Articles from Business Wire (December 19, 2003)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
$12 Billion Retail Barter Business Growing at 6% a Year.			1132
2004 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Set for April 24 and 25 at UCLA; 24th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize Awards to Highlight Event.			337
A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength Rating of IDS Life Insurance Company and Its Subsidiaries.			508
A.M. Best Assigns Indicative Debt Ratings to Horace Mann's Shelf Registration; Affirms Existing Debt and Financial Strength Ratings.			375
AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gas Prices Hold Steady as Christmas Holiday Approaches.			263
Abington Bancorp Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend.			440
According to SEIU, Fraud at GTCR Portfolio Company Raises Concerns for Public Employee Pensions; Lason, Inc. Indicted for Fraud While GTCR Principles Sat on Board of Directors.			295
Accounting Pacesetter PKF Texas Responds to Biggest Challenge Faced by Technology Consulting/Reseller Firms Serving the Small and Midsize Business Market.			578
Aceto Featured in Chemical Week.			407
ACLJ Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of Pledge of Allegiance.			890
ACLJ Gets California School District to End Religious Discrimination in Equal Access Case.			438
ADE Corporation to Present at Needham & Co. Growth Conference on January 7, 2004.			169
ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Increase in Hunger, Homelessness in U.S. Cities.			432
ADVISORY/Office Depot Announces an ''A-List'' of Keynote Speakers for Its Fourth Annual Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference, February 22-24, 2004.			1252
Aether Systems Reaches Agreement to Sell Enterprise Mobility Solutions Division to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.			548
Aetna Sets 2004 Annual Meeting Date.			149
AFS Wins ASAE Associations Make a Better World Award.			373
AIM Small Cap Equity Fund to Close to New Investors Today.			516
Airespace Awarded 2003 ``Product of the Year'' by Technology Marketing Corporation's INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine.			764
Alger Releases Monthly Market Review.			1948
Allegheny Energy Reports First and Second Quarter 2003 Financial Results.			4952
Allegheny Technologies Unveils 2004 Cost Reduction Plan, Comments on Fourth Quarter 2003 Special Charges and 2004 Outlook.			1055
Allied Capital Invests $50 Million in Wear Me Apparel.			505
Allied Security Expands Operations in East & South with Acquisition of Professional Security Bureau ltd.			296
ALTANA will Submit Daxas-R- -Roflumilast- for European Approval in February 2004.			313
Altus Earns Milestone In Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Collaboration.			787
Amazon.com to Webcast Fourth Quarter 2003 Financial Results Conference Call.			67
AMC Announces Acquisition of MegaStar Theatres; Three-Theatre/48 Screen Deal Enhances AMC's Industry-Leading Circuit.			307
AMDS Meets Sales Projections for December 2003 with a Full Seven Selling Days Remaining.			404
American Hospital Resources Anticipates Filing of 10Q.			169
American Mortgage Acceptance Company Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend Per Share for 2003.			265
Americans Ready to Delete Spam for Good; Survey Finds 83% Are Likely to Register for a 'Do-Not-Spam List'.			562
AMI DODUCO Adds Capabilities to China Facility To Address Expanding Markets.			547
AmTrust Group: Arbitrator Awards $1.1 Million to AmTrust, Karfunkels; Rejects Claims of Frank Brown.			178
Applix Distributor Nippon RAD Signs OEM Agreement with NTT Data Systems to Provide ERP Analytics.			882
ARCADIS Planrealisatie BV Takes Fine from Dutch Competition Authority into Consideration.			327
ARIAD Files Shelf Registration.			388
Arlington Hospitality, Inc. Announces November 2003 Operating Results and Recent Hotel Development and Sales Activity.			1093
Arotech Awarded New $5.2 Million US Army Battery Contract; CECOM contract for Electric Fuel BA-8180/U Zinc-Air Batteries follows 2003 $4.1 million orders.			500
As the Official Winter Season Blows In, Pep Boys Offers Car Care Tips for Safe Driving.			979
AssuranceAmerica Corporation Announces South Carolina Expansion.			295
Atari Brings the Magic of the Upcoming Peter Pan Motion Picture to the Game Boy Advance; The Classic Epic Adventure Comes To Life in New Video Game and Movie.			806
ATC Applauds PSC Decision on Arrowhead-Weston Project; Commission Issues Written Order on 220-Mile Electric Transmission Line Project.			394
athenahealth Names Ruben Jose King-Shaw, Jr. to Board of Directors.			642
ATI Allvac Announces Revisions to Pricing Policy on All Nickel and Cobalt Alloys and Specialty Steel Products.			421
ATI Reports Record Revenues in the First Quarter.			6035
ATI'S RADEON 9600 Drives Graphics in New eMachines 64-bit Powerhouse T6000 Desktop PC.			576
ATS Liquidating Trust Announces Agreement for Sale of Segenix Rights.			490
AuGRID to Display at International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.			384
August Mack Environmental Launches Online Services; Easy-Order Technology Developed as One of the First in the Industry.			332
Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend.			584
Avaki Corporation Appoints New Chairman and Expands Board of Directors with Industry Veterans in Data and Infrastructure Software.			721
Axcelis Announces Timing of Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2003 Conference Call and Live Webcast.			261
Axcelis Technologies to Present at the Sixth Annual Needham Growth Conference.			189
Axonyx Expands Scope of Phenserine Beta Amyloid Clinical Trial in Alzheimer's Disease; Sub-Study To Include Brain Scans To Measure Disease Progression.			1404
Banner Corporation Elects Edward L. Epstein and Michael M. Smith to Board of Directors.			299
Barefoot Cellars Introduces Their First Ultra Premium Line: 2002 J. Lynne Cameron Ranch Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; From the Russian River Valley.			401
BART Holiday Service.			519
Bedford Downs Receives Nearly 5,000 Letters of Support, Study Results Confirm Project Is In Optimal Location.			494
Bedford Property Investors Announces Expansion of Board of Directors and the Appointment of Bowen H. ''Buzz'' Mc Coy as Director.			220
Big Rock Brewery Income Trust Announces Monthly Distribution.			208
Biophan Technologies Announces 2004 Strategic Initiatives; Objectives Call for Further Innovation, Market Expansion and Significant Growth.			991
Black Stone Acquisition Partners I, L.P. Agrees to Buy Toreador Resources' U.S. Mineral and Royalty Assets for $45 Million.			710
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida Inc. Outlook Revised to Positive; Ratings Affirmed.			801
Bogen Communications International, Inc., Announces Final Purchase of Shares under Self-Tender Offer.			490
Bombardier, Air Canada Sign Memorandum of Understanding for 45 CRJ Regional Jets.			540
Borland Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework Now Shipping.			697
Bridgford Foods Corp. Announces Results for 2003 Fiscal Year.			399
Burdines Gets New President/COO.			400
Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Acquires AMTAC Laboratories Ltd.			718
Bush Industries is Leading by Design in Home Entertainment Furniture.			377
CalPERS Unveils New Online Tool for Calculating New Service Credit Option.			390
Cardinal Financial Corporation Announces Pricing of Public Offering of 6,300,000 Shares of Common Stock.			259
Cascade Names Acting President and CEO.			418
Catena Networks' CN1000 FX Fiber-to-the-X Solution Receives Internet Telephony's 2003 Product of the Year Award.			581
CharterMac Completes Fourth Offering of CRA Preferred Shares in 2003.			669
Chase Funding Loan Acquisition Trust, Series 2003-C2 Rated by Fitch.			574
Chattem, Inc. Announces Signing of Memorandum of Understanding for Settlement of Claims in Dexatrim Litigation.			1330
Chesapeake College Selects FootPrints to Power its Multi-Campus Web-Based Support Center and Better Manage Peak Request Levels.			591
Chris Holland Named ARAMARK Vice President and Treasurer.			299
CIM High Yield Securities Announces Special Dividend.			39
CNET Networks to Present at Smith Barney Citigroup Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference.			188
Coldwell Banker Commercial REP Brokers Sale of $145,000,000 Apartment Portfolio; Real Estate Partners, Inc.'s REPFund Apartments II LLC Purchases Portfolio From Equity Residential.			520
Columbia Bancorp Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend 13%.			251
Comerica Economist to Explore Outlook for Southeast Michigan Business at Society for Marketing Professional Services' Luncheon, on January 8.			206
Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc. Issues $10.0 Million of Trust Preferred Securities.			589
Companies Interested in Participating in New Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program Given January 30 Deadline to Apply for Medicare Endorsement.			251
Company Profile for Avantgarde Business Solutions GmbH.			132
Company Profile for Barefoot Cellars Winery.			635
Company Profile for IntelliSense Software.			108
Company Profile for The Chapman Group.			216
Compass Bancshares Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2003 Results Conference Call and Webcast at 2:00 P.M. CST on January 20.			394
Congoleum Corporation Extends Deadline for Voting on Reorganization Plan.			748
CORRECTING and REPLACING Evergreen Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Dividend.			311
CORRECTING AND REPLACING Minerals Technologies to Raise Prices for Talc and Other Mineral Products.			366
CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Pacific Minerals Closes CDN$9.2 Million Financing.			422
Council of Presidents: African-American Sororities and Fraternities File Trademark Infringement Suit Against Converse.			608
Counsel Corporation Raises US$15 Million Via Convertible Preferred Share Issue.			660
Court Approves Dresnick-Resurgence $8 Million Bridge Financing for PhyAmerica.			577
Cozen O'Connor Expands Commercial Litigation Practice; With Addition of Hill, Betts & Nash Attorneys In New York.			717