Articles from Business Wire (December 22, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
''Alien Hominid'' Wins IGN Best of 2004 Award; Leading Gaming Website IGN Names Alien Hominid ''Biggest GameCube Surprise'' in their Best of 2004 Awards.			366
``All in!'' on Hold'em High, DataViz's New Texas Hold'em Poker Game for Palm OS Handhelds.			338
``Murder-Set-Pieces'' -- Shocking Slasher Flick Will Open in New York Friday, January 7, at City Cinemas Village East.			289
100% Of Rural America Now Has Access to Broadband Internet Service; AgriStar High-Speed Satellite Internet Closes Digital Divide.			734
21st Century Holding Company Announces Sale of Non Core Assets.			754
3D Systems to Hold an Investor Day.			212
3D Systems to Present at the Needham Seventh Annual Growth Conference.			306
A Holiday Gift from SkiEurope -- One Night Free in a European City!			164
A.M. Best Affirms Quanta Insurance Group ``A-'' Ratings & Assigns Financial Strength ``A-'' & Credit Rating to Quanta Europe.			433
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Discover Reinsurance Company.			283
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Kanawha Insurance Company After Its Acquisition by KMG America.			345
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Revios Rueckversicherung AG.			424
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of ING's Domestic Life Insurance Entities; Removes Various Ratings from under Review.			644
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of The Members of Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd.			460
A.M. Best Downgrades Rating of Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America.			416
A.M. Best Removes From Under Review and Downgrades Federated National Insurance Company and American Vehicle Insurance Company.			743
AAA Texas Offers Guidelines to Prepare for Winter Driving Dangers.			491
Aames Investment Corporation Declares Initial Common Stock Dividend of $0.06 Per Share.			673
ABM Industries Acquires Colin Service Systems, Inc.			393
Access Your Driving History Record Online at www.Maine.gov.			508
ACE Limited to Hold Conference Call on Thursday, January 6, 2005 to Discuss Results of Asbestos Review and Updated Guidance With Respect to the Fourth Quarter of 2004 and Guidance for 2005.			251
ACIH, Inc. Announces Pricing of Senior Discount Notes Offering.			475
Actuant Announces Pricing of Equity Offering.			499
Aduddell Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. - a Subsidiary of Zenex International, Inc. - ZENX.OB - Reports New Business.			195
Advanced Power Technology Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire PowerSicel, Inc.			762
Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. Acquires Agency Operations in Florida and Texas.			670
AFL Capital Ventures Inc. Announces Changes to its Capital Pool Company 'CPC' Escrow Agreement.			342
AGCO Wins Prestigious Design & Performance Awards during 2004.			604
AirBoss of America Corp.: North Carolina Expansion.			324
Alcoa, Government of Jamaica Agree to Expand Jamalco Alumina Refinery By More Than 1.5 Million Mtpy; AWAC Ownership Moves To 70 Percent.			743
Alice Richter to Join the Board of Directors of West Marine in January 2005.			398
Allen Questrom Retires From JCPenney.			416
Altus Explorations, Inc. Announces Second Kansas Well Spud.			321
AMD, CA and Red Hat, Inc. Join Exhibit Lineup for OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit.			648
American Announces a Principal of Firm and Senior Staff Additions.			287
American Bonanza Gold Mining Corp., International Taurus Resources Inc. and Fairstar Explorations Inc.: Formal Arrangement Agreement Executed.			727
American Homestar Corporation Announces Series C Common Stock Repurchase Transaction.			147
American International Industries Sells Drilling Rigs to Basic Energy Services, LP for $5,000,000 in Cash, and Announces a Repurchase of up to 500,000 Shares.			821
American United Gold Announces Details of Gold Exploration Program.			449
AmeriChip International Inc. Signs Purchase Agreement With KSI Machine & Engineering Inc.			663
AmerisourceBergen Expects Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations of $4.00 to $4.10 for FY 2005 and $0.60 to $0.65 for the December Quarter.			839
An Affiliate of Sun Capital Completes Purchase of Performance Fibers Business Unit from Honeywell.			385
Ansell Healthcare Appoints CFO - Belgium: Epsen Fuller & Associates Executes Assignment.			483
Anthology Solutions Secures $5 Million in Series-A Funding by Nokia Venture Partners.			503
Apex Reports on Recent News of Three Oil Producers Submitting Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Proposals; Offers Made to State for Key Equity Positions.			295
Appointment Of Director.			64
Aradyme CEO Discusses Company's Progress, Future Plans in Wall Street Reporter Magazine Interview.			506
Arcelor Acquires 100% Stake in Bremen Subsidiary.			260
ARM and Artisan Announce Average Share Price.			1335
Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. Announces Completion of Integration of Recently Acquired Operations.			349
Ashton Announces Further Diamond Results from Renard 4 Bulk Sample.			660
ASV Issues Initial Guidance for 2005; Sales Expected to Increase 38-45% in 2005.			921
Ault Incorporated Schedules Earnings Release, Conference Call.			231
Auto Centrix, Inc. Announces interview with CEO by the WallstreetReporter.com.			341
AvalonBay Communities Updates 2004 Financial Outlook and Provides Initial 2005 Financial Outlook.			4404
Azalea Software Announces Mac OS-X, Linux and Unix Versions of Their Popular Bar Code Software.			146
Azimuth W-Series Receives ''Best in Test'' Award from Test & Measurement World.			553
Baby Boomer Resolution: A Hormone Reality Check; BodyLogicMD Offers Fail-Proof Solution for Aging Boomers.			657
Bacon's Cuts through the Blog-Clutter; New Service Mines the Blogosphere for Relevant Content.			420
Barnes Group Announces Revised Earnings Guidance along with Actions to Address Continued Higher Raw Material Costs and Operational Efficiencies.			723
Basex Names The 'Knowledge Worker' Its Person-of-the-Year; Microsoft, Xerox and Factiva Join In Honoring The Knowledge Worker.			879
Betty Ann Harland Appointed Chairperson & CEO of International Development Corp.			480
BevComm Selects CopperCom CSX for Voice Over IP Services and to Meet Regulatory Requirements; CSX Handles Class 5 and Class 4 Services for 14,000 Line IOC.			452
Biovail Commences Legal Action Related to ANDAs Filed for Wellbutrin XL.			632
Blu-ray Disc Association Welcomes BANDAI VISUAL to Growing Number of Member Companies.			406
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri to Offer Brand-Name Influenza Medications at More Affordable Cost During Flu Season.			530
BorderWare's MXtreme'TM' Mail Firewall Named a 'Finalist' for Annual Award from SC Magazine.			541
Bradley Arant Rose & White Ranked as Top U.S. Law Firm In Percentage of Attorneys Listed in ``The Best Lawyers in America''.			1021
Brompton Financial Limited Acquires Common Shares of Welton Energy Corporation.			207
Buena Vista Interactive to Publish ``Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'' Games in North America.			624
Buffets Holdings, Inc. Reports Same Store Sales Results and Announces Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter Results.			208
businessinfo.ws: Games Will Drive Mobile Java Market Says New Report.			336
CalAmp to Hold Third Quarter FY 2005 Earnings Call on January 11, 2005.			235
California Community Bank Reports Opening of Second Branch In Vista.			264
California Pizza Kitchen Announces Reincorporation.			277
Callaway Golf Signs World's Longest Driver David Mobley to Play the Hot New Big Bertha Titanium 454 Driver.			682
CallWave Provides Cell Phone Users an Easy Way to Reduce Exposure to Radio Waves.			484
Camden Property Trust Announces Status of Investment in Rent.Com.			406
CDC to Purchase $2.3 Million Worth of OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Tests; Company Updates Financial Guidance for 2005.			885
CEATEC JAPAN 2005 Press Conference At The 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show; Witness Tomorrow's Global Technology Trends Today.			104
Celebrate Express To Announce Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results.			225
Cell Phone Santas List Top Holiday Wireless Games -- Hottest Games for 2004; LetsTalk and IGN Publish Cell Survival List for Last-Minute Game Shoppers.			794
CEMEX Announces Expiration of Its Appreciation Warrants and ADWs.			722
CEO of Nikon Research Corporation of America Retires.			363
CepTor Corporation Retains Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates LLC as Its Financial Communications and Investor Relations Agency.			420
Cerus Acquires Additional Rights to Mesothelin Cancer Antigen from Chugai Pharmaceutical.			621
CFA Centre Comments on SEC Settlement with Knight Securities.			822
Check Point's Gil Shwed Named a Top Technology Innovator by CMP's VARBusiness Magazine.			798
China Southern Airlines Cracks 40 Million Passenger Mark; Mergers/Expansion & New Airport Lead Airline's Rampant Growth in '04.			532
Church & Dwight Announces Closing of Offering of $250 Million of 6.00% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2012.			139
Churchill Downs Incorporated, Magna Entertainment Corp. Team to Simulcast Racing Product in Europe.			538
Cistera Convergence Server Applications Awarded Interoperability Certification for Cisco CallManager 4.0.			518
Clinical Data Names Randal J. Kirk New Chairman.			479
CMP Fund Corporation Obtains Shareholders' Approval To Merge Into Canada Dominion Resource Fund Ltd. 'CDR' And CDR Shareholders Approve The Creation Of A Multi-Class Structure.			226
Collegiate Pacific to Present at ICR Leisure Conference.			494
Columbia Metals Corporation Limited: Update on P11 Colorado Project.			1392
Com-Guard, Inc. Announces Purchase Order from Wintergreen Systems, Inc.; Wintergreen Systems Inc. Orders $5,200,000 of Intel P-4 Systems.			790
CommonHealth's Ferguson Celebrates 30th Anniversary.			322
Community Bancorp Inc. Announces Two Senior Appointments in San Diego East County Region.			587
CompTIA Says EU Court's Microsoft Ruling Will Harm Consumers, Industry; Remedies not Stayed, Representing Significant Blow to Product Development, Innovation, Job Growth.			590