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Wednesday, December 8, 1999

AIAG Spins Off ANX Network; SAIC To Accelerate Development

AIAG Spins Off ANX Network; SAIC To Accelerate Development

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) announced that it has agreed to sell its Automotive Network eXchange(R) (ANX(R)) assets and operations to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). ... Continue reading

AIAG Spins off ANX(R) Network; SAIC to Accelerate Development

AIAG Spins off ANX(R) Network; SAIC to Accelerate Development

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) announced that it has agreed to sell its Automotive Network eXchange(R) (ANX(R)) assets and operations to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). ... Continue reading

AMA: First-rate facility to host 2000 AMA Amateur Ice Racing National Championships

AMA: First-rate facility to host 2000 AMA Amateur Ice Racing National Championships

First-rate facility to host 2000 AMA Amateur Ice Racing National Championships ... Continue reading

ATLANTICS: Lynx dives into the Northern end of the talent pool

ATLANTICS: Lynx dives into the Northern end of the talent pool

ATLANTICS: Lynx dives into the Northern end of the talent pool ... Continue reading

Auctionauto.com Offers Exclusive Areas To Dealers In USA

Auctionauto.com Offers Exclusive Areas To Dealers In USA

Auctionauto.com, the nations only exclusive on-line car auction, to offer exclusive territories to dealerships throughout the USA. ... Continue reading

Autobytel.com Appoints Tracey McCarter, Director of Women's Programs

Autobytel.com Appoints Tracey McCarter, Director of Women's Programs

Autobytel.com, the leading international e-commerce provider, today announced the appointment of Tracey McCarter as Director of Women's Programs. ... Continue reading

Autoliv Declares Stockholders' Meeting and Dividend

Autoliv Declares Stockholders' Meeting and Dividend

The Board of Directors of Autoliv Inc., the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has set May 4, 2000, as the date for the Annual General Meeting of Stockholders. ... Continue reading

Automotive Supplier Cross Huller Leases Sterling Heights Office Building

Automotive Supplier Cross Huller Leases Sterling Heights Office Building

In one of Macomb County's largest office leases ever, automotive supplier Cross Huller leased the entire 31,000- square-foot Sterling Plaza office building in Sterling Heights, Mich., its Colliers International real estate brokers announce. ... Continue reading

Cycle World International Motorcycle Show Rumbles Into San Francisco

Cycle World International Motorcycle Show Rumbles Into San Francisco

The 913,400(a) motorcyclists registered in California will find that Christmas has come early this year -- in the form of the largest consumer-oriented powersports show series in the nation. ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation's Morganton Facility Earns 1999 North Carolina Quality Leadership Award

Dana Corporation's Morganton Facility Earns 1999 North Carolina Quality Leadership Award

Dana Corporation's Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake facility in Morganton, N.C., has received the 1999 North Carolina Quality Leadership Award ... Continue reading

Dana's Victor Reinz Earns Distinction as Longest Running Certified Caterpillar Supplier

Dana's Victor Reinz Earns Distinction as Longest Running Certified Caterpillar Supplier

Dana Corporation's Victor Reinz facility in Robinson, Ill., received certified supplier status from Caterpillar for the 20th consecutive year ... Continue reading

Donald C. Pyatt Named Group Vice President of New Intermet Unit

Donald C. Pyatt Named Group Vice President of New Intermet Unit

Intermet Corporation announced that Donald C. Pyatt has been named group vice president of Intermet Light Metals, a new business unit. ... Continue reading

GE Capital Fleet Services Appoints Marian Powell to Senior Vice President, E-Commerce

GE Capital Fleet Services Appoints Marian Powell to Senior Vice President, E-Commerce

GE Capital Fleet Services has appointed Marian Powell to senior vice president, e-commerce, responsible for driving web-based fleet management initiatives and coordinating global efforts to maintain consistency and leverage synergies. ... Continue reading

Georgia Odometer Readings Added to Carfax.com Database

Georgia Odometer Readings Added to Carfax.com Database

Carfax.com, the nation's leading provider of vehicle history information, announced the addition of millions of odometer readings from Georgia to its national database of over 980 million vehicle records. ... Continue reading

Hiroyuki Sato Named President of Hayes Lemmerz Japan

Hiroyuki Sato Named President of Hayes Lemmerz Japan

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announces the appointment of Hiroyuki Sato to the position of president, Hayes Lemmerz Japan, effective January 1, 2000. ... Continue reading

IRL: McGehee, Energizer Sign with Treadway Racing for 2000 IRL Season

IRL: McGehee, Energizer Sign with Treadway Racing for 2000 IRL Season

McGehee, Energizer Sign with Treadway Racing for 2000 IRL Season ... Continue reading

IRL: McGehee selected to prestigious Century of St. Louis All-Sports Team

IRL: McGehee selected to prestigious Century of St. Louis All-Sports Team

IRL: McGehee selected to prestigious Century of St. Louis All-Sports Team ... Continue reading

Isuzu Announces Record Nov Commercial Vehicle Sales Performance

Isuzu Announces Record Nov Commercial Vehicle Sales Performance

American Isuzu Motors Inc. announced November commercial vehicle retail sales that set a new record for the best month of November in the company's history. ... Continue reading

Keithley Announces Promotions, New Hire

Keithley Announces Promotions, New Hire

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a leader in the test and measurement industry, announced the promotion of three staff members and the addition of a Direct Marketing Manager, a new position. ... Continue reading

Kenwick Industries Inc. Files a Form 10-SB Registration Statement

Kenwick Industries Inc. Files a Form 10-SB Registration Statement

Kenwick Industries Inc. announced that it filed a Form 10-SB registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to which it seeks to register its publicly traded common stock under the Securities and Exchange Act. ... Continue reading

Lawrence Joins Dain Rauscher Wessels as E-Auto Sector Analyst

Lawrence Joins Dain Rauscher Wessels as E-Auto Sector Analyst

Jonathan Lawrence has joined Dain Rauscher Wessels, a division of Dain Rauscher Incorporated, as an equity research analyst. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Atwood garners local support from Tempstar in his bid for 2000 championship

NASCAR BGN: Atwood garners local support from Tempstar in his bid for 2000 championship

NASCAR BGN: Atwood garners local support from Tempstar in his bid for 2000 championship ... Continue reading

Newgen Provides Customer Relationship System for BMW Dealerships

Newgen Provides Customer Relationship System for BMW Dealerships

Newgen Results Corporation, a customer relationship management and technology leader for the automotive industry, announced that it has developed a customer relationship management (CRM) system specifically for use by BMW centers. ... Continue reading

Pitney Bowes Develops Web-Based Imaging Solution for Alamo

Pitney Bowes Develops Web-Based Imaging Solution for Alamo

Pitney Bowes Management Services, Inc. (PBMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc. announced a partnership with Alamo(R) Rent A Car to scan and record information for Alamo's tour operator voucher system. ... Continue reading

Praxair Surface Technologies Announces New Management Team

Praxair Surface Technologies Announces New Management Team

Tim Moser, general manager of the Thermal Spray Products group within Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. announced the following key management appointments resulting from the company's recent acquisition of TAFA, Inc: ... Continue reading

Pre-Holiday Gas Price Highest Since 1990, AAA Survey Shows

Pre-Holiday Gas Price Highest Since 1990, AAA Survey Shows

Gasoline prices increased 2.8 cents per gallon in the last three weeks, rising to their highest pre-Christmas level since 1990, according to AAA ... Continue reading

RiderPoint Announces Expansion of Its Comparative Insurance Rater

RiderPoint Announces Expansion of Its Comparative Insurance Rater

RiderPoint Inc., an affiliate of eLEC Communications Corp. announced the expansion of coverage into Illinois, Colorado and Virginia for its online comparative insurance rater, RiderPoint IQ. ... Continue reading

Ross Systems Announces New Agreements

Ross Systems Announces New Agreements

Ross Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of enterprise systems, announced several new agreements. Midwest Ground Covers, Inc. licensed Ross' iRenaissance Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management System. ... Continue reading

SDRC Receives Metaphase Contract from Renault VI/Mack Group

SDRC Receives Metaphase Contract from Renault VI/Mack Group

SDRC announced that Renault VI/Mack Group has placed an add-on order for SDRC's market-leading Metaphase Enterprise software and related services. ... Continue reading

Siemens Strengthens Diesel Technology Capabilities With Mannesmann Rexroth Acquisition

Siemens Strengthens Diesel Technology Capabilities With Mannesmann Rexroth Acquisition

Siemens Automotive has expanded its expertise in the area of diesel injection systems with the acquisition of the automotive operations of Mannesmann Rexroth AG ... Continue reading

'The 100 Greatest Events in the History of the Automotive Industry' on 570 KLIF

'The 100 Greatest Events in the History of the Automotive Industry' on 570 KLIF

On New Year's Day, Dallas/Fort Worth radio station 570 KLIF will present a 10-hour celebration chronicling America's fascination and allegiance to the automobile industry. ... Continue reading

The Hartford Extends Its Omni Auto Plan to New Mexico

The Hartford Extends Its Omni Auto Plan to New Mexico

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. is expanding its specialty auto insurance program into New Mexico, bringing to 31 the number of states in which higher-risk drivers and vehicles can be covered by The Hartford's Omni Auto Plan. ... Continue reading

Thor Announces Record Backlog of $410 Million, Double Last Year

Thor Announces Record Backlog of $410 Million, Double Last Year

Thor Industries, Inc. announced that its order backlog is at a record $410 million, more than double last year. ... Continue reading

Traffic Station Allies With AvantGo

Traffic Station Allies With AvantGo

Traffic Station Inc. announced it is teaming with AvantGo Inc., the authority in managing mobile information to handheld computers based on the Palm OS and Windows CE platforms. ... Continue reading

UautoBid.com Hires Regional Sales Team in 8 Major U.S. Car Markets

UautoBid.com Hires Regional Sales Team in 8 Major U.S. Car Markets

In the race to provide automobiles directly to consumers over the Internet, UautoBid.com, Inc. (www.UautoBid.com) announced that it has hired a nationwide sales team of representatives. ... Continue reading

United Recyclers Group Improves E-Commerce Business-To-Business

United Recyclers Group Improves E-Commerce Business-To-Business

United Recyclers Group LLC announces that they will participate in the implementation of ACAR.NET 2.0, the popular e-commerce system allowing users to order parts through the Internet. ... Continue reading

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