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Recreational Vehicle News Archive02-May-2008
US downturn hits motorhome makers (Stuff) Rising gasoline prices, falling home values and tightening consumer credit are driving US Recreational Vehicle sales off the road as the business enters the normally busy spring and summer selling season.
Fleetwood Enterprises fiscal 4Q, full-year sales decline (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year revenue slipped as a softening economy hampered Recreational Vehicle sales.
RV company trims jobs as industry faces slowdown (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Hundreds of Indiana workers have been laid off this year at recreational vehicle plants, and company officials aren't sure when or if the jobs could return.
Albert Hofmann, 102; Swiss chemist discovered LSD (Los Angeles Times) His accidental experience of 'an extremely stimulated imagination' caused by the drug led to a lifetime of experiments and initiated the psychedelic generation. Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD and thereby gave the psychedelic generation the pharmaceutical vehicle to turn on, tune in and drop out, has died. He was 102.
Anything Brands Online, Inc. Acquires Anything RV, Inc., a Leading Online Supplier of RV and Recreational Products (The Auto Channel) TUCSON, Ariz., April 30 -- Anything Brands Online, Inc. (ABOL), (Pink Sheets: ANYT) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Anything RV, Inc.(ARV) a Wyoming Corporation that is an Online Business serving commercial and retail RV and recreational markets.
Proposed settlement for orv use filed following agreement from parties (Outer Banks Sentinel) A consent decree that outlines temporary rules for off road vehicle (ORV) use in Cape Hatteras National Recreational Seashore has been agreed to by Dare County, Hyde County, the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA), and the other parties, and has now been filed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Australia Min: States Agree To Single Vehicle License System (Nasdaq) CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- Australian Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday that the country's federal, state and territory governments have agreed in-principle to a single registration and licensing system for heavy motor vehicles designed to reduce freight costs for businesses.
Fire destroys recreational vehicle in area RV park (The Herald-Coaster) A fire destroyed an RV at a recreational vehicle park in Richmond Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported, and the fire is still under investigation, said fire investigator Albert Cantu.
Record fuel prices not stopping RV trips (Pensacola News Journal) Local recreational vehicle lovers still are taking to the highways despite high fuel prices, but many are making their trips closer to home.
Asbestos Risk Closes Central California's Clear Creek Area (Environment News Service) HOLLISTER, California , May 1, 2008 (ENS) - People enjoying recreational activities at the Clear Creek Management Area in central California may not realize it but they are exposing themselves to high levels of asbestos in the soil, which increases their risk of developing cancer.
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