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RHR International Salutes Ford's Alan Mulally as 2011 Chief Executive of the Year

RHR International Salutes Ford's Alan Mulally as 2011 Chief Executive of the Year

CHICAGO--Ford CEO Alan Mulally has been named "2011 Chief Executive of the Year," an honor bestowed upon an outstanding corporate leader, nominated and selected by a group of his or her peers. The award was presented at an invitation-only event hosted by NYSE Euronext and the Chief Executive Group at the New York Stock ... Continue reading

Mazda Unveils SKYACTIV Technology To Journalists In Vancouver BC

Mazda Unveils SKYACTIV Technology To Journalists In Vancouver BC

Mazda Introduces SKYACTIV Technology The Sky’s the Limit by Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau (photo here: SKYACTIV 913) The Auto Channel Vancouver, Canada August, 2011; This beautiful Pacific Northwest city, host of the 2010 Winter Olympics, boasts the smallest carbon footprint of any major city in North ... Continue reading

GM Financial Reports 2011 June Quarter Operating Results

GM Financial Reports 2011 June Quarter Operating Results

FORT WORTH, Texas--GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. (“GM Financialâ€??? or the “Companyââ& amp; #130;¬???), announced net income of $96 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, and $173 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Loan originations were $1.3 billion f ... Continue reading

RECALL: 2008 Chrysler and Dodge Minivans

RECALL: 2008 Chrysler and Dodge Minivans

Vehicle Make / Model /Year: CHRYSLER / TOWN AND COUNTRY 2008 CHRYSLER / VOYAGER 2008 DODGE / GRAND CARAVAN 2008 Manufacturer: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC Mfr's Report Date: AUG 03, 2011 NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number:11V394000 N/A NHTSA Action Number:N/A Component:AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE Potential Number of Units Affec ... Continue reading

C.A.R.- Big Shots Spill Their Beans in Travis City - Management Briefing Seminars - Day 3

C.A.R.- Big Shots Spill Their Beans in Travis City - Management Briefing Seminars - Day 3

MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS DAY 3 By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau By mid morning today we had enough to write about for the rest of the week between Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler and chairman of Fiat, and Bob King, UAW’s dynamic new president. From the former we heard about the survival and ... Continue reading

Dodge Durango 2011 Showcases The Power of the SUV

Dodge Durango 2011 Showcases The Power of the SUV

New 30-second spots begin in third quarter and emphasize 'The SUV is Back' Television and digital advertising demonstrate 2011 Dodge Durango's best-in-class driving range, power and towing capacity, seating for seven and other vehicle refinements that deliver the 'Sport' in Sport Utility Vehicles American performance r ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Corporation to Present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Industrial and A&D Conference

Oshkosh Corporation to Present at the Jefferies 2011 Global Industrial and A&D Conference

OSHKOSH, Wis.--Oshkosh Corporation announced today that its management will participate in the Jefferies 2011 Global Industrial and A&D Conference taking place in New York City on Thursday, August 11, 2011. The presentation is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. ET and will be webcast with viewer controlled slides. ... Continue reading

Tie It Down As Best You Can: 2000 Honda Civic Is Most Frequently Stolen Car In New York State

Tie It Down As Best You Can: 2000 Honda Civic Is Most Frequently Stolen Car In New York State

The New York Insurance Association said the 2000 Honda Civic is again the most frequently stolen vehicle in New York State. The Hot Wheels 2011 study released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) examines data reported to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and determines the vehicle make, model, and ... Continue reading

Aviation - Lockheed Martin Wins Arrowhead Contract

Aviation - Lockheed Martin Wins Arrowhead Contract

El Segundo, August 4, 2011: The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $60 million follow-on production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead, for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The $60 million Lot 8 base contract includes 23 ... Continue reading

Aviation - Enstrom Helicopter Corp. Completes Royal Thai Army Training Program

Aviation - Enstrom Helicopter Corp. Completes Royal Thai Army Training Program

Menominee, August 4, 2011: Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has completed training of 21 Royal Thai Army pilots and 28 Royal Thai mechanics on the Royal Thai Army’s new 480B turbine training helicopters. The students were split into two groups, with the first half training in March and the second half training June. ... Continue reading

Lewis & Clark Prospect and Three Nearby Western Williston Basin Prospect Areas, Initial Production Rates Average 1,471 BOE/D

Lewis & Clark Prospect and Three Nearby Western Williston Basin Prospect Areas, Initial Production Rates Average 1,471 BOE/D

Whiting Petroleum Corporation today released information on six western Williston Basin areas within its Lewis & Clark prospect and three nearby prospects. The initial production rates from wells drilled in these nine areas averaged 1,471 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day. Whiting believes that its drilling resul ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Fleet Management - World 2011 - The Installed Base of Fleet Management Systems Will Reach 5.0 Million in Europe By 2015

Research and Markets: Fleet Management - World 2011 - The Installed Base of Fleet Management Systems Will Reach 5.0 Million in Europe By 2015

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Berg Insight AB's new report "Fleet Management - World 2011" to their offering. A complete set of two unique reports - offering in-depth analysis and unique insights into the global fleet management market. This package comprise the following titles in Berg Insight's M ... Continue reading

GT Solar Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results And Reiterates Full Fiscal Year Guidance

GT Solar Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Results And Reiterates Full Fiscal Year Guidance

GT Solar International, Inc. today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended July 2, 2011."We believe our efforts to diversify the company's revenue base position us to weather cyclicality that we may encounter in the PV, polysilicon and LED industries. Meanwhile, our strong balance sheet ... Continue reading

World Motors Fact Book

World Motors Fact Book

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "World Motors Fact Book" to their offering. This research service is a global fact book of electric motors. The study provides unit shipments and revenues of the global electric motors for the year 2007 to illustrate the market condition p ... Continue reading

Airbiquity and Coulomb Technologies Announce Partnership Agreement

Airbiquity and Coulomb Technologies Announce Partnership Agreement

Airbiquity, a global leader in connected vehicle services, and Coulomb Technologies, the creator of the ChargePoint Network, the largest online network of independently-owned electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, today announced a joint partnership to integrate the ChargePoint Network's driver services into Airbiqui ... Continue reading

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