PR Newswire back issues from Wednesday, October 16:
Webcast Alert: McDATA Corporation to Define Corporate Strategy And Product Focus.
Oct 16, 2002 ... McDATA will host a conference call to discuss its corporate strategy and to provide more details on its most recent products and the targeted market. The call will be hosted by John Kelley, McDATA President and CEO and Jack McDonnell, McDATA's Chairman and Founder. <Pre> What: ...
Innotrac Announces Timing of 2002 Third Quarter Conference Call.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Innotrac Corporation will report its 2002 third quarter results after 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, October 30, 2002. In conjunction with the release, Scott Dorfman, President and Chief Executive Officer and David Gamsey, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial ...
BioCryst to Release Third Quarter Financial Results on October 23, 2002.
Oct 16, 2002 ... BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will release its financial results for the third quarter 2002, before the market opens on Wednesday, October 23, 2002. The Company will also sponsor a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Interested investors can listen to the call live over the Internet ...
American Software Announces the Expansion of its Operations in Central America.
Oct 16, 2002 ... American Software announced at Material World Miami Beach that New Generation Computing, Inc., has expanded its operations in Central America. The expansion is driven by increasing demand for the Company's Shop-Floor Control and Full-Package Management Software. ...
Glenayre Selects TeleDNA to Offer Multimedia and Short Messaging Service Centers.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Glenayre Expands its Versera(TM) Multimedia Messaging (MMS) Suite With MMSC And IP-Based SMSC and New MMS Applications Glenayre Technologies, Inc. today announced an agreement with TeleDNA, a wireless services products development company, to add a Multimedia Messaging Service ...
Deloitte & Touche Names Manhattan Associates to its 2002 Atlanta Technology 50.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Manhattan Associates Jumps to No. 17 in This Year's List, Up From No. 20 Last Year Manhattan Associates, Inc. , the global leader of extended supply chain execution (x-SCE(TM)) solutions, today announced it has been named to Deloitte & Touche's Atlanta Technology 50, previously ...
SouthTrust Announces Record Third-Quarter Earnings Per Diluted Share of $0.47.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Summary: * Earnings increase 16 percent, EPS increase 15 percent over Q3 2001 * Q3 2002 is the 47th consecutive quarter of increased earnings * Credit quality is excellent, charge offs remain low * Non-interest income increases 19 percent * Efficiency ratio improves to 52.74 percent * Core ...
Main Street Banks Reports Record Quarterly Earnings; Third Quarter Earnings Up 15.1 Percent In Strong Performance.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Main Street Banks, Inc., , Atlanta's largest and highest performing community banking company, today reported record earnings for the third quarter of 2002, continuing a six year trend of strong earnings per share growth and matching analysts consensus estimates for the quarter. ...
ChoicePoint(R) Acquiring Resident Data(R), Expands Presence in Tenant Screening Field.
Oct 16, 2002 ... ChoicePoint and Resident Data Inc. today announced the execution of an agreement for ChoicePoint to acquire Resident Data, a leading tenant screening company for the multi-family industry. The transaction is subject to the approval of Resident Data's shareholders. Resident ...
Numerex Broadens Global Wireless Data Network Capabilities.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Company Signs Agreement with BellSouth International to Expand Telemetry Services Throughout Central and South America Via the Cellemetry(R) Cellular Control Channel Network CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & INTERNET 2002 -- Numerex Corp. announced today it has signed an agreement with ...
Parkway Place Mall in Huntsville, Alabama Holds Grand Opening.
Oct 16, 2002 ... CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and Colonial Properties Trust today announced the grand opening of Parkway Place, a 630,000- square-foot regional mall in Huntsville, Alabama. Joining the mall's 167,000 square foot Parisian which opened last year is a new 184,000 square foot ...
International BioChemical Industries, Inc. (IBCI) Reports 29% Sales Increase For the Fiscal Year 2002 as Compared to Fiscal Year 2001.
Oct 16, 2002 ... International BioChemical Industries, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: IBCL) announced the Company's sales increased to $1,937,122 for fiscal year 2002 as compared to $1,500,648 for fiscal year 2001 -- a 29% increase. The year over year sales increases were attributable to stronger demand in ...
Darien Telephone Becomes the First ARRIS IP Network Provisioning Customer With Alopa MetaServ(TM) Lite.
Oct 16, 2002 ... ARRIS today announced that it has successfully implemented its first Alopa MetaServ(TM) Lite subscriber activation and IP management solution at Darien Telephone Company, Darien, Georgia. The Alopa MetaServ Lite provisioning and management solution provides subscriber acquisition, ...
SouthTrust Declares Dividend.
Oct 16, 2002 ... At its third-quarter meeting today, SouthTrust Corporation's board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share, a 21 percent increase over the $0.14 per share paid last year. The dividend is payable Jan. 2, 2003, to stockholders of record at the close of business ...
Jameson Inns, Inc. Reports ADR, Occupancy and REVPAR for September 2002.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Jameson Inns, Inc. , a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), and owner of Jameson Inn and Signature Inn hotels, today announced that revenue per available room ("REVPAR") was $29.22 in September, a $1.49 or 4.9% decrease from September 2001. Average daily rate increased 1.0% for the ...
Interland Reports Fourth Quarter 2002 Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Interland, Inc. , the leading provider of business-class Web hosting services to small and medium businesses, today announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and the fiscal year ended August 31, 2002. The company reported revenues of $27.8 million for the quarter and gross ...
Interland Appoints Shulman CFO.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Interland, Inc. , the leading provider of business-class Web hosting services to small and medium businesses, today announced that Allen L. Shulman has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO), replacing David Buckel. Shulman joined Interland in November 2001 as vice ...
HEALTHSOUTH Suspends Surgery Division Transaction.
Oct 16, 2002 ... HEALTHSOUTH Corporation announced that it has suspended its previously- announced plan to effect a tax-free separation of its surgery center division into a new publicly traded company, which was given preliminary approval by the Board of Directors on August 27. HEALTHSOUTH's surgery ...
BancorpSouth, Inc. Announces 20.8 Percent Increase in Net Income and 26.9 Percent Increase in Earnings Per Share for Third Quarter.
Oct 16, 2002 ... BancorpSouth, Inc. today announced that net income for the third quarter of 2002 increased 20.8 percent to $26.1 million, or $0.33 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $21.6 million, or $0.26 per basic and diluted share, for the third quarter of 2001. Net ...
SouthTrust Announces Correction To Net-Interest Margin Percentage.
Oct 16, 2002 ... SouthTrust Corporation announces a correction to its third- quarter 2002 net-interest margin percentage. SouthTrust reported third- quarter earnings earlier today. The third quarter 2002 net-interest margin percentage should have been reported as 3.86 percent as opposed to the ...
Alberta Energy Company Ltd. To Call Meeting Of Its Capital Securities Holders.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Alberta Energy Company Ltd. (AEC) announced today that it has established October 22, 2002 as the record date for a meeting of holders of its 8.38% Capital Securities due June 27, 2040 and its 8.50% Capital Securities due December 20, 2040 to consider, and if thought advisable to approve, ...
TDS / USM To Announce Third-Quarter Results October 16, 2002.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Joint Teleconference Webcast at 10:00 am Chicago Time Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. and United States Cellular Corporation will report third-quarter operating results on October 16. Following the public announcement of the companies' results, they will hold a joint ...
Motorola Expands Broadband Wireless Product Portfolio and Breaks Price-Barrier On Customer Premise Equipment.
Oct 16, 2002 ... A Price-Reduction on Major Components of Its Canopy(TM) Broadband Wireless Portfolio Helps Build Wireless Broadband Market Motorola is announcing several new products in its Canopy(TM) wireless broadband product portfolio as well as a price reduction in two of the major ...
Motorola Unveils Next Generation Superscalar 32-Bit ColdFire(R) Microprocessor Core.
Oct 16, 2002 ... V5 Microprocessors to Offer Performance Starting at 610 MIPS MICROPROCESSOR FORUM - - Today's embedded systems targeted at imaging, connectivity and digital audio applications are requiring higher performance levels and more functionality. To meet these requirements, Motorola, ...
Motorola Extends Communications Processor Portfolio with Next Generation PowerQUICC II Solutions.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Leveraging Broad Customer Input and Advanced 0.13-Micron Process Yields Powerful New Features While Boosting Speed The demand for higher performance, more integration and lower cost is driving networking equipment manufacturers to seek out proven solutions that offer ...
Respironics to Webcast Fiscal Year 2003 First Quarter Conference Call.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Respironics, Inc. , a recognized resource in the medical device market, announced today that it intends to release its first quarter results for the period ending September 30, 2002 on Thursday October 24, 2002. In conjunction with this release and to review the Company's results and ...
TDS Reports Third Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. reported operating revenues of $801.9 million for the third quarter of 2002, up 19% from $675 million in the comparable period a year ago. Operating cash flow (a non-GAAP measurement of operating income plus depreciation and amortization expense) increased ...
U.S. Cellular Reports Third Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... United States Cellular Corporation reported service revenues of $561.2 million for the third quarter of 2002, up 17% from $479.3 million in the comparable period a year ago. Operating cash flow (operating income plus depreciation and amortization expense) decreased 1% to $167.6 million ...
Northfield Laboratories Proposes First Ambulance Blood Substitute Trial.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Proposed Trial to Broaden Indication for PolyHeme's Use; Also Requests Special Protocol Assessment; To Pursue Fast Track Designation, Rolling BLA Northfield Laboratories Inc. announced today that it has submitted a protocol to the United States Food and Drug Administration ...
Northfield Laboratories Reports First-Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Northfield Laboratories, Inc. reported a loss, as anticipated, for its first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2002. As a development stage company, Northfield has no revenues. For the first quarter Northfield reported a loss of $2.9 million, or $0.20 cents per basic share, ...
Baxter and Cerus Announce Final European Regulatory Clearance for the First Pathogen Inactivation System for Platelets.
Oct 16, 2002 ... INTERCEPT Blood System Developed to Make Blood Transfusions Safer for Patients Subsidiaries of Baxter International Inc. , and Cerus Corporation today announced CE Mark declaration for the illuminator device for the INTERCEPT Blood System. This represents the final regulatory ...
Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Announces Results for the Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002.
Oct 16, 2002 ... -- Earnings per share total $0.54 for the quarter and $1.41 through nine months -- Operating profit increases 42% and EBITDA* increases 19% for the quarter -- Income from continuing operations increases $25 million for the quarter and $65 million through nine months -- Revenues rise 9% for ...
Allstate Reports 2002 Third Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... The Allstate Corporation today reported net income of $280 million ($0.39 per diluted share) for the third quarter of 2002 compared to $226 million ($0.32 per diluted share) for the third quarter of 2001. Operating income was $548 million ($0.77 per diluted share) for the third quarter of ...
Northern Trust Corporation Reports 2002 Third Quarter Earnings Of $.43 Per Share.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Northern Trust Corporation reported net income per common share of $.43 for the third quarter, compared to the $.55 per share earned a year ago. Net income totaled $96.4 million, compared to $126.6 million reported in the third quarter of last year. This performance resulted in a return ...
Motorola Celebrates One-Millionth Cable Modem Shipment to Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Motorola, Inc. Broadband Communications Sector is celebrating the shipment of its one-millionth Euro-DOCSIS/DOCSIS cable modem into the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This landmark shipment further strengthens Motorola's position as the world's leading cable modem ...
ITW Reports 11 Percent Increase in 2002 Third Quarter Income Per Diluted Share from Continuing Operations Excluding Goodwill Amortization; Operating Revenues Grow 4 Percent and Operating Margins Improve 140 Basis Points in the Third Quarter; Company Lowers Earnings Guidance For Full Year 2002.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Illinois Tool Works Inc. today reported that 2002 third quarter income per diluted share from continuing operations excluding goodwill amortization increased 11 percent versus the prior year period primarily as a result of improvement in businesses with short-lead time products serving a ...
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust Announces Exercise Of Over-Allotment Option.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Lexington Corporate Properties Trust , a real estate investment trust, today announced that the underwriters of its recently completed 2.4 million common share offering have exercised their option to purchase an additional 290,000 common shares, priced at $15.85 per share, to cover ...
Household Reports Operating Net Income of $1.17 Per Share for the Third Quarter.
Oct 16, 2002 ... -- Net Income of $221 Million and Earnings Per Share of $.45, including Settlement Charge and Related Expenses of $333 Million (after tax) -- Managed Receivables Up 12 Percent to $107.6 Billion Household International today reported third quarter net income of $221 million, or ...
Aksys Reports Third Quarter 2002 Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Company Sells First Units of Personal Hemodialysis System and Takes Initial Steps to Secure up to $75 Million in Additional Financing Aksys, Ltd. , a pioneer in innovative dialysis systems, today reported results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2002. ...
Caterpillar Achieves Profit of 61 Cents Per Share and Reaffirms Full-Year Outlook.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Caterpillar Inc. today reported sales and revenues of $5.08 billion and profit of $213 million or 61 cents per share for the third quarter 2002. Through the third quarter of the year, sales and revenues were $14.78 billion and profit was $493 million or $1.42 per share. Sales ...
Cat Financial Announces Third-Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Cat Financial) today reported revenues of $416 million for the third quarter of 2002, a decrease of $9 million or 2 percent compared with the same period last year. Profit after tax was $56 million, a $12 million or 18 percent decrease from ...
Cobra Electronics Third Quarter Results Conference Call.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Please join Cobra management for a conference call discussion of the company's third quarter results. <Pre> DATE Thursday, October 24, 2002TIME 11:00 a.m. Eastern TimeInterested parties will have the opportunity to listen to the conference call over the ...
Motorola's Financial Outlook.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Fourth Quarter 2002 Full Year 2003 Motorola, Inc. said today it now expects sales in the fourth quarter of 2002 to be approximately $7.1 billion. Calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which does not exclude special items, the ...
Zebra Technologies Named to Deloitte & Touche 2002 'Fast 50' List.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Zebra Continues Growth Despite Turbulent Economy Zebra Technologies , a global leader in delivering printing solutions for business improvement has been named to Deloitte & Touche's prestigious "Technology Fast 50" program for Chicagoland, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing ...
Banyan Strategic Realty Trust Closes Sale of Northlake Tower Festival Shopping Center.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Banyan Strategic Realty Trust (BULLETIN BOARD: BSRTS) announced today the completion of the sale of its last remaining real estate asset - The Northlake Tower Festival Shopping Center in Atlanta, Georgia - to Northlake Festival, LLC for a gross purchase price of $20.4 million. Northlake ...
Taylor Capital Group, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Taylor Capital Group, Inc. today announced that its initial public offering of 2,775,000 shares of common stock has been priced at $16.50 per share. Of the 2,775,000 shares being offered, 2,250,000 shares are being sold by Taylor Capital and 525,000 shares are being sold by certain of its ...
American Italian Pasta Company to Release Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results On October 30, 2002.
Oct 16, 2002 ... American Italian Pasta Company today announced that it will report results for the fourth quarter and year ended September 27, 2002, before the market opens on Wednesday, October 30, 2002. The Company will host a conference call the same day at 9:00 a.m. Central (10:00 a.m ....
Independent Report Shows That Digi International Provides Lowest Latency Device Servers on the Market.
Oct 16, 2002 ... VeriTest Report Confirms That Digi One IA RealPort(TM) Performs Significantly Better Than Competitors Digi International(R), Inc. , the leader in Connectware, today released a report summarizing the results of latency performance tests which showed that when tested against ...
Gold Banc Corporation Offers 5,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at $8.75 Per Share.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Gold Banc Corporation, Inc. announced today the public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $8.75 per share. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., RBC Capital Markets and Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. acted as managing underwriters of the offering. Gold Banc Corporation, ...
AMCORE Bank Announces Addition of 34 ATMs at Kelley-Williamson Mobil Stores In Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
Oct 16, 2002 ... AMCORE Bank is adding access to 34 additional ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) in 15 communities in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. The placement of additional ATMs is an important part of AMCORE's commitment to provide quality customer service and to fulfill its ...
TTM Technologies, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2002 Results and Stock Buy-Back Program.
Oct 16, 2002 ... TTM Technologies, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of time-critical, technologically advanced printed circuit boards, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002. The company also announced that its board of directors has authorized a stock buy-back program. ...
Novavax, Inc. Ranked 100th Fastest Growing Technology Company in North America on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500.
Oct 16, 2002 ... NOVAVAX, INC. today announced that it ranked Number 100 on the 2002 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. This is the second year in a row that Novavax has been named by Deloitte & Touche. Rankings are based on ...
Magnetek To Simulcast Fiscal 2003 First-Quarter Results Concurrently With 2002 Shareholders Meeting On October 30.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Magnetek, Inc. will announce its fiscal 2003 first-quarter financial results on October 30, 2002 before commencement of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Management will then host a webcast presentation and conference call at approximately 11:00 A.M. EST to discuss the results. The ...
Cerner Reports Record Third Quarter 2002 Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Earnings Per Share Increases 48 Percent; Revenues Grow 36 Percent Cerner Corporation today announced record results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2002. Diluted earnings per share were $0.37, or 48 percent over the $0.25 reported in the year-ago quarter. The First ...
Huttig Building Products Announces Third Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Huttig Building Products, Inc. today announced sales of $234.0 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2002, compared to $256.7 million in the same quarter last year. The company had net income in the third quarter of $3.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to net income of ...
Bank One to Invest $14 Million to Expand Customer Locations in Houston Area.
Oct 16, 2002 ... To add 7 banking centers by early 2004 Bank One plans to invest $14 million by adding seven more locations to serve its customers in the Houston area. "We are investing in the Houston area because it is among Bank One's fastest-growing markets anywhere in the ...
United Airlines Statement.
Oct 16, 2002 ... United Airlines today announced that it will release its third-quarter financial results as scheduled on Friday, October 18. The previously announced conference calls for analysts and members of the press, however, will be scheduled for a time in the near future when the company will be ...
ROHN to Close Alabama Facility.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Exits Equipment Enclosure Business ROHN Industries, Inc. , a global provider of infrastructure equipment for the telecommunications industry, announced today that in response to continued reductions in customer capital spending it will close its manufacturing facility in ...
CDW Achieves Record Quarterly Results with Sales of $1.151 Billion and Earnings Per Share of $0.63.
Oct 16, 2002 ... CDW Computer Centers, Inc. today announced its highest quarterly sales and earnings per share in the company's history, with third quarter 2002 sales of $1.151 billion and earnings per share of $0.63. Sales grew 16.1 percent and earnings per share increased 28.6 percent versus the same ...
Webcast of PrivateBancorp, Inc.'s Third Quarter 2002 Conference Call.
Oct 16, 2002 ... PrivateBancorp, Inc. will webcast live its quarterly conference call with financial analysts. Access to the call will be via a link called "Third Quarter 2002 Earnings Call" on October 21st, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time (1:00 p.m. Central Time) on the investor relations page of ...
Adventist Health System Chooses Cerner to Automate Care Delivery.
Oct 16, 2002 ... AHS Clinicians Prefer Cerner Over Other I.T. Providers for 29 Hospitals When you're the chief executive officer for a large multi-state health system, you face extraordinary challenges every day. Foremost among these challenges is finding clinical information systems that are ...
NES Amends Its Senior Credit Facility.
Oct 16, 2002 ... National Equipment Services, Inc. today announced the approval of an amendment to its senior credit facility. Chief Financial Officer Michael Milligan said, "By amending our senior credit facility, we have the financial flexibility to continue our strategic initiatives. Last ...
Leggett Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $.29 Per Share.
Oct 16, 2002 ... -- Q3 EPS at $.29; above latest guidance due to higher sales and less restructuring costs. -- Revenues of $1.12 billion, second highest quarter ever; organic growth of 2.6%. -- Cash from operations of $140 million; working capital at 18% of sales, better than target. -- New guidance: Q4 ...
Information Resources, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Information Resources, Inc. today reported its third quarter results. Third Quarter 2002 Results For the quarter ended September 30, 2002, IRI reported net income of $0.9 million or $.03 per share. This compares to a net loss of $0.5 million or $.02 per share, ...
Brian Cahill Named CFO at MGP Ingredients; Dave Wilbur Promoted to GM Of Company's Illinois Plant.
Oct 16, 2002 ... Ladd Seaberg, president and chief executive officer of MGP Ingredients, Inc. , has announced the appointment of Brian Cahill as vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer at the company. Cahill succeeds Bob Booe, who retired on Oct. 10 after 36 years with the ...