Autos & Transportation I 2006 Feature Releases

Business Wire, July 18, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO -- The following release focuses on the topic Autos & Transportation I:

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CLEVELAND--GE NIGHTHAWK(TM) Bulbs Give Greater Night Driving Confidence (07/18/2006 - 08:03 AM, SOURCE: GE Consumer & Industrial, NYSE:GE)

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--David Jacobson, president of GrooveCar, Inc., is an auto expert who has successfully integrated this capability with leading credit unions. Jacobson grew up in the auto industry and served as a partner in one of the largest Northeastern U.S. automotive groups. He founded GrooveCar in 2000 to serve as a financial intermediary between auto and motorcycle dealerships and a growing credit union audience. GrooveCar, Inc. is a Long Island, NY-based financial intermediary. For more information, visit www.groovecar.com. 631-454-7500 ext. 11, david@groovecar.com, PR Contact: Andrew Edson, 631-486-5500 ext. 246, andrew@edsonpr.com

--Charles Hales is a transit planning principal with HDR and former Portland, Ore., city commissioner dubbed the "father of streetcars" during his tenure for his passionate support of the Portland Streetcar project. As the city commissioner for land use and transportation during the Portland Streetcar creation, he saw the powerful effect this development-oriented transit infrastructure had on his community. The five-mile, $55 million Portland Streetcar project has already leveraged more than $1.4 billion in new development and doubled its initial ridership projections. It has become the model for other communities investigating this community-friendly transit option. Hales has presented transit issues to a variety of worldwide organizations, including expert testimony to the U.S. Senate. In addition to helping HDR clients with a variety of transit projects, Hales leads The Streetcar Partnership, a service to communities throughout North America that are returning to this cost-effective, neighborhood-scale transit option. PR Contact: Jackie Fox, 402-926-7058, jackie.fox@hdrinc.com

--As founder and president of Automobile Consumer Services, Inc., Tarry Shebesta oversees the company's corporate expansion, business development and service offerings. Mr. Shebesta started in the automotive business 15 years ago when he created the first online dial-up BBS car buying service. In 1994, he migrated the service to the web. In 1998, Mr. Shebesta added retail leasing through LeaseCompare.com. Mr. Shebesta is a Certified Lease Consultant and currently serves as Vice President of the National Vehicle Leasing Association, Southwest Ohio VP of the Ohio Vehicle Leasing Association, Chairperson of the Vehicle Technology Remarketing Committee for the International Automotive Remarketing Alliance. 800-223-4882, tarry@acscorp.com

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