BRIEFCASE RESTAURANT CHAIN IHOP HAS NEW CFO.Byline: - Staff and Wire Reports GLENDALE - The owner, operator and franchiser of the International House of Pancakes restaurant chain announced on Friday the appointment of Thomas G. Conforti as chief financial officer, effective Monday. IHOP IHOP International House Of Pancakes (restaurant chain) iHOP Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins IHOP International House of Prayer IHOP International H2O Project IHOP International House of Pain Corp.'s current chief financial officer, Alan S. Unger, is leaving the Glendale company after 2 1/2 years to pursue another business opportunity. Conforti has financial, strategic and operational management experience with such public companies as PepsiCo, The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. and Citicorp. Stockholders vote slated for Syncor WOODLAND HILLS - Syncor International Corp. announced on Friday that its stockholders will vote Dec. 30 on the company's proposed acquisition by Cardinal Health <includeonly></includeonly> Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) is a premier, global healthcare company dedicated to making healthcare safer and more productive. Overview Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. . The meeting will be held at the Warner Center Hilton in Woodland Hills. Company officials said today's meeting was adjourned to Dec. 30 to give Syncor stockholders time to review the amendments to the original merger agreement dated June 14 and other recent developments affecting Syncor. As announced Dec. 4, Syncor stockholders would receive 0.47 of a Cardinal Health common share in exchange for each outstanding share of Syncor common stock. Wendy's lowers earnings forecast DUBLIN, Ohio - Wendy's International Inc. slightly lowered its 2002 earnings forecast Friday, saying profits are being hurt by discounts from competitors, weak economic conditions and bad weather. The owner of the nation's third-largest hamburger chain - which bought Thousand Oaks-based Baja Fresh earlier this year - expects earnings in the range of $1.88 to $1.90 per share, an increase of 14 percent to 15 percent. Last month the company tightened its earnings expectation, saying it expected profits to be at the low end of a previously forecast growth of 15 percent to 18 percent. Error in Pop-Tarts ingredient listing BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Kellogg Co. announced Friday that it is recalling 730,000 boxes of Pop-Tarts, warning that the breakfast pastries contain eggs that aren't listed among the ingredients. The recall applies only to eight-count, 14-ounce packages of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon bearing a UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). code of 38000 31110 and a carton code of K-3111D. Consumers who purchased the recalled Pop-Tarts can telephone Kellogg Consumer Affairs toll-free at (877) 877-4494 for further information and instruction. Affected packages also have one of the following ``Better if used before'' dates: SEP 1. SEP - Someone Else's Problem. 2. (tool) SEP - A SASD tool from IDE. 23 03 CT; OCT OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase; oxytocin challenge test. OCT ornithine carbamoyl transferase, a liver specific enzyme. OCT Oxytocin stress test, see there 27 03 CP; OCT 28 03 CP; NOV judgment notwithstanding the verdict (N.O.V.) n. reversal of a jury's verdict by the trial judge when the judge believes there was no factual basis for the verdict or it was contrary to law. The judge will then enter a different verdict as "a matter of law. 06 03 CT; NOV 07 03 CT; NOV 08 03 CT; NOV 23 03 CP; NOV 24 03 CP; NOV 25 03 CP; NOV 26 03 CP; NOV 27 03 CP. U.S. bond prices rise as stocks slip NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - Bond prices rose Friday as stocks struggled on disappointing unemployment figures and a shake-up in the president's economic team. The price of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 11/32 of a point, or $3.44 per $1,000 in face value. Its yield, which moves in the opposite direction, fell to 4.09 percent from 4.13 percent Thursday. The 30-year Treasury bond rose 3/32 of a point or 94 cents per $1,000 in face value to yield 4.98 percent, down from 4.99 percent, according to Moneyline Telerate. Expect the worst, United's staff told CHICAGO - United Airlines' CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , on his way to a weekend meeting with the company's board of directors, warned employees Friday that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by the nation's No. 2 airline is more likely than ever. Shares in parent UAL UAL United Airlines (ICAO code) UAL Unified Accelerator Library (Brookhaven National Laboratory) UAL User Account Lockdown UAL User Access Layer UAL Universal Auxiliary Language UAL User Agent Layer Corp. fell 7 cents to close at 93 cents a share on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. on Friday - the second day of a sell-off following the rejection of its request for a $1.8 billion loan guarantee. The decision left the airline with few options as it faces a debt payment of nearly $1 billion due next week. |
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