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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2004

IRS Issues Vehicle Depreciation Requirements

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Procedure 2004-20, which provides limitations on depreciation deductions for passenger vehicles first placed in service in calendar year 2004, according to the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA). The IRS notice makes significant reductions in vehicle values from 2003.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2004

Critics of Take-Home City Vehicles Used Pittsburgh City Cars Themselves

Three Pittsburgh City Council members used city-owned cars for weeks at a time this winter before criticizing Mayor Tom Murphy for allowing officials and administrators to take home city vehicles, according to an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2004

Reynolds and Reynolds' Networkcar Named Finalist for Top Telematics Industry Award

Networkcar, a Reynolds and Reynolds company (NYSE: REY - News), announced on April 13 that it's been named a finalist for the Second Annual Telematics Update Magazine Telematics Award program.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2004

New FedEx Express Hybrid Electric Trucks Begin Service in Sacramento

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., announced on March 30 that it has placed into service the first of its new, low-emission, hybrid electric powered delivery vehicles in concert with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Environmental Defense and Eaton Corporation.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2004

IARA Announces Agenda for 2004 Remarketing Roundtable in Chicago

The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) announced that the next IARA Roundtable event, designed to address the needs and priorities of vehicle remarketers, will be held July 21-23 at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Chicago.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2004

IARA Announces Agenda for 2004 Remarketing Roundtable in Chicago

The next IARA Roundtable event, designed to address the needs and priorities of vehicle remarketers, will be held July 21-23 at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Chicago.

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2004

Fleet Response’s Inaugural Advisory Board Meeting a Success

Fleet Response held its inaugural Advisory Board meeting February 21-24, 2004, and the event was successful in helping the company attain feedback about its operations.

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2004

Warren Byrd Named ServNet COO

Warren Byrd, a former corporate executive with ADESA auctions, was named to the newly created position of chief operating officer of ServNet Auctions, announced Bob Sullivan, general manager of Chattanooga Auto Auction and ServNet’s president-elect, on April 5.

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2004

XM Radio Shows Gains and Adds Boston Channel to Instant Traffic & Weather Service

XM Satellite Radio reported on April 1 greater-than-expected subscriber gains in the first quarter of 2004 in what many analysts believe is a critical year for building consumer acceptance of the satellite radio industry, according to a report from Reuters.

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2004

GM Economist Predicts Medium-Duty Truck Sales May Increase to 180,000 Units Annually

Paul Ballew, GM's executive director for global market and industry analysis, in a briefing for market analysts and the media on April 1, said in the Flint Journal newspaper, "There are clear signs that the medium-duty category is growing, We could get up to 180,000 medium-duty (trucks) industry-wide."

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