BRIEFCASE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services CCA (1) (Common Cryptographic Architecture) Cryptography software from IBM for MVS and DOS applications. (2) (Compatible Communications A shares drop after deal news CALABASAS - Shares of Creative Computer Applications lost more than 10 percent Monday after the company announced a possible merger with privately held StorCOMM. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said in a press release that the merger could be completed by this spring. Creative Computer Applications, a Calabasas-based company that helps hospitals manage their operations electronically, lost 39 cents to close at $3.35 on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. . Steven Bresbeck, president and chief executive officer of CCA, said the merger is a logical step for two companies that develop symbiotic symbiotic /sym·bi·ot·ic/ (sim?bi-ot´ik) associated in symbiosis; living together. sym·bi·ot·ic adj. Of, resembling, or relating to symbiosis. technologies. Jacksonville, Fla.-based StorCOMM designs technology that provides images for diagnostic needs in medical settings. Mobile ring tones use Disney voices NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Disney Mobile Disney Mobile is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator in the United States which launched in June of 2006, and will cease operating on December 31, 2007. It operates on Sprint's CDMA network. Disney Mobile is owned by The Walt Disney Company, which had marketed to family subscribers. is offering consumers ring tones featuring the voices of Disney and Pixar characters, the company announced Monday. The ring tones are available to customers of major carriers nationwide. Ring-tone voices from characters including Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, , Goofy and Donald Duck Donald Duck cantankerousness itself. [Comics: Horn, 216–217] See : Irascibility Donald Duck frustrated character jealous of Mickey Mouse. [Comics: Horn, 216–217] See : Jealousy , as well as newer characters like Mr. Incredible Robert "Bob" parr (superhero name Mr. Incredible), is a fictional superhero with invulnerability and great strength introduced in Disney & Pixar motion picture The Incredibles. and Buzz Lightyear, are available. Genentech sees a surge in profits SAN JOSE - Biotechnology titan Genentech Inc. reported a 63 percent surge in its fourth-quarter profits on strong sales of a string of new drugs, but the results Monday still missed Wall Street's forecast. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the South San Francisco-based company said it earned $206.6 million, or 19 cents a share, up from the previous year's fourth-quarter earnings of $126.7 million, or 12 cents a share. State Farm payout to go to thousands ALBANY, N.Y. - Thousands of automobile owners nationwide will share in a $40 million settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. over the company's handling of titles to vehicles totaled in crashes. About 30,000 consumers nationwide could be eligible for payments ranging from $400 to $10,000, depending on the value of their vehicle. Most payments will be between $800 and $1,850, officials said. The settlement includes 49 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Only Indiana opted out of the settlement because State Farm had an agreement there more than a year ago, said company spokesman Fraser Engerman. The company is working with state motor vehicle departments to determine who will receive compensation for buying a car they didn't realize had been in a serious crash. |
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