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• Austrian piano maker Boesendorfer heading for Japanese hands

  - 2007-11-29

  VIENNA AFP — Austria's Boesendorfer, one the world's top three piano makers, looks set to fall into foreign hands, with its current owner, the troubled Austrian bank BAWAG, in "final negotiations" with Japanese giant Yamaha, the bank announced Thursday. Rival bidder, home-grown piano maker Brodmann which was seen as...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Austria, bank, FINANCE, negotiation, Yamaha Corp.

• Grab a year-old bargain

  - 2007-02-16

  Byline: By Harriet Ridley 2006 model value Oh, happy days. While manufacturers are busy launching their 2007 models, we're left with fabulous bargains on last year's unsold stock. Buying a new bike on the super-cheap also means not being hit so badly by instant depreciation. As...

  Tags: FINANCE, Honda Motor Co., Investment, Manufacturing, Yamaha Corp.

• OEMs show future at Intermot.(original equipment manufacturers)

  - 2006-11-13

  The global powersports industry showed countless trends at Intermot 2006, from niche markets and OEM offerings not found in the United States to the latest in technological innovations and a continued growth in vehicle suppliers from the Far East. Among the most obvious...

  Tags: BMW AG, Europe, FINANCE, Harley-Davidson Inc., Honda Motor Co., Investment, motorcycle, U.S., Yamaha Corp.

• Former Swedish motorcycling champion Andersson dies

  - 2006-08-31

  PARIS AFP — Former world motorcycling champion Kent Andersson has died aged 64, at his home in Landvetter, Sweden. The International Motorcycling Federation said the Swedish rider died on Tuesday of a suspected ruptured aorta. Andersson, who won the first of his 18 grand prix victories in 1969, made his...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Yamaha Corp.

• GE Consumer Finance and Yamaha To Launch 'Music & Sound' Credit Card; New Private Label Card Will Be Available at 1,400 Dealers Nationwide

  - 2006-04-10

  KETTERING, Ohio -- GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit and Yamaha Corporation of America today announced it will be offering a new private label credit card through more than 1,400 Yamaha music dealers nationwide beginning April 11, 2006.

  Tags: finance, General Electric Co., Yamaha Corp.

• Dodgers star Kent buys two dealerships in Texas.(HOTNEWS)

  - 2006-04-03

  Major League Baseball player Jeff Kent and a partner have purchased two Texas single-line dealerships, one of which will be housed in a much-bigger facility in 2007. Kent Powersports has begun construction on a 41,000-square foot facility just outside of San Antonio, Texas....

  Tags: dealership, FINANCE, Honda Motor Co., Investment, Strategy, Texas, Yamaha Corp.

• Keep track of this racer

  - 2006-02-24

  Byline: By Andy Feeley The Yamaha R6 was designed to win races which is reflected in its spec sheet ( 110bhp, 161kg dry weight, 17,500 red line. And the reason it is so focused is world rules on Supersport racing allow only a few changes, so if a...

  Tags: Cable, FINANCE, Honda Motor Co., Insurance, Manufacturing, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Yamaha Corp.

• Rossi leads pack as MotoGP riders test bikes in Malaysia

  - 2006-01-23

  SEPANG, Malaysia AFP — Italy's Valentino Rossi, who is expected to dominate the 2006 MotoGP season, led the pack on his Yamaha as they began the season with the first three-day test in Malaysia. Yamaha, Honda, Ducati, Suzuki and Kawasaki took part in the testing for 2006 at the...

  Tags: FINANCE, Honda Motor Co., Malaysia, Yamaha Corp.

• Yamaha Taps GE for Consumer Finance Program; Installment Credit Now Available at All Yamaha Retail Stores

  - 2005-10-26

  ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Yamaha, the world's largest maker of musical instruments, has signed an agreement with GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit, to provide a new installment credit program for Yamaha piano customers across the country.

  Tags: finance, General Electric Co., Yamaha Corp.

• Progressive study identifies bikes most likely to be stolen.(Progressive Group of Insurance Companies)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-07-25

  The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, Mayfield Village, Ohio, says a recent study of claims data on more than two million motorcycles it has insured over the past three years identifies the makes and models of bikes most and least likely to be stolen or crashed. ...

  Tags: FINANCE, Honda Motor Co., Insurance, motorcycle, Yamaha Corp.