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Golden State Collision Centers, Inc. To Provide Restored Vehicles to Two In-Need Families

Golden State Collision Centers, Inc. To Provide Restored Vehicles to Two In-Need Families

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Golden State Collision Centers, Inc. will present rehabilitated vehicles to in-need families during its “Giving Back to the Community Benevolence Event” at 10:30 a.m., December 16, 2008, at the Golden State Collision Center, 7407 Roseville Road, Sacramento. The only one of its kind in the ... Continue reading

Local Family Receives Recycled Vehicle for Thanksgiving

Local Family Receives Recycled Vehicle for Thanksgiving

TUCSON, Ariz.--A local family will have a special reason to celebrate this Thanksgiving when they receive a vehicle from 911 Collision Centers, a member of the National Auto Body Council (NABC), GEICO and Casas Adobes Rotary Foundation. The vehicle will be presented to the family on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at GEICO’s Tu ... Continue reading

First Renderings Released of Jim Wangers Signature Edition GTO

First Renderings Released of Jim Wangers Signature Edition GTO

PRESS RELEASE: First Renderings Released of Jim Wangers Signature Edition GTO Green Bay, Wisconsin (MMD Newswire) November 24, 2008 -- First rendering of Jim Wangers/Big 3 Performance GTO is looking like a home run. Big 3 swing's for the fences with a more aggressive approach to the now common protouring movement. Over ... Continue reading

NATURALDRIVE OBTAINS EPA CERTIFICATION FOR CNG IMPALA RETROFIT

NATURALDRIVE OBTAINS EPA CERTIFICATION FOR CNG IMPALA RETROFIT

Phoenix, AZ – November 24, 2008 – NaturalDrive Partners, LLC has obtained EPA certification for its dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) retrofit of 2008 Chevrolet Impala sedans powered by 3.5 liter and 3.9 liter flex-fuel engines in models LS, LT, LTZ, as well as law enforcement packages 9C1 and 9C3. Natur ... Continue reading

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. Presents Results for the Third Quarter of 2008

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. Presents Results for the Third Quarter of 2008

Third Quarter 2008 Revenues Reached $35.2m, a Pro-Forma YoY Growth of 28%; Earnings per Share Reached $0.27, a Pro-Forma YoY Growth of 93% AZOUR, Israel, November 24 -- Ituran Location and Control Ltd. , today announced its consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Highlights of the ... Continue reading

TomTom Inc. Committed to Customer Satisfaction Excellence

TomTom Inc. Committed to Customer Satisfaction Excellence

CONCORD, Mass.--TomTom, the world’s leading portable navigation solutions provider, today announces that it has been recognized for call center customer satisfaction excellence for the second year in a row under the J.D. Power and Associates Certified Call Center Program. This distinction is unparalleled in the po ... Continue reading

Alternative-energy Cars Are Promising In China

Alternative-energy Cars Are Promising In China

Alternative-energy cars are promising in China http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1008494/Alternative-energy-cars-are-pro misin g-in-China.html Shanghai, November 24 (Gasgoo.com) A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, yesterday released its report on the prospect of alternative-energy vehicles in China, a mark ... Continue reading

New Suzuki Seasonal Selection For This Christmas

New Suzuki Seasonal Selection For This Christmas

When it comes to Christmas, many shoppers are often stuck at this time of year for gift ideas for family and friends. However, help is at hand from Suzuki with their all new seasonal gift selection. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Announces Quarterly Dividend

Johnson Controls Announces Quarterly Dividend

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 19 -- The Directors of Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) today authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per common share. The dividend is payable January 5, 2009 to shareholders of record on December 12, 2008. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081030/AQTH055ALOGO) About Johnson Contro ... Continue reading

Dana Holding Corporation Secures Amended Credit Facility

Dana Holding Corporation Secures Amended Credit Facility

TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 21 -- Dana Holding Corporation announced today that it has received the requisite support of its lenders to amend the financial covenants for its $1.3 billion senior secured term credit facility. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ) The amendment improves the ratios permissible ... Continue reading

American Axle & Manufacturing Declares Fourth Quarter 2008 Dividend

American Axle & Manufacturing Declares Fourth Quarter 2008 Dividend

DETROIT, Nov. 21 -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced a cash dividend of $0.02 per share payable on December 29, 2008 to stockholders of record on all of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock as of December 8, 2008. AAM is a world leader ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Declares 147th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Declares 147th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

FINDLAY, Ohio, Nov. 21 -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company today announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on common stock, payable Dec. 30, 2008, to stockholders of record at the close of business Dec. 2, 2008. This will mark the 147th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone-Brand Potenza RE050A Tires Are Standard Equipment On 2009 Nissan 370Z Sports Coupe

Bridgestone-Brand Potenza RE050A Tires Are Standard Equipment On 2009 Nissan 370Z Sports Coupe

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nov. 20, 2008; Bridgestone-brand Potenza™ RE050A™ tires are original equipment on the highly anticipated 2009 Nissan 370Z sports coupe which was unveiled at the 2008 Los Angeles Car Show. “This extremely high-performance vehicle is a perfect platform to showcase the performance capabilit ... Continue reading

Tufts University Grants Exclusive Commercial Rights to Electric Truck, LLC, for Mileage-Increasing Transportation Technology

Tufts University Grants Exclusive Commercial Rights to Electric Truck, LLC, for Mileage-Increasing Transportation Technology

GREENWICH, Conn. & BOSTON--Electric Truck, LLC (ET) and Tufts University’s Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC) today announced that ET has exclusively optioned commercial rights to a technology that can recharge the batteries of any hybrid electric and electric-powered vehicle while ... Continue reading

Fisker Automotive Announces Intent to Source General Motors Components

Fisker Automotive Announces Intent to Source General Motors Components

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 21 -- Fisker Automotive, Inc., a green American premium car company, today announced that General Motors has been selected to supply, through its on-highway integrator Powertrain Integration LLC, the gasoline engine that will be used in the Fisker Karma, Fisker Automotive's new Extended Range Hybri ... Continue reading

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