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Real Media Europe Signs De Particulier a Particulier, France's Leading Internet Real Estate Group, to Use Open AdStream Central as Ad Serving Solution.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Real Media Europe, a division of 24/7 Real Media, Inc. (Nasdaq:TFSM), the only gateway to the total spectrum of interactive marketing and technology solutions for online marketers and publishers, today announced ...

Wavecom Announces Financial Reporting Schedule 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Wavecom SA (Nasdaq:WVCM)(Euronext Nouveau Marche: AVM) today announced its financial reporting schedule for 2004. Year-end: December 31 <Pre> ...

ALPS Electric, Communication Devices Division Receives ISO/TS 16949:2002 Certification.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 ALPS' (Pink Sheet:APELY) Communication Devices Division (with offices at the Soma Plant in Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture and the Kakuda Plant in Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture, Katsumi Tobita, Director and ...

Elron Announces Special General Meeting of Shareholders on February 29, 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELRN) today announced that it will hold a Special General Meeting of Shareholders at 3.00 pm, Israel time, on February 29, 2004, at the ...

Infineon To Acquire Taiwanese Fabless Semiconductor Company ADMtek; First Acquisition in Asia Strengthens Infineon's Communications Business.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MUNICH, Germany & HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Infineon Technologies (NYSE:IFX) (FWB:IFX), the world's sixth-largest semiconductor company and one of the leading broadband access IC providers, today announced that ...

Juniper Research: Mobile Games Sector On-Track to Generate $9.7bn by 2008.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Entertainment Editors/Business Editors BASINGSTOKE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 New findings from Juniper Research show that SMS text-based games and rich-media Java-type games will together generate over $9.7bn in mobile revenues by 2008 - according to ...

Hitachi Disk Drives First to Achieve 3Gb/s; Serial Attached SCSI -- SAS -- Interoperability.

Jan 28, 2004

ISC Changes Name to Internet Systems Consortium; New Name More Closely Reflects Direction of Non-Profit Organization.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), formerly Internet Software Consortium, has changed its name to better reflect the new direction of the organization. The renamed company has ...

Real Progress for DNS Security; Internet Systems Consortium, NL.net Labs and RIPE NCC Begin Interoperability Work.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC) together with NL.net Labs and the RIPE NCC sponsored a workshop last week resulting in real progress on the long awaited DNS Security standards. ...

Georgetown Venture Partners Announces Plans to Raise Expansion Capital Funds for Voice over Internet Protocol -VoIP- Ventures.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Georgetown Venture Partners (GVP), led by Founder & Managing Partner Andrew Romans based in London, announced today that it is raising expansion capital funds for ventures specifically focused on Voice over ...

Heineken to Acquire a Minority Stake in Guangdong Brewery Investors.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Heineken N.V.,.the leading international brewer, today announced that it has reached an agreement, through its associated company Heineken Asia Pacific Breweries China Pte Ltd (Heineken APB), ...

MWG Biotech AG Strengthens Bioinformatics Portfolio with siRNA Design Tool.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K EBERSBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 As a further addition to their successful portfolio of bioinformatic services MWG Biotech have introduced a free web-based siRNA design tool. Special ...

Valerent to Host Altiris 6.0 Product Management Team at Houston Area Pre-Release Road Show.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Altiris Product Management Team Will Deliver Live 6.0 Infrastructure Presentation Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 in Houston Area Valerent Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ...

Quidel Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2003 Results Conference Call Alert.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Quidel Corporation (Nasdaq:QDEL), a leading provider of rapid point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, will release fourth quarter and full-year 2003 results after market close on ...

NeoRx Receives Payment from Boston Scientific.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 NeoRx Corporation (NASDAQ:NERX) today announced that it received a $500,000 payment from Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX). The payment relates to an agreement under which NeoRx ...

Heineken Sells Glassworks to Rexam.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors AMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Heineken N.V., the leading international brewer announces that today it has signed a letter of intent to sell its 100%-subsidiary Glas Moerdijk B.V. to Rexam Beverage Packaging Euro Holding B.V ...

Capco Acquires Leading Data Management Services Provider Iverson Financial Systems, Inc.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Acquisition Firmly Positions Capco as the Global Leader in Reference Data Management, Offering Complete Range of Outsourcing and Service Products Capco, a global ...

Long-Range Planning in High School Can Be Valuable, Say College Admission Experts at 'Road to College'.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Education Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Though kindergarten is way too early to start planning for college, freshman year of high school is just right, according to Steve Pemberton, Co-President and COO of Road to College, a former ...

IIR Industry Alert: From Russia with Love to Wisconsin, Vodka and Ethanol?

Jan 28, 2004 ... Energy Editors/Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston). Start-up potato processing company Clearwater Lake Distilling Company LLC is planning to construct a new ...

FirstFed Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2003.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 FirstFed Financial Corp. (NYSE:FED), parent company of First Federal Bank of California, today announced net earnings of $15.2 million or $0.87 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of ...

``Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' Debuts on DVD April 20.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Acclaimed Video Presentation of Multi-Award Winning Broadway Smash Starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn Joined by First-Time DVD Release of "The Last of Sheila" ...

AirTran Airways Selects Metro Atlanta Location for New Customer Contact Center; Center Will Create Up to 200 New Jobs.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Travel Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI), today announced that the airline has selected Carrollton, Ga., as the site of its new customer contact center. The ...

RUSAL Reports Continued Production Growth and Cost Reductions in 2003.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 RUSAL, one of the world's leading aluminium producers, today reported continued growth across all product groups and significant cost reductions for 2003 as the company continued its modernisation programme and ...

REMINDER/Bottomline Technologies to Announce Second Quarter Fiscal 2004 Financial Results on January 28, 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors REMINDER ...for Wednesday (Jan. 28) PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2004 <Pre> Who: Bottomline Technologies(R) (Nasdaq: EPAY) is a leadingglobal technology provider of Financial Resource Management...

REMINDER/Applix Webinar to Showcase Techniques to Improve Business Planning with Real-Time Analysis.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REMINDER ...Wednesday (Jan. 28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Attendees Can Learn to Leverage Excel and the Web for Smarter, Faster Business Decision Making and More Strategic Analysis <Pre> WHO: Applix, Inc., ...

REMINDER/Homeland Security Financing Briefing To Be Held in Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 29.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Political Writers REMINDER ...for Thursday (Jan. 29) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Officials from Congress, TSA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Discuss 2004/2005 Funding and Programs; VCs to Break Down Funding Opportunities for Companies ...

REMINDER/Educators From Across Oklahoma to View the High-Tech ``eBus'' on Visits to Union and Muskogee Public Schools.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Education Writers REMINDER ...for Wednesday (Jan. 28) & Thursday (Jan. 29) MESA, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 This Wednesday and Thursday, educators from across Oklahoma will be given an opportunity to visit two of the state's most ...

REMINDER/Charisma Floats Will Be Setting a Track Record at Irwindale Speedway/Irwindale Dragstrip With Rose Parade Float.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Entertainment Editors/Sports Editors REMINDER ...for Thursday (Jan. 29) --(BUSINESS WIRE) <Pre> DATE:January 29, 2004 TIME OF RUN: 7:30 p.m. LOCATION:Irwindale Speedway/Irwindale Dragstrip 500 Speedway Dr. ...

STA and INCITS Announce Serial Attached SCSI Standard; Standardization Supports Product Deployment in 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO & WASHINGTON D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 The SCSI Trade Association (STA) and the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) announced today that the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ...

QualMark Corporation Announces Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2003 Earnings Conference Call; Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 QualMark Corporation (OTCBB: QMRK) a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing) and HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening) systems, will release fiscal ...

REMINDER/Attention Economic and Financial Reporters: Eaton Vance Chief Economist Available for Commentary.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors REMINDER ... for Wednesday (Jan. 28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) <Pre> WHO: Robert B. MacIntosh, Chief Economist for Eaton Vance Corp.,will be available for commentary on the Federal Reserve Boardmeeting on January 28 and ...

Seventh Knight Server Certified ca smart With Computer Associates' Unicenter NSM; Solutions Provide Enhanced Management of Network Security.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers VICKSBURG, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Seventh Knight Inc., a leader in providing host-based protection technology for network computers, announced today that its Host-based Intrusion Protection product, Seventh Knight ...

REMINDER/AFL-CIO Releases Clear Channel Report.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors REMINDER ...for Wednesday (January 28) SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 A coalition of consumer and labor groups will present Profile: A Clear Picture of Clear Channel A special Cornell University report ...

Ron Erickson Appointed to the Board of Directors of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB:APDN), a provider of proprietary DNA-embedded security applications, today announced that Ron Erickson has joined the Board of Directors of the company ....

IDT Entertainment Acquires An Equity Stake In Archie Comics Entertainment, LLC and Worldwide Animation Rights to Archie Comics Characters.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEWARK, N.J. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 IDT Entertainment and Archie Comics Entertainment To Co-Produce and Co-Develop Animation Projects IDT Entertainment and Archie Comics Entertainment, LLC ...

OraSure Technologies Invites You To Join Its 2003 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results Conference Call.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors BETHLEHEM, Penn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM:OSUR) will host a conference call with analysts and an audio webcast to discuss the Company's 2003 fourth quarter and full-year financial results, and 2004 guidance ...

Zacks Buy List Highlights: Chico's FAS, KLA-Tencor, CDW Corporation, and PMC-Sierra.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Zacks.com releases another list of stocks that are currently members of the coveted Zacks #1 Ranked list which has produced an average annual return of +33.7% since inception in 1988 and has gained +100.3% ...

Florida Driver License System to Include ImageWare Technology.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 ImageWare Systems Inc. (AMEX: IW), the leading global provider of secure credential, biometric and digital imaging technologies, today announced that it received a purchase order for its EPI ...

Zacks.com Announces That Dennis Slothower Highlights the Following Stocks: K-Swiss and Primus Telecom.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 The short-term market looks rather risky to Dennis Slothower, so investors should be cautious. But taking it slow doesn't mean standing still. Read this expert's market commentary and get two of his most recent ...

Zacks.com Featured Expert Kevin Matras Highlights the Following Stocks: Hovnanian Enterprises, SanDisk Corporation and UTi Worldwide.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Zacks.com releases it's exclusive Screen of the Week report that highlights another successful stock picking strategy developed with their Research Wizard software. Kevin Matras combines Short Term and Long ...

Zacks.com Announces That Bill Martin and Matt Ragas Highlight the Following Stocks: DoubleClick, Time Warner, Autobytel, Dynegy, and RealNetworks.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 This is another big earnings week for the market, which leaves investors a chance to put their money to work. Bill Martin and Matt Ragas can tell you what to look for with analysis on five companies reporting ...

Regal Entertainment Group Announces Timing of Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2003 Earnings Release and Conference Call.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC), today announced it will release fiscal fourth quarter and year end results on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 and hold a conference call at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. ...

Zacks Brokerage Buy List: Carnival Corporation, Coca-Cola, The Dow Chemical Company and General Electric.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Today Zacks.com releases the names of 4 more stocks that are on their coveted Brokerage Buy List portfolio. This portfolio includes just those stocks that currently appear on the core recommended lists of at ...

Paradise Tan Inc. Installs First Sunless Tanning Mister.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Paradise Tan Inc. (OTCBB:PTNK), a national tanning salon chain based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area, has installed the first of a series of sunless tanning misters in its store locations. These misters ...

eLinear Has Renewed Its Status with the U.S. Defense Logistics.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 eLinear, Inc. (OTCBB: ELIN) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, NetView Technologies, Inc., has renewed its CAGE code with the U.S. Defense Logistics Information Service. The ...

Columbia Bancorp Reports 17th Consecutive Year of Increased Earnings with an 18.25% ROE.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors THE DALLES, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq:CBBO) the financial holding company for Columbia River Bank, today reported fourth quarter net income grew 29% to $2.9 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared to $2.3 ...

Fujitsu Ships Mediabolic Software with Spring Consumer PC Models in Japan.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Mediabolic, the leader in networked entertainment middleware, announced today that Fujitsu Limited's 2004 spring PC product line(1) is being shipped with Mediabolic's M1(TM) platform and ...

Zacks Sell List Highlights: Noble Corporation, Radian Group, Dillard's, and Southwest Airlines.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are part of their exclusive list of Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell). Since inception in 1988 the S&P ...

California Medical Meeting & CME Cruise, Presented by Medical Destination Hawaii.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Join Medical Destination Hawaii (MDH) on the Pride of Aloha sailing from Los Angeles on her maiden voyage offering CME delegates the opportunity to sail this luxury ship. ...

Magic Software Enterprises to Report Fourth Quarter Earnings and Host Conference Call on February 2, 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OR YEHUDA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq:MGIC), a leading provider of state-of-the-art business integration and development technology, announced today that it would report fourth quarter ...

British Telecom and France Telecom Procure TraceSpan DSL Xpert Multi-Layer Analyzer.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RA'ANANA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Telco giants deploy industry's first non-intrusive performance-analysis solution for interoperability testing of ADSL/ADSL2 equipment TraceSpan(TM) ...

Time Warner Reports Results for 2003 Full Year and Fourth Quarter.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Unless otherwise noted, the presentation of Time Warner Inc.'s historical financial results described in this release, such as Operating Income (Loss), Operating Income (Loss) before Depreciation and ...

Time Warner Provides 2004 Business Outlook.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today provided its full-year 2004 business outlook. As a result of recent and pending transactions involving the Company's Music businesses, Time Warner's 2004 business outlook ...

NetBank, Inc. Reports $.21 EPS for Fourth Quarter 2003 And $1.04 EPS for Full Year; Dividend of $.02 per Share Declared For Shareholders of Record on February 15, 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 NetBank, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTBK), parent company of the country's first commercially successful Internet bank, NetBank(R) (www.netbank.com), today reported earnings for the fourth quarter and record results for the ...

PA Lottery Introduces MATCH 6 lotto, A New Game with More Ways to Win; Tickets for First MATCH 6 Drawing Are Now on Sale.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors MIDDLETOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Tickets for the Pennsylvania Lottery's newest online game, MATCH 6 lotto, went on sale for the first time this morning, January 28, 2004. E Z Shoppe, 3026 Moravian Avenue, Allentown, sold the ...

From Winnipeg to San Diego, Trade and Barter Exchanges Are Online With Bentley Commerce Corp.'s VirtualBarter 3.0.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Since Bentley Commerce Corporation (OTCBB:BLYC) introduced VirtualBarter 3.0, the software that enables trade and barter transactions to be conducted over the Internet, about a month ago, ...

Strong Growth Forecast for Central, Eastern Europe.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 New Davidson Institute Forecast Predicts Unemployment, Budget Deficits Will Continue; Russian Fortunes Tied Heavily to Oil Prices EU Accession countries' growth is projected at two to three ...

EnPro Industries to Present at Gabelli Pump, Valve & Motor Symposium.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPO) will present at the Gabelli Pump, Valve and Motor Symposium on February 5, 2004 in New York at 11:15 a.m., Eastern time. A copy of the presentation, which will be made ...

David Petratis Named President And CEO Of Schneider Electric North American Operating Division.

Jan 28, 2004 ... To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Business Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: ...

Microsoft Dominance Keeps Small Businesses Awake at Night, Says the Yankee Group; Survey Results Show SMBs Are Concerned about over-Reliance on the Software Giant.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 A new Yankee Group survey reveals that many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are deeply concerned about depending too heavily on Microsoft. Approximately 43 percent of respondents ...

Yankee Group Reports Utility Computing Is a Positive, Fundamental Shift in Computing Architecture.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Management is the focal point of the utility approach, and the management layer of this model will see much of the innovation in the coming years. Enterprises ...

FEATURE/Travelweb.com Poll Reveals How Far Consumers Will Go for Love; Travelweb Offers Hotel Recommendations for Everyone from Average Joes to Joe Millionaires.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Feature Editors/Business Editors FEATURE ...Valentine's Day DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday this year and according to a new Travelweb.com poll, an impressive 49 percent of respondents are willing to travel to a ...

DTS Appoints Vice President of Marketing; Industry Veteran Don Bird to Direct Marketing for All Divisions in New Position.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) (Nasdaq:DTSI) announces that the company has hired marketing veteran Don Bird as Vice President, Marketing for DTS. In this newly created position, Don will ...

ICON Clinical Research Inks Agreement with IPR International for Data Backup and Storage Services.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 IPR International, a leader in data protection and recovery for midsize- to enterprise-level organizations, today announced an agreement with Philadelphia-based ICON Clinical Research ...

Advanced Medical Optics to Present at the Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Conference on February 3, 2004.

Jan 28, 2004 ... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE:AVO), a global leader in ophthalmic surgical devices and eye care products, today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer ...