PR Newswire back issues from Tuesday, November 26:
NDCHealth Announces Redemption of Convertible Subordinated Notes.
Nov 26, 2002 ... NDCHealth Corporation announced today that it intends to redeem all of its outstanding 5% convertible subordinated notes due 2003. The redemption date will be December 26, 2002. The redemption price for the notes will be $1,007.14 per $1,000 principal amount of notes plus accrued and ...
eOn Communications President and CEO Troy Lynch Named To 'Who's Who in Technology' List by Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Nov 26, 2002 ... eOn Communications Corporation(TM) today announced that its president and chief executive officer, Troy Lynch, was recently named one of the "leaders of Georgia's technology industry," by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in the publication's annual look at the key figures shaping Atlanta's ...
HEALTHSOUTH Announces Planned Workforce Reductions As Part of Company-Wide Cost-Cutting Initiative.
Nov 26, 2002 ... HEALTHSOUTH Corporation today announced that, as part of an overall company- wide cost-cutting initiative in response to the impact of Medicare Program Transmittal 1753, it plans to reduce its workforce by up to 2% nationwide over the next few months. The reductions, which will involve ...
Delta Connection Offers Cure for Winter Blues With New Weekend Links Between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Five Beach Destinations.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Delta Connection will offer customers weekend round-trip jet service between Dallas/Fort Worth and five popular Florida and Mississippi destinations beginning Feb. 1, 2003. Delta Connection carriers Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair and SkyWest Airlines will operate the service with ...
Delta Connection Adds Service Between Dallas/Fort Worth And Lexington, Ky., Knoxville, Tenn.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Additional Jet Service Scheduled for Austin, Texas and Shreveport, La. Delta Connection will offer customers new twice-daily, nonstop service between Dallas/Fort Worth and the cities of Lexington, Ky., and Knoxville, Tenn., beginning Jan. 31, 2003. Delta Connection carrier ...
Delta Connection to Add Nonstop Jet Service Between Delta's Cincinnati Hub And Toledo.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Additional Flight Offers Customers More Choices Delta Connection will add nonstop jet service between Delta Air Lines' hub in Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio, effective Feb. 1, 2003. Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines will operate one additional round-trip flight a ...
Delta Connection to Add Nonstop Jet Service Between Delta's Atlanta Hub and Orlando, Tampa.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Additional Flights Offer Customers More Choices Delta Connection will add daily nonstop jet service between Delta Air Lines' hub in Atlanta and the Florida cities of Orlando and Tampa effective Jan. 31, 2003. Delta Connection carrier Comair will operate one additional ...
Charter Financial Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Charter Financial Corporation today announced that the Company has declared a quarterly dividend on the corporation's voting common stock of $0.10 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 27, 2002, to stockholders of record as of December 13, 2002. The Company is ...
Roper Industries Increases Its Dividend for the Tenth Consecutive Year.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Roper Industries, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0875 per share, payable on January 31, 2003 to stockholders of record as of January 17, 2003. This represents a 6% increase over the fiscal 2002 quarterly dividend of $0.0825 ...
AFC Enterprises Announces Stock Buyback Transaction.
Nov 26, 2002 ... AFC Enterprises, Inc. today announced that the company purchased the remaining 838,637 shares of AFC common stock held by longtime shareholder PENMAN Private Equity and Mezzanine Fund, L.P. at a purchase price of $21.65 per share. The repurchase was conducted as part of AFC's ongoing ...
Parkway Properties Announces Live Web Cast From Wachovia Securities REIT/Real Estate Conference On December 4, 2002.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Parkway Properties, Inc. announced today that it is scheduled to present at the Wachovia Securities Sixth Annual REIT/Real Estate Conference in New York, NY. Parkway's presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 9:00 am EST. The presentation will be broadcast live via ...
Parkway Properties Announces Live Web Cast From Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Ninth Annual Investor Conference On December 3, 2002.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Parkway Properties, Inc. announced today that it is scheduled to present at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (FBR) Ninth Annual Investor Conference in New York, N.Y. Parkway's presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 11:40 a.m. EST. The presentation will be broadcast ...
Isotechnika Inc. Announces Positive Third Quarter 2002 Financial Results Highlighted by Drug Development Milestone Payment.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Isotechnika Inc. today reported its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002. The Company's results for the three months ended September 30, 2002 were highlighted by the Company earning and receiving a $6.28 million ($4.0 million USD) scientific milestone payment ...
Pengrowth Energy Trust Announces a Change in the U.S. Ex-Distribution Date for the December 15, 2002 Distribution.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Stock Symbol: PGF.UN, TSX; PGH, NYSE Pengrowth Corporation ("Pengrowth"), administrator of Pengrowth Energy Trust announced today that due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States which falls on Thursday, November 28, 2002, the ex-distribution date for trading on the New ...
Enerplus Resources Fund Announces the Filing of Final Prospectus for Cross Border Offering of Trust Units.
Nov 26, 2002 ... TSX - ERF.un NYSE - ERF Enerplus Resources Fund ("Enerplus") today announced that it has filed a final short form prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and the United States under the multi- jurisdictional disclosure system, with respect to the issue of ...
Santa Fe, N.M., Opens First Fully Integrated Regional Emergency Communications Center in State.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Dispatch Integrates Communications Solutions From Motorola, Inc. and Plant Equipment, Inc. The city and county of Santa Fe, N.M., an area covering 2,500 square miles, recently marked the opening of a new state-of-the-art Regional Emergency Communications Center (RECC). The $7.5 ...
CoVest Bancshares, Inc. Announces its 32nd Regular Quarterly Dividend.
Nov 26, 2002 ... CoVest Bancshares, Inc. , the holding company for CoVest Banc, Des Plaines, Illinois, announced today that the Company's board of directors has declared an $.08 per share regular quarterly dividend. This dividend, which is the 32nd consecutive regular quarterly dividend, will be payable on ...
NeoPharm Presents Phase I/II Data for IL13-PE38 at the 7th Annual Society Of Neuro-Oncology (SNO) Annual Meeting.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Additional Preliminary Data Shows Potential as Treatment for Devastating Form Of Brain Cancer NeoPharm, Inc. today announced that additional Phase I/II clinical trial data on IL13-PE38, the Company's novel tumor-targeting agent for malignant glioma, were presented at the ...
First Midwest Announces Plans to Expand Banking Center Network.
Nov 26, 2002 ... First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. , today announced that its subsidiary, First Midwest Bank, will construct in 2003 three new full-service banking centers in the Chicago suburban communities of Lindenhurst, Orland Park and Plainfield. In making this announcement, John M. O'Meara, First Midwest ...
Abbott Laboratories and MerLion Pharmaceuticals Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Abbott Laboratories and MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd. (MerLion Pharma), a Singapore-based drug discovery company today announced a collaboration for the discovery of natural product-based drugs for use in a broad range of therapeutic areas, such as oncology, metabolics, antivirals, ...
McKesson and Apropos Technology Sign Global Reseller Agreement.
Nov 26, 2002 ... -- McKesson's CareEnhance(TM) Call Center Will Incorporate Apropos' CTI Solution -- Apropos Technology and McKesson Corporation announced today that a global reseller agreement has been signed. Under terms of the agreement, McKesson will integrate and resell Apropos' CTI and ...
Methode Electronics, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2003 Results.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Methode Electronics, Inc. a global manufacturer of component and subsystem devices, today announced operating results for the fiscal 2003 second quarter ended October 31, 2002. For the second quarter, Methode reported net sales of $96.8 million and net income of $6.2 million, ...
Juggle Bills, Juggle Bills, Juggle all the Way .... Into Retirement.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Something to Keep in Mind as Busiest Shopping Day Approaches Baby Boomers who don't think they are saving enough for retirement may want to think twice before racking up those extra charges on their credit cards on the busiest shopping day of the year. According to the second ...
AMCOL International Corp. (NYSE: ACO) Announces Extension of Oddlot Stock Buyback Program.
Nov 26, 2002 ... AMCOL International Corp. today announced the extension of a voluntary program through which shareholders holding fewer than 100 shares of AMCOL Common Stock may conveniently and inexpensively sell all their shares. The program has been extended to December 27, 2002 from the original ...
Premcor Announces Agreement to Acquire Williams Memphis Refinery.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Premcor Inc. today announced that it has executed a definitive agreement with The Williams Companies for the purchase of the Williams Memphis refinery and related supply and distribution assets located in and around Memphis, Tennessee. The purchase price for the assets is $315 million, ...
Electric City Receives Governor's Export Award from the State of Illinois.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Electric City Corporation , a leading developer, manufacturer and integrator of energy saving technologies and custom electric switchgear, announced that on Thursday, November 21st, 2002, the Company received the Governor's Export Award from the Illinois Department of Commerce and ...
Grainger Provides Sailors a Home Away From Home for the Holidays.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Industrial Supply Giant To Host Thanksgiving Dinner For More Than 100 Recruits From Great Lakes Naval Base Grainger will open its doors on Thursday, Nov. 28, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., to more than 100 Navy recruits who are unable to be home with their families for Thanksgiving. ...
Solutia's Chief Executive Officer to Address Chemical Industry Investors.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Solutia Inc.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John C. Hunter, will address a chemical industry investor conference sponsored by Salomon Smith Barney in New York on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, at 9:20 a.m. EST. Hunter's presentation will be webcast live on Solutia's investor ...
Motorola to Webcast Presentation by CFO David Devonshire to CSFB Technology Conference.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Motorola, Inc. plans to Webcast a presentation to financial analysts by David Devonshire, Motorola's chief financial officer, on Wednesday, December 4. The presentation to the Credit Suisse First Boston Annual Technology Conference in Phoenix will begin at 10:30 a.m. Central ...
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. Reports First Quarter Results.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. , one of the nation's largest retail marketers of propane, today reported earnings for the first quarter of fiscal year 2003. The first quarter covers the three-month period ended October 31, 2002. Retail propane sales volumes for the fiscal quarter ...
R.R. Donnelley Enters Long-Term Directory Agreement With SBC.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Printer to Produce More Than 700 Titles for Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Ameritech Publishing and SNET Information Services R.R. Donnelley , the world's largest printer of telephone directories, has entered into a long-term contract with Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc., ...
Peoples Energy Oil & Gas Unit Acquires Texas Reserves.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Broadens Development and Exploitation Opportunities in Region Peoples Energy announced today that its oil and gas production subsidiary, Peoples Energy Production, has purchased an interest in five properties in south Texas and the upper Texas gulf coast area from a subsidiary ...
H&R Block Reports Third Quarter Results.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Fiscal 2003 Earnings Guidance at $2.90 - $3.10 Per Share H&R Block Inc. today reported a net loss of $37.3 million, or 21 cents per basic and diluted share, for the second quarter ended Oct. 31. Revenues for the quarter increased 26.1 percent to $471.4 million. The company ...
FTI Consulting Defers Commencement of Equity Offering.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Offering of 2.1 Million Shares Deferred Due to Market Conditions FTI Consulting, Inc. , the premier national provider of bankruptcy, financial restructuring and litigation-related consulting services, today announced that it has decided to defer its planned equity offering of ...
Lougee, Wilson Named To Leadership Posts at KING-TV, KONG-TV and NWCN.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Belo Corp. announced today that David T. Lougee has been named president and general manager of KING-TV, KONG-TV and NorthWest Cable News (NWCN), and that Deborah J. Wilson has been named vice president and assistant general manager of KING, KONG and NWCN, effective immediately. ...
Bank One To Present At Goldman Sachs Bank CEO Conference December 4.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Bank One Corporation Chairman and CEO James Dimon will make an investor presentation at the Goldman Sachs Bank CEO Conference at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, December 4, at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. The presentation will include information about Bank One's ...
Magnum Hunter Completes Sale of South Texas Properties.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. announced today the closing of the sale of a $33.0 million package of South Texas oil and gas properties to Peoples Energy Production, a subsidiary of Peoples Energy . The package consisted of approximately 175 wells in five separate fields located in Webb, ...
United Airlines' Airport Lounges Capture Top Business Traveler Magazine Award.
Nov 26, 2002 ... United Airlines has been chosen as having the "Best Airport Lounges" in an annual international airline competition conducted by Business Traveler Magazine. "We are honored that the readers of Business Traveler have voted for United's airport lounges for this prestigious award ...
Clark/Bardes Consulting Completes Acquisition of Long, Miller and Associates, LLC.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Acquisition Significantly Expands Company's Banking Practice Clark/Bardes Consulting, a national firm dedicated to helping companies keep their best people through integrated compensation, benefits and funding solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clark/Bardes, Inc. , today ...
Ryerson Tull Declares Dividends.
Nov 26, 2002 ... The Board of Directors of Ryerson Tull, Inc. declared cash dividends of 5 cents per share on the company's common stock and 60 cents per share on its Series A $2.40 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. The dividends will be payable February 1, 2003, to stockholders of record at the ...
NES Makes Bond Interest Payment; Provides Update on Strategic Planning.
Nov 26, 2002 ... National Equipment Services, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NEQS) President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Gullion today announced that the company made the November 2002 $13.75 million interest payment on its bonds, and provided his first piece of information on organizational and operational ...
Oil-Dri Reports Improved First Quarter Net Income.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Oil-Dri Corporation of America announced sales of $37,730,000 for the first quarter ended October 31, 2002, which were 6% less than sales of $40,023,000 in the same quarter a year ago. Net income for the quarter was $411,000 or $0.07 per fully diluted share for the quarter, which is a ...
Engineered Support Systems to Webcast Conference Call on Fourth Quarter Financial Results on December 10, 2002.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Engineered Support Systems, Inc. will webcast its investor conference call on fiscal 2002 fourth quarter financial results, which will be announced December 10 prior to the opening of the market. Conference call details: <Pre>When: 10:00 AM Central Standard Time, Tuesday, ...
Diversified Search Achieves Five Senior Executive Placements for Technology Companies.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Diversified Search, the retained executive search division of MPS Group, Inc. , today announced that despite soft demand, it has placed five senior level executives with four technology companies. This demonstrates Diversified Search's increased presence and strength in the technology ...
Anteon Awarded $37M Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Contract.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Anteon International Corporation , a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced today that the United States Army Intelligence Center has awarded Anteon a 6-year contract to train operators and maintenance personnel for the Shadow Unmanned ...
Sonoco to Host Annual Meeting With the Financial Community on December 6, 2002.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Sonoco's annual breakfast meeting for the financial community will be held in New York City on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Hotel Inter-Continental. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the presentation will start promptly at 7:50 a.m. Hosting the event are Harris DeLoach, president and CEO; ...
AutoZone Responds to Questions.
Nov 26, 2002 ... AutoZone, Inc. . In response to questions regarding asbestos litigation disclosures by Advance Auto Parts Inc. in its recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, AutoZone, Inc. said that it has been named as a defendant along with numerous ...
Avoid the Crowds on the Biggest Shopping Day of the Year, Lowes.com is Open Thanksgiving Day.
Nov 26, 2002 ... While the turkey is in the oven, you can get a head start on holiday shopping without leaving home. Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse is offering the day-after Thanksgiving super values a day early. On Thanksgiving Day, registered users at Lowes.com have an opportunity to beat the crowds ...
NBC Capital Corporation Declares Cash Dividend.
Nov 26, 2002 ... NBC Capital Corporation , the holding company for National Bank of Commerce, today announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share payable January 2, 2003, to shareholders of record as of December 16, 2002. "The $0.22 per share ...
Norfolk Southern Terminates Poison Pill.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that its board of directors approved an amendment to terminate Norfolk Southern's shareholders' rights agreement, including the preferred purchase rights granted under its rights agreement, effective today. (Photo: ...
Province Healthcare to Present at Merrill Lynch Health Services Conference.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Province Healthcare Company today announced it will participate in the Merrill Lynch Health Services Conference to be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, December 3 - 4, 2002. Martin S. Rash, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Province, will give a ...
Dollar General Reports Earnings for the Third Quarter of 2002.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Dollar General Corporation today reported net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2002 of $68.6 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, an increase of 46.7 percent compared to net income of $46.7 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2001. In the third ...
Frisby Technologies, Inc. Announces Delisting by Nasdaq of Its Securities.
Nov 26, 2002 ... FRISBY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Nasdaq SmallCap: FRIZ) today announced that a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel had issued a written decision that, based on the Company's failure to comply with the continued listing requirements for continued listing set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(2), ...
Sport Chalet Signs Merchant Processing Agreement with National Processing Company.
Nov 26, 2002 ... National Processing Company (NPC(R)), a leading provider of merchant credit card processing and a wholly owned subsidiary of National Processing, Inc. , announced the signing of a multi-year processing agreement with Sport Chalet, Inc. . Under the terms of the agreement, NPC will provide ...
LanVision Systems Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2002 Results.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Continues Record of Quarterly Operating Profitability LanVision Systems, Inc. today announced the financial results for the third fiscal quarter and first nine months ended October 31, 2002. This extends LanVision's record of quarterly operating profitability to eight out of ...
Diebold Selected as Supplier for the Country's Largest Countywide, E-Voting Touch-Screen System.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Diebold Election Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Diebold, Incorporated , has been selected to bring some 10,000 touch-screen voting systems to the 1,600 polling locations within San Diego County, Calif. The $25-30 million installation, which is subject to final contract agreement, will ...
KeyCorp Gains Approvals for Union Bankshares Acquisition.
Nov 26, 2002 ... KeyCorp announced today that it has received all of the approvals necessary for the completion of its acquisition of Denver-based Union Bankshares Ltd. . The Federal Reserve Board gave its approval yesterday. Under the terms of the agreement signed September 24, 2002, Union ...
Michael A. Butler Named KeyCorp Consumer Finance Executive.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Michael A. Butler has been named to the newly created position of Consumer Finance Executive for KeyCorp , reporting to Jack L. Kopnisky, president of Key's Consumer Banking Group. Butler, who has been Business Banking executive for Key since 1999, will lead the Consumer Finance ...
Escalade Sports and Ironman Properties sign Multi-Year North American Licensing Agreement.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Escalade, Inc. , through its wholly owned subsidiary, Escalade Sports, has signed a multi-year North American licensing agreement with Ironman Properties granting Escalade Sports rights to the IRONMAN(R) brand name for fitness products including dumbbells, weight plates, barbells, weight ...
Cold Metal Hires Investment Banking Firm To Pursue Chapter 11 Exit.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Cold Metal Products, Inc. , a leading North American intermediate strip steel processor, today announced it has hired Resilience Capital Partners LLC ( www.rcpmb.com ), a Cleveland-based merchant banking firm, to advise and assist with the completion of a strategic transaction that will ...
Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. Declares 168th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. , announced today the Board of Directors declared a $.09 per share quarterly dividend payable January 10, 2003 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2002. This will be the 168th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Frisch's. ...
RPM To Present at the 13th Annual Salomon Smith Barney Chemical Conference.
Nov 26, 2002 ... RPM International Inc. today announced that it will present at the Salomon Smith Barney Chemical Conference in New York on Tuesday, December 3, 2002. Frank C. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, will begin his presentation at 3:45 p.m. Eastern time. (Photo: ...
FFW Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend.
Nov 26, 2002 ... FFW Corporation , parent corporation of First Federal Savings Bank of Wabash, Indiana, has announced that the Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.15 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable December 31, 2002 to shareholders of record on December 16, 2002. ...
Great Lakes Announces Price Increase for Lowinox CPL Antioxidant.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that effective December 15, 2002, where contracts allow, the price for Lowinox(R) CPL hindered phenolic antioxidant will increase by 12% globally. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011025/CLTH019LOGO-b ) ...
Natural Resource Partners Announces Pro Forma Third Quarter Results.
Nov 26, 2002 ... Natural Resource Partners L.P. announced today pro forma third quarter revenues of $14.3 million and excess of revenues over direct costs and expenses of $7.3 million. Pro Forma nine month revenues were $39.7 million with excess revenues over direct costs and expenses of $21.0 million. ...