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Advance Auto Parts helping to raise diabetes awareness
The support of Advance Auto Parts for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is about a lot of money and much more. 25 million Americans have incurable type 1 diabetes. Former CEO of Advance Auto Parts Nick Taubman has helped ensure the company's...
Tags: Research, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Car Parts, Car Repair, Diseases and Illnesses
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Advance Auto Parts CEO talks latest profit earnings
Less than a week ago, Roanoke's only Fortune 500 company reported another slight dip in profit for it's latest quarter. But the results from Advance Auto Parts still beat out Wall Street expectations. WDBJ7 caught up with the company's CEO to ask him...
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Advance Auto Parts' fourth-quarter profit falls 2 percent
Advance Auto Parts says its fourth-quarter net income fell 2 percent as flat sales were offset by higher costs. The Roanoke, Va., seller of auto parts and batteries said Thursday that it earned $65.1 million, or 88 cents per share, for the quarter ended...
Tags: Car Parts, Car Repair, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts buys B.W.P. Distributors
Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts announced Wednesday that it has acquired the company B.W.P. Distributors. BWP is currently a private company that supplies, markets, and distributes automotive parts. The purchase means Advance will now operate 124 BWP...
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Advance Auto Parts completes acquisition of Northeast supplier
Advance Auto Parts Inc. has completed its acquisition of parts supplier B.W.P. Distributors Inc., accelerating its growth in the Northeast. The Roanoke, Va.-based seller of auto parts and batteries says the all-cash transaction closed on Dec. 31....
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Attempt to sell Advance Auto Parts to private equity firm is reportedly "sputtering"
We have a follow-up to reports that Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts is up for sale. Last month, Reuters and other news organizations said Advance was exploring the sale of the company to private equity firms. But now the New York Post says most of...
Tags: Car Parts, Car Repair
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Volunteers in Salem work to give needy kids a good Christmas
ReporterSome people decided to spend their Black Friday helping others. On Friday, volunteers assembled 500 bikes so needy kids can have a good Christmas this year. They started with a box. Inside is the frame of a Huffy bike. "We've got a pretty good...Tags: Religious Festivals, The Salvation Army, Holidays, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Advance Auto Parts' third-quarter income falls on weaker sales
Advance Auto Parts says its third-quarter net income fell about 15 percent as sales dipped and it spent more money to attract customers. The Roanoke, Va., seller of auto parts and batteries said Thursday that it earned $89.5 million, or $1.21 per share,...
Tags: Car Parts, Car Repair, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Advance Auto explores sale to private equity according to financial sources
WDBJ7 ReporterThe future of Advance Auto Parts is back in the headline. National reports indicate the company is considering a possible sale to private equity firms. There are many more questions than answers for what it will mean for the only Fortune 500 Company...Tags: Banking, O'Reilly Automotive Incorporated, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Sumitomo Corporation, Investments
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UPDATE: Roanoke auto shop, student receive worldwide response after WDBJ7 story
ReporterIt's a story people are still talking about one week later. Last Monday, WDBJ7 first told you about a Roanoke auto shop that repaired a bullied college student's car for free. That story quickly went viral and people all over the world are talking...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars, Colleges and Universities, Toyota, Education
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Roanoke auto shop restores bullied student's car
ReporterA college student has a "new" car. It's all thanks to a Roanoke auto shop. Jordan Addison is a student at Radford University. Between March and May of this year his car was vandalized four times. Once at his home and three times on-campus. "The...Tags: Passenger Cars, Colleges and Universities, Students, Education, Personal Service
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Advance Auto Parts employees pitch in to package 10,000 meals
ReporterThe numbers were impressive: 100 employees of Advance Auto Parts packing meals for 10,000 people. And all in less than two hours. An event Thursday afternoon at Valley View Mall in Roanoke included the sounds of a bluegrass band, the fast hands of...Tags: Nicaragua, Employees, Car Parts, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Career and Workplace
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