Articles from Business Wire (December 23, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
``Quadrant Homes Presents New Year's at the Needle'' Fireworks Show Media Preview Planned for the 30th.			184
A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength and Debt Ratings of Swiss Reinsurance Company; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating.			433
A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength Rating of Swiss Reinsurance Company Canada; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating.			311
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of SCOR Canada Reinsurance Company; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating.			310
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of American Re; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating and Revises Outlook.			510
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Swiss Re America Group; Assigns Issuer Credit Rating to Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation.			363
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to New York Life's Funding Agreement-Backed Securities Programs; Revises Debt Outlook to Positive.			751
A.M. Best Rates Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company.			283
aaiPharma Announces that Sicor has Reacquired Marketing Rights to Calcitriol.			181
Accelrys Grants Stock Options to Newly Hired Employees under 2004 Employment Inducement Award Plan.			395
ACLJ Files Brief on Behalf of Members of Congress in Support of Law Protecting Pro-Life Health Care Professionals.			510
Acquisition of AMC Entertainment by Affiliates of J.P. Morgan Partners and Apollo Management is Completed.			650
Aegis Assessments Inc. Partners with Government Capital Corp. to Implement Finance Program for SafetyNet RadioBridge.			420
Agreement Reached to Settle Palm Beach Gardens Litigation.			593
Airspan Deploys WipLL Network in Afghanistan.			1172
Alleghany Enters Agreement to Sell Its Industrial Fasteners Business.			387
Altran Technologies: Finalised Agreement for Credit Facilities of up to EUR 150 m.			129
Amerada Hess Secures Future Natural Gas Sales from Block A-18 of the Malaysian-Thailand Joint Development Area -JDA-.			410
American Business Financial Services, Inc. Announces Liquidity Issues and Inability to Repay Maturing Debt Obligations.			952
Analogic Corporation Receives Expected Notice Relating to Late Filing for Its Form 10-Q.			764
Angel Fire Resort Opens New Tubing Hill in Time for Holiday Visitors.			482
Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. Announces Promotion.			166
Arrowhead-Weston Construction Scheduled To Begin in Wisconsin in Spring; ATC receives construction permits from DNR.			444
Artisan Components, Inc. Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger with ARM Holdings plc.			1236
Aspen Technology Announces Completion of Federal Trade Commission Settlement and Agreement with Honeywell.			381
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Reports Preliminary November System Statistics and Traffic Results.			2689
Augyva Completes a $120,000 Financing.			195
AvalonBay Communities Revises Record Date for Fourth Quarter 2004 Common Stock Dividends.			197
Barclays English Premier League Match-Ups Highlight Yearend Selections of the Week on Fox Sports World.			253
Belden & Blake Announces Conference Call to Discuss Management Changes and Potential 2004 Year-End Reserves Adjustments.			237
Belud South Well Offshore Malaysia Discovers Hydrocarbons.			168
Best Wishes to Our Stockholders for the Holidays from Vanquish Productions.			148
Big Fish Derby to Usher in New Year at Diamond Valley Lake.			124
Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation Declares Cash Dividend and Retains KPMG, LLP as Independent Auditor for 2004.			170
Bio-Tracking Security Inc to Be Temporarily Listed on The Pinksheets.			350
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Comments on Procter & Gamble's Decision to Withdraw and Resubmit NDA for Testosterone Patch.			461
Bombardier CRJ200 Fleet Resumes Scheduled Operations In China.			309
Bombardier CRJ200 Fleet Resumes Scheduled Operations In China.			309
C2C inc.: Joint Venture Agreement With Rio Narcea Gold Mines on the Penedono Gold Project in Portugal.			245
California Community Bank Reports Opening of Second Branch In Vista.			266
California Department of Corporations Halts Sales of Fraudulent Investment Contracts for the Development of Residential Real Estate.			421
California Department of Corporations, State CIO and Microsoft to Unveil New Technology that will Streamline Customer Service.			214
California Emergency Physicians Announces Online 2004-2005 Flu Season Activity Trend Reports.			374
California Supreme Court to Hear Residents at Sandpiper Case Against City of Goleta; Suit Asking for $36 Million in Damages to Be Heard Next Year.			294
Callon Petroleum Company Declares Preferred Stock Dividend.			158
Camco Financial Announces the Restructuring of FHLB Advances.			620
Canadian Zinc Corporation: Press Release.			571
Cancun Blends Ancient Mayan Traditions with State-of-the-Art Facilities and Treatments for the Perfect Spa Vacation.			726
Cash Minerals Completes $1 Million Financing & Appoints New Board Members & Management Team.			993
Cash Systems, Inc. Announces Affiliate Stock Sale.			265
Cash Systems, Inc. Appoints Michael D. Rumbolz to Chief Executive Officer.			554
Celador International Takes Millionaire 3G Java Game Exclusively to Vodafone.			367
Chaparral Resources Inc. Announces Exercise of Its Right of First Refusal on 40% Interest in Karakuduk Field.			491
Charles River Associates Grants Inducement Stock Options to Key Personnel from Recent Acquisitions.			302
Cirond Corporation Signs Equity Private Placement for up to $6,000,000.			397
City Savings Financial Corporation Announces Dividend.			202
Claredi Seeks Legal Relief from SeeBeyond Corp.			215
Cognex Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call.			282
Cognizant Added to the NASDAQ-100 Index; Cognizant is Only IT Services Firm in Index.			548
CommonHealth's ProCom International Appoints Medical Director.			230
CompuCredit Announces Preferred Stock Conversion.			171
Consolidated Pictures Changes Name and Symbol to Y-Tel International, Inc. -YTLI-.			503
Corrections Corporation of America Announces Contract Award with Federal Bureau of Prisons.			813
Dade Behring's New Dimension Xpand Plus Integrated System Provides Laboratories with Flexible Choices, Small ''Footprint''.			489
Datasweep Delivers Unified Software Platform for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers; Responds to New FDA Guidelines for ''cGMPs for the 21st Century''.			645
DAZ Productions Announces Call for 'Virtual Beauty Queens'; Entries for the Second Annual Miss Digital World Will Be Accepted for Six Months Beginning Jan. 1, 2005.			456
December DESIX scores reflect major shifts in stability for Turkey and Ukraine.			595
Disney Completes Update of Executive Compensation With Revision of Long-Term Incentive Program.			732
Diversity Business Headworks Inc. Recognized in Texas; Local Diversity Business Named Among Texas Top 100.			580
Division of Workers' Compensation Submits Permanent Disability Rating Schedule Emergency Regulations to Office of Administrative Law for Approval.			543
Driver Alliant Insurance Services To End Contingent Agreements With Insurance Carriers.			474
Drunk Driving Myths Still Persist; 21st Century Insurance Encourages Safe Holiday Driving and Posts ''Drive Sober'' Billboards.			694
Drunk Driving Myths Still Persist; 21st Century Insurance Encourages Safe Holiday Driving and Posts ``Drive Sober'' Billboards.			716
e-deltacom Protects Customers from Spam and Viruses with CipherTrust's IronMail.			838
Eaton Vance Funds Declare Income and Capital Gains.			793
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trusts Annual Meeting Of Shareholders.			245
eCOST.com Appoints Elizabeth Murray as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.			581
Endeavour To Raise $1.16 Million In Private Placement Financing.			259
ENDESA to Sell Enditel to Ericsson for Euro 4.7 Million; The Sale Forms Part of ENDESA's Plan to Dispose of Non-Core Assets.			227
ESB Financial Corporation Completes Its Repurchase Program and Authorizes an Additional Stock Repurchase Program of up to 533,700 Shares.			320
Executive Leadership Council Statement of Support for Franklin Raines, Former CEO of Fannie Mae.			181
FDA Approves Enablex for Treatment of Overactive Bladder.			134
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Announces 2005 Board of Directors.			407
Fiduciary/Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund Raises $330 Million from Common Share IPO.			442
Financial Insights Finds Corporate Payments Are the Key to Growth for the ACH Network; Mid-Sized Banks Face New Challenges Competing for Payments Business.			445
First Health Sets Date for Shareholder Vote to Approve Merger with Coventry Health Care.			935
Fitch Affirms 1 & Upgrades 2 Classes of Juniper CBO 2000-1.			401
Fitch Affirms 13 Classes of G-FORCE CDO 2003-1, Ltd.			525
Fitch Affirms 15 RMBS Classes from 3 Bear Stearns ABS Issues.			507
Fitch Affirms 2 RMBS Classes From American Residential 1998-1.			163
Fitch Affirms Greater Bay Bancorp; Withdraws Ratings on 6 Bank Subsidiaries.			272
Fitch Affirms International Ratings of YPF at 'BB'.			665
Fitch Affirms One Class Issued by Pinnacle CBO, Ltd.			600
Fitch Affirms Penn Mutual Life's 'AA-' IFS Rating.			300
Fitch Affirms Petrozuata, Cerro Negro, Sincor & Hamaca Despite Royalty Hike.			634
Fitch Lowers Fannie Mae Pfd Stock to 'A+'; Places Sub & Pfd Ratings on Watch Negative.			583
Fitch Rates Guatemala's Banco Industrial.			512
Fitch Rates Italy's ITEA'S Notes 'AA'.			354
Fitch Rates Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I $1.1B 2004-WMC3.			520
Fitch Rates Utah Housing's $13.8MM 2004 Series I Class I VRDOs 'AAA/F1+'.			445