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Cirrus Logic Expands Analog-to-Digital Audio Converter Portfolio With Focus on Integration, Premium Audio Quality

Cirrus Logic Expands Analog-to-Digital Audio Converter Portfolio With Focus on Integration, Premium Audio Quality

AUSTIN, Texas--July 25, 2005-- CS5368 Single-Chip, Eight-Channel ADC Reduces Need for External Components While Delivering Superior Audio Quality With a focus on superior audio quality, Cirrus Logic Inc. has introduced the CS5368, an analog-to-digital (ADC) audio converter integrated circuit (IC) that eliminates the ne ... Continue reading

New 2006 Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle Ultra is Industry's First Motorcycle Equipped with XM Satellite Radio as a Standard Feature

New 2006 Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle Ultra is Industry's First Motorcycle Equipped with XM Satellite Radio as a Standard Feature

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading provider of satellite radio with more than 4.4 million subscribers, has entered the motorcycle market with Harley-Davidson's exclusive 2006 FLHTCUSE Screamin' Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide, the first ever motorcycle model equipped with a standard XM Sa ... Continue reading

CSK Auto Corporation Announces Intent to Refinance Existing Indebtedness

CSK Auto Corporation Announces Intent to Refinance Existing Indebtedness

PHOENIX--July 25, 2005--CSK Auto Corporation , the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc. (the "Company"), a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket, announced a proposed refinancing that includes the execution of a new asset-based senior credit facility expected to consist of a $250 million senior secured revolving ... Continue reading

Analog Devices: Powering Maxtrack's Vehicle Tracking System

Analog Devices: Powering Maxtrack's Vehicle Tracking System

Analog Devices will announce that Blackfin is being use the drive the Maxtrack MTC-500, a vehicle tracking system using the ADI processor for GPS, GSM/EDGE, digital audio and network camera functionality. I thought this might make for an interesting bit of online news; if you're interested, I'd be happy to set up time ... Continue reading

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Practice Report, The Milwaukee Mile

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Practice Report, The Milwaukee Mile

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

Transpro Completes Merger with Modine Manufacturing Company's Aftermarket Business; Changes Name to Proliance International, Inc.

Transpro Completes Merger with Modine Manufacturing Company's Aftermarket Business; Changes Name to Proliance International, Inc.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--July 22, 2005--Transpro, Inc. (AMEX: TPR) announced that it has closed its previously announced merger transaction today with Modine Aftermarket Holdings, Inc., the automotive aftermarket business of Modine Manufacturing Company . The newly combined Company has been renamed Proliance International, In ... Continue reading

Ringers Gloves Nextel Cup Check-In

Ringers Gloves Nextel Cup Check-In

Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact Information Ringers Gloves Public Relations 800.421.8454 _RingersIndy@aol.com_ (mailto:RingersIndy@aol.com) RINGERS GLOVES NEXTEL CUP CHECK-IN How is Penske Racing South doing in 2005? Moorpark, Calif. - (July 22, 2005) The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series is just past the halfw ... Continue reading

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. Announces New President and Chief Operating Officer

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. Announces New President and Chief Operating Officer

HOUSTON July 22, 2005--J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. announced today that Stormy T.W. Hicks will become President and Chief Operating Officer of the company and a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Hicks has pursued a successful 27 year career in the automotive industry and most recently was the President of ITT Autom ... Continue reading

State Legislators Join Caucus to Support Automotive Enthusiasts

State Legislators Join Caucus to Support Automotive Enthusiasts

WASHINGTON--July 22, 2005--State legislators around the country with a common goal to support the motor vehicle hobby have joined the State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus. Formed this year, the Caucus is a bi-partisan group of state lawmakers whose common thread is a love and appreciation for automobiles. Fift ... Continue reading

Restore That New-Car Look With AutoZone's Summer Clean Up Tips

Restore That New-Car Look With AutoZone's Summer Clean Up Tips

MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 22 -- Your car says a lot about you. That's why many hard-core car enthusiasts would think nothing of spending an entire afternoon -- or even an entire weekend -- detailing their vehicles. But protecting your investment doesn't require an entire day in the driveway. With all of the latest car care ... Continue reading

Wheels, Inc.'s Joe Birren Named World Class Technician by AAIA

Wheels, Inc.'s Joe Birren Named World Class Technician by AAIA

Birren Receives ASE Certifications to Achieve World Class Level DES PLAINES, Ill., July 21 -- Wheels, Inc., a leader in the multi-billion-dollar fleet-leasing industry, today announced that Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP) Advisor Joe Birren has been recognized as a World Class technician by the Automotive Aftermar ... Continue reading

ACDelco to Offer Customers Cash Back Rebates in Fall Durastop Brake Bucks Promotion

ACDelco to Offer Customers Cash Back Rebates in Fall Durastop Brake Bucks Promotion

GRAND BLANC, MICH. -- Vehicle owners looking to replace their brakes this fall can experience premium ACDelco replacement parts at competitive prices when they purchase ACDelco DuraStop® brake products from participating Independent Service Centers (ISCs) as part of ACDelco's DuraStop "Brake Bucks" Cash Back promotion ... Continue reading

Another Award Underscores the Innovation of Goodyear's Assurance Featuring TripleTred Technology

Another Award Underscores the Innovation of Goodyear's Assurance Featuring TripleTred Technology

AKRON, Ohio, July 21 -- Already honored with several awards, Goodyear's popular "any condition" tire, Assurance featuring TripleTred Technology, is the subject of another accolade -- recognition as "one of the most innovative ideas of the year" from R&D Magazine. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLO ... Continue reading

John Hrit Joins EaglePicher Hillsdale Division

John Hrit Joins EaglePicher Hillsdale Division

Named Operations Vice President of Automotive Supplier Company INKSTER, Mich., July 21 -- John M. Hrit was named vice president of operations with the Hillsdale Division of EaglePicher, Inc. David Treadwell, division president, made the announcement. In this position, Hrit will oversee all manufacturing engineering, qu ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Reports Strong Second Quarter 2005 Operating Results

Tenneco Automotive Reports Strong Second Quarter 2005 Operating Results

- 13th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth - 14th consecutive quarter of year-over-year adjusted EBITDA improvement - Strong cash performance offsets loss of customer advance payment program - EBIT and EPS improve year-over-year - Europe and South America EBIT up 43% on 13% revenue gain LAKE FOREST, Il ... Continue reading

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