Month: October 2013

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- "This is a dream come true. My partners and I have been part of some great organizations," said Clark. "We learned over the years from mistakes and successes, and this venture gives us an opportunity apply everything we learned and build a special type of company."

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- Halloween festivities at Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach have become so popular that the campground has added another weekend of events. Family-friendly activities will take place Oct. 18-19, Oct. 25-26, and Nov. 1-2.

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out just before five Sunday morning at the Oyster Bay RV Park in Fort Myers Beach, reports Wink News.

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- On Nov. 7, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission will hold a public hearing on raising fees for camping permits, firewood and rentals of lodges, cabins, picnic shelters and other facilities, reports The Capital Journal.

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- Thor Industries, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors approved, at their Oct. 4, 2013 meeting, an increase of the payment amount of Thor's regular quarterly dividend to $0.23 per share from $0.18 per share, an increase of nearly 28 percent.

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- Navistar International Corporation today announced that it plans to issue, subject to market conditions, $200 million of senior subordinated convertible notes due 2018. In addition, the company will grant the initial purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $30 million of convertible notes.

(Oct. 7, 2013) -- An analysis of households in the 10 biggest economies shows that families continue to spend cautiously and have pulled hundreds of billions of dollars out of stocks, cut borrowing for the first time in decades and poured money into savings and bonds that offer puny interest payments, often too low to keep up with inflation, AP noted.

(Oct. 4, 2013) -- "We have been moving in a different direction so that we are more hands on with our dealer partners when it comes to supporting our dealer partners," said Scavo. "We are now offering an assortment of training opportunities to help RV dealers better market extended protection plans, including monthly webinars."

(Oct. 4, 2013) -- In the Findlay Automotive Group, one of the stronger elements of the company is its many longtime employees, including Dave “Soul Man” Biddle, who started with Findlay in 1968, writes the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

(Oct. 4, 2013) -- A total of 1,106 industry representatives registered for the 2013 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo, a 9 percent increase over 2012. A total of 467 dealers attended, compared to 456 in 2012, RVDA reported. Links to selected workshop PowerPoint presentations will be posted soon.