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Tuesday, December 7, 1999

A Holiday Gift of Your Old Car Can Help Charities and You

A Holiday Gift of Your Old Car Can Help Charities and You

Since childhood we've been told that giving is better than getting, so a holiday opportunity to give and get is certainly worth exploring, said Harvard Palmer, vice president, Vehicle Donation Processing Center Inc ... Continue reading

AK Steel To Permanently Close Dover, Ohio Plant

AK Steel To Permanently Close Dover, Ohio Plant

AK Steel said today that it will permanently close its Dover, Ohio plant on January 29, 2000 ... Continue reading

AMA introduces exclusive Daytona Bike Week excursion for 2000

AMA introduces exclusive Daytona Bike Week excursion for 2000

AMA introduces exclusive Daytona Bike Week excursion for 2000 ... Continue reading

AMA takes Supercross spectator excursions to the next level

AMA takes Supercross spectator excursions to the next level

AMA takes Supercross spectator excursions to the next level ... Continue reading

American Pacific Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

American Pacific Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

American Pacific Corporation today reported financial results for its fiscal 1999 fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, and provided information on the Company's operations ... Continue reading

AM General Amends Noteholder Consent Solicitation

AM General Amends Noteholder Consent Solicitation

AM General Corporation has amended certain terms of a solicitation for noteholder consents to amendments to an indenture governing AM General Corporation's 12 7/8% publicly held Senior Notes, due 2002 ... Continue reading

AutoZone's 1st Quarter Sales up

AutoZone's 1st Quarter Sales up

AutoZone, Inc., today reported net income for the 12 weeks ended November 20, 1999, of $56.0 million, an increase of 9% from $51.3 million for the fiscal first quarter of 1999 ... Continue reading

Bernie Cairns Named Materials Director for CTS Interconnect Systems, Glasgow, Scotland

Bernie Cairns Named Materials Director for CTS Interconnect Systems, Glasgow, Scotland

Bernie Cairns has been named Materials Director for CTS' interconnect systems business, according to an announcement today by Ian Archer, Vice President and General Manager of CTS Corporation U.K., Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland ... Continue reading

Birmingham-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Birmingham-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's three Birmingham-area dealers climbed 42 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 20 percent ... Continue reading

Broad Coalition Targets Fast-Growing Threat to America's Wild Places: Off Road Vehicles

Broad Coalition Targets Fast-Growing Threat to America's Wild Places: Off Road Vehicles

The Coalition, Including Groups as Diverse as the Washington Trails Association, the Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads, and the Wilderness Society Aims to Protect Last Remaining Roadless Areas on Public Lands ... Continue reading

Budget Rent a Car Caters to Winter Ski Enthusiasts

Budget Rent a Car Caters to Winter Ski Enthusiasts

For the experienced snow ski enthusiast or the first-time bunny slope skier, Budget is offering an Extreme Ski package to beat the winter doldrums ... Continue reading

Charlotte-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Charlotte-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's five Charlotte-area dealers climbed 61 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced six percent ... Continue reading

Delphi Board Declares Quarterly Dividend

Delphi Board Declares Quarterly Dividend

The Delphi Automotive Systems Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share on Delphi $0.01 par value common stock ... Continue reading

Engine Manufacturers Support EPA Science Panel

Engine Manufacturers Support EPA Science Panel

The Engine Manufacturers Association supports the Dec. 1 decision made by the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee to reject the latest version of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Diesel Health Assessment Document ... Continue reading

Exide Corporation Responds to News Reports of Criminal Investigation In Illinois

Exide Corporation Responds to News Reports of Criminal Investigation In Illinois

Exide Corporation, responded today to news reports last week of a federal investigation in Illinois regarding Sears Roebuck & Co. and Exide ... Continue reading

ExpressAutoParts.Com Launches Interactive Marketing Agreement

ExpressAutoParts.Com Launches Interactive Marketing Agreement

ExpressAutoParts.Com, Inc., a full-service automotive e- commerce site offering over five million auto parts and accessories for both domestic and foreign vehicles, announced today an agreement with America Online, Inc. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Testing resumes; Williams mum on Zanardis future

Formula One: Testing resumes; Williams mum on Zanardis future

Testing resumes; Williams mum on Zanardis future ... Continue reading

IMPCO Receives Major Order From Briggs and Stratton

IMPCO Receives Major Order From Briggs and Stratton

IMPCO Technologies, Inc. announced today it has received an order from Briggs and Stratton for a proprietary small engine LPG fuel regulator ... Continue reading

Intermet to Close Ironton Iron Foundry

Intermet to Close Ironton Iron Foundry

Intermet Corporation today announced plans to permanently close its Ironton Iron, Inc., foundry in Ironton, Ohio ... Continue reading

IRL: Hornish passes Indy Racing League Rookie Test at Orlando

IRL: Hornish passes Indy Racing League Rookie Test at Orlando

IRL: Hornish passes Indy Racing League Rookie Test at Orlando ... Continue reading

IRL: Ward signs to drive Harrah's car for A.J. Foyt

IRL: Ward signs to drive Harrah's car for A.J. Foyt

IRL: Ward signs to drive Harrah's car for A.J. Foyt ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Delivers Six Millionth HomeLink(R) Unit

Johnson Controls Delivers Six Millionth HomeLink(R) Unit

Johnson Controls marked a milestone this month with the delivery of its six millionth HomeLink(R) Universal Transceiver ... Continue reading

Lexus Records Best-Ever November in Midwest

Lexus Records Best-Ever November in Midwest

Lexus Central Area dealers established a November sales record in the Midwest with sales of 2,434 vehicles, a 16 percent increase over November 1998 ... Continue reading

New Appointment at DaimlerChrysler Wilfried Porth New Head of Executive Management Development

New Appointment at DaimlerChrysler Wilfried Porth New Head of Executive Management Development

DaimlerChrysler has appointed Wilfried Porth Head of Executive Management Development ... Continue reading

Orlando-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Orlando-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's four Orlando-area dealers climbed 40 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 32 percent. ... Continue reading

Recalls Recalls Recalls

Recalls Recalls Recalls

The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today released a list of auto safety recalls announced in September and urged consumers to have the problems fixed promptly ... Continue reading

Road Warrior Deals to Europe With Destination Europe

Road Warrior Deals to Europe With Destination Europe

Destination Europe, the tour division of Auto Europe is offering winter travel specials including Business Travelers Packages featuring roundtrip business class airfare and a chauffeur transfer ... Continue reading

Rouge Industries Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

Rouge Industries Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

Rouge Industries, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved a fourth quarter cash dividend in the amount of three cents ($0.03) per share payable on January 21, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 7, 2000 ... Continue reading

Rush Enterprises Completes Acquisition of Pressley Peterbilt

Rush Enterprises Completes Acquisition of Pressley Peterbilt

Rush Enterprises Inc., which operates the largest network of Peterbilt heavy-duty truck dealerships in North America as well as John Deere construction equipment dealerships in Texas and Michigan, today announced that it acquired the assets of Norm Pressley's Truck Center, (Pressley) a Peterbilt truck dealer ... Continue reading

SmarTire Adopts EVA -R-

SmarTire Adopts EVA -R-

SmarTire Systems Inc. announced today that it has adopted Economic Value Added as the basis for measuring corporate, director and employee performance ... Continue reading

Tampa/St. Petersburg-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Tampa/St. Petersburg-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November

Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's five Tampa/St. Petersburg-area dealers climbed 71 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 12 percent ... Continue reading

Textron Automotive Signs Freight Contract With Con-Way Central Express

Textron Automotive Signs Freight Contract With Con-Way Central Express

Textron Automotive Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Textron, Inc., and Con-Way Central Express have signed a freight contract awarding CCX a portion of the automotive supplier's less-than-truckload freight ... Continue reading

Westar Financial Services Announces Promotions

Westar Financial Services Announces Promotions

Westar Financial Services Inc. announced the promotions of two Vice Presidents as the company continues to evolve its structure to accommodate four different distribution channels. ... Continue reading

ZAP Signs Agreement to Acquire Electric Car Company

ZAP Signs Agreement to Acquire Electric Car Company

ZAPWORLD.COM announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire electric car manufacturer Global Electric Motorcars, LLC of Fargo, ND ... Continue reading

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