Articles from Business Wire (August 3, 2006)

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''Big Features Come In Small Packages'': Challenger MT300B Series Stretches ''Utility'' Tractor Limits.			569
''The Simpsons'' to Personalize More Than 500 Consumer Electronic Devices Worldwide; Global Wireless Entertainment Announces New FOX Entertainment Vinyl Skins for Skinit.Com.			624
'Taking Light Further' Accelerates at Breault Research; Dr. Jianhua Jiang Joins the Optical Software Development Team.			348
24/7 Real Media CFO Jonathan K. Hsu Assumes Role of Chief Operating Officer.			783
3rd Annual Tilden's Children Ride Raised over $100,000 for LA Family Housing!			280
4Kids Entertainment to Report Second Quarter Results On Wednesday, August 9, 2006; Conference Call to be Broadcast Over the Internet.			324
500 Dog Lovers Expected at Humane Society 4th Annual Walk 'N Wag.			493
52-Year Old Foss Manufacturing Returns from Bankruptcy, Saves 400 American Jobs & Projects Profit.			602
62% Subscriber Growth for Firepond Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ(TM)) OnDemand; Two More Major Companies Sign on This Quarter.			739
8e6 Technologies Continues Record Financial Growth and Industry-Leading Customer Retention and Acquisition in 2006; New Account Bookings up 141% and GAAP Revenue Grew 29% over First Half Of Year.			903
A Decrease in the Number of Children Being Born has Impacted Sales in the Contraceptives Market in the United States.			473
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Mapfre Mutualidad de Seguros y Reaseguros and Corporacion MAPFRE, S.A.			518
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of MAPFRE RE, Compania de Reaseguros, S.A.			370
A.M. Best Upgrades Rating of The Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Limited.			452
A.M. Best's E-Fusion Podcast Explores Insurance Data Integration with Pat Saporito of Business Objects Americas.			276
AAA Mid-Atlantic Insurance Group Selects Docucorp's Dynamic Insurance Solution.			544
Abazias Diamonds Receives Strong Upgrade by Respected Research Firm; Management Reports Second Quarter Sales Surge 49% to $1.1 Million.			371
Abraxis BioScience Reports Second Quarter 2006 Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Excluding Merger-Related Items and Stock Compensation Expense, of $0.17 versus $0.06 in the Prior Year.			3048
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences.			231
Accellent Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results.			2077
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. First Quarter Earnings Conference Call Notification.			529
ACCO Brands Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results.			7671
ACCO Brands to Divest Perma(R) Corrugated Storage Box Business to Better Focus Its Branded Portfolio.			473
ACLJ Asks Supreme Court to Reject False Assertion That Abortion is Safer Than Childbirth in California Case Involving Constitutionality of Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion.			521
Acme Packet Achieves First Rural Utilities Service Listing for Session Border Controller; Rural Telephone Companies Can Now Use Low-Interest Loans to Fund Roll-out of Session Border Control.			493
Acopia Networks Names Michael Connolly Vice President of US Sales; Seasoned Sales Executive to Help Lead File Virtualization Leader Through Next Phase of Growth.			580
Acorda Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results.			1667
Activision Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2007 Results; Company Delivers Better-Than-Expected Q1 Results.			2237
Acxiom Declares Quarterly Dividend.			228
Add Free Voice Tags with PeerMe; Click-to-Talk Buttons Enable Instant Voice Connections through Web Sites and Sig Files.			239
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Pacific Life Reduces Expenses.			552
Adeza Announces 2006 Second Quarter Financial Results; Achieves 16th Consecutive Quarter of Profitability on Record Product Sales; Company Affirms 2006 Revenue Guidance; Conference Call to Begin at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time Today.			1632
ADS Logistics, LLC Expands Its Logistics Network with Acquisition of Two Midwest Companies.			640
Advance Auto Parts to Release Second Quarter Earnings on August 10.			175
Advanced BioPhotonics Inc. and Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Enter Into Pilot Research Agreement.			623
Advanced Photonix, Inc. Announces New Distribution Agreement.			403
Aeropostale Reports July Sales Results.			721
Aether Holdings Announces Second Quarter 2006 Results.			1794
After 22 Months of Hurricane Reconstruction, Central Florida Hotel Reopens as the Doubletree Guest Suites(R) Melbourne Beach Oceanfront.			735
Agere Systems Adopts Sigrity's Unified Package Designer for Single and Multi-die Package Design; Sigrity Delivers Enabling Functionality to Meet the Challenges of Advanced Packaging.			356
AGL Resources to Expand Itron's Mobile Automatic Meter Reading Technology into Florida and Virginia; Mobile AMR Technology Already Deployed in Georgia and New Jersey.			652
AirDefense Announces Mobile 4.0 Product; The Pioneer of Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Continues to Offer The Most Powerful Laptop-based 802.11 Wireless Analysis Tool on the Market.			671
Aixtron AG: AIXTRON Reports Financial Results For The First Six Months of 2006.			2186
Akamai to Participate in Eighth Annual Pacific Crest Technology Forum.			205
Alabama's Largest Telephone Cooperative Selects Occam Networks BLC 6000 to Upgrade and Simplify its Access Network; Telco Replacing Older DSLAMs with Occam BLC to Deliver Voice and ADSL2Plus from a Single Platform.			756
Alamo Group Inc. Announces 2006 Second Quarter Results; Announces Appointment of New Independent Director.			1477
Alkermes to Host Conference Call to Discuss Financial Results for First Quarter of Fiscal 2007; Podcast to be Available Following Conference Call.			366
Allegheny Energy's Albright and Fort Martin Power Stations Recertified as VPP Star Worksites.			287
Allergan Proposes Increase in Authorized Shares.			642
Alliance Imaging Reports Results for the Second Quarter and First Six Months Ended June 30, 2006; Raises Full Year 2006 Adjusted EBITDA Guidance.			3477
Allied Healthcare International Inc. Appoints David Moffatt as New Chief Financial Officer.			703
Alltel Wireless Unveils Sleek New Paint Scheme for No. 12 Alltel Dodge; Paint scheme to resemble new Alltel LG AX490 handset with exclusive Fastap(TM) technology.			399
Alpha Innotech Reports 27% Second Quarter Revenue Growth.			745
Altova XMLSpy Named 2006 Editors' Choice Award Platinum Winner by SQL Server Magazine; XMLSpy Beats ''Copycat'' Tools in XML Category; Recognized for Customer Value, Competitive Advantage, and Strategic Importance to the Market.			722
AMD to Present at Pacific Crest Technology Forum 2006.		Company overview	223
American Re to Change Name to ``Munich Re America''.			282
American Red Cross Statistics from Northeast Ohio July 28 Floods.			367
Amgen Wins TKT Appeal.			328
Ampex Announces Release Date of Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results; Will Do Conference Call.			270
Analyze Financials Returns and Labor Productivity of St. Pierre & Miquelon.			671
Analyze Natural Gas Market Worldwide Based on Production in 2002, Ranked by Major Countries.			321
Annual Forecasts to 2010 for the World's Wall Coverings Market.			766
Ansoft Announces First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast.			158
AOL to Provide 5 GB of Online Storage for Free to All Web Users.			581
Appeals Court Invalidates Lipitor Patent According to Knobbe Martens.			504
Applica Incorporated Reports 2006 Second-Quarter Financial Results.			2618
Applied Biosystems and GeneGo Collaborate to Advance Understanding of Tissue Gene Expression; GeneGo Integrates Applied Biosystems Tissue Gene Expression Database Into Its MetaCore(TM) Data Mining Platform.			1113
Applied Digital Reports Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results.			2642
Architect, George Homsey, FAIA, Receives the Coveted Maybeck Award for Achievement in Architectural Design by the American Institute of Architects, California Council.			690
Are You a Podcasting Evangelist? Corporate Podcasting Summit 2007 Call for Papers.			464
ARI Celebrates 25th Anniversary.			730
Arrowhead Research Partners with Rinzler Lab at University of Florida to Make Flexible Thin Film Transistors Aimed at the Estimated $20 Billion Flexible Electronics Market.			810
ArthroCare's 28% Revenue Growth Drives 60% Increase in Net Income for the Second Quarter.			3045
Asia Will Experience the Highest Growth in Prime Brokerage IT Spend, Especially in the Services Sector.			149
Assured Guaranty Ltd. Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock.			80
Assured Guaranty Ltd. Reports Second Quarter 2006 Net Income of $44.5 Million.			3716
Asyst Technologies Reports Sales and Bookings for First Quarter of Fiscal 2007.			1214
Atlantic Tele-Network Reports Second Quarter Earnings; Earnings Per Share Increases 54% Compared to Second Quarter 2005.			2348
ATP Announces Management's Estimate of 585 Bcfe of New Recoverable Hydrocarbons.			1107
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation Announces Record Production and Second Quarter 2006 Results.			3598
AUDIO from Medialink: A Little Planning for Big Emergencies.			87
AUDIO from Medialink: Keep Fraud Out of Your Dashboard.			85
AUDIO from Medialink: Say It With a Song (or a Movie Quote).			73
Auriga Laboratories Strengthens Board of Directors with Addition of Veteran Financial Executive Brian Alleman; Longtime CFO and Executive Consultant Brings Broad Experience as Senior Financial Officer for Multiple Publicly Traded Companies.			840
Auriga Releases Transcript of Recent Investor Conference Call Discussing Recent Growth Initiatives in Pharmaceutical Marketplace; Company CEO Talks with Shareholders about New Brand Acquisitions, Drug Development and National Sales Operations.			1036
Avenue A / Razorfish Acquires NEUE DIGITALE Digital Marketing Agency Based in Germany.			975
AVI BioPharma Provides Cardiovascular Program Update; Notice of Allowance of Two Patents Strengthens Cardiovascular Restenosis Program.			1220
Avocent to Present at the RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference on August 9, 2006.			184
Avondale Partners to Host Small Cap Internet, Tech & Communications Conference August 10, 2006 in San Francisco.			414
Avondale Resources Corporation Production Increase on Cottonwood Unit.			278
AXCESS International Schedules Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2006 Earnings Release and Conference Call.			359
B&G Foods Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results.			2546
Baby Bee Bright Corporation Appoints Accomplished Obstetrician to Board of Directors.			531
Back to School Spending on Consumer Electronics to Top $3.1 Billion in 2006; Pencils, Paper and CE Products Top the Shopping List This Year, According to CEA.			572
BakBone and Taneja Group Hold Webcast to Highlight Top 10 Steps to Planning and Executing a Comprehensive Business Continuity Strategy.			391
Bakers Footwear Reports Second Quarter Sales.			496
Baptist Saint Anthony Selects Siemens to Manage IT Operations; Comprehensive IT Outsourcing Services Help BSA Focus on Patient Care.		Company overview	629
Barnes & Noble, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2006 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Webcast.			206
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Opens Country's Most Advanced Eye Care Center.			850
BDSI Announces Purchase of Non-U.S. BEMA(TM) Technology from QLT USA, Inc.; Transaction Eliminates Non-U.S. License and Future Milestone and Royalty Obligations To QLT And Provides Option for Purchase Of U.S. Asset.			1105