Exhibit sales increased by more than 20% in one week as SEMA Show
exhibitors contract for booth space before the pending space selection.
SEMA Continues to Promote Options to Short-Sighted Scrappage Program
Thousands of buyers in the automotive industry are already registered to attend the 2009 SEMA Show.
Exhibitors looking to make the most out of their Show-related budgets
are invited to participate in “one-on-one” exhibitor meetings with
experts from Convexx and Freeman.
Source Interlink Companies Inc., one of the largest publishers of magazines and online content for enthusiast audiences and a leading distributor of DVDs, CDs, magazines, video games and books announced it has reached a restructured agreement with its lenders to eliminate approximately $1 billion dollars of existing debt and privatize the company. Under the agreement, the company’s lenders will cancel nearly $1 billion of the company’s existing debt and provide approximately $100 million in additional liquidity.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has temporarily expanded the size requirements for SBA-backed 7(a) loans in order to help insert more liquidity into the marketplace. The SBA estimates that more than 70,000 small businesses across the country will be eligible for new loans between now and the time the program ends on September 30, 2010, including many auto-sector businesses.
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| Maintain a buzz around your booth by following the tips outlined by ConvExx Chairman Chuck Schwartz. | |
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Kia Motors America is hosting a Measuring Session featuring the 2010 Soul.
California Assemblyman Mike Duvall is the new chairman of the State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus. The Caucus is supported by SEMA. Duvall succeeds New York Assemblyman Bill Reilich who served in that capacity for a two-year term beginning in 2007.