Mar 18, 2004
Strategic Partnership With RoadLoans Let SAM'S CLUB Members Turn Away From Higher Rates at Banks, Credit Unions, and Competing Warehouse Clubs BENTONVILLE, Ark. and HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., March 18 -- SAM'S CLUB today announced that it has teamed with RoadLoans(R) to offer a new benefit that allows Club members to in ... Continue reading
CENTRIX Financial to Serve as Title Sponsor of 2004 CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver
Mar 18, 2004
- CENTRIX Not to Acquire Rights and Assets From Dover Motorsports - Champ Car Announces Intent to Assume All Rights and Assets and Act as Event Promoter - Colorado Motorsports Contracted to Provide Management and Support for Event CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 17 -- CENTRIX Financial, LLC announced today that it will not be ... Continue reading
Mar 10, 2004
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 9 -- "More vehicles will be produced in the next 20 years than were manufactured in the previous 110-year history of the industry," said Professor Garel Rhys today, which will require a "$US 80 trillion investment, 180 new assembly plants [and require most existing factories to be] renewed, reto ... Continue reading
To Drive a Better Deal Get Financing Before Shopping for Car, AAA Says
Mar 10, 2004
ORLANDO, Fla.--March 9, 2004--Consumers could save millions of dollars on financing a new car if they shopped for a loan before ever stepping into a dealer showroom, according to AAA. New vehicle sales topped the 16 million mark again in 2003 - for the fifth straight year -- and are projected to reach 16.7 million this ... Continue reading
Dover Motorsports Subsidiary Assigns Rights to Grand Prix of Denver to Centrix Financial LLC
Mar 4, 2004
DOVER, Del., March 4 -- Dover Motorsports, Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, Inc. ("Grand Prix"), has reached an agreement with Centrix Financial LLC ("Centrix") to transfer to Centrix certain assets and rights that Grand Prix has relative to the organization a ... Continue reading
Bank of China, Volvo Sign Financial Services Agreement
Mar 4, 2004
BEIJING March 4, 2004; Phelim Kyne writing for Dow Jones reported that State-owned Bank of China said Thursday it has signed a financial services deal with the wholly owned financial subsidiary of Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo AB. Under the agreement, the bank and its branch and subsidiary companies will provid ... Continue reading
Visa Provides Auto Rental Insurance on All Visa Credit Cards - Benefiting Millions of Cardholders
Mar 1, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO--March 1, 2004--Visa USA today announced significant changes to its Visa Consumer Credit Card Platform that will provide Auto Rental Insurance (ARI), also known as Collision Damage Waiver (CDW), coverage to all Visa consumer credit cardholders, a benefit previously reserved only for select cards. Visa iss ... Continue reading
VW and Dealer Group Hahn & Lang to Buy European Dealerships
Feb 16, 2004
BRUSSELS, Feb 16, 2004; Reuters reported that the European Commission on Monday approved plans by two Volkswagen subsidiaries and Hahn & Lang, a car dealer, for a joint venture to buy auto dealerships. VW's Volkswagen Synko and Auto Synko and Hahn & Lang, all of Germany, plan the venture to purchase Audi Zentrum Stuttg ... Continue reading
Dealer Financing Litigation Reaches Settlement
Feb 12, 2004
Detroit - General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) today announced that a settlement agreement has been reached in the litigation regarding dealer financing practices (Coleman, et al. v. GMAC, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee). "The terms of the agreement preserve fair competition while tak ... Continue reading
GMAC Appoints Walker Group Vice President
Feb 12, 2004
DETROIT - David C. Walker, 43, has been appointed GMAC Group Vice President and CFO GMAC Mortgage Group, GMAC Chairman Eric Feldstein announced today. The move is effective March 1, 2004. "This move recognizes Dave's expanded stewardship in our growing mortgage operations and his strategic leadership in key funding and ... Continue reading
DealerTrack to Offer Integration with Advent Resources Inc. Point of Sale Systems
Feb 9, 2004
MELVILLE, N.Y.--Feb. 9, 2004--DealerTrack, Inc., a technology services company providing an end-to-end online auto finance solution through its DealerTrack(TM) platform, announced it has signed an integration agreement with Advent Resources Inc. This is a move that will offer direct DealerTrack connectivity to automoti ... Continue reading
R. Todd Wilson Named NASCAR Chief Financial Officer
Feb 4, 2004
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--Feb. 3, 2004--In a move to enhance NASCAR's business leadership within the motorsports industry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian France announced today the appointment of R. Todd Wilson as Chief Financial Officer. Wilson, who will report directly to France, will serve as NASCAR's highest ... Continue reading
Autobytel Reports Record Net Income & Revenue for Fourth Quarter and Year End 2003
Jan 30, 2004
IRVINE, Calif.--Jan. 29, 2004-- Quarterly Net Income Increases to $3.8 Million; Quarterly Revenue Increases to $23.9 Million Autobytel Inc. , a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2003. Highlights for the quart ... Continue reading
DealerTrack, Inc. Files Suit Against RouteOne LLC Citing Patent Infringement
Jan 29, 2004
MELVILLE, N.Y.--Jan. 28, 2004--DealerTrack, Inc., a technology services company enabling finance transactions between automobile dealers and financing sources through its online DealerTrack(TM) platform, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against RouteOne LLC, a joint venture of DaimlerChry ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler Services Establishes an All-new Business Vehicle Finance Group
Jan 27, 2004
- Business Vehicle Finance Combines the Strengths of Chrysler Financial with those of DaimlerChrysler Services Truck Finance - Support and Expertise Provided to Dealers with Commercial Portfolios FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 26 -- Leveraging the strength of both Chrysler Financial and DaimlerChrysler Services Truck Fi ... Continue reading
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