifying Wrap Up ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil extends Brickyard 400 Partnership

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil extends Brickyard 400 Partnership

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil extends Brickyard 400 Partnership ... Continue reading

Nissan Names Ornelas & Associates as its Latino Marketing Agency

Nissan Names Ornelas & Associates as its Latino Marketing Agency

Nissan North America Inc, (NNA) announced that it has named Ornelas & Associates, a Dallas-based marketing and communications firm, as its agency of record to develop a national Latino market advertising campaign for the company. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Announces Dividend

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Announces Dividend

The board of directors of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company has declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of 18.75 cents per share, payable September 15, 1999, to stockholders of record on August 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Rexhall Industries Posts Significant Increase in Second Quarter Results

Rexhall Industries Posts Significant Increase in Second Quarter Results

Rexhall Industries, Inc. continued to drive at a rapid pace, posting a significant increase in profitability in the second quarter, ended on June 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

Simula, Inc. Reports Second-Quarter Results

Simula, Inc. Reports Second-Quarter Results

Simula, Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

S&P Assigns Mercury Casualty Co. 'Api' Rating

S&P Assigns Mercury Casualty Co. 'Api' Rating

Standard & Poor's assigned its single 'Api' financial strength rating to Mercury Casualty Co. ... Continue reading

Standard & Poors Ratings On UnitedAuto Group, Inc. Affirmed

Standard & Poors Ratings On UnitedAuto Group, Inc. Affirmed

UnitedAuto Group, Inc. announced that Standard and Poors affirmed its single "B" + plus corporate credit and single "B" - minus subordinated debt ratings on UnitedAuto Group, Inc. on August 4, 1999. ... Continue reading

Stone Joins Mackie Automotive Board

Stone Joins Mackie Automotive Board

The election of Herbert D. Stone as vice chairman of the board of Mackie Automotive Systems, the global leader in parts sequencing and subassembly for automotive assembly plants, was announced by F. Alan Smith, Mackie Chairman. ... Continue reading

Team Chicago Challenge

Team Chicago Challenge

The Auto Channel--Team Chicago Challenge ... Continue reading

Team Chicago Challenge

Team Chicago Challenge

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The Timken Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

The Timken Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

The board of directors of The Timken Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share. The dividend is payable on September 7, 1999, to shareholders of record on August 20, 1999. ... Continue reading

TI Group 1999 Interim Results

TI Group 1999 Interim Results

TI Group has again achieved strong results with sales of (pound)1,248m (1998: (pound)1,009m) and profit before taxation, goodwill and exceptional items of (pound)130.4m (1998: (pound) 122.2m). ... Continue reading

Trooper and Rodeo Lead Second-Half Isuzu Sales Surge

Trooper and Rodeo Lead Second-Half Isuzu Sales Surge

American Isuzu Motors Inc.'s SUV division starts the second- half with a surge in Trooper sales, the best net-of-fleet sales for the new-design Rodeo since launch, and continued strong demand for Amigo. ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto Board Announces Executive Appointments

UnitedAuto Board Announces Executive Appointments

UnitedAuto Group, Inc., the nation's second largest publicly traded automotive retailer, announced three executive appointments. ... Continue reading

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet at Indianapolis Raceway Park Race Results

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet at Indianapolis Raceway Park Race Results

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet at Indianapolis Raceway Park Race Results ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Ventura ... Continue reading

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