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UK Public Sceptical of Kyoto Protocol.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - 57% believe UK should not implement Kyoto if it will harm Britain's economy - 70% believe that Britain should pursue alternative, less costly strategies A poll commissioned by International Policy Network, a ...

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. and Its INVESCO Funds By The Law Firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP - AVZ.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of all ...

The Turning Point Group(R) Wins Distinctive Global Award for the Memorial Hermann Health Care System.

Dec 03, 2003 ... HOUSTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer-based business initiatives are gaining momentum around the world according to the results of the just released 2003 Peppers & Rogers Group "1to1(R) Innovator Awards" program. This year's awards included a Houston-based start-up, The Turning Point ...

Cauley Geller Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on Behalf of Investors.

Dec 03, 2003 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Rudman, LLP announced today that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. ("Marsh & ...

Open World Program Expands to Ukraine and Uzbekistan; First Delegates for New Pilot Programs to Arrive in December.

Dec 03, 2003 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open World Leadership Center announced today it is initiating pilot exchange programs with Ukraine and Uzbekistan, hosting a total of 99 political and civic leaders from the two countries in the United States in December 2003. The U.S ....

SEMI Announces Year-End Consensus Forecast For Global Semiconductor Equipment Industry; Bi-annual Survey Reveals Companies Expect Industry Growth to Top 38 Percent in 2004.

Dec 03, 2003 ... CHIBA, Japan, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's leading manufacturers of semiconductor equipment expect sales to increase this year to $21.4 billion, more than eight percent above the $19.8 billion in sales posted in 2002 according to the year-end edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment ...

FutureStock Names Former Corbis & The Stock Market Executive, Andrei Lloyd, President; Lloyd leads the first Royalty Free image company to provide customers with services tailored to fit their needs.

Dec 03, 2003 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- FutureStock announced today the hiring of Andrei Lloyd as the company president. Lloyd brings to his role over ten years experience with the world-renowned stock photo company, The Stock Market, which grew into the largest independently owned stock ...

Lights, Camera, Action! Sprint Introduces Video Mail; Sprint Becomes the First Carrier to Deliver an Easy-to-Use, Affordable And Nationwide Video Mail Service at a Flat-Rate Price Powered by LightSurf; Customers Can Now Take and Share Up to 15 Seconds of Video Directly From Select PCS Vision(SM) Phones.

Dec 03, 2003 ... OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sprint becomes the first carrier to truly deliver a Video Mail service for the masses by offering an easy-to-use, affordable and nationwide service for customers to communicate via video -- all at a true flat-rate price. Video Mail from ...

Sprint and Sanyo Introduce First Video Phone to Include Press-to-Talk Service: PCS Ready Link; Stylish, Clamshell-Style Sanyo VM4500 Also Offers Camera and Camcorder Functionality, Built-in Flash/Movie Light, Speakerphone, and 2.1-Inch Color LCD Display.

Dec 03, 2003 ... OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint and Sanyo today announced the PCS Vision(SM) Video Phone VM4500 by Sanyo, the first phone in the U.S. to feature the ability to shoot digital video clips of up to 15 seconds in length with sound and take VGA-quality digital photos, as ...

Sprint and Audiovox Offer Combination Video and Camera Phone; The PCS Vision Video Phone VM4050 by Toshiba Lets Customers Instantly Take And Share Videos Directly From a Mobile Phone.

Dec 03, 2003 ... OVERLAND PARK, Kan. and HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lights, camera, action ... the newest handset announced today by Sprint and Audiovox Communications Corporation, a subsidiary of Audiovox Corporation , gives PCS Vision(SM) customers the capability to take video and audio ...

Chin's 'Violin Concerto' Wins 2004 Grawemeyer Music Prize.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Composer Unsuk Chin's "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" has won the 2004 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. The most distinctive prize in contemporary music, the $200,000 Grawemeyer Award has been given ...

The 'Mega Millions' Winning Numbers Drawn Tuesday, December 2, 2003.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LANSING, Mich., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The winning "Mega Millions" numbers (in ascending order) for tonight's (December 2, 2003) drawing were: <Pre>5/52 NUMBERS GOLD "MEGA" BALL NUMBER10 13 24 34 49 4 ...

Sheldon Good & Company, in conjunction with Michael Fox International, Retained to Auction Ski-in/Ski-out Quartershare/Whole Ownership Interval Inventory at The Canyons Grand Summit Resort Hotel; Auction will be held on Saturday, February 7th at The Canyons Grand Summit Resort Hotel in Park City, Utah.

Dec 03, 2003 ... CHICAGO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheldon Good & Company Auctions LLC, the nation's largest commercial real estate auction company, in conjunction with Michael Fox International of Owings Mills, MD, today announced that it has been retained by Grand Summit Resort Properties, Inc. (GSRP), ...

Give Older People a Helping Hand to Switch This Christmas Urges OFGEM.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LONDON, England, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - 15 minutes help could save GBP[pounds sterling]100 ATTN: Features Editors - With picture Energy regulator Ofgem today urged people visiting older friends and relatives this Christmas to help them to ...

UK Brand of Mobile Phones Launched.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- IBT Technologies (UK) Limited have launched the first UK brand of mobile phones called WP, through the website www.wpphones.com. This is a first in the UK for the following reasons: 1) This is the first global launch of a UK ...

Informa Group plc - 120 Million Pounds Sterling Acquisition of PJB Publications Limited.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Informa Group plc, the business information group, is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of PJB Publications Limited, an independent publisher of international business news and information services for the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and ...

EVENT ADVISORY: Microsoft's Threat of Legal Action Brings Lindows.com's Chief to European Resellers' Side.

Dec 03, 2003 ... SAN DIEGO, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Michael Robertson to Meet With LindowsOS Resellers, OEMs and Press to Launch LindowsOS' Next Version, LindowsOS 4.5, in Europe Lindows.com's chief executive officer, Michael Robertson, will be landing in Amsterdam next Monday, Dec. 8, ...

Black Owned Abnoba Acquires Stake in Galdon Data.

Dec 03, 2003 ... JOHANNESBURG, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Acquires services arm complementing strategy focusing on the Digital Process Automation (DPA) market. Local black empowered group, Abnoba, has confirmed that it has successfully acquired a stake in Galdon Data. The move solidifies ...

Disposal.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> IMMEDIATE 3 December 2003 Royal & SunAlliance announces the sale of La Construccion, Chile to La Camara Chilena de la Construccion Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc announces that it has agreed to sell its ...

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Business.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> GMAC to Retain Commercial Mortgage Business General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) today said it has decided to retain ownership of its commercial mortgage business. The decision comes at the completion of GMAC's evaluation of funding alternatives, which ...

Pre-close update.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> 3 December 2003Pre-Close Update on Trading and Integration of MMT Microgen plc provides a pre-close period update on current trading for the year ending 31 December 2003 and also on the progress of ...

GM Nov. Sales.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> GM Reports November Sales of 363,181, Up 22 Percent Truck Sales Up 30 Percent; GM Sets Monthly Utility Sales Record for Industry Cadillac Has Best November Sales Since 1989 DETROIT, Dec. 3 -- General Motors dealers sold 363,181 new cars and trucks in November, up 22 ...

Interim Results.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> 3 December 2003INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2003 IMPROVED PERFORMANCES ACROSS ALL BUSINESSES DRIVE PROFIT GROWTH* Profit before tax* - increased by 4.4 per cent to [pounds sterling]171 million* Licensed multi-utility ...

Trading Statement.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> Serco Group plc - Pre-Close Trading Update Further to its Interim Results announcement on 3 September 2003, Serco is pleased to confirm that it continues to trade strongly and in line with market expectations. In addition, there continues to be a good flow of new ...

New Survey Reveals Christmas is the Sixth Most Stressful Life Event.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- It's official, Christmas is up there with divorce, moving house and changing jobs as the sixth most stressful life event. 86% of us say they find buying presents difficult and 65% find Christmas shopping a stressful experience, according to the ...

Wishbone tipped as Christmas jewellery trend.

Dec 03, 2003 ... WORCESTER, England, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - ATTN: FEATURE EDITORS Wishbone jewellery is being tipped as the jewellery trend for Christmas 2003 by a group of ten of the UK's leading jewellery manufacturers. In an uncertain post September 11 world, consumers ...

Infineon Puts Its Faith in Sun's Sun Fire 15K Server.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The World's Largest Supply Chain Automation System Implemented Using Sun Systems In the context of an extensive process re-engineering project, the semi-conductor manufacturer Infineon has now ...

Sun Opens European RFID Test Centre to Help Customers Remove Cost and Complexity From Supply Chains.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> Sun Continues RFID Leadership; European Facility Helps Companies Quickly Align With World Standards, Test With Sun's Java System Software </Pre> Continuing to help its customers ...

Jessops Develops New Point Of Sale and Desktop Infrastructure to Achieve 2M Pounds Sterling Cost Saving.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> UK's Largest Roll-Out of Sun's StarOffice and First UK Retail Deployment of Sun Learning Platform </Pre> Jessops, the UK's largest independent photographic retailer, has chosen Sun Microsystems ...

Customers Choose Sun Managed Services as Preferred IT Sourcing Option for Scaling Out the Network Computer.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> Sun Gains Momentum with Flexible Approach to Reducing Risks, Costs and Complexities While Leaving Customers in Control of Their IT Resources ...

Sun Microsystems Launches Definitive Software Support Services for OpenOffice.org Software.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Move Solidifies Sun's Linux Desktop Leadership Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), founder and primary sponsor of the open-source project OpenOffice.org, today announced it will ...

Sun Microsystems Announces Technology Preview for Highly Anticipated Sun Java Studio Creator Application Development Tool.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> New Tool Targets Visual Studio Developers with Dramatic Ease of Use, Accelerating the Use of Java Technology in Developing and Deploying Web Services ...

Sun Announces Vast Performance Improvements, Breakthrough Diagnostic Capabilities to Solaris OS on SPARC, Intel and AMD Opteron Processor-Based Systems.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> More Than 3,000 Customers, Including Xerox, Enjoy Access to Innovative New Features Through Solaris OS Distributions </Pre> Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today ...

Sun Advances Desktop Momentum with General Availability of Java Desktop System.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> Partner Opportunity for Sun's Java Desktop System Set for Industry Leading Growth With 10.4 Million New Linux Desktop Shipments Expected by 2007 </Pre> Continuing its worldwide ...

Sun and Macromedia Bring the World of Flash Content and Applications to Sun's New Java Desktop System.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Macromedia Flash Player Provides Easy Access to Interactive Content Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR), today announced an agreement to integrate and ship ...

Sun Announces New N1 Products and Over 100 Customers.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork(SM) 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> Delivers N1 Service Provisioning System and N1 Advanced Architecture for SAP Solution Environments </Pre> Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today ...

Sun Wins Worldwide Customers and Partners for Java Enterprise System, Announces New Pricing for Independent Software Vendors, OEMs, and Very Small Companies.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> More Than 150 Partners and Customers - Including Athens International Airport,Advocate Health Care, SaskTel and World Book, Inc. - Back Sun's Industry Transforming ...

Sun Raises the Bar with New High Performance Visualisation and Technical Compute Market Products.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> New Sun Blade(TM) 2500 Workstation Boasts Top Price/Performance in its Class New Sun Fire(TM) Visual Grid System and XVR-600 Graphics Accelerator ReduceCost and Boost Productivity ...

Sun Attacks Computing Cost and Complexity with New x86 Blade and Netra Systems Running Solaris OS or Linux and Java Enterprise System.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN - SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> New x86 and UltraSPARC(R) Systems Provide Customers Greater Flexibility andChoice for Scaling Out Enterprise and Telecom Computing </Pre> Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) ...

Sun Simplifies the Path to Return on I.T. Investment for Customers With New, Repeatable Reference Architectures and Infrastructure Solutions.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN, SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> Seven New Sun(TM) Reference Architectures and Infrastructure Solutions CutImplementation Time, Risk and Complexity </Pre> Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) added ...

Sun's NC03Q4 Brings Customers 20 New Features to Slash Cost & Complexity.

Dec 03, 2003 ... BERLIN - SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- <Pre> New Low-Cost UltraSPARC(R) and x86-based Systems Bring Customers Unprecedented Choice for Scaling-Out their Network Computing Infrastructures New Solutions and Services ...

The 'Mega Millions' Winning Numbers Drawn Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LANSING, Mich., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The winning "Big Game -- Mega Millions" numbers (in ascending order) for last night's (December 2, 2003) drawing were: <Pre> 5/52 THE BIG GAME -- MEGA 1/52 BIG GAME -- MEGA MILLIONSMILLIONS NUMBERS ...

(ISC)2 Announces Addition to International Board of Directors.

Dec 03, 2003 ... VIENNA, Austria, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Great news coming out of ISC2 today. A new nomination to the international board. Mervin Pearce, First CISSP in South Africa, Joins Board The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, the ...

NASD and the CIArb Provide a London Alternative to Resolve Transatlantic Investment Disputes; UK Nationals Investing in the US Stock Market Can Now Resolve Disputes in the UK.

Dec 03, 2003 ... LONDON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- NASD, with the support of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), announced today it is opening an arbitration and mediation hearing location in London that will allow UK and European residents that do business with NASD-registered firms to resolve ...

Miramax Expands Family Home Entertainment Library With Three Animated Stories Produced by Legendary Musician Paul McCartney; Tropic Island Hum, Tuesday and Rupert and The Frog Song To be Released on DVD and Video Spring 2004.

Dec 03, 2003 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein announced today that the Company has acquired a trio of classic animated stories produced by musical legend Sir Paul McCartney. Tropic Island Hum, Tuesday and Rupert & The Frog Song are scheduled to be released on DVD ...

Theravance Announces Positive Phase 2 Results for Once-Daily Beta2-Agonists in Development for Asthma and COPD.

Dec 03, 2003 ... SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Theravance, Inc. announced today that the lead compounds in its alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to identify new long-acting, beta2-agonists (LABAs) for the treatment of respiratory diseases, GSK 159797 and GSK 597901, have ...

Fleetwood RV Rolls Out 2004 GearBOX LSV Nationwide; All-New Lifestyle Support Vehicle Keeps Outdoor Enthusiasts Up-Close With the Action.

Dec 03, 2003 ... RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the successful West Coast launch of its 2004 GearBOX LSV (Lifestyle Support Vehicle), Fleetwood RV, the world's leading recreational vehicle manufacturer, today announced the nationwide availability of the GearBOX beginning early next ...

Fleetwood RV and Goodyear Announce New Relationship; Fleetwood RV Selects Goodyear as Preferred Provider of RV Tires.

Dec 03, 2003 ... RIVERSIDE, Calif. and AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleetwood RV and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that Fleetwood will equip their RVs with Goodyear's extensive line of RV tires. The announcement was made to coincide with a joint appearance by Fleetwood and ...

FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Closes at 7,530.43 up +73.57 (+0.99%).

Dec 03, 2003 ... SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The closing price for the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index for Wednesday, December 3, 2003 was 7,530.43. This was up 0.99 percent from the previous day's close. The FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ended higher as investors snapped up H- shares ...

Study Finds Customized Computers Often Cost Less Than Packaged Ones.

Dec 03, 2003 ... SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by comparison-shopping site ExactChoice ( http://www.exactchoice.com/ ) found hidden price advantages in customized computers: models that manufacturers custom-build from a list of choices made by the consumer. In a sample of major ...

FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Closes at 7,530.43 up +73.57 (+0.99%).

Dec 03, 2003 ... SHANGHAI, China, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The closing price for the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXT) for Wednesday, December 3, 2003 was 7,530.43. This was up 0.99 per cent from the previous day's close. The FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ended higher as investors ...

Intentia Solution Adding Color to Kemira's Paints and Coatings Business.

Dec 03, 2003 ... STOCKHOLM, Sweden and ESPOO, Finland, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Kemira's Paints and Coatings division selects Intentia as its partner to provide collaborative enterprise solution. Intentia International AB (XSSE; INT B), ISIN: SE0000349243, announced that Kemira ...

Interim Results.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> Chairman's Statement I am pleased to be able to give you a more encouraging report on the Group's position and progress at the interim stage. The strong bounce in the UK equity market since the middle of March, to which I referred in my Chairman's Statement in June, constituted, ...

New Mid-Range NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 by PNY Outperforms High-End Competitors; NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 by PNY Sets New Performance Standard for Mid-Range Professional Graphics Solutions.

Dec 03, 2003 ... PARSIPPANY, N.J., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- PNY Technologies announces the availability of the NVIDIA Quadro(R) FX 1100 by PNY, a mid-range professional graphics solution that out-performs competitors on key new industry-standard SPECviewperf(R) 7.1.1 3dsmax-02, ProE-02, and Ugs-03 tests.(1) ...

Candy Adds Fun and Flavor to Holiday Celebrations.

Dec 03, 2003 ... VIENNA, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to holiday food gifts, hold the fruit cake! Americans chose chocolate as their favorite food gift to receive for the holiday season while the much-maligned fruit cake came in last on their culinary wish list in a poll sponsored ...

Chocolate Makes a Welcome Holiday Gift; Check Out Creative Ways to Give 'America's Favorite Flavor'.

Dec 03, 2003 ... VIENNA, Va., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Chocolate has been a welcome gift for hundreds of years and this holiday season will be no exception. In a consumer survey sponsored by the Chocolate Manufacturers Association (CMA), Americans chose chocolate as their favorite flavor, making it an ideal ...

Trista Rehn Does St. Martin in Style With Clothes From SHOPBOP.COM.

Dec 03, 2003 ... MADISON, Wis., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- SHOPBOP.COM is a shopping haven for women nationwide, even celebrities like BACHELORETTE star Trista Rehn. With the intensity of dealing with a wedding to plan, Trista chooses the simple and smart route to maintain her fashionable look. She does her ...

Zappos.com Nominated 'Best of the Web' by Internet Retailer; For Providing Stellar Customer Service and Broad Product Selection.

Dec 03, 2003 ... SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Zappos.com, the web's most popular shoe store, today announced it was honored by Internet Retailer as one of the "Best of the Web" in its fifth annual selection of "The Top 50 Retailing Sites." The award recognizes Zappos' excellence in web ...

SkyWayconnect(TM) Announces Digital Video Service.

Dec 03, 2003 ... PHOENIX, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- OPADS LLC, today announced that it will offer aggregated digital video programming transport to small and medium sized video franchises under the trade name "SkyWayconnect." The service will offer instant and vastly more affordable options to convert analog ...

Americans Speak Out On Party Practices - Tupperware Poll Unveils American Entertaining Habits and Party Alternatives-.

Dec 03, 2003 ... ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent survey conducted by Tupperware, nearly half (45%) of Americans throw parties. Whether the occasion is a birthday, holiday or other milestone event, and whether the get-together is a catered seated dinner or a low-key cocktail party, it ...

Will You be Slim or Supersized in 2014? - One of the Longest Studies to Track Weight Control Success Offers Hope To Americans Resolving to Lose Weight in The New Year -.

Dec 03, 2003 ... WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- No doubt about it -- the world's expanding. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031203/NYW047 ) In the past ten years, dinner plates have increased in diameter an average of 2.5 inches and restaurant portions ...

Austin Diagnostic Clinic Selects Kryptiq for Secure Messaging; One of Nation's Largest Physician Owned Clinics Installs Secure Messaging to Improve Clinical Workflow and Quality of Care.

Dec 03, 2003 ... PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Kryptiq Corp., today announced that The Austin Diagnostic Clinic (ADC) has selected Kryptiq's leading email-based workflow automation solutions to secure and streamline communication between ADC's patients and its clinical network. By integrating ...

Need a Last-Minute Holiday Gift for Your Computer Coverage? Capio's Open+(TM) Gives Users Control Over Windows, Fixes File Conflicts, for Just $29.99.

Dec 03, 2003 ... SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- With the holiday season here and gift-giving just weeks away, Capio Corporation offers last-minute shoppers an affordable software utility that tackles an inherent flaw in the Windows operating system -- and restores control to users. ...

New ARM9E Family Core Provides Unrivalled Low-Power Performance.

Dec 03, 2003 ... CAMBRIDGE, England, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - New ARM968E-S core provides a low cost and power-efficient solution for communications processing and the consumer device market Key message points for journalists and analysts: - The ARM968E-S core complements ...

Monthly Portfolio Disclosure.

Dec 03, 2003 ... <Pre> Perpetual Japanese Investment Trust plc HEADLINE Monthly portfolio disclosure Perpetual Japanese Investment Trust plc announces that, as at 30 November 2003, it held the following investment in a listed investment company that has not declared a policy to ...