PR Newswire back issues from Monday, December 2:
Internet Security Systems Issues Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines, Aligns With National Efforts for Responsible Disclosure of Security Holes.
Dec 02, 2002 ... In its continuing effort to provide customers with the most reliable source of global security intelligence information, Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) today released its current Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines. ISS' Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines outline the process and ...
Georgia-Pacific Chairman and Chief Executive to Speak at Salomon Smith Barney Global Paper and Forest Products Conference Dec. 5.
Dec 02, 2002 ... A.D. "Pete" Correll, chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia-Pacific Corp. , will participate in Salomon Smith Barney's Seventh Annual Global Paper and Forest Products Conference Dec. 5 in New York. A live audio Webcast of Correll's remarks and his presentation will be accessible ...
CorVu(R) Introduces CorStrategy(TM): A Revolution in Enterprise Performance Management.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Fully Integrated, 100% Web-Based Suite Automates Scorecarding, Risk Management And Budgeting CorVu(R) Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: CRVU) , a leading provider of enterprise performance management solutions, today announced CorStrategy(TM). This new Enterprise Performance ...
SunTrust to Present at Goldman Sachs Large Cap Bank CEO Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... SunTrust Banks, Inc. will present at the Goldman Sachs Large Cap Bank CEO Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. L. Phillip Humann, chairman, president and chief executive officer of SunTrust Banks, Inc., will make SunTrust's presentation ....
ARRIS Launches Next Release of Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Leading Cable Operators Select ARRIS Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS for Next-Generation DOCSIS(TM) CMTS Deployments ARRIS today announced that it has launched the next release of the ARRIS Cadant(R) C4(TM) cable modem termination system (CMTS). The availability of Release 3.0 of the ...
ChoicePoint(R) Acquires VitalChek(R).
Dec 02, 2002 ... Deal Combines Leading Identity Verification Company With Leading Provider Of Vital Records ChoicePoint Inc. has acquired VitalChek Network, Inc., the nation's leading provider of proprietary technology and data management services that facilitate the remote ordering of ...
Colonial Properties Trust Announces Quarterly Dividend on Preferred Shares.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Colonial Properties Trust , announced that its Board of Trustees declared fourth quarter 2002 dividends for the Company's preferred shares. The Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares dividend of $0.5469 per preferred share will be paid on December 31, 2002 to ...
PotashCorp Announces Potash Sale to China and Revises Guidance.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Listed: TSX, NYSE Symbol: POT Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) announced today that Canpotex Limited, the offshore sales agency for Saskatchewan potash producers, has concluded negotiations for a 1.5 million tonne ...
Tellabs Presentation at Credit Suisse First Boston Conference to be Webcast Live.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Robert W. Pullen, Tellabs senior vice president, marketing and sales for North America, will speak to the investment community at the Credit Suisse First Boston Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Dec. 4 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Interested investors can ...
ROHN Announces That Majority Stockholder Indicates Conditional Support For Asset Sale.
Dec 02, 2002 ... ROHN Industries , a provider of infrastructure equipment for the telecommunications industry, announced today that its majority stockholder, the UNR Asbestos-Disease Claims Trust, has indicated that, based on certain valuation assumptions and concessions that ROHN hopes to obtain from the ...
Reliv Introduces Joint Support Formula in Mexico.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Reliv International, Inc. , an international manufacturer and network marketer of nutritional supplements and other food technology products, today announced the release of Arthaffect(R), a patented nutritional supplement that offers a naturally effective alternative for supporting healthy ...
Northern Trust Announces Management Changes.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Northern Trust Corporation announced today that effective immediately Steven L. Fradkin (age 40) will assume the newly created position of Executive Vice President - Finance, reporting to Perry R. Pero, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. The following functions will ...
Arch Coal's Black Thunder Becomes World's First Coal Mine to Ship 750 Million Tons.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Milestone Represents 25 Years, 6.9 Million Train Cars Arch Coal announced its Black Thunder mine in Wyoming achieved a 750 million ton shipment milestone over the holiday weekend, 25 years after the mine's first coal shipment on December 14, 1977. Today, Black Thunder produces ...
Information Resources, Inc. and Vytek Solutions, Inc. Formalize Relationship To Deliver Mobile Shelf Management System for Consumer Packaged Goods Industry.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Relationship Creates a Mobile System to Help Improve Store Compliance, Sales, Inventory Movement, and Productivity at the Shelf Level Information Resources, Inc. announced today that IRI and Vytek Solutions, Inc., have signed a co-development agreement to deliver the ...
Motorola Expands 16-Bit HCS12 Family Flash Options.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Three New Derivatives Offer Pin Compatibility and Scalability for Industrial, Consumer and Automotive OEMs Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) offer multiple models of a product or system, each with different features and price points. Being able to do this without ...
Northern Trust Corporation To Present At The Goldman Sachs Bank CEO Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Northern Trust Corporation announced today that William A. Osborn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will be speaking at the Goldman Sachs Bank CEO Conference on Thursday, December 5, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The presentation can be accessed via a link on Northern Trust's ...
Motorola Introduces the SURFboard(R) SB5100 -- a DOCSIS(TM) 2.0-Based Cable Modem that Adds New Technology Innovations and Performance to Its Leading Cable Modem Platform.
Dec 02, 2002 ... New Motorola SB5100 Cable Modem Incorporates Next-Generation A-TDMA and S-CDMA Technologies to Triple the Upstream Capacity for New Service Offerings And Increase Robustness Motorola, Inc. Broadband Communications Sector announced the new Motorola SB5100 -- a DOCSIS(TM) ...
Cabot Microelectronics to Present at the 13th Annual Salomon Smith Barney Chemical Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Cabot Microelectronics Corp. , the leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, today announced that it will make a presentation at the 13th Annual Salomon Smith Barney Conference at 10:25 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, ...
Spartech Corporation Announces Conference Call and Web Cast for Fourth Quarter 2002 Financial Results.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Spartech Corporation will hold a conference call with investors and financial analysts at 2:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, to discuss Spartech's fourth quarter financial results. A press release will be issued before the market opens that morning. The call will be hosted by ...
Aksys and United Kingdom Business Partner, Kimal plc, Announce Successful Treatment of First Patient in Home Setting.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Aksys, Ltd. , a pioneer in innovative dialysis systems, today announced that its United Kingdom business partner, Kimal plc, issued the following press release in the United Kingdom on Friday, November 29, 2002. The Oxford Kidney Unit at the Churchill, part of the Oxford ...
CNA Surety Announces Debt Repayment.
Dec 02, 2002 ... CNA Surety Corporation today reported that, with respect to $15 million of the Company's revolving credit loan that was due on November 30, 2002, it repaid $11 million on November 29, 2002 and arranged for the due date on the remaining $4 million to be moved to March 31, 2003. On ...
Libbey Inc. Acquires Traex, Supplier of Plastic Products to the Foodservice Industry.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Acquisition Expected to Add $17 to $18 Million Annually to Libbey's Sales And Add to Earnings Per Share in the First Year Libbey Inc. announced today that Libbey has consummated the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the Traex business of Menasha Corporation ...
MTCT CEO Adopts 10b5-1 Trading Plan.
Dec 02, 2002 ... MTC Technologies, Inc. , announced that Michael W. Solley, MTCT President and Chief Executive Officer, has adopted a prearranged trading plan covering a portion of MTCT common stock that can be acquired by him upon exercise of stock options in accordance with guidelines specified by Rule ...
Inforte Corp. Invites You to Its Mid-Quarter Investor Update Conference Call.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Inforte Corp. invites you to listen to its December Mid-Quarter Investor Update conference call. The conference call is part of Inforte's regularly scheduled investor communication program that includes two investor conference calls per quarter. Each quarter Inforte hosts an earnings ...
Ashland Inc. Consolidates Financial Functions.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Ashland Inc. announced today it is consolidating additional financial functions under Daniel B. Huffman, according to J. Marvin Quin, Ashland Inc. senior vice president and chief financial officer. The changes will be effective immediately. (Photo: ...
IRT Property Company Declares Partial Dividend.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Pays Dividend for Month of December to Synchronize Payment Schedule With Equity One IRT Property Company announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.076 per share payable December 31, 2002, to shareholders of record as of December 16, 2002. ...
IRT Sells Two Shopping Centers for $3.9 Million.
Dec 02, 2002 ... IRT Property Company today announced the sale of Asheville Plaza, a 49,800-square-foot shopping center in Asheville, North Carolina, and Lexington Shopping Center, a 36,535- square-foot shopping center in Lexington, Virginia, for a combined $3.865 million. The Company will report a gain ...
LabCorp(R) Scheduled to Present at the Merrill Lynch Health Services Investor Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (LabCorp(R)) today announced that Bradford T. Smith, executive vice president of public affairs and licensing, is scheduled to speak at the Merrill Lynch Health Services Investor Conference in New York on December 3, 2002 at 11:25 a.m. Eastern ...
Burlington Names Gorga Executive Vice President North American Operations.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Burlington Industries, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BRLG) announced that Joseph L. Gorga, formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMI Industries, Inc., has joined the company today as Executive Vice President North American Operations. Gorga will report to George W. Henderson, III, ...
Capital Bank Corporation Completes Merger With High Street Corporation; Creates $845 Million Financial Holding Company.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Capital Bank Corporation , in Raleigh announced today that it has completed the merger with High Street Corporation, Asheville, NC. The transaction was completed on December 1st and is valued at $17.6 million in Capital Bank Corporation stock. Capital Bank Corporation is now the 8th ...
BB&T Corporation CFO on Live Webcast From Investor Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... BB&T Corporation today said that Chief Financial Officer Scott Reed will address the ninth annual Friedman, Billings Ramsey Group Investor Conference Wednesday at 8:10 a.m. The invitation-only conference will be webcast live at http://www.fbr.com/conf2002 from the Millennium ...
Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson Presents at Goldman Sachs Large Cap Bank CEO Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson will speak at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday December 4, 2002, at the Goldman Sachs Large Cap Bank CEO Conference. This presentation will be available via live audio webcast beginning at 10 a.m. ET through Wachovia's Investor Relations home page at ...
Acolysis Clinical Abstract Accepted With Distinction for Presentation at 2003 Society of Interventional Radiology Meeting.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Vascular Solutions, Inc. today announced that an abstract submitted by Professor G. Rudofsky of Essen, Germany entitled "The VSI Acolysis(R) Ultrasound Thrombolysis System: Endovascular Recanalization of Femoral Arterial Occlusions" has been accepted as one of 15 "Featured Abstracts" for ...
CP&L Prepared for Expected Winter Weather.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Although winter does not officially begin until December 21, parts of North and South Carolina may experience sleet and freezing rain on Wednesday and Thursday. CP&L has a comprehensive plan to respond to power outages caused by wintry weather. "Our storm team is closely ...
Citizens First Corporation to Acquire Commonwealth Mortgage and Southern Kentucky Land Title.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Citizens First Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: CZFC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Citizens First Bank, today announced an agreement to acquire Commonwealth Mortgage of Bowling Green, Inc., and Southern Kentucky Land Title, Inc., a move that strengthens their mortgage lending presence in ...
New Norfolk Southern SteelNet(R) Facility Serves Greater Atlanta Area.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Norfolk Southern Railway Company and Collier Metals LLC, a provider of coil processing and distribution services to the metals industry, today opened the first Class I SteelNet(R) facility in the Atlanta area. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991118/NSCLOGO ) ...
Hoosier Park at Anderson Concludes 2002 Thoroughbred Meet.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Hoosier Park at Anderson concluded its eighth season of Thoroughbred racing Saturday, Nov. 30. The meet offered 68 days of action, beginning Aug. 29, compared to 70 days of Thoroughbred racing in 2001. The meet was highlighted by an increase in average daily interstate ...
Decision In Favor Of NCS/Genesis Merger Stands As Delaware Courts Deny Request For Interlocutory Appeal.
Dec 02, 2002 ... NCS HealthCare, Inc. (NCSS.OB) announced today that the Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Chancery Court have denied a request for an interlocutory appeal from the Chancery Court's recent decision in favor of NCS's proposed merger with Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. . As previously ...
Reynolds and Reynolds Redefines Telematics for Automotive Retailing; Acquires Networkcar.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Networkcar's CAReader(TM) technology to be available to consumers across North America; telematics technology to strengthen Reynolds suite of CRM solutions The Reynolds and Reynolds Company today announced its acquisition of Networkcar, Inc., adding the industry's most advanced ...
Second Bancorp Presentation to be Webcast.
Dec 02, 2002 ... SECOND BANCORP INCORPORATED (Nasdaq: SECD; SECDP) announced that its presentation at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.'s 9th Annual Investor Conference in New York will be webcast live on the Internet. The 30-minute slide presentation featuring comments by Second Bancorp President and ...
Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Kentucky Bancshares Incorporated Enter Definitive Agreement.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Robert E. Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples Bancorp") and C. Ronald Christmas, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kentucky Bancshares Incorporated ("Kentucky Bancshares"), of Russell, Kentucky, jointly announced that today Kentucky ...
Nordson Launches New Web Site for Users of Solder Paste.
Dec 02, 2002 ... A new website -- http://www.efdsolder.com/ -- launched by EFD Inc., an East Providence, Rhode Island- based unit of Nordson Corporation, gives companies who use solder paste detailed information to help them improve their production processes. In addition, the site features a ...
The Timken Company's DuraSpexx(TM) Power Rating Series Bearings Double Catalog Life.
Dec 02, 2002 ... New product features rating increase. The Timken Company today introduced its Timken(R) DuraSpexx(TM) Power Rating Series bearings, a new line of tapered roller bearings designed to enhance performance in demanding industrial applications. The Power Rating Series features a 23 ...
Independent Agents Get The Word Out.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Progressive Survey Reveals How Independent Insurance Agents Market Themselves And What Advertising Methods Help Them Grow Independent insurance agents use a variety of advertising methods to help them attract consumers to their agency, and the overwhelming majority of agents ...
First Place Financial Corp. to Present at Friedman Billings Ramsey Investor Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... First Place Financial Corp. announced today that it will be one of over 65 financial institutions presenting at the Friedman Billings Ramsey 9th Annual Investor Conference in New York, New York December 3 and 4, 2002. Steven R. Lewis, President and CEO, and David L. Mead, CFO ...
First Place Financial Corp. Names New Chief Financial Officer.
Dec 02, 2002 ... First Place Financial Corp. has announced the appointment of David L. Mead, CPA to the position of Chief Financial Officer for the First Place Financial Corp. and Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer for First Place Bank. Mr. Mead will be responsible for providing financial ...
Vectren Executive and Director Adopt 10b5-1 Plans.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Vectren Corporation today announced that Andrew E. Goebel, president and chief operating officer, and Ronald G. Reherman, director, have adopted 10b5-1 trading plans for the exercise and orderly disposition of Vectren options granted in 1994. Options covered under these plans would ...
ATP Oil & Gas to Present at the Second Annual Louisiana Energy Conference.
Dec 02, 2002 ... ATP Oil & Gas Corporation will provide a corporate presentation to buyside and sellside professionals at the Second Annual Louisiana Energy Conference on December 4, 2002. The energy conference, hosted at the New Orleans Le Meridien Hotel, features leading Gulf of Mexico independent ...
Technical Olympic Commenced Debt Exchange Offer.
Dec 02, 2002 ... TECHNICAL OLYMPIC USA, INC. (TOUSA), announced today that it commenced on November 21, 2002, an exchange offer (the "Exchange Offer") to exchange up to (i) $200 million principal amount of 9% Senior Notes Due 2010 registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for an equivalent ...
Grandparents Stay Free on Christmas, New Year's Day at Candlewood Suites.
Dec 02, 2002 ... The "Grandparents Stay Free" program at Candlewood Suites is bringing joy to grandparents across the country this holiday season with a free night stay on Christmas and New Year's Day. As a recent nationwide survey has confirmed, nearly three fourths of traveling grandparents prefer ...
Sprint Adds Nokia Handset to Line-Up of PCS Phones.
Dec 02, 2002 ... - The New PCS Phone By Nokia 3585 Offers Clear Calls and Ultimate Personalization With Optional, Active Lighted Xpress-on(TM) Covers - Starting today, wireless customers can make and take clear calls on the new PCS Phone by Nokia 3585, exclusively from Sprint. Sprint , which ...
El Paso Energy Partners Announces Completion of San Juan Basin Assets Acquisition.
Dec 02, 2002 ... El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. announced that it has completed its acquisition of the San Juan assets from El Paso Corporation . EPN paid $782 million for the assets, which include the natural gas gathering, processing and treating assets located in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, ...
Technip-Coflexip Announces Contract Award for a High-Tech Acid Gas Treatment Plant in Egypt.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Alexandria Mineral Oil Company (AMOC) has awarded Technip-Coflexip (NYSE: TKP; Euronext: 13170) a lump sum turnkey contract for the implementation of an acid gas treatment plant at Alexandria, Egypt. The plant, with a production capacity of 12 tons per day of sulphur, applies ...
First GTL Contract for Technip-Coflexip on a Lump Sum Turnkey Basis.
Dec 02, 2002 ... The Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (Pty) Ltd (PetroSA) and Technip-Coflexip have agreed to convert the reimbursable EPCM GTL (Gas-To-Liquids) contract they signed in May 2002, into a lump sum EPC contract worth about 26 million euros. For Technip-Coflexip, ...
Albemarle to Address Chemical Conference on Dec. 4th.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Albemarle Corporation said today that President and Chief Executive Officer Mark C. Rohr will address Salomon Smith Barney's 13th Annual Chemical Conference in New York City on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 11:25 A.M., EST. A live webcast of Mr. Rohr's presentation at the ...
Hotelevision and FelCor Enter Into Agreement.
Dec 02, 2002 ... - To Provide Access to 30,000 Hotel Rooms Hotelevision, Inc. announced today the signing of a five year corporate agreement with FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated , one of the nation's largest hotel real estate investment trusts, to provide its 10 channel free-to-guest cable ...
Wishin' Grandma Would Get Run Over By a Reindeer? Survey By Blockbuster Finds Movies Improve Family Time, Curb Holiday Stress.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Deck the Halls (Not Grandma) With Holiday Movies: Watching Movies Is A Holiday Tradition That Can Bridge the Grand Canyon of Generation Gaps Blockbuster has found the cure for holiday overload: pause the stress by putting in a movie. In a survey commissioned by Blockbuster ...
Billserv Announces Client Contract Renewals; Most Agreements Extended Through 2005.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Billserv, Inc. today announced the renewal of several client contracts, with terms extended one to three years. The clients include: Time Warner Cable, extending services to signed affiliates and the right to contract with additional divisions; City of Naperville, Illinois; ...
Devon Energy Announces Cash Dividends for Common and Preferred Stockholders.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Devon Energy Corporation today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on Devon's common stock for the fourth quarter of 2002. An identical dividend was declared on the exchangeable shares of Devon's wholly-owned subsidiary, Northstar Energy Corporation ....
Continental Airlines Reports November 2002 Performance.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Continental Airlines today reported a November 2002 systemwide mainline jet load factor of 69.7 percent, 1.7 points below last year's November load factor. The November 2002 domestic mainline jet load factor was 70.2 percent and the international mainline jet load factor was 69.0 ...
Williams Names James Bender as General Counsel.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Williams today named James J. Bender as senior vice president and general counsel. He succeeds Bill von Glahn, 59, who is retiring after serving the last six of his 18 years with Williams as senior vice president and general counsel. "Bill von Glahn has been a ...
La Quinta(R) Declares Dividend on 9.00% Preferred.
Dec 02, 2002 ... La Quinta Properties, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.5625 per depositary share on its 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the period from October 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002. Shareholders of record on December 13, 2002 will ...
CC-130J Super Hercules Completes U.S. Air Force Austere Field Landing Tests.
Dec 02, 2002 ... The U.S. Air Force has given the CC-130J, the extended fuselage version of the Lockheed Martin C-130J airlifter, high marks for austere field takeoff and landing operations. The recently completed trials, held in Yuma, Ariz., were the latest in a series of CC-130J developmental military ...
Williams Receives $180 Million From Leucadia.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Williams announced today that it has received the $180 million cash payment from Leucadia National Corporation for Williams' largest claims related to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of its former telecommunications subsidiary. Leucadia originally purchased the claims from Williams ...
Plains Resources Inc. Announces Tax-Free Spin-Off.
Dec 02, 2002 ... Plains Resources Inc. , announced today that its Board of Directors has formally approved the previously announced tax-free spin-off of its oil and gas exploration and production business, Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP), and established December 11, 2002 as the record date ...