BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Garage

  • a U.K. term meaning to transfer assets or liabilities from one financial center to another to take advantage of a tax benefit
  • the annex to the main floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Wiktionary Definition for: Garage

  • #A building (or section of a building) used to store a car, tool tools and other miscellaneous items.
  • #(''mostly British'') A petrol filling station, or place where cars are service#Verb serviced and repair#Verb repaired.
  • #A type of electronic dance music
  • #To store in a garage.
  • Ex: ''We '''garaged''' the convertible during the monsoon months.''

Additional Resources

GE Money and Slide-Lok Offer Consumer Credit Program; Garage Storage Cabinet Maker Slide-Lok Extends Financing Through Dealers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- To better address the market for garage storage and garage cabinets, expected to reach over $1.5 billion by 2009a, GE Money's Retail Sales Finance unit and Slide-Lok, a leading provider of garage interiors and manufacturer of garage storage cabinets, today announced a new consumer credit program...
Tags: financing, General Electric Co., storage
Research articles 2006-09-06
ISRAEL: GARAGE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES.(new name for Garage.com)(Brief Article)
According to Israel Line (Jul 18), Garage.com, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital investment bank, stated that with the establishment of two new venture capital ... According to Israel Line (Jul 18), Garage.com, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital investment bank, stated that with the establishment of...
Research articles 2001-07-23
Garage glamour: how much is a neat garage worth? (Serious About Storage).(Brief Article)
HOW MUCH WOULD YOUR BUYERS SPEND TO ORganize all the tools and other junk they store in the garage? Whirlpool is betting that some of them will spend a lot. Its new Gladiator Garage Works storage system assumes that guys are so eager to show off thei...
Tags: garage, storage, Whirlpool Corp.
Research articles 2002-11-01
Rules of the Garage
Computer giant HP described their organisation as a "garage" in their 1999 annual report in honour of the place where the company founders, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, created their first product. Their "rules" of the garage remind us how to stick to the basics and focus on being real:...
Tags: Garage, Productivity, Jennifer Goddard
Blog posts 2008-09-22
PremierGarage Pros Can Help Tidy Your Storage Space as America Celebrates 'National Garage Sale Day'
PHOENIX -- Extreme Makeover for Garages: Cleaning Up Cluttered Garages Sometimes Requires Professional Assistance In celebration of National Garage Sale Day on Saturday, Aug. 13, PremierGarage (www.PremierGarage.com), the nation's largest garage enhancement provider, announced today the "Top 10 Ways to Organize and Enhance Your Garage." As homeowners inspect their...
Tags: Premiergarage
Research articles 2005-08-11
New American Airlines parking garage to open at JFK Airport November 15.
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 November 2006-American Airlines: New American Airlines parking garage to open at JFK Airport November 15C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14112006 NEW YORK - The travel experience for American Airlines passengers will be greatly enhanced with the opening of the new...
Tags: American Airlines, garage, Strategy
Research articles 2006-11-15
Up to $100 Million Available for Technology Start-Ups: Garage Technology Ventures Canada Launches New Technology Venture Capital Fund
Garage Technology Ventures Canada ("Garage Canada") today announced the launch of its new venture capital fund-Garage Technology Ventures Canada, LP (the "Fund"). Following a first closing of $50 million, with plans to secure $100 million by 2007, the Fund will provide capital to seed and early stage technology companies. ...
Tags: Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec
Research articles 2006-04-11
"Garage Records Price and Reference Guide: 1960's Garage, Psychedelic And Uncharted Rock 45s"
"Garage Records Price and Reference Guide: 1960's Garage, Psychedelic And Uncharted Rock 45s": Authors Barry Wickham and Geoffrey Richman certainly know the audience for their new guide to U.S. and Canadian garage records. This is the kind of book that will have fans furiously ripping through the pages to see...
Tags: Price and Co.
Research articles 2009-03-13
Sprucing up the carport: HouseWall can turn your garage into a luxury storage area, but with no retail presence, can the company compete against national giant Whirlpool?
Imagine storing $5,000 worth of junk on a wall in your garage, while also keeping your $60,000 car parked inside. That is what HouseWall Garage System Inc., a garage organization and storage company, hopes to do for its customers.
Tags: storage, Whirlpool Corp.
Research articles 2005-09-01
PRIMEDIA Expands Hot Rod Garage Program; Partnership with UCoat It America Meets High Demand for Automotive Enthusiast Products
LOS ANGELES -- PRIMEDIA Enterprises, the worldwide brand licensing division for PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE: PRM), today announced it will introduce a new line of Hot Rod branded concrete flooring products, in partnership with UCoat It America, under the company's successful Hot Rod Garage merchandising program. Recognized for its innovative partnerships,...
Tags: partnership
Research articles 2005-06-22
Gladiator® GarageWorks Encourages People to Clear the Clutter in April 2006; Keep the Door Open: National Garage Organization Month Helps People Take Back the Garage
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. -- The home improvement trend of creating gourmet kitchens, spa-like bathrooms and luxury home entertainment centers is spreading to the most underutilized room of the home--the garage. From bikes, sporting equipment and plastic bins to shovels, rakes and garden hoses America's garages are bursting at the seams...
Tags: Clear, garage
Research articles 2006-03-31
OKC Urban Renewal Authority reviews plans for new parking garage
The Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority reviewed plans Wednesday for a new parking garage to be built east of the Ford Center arena but delayed a decision on the design of the building necessary for construction to start. Plans unveiled Wednesday call for a five-story parking garage that...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., garage
Research articles 2003-04-17
Court: Copyright law no bar to garage-door openers
In an open-and-shut case, a federal appeals court has ruled that the six-year-old Digital Millennium Copyright Act cannot be used to bar the manufacture of replacement garage-door openers. The law was passed by Congress to halt copyright infringers on the Internet, but it includes an anti-circumvention clause. The...
Tags: Consumers Union, Hacking, INTERNET, SECURITY
Research articles 2004-09-10
Federal appeals court rules copyright law no bar to garage-door
In an open-and-shut case, a federal appeals court has ruled that the six-year-old Digital Millennium Copyright Act cannot be used to bar the manufacture of replacement garage-door openers. The law was passed by Congress to halt copyright infringers on the Internet, but it includes an anti-circumvention clause. The...
Tags: Consumers Union, Hacking, INTERNET, SECURITY
Research articles 2004-09-17
Charleston, W.Va., airport considers new parking garage.
By Jennifer Ginsberg, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 25--Increased air traffic and the addition of Independence Air next month have led Yeager Airport Director Rick Atkinson to consider building a new parking garage. The new...
Tags: E-mail, Fax, garage, Government, Independence Air
Research articles 2004-06-25
Software Integration and Non-Contact Type Equipment - Is This the Future of the European Garage Equipment Market?(Industry overview)
LONDON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - Frost & Sullivan to Host Quarterly Analyst Briefing on the Garage Equipment Market on 29 May 2007 Frost & Sullivan will host a conference call on Tuesday 29 May 2007 at 15.00 BST to provide industry...
Tags: Frost & Sullivan, software, Strategy
Research articles 2007-05-22
CPSC AMENDS STANDARD FOR GARAGE DOOR OPERATORS.
* The Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC in November issued a final rule amending its safety standard for automatic residential garage door operators, reflecting changes made by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL to its standard UL 325. The rule became effective Dec. 27, 2000, and...
Tags: Components, HARDWARE, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Research articles 2001-02-01
Catalyst Equity Partners Buys Stanley Garage Door and Garage Door Opener Businesses; Taps Former Executive Stephen Anderson as President
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 21, 1999-- Catalyst Equity Partners, LLC, announced today it has acquired the StanleyR brand residential garage door and garage door opener businesses of Whistler Auto-Mation Products. The new ownership group includes Stephen P. Anderson, former division manager of StanleyR Door Systems from 1986 to 1994, who...
Tags: brand, Branding, Business Wire, equity, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING
Research articles 1999-07-21
Garage.com Launches JumpStart 2000 — A Startup Summer Internship Program for MBA Candidates; MBA Candidates Will Gain Startup Experience At Early-stage High Tech Companies
Business Editors PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 30, 2000 Garage.com, an online venture capital company that helps entrepreneurs and investors create, build, and fund early-stage technology companies, today announced the launch of JumpStart 2000, a summer internship program designed to provide select first-year MBA candidates with valuable startup experience....
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Garage.com, MBA, Wharton School
Research articles 2000-03-30
Palatine parking garage ready for your automobile.(News)
Byline: Jamie Sotonoff Daily Herald Staff Writer This morning, something new will appear in Palatine's parking garage: cars. Today is opening day for the five-level, 1,244-space garage at Smith and Colfax streets, across from the Palatine Metra station. Commuters...
Tags: Colfax Corp.
Research articles 2002-10-15
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