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Diana Krall wins Best Artist, Best Album Nickelback Wins Best Group, Best Single At "The 2002 JUNO Awards" Telecast; Canadian Music Awards Hand Out Nine Awards Before an Electrified Capacity Crowd.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador -- Jazz sensation Diana Krall and rock group Nickelback came out as the big winners at "The 2002 JUNO Awards" telecast, which was broadcast live tonight from Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by CTV. Nine awards, in total, were ...

Merckle Continues ML3000 Development in US Market; Agreement Reached with Forest Labs Ensures Continuation of US Trials.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ULM, Germany -- Merckle GmbH (Germany) reached an agreement with Forest Labs which will allow the continuation of ongoing clinical trials to develop ML3000 for the US market. This follows Forest's determination to terminate its exclusive license to develop ML3000 for the US market. ...

S&P: Tokyo Diamond Servicer Ranked ABOVE AVERAGE.

Apr 15, 2002 ... TOKYO -- Standard & Poor's today assigned its ABOVE AVERAGE ranking with a stable outlook to Tokyo Diamond Servicer Co. Ltd. as a special servicer, mainly handling distressed real estate backed loans. The company is the sixth Japan-based servicer and third Japan-based special servicer to ...

RiskSearch(R) V3.1 Provides Data to Analyze Risk in a Hardening Property Insurance Market.

Apr 15, 2002 ... NEWARK, Calif. -- As the U.S. property insurance market continues to harden, it is becoming increasingly critical for insurance buyers, brokers, and underwriters to have accurate risk information to support submissions and underwriting decisions. Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the ...

Distribute Invoices and Reports for FREE With ESC's Content Express(TM).

Apr 15, 2002 ... TULSA, Okla. -- Electronic Storage Corporation's (ESC) Content Express(TM) is guaranteed to help companies save hundreds of man hours and thousands of dollars every month by automating report delivery. Content Express is a content distribution system designed to give a company the power to ...

How to Survive the Day After Tax Day.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ITASCA, Ill. -- According to a recent Internal Revenue Service report*, it's projected that 129,623,000 Americans will file individual tax returns in 2002. And for most Americans Monday, April 15 is the deadline, which means millions of us will breathe a sigh of relief tomorrow -- April ...

S&P Assigns 'A+' Rating to QBE's US$250 Mil. LYONs.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MELBOURNE, Australia -- Standard & Poor's said today that it had assigned its single-'A'-plus senior debt rating to QBE Funding Trust's US$250 million Liquid Yield OptioN (LYON) securities. QBE Funding Trust was specifically established for the issue of the securities. ...

Exostar Selects Evincible's Privacy Platform to Secure its Online Collaboration Suite: ForumPass; Facilitating Trusted Relationships in Collaborative Environments.

Apr 15, 2002 ... RESTON, Va. -- Evincible, the leading provider of policy-based Web security solutions and Secure Forms Technology, and Exostar, an Internet-based global exchange for the aerospace and defense industry, today announced that Evincible's Privacy Platform has been selected to secure ForumPass, ...

Thales Selects Highland Stone Associates (HSA) As PR Agency of Record in North America; PR Firm to Promote International Defense, Aerospace and Information Technology/Services Company in United States and Canada.

Apr 15, 2002 ... BETHESDA, Md., and PARIS -- Thales, the world leader in aerospace, defense electronics, and information technology and services, has named Bethesda, MD-based Highland Stone Associates (HSA) as its public relations firm of record in North America. Thales, pronounced "Tal-less" and named ...

ClarusPR to Support National Expansion For Nutritional Products Company VitaCube Systems.

Apr 15, 2002 ... DENVER -- Strategic communications consulting and management firm Clarus Public Relations, Inc., has been named agency of record by VitaCube Systems, Inc. (V3S), a high-end nutritional products company based in Denver. Founded in response to growing concerns and uncertainties ...

S&P Global Credit Markets Digest - Asia-Pacific Update.

Apr 15, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- Here is the current lineup of top articles and research from Standard & Poor's Credit Information Services: <Pre> COMING UP: -- Australian Consumers Take On Record Debt To Fuel Spending -- Insurance: Terrorism Coverage Remains in Doubt -- Global Cash Flow ...

SUSS MicroTec Expands Spin Coater Portfolio to Strengthen MEMS and Compound Semiconductor Microlithography Solutions.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MUNICH -- With the acquisition of the assets of the Singen-based BLE Laboratory Equipment GmbH, SUSS MicroTec augments their spin coating, developing and wafer mounting systems portfolio. BLE's offerings are optimized for processing compound semiconductor and MEMS wafers, making this array ...

From The California Society of Enrolled Agents: The IRS Revives Random Audits of Taxpayers.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Internal Revenue Service's new audit program, the National Research Program (NRP), will examine approximately 50,000 randomly selected tax returns this year, bringing back memories of prior IRS audit nightmares. The previous audit program, called the ...

National Bank financial hosts news conference.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MONTREAL -- National Bank Financial invites members of the media to a news conference for an important announcement. The news conference will be held on Monday, April 15, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. in Salon No. 5 at the Sheraton Centre, 1201 Rene Levesque Blvd. W. in Montreal. Mr. Kym ...

Worldspan Extends Lead in Fares and Pricing; With its ePricing-enhanced Suite of Power Products and Major New Advances In Its Server-Based Fare Search Technology, Worldspan Continues To Outpace Its Rivals.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ATLANTA -- Worldspan, the leading global reservation system and e-commerce provider for the travel industry, today announced significant new enhancements to its fares and pricing technology that will allow travel sellers to offer their clients better, faster service plus more fare and ...

Green Mountain Energy Company Announces Wind Study Site in Ohio; Company Will Erect Test Tower North of Columbus.

Apr 15, 2002 ... DUBLIN, Ohio -- Green Mountain Energy Company (http://www.greenmountain.com/ ), the nation's largest and fastest growing residential provider of cleaner electricity, has selected a site in central Ohio where a tower is being erected to study wind. The company will determine whether winds ...

PartNET Launches Software to Share XML Data With the QuickBooks(R) 2002 Products; PartNET ePort Version 4.11 Allows Users to Share Data With Trading Partners.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SALT LAKE CITY -- PartNET, Inc. the business integration pioneer, specializing in automating and accelerating B2B trading interactions today announced the availability of the PartNET ePort(TM) version 4.11 a Special Edition for QuickBooks(R) Pro & Premier 2002 users. The PartNET ...

Lucent Technologies Unveils Chip Innovation From Bell Labs That Improves Performance and Reduces Cost for 3G Mobile Networks; Australian Team First to Develop High-Performance Unified Voice and Data Processor.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Lucent Technologies today announced a breakthrough from Bell Labs, its research arm, that dramatically increases the efficiency of a critical chip used in the company's third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network equipment. This ...

MEDecision Adds New EDI Product To Help Managed Care Organizations in HIPAA Compliance.

Apr 15, 2002 ... WAYNE, Pa. -- MEDecision, Inc., a market leader in medical management software, today announced the release of MEDInform(R) 278, an EDI (electronic data interchange) product that will help managed care organizations (MCOs) comply with HIPAA transaction requirements. The product works in ...

VistaGen Therapeutics and Novartis Sign Murine Stem Cell Partnership To Explore New in Vitro Toxicity Models for Drug Candidates.

Apr 15, 2002 ... BURLINGAME, Calif. -- VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., an emerging global leader in the in vitro applications of stem cell technologies for drug discovery and functional genomics, announced today the signing of a collaborative research agreement with Novartis AG , a world leader in healthcare ...

Oblix Obtains SAP Certification on mySAP(TM) Technologies Using Standards-Based Web Single Sign-On Technology; Oblix NetPoint's Integration with mySAP Technologies Increases Security And Drives Down E-Business Costs for SAP Customers.

Apr 15, 2002 ... CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Oblix, the leading developer of identity-based security solutions, today announced that it has received interface certification from SAP AG for Web single sign-on to the Pluggable Authentication Service of mySAP(TM) Internet Transaction Server (mySAP ITS). Oblix ...

National Bank Financial acquires Putnam Lovell Group.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MONTREAL, QC -- National Bank Financial Inc., a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA), announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. based investment bank Putnam Lovell Group Inc. ("Putnam Lovell"). Putnam Lovell is a premier investment ...

Lumileds Announces Luxeon 5-Watt, the World's Brightest LED Light Source; New 120-Lumen White LED Expands Usefulness of LEDs for General Lighting, Delivering Up to 60 Times the Output of Similar Products; Also Available in Colors.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Lumileds Lighting today announced the release of the Luxeon(TM) 5-Watt, an LED-based light source that achieves a new benchmark in brightness by providing an output of up to 120 lumens from a single white emitter package. This addition to the Luxeon family of white and ...

Don Barshinger Elevated to President & COO at Slack Barshinger.

Apr 15, 2002 ... CHICAGO -- Don Barshinger, who built a fledgling creative group into one of the finest business-to-business agency creative departments in the nation, has been elevated to the role of President & Chief Operations Officer of Slack Barshinger, a leading business-to-business marketing ...

Library Usage Up In Wake Of Recession; New studies highlight use, value of libraries as Americans celebrate National Library Week.

Apr 15, 2002 ... CHICAGO -- Two new national studies released today show that Americans are using their libraries more than ever, and 91 percent of adults believe public libraries will play an important role in the future, despite all of the information available on the Internet. The studies ...

Geisler/Roberdeau, Producers of 'The Thin Red Line,' to Make Motion Picture Based on 'Faith of My Fathers,' a Memoir by U. S. Senator John McCain.

Apr 15, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- Robert Michael Geisler and John Roberdeau are producing a motion picture based on "Faith of My Fathers," the best-selling memoir written by Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Geisler and Roberdeau last produced Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line," which was nominated for ...

eePulse Offers New Corporate Benchmarking, Internal and External Trendmarking(TM).

Apr 15, 2002 ... ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- eePulse, Inc., http://www.eepulse.com/ , a technology and management research company, announced today that their Measurecom(TM) solution now provides weekly, benchmark trend data (Trendmarking(TM)) for both internal and external customer metrics. Trendmarking provides ...

Delphi Strengthens China Business Through Consolidation.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SHANGHAI, China -- Delphi Corporation announced today it is simplifying and streamlining its Packard Electric divisional activities throughout China by consolidating three Delphi entities into a single joint venture, providing better customer service and enabling faster, more flexible ...

Business in Asia Today -- April 15, 2002.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Australia -- A summary prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com/), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, market intelligence and business opportunities: APEXINDO WINS OIL DRILLING CONTRACTS JAKARTA - PT Apexindo Pratama Duta, a subsidiary ...

Tohoku Japan's Leading Power Company Deploys More Than 1,400 Licenses Of VMware Workstation; Virtualization Software Saves Tohoku Electric Power Corporation From Time-Consuming and Costly Rewrite of Its Mission-Critical Custom Application.

Apr 15, 2002 ... PALO ALTO, Calif. -- VMware, Inc., the leading provider of virtual computing software for Intel-based computers, today announced that Tohoku Electric Power Corporation, one of the leading power suppliers in Japan, has deployed more than 1,400 licenses of VMware Workstation. ...

Nevada's Tourism Director Joins Official U.S. Mission to Japan to Rebuild Travel Since 9/11.

Apr 15, 2002 ... CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Executive Director Bruce Bommarito of the Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT) is in Japan on a U.S. Commerce Department tourism-building mission designed to increase visitors between the two countries, Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt announced Monday. <Pre> (Photo: ...

Toshiba Extends Operating Voltage of Its VCX High-Speed, Low-Voltage Logic Family Down to 1.2v; Available in TSSOP, US16 and US20 Packages, the Devices Maintain the VCX Low Voltage Logic Alliance Specification While Extending the Battery Life Of Portable Applications.

Apr 15, 2002 ... IRVINE, Calif. -- Strengthening its industry leadership in the development of low-voltage logic solutions, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)* today announced an extended operating voltage range down to 1.2 volts (V) for its high-speed, low-voltage VCX logic family. VCX ...

Bank of Internet USA Reports Record Profits.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN DIEGO -- Bank of Internet USA today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2002. The Bank reported record earnings of $550,000 versus a loss of ($220,000) for the same period ending March 2001 and income of $170,000 for the quarter ending December 2001. March was ...

Rogue Wave Software Offers Free Webcast On Cost Justifying Software Development Projects.

Apr 15, 2002 ... <Pre>WHAT: Rogue Wave Software, Inc. is hosting a free webcast for IT/IS managers on the importance of measuring and demonstrating the financial benefits of their projects, in order to gain adequate resources from company budgets and position ...

Buy.com Sells More Than 10,000 Harry Potter DVD/VHS Units in 24 Hours; New Pre-Order Promotions, Site Enhancements and Budget Shipping Program Position Buy.com as #2 Online Video Retailer.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Buy.com, Inc., The Internet Superstore(TM), today announced that it sold more than 10,000 units of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in just 24 hours, illustrating Buy.com's position as one of the leaders in the online home entertainment market. Further ...

Graphic Packaging First Quarter Results And Conference Call Scheduled for April 22.

Apr 15, 2002 ... GOLDEN, Colo. -- Graphic Packaging International Corporation is scheduled to release its First Quarter 2002 results before the market opens on Monday, April 22, 2002. A conference call will be held the same day at 1:00 pm ET. All interested persons are invited to participate. ...

Fasturn's New Operations Network Version 4.0 Aligns Operations Execution With Business Objectives; Delivers First Enterprise Operations Calendar of All Activities.

Apr 15, 2002 ... LOS ANGELES -- Fasturn, Inc., the leader in Operations Performance Management solutions, announced the release of Version 4.0 of its Operations Network (OPN) family of software. The Fasturn OPN allows executives to dramatically improve operation results by enabling the definition of best ...

MedAire's Executive Travel Support Services Now Available to Corporate International Travelers and Expatriates.

Apr 15, 2002 ... PHOENIX -- MedAire, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its services for managing the travel health and security needs of Fortune 1000 senior executives, to provide corporate human resource, security and medical departments and their international business travelers and expatriates ...

Expanets to Offer Clients Powerful MeetingPlace Virtual Meeting Services to Large and Mid-sized Businesses Nationwide; - Agreement With Latitude Adds MeetingPlace Integrated Voice and Web Conferencing Services to Expanets' Extensive Solutions Portfolio -.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif. and ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Companies looking to reduce travel, training and conferencing costs and to enhance collaboration among dispersed employees, customers and vendors, can now turn to Expanets for MeetingPlace conferencing services from Latitude Communications, Inc ....

Caw Networks and Spirent Communications Announce 6-City Network Performance Seminar Series in Europe; Addresses Network Capacity Assessment Issues, Including IP Quality of Service, Testing VPN Capacity, Internet Performance Evaluation.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- United States based Caw Networks, the authority in Layer 4-7 real-world capacity assessment for next-generation Internet infrastructure and equipment, and Spirent Communications, a wholly owned business group of Spirent plc , today announced the launch of their joint ...

Donner Corp. International Issues Morning Call Notes on Carbite Golf, Inc.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Donner Corp. International (DCI), a full-service broker/dealer and investment banking firm, today issued a Morning Call Note on Carbite Golf, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CGTFF) of Carlsbad, CA. The Morning Call Notes is as follows: Carbite Golf, Inc ....

New Novel by Christopher Rogers Uses Humor, Suspense to Tell Cautionary Tale About Political Correctness.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MELBOURNE, Fla. -- The year is 2049. Asia and Russia lead the world, while America and Europe flounder. Political correctness flourishes to the point that universities are set to eliminate all hardcopy literature and works of art considered politically incorrect. This is the backdrop for ...

CMC Electronics Awarded Contract Option Valued at More Than US$11 Million for High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio for U.S. Army.

Apr 15, 2002 ... MONTREAL -- CMC Electronics has been awarded a contract option valued at more than US$11.4 million, through the Canadian Commercial Corporation, for the continued supply of AN/TRC-190 communications shelter upgrades to the U.S. Army, under contract DAAB07-98-C-F505. CMC Electronics is ...

CIT Business Credit and CapitalSource Finance LLC Complete $75 Million Dip Financing for Integrated Health Services.

Apr 15, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- CIT Business Credit, an operating unit of CIT and a leading asset-based lender, and CapitalSource Finance, a leading commercial finance company, announced today the completion and funding of a $75 million debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing facility for Integrated Health ...

The Scorpion King Battles Onto Desktops and Select FYE Shelves, April 16; World Wrestling Federation(R) Superstar The Rock, Featured in New Set of Serious CD Cardz.

Apr 15, 2002 ... NEW YORK -- While wrestling fans nationwide eagerly await the April 19, 2002 Universal Pictures' release of The Scorpion King, Serious USA, Inc. is preparing to explode onto computer screens with The Scorpion King CD Cardz. The set of four CD Cardz is based on characters from the film, ...

Wink Communications, Inc. Notification of Q1 Earnings Conference Call.

Apr 15, 2002 ... <Pre> What:Wink Communications, Inc. will hold a conferencecall for the investment community to discuss the Company's 2002First Quarter Earnings Report which will be released onApril 24, 2002. (Photo: NewsCom: ...

Avure Technologies Receives IFT Industrial Achievement Award for Fresher Under Pressure(R) Food Technology.

Apr 15, 2002 ... KENT, Washington -- Avure Technologies Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Flow International Corporation , today announced it has received the prestigious IFT Industrial Achievement Award for pioneering the development and commercialization of high pressure processing (HPP). ...

Warren M. Krompf Leads National Team Excellence Competition At Annual Association for Quality and Participation Conference.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ATLANTA -- Warren M. Krompf, Director of Human Resources for Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, recently led the judging of the Finalist Teams at the annual national team competition of the Association for Quality and Participation. Mr. Krompf is a member of the board of directors ...

H Power Taps GORE for Commercial MEA Needs.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ELKTON, Md. -- Gore Fuel Cell Technologies, the world's leading supplier of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), has been selected by H Power Corp. , a leading fuel cell development company, to supply MEAs for its commercial proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell applications for at ...

Garrett Electronics and PSC Electronics Join Leading eConnections' Network Community; Take Advantage of Independent, Real-Time Strategic Sourcing Network To Dramatically Shorten Quote Cycle Time and Improve Competitiveness.

Apr 15, 2002 ... PASADENA, Calif. -- eConnections Inc., the leading provider of extended supply chain intelligence solutions, announced today that Garrett Electronics Corp. of Santa Maria, CA, and PSC Electronics of Santa Clara, CA, have joined the eConnections strategic sourcing network community of more ...

DemandTec Signs H. E. Butt Grocery Company (H-E-B).

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- DemandTec Inc., the leading provider of Demand Based Management (DBM) software announced that H-E-B is implementing DemandTec Price(TM) in its Food Drug division in the second quarter 2002. DemandTec and H-E-B performed an evaluation of DemandTec Price in the summer ...

NanoMuscle Receives Additional $5 Million In Funding; Investments Bring Total Round to $9.5 Million for Developer of Advanced Miniature Motion Products; Round Remains Open.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ANTIOCH, Calif. -- NanoMuscle Inc., a developer and manufacturer of advanced miniature motion technologies, today announced that it has received $5 million in their $15 million Series B round of funding. The investors are CrossBow Ventures, the financial arm of a major European automotive ...

CUNA Mutual Selects Callidus TrueComp to Manage $100M in Annual Compensation; Insurance/Financial Services Provider to Implement Callidus for 7,000 Employees and Credit Union Partners.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Callidus Software, the trusted provider of Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) solutions for enterprise customers, today announced CUNA Mutual Group has selected TrueComp for Insurance for its compensation management needs. CUNA Mutual represents the latest extension ...

Henry David Hwang to Be Keynote Speaker at Asian American Journalists Association's 15th Annual National Convention.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang will be keynote speaker at the Asian American Journalists Association's 15th Annual National Convention to be held August 7-10, 2002 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010212/AAJALOGO ...

FaceTime and IBM Team to Offer Integrated Instant Messaging Solution; FaceTime Integrates its Network-Independent IM Auditor with Lotus Sametime to Log, Audit and Control IM Communications.

Apr 15, 2002 ... FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- FaceTime Communications, the premier provider of network-independent instant messaging (IM) applications for business, today announced that it has integrated its award-winning IM Auditor application with IBM Lotus Software's Sametime real-time collaboration software ...

Stomp, Inc. Fully Operational in New Offices Just Weeks After Fire Destroys Headquarters; Backup Software Provider Realizes First-Hand Benefits Following Disaster.

Apr 15, 2002 ... IRVINE, Calif. -- Stomp, Inc., creator of the acclaimed CD Stomper CD/DVD labeling system, today announced the opening of its new corporate headquarters in Irvine, Calif. -- just three weeks after a fire destroyed its previous headquarters location. The company recovered immediately as a ...

Napster or Not, Downloading & Sharing of Music Files Continues; Heaviest Consumers of Records/Tapes/CDs Are Most Likely to Download And Transfer Songs.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- A study by market-research firm Odyssey shows that 31% of online users over the age of 16 -- or over 40 million U.S. consumers -- report they have downloaded or transferred music online in the past six months, and they do so an average of 11 times per week. These findings ...

Listen.com(R) Licenses CD Burning Technology From NewTech Infosystems, Secures CD Burning License From Naxos of America; Agreements Add High Speed Burning Capacity to Rhapsody(TM) Subscription Service, Enable Subscribers to Burn Limited Number of Classical Works to CD.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- Listen.com(R), Inc. today announced it has selected NewTech Infosystems (NTI) to provide CD burning capabilities for its Rhapsody(TM) digital music service. The company also announced it has signed a CD burning license agreement with Naxos of America, the U.S. distribution ...

Tom Hanks' Bubba Gump Forcing Out Tenant; Paramount Pictures & City Hall Fight Venerable Restaurant, The Boathouse; Why Would the City of Santa Monica Try To Force Bubba Gump on Surfers? Wasn't the Tom Hanks Movie Enough of a Money-Maker?

Apr 15, 2002 ... LOS ANGELES -- No joke, the City Hall of Santa Monica is trying to force out The Boathouse, a pier restaurant that has been in business for over five decades. Under the guise of the fancy Santa Monica Pier Corporation, a losing financial enterprise created to serve the residents and pier ...

CipherTrust Announces the First e-Mail Specific VPN; IronMail Now Offers Secure E-Mail Access That is as Simple As Secure Web Browsing.

Apr 15, 2002 ... ATLANTA -- CipherTrust, the leader in application- level e-mail security, announced today the availability of Mail-VPN, the first e-mail VPN, as part of its IronMail security appliance. Companies can now use IronMail to provide security and privacy for their e-mail messages without having ...

Interactive Brokers Cuts Options Commissions to $1.00 Per Contract.

Apr 15, 2002 ... GREENWICH, Conn. -- Interactive Brokers has cut the cost of trading US options from US $1.95 per contract to US $1.00 per contract, effective today, April 15. "This commission cut and our recent announcement to charge $1.00 per contract for single stock futures allows us to meet ...

Home Box Office Is Joined by Howard Brown Health Center, Affinity, Lesbian Community Cancer Project and NAMES Project Chicago (formerly the AIDS Quilt) For the Chicago Premiere Screening of Questioning Faith: Confessions Of A Seminarian; Special Guests Include Macky Alston, Director and Co-Producer; Leonard Cox, Co-Producer; and Individuals Featured in the Film: Latifa Davis, Jamilah Abdul-Rahman and Hazel Rankin.

Apr 15, 2002 ... CHICAGO -- In these times, what's a young preacher to preach? And what is it about human nature that leads one person to find religion in the midst of such chaos and another lose it? These questions, and more are explored in award-winning director/producer Macky Alston's new ...

Edwards Law Firm Announces Nationwide Class Certification of Lawsuit Filed On Behalf of 450,000 F-150 Owners Against Ford.

Apr 15, 2002 ... CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- The following press release is being issued jointly by The Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Chicago law firm of Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C. A State District Court has granted nationwide class ...

University of Phoenix Expands Tulsa Campus.

Apr 15, 2002 ... TULSA, Okla. -- The University of Phoenix (UOP), the largest private university in the United States, has expanded facilities at its Tulsa campus. The university recently added 3,000 square feet to the campus located at 10810 East 45th Street. The expansion includes three ...

The Concept Gin Announces New Series of Videos Featuring Employee Rights.

Apr 15, 2002 ... SAN JOSE, Texas -- The Concept Gin, LLC announces the release of the first volume in a series of videos designed to educate employees about their workplace rights. The series, entitled, "Your Rights - What Your Boss May Not Have Told You," targets multi-cultural communities and ...