PR Newswire articles from Wednesday, March 5

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Webcast Alert: Telecom Argentina Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2002 Earnings Conference Call.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Telecom Argentina announces the following Webcast: <Pre> What: Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2002 Results Conference CallWhen: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 @ 10:00 AM ESTWhere: http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz376326910gf12.htmlHow: ...

Intelligent Systems Announces Year-End 2002 Results; Earnings Conference Call and Webcast at 4 PM Today.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Intelligent Systems Corporation ; (www.intelsys.com ) announced today its financial results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2002. For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2002, Intelligent Systems recorded revenue of $10.7 million, a 23 percent ...

Fidelity National Corporation Donates To The Fulton Teaching Museum North.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Fidelity Bank, a subsidiary of Fidelity National Corporation has contributed $3,000 to the Fulton Teaching Museum North to assist in underwriting several of the enrichment programs offered to the Fulton County school children throughout the year. The Fulton Teaching Museum ...

Fidelity National Corporation Partners with IntegratedQSG.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Fidelity National Corporation has partnered with IntegratedQSG ("Integrated"). Fidelity, primarily through Fidelity Bank, delivers a wide range of banking, mortgage, and investment brokerage services through their 19 branches in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Mortgage, construction and ...

Delta AirElite Business Jets Adds West Coast Gulfstream IV-SP Aircraft To Growing Charter Fleet; Aircraft Offer Superior Comfort, Performance For Charter Customers.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Delta AirElite Business Jets is adding a Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft as it continues to expand its nationwide charter fleet capacity. The aircraft, which is joining the Delta AirElite fleet through a charter management agreement, is based at the San Jose International Airport in San Jose, ...

First Horizon Announces Resignations of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer.

Mar 05, 2003 ... First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation , a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today the resignations of Bala Venkataraman, Chief Operating Officer, and Christopher Offen, Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. The Company is beginning a search for a new ...

Crystallex Closes Private Placement.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Crystallex International Corporation Toronto confirmed today that it has closed the private placement of 2,562,500 special warrants at a price of C$1.60 per special warrant raising gross proceeds of C$4.1 million. Each special warrant shall entitle the holder thereof, upon exercise and ...

Lund International Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2002 Financial Results.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Lund International Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: LUND) announces results of operations for the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2002. Net sales from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2002 were $33,897,000, compared to $36,074,000 for the same period in 2001. ...

InterCept Announces 2002 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results.

Mar 05, 2003 ... InterCept, Inc. , a leading provider of banking technology products and services for financial institutions and merchants, today reported financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2002. <Pre> (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020214/ICPTLOGO ) ...

Abrams Declares Quarterly Dividend.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Abrams Industries, Inc. , a construction, real estate and energy management company, today reported that the Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $.04 per share, the Company's 95th consecutive quarterly dividend, payable March 25, 2003, to shareholders of record March ...

BellSouth Sells Stake In Northeast Brazil Cellular Company.

Mar 05, 2003 ... BellSouth Corporation has signed an agreement to sell its entire stake in BSE, a cellular communications company that operates in six states of Brazil's Northeastern region, to Telecom Americas, a subsidiary of America Movil. "BellSouth will continue to focus its efforts in ...

Delta Air Lines Reports February Traffic.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Delta Air Lines today reported traffic results for the month of February 2003. System traffic for February 2003 decreased 1.1 percent from February 2002 on a capacity decrease of 3.8 percent. Delta's system load factor was 68.6 percent in February 2003, up 1.9 points from the same period ...

Beazer Homes' Presentation at Salomon Smith Barney Conference to be Webcast Live on March 11, 2003.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (www.beazer.com ) will make a presentation to the investment community via live audio webcast and synchronized slide show at Salomon Smith Barney's 16th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference on Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. (EST). The ...

United Airlines' Take Your Community to Work Day Gives Students Worldwide A Chance to Spread Their Wings.

Mar 05, 2003 ... In cities around the world today, United Airlines is hosting grade school and high school students for its 8th Annual Take Your Community To Work Day. The event provides young people from under-resourced communities with first-hand exposure to careers in the airline industry and an ...

Motorola to Extend Deadline for Tender Offer for Shares of Next Level Communications; Declines to Increase Offer Price.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Motorola, Inc. today announced that it will extend the tender offer deadline for shares of Next Level Communications that it does not own until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, March 7, 2003. Don McLellan, corporate vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions, noted ...

Anne Arundel County, Md. Awards Motorola Contract for New Communications System; New Technology Enables Interoperability With Agencies Throughout Maryland.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Anne Arundel County in Maryland has awarded Motorola a contract for a new $12.7 million 800 MHz communications system to enable public safety agencies countywide to respond more quickly and efficiently to emergency calls. The system is part of Motorola's extensive portfolio of integrated ...

Allstate Poll Shows That Many Who Say Saving for Retirement is a Priority, Have 'Other Priorities'.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Forty-year lows on mortgages and zero-percent interest rates on auto loans could be the newest sources of "found money" for consumers, spurring a surge in retirement savings for many Americans. But are most Americans using this disposable income to invest in their futures? Not ...

Corn Products International, Inc. Comments on US Pricing.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Corn Products International, Inc. today commented that it has concluded contracting for its US business. Pricing across all product lines increased in the high, single-digit percent range. The Company forecasts that these price improvements will cover projected corn-cost increases and ...

Baxter Provides Grant to Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Experts To Advance Awareness of Factors Contributing to Recent Observations Of Aggregation in Collected Blood; Extensive Tests Find No Association Between Blood Collection Containers And Aggregate Formations Containing Natural Blood Elements.

Mar 05, 2003 ... While extensive tests conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as Baxter Healthcare Corporation have found no association between containers used in the collection of blood and recent observations of aggregate formations containing natural blood elements, Baxter ...

iSECUREtrac Broadens Distribution Network; Enters Into Agreement With Tracking Systems Corporation.

Mar 05, 2003 ... iSECUREtrac(TM) Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: ISRE) , an industry leader in the development of global positioning systems (GPS) for tracking and monitoring, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Tracking Systems Corporation, a leading provider of electronic ...

Northwest Announces Service Between Detroit and Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, Tenn. Nonstop Service to Begin May 1, 2003.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Northwest Airlines and its Northwest Airlink affiliate, Mesaba Aviation, announced today service between its Detroit hub and Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, Tenn., beginning May 1, 2003. The twice-daily Tri-Cities service will be operated with the airline's 34-seat Saab 340 ...

Waddell & Reed Announces Plans to Merge Fund Families.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. announced today that it intends to merge several Ivy Funds into its W&R Funds family, creating a single new fund family that would operate under the Ivy Funds brand. Under the plan, six Ivy Funds would be merged into existing W&R Funds; six Ivy ...

Anixter Sells Levels XP Cabling Testing Program to Underwriters Laboratories.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Anixter Inc. , the world's leading distributor of communications products, announced that it has sold the rights and intellectual property associated with its testing and certification process for Levels XP channels to Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The only specification of its kind -- ...

MHC Declares First Quarter Dividend.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors declared a dividend of 49.5 cents per share, representing, on an annualized basis, a dividend of $1.98 per share. The dividend will be paid on April 11, 2003 to shareholders of record on March 28, 2003. ...

U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Fixed Income Analysts Publish Second Edition Of 'Aircraft Finance - EETC Desk Reference 2002-2'; - Report Highlights Refined Measure of Risk Analysis in Collateral Coverage -.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Aircraft Finance Team recently published an updated comprehensive report on Airline Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETC) titled, "Aircraft Finance - EETC Desk Reference 2002-2." The report contains comprehensive information for both investors and ...

Union Pacific Corporation's Chairman and CEO to Address Credit Suisse First Boston Transportation Conference.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Dick Davidson, chairman and chief executive officer of Union Pacific Corporation , will discuss the company's continued focus on leveraging productivity at the Credit Suisse First Boston 2003 Transportation CEO Summit at 8:45 a.m. ET, Wednesday, March 12, 2003. Interested ...

New Magnetek 600-Watt Power Supplies Simplify Critical Electronic System Design.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Magnetek Inc. has introduced a new series of modular, multi-output power supplies for designers of data storage systems, advanced IT, and other high-reliability electronic systems. The new 600-Watt "HP6" power supplies convert standard 120-Volt alternating current (ac) into as ...

United Express Will Fly To Montreal From Chicago And Washington Dulles; Low Introductory Fares Accompany New Service in Regional Jets.

Mar 05, 2003 ... United Airlines announced today that its United Express partner carrier, Atlantic Coast Airlines, will launch regional jet service this spring between both Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Washington's Dulles International Airport and Montreal (Dorval Airport), Quebec. Low ...

CoVest Bancshares, Inc. Announces Its 33rd Regular Quarterly Dividend.

Mar 05, 2003 ... CoVest Bancshares, Inc. , the holding company for CoVest Banc, Des Plaines, Illinois, announced on February 24, 2003 that the Company's board of directors has declared an $.08 per share regular quarterly dividend. This dividend, which is the 33rd consecutive regular quarterly dividend, ...

Wells Fargo Business Credit Announces Acquisition of Sunrock Assets.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc. (WFBCI) -- a commercial finance subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company -- said it has acquired certain assets of Sunrock Capital Corporation, an asset-based lending subsidiary of Nissho Iwai America Corp. (NIAC). The acquisition includes a majority of ...

Playboy Enterprises Announces Debt Offering.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) today announced that it is pursuing an offering of senior secured notes in the principal amount of $110 million with a maturity of seven years. The senior secured notes would be issued by PEI Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Playboy ...

Boeing Delta IV Launch Set for First Air Force EELV Mission.

Mar 05, 2003 ... A Boeing Delta IV rocket is scheduled to launch the first satellite for the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program on Mar. 8, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Fla. Liftoff is scheduled during a 77-minute window that opens at 6:44 p.m. EST from ...

BioReliance Announces Stock Buy Back Program.

Mar 05, 2003 ... BioReliance Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The Board of Directors' decision to authorize ...

Northwest Upgrades Service Between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Waterloo, Iowa; Jet Service Begins May 1, 2003.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Northwest Airlines and its Northwest Airlink affiliate, Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., announced today upgraded service between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Waterloo, Iowa. Effective May 1, 2003, Northwest will replace one of the four 34-passenger Saab 340 turbo-prop airplanes with a ...

CNH Reduces Debt by $2 Billion.

Mar 05, 2003 ... CNH Global N.V. today announced that its board of directors has approved plans to reduce the company's net debt by $2 billion through the issuance of convertible perpetual preferred securities to a financial affiliate of CNH's majority shareholder, Fiat S.p.A. The company expects to use ...

CNH Board of Directors Announces Annual Dividend.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The Board of Directors of CNH Global N.V. has recommended a dividend of $.05 per share for the year 2002. Prior to the declaration of the dividend, the company expects to complete its recapitalization plan and implement the 1-for-5 reverse split of CNH common stock announced separately ...

Peoples Energy Elects New Board Member.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Peoples Energy announced today that its shareholders have elected Michael E. Lavin to the company's board, effective immediately. "We are very pleased that Mike Lavin has joined our board," said Thomas M. Patrick, chairman, president and CEO of Peoples Energy. "His experience ...

Appliance Recycling Centers of America Reports Fourth Quarter Results; Fourth Quarter Same-Store Appliance Sales Up 7%; 12% for Full Year.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ARCI) today reported revenues of $9,208,000 for the fourth quarter of 2002 ended December 28, down from $12,306,000 in the year-earlier period. The Company also reported a net loss of $717,000 or $0.24 per diluted share, ...

Northwest Airlines Reports February Traffic.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Northwest Airlines today announced a systemwide February load factor of 73.3 percent, 1.1 points below February 2002. Systemwide, Northwest flew 5.10 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 6.96 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in February 2003, a traffic increase of 1.1 percent on ...

First Industrial Realty Trust Declares Common and Preferred Stock Dividends; Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Record Date Set.

Mar 05, 2003 ... First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. , the nation's largest provider of diversified industrial real estate, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a dividend for the quarter ending March 31, 2003 of $0.685 per share of common stock, payable on April 21, 2003 to stockholders of ...

Terra Industries Reports North American Production Plans.

Mar 05, 2003 ... As reported on February 27, 2003, Terra Industries Inc. has ceased production at and has placed on standby its Blytheville, Ark., and Woodward, Okla., facilities due to high natural gas prices. In addition, Terra has reduced ammonia and methanol production rates at its other North ...

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. Reports Production Plans.

Mar 05, 2003 ... As reported on February 27, 2003, Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP) has ceased production at its Blytheville, Ark. facility and has placed it on standby because of high natural gas prices. In addition, TNCLP has placed one of the two Verdigris, Okla., ammonia plants on standby. ...

Huttig Building Products Announces Management Change.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Huttig Building Products, Inc. today announced that Barry J. Kulpa has resigned as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors. The company also announced that Michael A. Lupo, a director of the company since December 2002, has been ...

TriPath Imaging Announces Agreement With Quest Diagnostics.

Mar 05, 2003 ... TriPath Imaging, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the nation's leading provider of diagnostic laboratory testing, information and services. Under the terms of the agreement, Quest Diagnostics will ...

IDEX Corporation to Webcast Presentation at Salomon Smith Barney's Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference.

Mar 05, 2003 ... IDEX Corporation today announced it will be among the presenters at Salomon Smith Barney's Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference on March 12. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Williams, and Senior Vice President - Finance Wayne Sayatovic will provide ...

Boeing/DARPA Successfully Complete Major Milestone in Development of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The Boeing Company announced today that the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) program has successfully completed all ground and flight objectives for the first phase of demonstrations and is ready to begin the second phase of flight demonstrations, focused on more advanced, multi-vehicle ...

Insurance Auto Auctions Announces Share Repurchase Program.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The management team and Board of Directors of Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. , a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, today announced that it has initiated a previously authorized share repurchase program, and reiterated its confidence ...

Genesco Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2003 Sales and Earnings.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Genesco Inc. today announced results of operations for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 1, 2003. Earnings before discontinued operations, excluding certain previously announced items shown on the table following this announcement, were $15.8 million, or $0.62 per diluted ...

Brown-Forman Announces Preliminary Results of Stock Tender Offer.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Brown-Forman Corporation announced today the preliminary results of its Dutch Auction tender offer to purchase the company's Class A and Class B common stock, which expired on March 4, 2003. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011018/BROWNFORMANLOGO ) A ...

Cardinal Bankshares Corporation Announces Termination of Merger With MountainBank Financial Corporation.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Cardinal Bankshares Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: CDBK) (parent company of Bank of Floyd) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved termination of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger ("Agreement") with MountainBank Financial Corporation as a result of the ...

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Announces Plan to Increase Ownership of Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated today announced that its Board has authorized the purchase of half of The Coca-Cola Company's remaining interest in Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership. This transaction, which is expected to close on March 31, 2003, will boost Consolidated's ...

Syntel, Inc. Officially Opens the NASDAQ Stock Market Today.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Bharat Desai, Chairman and CEO of Syntel, Inc. opened The NASDAQ Stock Market in New York at 9:30 a.m. today. Serving as the epicenter for NASDAQ news and events, NASDAQ's MarketSite is located in the heart of New York's Times Square. Each day MarketSite hosts some of the ...

Papa John's Extends Its Global Reach to Aruba and Greece; Quality-Focused Pizza Company Offers "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza." to Aruba and Greece.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Papa John's International is expanding its global reach with the recent opening of restaurants in two new international locations. Residents of Aruba now enjoy a new Papa John's restaurant, which opened in February, and is owned by franchisees Undina and Jessica Harms of Joy Pizza NV. ...

Ceres Group to Announce Fourth Quarter and 2002 Results.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Ceres Group, Inc. today announced that it will release fourth quarter and 2002 financial results before market on Wednesday, March 5, 2003. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000315/CRLOGO ) Tom Kilian, president & chief executive officer, will host a ...

Unified Communications Software by Interactive Intelligence Wins Product of the Year.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Interactive Intelligence Inc. received a Planet PDA(R) Product of the Year award last week for the company's unified communications and messaging software. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990914/IILOGO ) The award honors outstanding products and ...

Lincoln Electric Board Declares Dividend; Schedules Date For Annual Meeting.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The Board of Directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 16 cents per share. The dividend is payable April 15, 2003, to holders of record as of March 31, 2003. The Board also established the record date of March 19, 2003 for ...

Bancinsurance Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter Results.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Bancinsurance Corporation , a specialty insurance holding company today reported results for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2002. The fourth quarter 2002 results were impacted by a 21.8% increase in loss and loss adjustment expenses, net of recoveries; a ...

Tire Pressure Monitoring Is Automatic with New Tire IQ System; First Direct Battery-less Tire Measurement Technology Available from Goodyear, Siemens VDO Automotive.

Mar 05, 2003 ... A unique tire-based pressure monitoring system was unveiled this week by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Siemens VDO Automotive. The new Tire IQ system relays specific tire information to drivers, and provides appropriate warnings when improper inflation is detected. ...

Goodyear Announces Waiver Extension, New Financing Commitment.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced it has been granted an extension until April 4, 2003 to comply with certain covenants in its syndicated loan agreements. The waivers had previously been set to expire March 7, but were extended as the company, with the support ...

Great Lakes to Present at McDonald Investments Specialty Chemical Conference; Event to be Web Cast on March 6.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Bulriss will speak at the McDonald Investments Specialty Chemical Conference on March 6, 2003. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011025/CLTH019LOGO-b ) The ...

Key Education Resources Sets Up Toll-Free Number for Airline Training Academy Students.

Mar 05, 2003 ... The recent closing of Airline Training Academy (ATA) is having a tremendous impact on its students. Key Education Resources understands these students face difficult decisions so it has designated a toll-free telephone number for its clients who are students of ATA. The number is ...

Shiloh Industries Reports First Quarter Results.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Shiloh Industries, Inc. today reported results for the first quarter ended January 31, 2003. First Quarter Results For the first quarter ended January 31, 2003, the Company had revenues of $136.6 million, a decrease of $9.4 million or 6.4% from the same period in ...

Allen Telecom's Grayson Wireless Division Announces an Additional $29 Million in Geometrix(R) Equipment Orders.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Grayson Wireless, an Allen Telecom Inc. division, today announced that current geolocation customers have placed additional orders for Grayson's Geometrix wireless 911 caller location systems for installation over the next six months. Terry N. Garner, President, Grayson ...

Cintas Named One of 'America's Most Admired Companies' for Third Consecutive Year; Continued Success Attributed to Culture of Respect and Customer Focus.

Mar 05, 2003 ... For the third year in a row, Cintas Corporation is one of "America's Most Admired Companies," according to Fortune Magazine's ranking of more than 560 corporations. Cintas, the nation's largest industrial uniform provider, was ranked second overall in its industry sector, and among the ...

Diebold Implements Mosaic Software's Postilion Transaction Processing Software at Ft. Bliss Federal Credit Union; First Implementation Under Diebold/Mosaic Relationship.

Mar 05, 2003 ... Diebold, Incorporated and Mosaic Software today announced that Ft. Bliss Federal Credit Union (FCU) is the first Diebold installation to utilize Mosaic Software's Postilion advanced transaction processing software with the ULTRADATA(R) System's Online Card Services host processing system ....