Articles from Business Wire (October 22, 2004)

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30% Of Fire Chiefs Say Current Budgets Do Not Cover Core Firefighting Needs.			669
A.M. Best Co. Presents E-Fusion Award for Agent/Broker Management to American Modern Insurance Group.			382
A.M. Best Co. Presents E-Fusion Award for Claims-Management to MarineBidExchange.com.			427
A.M. Best Co. Presents E-Fusion Award for Customer Service and Benefits Management to MetLife.			447
A.M. Best Co. Presents E-Fusion Award for Office Automation Management to ProcessClaims.			381
A.M. Best Co. Presents E-Fusion Award for Special Coverage Management to BARS Holding.			367
A.M. Best Co. Presents E-Fusion Award for Underwriting Management to New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co.			447
A.M. Best Comments On State Farm Florida's Capital Management Efforts.			252
A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on Kingsway Financial Subsidiaries.			475
A.M. Best: Cycle Management Key to Reinsurance Industry Financial Strength.			667
aaiPharma Commences Consent Solicitation.			440
aaiPharma to Increase Senior Credit Facility by $30 Million.			349
Abraxas Announces Pricing of $125 Million Offering of Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes Due 2009.			407
According to USF Index: Venture Capitalists' Confidence Slips Slightly in Third Quarter of 2004.			336
ACL Semiconductors, Inc. Announces Status to Former Affiliates Stock Purchase.			245
Acme United Corporation Reports 22% Sales and More Than Triple Earnings Increases for the Third Quarter.			936
Activity-Packed Nicktoons: Movin' for PlayStation2 EyeToy Gets Kids Moving.			750
ADC Signs Agreement to Sell Metrica Service Assurance Software Platform; ADC Completes Transition to a Leading Company Focused on Global Network Infrastructure Products and Services.			723
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Houston I.S.D. Receives Character Education Partnership National Lighthouse Award.			926
Alamogordo Financial Corp. Declares Dividend.			106
Alamosa to Participate in the JPMorgan Small Cap Conference ''Think Big, Buy Small 4.0''.			460
All Aboard With Chris Van Allsburg; Author of The Polar Express to Conduct Interactive Workshop With Kids in a Special National Big Screen Classroom Event, November 9th.			1987
ALLETE Declares Dividend on Common Stock.			172
ALLETE Reports Third Quarter Results; Raises 2004 Earnings Guidance for Continuing Operations.			1207
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Announces Record Quarterly Net Income; and Declares Quarterly Cash Distribution of $0.65 Per Unit.			2895
Allied Capital Declares Dividend of $0.57 Per Share; Earnings to be Released October 27, 2004; Conference Call Scheduled.			494
AlphaTrade Reports Significant Growth Year-to-Date -- up 200%.			393
AMD Announces Pricing of Private Offering of 7.75% Senior Notes Due 2012.			287
American Eagle Manufacturing Company Completes the Asset Purchase Agreement with Bad Toys Holdings, Inc.			335
American International Industries Inc. Received 8,750,000 Shares of Surgicare Inc.			370
AmeriCredit to Webcast Investor Presentation.			181
AmeriVest Properties Announces KeyBank Agreement.			578
AmerUs Group to Announce Earnings One Week Earlier.			341
An Important Message Aimed at Young Thrill-Seeking Skiers and Snowboarders.			106
Anthracite Capital, Inc. Prices $124.6 Million of High Yield CDO Debt; Estimates $0.29 Per Diluted Share Realized Gain to be Included in Fourth Quarter 2004.			927
Aon Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2004 Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates.			159
Aon Eliminates Contingent Commissions; CEO Calls for New Approach.			522
Apogee #17 in Deloitte's 2004 Ranking of 500 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in North America; Ranked #1 Among Semiconductor Companies.			511
Applied Digital Increases Its Cash Position by over $11.5 Million.			524
Applix Expands Roster of Partnerships for Business Intelligence, Business Performance Management.			988
Aqua Xtremes Signs Up XBoard Dealership In Texas, Receives Orders For 80 XBoards.			409
Arnold Transportation Services, Inc. to Be Acquired by Management-Led Group; U.S. Xpress Enterprises to Acquire Minority Interest.			1605
ASV Inc. to Report 3rd Quarter 2004 Results October 26, 2004.			320
ATCT to Acquire Everybody's Phone Company.			554
ATG Announces Adjournment and Rescheduling of Special Stockholder Meeting; Special Meeting to be Reconvened On Friday, October 29, 2004.			1647
Atmos Energy Corporation Prices Common Stock Offering of 14 Million Shares and $1.4 Billion Offering of Senior Unsecured Notes.			463
Auction Mills Area Developer Update.			188
August Technology Reaches Milestone in All-Surface Wafer Inspection Strategy.			462
Auto Club: Gas Prices Set New Records.			326
Automotive Wall-Crawler Climbs New Heights.			85
Avon To Webcast Third Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call.			161
AVX Corporation Declares Dividend.			84
Bad Toys Holdings, Inc. - Announces Acquisition of No Borders, Inc. by Its Subsidiary, American Eagle.			473
Bank Approves Credit Loan Facility for Stream.			327
BankAtlantic Bancorp To Present At The Ryan Beck & Company 2004 Financial Institutions Investor Conference.			532
Banner Corporation's Third Quarter Profits Increase 24% to $5.2 Million as Loans Increase 17%, Margins Expand and Loan Quality Improves.			3612
Bar Harbor Bankshares Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend.			98
Barry S. Sternlicht Honored with New York Ten Award.			435
BBN Technologies Receives Prestigious Cogswell Security Award.			479
BE Award Winner Arup Lands Tianjin Olympic Aquatic Center Project.			592
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Elects Wilson B. Sexton to Board of Directors.			353
Bel To Release Third Quarter 2004 Results On Wednesday, October 27, 2004; WebCast Set For 11:00 a.m. EDT.			186
Bell Helicopter, Supported by Wellness Partner WinningHabits, Wins 2004 Champions in Health Award.			441
Benchmarking Excellence: Borrowing Best Practices Saves Millions as Companies Avoid ``Reinventing the Wheel''.			370
Benchmarks for the Pharmaceutical Market Research Function.			340
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Bank Branch in Oriskany Falls, New York.			349
BindView Appoints Arshad Matin as President and Chief Operating Officer.			408
BioPartnering Europe Excels as Top European Biotech Event.			1324
BioSource Reports Third Quarter 2004 Financial Results.			1323
Bixby Appointed Chief Merchandising Officer at Food Services of America.			307
Black Agents of the Secret Service Demand Attention to Still-Unaddressed Class Action Discrimination Suit Filed in 2000.			463
BNP Paribas Continues to Build in the Midwest Region.			453
BNP Residential Properties Declares Dividend.			122
Brady Corporation increases F'05 guidance due to a strong first quarter.			371
Brookfield Completes C$150 Million Preferred Share Issue.			370
Brookline Bancorp Announcement Regarding Previously Released 2004 Third Quarter Operating Results.			62
Bush or Kerry - Are Pollsters Making the Connection? New CEA Survey Finds Consumer Shift to Cellular Phones, New Telephone Technologies Leave Millions out of Polling Process.			660
buySAFE Delivers Results for eBay PowerSellers; 'buySAFE Service' Increases Sales and Reduces Risk for Online Auction Participants.			761
buySAFE Signs eBay Heavyweight Pugster as Newest Bonded Seller; The Fastest Growing Company on eBay Turns to buySAFE to Enhance its Commitment to Customer Service.			620
Caesars Agrees to Sell Bally's Casino New Orleans to Columbia Sussex Corporation.			662
California Association of Urban League Executives Supports Proposition 66 Reform of California's Three Strikes Law.			457
California Department of Corporations Receives Good Government Award From the International Franchise Association.			220
CalSTRS' Clean Technology Advisory Board Convenes First Meeting.			534
Camco Financial Announces Third Quarter 2004 Earnings.			2765
Canadian Citric Acid Producer Plans for Expansion, an Advisory from Industrialinfo.com.			93
CDC Systems Inc. Issues Corrective Press Release.			329
Celtron International Files Amended S-8 Registration for 4.5 Million Shares.			403
CEMEX'S Third Quarter 2004 Operating Income Grows 22%; Free Cash Flow Increases 17%.			1146
Center Financial Posts 37% Increase in Net Income for 2004 Third Quarter.			3383
Central Fund Enters Underwriting Agreement.			409
Central Fund Underwriter Exercises Option; Equity Offering Increases to Approximately U.S.$84.9 Million.			520
Cerus Corporation to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Techvest 6th Annual Healthcare Conference.			253
ChannelAdvisor Announces Rock Bottom Golf Customer Win; ChannelAdvisor Technology Provides Rock Bottom Golf with Multi-Channel Strategy.			588
Charter Elects Robert P. May and Jonathan L. Dolgen As Class B Directors.			718
China Diamond Corp. Closes $763,230 Private Placement.			344
China RITT/CTTL and Spirent Collaborate on Mobile Handset Evaluation; CTTL to Use Spirent Equipment to Evaluate Performance of GSM and W-CDMA Devices.			925
Cinergy Third Quarter Earnings Impacted by Mild Weather.			2704
Citadel Security Software Inc. to Report Third Quarter Results on November 1, 2004.			783
Citigroup Employees Across the Country Volunteer on National 'Make A Difference Day'.			632
Cleco Corporation Declares Regular Common and Preferred Dividends.			175