PR Newswire back issues from Monday, November 4:
AHL Services Sets Date for Announcement of Third Quarter 2002 Financial Results and Conference Call.
Nov 04, 2002 ... AHL Services, Inc. , a leading provider of marketing support services, today announced that the company will conduct a conference call on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002 to discuss third quarter 2002 financial results. The financial results will be released after the close of market on Wednesday, ...
Miltope Secures Over $4.0M In Cost Plus Subcontract Awards.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Miltope Group Inc. ("Miltope") announced today the award of a cost plus award fee subcontract with Lockheed Martin for over $3.5 million with an anticipated production and spares subcontract. The subcontract is for the design, development and delivery of nuclear hardened hard drive ...
Sovereign Bank Selects CheckFree Software for Reconciliation of Commercial Accounts.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Sovereign Expands Long-Standing CheckFree Relationship to Leverage Fraud Monitoring and Positive-Pay Functionality of the CheckFree ARP/SMS Solution AFP Annual Conference Booth # 1211 -- CheckFree Financial and Compliance Solutions, a business unit of CheckFree Corporation , ...
HEALTHSOUTH Confirms Scheduled Earnings Release, Adds Comment on SEC Status And Fulbright Report.
Nov 04, 2002 ... HEALTHSOUTH Corporation today confirmed its plans to announce third quarter earnings on Tuesday, November 5. HEALTHSOUTH will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter results at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Simultaneously with the conference ...
BellSouth Schedules Analyst Briefing.
Nov 04, 2002 ... BellSouth Corporation will conduct a briefing for analysts at the Hudson Theatre, Millennium Broadway Hotel, in New York City on Monday, November 18, 2002 from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. The briefing will include presentations by several BellSouth officers on business objectives and performance. ...
Georgia-Pacific Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s board of directors has approved a regular quarterly dividend for the company's common stock. The board approved a dividend of 12.5 cents per share. The dividends are payable Nov. 22, 2002, to shareholders of record Nov. 12, 2002. ...
EMS Technologies to Present at AEA Financial Conference.
Nov 04, 2002 ... EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it will participate in the American Electronics Association's 32nd Annual AEA Classic Financial Conference for Public Technology companies on Tuesday, November 5 through Wednesday, November 6 in San Diego, Calif. Presenting at the ...
Scientific-Atlanta Announces Latest Favorable Ruling Against Gemstar.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Judge Finds That Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer(R) 3000 and 8600x Products Don't Infringe Two Gemstar Patents Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. announced today that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has granted another summary judgment in its favor and ...
Delta Connection to Offer Non-Stop Jet Service Between Binghamton, N.Y., and Delta's Cincinnati Hub.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Delta Connection will offer customers convenient jet service between Binghamton, N.Y., and Delta Air Lines' hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport beginning Jan. 29, 2003. Delta Connection carrier Comair will operate three daily round-trip flights between Cincinnati ...
SNB Bancshares Announces Expansion Into Brunswick Market.
Nov 04, 2002 ... SNB Bancshares, Inc. Macon, Georgia, today announced its planned expansion into the Brunswick/Glynn County, Georgia market. The Bibb County subsidiary will open a bank branch in Brunswick in the next 60 days as Security Bank of Glynn County. The bank will operate in a temporary location ...
Global Payments Offers VeriSign Payment Engine For Online Payment Processing.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Global Payments Inc. , a leading provider of payment processing solutions, announced today a reseller relationship with VeriSign, Inc. Under the agreement, Global will add VeriSign Payment Services (VPS) to its line of Internet-based payment solutions as a preferred payments provider and ...
BWAY Corporation Reports Sales and Earnings for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended September 29, 2002.
Nov 04, 2002 ... BWAY Corporation issued its sales and earnings report today for the Company's fourth quarter and year ended September 29, 2002. Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 were $139.5 million, compared to $124.1 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001. Net sales for ...
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports October Home Orders.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month ended October 31, 2002. <Pre> New Orders (Units)For the Month Ended October 31, ...
NDCHealth Announces First Quarter Dividend.
Nov 04, 2002 ... NDCHealth Corporation announced today that its board of directors has approved a first quarter dividend of $0.04 per share payable November 29, 2002 to shareholders of record as of November 15, 2002. It is the company's 104th consecutive quarter of dividend payments. NDCHealth ...
Post Properties Announces Third Quarter Earnings; Investor/Analyst Conference Call Scheduled for November 5 at 10:00 a.m. EST.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Post Properties, Inc. announced today that funds from operations (FFO) for the third quarter of 2002 totaled $27.2 million compared to $37.5 million for the third quarter of 2001. On a diluted per share basis, FFO was 65 cents for the third quarter, compared to 87 cents for the same ...
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. to Webcast Slide Show With Conference Call on September Quarter and Year-End Earnings.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (www.beazer.com ) will broadcast a synchronized slide show and audio over the internet on Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time during the conference call on results for the quarter and year-ended September 30, 2002. In order to participate, go to ...
Exide Technologies Names Richard Conlon Vice President, Motive Power Sales and Marketing - North America.
Nov 04, 2002 ... GNB Industrial Power, the Motive Power Business Group of Exide Technologies, (BULLETIN BOARD: EXDTQ) (www.exide.com), today announced the appointment of Richard Conlon to the position of Vice President, Motive Power Sales and Marketing. Exide Technologies is a global leader in stored ...
Delta and Pine Land Company Announces First Quarter Dividend.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Delta and Pine Land Company ("D&PL"), a leading commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed, today announced that the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.05 per share. The first quarter dividend payable to the shareholders of record on November 29, 2002 ...
SunLink Health Systems, Inc. Announces Improved First Quarter Results.
Nov 04, 2002 ... SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced net earnings of $435,000 or $0.08 per fully diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2002, compared to a net loss of $346,000 or $0.07 per fully diluted share for the prior year quarter ended September 30, 2001. SunLink ...
Parkway Properties, Inc. Announces Receipt of Urban Land Institute Award of Excellence.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Parkway Properties, Inc. today announced that the Memphis Ballpark District received a 2002 Award of Excellence in the Special Category from the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Parkway's redevelopment of the William R. Moore building and development of the adjacent parking garage is part of ...
Boardwalk Announces $152.6 Million Refinancing of Nuns' Island Portfolio; Expands into Quebec City Market with High-Quality Acquisition.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Boardwalk Equities Inc. ("BEI" - TSX, NYSE) today announced that it has completed the refinancing of the Nuns' Island portfolio and that it has expanded its operations into the Quebec City market. Nuns' Island Refinancing Boardwalk has successfully completed the ...
Interop 2002: VASCO Launches VACMAN Server 6.0.3.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Ease of Implementation and Maintenance, Enhanced RADIUS Functionalities, Flexibility, Ease of Use, Support For a Large Range of Web Solutions, And Competitive Pricing Make VACMAN Server 6.0.3 the Real 'All Terrain' AAA Security Product for the Corporate Network Access Market ...
Brazil Orders Four Million FC Female Condoms.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Prevention Program Continues to Expand The Female Health Company (BULLETIN BOARD: FHCO) today announced that it signed a contract with the Ministry of Health of Brazil to provide four million FC Female Condoms for the Ministry's groundbreaking National AIDS Program. ...
Telular Corporation Board Authorizes Stock Buyback.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Telular Corporation announced today that its board of directors has authorized a program to repurchase up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock. "We believe that our stock is undervalued and repurchasing it is a sound investment. The Wireless Local Loop segment has ...
Smurfit-Stone Exhibits New Products at Pack Expo 2002 Demonstrating Quality Assurance, Excellent Performance.
Nov 04, 2002 ... New Products Exemplify Depth and Breadth of Research and Development Team Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation , an industry leader in paper and paperboard-based packaging, premieres three new products, corrugated thermoformed trays, the multi-purpose convertible box and ...
Collegiate Pacific Reports Q1 Basic EPS $.07 Vs. $.03 on Organic Sales Growth Of 25%.
Nov 04, 2002 ... -- Basic EPS up 133% -- Net Income up 88% -- Results Reflect Benefits of Operating Leverage -- Regular Cash Dividend Initiated During Quarter Collegiate Pacific Inc. , citing a 25 percent increase in sales and the benefits of its operating leverage, today reported first-quarter ...
Biosante Pharmaceuticals Presents Results of Oral Insulin Study at Diabetes Meeting.
Nov 04, 2002 ... BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BISP) today announced that positive results of preclinical testing of its calcium phosphate (CAP) delivery system for the oral delivery of insulin were presented at the second annual Diabetes Technology Meeting here. "Our unique ...
Walgreen Co. October Sales Increase 13.4 Percent.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Walgreen Co. had October sales of $2,569,150,000, an increase of 13.4 percent from $2,266,429,000 for the same month in 2001. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) rose 8.2 percent. October pharmacy sales increased 18.5 percent, while comparable pharmacy ...
Ameren Corporation Announces Voluntary Retirement Program.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Ameren Corporation today announced a voluntary retirement program that is being offered to approximately 1,000 of Ameren's 7,400 current employees. In addition, the company announced modifications to certain retiree medical benefit plans and a freeze on wage increases beginning in 2003 ...
LaBarge Sells ScadaNET Network(TM) Railroad Business to GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling.
Nov 04, 2002 ... LaBarge, Inc. announced today it has sold the railroad industry portion of its ScadaNET Network(TM) remote equipment monitoring business to GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling, LLC (GETS Global Signaling), Grain Valley, Mo. The sale is valued at approximately $6.8 ...
AMLI Residential Acquires Fort Worth Apartment Community.
Nov 04, 2002 ... AMLI Residential Properties Trust announces that it has purchased AMLI 7th Street Station (formerly the Gates of 7th Street Station) in Fort Worth, Texas. The 189-unit luxury apartment community is set on 7.8 acres on West Seventh Street, west of Henderson. Built in 2000, AMLI 7th ...
Realigent Announces Third Quarter Earnings.
Nov 04, 2002 ... HomeSeekers.com Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: HMSK) , d/b/a Realigent Inc., announced today its second straight quarterly profit. Net earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2002, were $884 thousand compared to a net loss of $6.1 million for the same period in 2001. In the first nine months ...
Metrowerks Finalizes Applied Microsystems Corporation Asset Acquisition.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Demonstrates Plans to Broaden Technology Base and Focus on Solutions Metrowerks, a Motorola company , has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of select technology assets from Applied Microsystems Corporation (AMC/Applied, Nasdaq: APMC). In ...
COMFORCE Corporation to Hold Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2002 Results.
Nov 04, 2002 ... COMFORCE Corporation , a leading provider of high-tech professional staffing, consulting and outsourcing services, announced today that it will report its third quarter 2002 results on Thursday, November 14, 2002, prior to the market open. COMFORCE will sponsor a conference call at 2 P.M ....
Cabot Microelectronics to Present at the Morgan Stanley Enabling Growth Conference.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Cabot Microelectronics Corp. , the leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, announced that it will make a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Enabling Growth Conference at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time today. Forward looking and ...
AMCORE Financial, Inc. Opens McHenry Office.
Nov 04, 2002 ... AMCORE Financial, Inc. announces the opening of its new McHenry, Ill. office at 4301 Shamrock Lane. McHenry is the seventh branch AMCORE has opened along the I-90 corridor in the past 18 months. Two more branches are scheduled to open in the communities of St. Charles, Ill. and Des ...
Motorola Plans Web Cast of Presentation To Financial Analysts By Chairman/CEO Galvin & CFO Devonshire.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Motorola, Inc. plans to broadcast over the Internet on Monday, November 11, 2002, a presentation by Christopher B. Galvin, Motorola's chairman and chief executive officer, and David W. Devonshire, the company's chief financial officer, to the UBS Warburg Global Telecom Conference. ...
Horace Mann Reports Results for Third Quarter.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Horace Mann Educators Corporation today reported net income of $0.6 million, or 2 cents per share, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, which was significantly impacted by $8.6 million of after-tax realized investment losses. Net income for the third quarter of 2001 was $9.0 ...
AMLI Residential Announces Third Quarter 2002 Operating Results and Declares Dividend.
Nov 04, 2002 ... CHICAGO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- <Pre>FlashResults AMLI Residential Properties Trust (Numbers in Thousands, Except Per Share Data) Quarter Nine Mos. Quarter Nine Mos. ...
Horace Mann Educators Corporation Announces Effectiveness of Form S-3 Registering the Resale of Outstanding Senior Convertible Notes.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Horace Mann Educators Corporation announced today that its Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-98043), which was originally filed on August 13, 2002, and amended on September 17, 2002 and October 11, 2002, has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange ...
Seaboard Corporation Announces Third Quarter Earnings.
Nov 04, 2002 ... The following is a report of earnings for Seaboard Corporation with offices at 9000 West 67th Street, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202, (the "Company") for the three and nine months ended September 28, 2002 and September 29, 2001 in thousands of dollars except per share amounts. <Pre> ...
CNA Surety Announces Third Quarter Results.
Nov 04, 2002 ... CNA Surety Corporation today reported that net income for the third quarter of 2002 decreased to $2.6 million, or $0.06 per share, from $12.0 million, or $0.28 per share, for the same period in 2001. Operating earnings, after income taxes, decreased to $3.1 million from $11.8 million in ...
Peoples Energy Continues Campaign to Help Customers Manage Gas Bills.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Company Directly Contacting Customers Who Might Be Eligible for LIHEAP In a continuation of its "Don't Wait" campaign that was launched in September, Peoples Energy announced today that it has sent more than 60,000 letters to notify customers that they may qualify for the Low ...
Goodrich Approved for Boeing 737 Blended Winglet Installations.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Goodrich Corporation has signed a multi-year agreement with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) to become an approved service center for the installation of APB Boeing 737 Blended Winglets. Installations will be performed at Goodrich's Everett, WA-based, Aviation Technical Services' facility ....
Healthetech to Present at AeA Classic Financial Conference.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Company CFO and VP of Investor Relations to Make Presentations HealtheTech, Inc. a Colorado-based company that develops and markets medical devices and software that measure and monitor important health parameters, announced today that it will present at the AeA Classic ...
Bank of North Carolina Reports 44% Increase in Third Quarter Net Income.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Bank of North Carolina (BULLETIN BOARD: BKNC) today reported operating results for the three- month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2002. Commenting on these results, W. Swope Montgomery, Jr., President and CEO, said, "We are very pleased with the results for the ...
Lexmark elevates Rooke to executive vice president.
Nov 04, 2002 ... The board of directors of Lexmark International, Inc. has elected Paul A. Rooke executive vice president. Rooke has served as a Lexmark vice president and president of its Printing Solutions and Services Division since December 1999. His responsibilities as division president will ...
Ashland Inc. Names Three Managers for Business Process Redesign.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Carol A. Christobek, Rudolph J. "Rudy" McCue, and Pamela R. Yost have been named process development managers by Rick E. Music, Ashland Inc. vice president, business process redesign. The changes will be effective immediately. <Pre> (Photo: ...
Avanex Adds Veteran Senior Financial Executive Bruce Pollock as CFO.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Avanex Corporation , pioneer of intelligent optical solutions that enable next-generation optical networks, announced today that veteran senior financial executive Bruce C. Pollock has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Pollock most recently ...
Harrell Named to Head Sonoco's European Industrial and Paper Operations.
Nov 04, 2002 ... James Harrell, Sonoco's senior director of operations-Europe, has been promoted to division vice president-Industrial Products/Paper Divisions-Europe, effective immediately, it was announced today by Ronald E. Holley, senior vice president-Global Industrial Products, and Jim C. Bowen, ...
Family Dollar Reports Store Openings for October 2002.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Family Dollar Stores, Inc. , the fast growing North Carolina-based discount store chain, reports opening 27 stores during the four-week period ended November 2, 2002. With these additional stores, as of November 2, 2002, the Company operated 4,636 stores. The 27 newest store ...
Optimizing Workforce Productivity: Top Tech Companies Leverage Technology To Boost Output.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Top high-tech companies like Cisco Systems optimize technology applications to increase employee productivity, according to speakers at Best Practices, LLC's Global Benchmarking Council (GBC) meeting, "Creating Value Through People, Process and Technology," ...
Span-America Increases Cash Dividend.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Span-America Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors increased the Company's annualized cash dividend to 14 cents per share from 12 cents per share, an increase of 17%. The dividend is equal to 3.5 cents per share on a quarterly basis. Additionally, the Board ...
CommScope Reports Third Quarter 2002 Results.
Nov 04, 2002 ... CommScope, Inc. today reported third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2002. CommScope reported sales of $147.8 million and a net loss of $19.6 million or $0.32 per share for the third quarter. The loss included noncash impairment charges of $0.26 per share and ...
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Canadian Cigarette Smuggling Suit.
Nov 04, 2002 ... The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear a case brought by the Canadian government seeking to recover taxes and revenues claimed to be lost as a result of cigarette smuggling. The suit had been brought against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and several current and former ...
Jefferson-Pilot Declares Dividend.
Nov 04, 2002 ... At its regular quarterly meeting today, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3025 per share to be paid March 5, 2003 to shareholders of record February 21, 2003. Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, a holding company, is one of the ...
RCG Announces Changes to Board of Directors.
Nov 04, 2002 ... eResource Capital Group, Inc. , today announced the additions of Randolph A. Pohlman, Ph.D. and Jeffrey F. Willmott to its Board of Directors. "We are very pleased to add two well-respected, seasoned professionals to the RCG Board," said Mike Pruitt, Chairman and Chief ...
Krispy Kreme to Webcast Third Quarter Results on November 22, 2002.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. today announced that it will broadcast its third quarter earnings call via the Internet on Friday, November 22, 2002. Scott Livengood, the Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, John Tate, Chief Operating Officer, and Randy ...
Standard Commercial Reports 20% Increase in Second Quarter Tobacco Earnings, Raises Estimate for Fiscal Year.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Standard Commercial Corporation today reported increases in earnings for its second quarter and six months ended September 30th and raised its earnings estimate for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003. Income from continuing operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 was $15.3 ...
Duke Energy Redeems Bond Issue.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Duke Energy today redeemed one of its bond issues. <Pre> The issue redeemed is:* The 7 1/2 percent Series B due Aug. 1, 2025, with a face value of $100 million. Bondholders will receive $1,029.07 per $1,000 principal amount held, plus accrued interest to today, ...
CommScope to Release Third Quarter 2002 Earnings on November 4.
Nov 04, 2002 ... CommScope, Inc. plans to release its third quarter 2002 financial results at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 4, followed by a 4:30 p.m. conference call. You are invited to listen to the conference call or live webcast with Frank Drendel, Chairman and CEO; Brian Garrett, ...
Limited Too Launches 'Win Your Wish! Birthday Bash Contest'.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Girls 7 to 14 Years of Age Are Eligible to Win 1 of 15 Unique Grand Prizes Limited Too is celebrating its birthday and is inviting millions of 'tween (ages 7 to 14) girls throughout the U.S. to the party by entering its 'Win Your Wish! Birthday Bash Contest.' Beginning ...
Charter One Names William A. Almond III Vice President and Group Manager of Corporate Banking for Illinois Division; Relocates Corporate Banking Headquarters.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Charter One Bank announced today that William A. Almond III has been named vice president and group manager of corporate banking for the Illinois division. Charter One Bank today also announced that it has moved its corporate banking headquarters for the Illinois division to its ...
Obsidian Enterprises, Inc. Agrees To The Sale Of Champion Trailer, Inc. To Increase Net Worth Approximately $2,500,000.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Obsidian Enterprises, Inc. ("Obsidian") (BULLETIN BOARD: OBSD) , a Delaware corporation, today reported the completion of the fourth in a series of transactions designed to increase the net equity of Obsidian and improve its operational profitability. On October 30, 2002, the ...
Charter One Bank Introduces the FlexCash MasterCard(R) Card.
Nov 04, 2002 ... Prepaid Payment Card Solution Works Just Like Cash Charter One Financial announced today the introduction of the Charter One Bank FlexCash MasterCard(R) card, a prepaid card that can be used at more than 28 million MasterCard acceptance locations worldwide. "The ...