Articles from Business Wire (April 1, 2004)

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$1,000,000 Free Product Giveaway Snares ``The Apprentice'' Show Finalist Nick Warnock Who Faces Elimination Tonight However Nick Is Armed with ``I GOT HERE. YOU CAN TOO!'' A Masters Course In Becoming A Millionaire.			412
$1,368,505 Million Worth of TV and Movie Memorabilia Sold March 31 to Highest Bidders Through Joseph Maddalena's Company Profiles in History.			532
''The Future of Democracy in the Middle East'' Forum is April 6 at Hoover Institution.			189
'America's Most Convenient Bank' Comes to the Lehigh Valley.			486
'Click' and Then Walk to Save Babies; March of Dimes Online Campaign Fights Premature Birth.			330
``Blazing Saddles: 30th Anniversary Special Edition'' -- New Special Edition DVD of Mel Brooks' Comedy Classic Debuts June 29.			365
``TimeOut Tot'' DVD Wins 2004 Parents' Choice Award; Small-Town Mom Wins Big-Time Award; Joins Disney's ``Finding Nemo'' and ``Holes'' in Winner's Circle.			830
10 Miles of Bad Road Found in Temple, Texas; Nevamar Announces the Winner of the First 'High Mileage Countertop Contest'.			423
2004 MAPICS Customer Conference Sessions ``MPower'' Manufacturers.			696
21st Century Holding Company Explains Rule 12b-25 Filing.			656
21st Century's 4th Quarter Generates Profit for 2003.			271
2nd American Express National Survey Finds Worker Financial Stress Lingering into 2004.			1042
5Square Systems Corporation Secures $12.3 Million in Series B Financing.			563
A Safer Road to Tomorrow Reports New Hampshire's Economy Rides on Its Transportation System.			301
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada; Downgrades Rating of Temple Insurance Company.			274
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance -Canada-; Revises Outlook to Negative.			265
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of SCOR and Its Core Subsidiaries.			501
A.M. Best Upgrades CIGNA Life Following Acquisition by Prudential Financial.			370
Accenture Launches Procurement Business Process Outsourcing Business; Accenture Procurement Solutions Taps into Demand for Corporate Purchasing Services.			425
ACLJ Applauds President Bush Signing Legislation to Protect Unborn Victims of Violence.			208
ACLJ: Trials Put Spotlight on Horror of Partial-Birth Abortion.			417
Actor Gary Sinise Spearheads Effort to Aid Iraqi Children; ''Operation Iraqi Children'' Combines Efforts of Major Non-Profits and FedEx.			729
ADVISORY/''THE BARTMobile'': BART Unveils New Tool To Fight Skyrocketing Gas Prices.			131
ADVISORY/AAA Texas' `Talking' Car Teaches Students in Dallas - Fort Worth Area Pedestrian Safety; Dallas Ranks Among Top Five Cities in Pedestrian Fatalities.			240
ADVISORY/BART & SamTrans to Hold Joint News Conference; Agencies Will Explain Decision to Offer Free Parking at Peninsula Stations.			143
ADVISORY/Everypath Teams with Frost & Sullivan and Mobile Enterprise Magazine for Mobile Sales & Service eBroadcast; Event Will Focus on Benefits for Life Sciences Industry.			328
ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Google Inc. To Offer ``Gmail''.			414
ADVISORY/Magma Announces Financial Results Conference Call & Webcast for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2004.			230
ADVISORY/Monster Mascot Rodeo Competition To Take Place During 2004 NCAA Men's Final Four.			247
ADVISORY/Red Lizard Creative Director Ben Marion to Discuss ``Act and Art of Branding'' at HCC Luncheon.			389
ADVISORY/Smash Mouth to Perform Concert for Fans at NCAA Men's Final Four.			240
Aerocrine: New Asthma Breath Test Now Ready for Canada.			415
AES Announces Completion of Chilean Subsidiary Debt Recapitalization.			498
Aetna Signs Three-Year Agreement With Gwinnett Health System.			353
AEW Real Estate Income Fund Announces Dividends for April, May and June 2004.			261
AGCO Prices Common Stock Offering.			397
Agent's Option Exercised in Alamos Gold Financing.			291
Air Tahiti Nui Offering Los Angeles/Auckland Flights for $345.00 One Way: 2 Free Nights Enroute in Tahiti Included.			357
AirTran Airways Awarded Two Additional Slots for Service Between Atlanta and Washington D.C. by Department of Transportation.			441
AirTran Airways Named Best Low-Fare Airline by Entrepreneur Magazine; Airline Once Again Listed in Best Airline Category by Prestigious Publication.			387
AirTran Airways Reports Record March Traffic.			480
Alacritus to Demo Chronospan Continuous Data Protection with the Cisco MDS 9000; Continuous Data Protection Solution can be viewed at Storage Networking World.			594
Alacritus to Demonstrate Chronospan CDP with the Brocade Fabric Application Platform at Storage Networking World; Continuous Data Protection Solution can be Viewed at Booth C5.			640
Alanco Signs Cooperative Marketing Agreement with SAIC.			628
All Star Analysts Portfolio Highlights: Deere & Company, Lincoln National, The Sports Authority and Wachovia Corporation.			1293
Allegheny Technologies Comments on First Quarter and Updates J&L Specialty Steel Asset Purchase Status.			560
Allied Pilots Association Applauds Proposed Legislation Cosponsored by Senators Bunning and Boxer That Addresses Federal Flight Deck Officer Program Deficiencies.			408
Allied Telesyn Aligns With Sphere Communications to Deliver Complete Next Generation IP Telecommunication Solutions.			799
Allstate Sponsors Basketball Clinic for Chicago Youth; Steve Alford On Hand to Share Basketball and Life Lessons.			612
ALPS Electric Developed RK10N Series of Zoom Volume Controls; Compact Circular Arc Movement Ideal for Fingertip Operation Contributes to Space Conservation on Set Products.			500
American Academy of Audiology Meets in Salt Lake City to Address Latest Trends in Hearing Loss Diagnosis, Hearing Aid Technology and Aural Rehabilitation.			343
American Retirement Corporation Announces Call of Its Remaining 10% Series B Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes.			297
American Soda, LLP Mothballs Solution Mining and Soda Ash Production Activities.			235
American Suzuki Achieves a 22 Percent First Quarter Sales Increase.			485
American Water Star Inc. Completes Acquisition of Sunset Bottling Co.			500
Americans Favor Permanent Tax Benefits for 529 Plans, According to Survey by American Century Investments.			824
AmeriCredit Consolidates Collections Operations.			326
Ameritrans Announces Favorable Pricing on Two 10-Year Debentures with the SBA.			483
Amherst Authorized to Deliver HP Storage Services.			276
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. to Host 2004 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on April 29, 2004.			552
Announcing David Coursey's 'Great Stuff at N+I' Product Showcase and Reception 7-10 pm Tuesday May 11, Westin Casuarina, Las Vegas.			361
Aon Announces Conversion Right Triggered for its 3 1/2% Senior Convertible Debentures.			385
Applebee's International, Inc. Names Mike Czinege as CIO.			343
Applebee's Named Best in Overall Investor Relations by Investor Relations Magazine Diraimo Also Named 'Best Investor Relations Officer'.			215
Arlington Hospitality, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and 2003 Results; Sells Two Hotels; Line of Credit to Be Renewed Through April 2005.			3385
Arrow Electronics Names Additional Corporate Officer.			205
Associated Banc-Corp Acquires Jabas Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Firm.			637
Astra Power Selects Allegro Development for its Natural Gas Marketing Operations; Allegro's Unique Integration Capabilities Will Provide Immediate Business Benefits.			359
Atsushi Yoneda Named President, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.; Yasuo ``George'' Tanaka Becomes Chairman.			463
Aurizon Reports Further Definition Drilling at Casa Berardi.			1567
AUTON Motorized Systems Launches New Web Site/Branding Systems.			301
AVI BioPharma Reports Anti-Cancer Effects and Single-Dose Bioavailability With NEUGENE Antisense Compounds.			634
Avista Corp. First Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast Announced.			237
AVK Declares Monthly Dividend for April and Releases Updated Portfolio Composition Data.			173
Back 2 Backs, Inc. Opens Miami, Florida Clinic.			538
Balcony, Anyone? Travelers Net up to $200 Cash Back at CruisesOnly.			562
Ballard Power Systems Supports Canada's Hydrogen Highway Initiative in British Columbia.			497
Banyan Corporation Exceeds Goals for New Franchised Clinics.			628
BART's Your Best Bet for the ''Bay Bridge Series'' and ''Season Opener''.			235
BayCorp Announces Acquisition of Vermont Generating Facilities of Citizens Communications.			414
Bedford Property Investors Announces a Quarterly Dividend on Its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.			108
Bedford Property Investors Renews Line of Credit.			147
Bedford Property Investors Schedules First Quarter 2004 Earnings Release and Conference Call.			320
Bentley Commerce Launches Its First Asian Pacific Online Trade Exchange Through an Alliance with the Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce.			491
Best Buy Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend.			156
Best of Show Award Winners Named at Bio-IT World Conference + Expo.			1313
Binswanger/CBB Arranges the Sale of a 1,000,000 Square Foot Facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee to Home Shopping Network.			200
Bio-American Capital Corp. Announces Completion of $750,000 Financing.			324
Bio-Lok's Laser Microtexturing Wins Clinical Innovations Award At AO.			266
Blue Chip Value Fund Declares First Quarter Distribution.			511
Blue Moon Group Inc. Receives $5,000,000 Equity Investment.			264
BMK, LP. Successfully Completes its Warehouse Consolidation.			382
Borden Chemical Forms Joint Ventures in China, Opens Regional Office in Shanghai; Companies to Produce Formaldehyde, Resins, UV-Curables.			363
Borders Books & Music Stores and O'Reilly & Associates Offer Free T-Mobile HotSpot Guides to Getting Unwired at Borders; Include Day Pass for One Day of Free T-Mobile HotSpot Service.			423
Boston Life Sciences Receives Agreement from FDA on Its Phase III Protocol for ALTROPANE.			777
BP International Signs Agreement With Rep Services, Inc., A Premier Playground Equipment Distributor To Represent BP International.			465
Briggs & Stratton Power Products' New Electric Outboard Offers Price and Access; Priced $552 Under Competition, Outboard Gets More Americans on Restricted Waters.			542
BroadVoice and Pulver Innovations Announce the Availability of the BroadVoice WiSIP Phone; New Phone brings VoIP to WiFi Hotspots.			506
BroadVoice Announces the Launch of Its Broadband Voice Service for Consumers and Small Businesses; New Company Offers Unlimited Calling at Unprecedented Value.			371
Brookfield Homes Announces A Special Dividend Of $278 Million Or $9.00 Per Share.			661