Newstream.com Digest: Commercial Whaling Continues to Threaten World's Great Whales.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001 Results of Nationwide Electric Utility Customer Satisfaction Study and Other Free Multimedia for Journalists -------------------------------------------------- Commercial Whaling Continues to Threaten World's Great Whales Despite Global Efforts to Protect Them At a time when worldwide appreciation for whales has never been stronger, two countries, Japan and Norway are planning to escalate their hunts for endangered whales and seeking to re-open an international trade in whale meat according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare (animal protection group) ). Get video here. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3530 -------------------------------------------------- J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Electric Utility Prices Highly Criticized by Customers Sampled in Nationwide Study Electric utility customers in 39 out of 42 states surveyed by J.D. Power and Associates registered strong criticism of their electric utility provider on all aspects of price and value, according to the 2001 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3528 -------------------------------------------------- Ken Glass Named First Tennessee This article or section has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It reads like an advertisement and needs to be rewritten in a neutral point of view. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Ken Glass has been named president and chief operating officer of First Tennessee National Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FTN FTN Face the Nation (CBS News) FTN Family Television Network FTN Fido Technology Networks FTN FeedThe.Net (website) FTN Franja Transversal del Norte (Guatemala region) ) and First Tennessee Bank N.A., FTN's principal banking subsidiary. FTN and First Tennessee Bank Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Ralph Horn has acted as president and chief operating officer since 1991. Horn will remain chairman and CEO. Both Glass, 54, and Horn, 60, are members of the FTN board of directors. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3517 -------------------------------------------------- Concord EFS EFS Encrypted File System (Microsoft Windows 2000) EFS Event Free Survival (survival rates in clinical trials) EFS Evangeliska Fosterlandsstiftelsen (Sweden) Selects Hypercom ICE 5700 as Platform for New STAR Universal Terminal Concord EFS Inc. (Nasdaq:CEFT CEFT Czech Educational Foundation of Texas CEFT Competitive Evaluation Field Test CEFT Certified Electronic Funds Transfer ), a leading electronic payment processor, has selected Hypercom Corporation's (NYSE:HYC HYC Houston Yacht Club (Texas) ) high performance ICE 5700 card payment terminal with integrated motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. check reader as the platform for the new STAR Universal Terminal(sm). The ICE 5700-based terminal is named for Concord's STAR(sm) network, which is the nation's leading PIN-secured debit network with approximately 800,000 locations coast-to-coast. Concord's national sales force will immediately begin demonstrating the terminal to merchants nationwide. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3527 -------------------------------------------------- LUNCHABLES(R) Fun Snacks BUILD YOUR OWN FUN(tm) Contest To help unveil new LUNCHABLES(R) fun snacks, Oscar Mayer Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut production company, now owned by Kraft Foods, known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon and Lunchables products. German immigrant Oscar Ferdinand Mayer has launched the BUILD YOUR OWN FUN(tm) Contest. Kids are encouraged to don hard hats for some creative kitchen table construction. It's easy to enter! Contest details are here! You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3526 -------------------------------------------------- Kathy Ireland to Star in the Upcoming Original Holiday Movie "Twice Upon A Christmas" His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest child and third son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He has held the title of Earl of Wessex since 1999. (aka Edward Wessex) will produce and Kathy Ireland, John Dye and Mary Donnelly Haskell will star in the upcoming original holiday movie, "Twice Upon A Christmas," sequel to last year's "Once Upon A Christmas," which was the highest rated telefilm tel·e·film n. A film produced for television broadcasting. Noun 1. telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television ever on the PAX network, it was announced today by Stephen Roseberry, Senior Vice President/Head of Talent for Sterling/Winters Company Studios, who will also serve as a Producer on the project. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3522 -------------------------------------------------- Infoglide Announces New Name and Offices InfoGlide Corporation, a pioneer in fraud detection and alias identification software technology, today announced several significant company changes. Effectively immediately, the company has changed its name to Infoglide Software Corporation. The change was made because InfoGlide on its own was confusing and not reflective of the company's product direction. Infoglide Software better reflects the company as a software developer and represents the company's focus more clearly. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3521 -------------------------------------------------- Katrinka McCallum Named Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Micromuse Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq:MUSE), the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software, announced that Katrinka B. McCallum has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. Ms. McCallum will also become a member of Micromuse's Board of Directors. She joins Micromuse from Aprisma Management Technologies Aprisma Management Technologies was created after Cabletron Systems was broken up into 5 smaller pieces, as the business unit to continue the highly successful SPECTRUM network management suite. It was acquired in early 2005 by Concord, which in turn was acquired by Computer Associates. Inc., a network management software company being spun off from Cabletron Systems, Inc. She served as Aprisma's General Manager and Senior Vice President of Operations since 1998. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3525 -------------------------------------------------- Singer Named President of CommonHealth's MBS/Vox Unit CommonHealth announced the appointment of Stacey Singer to partner/president of MBS/Vox, CommonHealth's communications consultancy devoted to maximizing patient-physician communications. She retains her broader responsibilities within the network as CommonHealth's chief innovation officer. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_reg_story.cgi?3529 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT NEWSTREAM.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. 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