Harley-Davidson CEO gets $6.4M pay package in 2009

2010-03-12T16:00:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Harley-Davidson CEO receives $6.4 million pay package during first 8 months on job</div><div><p>The CEO of Harley-Davidson Inc., who took over the motorcycle maker part way through 2009, received a pay package valued at $6.4 million during his first eight months on the job, according to a regulatory filing.</p><p>Keith E. Wandell received a base salary of $650,025 from h...

US daredevil smashes Harley-Davidson jump record

2010-03-02T01:45:09Z

<div id="subtitle">US daredevil in Australia breaks world record for distanced jumped on a Harley-Davidson</div><div><p>An American motorcycle stuntman twice broke the world record for the longest distance jumped on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle Tuesday, sailing through the air near Australia's Syd...

World Record Attempt Made For Longest Harley Davidson Jump

2010-03-01T18:02:50Z

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 02: Seth Enslow speaks with ground crew prior to breaking his own world record jumping a Harley Davidson motorcycle 183.7 feet at Barangaroo on March 2, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. Seth earlier broke the world record on his first ...

Aging bikers taking to the streets on beefy trikes

2010-02-22T15:39:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Older motorcyclists staying in the saddle longer with comfy, easy to balance 3-wheelers</div><div><p>Arthur McCoy didn't let the amputation of a leg because of cancer stop him from riding motorcycles. The solution to his disability came in the form of a third wheel.</p><p>McCoy is among a growing group of aging motorcyclists taking up trikes: three-wheeled motorcycles that provide the stability...

Harley-Davidson posts 4Q loss, first in 16 years

2010-02-22T16:34:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Harley-Davidson reports its first quarterly loss in 16 years, shares sink</div><div><p>Harley-Davidson Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss Friday, its first quarterly deficit in 16 years, as restructuring costs and the sluggish economy wore on the motorcycle maker.</p><p>Harley-Davidson has come under pressure over the last...

Business Highlights

2010-02-22T17:59:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Business Highlights</div><div><p>Stocks sink again on Obama's pushback on banks</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market suffered its worst setback in more than 10 months as investors rejected President Barack Obama's plans to restrict big banks and earnings reports that just weren't good enough.</p><p>The

Earns Harley Davidson

2010-01-22T12:45:59Z

Harley-Davidson unveils its new "Forty-Eight" peanut tank motorcycle at the 29th Annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in New York, Friday Jan. 22, 2010. Harley-Davidson Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss Friday as shares fell more than 6 percent in morning trading. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Copyright 2010 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Harley-Davidson Inc &lt;HOG.N&gt; reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday and warned that 2010 would continue to present challenges, sending its shares down more than 4 percent</p><p&...

The Hidden Danger of Motorcycles

2010-02-22T22:28:06Z

My younger brother has a motorcycle and has had at least some form of motorcycle ever since he could drive. He is currently twenty-five years old, and my parents hate the fact that he owns a motorcycle. What they don't know yet is that he is currently planning on going back to school to get a degree in aviation so that he can earn his commercial pilot's license. Yikes.<br><br>So, do my parents have any real reason or cause for concern? Um, yes, I would say that the...

Get People Talking About Your Brand

2010-02-23T11:10:52Z

There is a reason major brand names don?t have to work to hard at building links. Think, Nike, and my personal favorite, Harley-Davidson.<br><br>Brand awareness. You don?t even have to like them to know about them. Do you ask for a facial tissue or do you ask for a Kleenex? Is

Harley to keep Pa. plant open after contract deal

2010-02-23T22:19:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Harley-Davidson will keep Pa. plant open, end talks about Ky. move after workers OK contract</div><div><p>Harley-Davidson Inc. said Thursday that it is dropping any plans to move some operations to Kentucky after workers at the motorcycle maker's central

Wis. mulls Harley-Davidson, cheese microbe honors

2010-02-24T02:39:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Choppers and Cheese: Wisconsin state honors sought for Harley-Davidson, cheese microbe</div><div><p>Choppers and cheese may soon become official Wisconsin symbols.</p><p>Bills to honor Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Lactococcus lactis — a bacterium used in the making of che...

Harley Davidson Plant

2009-11-20T12:17:01Z

FILE - In this April 11, 2006 file photo, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle is parked in New York. A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there, instead of leaving...

Harley's Pa. plant thought likelier to stay now

2010-02-24T02:42:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Tentative union contract raises possibility that Harley-Davidson plant will remain in Pa.</div><div><p>A tentative labor agreement distributed Friday to workers at Harley-Davidson's plant in south-central Pennsylvania makes it appear likely that the motorcycle maker will keep its operations there...

Bill: Harley-Davidson as official Wis. motorcycle

2010-02-24T02:44:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Harley-Davidson would become Wisconsin's official state motorcycle under legislative proposal</div><div><p>Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson would become the official Wisconsin motorcycle under a bill proposed in the Legislature.</p><...

Special session could loom for Ky. legislature

2010-02-24T06:13:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Beshear administration doesn't rule out special legislative session for economic development</div><div><p>Gov. Steve Beshear's administration is not ruling out a possible special session later this year to address special legislation needed in Kentucky's attempt to lure a MV Agusta, pockets deeper after Harley-Davidson purchase, unveils 1st new models in 10 years</div><div><p>The Italian sport bike company bought by Harley-Davidson Inc. last year is unveiling its first new models in 10 years, saying that its purchase by Harley is starting to pay off.</p&a...

Life is a Rollercoaster - Experience the Ride of Your Life

2010-02-25T02:02:35Z

Why go for the usual array of Christmas gifts - novelty socks and dodgy jumpers - when you can go for one of the fabulous experience days now available! The fantastic thing about these presents is that they stay with you forever - all those exciting memories can be captured by photos which you'll happily look back on for many years to come.. and furthermore you can also choose from experience days which you enjoy on your own - or share with another loved one!<br><br&g...

Bonneville Salt Flats World of Speed

2009-09-16T16:01:16Z

Sept. 16, 2009 - Wendover, Utah, USA - ELAN SCHWARTZ, from New Orleans, Louisiana, works on the 1941 U Model supercharged Harley Davidson which he will ride in the Vintage Blown Gas class at the famed Actor Hugh Jackman poses on a Harley Davidson to fans before riding it at a red carpet event for the Japan premiere of "X-men Origins: Wolverine" in Tokyo September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN...

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