Articles from Business Wire (December 28, 2001)

Title	Author	Type	Words
[0] Tele2 Sweden Acquires More Shares in Levicom Broadband.			207
A.B. Watley Group to Provide E*TRADE With Direct-access Trading Software.			674
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to World-Wide Reassurance Company Ltd.			655
AJS Bancorp, Inc. Completes Reorganization and Stock Sale.			236
Alabama National BanCorporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End 2001 Conference Call.			185
Allcity Insurance Company Announces Liquidation of Operations.			204
AmeriQuest Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Results.			1054
AmeriQuest Forges Agreement with Chase Bankruptcy Information Systems, Inc.; AmeriQuest to Provide Installation Services for CBIS, Inc. Customers.			390
Amplidyne Receives Purchase Order Of $187,000 For Outdoor High Speed Wireless Broadband Products From a New Jersey Internet Service Provider.			559
Analysts International To Hold 2002 Shareholders Meeting May 1, 2002.			305
Appiant Technologies to Host Q4 2001 Financial Results Conference Call January 10th At 1:30 p.m. PST.			400
Aristocrat Technologies Inc. President Mark Newburg Responds to Lawsuit Filed by IGT.			360
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Announces a Strategic Expansion and Restructuring Plan.			504
Atrion Corporation Announces Final Results of Tender Offer.			180
Auto Club: California Motorists Face New Laws in 2002.			764
Bally Total Fitness Completes $225 Million Credit Facility.			410
BNP Residential Properties Announces Private Placement of Preferred Stock.			792
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. Updates Sales and Earnings Expectations for the Fourth Quarter.			280
Cal-Maine Foods Reports Second Quarter Results.			580
Cambridge Heart Raises $2.75 Million in Equity Financing; Funds to be Used for Sales Force Expansion and Marketing Activities.			863
Canabrava Closes A $740,000 Financing.			346
Canadian 88 Energy Corp.: Corporate Update.			144
Cardinal Financial Corporation Announces Corporate Restructuring.			722
Charter Names John Tory to Company Board of Directors.			542
Class Action Securities Lawsuit Filed Against ACLN, Ltd. by Stull, Stull & Brody.			261
Commencement of Compulsory Acquisition, SOL-Share to be Delisted, and Extraordinary General Meeting.			790
Corporate Profile for BHP Billiton Group, dated Dec. 28, 2001.			292
Corporate Profile for Confidential Recordings, dated Friday, Dec. 28, 2001.			124
Corporate Profile for Gefen Inc., dated Dec. 28, 2001.			232
Corporate Profile for Hamilton & Sullivan Ltd., dated Dec. 28, 2001.			310
Corporate Profile for PointDx, Inc., dated Dec. 28.			199
Corporate Profile for U.S. Laboratories Inc., dated Dec. 28, 2001.			310
Corporate Profile for Webpro International Inc.			261
Deltic Timber Corp. Announces the Sale of Undeveloped Timberland.			294
Desert Community Bank Announces Dividend.			120
Deutsche Bank Exercises Warrant to Acquire Hoist Shares.			260
Dreyfus California Municipal Income, Inc. Declares Dividend.			82
Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. Declares Dividend.			81
Dreyfus New York Municipal Income, Inc. Declares Dividend.			83
Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. Declares Dividend.			83
e-VideoTV Cancels Licensing Agreement.			405
EchoStar Communications Corporation Announces Completion of $700 Million Rule 144A Offering.			588
EUROTECH, Ltd. Enters Explosives and Illicit Materials Detection Marketplace.			876
Fannie Mae Redemption.			347
FiberMark Updates Fourth Quarter Earnings Expectations and Provides Notice of Earnings Release.			416
First Lady Sharon Davis and READ California Offer Tips for More Reading During 2002.			706
First of Omaha Merchant Processing and PreNet Corporation Celebrate 1,000th Merchant to Utilize PreCash Express Terminal.			663
Fitch Affirms International Rectifier's Sr Sec Credit Fac `BB'.			183
Fitch Assigns Rtg To New York Community Bancorp's Trust Preferred Sec.			86
Fitch Lwrs Ultramar Diamond Shamrock's Rtgs; Affs Valero Energy.			786
Fitch Rates RALI Mtge Asset-Backed P-T Ctfs Series 2001-QS18.			545
Fitch Rates RALI Mtge Asset-Backed P-T Ctfs Series 2001-QS19.			547
Fitch Rates RAMP $162.1MM Series 2001-RM2 Trust.			683
Fitch Rates RFMSI Mtge P-T Ctfs Series 2001-S28.			403
Fitch Upgrs Ohio Air Quality Dev Auth Rev Bds 1994, 1995 To `AAA/F1+'.			180
Genesis Energy, L.P. Receives New $130 Million Revolving Credit Facility and Suspends Fourth Quarter Distribution.			463
Genesis Health Ventures Reports Fiscal 2001 Results and Files Form 10-K.			632
GeoAlert, Inc. Corporate Announcement.			470
Glas-Aire Acquires Wonder Tool Inc. and Announces Plans to Move Wonder Tool Operations to Canada.			342
Global Crossing Obtains Waiver Resolving Year-End Bank Covenant Concerns.			251
GNC 'Goes Live' with Two New and Improved Websites; Sites Serve-up Information in State-of-the-art, User-friendly Format.			511
Gold Canyon Resources: High Grade Gallium Zone Expanded by Recent Drill Results at Cordero Gallium Project.			1436
idiglobal.com Inc. Announces Termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Worldwide Financial Holdings Inc.			352
iExalt, Inc. Announces Reverse Split; Recapitalization Plan Positions Company for Future Market Cap Growth.			433
ImClone Systems Incorporated Announces Decision by The FDA Not To Accept For Filing The ERBITUX Biologics License Application.			825
Information Holdings Inc. Announces Merger of Subsidiary With and Into Liquent, Inc.			521
Insight's Web Traffic Strong in Anticipation of Insight.com Bowl Game.			397
International Assets Reports Results for Fiscal Year 2001.			854
Invvision Capital, Inc. Announces Resignation of C. Joe Smith From Company, Board and Subsidiary.			169
Izasa: Majority Shareholder of Instrumentation Laboratory S.p.A Announces Going Private Tender Offer of U.S.$0.50 Per American Depositary Share.			575
Jeffrey Brooks Joins Millenia Hope; Biotech Engineer Appointed V.P. of Operations.			335
Joseph Otting Named as New President of U.S. Bank's Portland, Oregon Market.			360
LCA-Vision Withdraws From Nasdaq Europe; Company Cuts Dual-Listing Expenses and Focuses on U.S. Financial Markets.			376
LL&E Royalty Trust Announces Trust Income for January 2002.			619
Loral CyberStar Closes On Debt-for-Debt Exchange Offers With 90.8 Percent Participation.			470
Maxcor Financial Group Further Extends Expiration Date for Its Warrants.			180
MCK Communications to Announce Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2002 Earnings Call to Discuss Financial Results.			646
MDI Entertainment Files Form S-8.			507
MDM Group Releases 'Terrorism and Fear of Travel - A Framework for Solution' - A White Paper.			584
MECA Celebrates Martin Luther King Day.			405
Med Diversified Stockholders Approve Management Proposals at Annual Meeting.			684
Mediate.com: Poll Shows Importance of Outreach Discussions with Muslim Nations.			210
Meridian Medical Technologies Registration Statement Declared Effective.			156
Merilus Opens for Trading On the Berlin Stock Exchange for European Investors.			644
Metatec Announces Additional Restructuring Measures; Goal Continues to be a Return to Profitability.			581
Metretek Technologies Relocates Corporate Headquarters.			98
Microcell Raises an Additional $C40 Million from Private Placements to Telesystem Ltd. and VoiceStream Wireless.			390
Micronic Receives Repeat Order for Pattern Generator for Advanced Packaging/Display Applications.			243
MobileAria Announces Content Agreement With Reuters to Deliver Voice-Enabled News and Stocks to Drivers.			620
Moore Announces The Early Conversion Of Its $70.5 Million Convertible Debenture; Early conversion points to confidence in the company by debenture holders.			1120
Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 1997-XL1 Affirmed By Fitch.			523
Most Texans Now Have Power to Choose Their Electric Provider.			897
Motor Trend Magazine Names Chevrolet Avalanche 2002 Truck of the Year.			423
MSU Devices Inc. Completes Private Placement and Starts Production of its V5 Internet Computer.			591
Nanometrics Updates Fourth Quarter 2001.			225
New Year's Resolutions Kept; Keep New Year's Resolutions Top of Mind All Year Long with Knowledge Anywhere's 'My Resolutions'.			381
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Places $121.3 Million of Trust Preferred Securities, Increasing Tier 1 Capital.			490
Newgold Announces Tentative Plans to Recapitalize Operations.			667
nVAULT Opens Health Deposit Box; AXESS MEDIA Offers Bank-style Security for On-line Medical Records.			1254
Olympic Cascade Financial Corporation Reports Loss for Fiscal Year 2001.			413
Panasonic to Develop Phones and Fax Machines Using openLCR's Intelligent Downloading Technology to Deliver User-Friendly Enhanced Services to Consumers.			694
Paradyne Networks, Inc. and Elastic Networks Inc. Announce Merger.			1958
ProxyMed Completes Private Placement and Announces Conversion of Preferred Stock.			432
Quality Products, Inc. Announces Earnings.			148
Questron Technology, Inc. Announces Agreement With Lenders to Defer Debt Payments Until February 2002.			691
Radiant Systems Successfully Launches Radiant 6.0 Product Line.			873
REMINDER/Boeing Volunteers Add Touches of Flowers, History and Patriotism to Rose Parade Float.			208
REPEAT/Milberg Weiss Announces Class Action Suit Against Oplink Communications, Inc. and an Underwriter of its Initial Public Offering.			588
REPEAT/Milberg Weiss Announces Class Action Suit Against Regent Communications, Inc. and Certain Underwriters of its Initial Public Offering.			626
S&P Affirms Park Ave Rec Corp. 'A-1' CP Rtg.			103
S&P Afms Gemini Secur Corp. 'A-1+' CP Rtg.			102
S&P Asgns Rtg to Caribbean Oil Purchase Co. Ltd Notes.			501
S&P Places Covanta Energy Ratings on Watch Neg.			269
Saab: Gripen International Awarded Contract for Hungarian Air Force Fighters.			470
Saks Incorporated Announces Plans to Close Its Bergner's Store in Urbana, Illinois.			291
SangStat Files Registration Statement.			458
SDC Int'l Completes Acquisition of Tatra, the Leading Czech Republic Truck Manufacturer; SDC's Strategic Partner, Terex Corporation, To Own 41% of Tatra.			1068
Senesco Completes Private Placement for $1.165 Million.			429
Sign of the Times: Nationwide Travel May Have Shrunk, But a New Portable, LED Message Board Offers Transportation, Taxi & Limousine Companies a Distinct Competitive Edge.			334
Small-cap Stocks Lead as all 21 Indexes Rally in 4th Quarter; Each Small-cap Sector Beats Comparable Large-cap Sector.			943
Snap-on Arbitration with SPX Reaches Resolution.			267
SoftNet Systems, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2001 Year End Results.			1443
SOLA International Appoints New President, American Commercial Operations.			582
Solution Design Group Announces Agreement to License Millbrook Practice Manager to Outsource Receivables, Inc.			513
Sprenger & Lang, Zevnik Horton and AARP Announce Update in Class Action Lawsuit Against Allstate.			930
Starfield Resources Inc. - Financing In Place For Initial High Grade Step-Out Target.			244
Starfield Resources Inc. - Rhodium Encountered In High Grade System.			165
State Financial Services Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings in Line With Street Estimates Before One-Time Charge.			499
StockPickReport.Com Announces Investment Opinion With New Targets for Bank One, Adelphia, Schlumberger, Comverse Tech, and Burnham Pacific.			177
StockPickReport.Com Announces Investment Opinion With New Targets for Peoplesoft, Bindview, Circuit City, Blue Martini, and Gateway.			177
StockPickReport.Com Announces Investment Opinion; New Targets for Linear Tech, Alpha Industries, Pharmacia, Cardiac Science, and Vitesse.			177
StockPickReport.Com Announces Investment Opinion; New Targets for Micron Tech, Valero, WebMD, Merrill Lynch, and Metlife.			176
StockPickReport.Com Announces New Targets for Providian, Sycamore, Pinnacle Holdings, Apple, and Peregrine Systems.			178
Strong Autumn Sales and Improved Profitability for Lindex.			256
Stull Stull & Brody Announces Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Brightpoint, Inc.			495
Survey Finds that Nearly 85% of Surgical Patients Arrive on the Day of Surgery.			304
Tampa Engineering Firm Internal Command Releases New Energy Saving And Fluid Measurement System.			427
Technitrol To Pay Final Dividend Jan. 25, 2002.			293
Tele2 Sweden Acquires More Shares in Levicom Broadband.			197
Telelogic DOORS Selected by Major US Communications Company.			408
Telia Finalises Sale of Orbiant Group to Flextronics.			176
The Law Firm of Abraham & Paskowitz Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against ACLN, Ltd.			567
The Yankee Group Releases Best and Worst of Times for Wireless/Mobile Technology in 2001.			374
TietoEnator Takes a Full Ownership of European Medical Solutions.			286
Touchstone to Raise up to CAD$3,195,400 -- US$2,000,000 --.			230
Tower Automotive Announces Restructuring and Impairment Charges -- Continues to Evaluate Milwaukee Press Operations.			560
TTCA Re-Born in 2001 -- a Hallmark Year; Agency Unveiled New Name, Promoted Innovation, Investment and Economic Opportunity Throughout California.			703
Umpqua Holdings Corporation Completes Acquisition of Linn-Benton Bank; Umpqua Bank Adds Five Stores in Mid-Willamette Valley.			514
Union Financial Bancshares, Inc. Sells $8 Million of Trust Preferred Securities.			240
Vans Skatepark Grand Opening Brings World-Class Skateboard Experience to Orlando in January; Vans' Eleventh Skatepark to Open January 12th.			1026
Vari-Lite International, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2001 Results.			1700
Vertex Interactive Schedules Fiscal 4Q and Year-End Financial Results Conference Call for January 16, 2002.			605
VHQ Entertainment Inc. Agrees To Sale Of Interest In E-Trend Networks Inc.			224
Waste Management Inc. Completes Life-Use Lease of Mill Seat Landfill.			808
Willbros Senior Executive Retires From Company and Board.			320
World Wireless and NRECA Begin First Program of Web-Enabled Interface to HVAC Systems for Quick Service Restaurants.			455
Worldwide AOL Membership Surpasses 33 Million.			284
Xerox Receives $340 Million in Financing From GE Capital; Cash Balance Increases to About $3.9 Billion.			214