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- H. Wayne Huizenga Steering Plans for New Empire with Republic Industries.(Originated from The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville)
- Oct. 27--H. Wayne Huizenga wants to do for cars what he did for garbage and videos. The business and sports tycoon established himself in the 1970s and 1980s by targeting the fragmented garbage and video industries and making Waste Management Inc....
- Research articles 1997-10-27
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- AutoNation Will Survive the Demise of GM
- Michael Young submits: AutoNation AN is America's largest specialist automotive retailer. The very statement encourages readers unfamiliar with the company to jump to conclusions. Just weeks after the formal demise of GM (GMGMQ.PK) and Chrysler, hasty journalists need to be restrained from writing the retailer’s epitaph, exercising tired sound-bites about...
- External links 2009-06-21
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-Based AutoNation Buys Miami-Area Nissan Dealership.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 23 -- AutoNation bought a Nissan new-car dealership in Miami-Dade County this week, and it plans to graft it onto the company's AutoNation USA used car superstore, making it an AutoNation USA Nissan dealership. In a...
- Research articles 1999-04-22
- AutoNation: GM Dealership Closings Will Have No Impact
- Todd Sullivan submits: Mike Jackson of AutoNation AN commented today on the GM GM closings announced. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), American's largest automotive retailer, today announced that General Motors notified AutoNation that six of its dealerships were identified for potential closing...
- External links 2009-05-15
- AutoNation.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
- AutoNation plans to buy the only Land Rover dealership in Broward County from Steve and Tom Shelton. AutoNation will move the nation's 15th-largest Land Rover ... AutoNation plans to buy the only Land Rover dealership in Broward County from Steve and Tom Shelton. AutoNation will move...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Republic Industries rebrands as AutoNation.
- Republic Industries changed its corporate name to AutoNation Inc. The move by the company founded 27 months ago by H. Wayne Huizenga signals the marketer's intent to make AutoNation a national brand name in new and used car sales, service and rental. Republic Industries changed its...
- Research articles 1999-04-12
- AutoNation, Ford Discuss Merging Sanford, Fla., Dealerships.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21 -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- AutoNation, the country's largest auto dealership chain, is negotiating how to add a Ford new car dealership to its AutoNation USA used-car superstore concept. The Fort Lauderdale-based company is talking with...
- Research articles 1999-04-21
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-Based AutoNation Buys Miami-Area Nissan Franchise.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 23 -- AutoNation executed yet another change in its auto retailing strategy Thursday, this time combining a newly acquired Nissan franchise in Miami with its used car superstore in Perrine. The Fort Lauderdale company said it bought...
- Research articles 1999-04-22
- Florida-Based AutoNation Reaches Agreement with Nissan, Ends Lawsuit.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21 -- AutoNation, the Fort Lauderdale auto retailing and rental group headed by H. Wayne Huizenga, has reached an agreement with Nissan Motor Corp. that ends the automaker's lawsuit over AutoNation's right to buy more dealerships. ...
- Research articles 1999-05-20
- AutoNation. (In the News).(AutoNation Inc. to buy dealership in Texas)(Brief Article)
- Fort Lauderdale -- AutoNation (NYSE-AN) has signed an agreement to acquire a Fort Worth, Texas-based Chevrolet ... Fort Lauderdale -- AutoNation (NYSE-AN) has signed an agreement to acquire a Fort Worth, Texas-based Chevrolet dealership. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company has also announced...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- AutoNation on Credit Watch as Credit Agencies Scramble
- Todd Sullivan submits: First the details:Standard & Poor’s put AutoNation AN on credit watch, citing the U.S. economy and falling auto sales. AutoNation ranks No. 1 on the Automotive News list of top 125 U.S. dealership groups selling over 325,000 new vehicles last year.Currently AutoNation has a BBB- investment...
- External links 2008-09-23
- Earnings Preview: AutoNation
- AutoNation AN is expected to report Q3 earnings before market open Thursday, Novembe 6, with a conference call scheduled for 11:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 29c on revenue of $3.88B. The consensus is 25c to 32c for EPS, and revenue of $3.71B to $4.09B,...
- External links 2008-11-05
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-Based AutoNation to Pay $470 Million in Tax Settlement.
- By Joseph Mann, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 4--AutoNation Inc., the Fort Lauderdale company that is the country's largest retailer of new and used vehicles, said Monday it had reached a $470 million agreement with the Internal Revenue Service...
- Research articles 2003-03-04
- A conversation with AutoNation's president, Mike Maroone: auto retailing where "retail is detail"
- Michael E. Maroone started his career in the automotive industry as Ford Motor Company's youngest dealer. Today he is president of the largest auto retailer in the world, AutoNation. Until organizations like AutoNation entered the market, automobile dealerships were typically family enterprises. In the interview, Mike relates his family story,...
- Research articles 2003-03-22
- Bill Gates Raises His Stake in AutoNation to 10%
- Ron Haruni submits: Bill Gate’s Cascade Investment and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation disclosed, in a regulator filing, raising their stake in the largest U.S. auto parts retailer AutoNation, Inc. AN to 10%. In July 17, ‘08, Gates revealed a 5.5% stake in AutoNation, also through Cascade and his...
- External links 2008-11-25
- ADT, AutoNation could pair without merger. (ADT Automotive Inc.; AutoNation USA)
- ADT Automotive Inc. and AutoNation USA has closed a used car reconditioning pact despite the failed merger between parent companies ADT Ltd. and Republic Industries Inc. ADT Automotive will provide reconditioning services to AutoNation until the used-car superstore has developed its own reconditioning network. The $4.9 billion merger was abandoned...
- Research articles 1996-10-07
- Virginia-Based CarMax Expands as Rival AutoNation Scales Back.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Feb. 28--On Monday, 10 weeks after archrival AutoNation closed most of its used-car megastores, CarMax will open a new superstore on a prime piece of property in Plano. Feb. 28--On Monday, 10 weeks after archrival AutoNation closed most of its used-car megastores, CarMax will...
- Research articles 2000-02-28
- Deal Gives AutoNation Exclusive Rights to Market Cars to America Online Users.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- May 16--Expecting perhaps its biggest sale-a-thon yet, AutoNation announced a deal Monday with America Online that will give the Fort Lauderdale company exclusive rights to market new and used vehicles to AOL's 22 million U.S. members. May 16--Expecting perhaps its biggest sale-a-thon yet, AutoNation...
- Research articles 2000-05-15
- AutoNation Plans Another Mega-Store in Northern California.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mar. 8--AutoNation, a Florida-based used car giant, wants to build a 17-acre superstore off the Almaden Expressway in San Jose -- provided it can get the site rezoned for commercial development. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mar. 8--AutoNation, a Florida-based used car...
- Research articles 1997-03-08
- AutoNation Sells Outdoor Ad Unit.(Republic Media to Infinity Broadcasting)(Brief Article)
- FORT LAUDERDALE -- In a move that caught analysts by surprise, AutoNation (NYSE-AN) sold its outdoor advertising business, Republic Media, to Infinity Broad casting for $104 million. Infinity's parent company, Viacom, bought Blockbuster Entertainment FORT LAUDERDALE -- In a move that caught analysts by surprise, ...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
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