Articles from Business Wire (December 24, 2003)

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2004 Mortgage Forecast: Interest Rates to Top 7% Due to Rebounding Economy and Stock Market; California Association of Mortgage Brokers predicts rate rise in 2004.			306
A.M. Best Downgrades Employers Reassurance Corporation.			349
A.M. Best Downgrades Rating of Medical Assurance of West Virginia.			295
Acacia Technologies Licenses Digital Media Transmission Technology to General Dynamics Interactive Corporation.			459
Advanced Lumitech, d/b/a Brightec, Appoints Premier Accounting Firm.			471
Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund Declares Supplemental Dividend.			147
ADVISORY/It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year -- for Rose Parade Float Decorators.			274
AES Announces Partial Redemption of Outstanding 10% Senior Secured Notes Due 2005.			261
AIG Mergers & Acquisitions Division Announces Launch of Global Web Site on Transactional Insurance Products.			499
Alaska Airlines Expands Denver Service with Flights to Anchorage, Portland; Special Inaugural Fares Available.			589
Alliance Bankshares Corporation Announces Offering of Common Stock.			220
Amtech Systems, Inc. Reports Its 2003 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results.			921
Arch Chemicals' Rochester, NY, Plant Receives Responsible Care RC 14001 Certification; Second Plant in America to Earn Prestigious New Quality Standard.			615
Atari Hits the Target with Deer Hunter Debut On Console.			465
Audible.com And MobilePlanet Announce Retail Promotion Agreement.			605
Banks Extend Milacron's Receivables Liquidity Facility.			257
BCI: Canbras Completes the Sale of All of its Broadband Communications Operations in Brazil.			435
BentleyCapitalCorp.com Inc. Begins Trading On The OTCBB With ``BCPC'' As The Stock Symbol.			352
Biovail and Reliant Terminate Co-Promote Arrangement; Biovail Credit Facility Extended.			518
Brandywine Realty Trust Announces Signed Leases Totaling 374,000 Square Feet at Cira Centre; Catalyst for Continuing University City Renaissance.			1320
Broadway Financial Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend.			171
Caliber Collision Centers Helps Wildfire Victims By Donating New Toys For The Holidays; Caliber Donates $1,000 in New Toys to I-CAR Holiday Toy Drive.			326
California Pizza Kitchen Opens Second Location in Hong Kong.			201
Cambior Inc.: Announcement.			229
Canbras Announces the Closing of the Sale of All of its Broadband Communications Operations in Brazil.			971
Capital Alliance Income Trust Ltd. Forecast 4th Quarter Earnings.			434
Cardima Completes Private Placement Resulting in Gross Proceeds of $3.1 Million.			668
CF Green Corp. Response to Mad Cow Disease.			519
China Broadband Corp. Announces Closing of Financing Raising US$2,000,000.			166
China Ventures Inc. Announces Director Resignation and $210,000 Private Placement.			467
Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C. Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Gilead Sciences, Inc.			628
College Financial Aid Application Process Begins In January; TG Offers Tips, Workshops to Help Families, Students Prepare.			469
Commercial Success Anticipated on Micron Enviro Systems' Ima #2 Well in Texas.			549
Conn's, Inc. Reports Exercise of Over-Allotment Option.			803
CORRECTING and REPLACING Celebros Announces its Advanced Search & Navigation Solution Implemented by personalcreations.com; Leading Online Personalized Gift Retailer Sees.			466
CORRECTING and REPLACING Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Class Action Lawsuit against Officers of Redback Networks, Inc.			455
CORRECTING and REPLACING Westar Energy Agrees to Sell Interests in Protection One; Kansas Utility Nears Completion of Debt Reduction and Restructuring Plan.			732
Critical December 31 Tax Deadline According To IRA Expert David M. Spitzberg, CPA.			382
Critical Path Files Report of Independent Accountants on Form 8-K in Connection with Planned Public Rights Offering.			434
Drug Free America Foundation Applauds Canadian High Court Decision to Keep Marijuana Illegal.			261
Dynacq Healthcare Requests Oral Hearing Regarding NASDAQ Delisting.			222
Eaton Vance Funds Declare Dividends.			342
Electro Rent Corporation Board of Directors Approves Extraordinary Cash Distribution of $4 Per Share.			183
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Commences Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for 11 3/4% Notes Due 2011; Calls for Redemption an Additional $20 Million of Its 10 3/8% Senior Notes.			1040
Enterra Confirms December 2003 Distribution.			66
ESI Q2 Earnings Announcement Scheduled for Thursday, January 8, 2004.			276
ESPN The Magazine Features Full 'ESPN 100' List; Annual List Names the Stories That Mattered Most in 2003; Jay-Z and Carmelo Anthony Featured on Cover.			489
Fairfax Declares Annual Dividend.			162
FAO, Inc. Announces Sale of the Right Start Assets.			291
Farmer Bros. Announces Purchase of All Crowe Family Shares at Approximately $250 a Share; Company Modifies ESOP Structure, Plans 10-for-One Stock Split.			656
Farmer Bros. Confirms U.S. District Court Decision.			309
FASB Publishes Revised Interpretation to Clarify and Expand on Accounting Guidance for Variable Interest Entities.			360
FindWhat.com Updates Status of Merger Agreement with Espotting.			1192
First Potomac Realty Trust Announces Acquisition of 6251 Ammendale Road in Beltsville, Maryland.			300
First Southern Bancshares, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results for 2003.			1084
Fitch Comments On ASCC & SPARC in Light of Enron Related Settlement.			144
Fitch Rates Brazos Electric Cooperative 'A'; Rating Outlook Stable.			786
Fitch Rates CMSI's $646.2MM REMIC P-T Ctfs Series 2003-11.			508
Fitch Rates MLMI's $747.4MM Mtge P-T Ctfs Series MLCC 2003-H.			768
Fitch Rates Wells Fargo's $222.3MM Mortgage P-T Ctfs Series 2003-19.			445
Fitch Ratings Places BSB Bancorp On Rating Watch Negative.			433
Fitch Rts $99.2MM Pennsylvania IDA Bds 'A' Underlying.			827
Fitch Rts IDB of Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson Cty, TN VRBs 'AA/F1+'.			353
Fitch: Auto ABS Issuance Continued At A Healthy Pace During November.			246
Florida Lottery Announces Results of FANTASY 5 and MEGA MONEY Drawings.			356
Friendly's Restaurants Beef Products Safe.			205
GIE Media, Inc. Announces the Addition of Golf Course News Magazine.			299
Global Payment Technologies, Inc. Announces That It Has Amended Its Credit Facility and Appointed a New Director.			357
GlobalNet Corporation Confirms Exclusive Telecommunications Contract for Libya.			505
GolfGear International Inc. Announces Resignation Of Suspended CEO and Director Donald A. Anderson.			503
Harris & Harris Group, Inc. Announces Follow-on Public Offering of 2,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at $8.00 Per Share.			330
Hasler Adds Dynamic Weighing Platform to WhisperJet Mailing Systems; Fast, In-Motion Weighing Handles Mail Pieces Up to Two Pounds.			268
Helix Technology Corporation to Webcast Its Presentation at the Sixth Annual Needham Growth Conference.			158
Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. Announces Acquisition of Bi-State Propane.			196
IET Announces Agreement with Coastal Carolina University.			386
IMPAX Receives FDA Tentative Approval for Generic Versions Of OxyContin; Ninth ANDA Approval in 2003.			621
International DisplayWorks, Inc. Completes $5 Million Dollar Private Placement.			358
Invitrogen Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire BioReliance Corporation.			1557
iPhrase One Step 4.5 is Transform Magazine's 2003 Product of the Year.			768
Jack in the Box Inc. Chains Not Affiliated with Processors Identified in Suspected BSE Case.			506
LADWP Collects Used Holiday Greeting Cards, Eyeglasses, and Hearing Aids to Help the Needy.			414
ListenIllinois Adopts Audible.com's Library Lending Program for Digital Audiobooks.			1097
LL&E Royalty Trust Announces Trust Income For January 2004.			542
Lord of the Rings Trilogy Featurette Debuts Today on 1,200 AMC Screens.			313
Lydian Trust Company Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering of Common Stock.			213
Major Delivery of China Southern 737-800 Operation in Western China; Newly Delivered Boeing Aircraft to Foster Development of Rural China.			504
Market Observation From Schaeffer's Features Gap: GPS.			1119
Market Observation From Schaeffer's Features United Parcel Service: UPS.			759
MASTR's $559.6MM Mtge P-T Ctfs Series 2003-12 Rated By Fitch Ratings.			459
MECA and Pancho Claus Low-rider Toy Cruise.			395
Medi-Cal Rate Cut Thwarted; Further Budget Ramifications Likely.			505
Medtronic Provides Update on Endeavor Drug Eluting Stent IDE in the U.S.			222
MetLife to Recapture Reinsured Policy Liabilities from Annuity & Life Re.			533
Microfield Group Reports Third Quarter 2003 Consolidated Financial Results.			1234
Multimedia Available: ESPN The Magazine Features Full `ESPN 100' List.			138
Mylan Receives FDA Approval for Metolazone Tablets.			97
Newstream.com Digest: The ESPN 100, Alison Krauss on 'Cold Mountain'.			286
Online Shopping Sites Crawl to Christmas, Says Keynote.			1023
Pacific Rim Mining Corp.: Kinross Block Sale Completed.			383
PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. Ratings Raised to 'BB+', off Watch; Outlook Stable.			527