Articles from Business Wire (April 17, 2006)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
''The Closer: The Complete First Season,'' the Critically Acclaimed Drama, Available on DVD May 23, 2006 from Warner Home Video.			626
``Beyond Words: The Dollar General School Library Relief Program'' Opens a New Chapter for School Libraries Affected by Disasters; Public school library recovery effort is the largest in ALA and NEA history.			496
``FC Fox,'' a Weekly Series Dedicated to American Youth and Amateur Soccer, Debuts on Fox Soccer Channel on Friday, April 21.			304
``GRAND PRIX 40th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition'' Debuts on DVD July 11 from Warner Home Video.			288
3 Rivers Communications Upgrades Access Network with Pannaway's Service Convergence Network (SCN(TM)) Solution; Leading Montana Telephone Cooperative Migrates to IP Ethernet and SIP for the Delivery of High-bandwidth Broadband Services.			555
3 Well Nockatunga Drilling Program On ACOR's ORRI is 100% Successful; Muthero-3 Strikes Oil With An Initial Potential of 1030 BOPD.			727
3Com Adds Two Seasoned Executives to Management Team in Sales and Operations.			521
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Ohio Casualty Group and Ohio Casualty Corporation; Changes Rating Outlook to Positive.			412
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of The PMA Insurance Group, PMA Capital Insurance Company and PMA Capital Corporation.			497
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Principal's New Funding Agreement-Backed Securities Program.			492
A.M. Best Special Report -- P/C Financial Impairments: Update for Year-End 2005.			641
A.M. Best Special Report: 2005 L/H Impairments Bounce Off 2003-2004 Historical Lows.			659
AAA Texas Offers Free Car Check to Public; Prepare Your Car for Summer Travel.			149
Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc. Further Extends Expiration Date of Tender Offer for its 12-3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007.			783
Ablaze Technologies Announces Record First Quarter Sales and Profitability.			463
Above All Announces Support for Microsoft's Technology Initiative for Health Plans; Composite Application Technology Will Reduce Operational Costs While Improving Member Satisfaction and Provider Interactions.			699
Acacia Research to Release First Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call.			531
Acadiana Hospitalist Services Selects Software From Ingenious Med; IMBILLS(TM) Provides Effective and Efficient Inpatient Practice Management & Charge Capture.			460
Accelrys Receives Extension From NASDAQ; Company Expects to File Form 10-Q and Restated Financials by May 31st.			421
ACE Appoints John Keogh Head of Overseas General Business; Gary Schmalzriedt to Retire.			401
ACE USA Makes Executive Appointments in ACE Risk Management.			538
ACH Direct Announces Record Q1 Growth.			244
Acies Appoints Elite Financial Communications Group as Investor and Media Relations Counsel.			544
Acies Corporation Expands Board of Directors; Accomplished Business and Legal Professionals to Serve as Independent Members; CFO Jeffrey Tischler Also Joins Board as Executive Director.			661
ActiveCore Technologies Announces Major Product Release.			461
Actor, Singer Paul Petersen to Deliver Polaris Awards Dinner Keynote Address for Inland Empire Public Relations Society; Inland Empire Chapter Recognizes Accomplishments of Area Public Relations Professionals.			398
Actuate Helps Alterian Deliver Reports Tailored to a Variety of End Users; Answers to Critical Marketing Performance Questions Are Now Available to Users at All Levels Throughout the Enterprise.			678
AcuNetx Expands Its Mission, Establishes Three Market-Oriented Divisions.			572
Adam Aircraft Announces Rob Penrod as Vice President, Manufacturing; Experienced Composites Manager to Lead Transition to Full-Rate Production on A500 and A700.		Company overview	365
Adisoft, Inc. Announces Free Support under Two-Priority System.			368
ADTRAN, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2006 Results and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend.			1863
Advanta Revises Date for Reporting First Quarter 2006 Results to April 26, 2006.			242
ADVO Discusses Southern California Joint Distribution Agreement And Second Quarter Outlook.			865
AES Creates Alternative Energy Group; AES Plans to Invest Approximately $1 Billion over Three Years in Alternative Energy Businesses, Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects.			3156
Aetrium Announces First Quarter Results Webcast.		Company overview	171
Affordable Residential Communities Announces First Quarter 2006 Earnings Conference Call.			371
After Hurricane Rita: Fire Station Sees Safer Future with TANDBERG Videoconferencing; TANDBERG Contributes Leading Edge Video Systems to ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition After the Storm'' Project.			808
Agilent Technologies Acquires Manufacturer of Synthetic Nucleic Acids for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries; Acquisition Addresses Rapidly Growing RNA Synthesis Market.			704
Akonix Debuts Enterprise Class Development Platform for Presence and Real-Time Communications Applications and Bots; Akonix L7 Builder(TM) v5 Designed to Help Customers Develop and Deploy Distributed IM Applications.			979
Alert Logic Declares War on High Cost of Security for Small Business; SMBs on average pay twice as much for network security and still remain vulnerable.			596
Allscripts to Announce First Quarter 2006 Results on May 2.			423
Alvarion's First Quarter 2006 Earnings Release and Conference Call Scheduled for May 10th, 2006.			406
American Business Bank Announces Steady Earnings Growth for 1st Quarter.			264
American International Industries, Inc. Entered into a Letter of Intent to Sell Its Subsidiary Delta Seaboard Well Service, Inc. for $48,000,000.			483
American Medical Technologies Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreement with Spectrum Dental Inc.			661
American Retirement Corporation Announces Resignation of John A. Morris from the Board of Directors.			328
American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ASI) to Release First Quarter Results.			207
American Technology Corporation Names James T. Taylor III Vice President & General Counsel; Former Director with Sony Electronic's Law Department to Lead ATC's Legal Affairs.			678
American Tower Plans First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call.			221
AmeriCold Announces Expansion of Albertville, Alabama Facility.			251
Amherst Funding Group Announces Alt-A Residential Conduit and Marketing Agreement with SN Capital Markets.			585
AMI-Partners: Small Businesses in South Korea to Invest US$1.6 Billion on Net Solutions This Year; Close to a Third of Korea's Medium Businesses Use Dialup Access; Therefore, an Untapped Market Still Exists in the Broadband Internet Arena.			857
Amp'd Mobile, Break.com and Blognet.com Kick off College Comedy Tour Accessible to Millions via Mobile and Broadband.			718
Amtech Systems Inc. Announces a Solar Order from a Major U.S. Producer of Solar Energy Products.			495
Analyst Firm Positions Teradata in the Leaders Quadrant for Multichannel Campaign Management; Report Cites Trends, Comments on Top Software-Driven Marketing Solution Vendors.			778
Appeals Court Reinstates Black Fraternities and Sororities Case against Converse.			919
Applied Biosystems Announces Management Changes.			636
Applied Biosystems Group and Celera Genomics Group Third Quarter Fiscal 2006 Financial Results and Conference Call Scheduled for April 27, 2006.			542
AppOne Adds Manager, Documentation and Support Staff; New Staff Supports National Rollout of Risk Mitigation System.			346
Arbitron Inc. to Present at A.G. Edwards Media and Entertainment Conference.			274
Architech Helps AHC Healthcare Receivables Management Cost-Effectively Manage Growth in Clients and Services.			566
Ardence and Freeze.com to Speak at 2006 Server Blade Summit.			373
Ardence to Participate In Webinar Debate on Cooling Strategies for Data Centers.			369
Argonaut Group's Great Central Insurance Expands into 15 Additional States.			323
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Breathes Life Back into Natural Gas-Fired Combined-Cycle Power Station, an Industrial Info News Alert.			121
Arrow Electronics Partners with McAfee, Inc. to Enhance Security Offerings to System Engineers.			467
Arroyo Video Solutions Extends Leadership Position in nPVR; Delivers Unprecedented Service Availability, Instantaneous Remote Streaming, and Unlimited Content Ingest and Storage with the Lowest Total Cost of Ownership.			489
Ascent Healthcare Solutions Receives 510(k) Clearance for DePuy ACE External Fixation Devices; Ascent Announces the First of Many New Products Available from the Newly Formed Company.			380
Ascent Healthcare Solutions Receives 510(k) Clearance for Phacoemulsification Tips; Latest 510(k) Clearance Demonstrates Ascent's Commitment to Providing Customers With an Expanding Number of Safely Reprocessed Devices.			334
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Achieves Timely Filer Status; To Pursue Listing on National Exchange.			788
Atmos Energy Corporation Marks 100th Anniversary.		Company overview	377
Atmos Energy Corporation to Host Fiscal 2006 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call.			231
AUDIO from Medialink: America's Quest to Eat Healthier.			54
AUDIO from Medialink: APRIL: Counseling Awareness Month.			54
AUDIO from Medialink: Who Said Nice Guys Finish Last?			71
Authoria Webcast Shares Best Practices for Making HR Processes Routinely Compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements; Leading Independent Research Analyst Highlights Strategies to Leverage Technology for Repeatable SOX Compliance.			373
Avnet Launches Audio-Video Initiative to Help Solution Providers Capture the Digital Content Creation Market; Collaborates with HP and Avid to Offer Complete Solutions.		Company overview	677
Avondale Resources Corporation Activating Williams #1 Well in Creek County.			291
AVP Signs Title Sponsorship Deal with CROCS, Inc., Creating the ``AVP CROCS TOUR'' and the ``CROCS CUP''.			1070
Award-Winning Producer and Editor Marjorie L. Martin to Head About.com's Health Channel; Appointment Underscores Expansion of Leading Consumer Information Web Site's Health Offering.			664
BankAtlantic Bancorp and Ryan Beck & Co. File for Ryan Beck's Initial Public Offering.			638
Barclays Global Investors Announces the Expense Ratios of Pending iShares Subsector Funds; Expense Ratios of Existing Sector Funds Reduced By Up To 26%.			1116
BB&T First Quarter 2006 Earnings Release and Conference Call Webcast.			206
BCF and IGS Group Announce Win-Win Expo 2006 Scheduled for June 7-8.			326
Be the Next PAC-MAN Champion; Namco Networks to Host E3 PAC-MAN Tournament.			382
Beijing Metro Selects NICE's Next Generation Security Solutions to Enhance Safety and Security at More Than 20 Stations; Company's Advanced Real-Time Digital Video Solution to Be Deployed in Preparation for the 2008 Olympics.			645
Bill Adams Joins Cantor Fitzgerald's Debt Capital Markets Group as Senior Vice President & Municipal Bond Trader.			344
Biophan Appoints Theodore A. Greenberg to Board of Directors.			933
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Comments on New Data From Women's Health Initiative Study Showing No Increased Risk of Breast Cancer With Estrogen-Alone Therapy.			1281
Black & Veatch Experiencing Significant Growth in Energy Markets, Plum Point Project Represents Sixth Project under Construction.			529
Blade.org Grows to 60 Companies; Delivers Two ''Security-in-a Box'' Solutions; Twenty Partners Join Open Blade Community; OpenService, DataCom and Avnet Launch IBM BladeCenter-based Security Solutions.		Company overview	924
BlueRoads Launches Next Generation Deal Registration Manager; Following on $2.2 Billion in Registered Deals, BlueRoads Further Advances Crucial Technology for Channel Sales Revenue Visibility and Predictability.			819
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call/ Webcast.			197
Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Company Starts Construction on New Offices; New Construction Will Accommodate Accounting Firm's Growing Size.			363
Borland Addresses the Leading Cause of Software Project Failure with New Requirements Definition and Management Solution; New Caliber(R) DefineIT(TM) Product Closes the Communications Gap Between IT and Business Stakeholders.			1369
Boston Market Roasted Sirloin Earns Top MenuMasters Honor; USDA Choice Roasted Sirloin Wins Best Menu/Line Extension Award.			561
BOWE BELL + HOWELL To Offer Business Continuity Services; New Facility and Offering Highlight Growth in Company's Service Operations.			428
BRE Properties Taps OpsTechnology to Manage Procurement, Purchasing and Payables.			458
Bright Now! Dental Continues to Build on Excellence in the Denver Area; The Nation's Leading Provider of Business Support Services to Dentists Expands Again in Colorado.			579
Brightpoint and PreCash Enter Agreement for ePIN Distribution.			693