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Big Mother is Watching: Discrete Wireless Announces Official GPS Teen Tracking Distributor Network

Big Mother is Watching: Discrete Wireless Announces Official GPS Teen Tracking Distributor Network

Keep Teen Drivers Safer, Lower Insurance Costs, Send Driving Directions, Reduce Vehicle Theft ATLANTA, July 27 -- Atlanta-based Discrete Wireless, Inc. a leading provider of GPS Vehicle Tracking Systems, today announced their official Teen Tracking Dealer Network, a new program for coordinating Discrete Wireless distri ... Continue reading

Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. Announces Changes in Top Management Roles of Shagrir Vehicle Systems Ltd

Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. Announces Changes in Top Management Roles of Shagrir Vehicle Systems Ltd

GIVATAYIM, Israel, July 27 -- Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: NXUSF), a leading provider of stolen vehicle retrieval services in Israel, Argentina and Mexico, and a leading provider of road side assistance and towing services in Israel, announced the appointment of Mr. Ofer Lior, Chief Executive Offi ... Continue reading

Mobile Crossing Ships WayPoint 200 Portable Navigation System

Mobile Crossing Ships WayPoint 200 Portable Navigation System

Full Featured GPS Has One Touch Traffic and Weather, Safety Features, and Bluetooth Satellite Receiver SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 27 -- Mobile Crossing has begun shipping the WayPoint 200, a GPS navigation system that helps drivers find and reach their destination effectively through traffic and weather reports and numero ... Continue reading

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Reports Record 2005 Second Quarter Results

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Reports Record 2005 Second Quarter Results

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--July 26, 2005--O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ("O'Reilly" or "the Company") today announced record revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2005, representing 47 quarters of record revenues and earnings for O'Reilly since becoming a public company in April 1993. Net income, before cumulative effect ... Continue reading

Drew Industries Reports Record Second Quarter

Drew Industries Reports Record Second Quarter

Record Earnings and Sales, New Products Highlight Quarter WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 26 -- Drew Industries Incorporated continued its string of record quarters led by sales and earnings growth in both its recreational vehicle and manufactured housing segments. Drew reported a 15 percent increase in sales and record profi ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts Announces Acquisition of Lappen Auto Supply

Advance Auto Parts Announces Acquisition of Lappen Auto Supply

ROANOKE, Va.--July 26, 2005--Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Lappen Auto Supply Co., Inc.'s auto parts division. Advance's all-cash transaction adds privatel ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Dedicates New World Headquarters in Auburn Hills

BorgWarner Dedicates New World Headquarters in Auburn Hills

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 26 -- Leading global powertrain supplier BorgWarner Inc. today dedicated its new World Headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. "The establishment of our World Headquarters in metro Detroit is a milestone in BorgWarner's long and distinguished history," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner Chairman ... Continue reading

Motorola and Yahoo! Announce Plans to Bring Consumer Applications to the Mobile, Auto, and Home

Motorola and Yahoo! Announce Plans to Bring Consumer Applications to the Mobile, Auto, and Home

Companies to Align on Linux and Java Platform for Optimized and Seamless Mobile Consumer Experience LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 26 -- Motorola, Inc. , a global leader in wireless and broadband communications, and Yahoo! Inc. , a leading global Internet company, today announced they intend to collabor ... Continue reading

Infineon Reports Results for Third Quarter of Financial Year 2005

Infineon Reports Results for Third Quarter of Financial Year 2005

MUNICH, Germany--July 26, 2005--Infineon Technologies AG (FWB:IFX): -- Revenues of Euro 1.61 billion in the third quarter were stable compared to the second quarter, reflecting increased revenues of the Memory Products segment, offset by reduced revenues in the Communication and the Automotive, Industrial and Multimark ... Continue reading

Dunlop Drivers Cup Is All About Fun, Driving Experience

Dunlop Drivers Cup Is All About Fun, Driving Experience

AKRON, Ohio, July 25 -- Dunlop in Europe is all about driving and having fun, and marketers here are recreating the experience with "people who have undue influence over other tire buyers." Enter the Dunlop Drivers Cup. The European-based international drivers challenge is bringing Americans into the fold for the first ... Continue reading

ASIMCO Technologies Signs License and Manufacturing Agreement with Haldex

ASIMCO Technologies Signs License and Manufacturing Agreement with Haldex

(Exclusive rights to distribute high-output twin compressor in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) BEJING, CHINA, July 25 -- ASIMCO Technologies Limited today announced it has signed a License and Manufacturing Agreement with Haldex AB to become the exclusive supplier of a new high-output, twin-cylinder compressor desi ... Continue reading

Exide Technologies to Continue as Exclusive Supplier of Lead-Acid Batteries to Tractor Supply

Exide Technologies to Continue as Exclusive Supplier of Lead-Acid Batteries to Tractor Supply

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--July 25, 2005--Exide Technologies (www.exide.com), a global leader in stored electrical-energy solutions, announced today it will continue to be the exclusive provider of lead-acid batteries to Tractor Supply Company, the largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States with more than 500 ... Continue reading

Haldex to Manufacture Compressors in China

Haldex to Manufacture Compressors in China

KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 25 -- Haldex announced today it has signed a License and Manufacturing Agreement with a subsidiary of ASIMCO Technologies Limited, located in Beijing, China, to manufacture a new Haldex designed twin-cylinder compressor. Haldex will market and service its new compressor in markets outside China. ... Continue reading

Inventor Offers Aftermarket ICE to EV Conversion Kit - What Do You Think?

Inventor Offers Aftermarket ICE to EV Conversion Kit - What Do You Think?

EUREKA !! THE AUTOMOBILE WONDER EV KIT BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD. RUNS 300KM(APPROX) ON JUST A SINGLE CHARGE. NO HYBRID FUNCTIONING. PURELY ON BATTERY TECHNOLOGY! Dear Sir, Please do not ignore this mail...It is very important for your country... I am introducing myself as Mr. M.I. Gajjar. I am an inventor; I have made ... Continue reading

Hella Earns Top Honors For LED Headlamp Concept

Hella Earns Top Honors For LED Headlamp Concept

PLYMOUTH, Mich., July 25 -- A prototype headlamp system developed by Hella in cooperation with Volkswagen has received top honors for innovation in a bi-annual competition held by Spain's Society of Automotive Engineers (Sociedad de Tecnicos de Automocion). Hella's LED headlamp came in first among 87 entries in voting ... Continue reading

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