Group 1 Automotive Announces Strategic Alliance with American Auto Exchange

Group 1 Automotive Announces Strategic Alliance with American Auto Exchange (The Auto Channel)
HOUSTON--Nov. 1, 20056, 2005--Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , a Fortune 500 specialty retailer, announced today that it has signed an agreement with American Auto Exchange, Inc. ("Auto Exchange") to install Auto Exchange's pre-owned inventory management software in Group 1's dealerships.

CSK Auto Awarded for Recycling Efforts (The Auto Channel)
PHOENIX--Nov. 15, 2005--U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D - Calif.) and the California Integrated Waste Management Board have recognized CSK Auto Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSK Auto Corp. ) for its successful oil and oil filter collection for recycling projects during the last year. CSK Auto's California stores, operating under the trade name Kragen Auto Parts, received a Certificate of

LG Chem to boost spending, scraps auto parts sale (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
SEOUL, Nov 17 (Reuters) - LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's top chemicals maker, said on Thursday it would invest 2.2 trillion won ($2.12 billion) over the next 5 years in local plants to boost output of mainly laptop batteries and polarisers.

California honors CSK Auto for recycling efforts (The Business Journal of Phoenix)
An Arizona-based auto parts firm has received high praise for its environmental efforts.

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
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RFID Goes To The Races--In NASCAR Tires (InformationWeek)
The technology, embedded in the sidewall, will be used to help race managers track and return thousands of leased tires.

Kyle Busch Wins Checker Auto Parts 500 (Speed TV)
Fact really is stranger than fiction, as Kyle Busch proved Sunday in the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, capping a weekend so strange one couldn t possibly make it up.