CDC Softwares CRM Solution Tapped by Canadian Automobile Association Club.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-11 February 2008-CDC Softwares CRM Solution Tapped by Canadian Automobile Association Club(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corp. and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software and services, announced that the Canadian Automobile Association, South Central Ontario (CAASCO), which is...

BMW of North America Taps GE Motor Club as Emergency Roadside Assistance Provider in the U.S.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-29 February 2008-BMW of North America Taps GE Motor Club as Emergency Roadside Assistance Provider in the U.S.(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com BMW of North America and GE Money have announced an exclusive relationship that brings the GE Motor Club roadside assistance program to...

Going the extra mile: the green alternative to AAA road service. (Money Matters).
Most Americans have lovehate relationships with their automobiles. While cars do offer mobility, the open road is full of potholes--the literal ones and the environmental reckoning of congestion, global warming and declining air quality. Membership in an automobile club is one time-honored way motorists can gain some security and...

AAA Offers Navigation and Road Service Via Select GPS-Enabled Cell Phones.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-17 August 2007-AAA Offers Navigation and Road Service Via Select GPS-Enabled Cell Phones(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com AAA's proprietary travel information, mapping expertise and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled mobile phones via a newly launched service called AAA Mobile, AAA announced....

No place to hide: telematics technology allows trucking companies to keep an eye on their vans, rigs and drivers. While proponents praise the technology's ability to lower operating costs, they so far have yet to reap the benefits of lower premiums.
A heavy city bus skids to a stop to avoid hitting a truck cutting in front of it. Passengers get thrown around, some are hurt. A while later, the owner of a fleet of Roto Rooter vans receives notice that it its being sued. The claimant, who had been...

Big-Time boxes; Our readers offer a proud look at their awesome tool storage systems.
Owner: Sam Ray S & R Repairs Towing & Recovery Inc. Milesburg, Pa. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Box: Working on the big trucks requires a lot of tools, and those tools need a place to go. Ray's "Mr. Big"...

Starting off the New Year Right. (The Goodness of America).
On New Year's Day, David Krogh, 43, was driving with daughter Dani, 15, from his home in Murray, Utah, to Wendover, 113 miles to the west, where Dani's mother works. About 20 miles into the trip, the disabled veteran nearly hit a Chesapeake golden retriever on Interstate 80 near...

Rubber.
Rubber The day after I had a one-night stand and the condom broke, my car tire went flat on West Main. All these men offered a hand, but none of them could loosen the lug nuts-- a middle-aged one with a cowboy hat, jeans too tight; a young truck...

Ford mobility motoring: it takes a team.
The Ford Motor Company Mobility Motoring Program wasn't the first. It may not have always been the biggest. But Mobility Motoring has made a positive difference for thousands of individuals and families with children who have physical disabilities with a team approach that provides a lot more than just...

Miss Margaret Appleby, abecedarian.
Margaret wanted a business card with her name on it. Everyone else in her family had one. Aunt Justine's card was her favorite. It had a picture of yellow, pink, and purple balloons on it. It read, Ms. Justine Farnsworth, The Balloon Lady. "Aunt Justine," asked Margaret...