Articles from Business Wire (December 16, 2004)

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''ImageScape'' Press Event at the 2005 International CES to Highlight the Latest Digital Photography Research and Forecast Trends.			584
'Meaty' Advice for Holiday Cooks; New Survey from American Dietetic Association and ConAgra Foods Foundation Reveals Americans Plan More Meat for This Year's Menu.			1205
``Charleston Cooks!'' Retail Venture to Celebrate Food, Teach Preparation With Mix of Creativity, Fun, Products.			496
2004 Night of Dreams Performing Arts Showcase Exceeds Expectations; NOD Also Announces Inclusion in Raleigh First Night New Years Eve Celebration.			532
2005 International CES Media E-Briefing: December.			1455
2005 NAWBO San Diego Bravo! Awards -- Call for Nominations.			487
3D Systems Announces Significant Functionality Enhancements To Its Family of 3-D Printers.			590
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Gerling-Konzern Allgemeine Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft and Its U.S. Subsidiary; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating.			585
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of HDI; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating and Revises Outlook from Negative to Stable.			420
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Lloyd's Syndicate 958.			458
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Lloyd's Syndicates 623 and 2623; Affirms Ratings of Beazley Group Plc.			542
A.M. Best Downgrades Rating of Groupama S.A.; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating and Debt Rating.			469
A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Groupama Vie, Groupama Transport and Groupama Assurance Credit; Assigns Issuer Credit Ratings.			463
Abgenix Announces Pricing of Private Offering of Convertible Senior Notes.			475
ABI Research Identifies Major Commercial Telematics Milestones for 2005.			364
Ability Holding Selects 4DCard as Marketing Partner.			434
Abington Bank Completes Mutual Holding Company Reorganization.			435
Ableauctions Receives Ebay Development Certification and Releases Live Auction Platform Tools.			382
Ableauctions to Partner with Superior Galleries of Beverly Hills To Deliver Enhancements for the $30 Million Company's Ebay Live Auction Platform.			481
ACAAI and Health Benchmarks Partner to Assess the Utility of the HEDIS Asthma Metric.			538
Acacia Research to Host Conference Call Regarding Plans to Acquire Rights to 27 New Patent Portfolios.			503
Acacia Technologies Plans to Acquire Rights to 27 New Patent Portfolios; Acquisition Would Significantly Expand Revenue Generating Opportunities from 121 Patents.			824
ACLJ Calls on Florida County to Reverse Flawed Decision and Permit Display of Christmas Trees in County Facilities.			365
ACNielsen Strengthens Beverage Alcohol Industry Information Capabilities with On-Premise Audits.			490
Active Power Ships First CleanSource XR Unit.			602
Acuity Brands to Discuss 2005 First Quarter Results.			212
Acusphere Reaches AI-700 Clinical Trial Milestone; 300 Patients Enrolled in Phase 3 Clinical Program.			734
Admiral Bay Begins Production At Its Devon Project In Kansas.			556
Adobe Systems Reports Record Quarterly and Annual Revenue.			2899
Advanced Viral Research Corp. Announces the Appointment of Charles Moore to its Board of Directors.			592
Aetna Introduces Health Plan Options Compatible with Health Savings Accounts for Individuals and Their Families in Virginia and Washington, D.C.			724
Agilent Technologies and Cypress Introduce LED-Based Optical Mouse Reference Design Kit.			673
Agility Releases New Version of Equipment Management System That Supports Fully Functional Handheld RFID Readers.			314
AGL Capital $200MM Sr. Notes Rated 'A-' by Fitch; Outlook Stable.			159
AI Risk Expands ProgramConnect, a New Online Quoting and Binding System for Specialty Lines; Specialty Lines System Now Widely Available.			532
Airbee Announces Board Appointment; Mal Gurian to Join Airbee Board.			622
Alamos Gold Inc. Announces Grant of Stock Options.			65
Alcoa Foundation Invests Nearly $250,000 in Programs to Improve Quality of Life in Guinea; Part of $1 Million Investment Over 4 Years.			781
Alcoa Properties Listed on National Register of Historic Places; North Carolina, Tennessee Properties Deemed Historically Valuable.			557
Alcon Submits RETAANE -R- Drug Applications to U.S. and European Regulatory Authorities.			571
Aleris International Announces Relocation of Headquarters to Cleveland, Ohio.			391
Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Selects the Charmer Sunbelt Group's Service-Universal Distributors, Inc as Exclusive Distributor for Upstate New York.			715
Altius Reports Progress on Newfoundland VMS Projects.			516
Altus Explorations, Inc. Announces Commencement of Drilling.			322
Amarc's Focused Search Continues for Major New Grassroot Discoveries in BC.			375
American Campus Communities Provides Third-Party Development Services for $110 Million Student Housing Development at University of California, Irvine.			510
American IDC Calls ``Make a Hollywood Movie'' A Great Success; Will Re-Broadcast the Hollywood Event.			526
American United Gold Completes Formal Agreement to Acquire the Daguan Gold Exploration Property.			440
Ameritrade CEO Joe Moglia Announces Plans to Stay; CEO Emeritus Role Added to Agreement.			281
Ampal Declares Dividends on Preferred Shares.			390
Andrew Titus Joins NTI Breakwater as Managing Director, Northeast Region; Titus Brings Extensive Legal Market, E-Discovery Experience to Leading Computer Forensics Consulting Firm.			440
AntOro Completes a Private Placement for $265,000.			135
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2004 Common Stock Dividend of $0.27 Per Share and Preferred Stock Dividend of $0.335417 Per Share.			578
Apollo Gold Receives Receipt for Prospectus and Completes Conversion of Special Notes and Special Warrants.			368
Apollo Group, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2005 First Quarter Results.			2121
Applied Materials Acquires ATMI's Treatment Systems Business; Acquisition Extends Applied's Expertise in Providing Environmental Solutions.			501
Arby's Signs Multi-Unit Development Agreement with Existing Franchisee for Six Locations in the Tampa Market.			231
Argonaut Insurance Company Appoints Daniel Huckemeyer as Midwest Regional Vice President.			311
ARI Updates Shareholders on Growth Strategies; Focusing on Expanding Customer Relationships, Additional Product Offerings and Acquisitions.			998
Ariba Schedules ''LIVE 2005'' Spend Management Conference for April 25-28, 2005 in Orlando, Florida.			746
Arizona Embraces Recovery Auditing; Adopts Fortune 500 Corporate Best Practice to Make Every Taxpayer Dollar Count; PRG-Schultz Awarded Two Year Recovery Audit Contract.			314
Arizona Star Announces Reconvened Annual General Meeting Webcast.			191
Arkados Inc. on Target for Fiscal Year.			684
As Winter Officially Arrives, Pep Boys Offers Car Care Tips for Safe Driving.			1040
Ascend Media Reaches Agreement to Purchase Medical World Communications.			1065
Ashworth, Inc. Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004 Revenues and Earnings.			2713
Asia Broadband Inc. to Incorporate Text-To-Speech Technology from Wizzard Software in Multimedia Applications.			653
Association of Energy Services Professionals Announces New Officers.			145
Atlas Venture and Omega Fund Complete Secondary Transaction.			409
Auto Club: Christmas and New-Year Holiday Periods Are Most Dangerous for Alcohol-Related Crashes; Motorists More Than Twice as Likely to Be Killed or Injured.			526
AvalonBay Communities Announces 4Q'04 Disposition Activity; Announces Date for 2005 Financial Outlook Release.			1355
AvalonBay Communities Declares Fourth Quarter 2004 Dividends.			206
AVANIR Announces Submission of Rolling NDA With Priority Review for Neurodex.			814
AVANIR's Novel Orally Active Asthma/Allergy Drug Candidate Subject of Journal Article.			500
AVAX Technologies Announces Clearance to Commence Clinical Trials for Its Autologous Cell Vaccine M-Vax in United States.			967
AVL Global Acquires Breakthrough Power Conservation Technology & Initiates Tests with World's Second Largest Contract Laptop Computer Manufacturer.			437
Avnet Electronics Marketing and Freescale Semiconductor Implement RosettaNet Automated Design-Win Registration Processes.			484
Azco CEO Pierce Carson Speaks Out in Text Interview with Financial Marketing Firm Eric David & Sons.			450
BankAtlantic Bancorp Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend.			453
Bastyr University Begins New NIH Research on Mushrooms to Treat Cancer.			440
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Announces Strategic Acquisition.			461
Beazer Homes Connects with Getronics for Service Desk Support and Optimized Workplace Productivity.			726
Beijing Med-Pharm to Acquire Wanwei Corporation.			628
Bell ID Joins Fargo Technology Alliance; Agreement Marks 35th Membership in Growing Global Network of Smart Card Solution Providers.			521
Ben Franklin to Invest $574,250 in Regional Economic Development.			383
Bernard F. Mathaisel Joins Packeteer's Board of Directors.			363
Bersin & Associates Announces Industry's First Analysis of Enterprise-Wide LMS Implementations; Offers Insight into Oracle's Acquisition of PeopleSoft.			555
Best Buy Announces Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend.			176
bidadoo Auctions Original Marilyn Monroe Dress to Help Beat Cancer; $20,000 Generated Through Unique Simulcast eBay and Live Auction for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.			335
Bidville Profiled on Platinum Television Group's Business & Beyond Segment to Air on CNN Headline News.			596
Bimini Mortgage Management, Inc. Prices Offering of 4,000,000 Shares of Class a Common Stock.			399
BindView RAZOR Team Issues RapidFire Updates for Three New Microsoft Vulnerabilities.			587
Bio-Tracking Security Inc.: Corporate Update.			356
Bio-Warm Corp. Completes Acquisition of Korean Subsidiary and Changes Trading Symbol.			221
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2004 Financial Results.			1137
Blackbaud Collects Thousands of Toys for Charleston-Area Children; Builds on strong employee-centered philanthropic culture.			670
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Georgia Joins Virginia's Anthem Blue Cross And Blue Shield To Form Expanded Southeast Region; Tom Snead Named President and CEO.			460
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Names Caroline Matthews President; John Watts Appointed President and CEO of New WellPoint National Accounts Unit.			696
BluMont Man Multi-Strategy Series 4 Notes Close at C$32.8 Million.			625
BNS HOLDING, INC. Announces Change of OTCBB Trading Symbol.			229