BUSINESS NOTES ALLIANT SOFTWARE NEARS NEW RELEASE.Woodland Hills-based REAL Software Systems Inc. said Tuesday that it will deliver the latest release of its Alliant software to Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios to manage its profit participation and royalty agreements with talent, content providers and distribution partners. The software is already being used by BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Worldwide in London to handle a variety of royalty and profit participation requirements. The company says Alliant is flexible enough to help royalty and licensing departments handle high volumes of data easily. - Daily News Toy seller to open at Farmers Market FAO FAO, n See Food and Agriculture Organization. Schwarz, a high-end toy specialty retailer, will open a flagship store at The Grove at Farmers Market. The company has leased 25,000 square feet in the Caruso Affiliated Caruso Affiliated is a real estate development company in California, U.S.A.. It is headed by Rick Caruso. It is known particularly for building higher-end outdoor shopping centers. Holdings outdoor regional shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into currently under construction at Third Street and Fairfax Avenue Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard (which separates the Westside from the central part of the city) with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Scheduled to open in spring 2002, FAO Schwarz will have a premier location at The Grove on the project's interior ``main street.'' The two-story, 25,000-square-foot store will feature FAO's world-famous collection of unique and exclusive toys as well as today's hottest must-haves. - Daily News Health care firms receive merger OK Thousand Oaks-based WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Cerulean ce·ru·le·an adj. Azure; sky-blue. [From Latin caeruleus, dark blue; akin to caelum, sky.] Noun 1. Companies Inc., the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of Georgia, on Tuesday announced the receipt of an order from the Georgia Department of Insurance approving the planned merger of the two companies. WellPoint and Cerulean are working to close the transaction as soon as possible and expect to complete the merger within the next few days. WellPoint Health Networks serves the health care needs of nearly 7.9 million medical and more than 40 million specialty members nationally through Blue Cross of California in California and UNICARE throughout other parts of the country. - Daily News Priceline to offer enhanced loans Priceline.com said Tuesday that it will enhance its mortgage service so borrowers can get the lowest possible interest rates. Under the new service, borrowers will get at least the lowest rate when an application is made, but if rates fall before the loans close they could receive the lower figure. Previously, the rate at application was the lowest possible rate. The company, which allows customers to name their price for airline tickets, rental cars, hotel rooms and other services, has struggled amid increased competition, including a plummeting stock price and the failure of its online grocery and gasoline service, WebHouse Club. - Associated Press |
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