Articles from Business Wire (December 20, 2001)

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$140 Billion Pharmaceutical Industry Poised for a 10% Sales Growth in 2002, Dictating an Increase in Capital Spending, in an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com.			285
4 NFL Players Accused with Drugging, then Raping Woman; Lawsuit Filed Today in Nevada District Court.			415
8th Continent and yourexpedition Partner to Inspire Individuals Around the World to Achieve Their Dreams.			745
A `Ringing' Success; Five Years After Launch, Caller ID Now Californians' 2nd Most Popular Telecommunications Feature.			1045
A Little Dough Raises a Lot of Money; Ohio Students Sell Cookie Dough; Help Raise Funds for NY Firefighters' Families Through Savory Foods Donation Program.			377
A Little Dough Raises a Lot of Money; Ohio Students Sell Cookie Dough; Help Raise Funds for NY Firefighters' Families Through Savory Foods Donation Program.			377
A Little Dough Raises a Lot of Money; West Michigan Students Sell Cookie Dough; Help Raise Funds for NY Firefighters' Families Through Savory Foods Donation Program.			377
A New Level of Global Sophistication - That's the New Business Reality; Noel Lateef, President, The Foreign Policy Association.			93
A&B Earnings Outlook.			787
A&P Announces Acceptance for Purchase of All 7.70% Senior Notes Due 2004 Tendered in Tender Offer.			299
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Phoenix Companies' New Senior Notes; Affirms Financial Strength Rating of Phoenix Life and Subsidiaries.			561
A.M. Best Downgrades Rating for Two Unitrin Life Members.			265
A.M. Best Upgrades RenaissanceRe's Glencoe Subsidiary to "A" Excellent.			328
A.P. Pharma Files First Investigational New Drug Application for APF 112 Formulation Using Biochronomer System.			561
ABC Family Worldwide, Inc. Completes Change of Control Offer for 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2007 and 10 1/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2007.			287
ABMC Chairman Offers Guidance for Fiscal Year 2002; Moore Outlines Objectives with Candor, Realistic Optimism.			705
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Ships `NFL QB Club 2002' For Nintendo GameCube.			622
Accomplished Blind Mountain Climber Erik Weihenmayer To Promote Technology for Freedom Scientific.			639
Accredo Health Acquires BioPartners In Care, Inc.			671
Acola Corp. Continuing Discussions to Renew Its Option to Acquire Mexico Rights to Anvirzel.			295
Acterna Corporation Announces $75 Million Investment by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Amendment to Senior Credit Agreement.			532
Active Power Names Joe Pinkerton Chairman of the Board and Dave Gino Chief Operating Officer.			497
Adea Group Ranked 18th Fastest Growing U.S. IT Staffing Firm by National Magazine.			393
Adobe Settles Dispute with Trio Systems; Preliminary Injunction Involving Adobe InDesign 1.5 and InCopy 1.1 Dissolved.			332
ADVISORY/ Intel to Host Press Breakfast At Consumer Electronics Show.			255
ADVISORY/Bobblehead Figure of Chris Kirkpatrick from *NSYNC Arrives at Best Buy Stores on Sunday, Dec. 23.			314
ADVISORY/Christmas Day Media Advisory: Merrill Lynch Hosts New York City Senior Citizens At 717 5th Avenue for Global Holiday Calls.			192
ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Dieting During the Holidays.			437
ADVISORY/Mayor Jim Hahn and The Museum of Contemporary Art Will Announce a Major Exhibition Featuring One of the Greatest Artists of the 20th Century.			136
ADVISORY/Pet Rescue Service Warns: Last Minute Holiday Purchases of Puppies Along With Unprecedented Demand for Pets Since Sept. 11 Likely To Leave Animals Abandoned and Kids Sad.			336
ADVISORY/Photo of Mrs. America, Nicole Brink, who was crowned Mrs. World 2002 is Available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom and Business Wire's Web Site.			113
ADVISORY/Photo of U.S. Military Personnel Preparing Amazon.com Gift Certificates Available On BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.			147
Aelita Software Names New Vice President of Strategic Alliances; Sanders to Help Company Build Relationships With Customers and Partners.			321
AES Closes $240 Million Financing for Three El Salvador Distribution Businesses.			585
AES Completes Development of $550 Million Bujagali Power Project in Uganda; 200 MW Hydro Facility Will be Largest Private Investment in East Africa.			1530
AES Reaches Agreement With the Hungarian Government.			695
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Chooses 3M APR-DRG Software for New Quality Measurement Tool.			647
Airtech Expands Presence in Pacific Rim.			742
AirTran Airways Celebrates Fleet Milestone; 50 Percent of Fleet Comprised of New Aircraft.			598
AirTran Airways Celebrates Fleet Milestone; 50 Percent of Fleet Comprised of New Boeing 717 Aircraft.			463
AirTran Airways Corrects and Replaces Previous Release, BW2013, FL-AIRTRAN-AIRWAYS.			490
AirTran Airways Launches ''PowerCart'' at Atlanta Hub; Technologically Advanced Mobile Cart Speeds Check-In Process at Busiest Airport.			386
Alaska Airlines Year-end Sale Gives Up to 30 Percent Savings.			428
Albemarle First Bank Announces Resignation of CEO.			259
Albertson's, Inc. and Hormel Foods Donate 36,000 Pounds of Ham to Help Feed America's Hungry; 110,000 Individuals to Benefit From The $108,000 Donation.			474
Alea Group Holdings -Bermuda- Ltd. Receives US$250 Million in New Capital; Company Now has in Excess of US$500 Million in Total Operating Capital.			276
AMCON Completes Acquisition of Hawaiian Natural Water.			347
AMD Partners With SEMI and Industry Leaders to Develop Security Framework for Web-Based Collaboration; NIST-Funded Project to Improve Manufacturing Productivity.			509
Amdocs Commits to Japanese CRM Market by Extending its Global Customer Services Infrastructure through Strategic Partners.			660
American Bank to Raise $10 Million in New Equity.			384
American Boardsports Signs Licensing Agreement to Produce Snowboards and Skateboards for the Christian Retail Market Under the Real F8th Brand Name.			737
American Botanical Council Announces New Safety Information on Kava.			1155
American Business Financial Services, Inc. Closes $322 Million Mortgage Loan Securitization.			453
American Ecology Sells Oak Ridge Brokerage Business to Chase Environmental Group; Sale Reflects Continued Focus on Core Waste Processing and Disposal Business.			325
American Healthways Reports First-Quarter Earnings of $0.10 Per Share, Up 67% From Comparable Pro Forma Earnings for Fiscal 2001.			2383
American Home Mortgage Holdings Board Declares Regular Dividend.			330
AmeriPath Announces Changes to Board of Directors.			500
AmerisourceBergen Announces Date and Time for Earnings Release, Conference Call and Webcast.			605
Amgen and NPS Pharmaceuticals Announce Initiation of a Phase 3 Trial of a Calcimimetic in the Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.			840
Ampal Announces Declaration of Dividends On Preferred Shares.			214
Amphenol Interconnect Products Corporation To Provide Cable Assemblies to CTS' Cooperative Partnership Alliance.			316
Andersen Group to Divest JM Ney for Cash; Announces Plan to Increase Ownership in ComCor-TV.			1020
APCOA/Standard Parking Announces An Extention Of Its Exchange Offer.			463
Applied Materials' Low k Film Gains Broad Acceptance for Volume Manufacturing of Copper Chips.			462
Argentina: Disorderly Debt Default Imminent.			156
ARV Assisted Living Inc. and ARVP Acquisition, L.P. Complete Tender Offer for Units of American Retirement Villas Properties III, L.P.			230
Ascential Software Corporation Announces Its Support for BusinessObjects Application Foundation 2.5.			505
Ashworth, Inc. Expands New PGA Tour Player Sponsorship.			532
ATA Soon to Launch Scheduled Service to Four International Destinations.			255
ATI's MOBILITY RADEON 7500 Now Available in Notebook PCs; World's Fastest Mobile Graphics Processor Also Conserves Notebook Battery Life.			368
Austria Tabak To Become Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Gallaher; Remaining minority shareholders to receive euro 85 per share.			296
AutoTradeCenter Launches National Internet Remarketing Program for Volvo Finance North America Inc.			612
Avantis Telecom Selects Clarent for Its Next-Generation Network; Clarent and Avantis Telecom Team up to Deliver VoIP Throughout Eastern Europe.			717
Aviall's Customer-Focused Technology Named Among World's Best by Two Prominent Technology Publications.			649
Avolent's BizCast Wins Transform Magazine's ``Product of the Year 2001'' Award; Increased Industry Recognition for the Company's Enterprise B2B Electronic Invoicing Platform.			562
AXS-One's Development of Southern African Market Accelerates; Several recent deals provide significant breakthroughs.			376
BankAtlantic Enhances its Cash Management Services with CashLinkWeb.			486
Barnes Group Takes Additional Actions to Address Continuing Economic Weakness.			583
Battelle Pulmonary Therapeutics Announces Research Agreement with Eiffel Technologies Limited.			300
Baymont Inns & Suites Announces Holiday "Getaway Rates" as Low as $49 Per Night.			345
Bear Stearns Capital Trust I to Redeem Fixed/Adjustable Rate Capital Securities.			343
BentleyForbes Acquires Worldwide Headquarters Building of Thomson Financial Inc. -- BETA Systems -- Located Near Milwaukee in Brookfield, Wisconsin.			369
Bernard Aronson, President and CEO of Synplicity, to Speak at Needham & Company Growth Conference in New York City.			252
Bioenergy Ribose Gains GRAS Approval.			454
Bishop T.D. Jakes to Hold an Inaugural Leadership Seminar At Constitution Hall in Washington D.C.			313
Boston Edison Company Declares Preferred Stock Dividends.			161
Boynton to Lead Rayonier Performance Fibers Business.			278
Brascan Completes Issue Of $125 Million Unsecured Junior Subordinated Debentures.			237
Braun Consulting Confirms Fourth Quarter Guidance; Company Announces Organizational Actions to Improve Cost Structure.			637
Bridge Medical Raises $9.5 million for Technologies Designed to Intercept Medication Errors.			1233
Britney Rules and Cats Drool On America Online in 2001 -- Top Searched Terms, Chats, Polls and Message Boards Based on 32 Million Member Base.			655
Bryan Texas Utilities Selects Docucorp Solution for New Billing System.			583
Bunge Appoints Andrew Burke Managing Director of Soy Ingredients Business.			553
Burlington Coat Factory Reports Second Quarter Sales and Net Income.			998
Business Objects Announces BusinessObjects Developer Suite 5.5.			1094
Cadence Completes Acquisition of Silicon Perspective Corp.			405
Calence Announces New Director of Security Solutions; Patrick Dirck To Lead Firm's Growing Security Practice.			377
Capstone Turbine CFO Announces Decision to Resign.			612
Capstone Turbine Provides Fourth Quarter Update.			599
Catapult Communications Upgrades 3G Test Capabilities.			225