PR Newswire back issues from Monday, January 13:
ADAM Marks Second Anniversary of Helping Recover Missing Children.
Jan 13, 2003 ... The ADAM project, a service of ChoicePoint(R) , continues to play a critical role in the recovery of missing children across the U.S. In November, three children were recovered in separate incidents, increasing to 31 the total number of missing children found using ADAM since its inception ...
ARRIS Receives Significant Order From Comcast; Order for ARRIS Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS High Speed Data Equipment.
Jan 13, 2003 ... ARRIS today announced that Comcast has ordered an additional fifty ARRIS Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) chassis for immediate data service deployment. Each Cadant C4 chassis today supports up to 16 downstreams and 128 upstreams. Later this year, that capacity can ...
FDA Renews Interim Agreement With CryoLife; Company Continues Tissue Processing and Distribution Under Agreement.
Jan 13, 2003 ... CryoLife, Inc. , a leading tissue processing and medical device company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has renewed its September 5, 2002 Interim Agreement with the Company. The renewal allows CryoLife to distribute non- valved cardiac and vascular tissue ...
OwnerTel Officially Launches its Debit Card in North American Market.
Jan 13, 2003 ... OwnerTel, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: OTEL) announced today that it has officially launched the OwnerTel Debit Card, a stored value card that also serves as a pre-paid calling card with a unique company stock ownership awards program, in the North American marketplace. The OwnerTel Debit Card ...
Manhattan Associates, Symbol Technologies and Alien Technology Announce A Strategy to Deliver RFID Solutions for Supply Chain Execution.
Jan 13, 2003 ... RFID Technology, Coupled With Manhattan Associates' x-SCE Solutions, Will Help Deliver Productivity Gains and Real-time Supply Chain Visibility Manhattan Associates, Inc., , the global leader of extended supply chain execution (x-SCE(TM)) solutions; Symbol Technologies , a ...
Georgia-Pacific Expects Fourth Quarter 2002 Income to Break Even; Schedules Year-End Earnings Release and Conference Call for Jan. 21.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Georgia-Pacific Corp. today said that it expects results from continuing operations to approximately break even for fourth quarter 2002 before unusual items and the sale of a 60 percent interest in its Unisource paper distribution subsidiary. The company said fourth quarter ...
NorthRoad Capital Management Live on CheckFree APL.
Jan 13, 2003 ... CheckFree Investment Services, a division of CheckFree Corporation , today announced that NorthRoad Capital Management LLC, a New York-based international and global value investment manager, is running its approximately 1,000 separately managed accounts on CheckFree APL. CheckFree ...
Marine Products Corporation Reports Stock Buyback.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Marine Products Corporation today reported that during its fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2002, it had purchased for cash on the open market, and retired, a total of 12,890 shares of its $0.10 par value common stock. The stock buyback program authorizes the repurchase of up to one ...
Southern Company Fourth Quarter, Full-Year Earnings to Be Released Jan. 27.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Southern Company plans to release its fourth quarter and 2002 full-year earnings at 7:30 a.m. EST Monday, Jan. 27. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020207/SOCOLOGO ) Allen Franklin, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Gale Klappa, chief ...
International BioChemical Industries, and Nova BioGenetics Have Decided To Join Research Centers at IBCI.
Jan 13, 2003 ... International BioChemical Industries, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: IBCL) announced today that Nova BioGenetics has decided to join research centers at IBCI headquarters. IBCI has entered into this arrangement to strengthen its capability for marketing and sales support for its products. IBCI ...
Velsmid Resigns as WestPoint Stevens Senior Vice President and Head Of Company's Retail Outlets.
Jan 13, 2003 ... WestPoint Stevens Inc. (www.westpointstevens.com ) today announced that Michael J. Velsmid has resigned effective Jan. 15 from his post as a Senior Vice President of the Company and President of WestPoint Stevens Stores Inc. to pursue other interests. Director - Stores Al Markham has ...
Home Depot Confirms Webcast of its Analyst Meeting Jan. 17, 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... The Home Depot , the world's largest home improvement retailer, confirmed today that it is providing a webcast of its January 17th analyst meeting from the inception at 8:00 a.m. EST until the close at 3:30 p.m. EST. This meeting marks the 7th annual analyst meeting the company has ...
WEGENER Introduces the UNITY4600 for Cable; Cost Effective Receiver for Cable Network Distribution.
Jan 13, 2003 ... WEGENER Corporation today introduced the UNITY4600, a new satellite receiver for satellite distribution of cable networks. "We have talked to cable programmers over the past year about what they want to see in a next generation satellite receiver," said WEGENER Communications ...
Delta Connection Adds Seasonal Jet Service from Cincinnati to Florida.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Delta Connection now offers customers seasonal daily nonstop jet service between Delta Air Lines' Cincinnati hub and the Florida cities of Melbourne and Panama City. Delta Connection carrier Comair operates one round-trip flight to each city using the Bombardier CRJ regional jet through ...
SouthTrust Expands Online Services With Addition Of TurboTax(R) for the Web(SM) Offering.
Jan 13, 2003 ... SouthTrust today announced that it has expanded its online service offerings to include the TurboTax(R) for the Web(SM) service through a marketing alliance with Intuit Inc. TurboTax for the Web lets taxpayers prepare and file federal and state income tax returns online using the same ...
Gables Announces Tax Characteristics of its 2002 Dividends.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Gables Residential (the "Company") today announced the income tax characteristics of its 2002 dividends paid to shareholders as they should be reported on Form 1099-DIV. The Company is releasing information at this time to aid those required to distribute Form 1099s on the ...
Clifton Joint Venture Underway.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Clifton Mining Company is pleased to announce that its new mining joint venture is underway. The New Venture To Start On High-Grade Gold Property In the new joint venture with Dumont Nickel Inc. ("Dumont"), Dumont is to begin work immediately on the property. The ...
Precision to Sell Energy Industries.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Precision Drilling Corporation ("Precision") announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to sell its shares of Energy Industries Inc. ("Energy Industries") to Toromont Industries Ltd. for cash. Energy Industries designs and manufactures modularized natural gas compression ...
Buttery Lines Straight From the Parkay Tub's Mouth.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Famed Icon Helps Americans Butter-Up Their Loved Ones, Announces Best Butter-Ups Contest ConAgra Foods'(R) famed Parkay Talking Tub, best known for delivering buttery taste to America's favorite foods, now supplies buttery lines to help struggling smooth-talkers "butter-up" ...
Akron, Ohio's New Motorola Customer Service Request System Now Up and Running.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Citizen Requests Now Processed Online, Improving Response Time And Productivity The City of Akron, Ohio, is one step closer to achieving its vision of providing citizens quicker access to city services. Several city departments are now using Motorola's Customer Service Request ...
Panera Bread Names Paul Twohig Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Panera Bread Company announced today that Paul Twohig has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer. Twohig joined Panera Bread on Jan. 8 and reports to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ron Shaich. Twohig has almost 30 years of experience in retail and ...
Zebra Technologies Launches PS 2122 Portable Modular Printer.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Unique Modular Printer Offers Flexible, Customer-Configurable Printing Solution To Satisfy Printing Needs Where They Occur Zebra Technologies , a global leader in delivering on-demand printing solutions for business improvement, today announced the launch of the PS 2122, its new ...
Peoples Energy, Hess Microgen Enter Distributed Generation Agreement.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Peoples Energy Resources Corp., a subsidiary of Peoples Energy , announced today a multi-year agreement under which the company will provide power supply systems at customer sites. Hess Microgen was chosen to supply the company with packaged distributed generation and cogeneration systems ...
Midwest Express Holdings Reports December Performance.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. today reported December performance data for Midwest Express Airlines and Skyway Airlines, The Midwest Express Connection. Both Midwest Express and Skyway Airlines reported increases in traffic, capacity and load factor, and decreases in yield, ...
Engineered Support Receives $75 Million ID/IQ Services Contract from U.S. Army.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Engineered Support Systems, Inc. was awarded a five-year prime contract with a maximum value of $75 million from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS). Radian Inc. (Radian), a subsidiary of Engineered Support, based in Alexandria, ...
UAL Corp. Permits Limited Sales of Stock by ESOP.
Jan 13, 2003 ... UAL Corp. , the parent company of United Airlines, today announced that the company is permitting State Street Bank & Trust, the independent trustee of the UAL ESOP, to sell up to 12,857,600 additional shares of UAL stock held by the ESOP. The company delivered a letter to State Street ...
ADM to Double Brazilian Soybean Crushing Plant.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Archer Daniels Midland Company announced today it will double the soybean crushing capacity at its Rondonopolis mill in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. "Incrementally adding to the existing infrastructure at Rondonopolis is the most cost effective way to increase our ability to process ...
ATK Propulsion and Composite Technologies Support Launch of Two NASA Satellites Aboard Delta II Rocket.
Jan 13, 2003 ... ATK (Alliant Techsystems) solid propulsion and composite technologies supported the launch yesterday of a Boeing Delta II 7320-10 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. that successfully placed into orbit two NASA scientific satellites. The initial thrust for the launch ...
BP to Sell Forties Field and Gulf of Mexico Assets to Apache for $1.3 Billion.
Jan 13, 2003 ... BP announced today that it has agreed in principle to sell its 96.14 per cent stake in the North Sea Forties oilfield, together with a package of shallow-water assets in the Gulf of Mexico, to the US independent oil and gas company, Apache, for $1.3 billion. BP's share of ...
Optical Cable Corporation Repurchases Over 21% of Its Outstanding Shares In Private Transaction.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Optical Cable Corporation announced today that it has repurchased over 21% of its outstanding common shares, no par value, in a privately negotiated transaction. The Company repurchased the 1,475,867 shares of common stock from A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. for a price of $2.00 per share. ...
FTI Consulting Adds In-House General Counsel.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Dianne R. Sagner, Esq. Joins FTI as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel FTI Consulting, Inc. , the premier national provider of turnaround, bankruptcy and litigation-related consulting services, today announced that Dianne R. Sagner, Esq. has joined FTI in the newly ...
Optical Cable Corporation Receives MVP Award.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Optical Cable Corporation , a leading manufacturer of a broad range of fiber optic cables for data communications, announced today that they were awarded one of the Accu-Tech Corporation MVP awards for 2002. Bill Lorey, Vice President of Purchasing for Accu-Tech Corporation, stated, ...
Magnetek Names Elcom Exclusive Sales Agent for Power Electronics in Upstate New York.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Magnetek, Inc. today announced the appointment of Elcom Sales, Inc. as the exclusive sales representative for its Power Electronics Group in the upstate New York. Magnetek power-electronic product lines available through Elcom Sales include: standard and custom AC/DC front-ends ...
Ohio Savings Bank Taps CNT for Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery Solution.
Jan 13, 2003 ... CNT Ensures 99.999% Uptime Reliability for Critical Customer Database CNT(R) , the global expert in storage networking, has announced that Ohio Savings Bank, one of the nation's 10 largest mortgage lenders, has implemented a disaster recovery solution to support its ...
iSECUREtrac System Tracks and Monitors Convicted Sex Offenders.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Product Can Track California Sex Offenders for $6 a Day; Already Used In Nine States iSECUREtrac(TM) Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: ISRE) , an industry leader in the development of global positioning systems (GPS) for tracking and monitoring, is currently supplying its tracNET24 system ...
Abbott Laboratories Hosts Conference Call for Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2002 Earnings.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Abbott Laboratories will announce its financial results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2002, on Thursday, Jan. 16. Miles D. White, chairman and chief executive officer; Jeffrey M. Leiden, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief operating officer, Pharmaceutical Products Group; Richard A ....
U.S. Bancorp Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Set For Tuesday, January 21, 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... U.S. Bancorp will release its fourth quarter 2002 earnings results on Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (CST). At 2:30 p.m. (CST) David Moffett, vice chairman and chief financial officer, will host a conference call to review the financial results. The conference ...
Xtratyme to Deploy Motorola's Canopy(TM) Solution in its Blueprint America Rural Project.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Xtratyme Technologies, Inc., and Motorola today announced they will cooperatively deploy Motorola's Canopy(TM) fixed wireless broadband network solution as part of Xtratyme's Blueprint America Project linking rural and underserved communities with affordable, high-speed Internet and data ...
AMLI Residential Announces Changes to Board and Implementation of Code Of Conduct and Ethics.
Jan 13, 2003 ... AMLI Residential Properties Trust announces that Quintin Primo has resigned from AMLI's Board of Trustees and Adam Metz has joined the Board in his place. Mr. Primo is Co-Chairman of Capri Capital and has been a Trustee since AMLI was formed in 1994. He resigned from the Board ...
Boston Communications Group to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End 2002 Financial Results on Wednesday, February 5.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Boston Communications Group, Inc. today announced it will release its Fourth Quarter and Year End 2002 Financial Results after 4:00 PM ET, on Wednesday, February 5, 2003. The Company will be holding a conference call and Webcast at 5:00 PM ET the same day to discuss these results and its ...
Black Hills Corporation Reports on Recent Advances in Power Generation Projects.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Black Hills Corporation announced today two advances in its power generation business segment. The Company's Las Vegas cogeneration power plant expansion successfully completed its reliability operational testing and achieved a capacity of 224 MW on December 22, 2002. The plant ...
Schaeffer's Market Observation Features BAC and BKX.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Today's Market Observation features Bank of America and PHLX KBW Banking Index . Schaeffer's Market Observations are market-based reports that provide insight and analysis from a unique and unbiased perspective. Market Observations are published on www.SchaeffersResearch.com -- the home ...
Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc. Announces Quarterly and Year-End Earnings.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc. reported net income for the three months ended December 31, 2002, of $347,000, or $0.18 per common share, basic and diluted, compared to a net loss of $(598,000), or $(0.31) per common share, basic and diluted, for the three months ended December 31, 2001. The ...
Tellabs Changes Time for Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2002 Results.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Tellabs will host an investor teleconference to discuss its fourth-quarter and year- end 2002 results at 4 p.m. Central time on Wednesday, Jan. 22, later in the day than previously announced. The press release will be available at tellabs.com beginning at 3:15 p.m. Central time. ...
American Medical Security Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2002 Financial Conference Call.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Live and Archived Conference Call Notification American Medical Security Group's (AMS) fourth quarter 2002 financial conference call, featuring AMS Chairman and CEO, Samuel V. Miller, will take place on Monday, February 3, 2003 beginning at 10:00 a.m. (CT). The call ...
Click Commerce to Announce Fourth Quarter Financial Results on January 24th.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Click Commerce, Inc. , a leading provider of partner relationship management software for the Global 2000, today announced that the Company's Q4 financial results will be released after the close of the U.S. financial markets on Friday, January 24, 2003. The Company will hold a conference ...
Libbey Inc. Announces Expectation for Solid Earnings Growth in 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Benefits of Acquisitions, Cost Reduction Efforts Offset Decline in Pension Income At a meeting with security analysts and investors in Chicago, IL, management of Libbey Inc. , including John F. Meier, chairman and chief executive officer, reviewed recent acquisitions and ...
MGIC's National Market Trends Index (MTI) Falls to 6.70 in the Fourth Quarter.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) today reported that its national Market Trends Index (MTI) was 6.70 in the fourth quarter of 2002, down from 6.90 in the third quarter and 6.92 a year earlier, reflecting the sluggish economic conditions nationally. Despite the decline, the ...
Cabot Microelectronics to Release First Quarter Fiscal 2003 Financial Results On January 23, 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Cabot Microelectronics Corporation , the leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries to the semiconductor industry, today announced that it will release financial results for its fiscal 2003 first quarter ended December 31, 2002 on Thursday, January 23, ...
Ziegler Announces New Head of Healthcare Finance.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Bonnie Siegal Brings Experience, Expertise to New Position The Ziegler Companies, Inc. , a diversified financial services company, today announced a key position in its Capital Markets Group. Bonnie Siegal, Managing Director and Group Head, reports to Tom Paprocki Chief ...
Ameren Announces Intention to Sell Common Stock.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Ameren Corporation announced today its plan to offer 5 million shares of common stock, subject to market conditions, and to grant the underwriters an option with respect to the offering to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of common stock. Ameren expects to use the net proceeds from ...
Innovex Announces First Quarter Results.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Revenue of $34.5 Million Increased 15 Percent Over The Prior Quarter Innovex, Inc. today reported revenue of $34.5 million for the fiscal 2003 first quarter ending December 31, 2002, compared to $30.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 and $37.8 million for the prior ...
Ryerson Tull to Simulcast Fourth Quarter Conference Call on January 31, 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... In conjunction with its fourth quarter earnings release, Ryerson Tull, Inc. will be hosting a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Friday, January 31, 2003. <Pre>What: Ryerson Tull's fourth quarter earnings conference call When: ...
Jeffry Quinn Joins Solutia Inc. as Senior Vice President, Secretary And General Counsel.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Solutia Inc. today announced that Jeffry N. Quinn has joined the company as general counsel. He will also be nominated as secretary and a senior vice president at the February meeting of Solutia's Board of Directors. Quinn succeeds Karl R. Barnickol who is retiring. Quinn was ...
BUCA, Inc. Conference Call Scheduled for 2 P.M. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... BUCA, Inc. will hold a conference call, broadcast live over the Internet, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003 at 2 p.m. CST. During the call Joseph P. Micatrotto, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Greg Gadel, executive vice president and chief financial officer, for the ...
Boston Properties Prices Offering of Senior Unsecured Notes.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Boston Properties, Inc. , a real estate investment trust, announced today that its operating partnership, Boston Properties Limited Partnership, has priced an offering of $175 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.25% senior unsecured notes due January 15, 2013. The notes were ...
Robert T. Longshore to Lead Healthcare Overpayments.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Trover Solutions, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Robert T. Longshore to the position of Senior Vice President -- Healthcare Overpayments. In his new post, Longshore will have responsibility for the Company's healthcare overpayments operations (hospital audit, overpayments and ...
Avanex to Release Quarterly Earnings Wednesday, Jan. 29.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Avanex Corporation , the global provider of photonic processors that enable next-generation performance for optical communications networks, will release second-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2003 at 4 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. Avanex Chairman and CEO Walter ...
Bull Run Corporation Announces First Quarter Results.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Host Communications, Bull Run's Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Reports Significantly Improved Results Bull Run Corporation today announced significantly improved operating results from its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Host Communications, Inc. for the first fiscal quarter ended ...
CommScope Establishes New Credit Facility.
Jan 13, 2003 ... CommScope, Inc. today announced that it entered into a new $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which closed Friday, January 10, 2003. The facility, which was not drawn at closing, was established for future liquidity, working capital needs and other general corporate ...
BB&T's Net Income Increases 21.3% in 4th Quarter; Earnings Up 33.8% for the Year.
Jan 13, 2003 ... BB&T Corporation reported today record net income for the fourth quarter of 2002 totaling $337.3 million, an increase of 21.3% compared to $277.9 million earned in the fourth quarter of 2001. On a diluted per share basis, net income was $.70, an increase of 14.8% compared to $.61 earned ...
Duke Energy Provides Year-End Earnings Outlook; Outlines Expectations for 2003.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Duke Energy said today that its 2002 ongoing earnings per share will fall below the previously indicated $1.95 to $2.05 per share. The company said these results were driven primarily by continued depressed conditions in the merchant energy sector and by the sluggish economy. ...
Ashland Inc. European Service Center to Report to Cappeline.
Jan 13, 2003 ... The Ashland Inc. European Shared Business Services Center will report to Gary A. Cappeline, vice president, Ashland Inc., and president, Ashland Specialty Chemical, according to James J. O'Brien, Ashland Inc. chairman and chief executive officer. Cappeline will undertake this new ...
American National Insurance Company Selects Group 1 For Enhanced Data Quality Regarding Policyholders.
Jan 13, 2003 ... Group 1 Software today announced that American National Insurance Company has selected Group 1's data quality solutions to enhance the accuracy of its policyholder information. American National will utilize Group 1's software in-house to verify policyholder address information, track ...
First South Bancorp, Inc. Reports December 31, 2002 Quarterly Earnings And December 31, 2002 Fiscal Year Earnings (Unaudited).
Jan 13, 2003 ... First South Bancorp, Inc. ("the Company"), the parent holding company of First South Bank (the "Bank"), reports its earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (unaudited), the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ending December 31, 2002, and its earnings for the fiscal year ended ...