Newstream.com Digest: Combatting the Termite Epidemic, Bell Atlantic, Vodafone Airtouch Launch Wireless Business.Business EditorsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 There's new material available to journalists from Newstream.com! Journalists can visit http://www.newstream.com now to download FREE multimedia content (video,audio, photos, graphics, PowerPoint slide shows, spreadsheets, charts and text) for the following features: -------------------------------------------------- Combatting the Termite termite or white ant, common name for a soft-bodied social insect of the order Isoptera. Termites are easily distinguished from ants by comparison of the base of the abdomen, which is broadly joined to the thorax in termites; in ants, there is Epidemic Formosan subterranean termites are spreading and leaving a trail of damage across the country. 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Monday marked the formal combination of Bell Atlantic's and Vodafone AirTouch's U.S. cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. , paging and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. businesses to form Verizon Wireless, a new nationwide wireless competitor. 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("ABFS", Nasdaq: ABFI), a Philadelphia-based retail provider of diversified financial The diversified financial services segment includes a range of consumer and commercially-oriented companies offering a wide variety of products and services, including various lending products (such as home equity loans and credit cards), insurance, and securities and investment services, announces that its third fiscal quarter, ending March 31, 2000, was its best quarter of production ever, with total loan originations exceeding $275 million. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?612 -------------------------------------------------- Wireless Gets Easier: One Phone, One Number Worldwide The world of wireless technology just got easier. Nextel Worldwide customers can now use the same phone number no matter where they are, whether it's across town, in another country, or half way around the world. 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