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Wednesday, December 9, 1998

1999 Mazda Miata Named to 'Car and Driver' '10Best' Cars List

1999 Mazda Miata Named to 'Car and Driver' '10Best' Cars List

Mazda North American Operations announced that the Miata roadster has been named to "Car and Driver"'s 1999 "10 Best" cars list. ... Continue reading

AAA Key Member Services Operating During Bay Area Power Failure

AAA Key Member Services Operating During Bay Area Power Failure

AAA reports all Emergency Road Service and Claims Call Centers are functioning properly during this morning's Bay Area-wide power failure. ... Continue reading

African American's on Wheels Mission: Diversity in the Auto Industry

African American's on Wheels Mission: Diversity in the Auto Industry

A thriving force for diversity in the automotive industry, African Americans On Wheels has held true to its mission of educating black consumers and the auto industry on the black car-buying market. ... Continue reading

AlliedSignal Wins Major Contract For British Airways' New Airbus

AlliedSignal Wins Major Contract For British Airways' New Airbus

AlliedSignal Inc. announced that British Airways has selected an extensive package of AlliedSignal Aerospace products and services for its order of new Airbus A319/A320 aircraft. ... Continue reading

ALLTEL and Ford Credit Team to Develop Finance Software

ALLTEL and Ford Credit Team to Develop Finance Software

ALLTEL announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Ford Credit to develop market-leading systems for automotive finance. ... Continue reading

American Le Mans Series - 1999 TV Schedule

American Le Mans Series - 1999 TV Schedule

American Le Mans Series - 1999 TV Schedule ... Continue reading

Amerigon Receives Exemption

Amerigon Receives Exemption

Amerigon Incorporated, announced that following a hearing regarding the continued listing of the Company's securities, Nasdaq has decided to continue listing the Company's securities on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market ... Continue reading

Court Awards Trademark Assets of Indian Motorcycle

Court Awards Trademark Assets of Indian Motorcycle

The Federal District Court of Colorado awarded the much sought- after trademark asset Indian Motorcycle to IMCOA Licensing America Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. ... Continue reading

DCR Reaffirms Rating Watch

DCR Reaffirms Rating Watch

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. has reaffirmed Rating Watch-- Uncertain the securities of PacifiCorp and PacifiCorp Group Holdings Company following PPW's announcement of its merger with ScottishPower. ... Continue reading

Donnelly Welcomes Charlie Pear as New Corporate Treasurer

Donnelly Welcomes Charlie Pear as New Corporate Treasurer

Charlie Pear has joined Donnelly Corporation as corporate treasurer, the company announced. ... Continue reading

'Do The Buckle' Campaign Drives Families to Buckle Up

'Do The Buckle' Campaign Drives Families to Buckle Up

During the holidays, more people travel the nation's roadways than any other time of the year. So, it's important to drive safely and take extra precautions to protect yourself, your children and your friends while traveling. ... Continue reading

'Do The Buckle' Campaign Drives Families to Buckle Up

'Do The Buckle' Campaign Drives Families to Buckle Up

During the holidays, more people travel the nation's roadways than any other time of the year. So, it's important to drive safely and take extra precautions to protect yourself, your children and your friends while traveling. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Chooses OptiSystems' Energizer PME for R/3

Goodyear Chooses OptiSystems' Energizer PME for R/3

OptiSystems Solutions Ltd., a global leader in enterprise application performance management software, announced that The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has licensed the first three components of its Energizer PME for R/3. ... Continue reading

HCI Group Announces Automotive Supplier Trainee Exchange Program

HCI Group Announces Automotive Supplier Trainee Exchange Program

The HCI Group announced the creation of the Automotive Supplier Trainee Exchange Program in a joint effort with New York-based CDS International. ... Continue reading

Keep Credit Information Safe While Shopping Online, Says AAA

Keep Credit Information Safe While Shopping Online, Says AAA

Holiday shoppers are expected to spend $2.3 billion online, and while the internet can make shopping easier, it can also lead to credit card fraud, cautions AAA. ... Continue reading

Laguna Seca Joins '99 American Le Mans Series Schedule

Laguna Seca Joins '99 American Le Mans Series Schedule

Laguna Seca Joins '99 American Le Mans Series Schedule ... Continue reading

Liteglow Industries Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Results

Liteglow Industries Inc. Announces 3rd Quarter Results

Michael Lomnitzer, CFO of Liteglow Industries Inc. released results for the 3rd quarter as follows: ... Continue reading

Lowest Fuel Prices Since 1989, AAA Survey Shows

Lowest Fuel Prices Since 1989, AAA Survey Shows

The national average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline decreased in December to $1.023 per gallon, down 3.2 cents since November, according to AAA. ... Continue reading

Miller Industries Reports Fiscal 1999 Second Quarter Results

Miller Industries Reports Fiscal 1999 Second Quarter Results

Miller Industries, Inc. announced results for the fiscal 1999 second quarter and first half ended October 31, 1998. ... Continue reading

Monaco Coach Corporation to List on New York Stock Exchange

Monaco Coach Corporation to List on New York Stock Exchange

Monaco Coach Corporation announced its intent to list its Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Company anticipates trading its shares on the exchange near the first of the year. ... Continue reading

Motorists Insurance Group Licenses CSC's COLOSSUS System

Motorists Insurance Group Licenses CSC's COLOSSUS System

Computer Sciences Corporation announced that Motorists Mutual- American Hardware Insurance Group, Columbus, Ohio, has licensed CSC's expert system, COLOSSUS, for evaluating bodily injury claims. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Northrop Named Parker Racing Crew Chief

NASCAR BGN: Northrop Named Parker Racing Crew Chief

NASCAR BGN: Northrop Named Parker Racing Crew Chief ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Mattei Motorsports makes switch to Chevrolet for 1999

NASCAR WCUP: Mattei Motorsports makes switch to Chevrolet for 1999

NASCAR WCUP: Mattei Motorsports makes switch to Chevrolet for 1999 ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces Recall on 1995, 1996 Trucks

Nissan Announces Recall on 1995, 1996 Trucks

Nissan announced a voluntary safety recall campaign on Trucks manufactured from March 1, 1995 through November 30, 1995 for the 1995 and 1996 model years. ... Continue reading

Polk Announces Winners of Automotive Household Loyalty Awards

Polk Announces Winners of Automotive Household Loyalty Awards

The Polk Company announced the winners of its third annual Polk Automotive Household Loyalty Awards, revealing Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. as leaders in U.S. automotive consumer loyalty in 1998. ... Continue reading

Prime Response Chosen as "Uncut Gem" by Research Board

Prime Response Chosen as "Uncut Gem" by Research Board

The European Associate Board of The Research Board has selected Prime Response, a marketing automation solutions provider offering the leading campaign management software, as an "uncut gem." ... Continue reading

Prime Response Demonstrates Industry-Leading Scalability and Performance

Prime Response Demonstrates Industry-Leading Scalability and Performance

Prime Response, a marketing automation solutions provider offering the leading campaign management software, announced proof that its Prime Vantage(tm) software can keep pace as customer information grows to hundreds of millions of rows. ... Continue reading

Ricardo, Inc. Adds Director, Business Development

Ricardo, Inc. Adds Director, Business Development

With the addition of Doug Sinclair as the newest Director of Business Development, Ricardo, Inc. is poised for business in the New Year. ... Continue reading

Standard Products Increases Quarterly Dividend To $.18 Per Share

Standard Products Increases Quarterly Dividend To $.18 Per Share

Directors of The Standard Products Co. voted to increase the quarterly dividend by six percent to $.18 per share, or $.72 per share on an annualized basis. ... Continue reading

Stoneridge to Acquire Hi-Stat

Stoneridge to Acquire Hi-Stat

Stoneridge, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hi-Stat Manufacturing Company, Inc. for approximately $362 million in cash. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Saturday's Souvenir Day Kicks Off On Thursday With Hot Laps

TRACKS: Saturday's Souvenir Day Kicks Off On Thursday With Hot Laps

TRACKS: Saturday's Souvenir Day Kicks Off On Thursday With Hot Laps ... Continue reading

Trico Standardizes on SDRC's I-DEAS Software

Trico Standardizes on SDRC's I-DEAS Software

SDRC announced that Trico Products Corporation, a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier, has made a strategic decision to standardize on I-DEAS Master Series(TM) software. ... Continue reading

Villa Marin Low Bidder for NYC Vehicle Conversions

Villa Marin Low Bidder for NYC Vehicle Conversions

Excaliber Environmental, a company specializing in developing and manufacturing alternative- fuel conversion systems for motor vehicles, announced that it has been notified that the joint bid presented by Villa Marin GMC Inc. of Staten Island. ... Continue reading

Volvo Whiplash Protection System Earns Acclaim

Volvo Whiplash Protection System Earns Acclaim

Recent testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) confirms that the new Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS) in the Volvo S80 does a better job than even a good conventional seatback/head restraint combination. ... Continue reading

Zap Receives Patent for Electric Scooter

Zap Receives Patent for Electric Scooter

The U.S. Patent Office has granted Zap Power Systems patent No. 5,848,660 on their folding electric scooter, known as the ZAPPY. The patent is the third patent granted to the California based public company. ... Continue reading

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