Newstream.com Digest: Star Treatment for Car Customers, IBM Announces High Tech Donation, Gift Guide II and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists.Feature Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2003 Have you seen the features in our second GIFT GUIDE Smart Feature package? You'll find feature stories about the newest and most exciting gifts -- all for free and unrestricted use by journalists. Click the "GIFT GUIDE II" button on any Newstream channel page or home page, or go directly to http://www.newstream.com/us/cgi-bin/display_package.cgi?174. -------------------------------------------------- New Trend in Car Service: Giving Customers the Star Treatment A fully equipped gym, an exclusive restaurant and a barber shop -- they're amenities you'd expect to find at a private club. Soon, however, they may be things you can also find at your local ... car dealership This article is about car dealerships. For the indie pop band, see Dealership (band). A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or ? You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11250 -------------------------------------------------- More Than Half of Americans (55%) Say Car Loans and Lease Payments are a Big Enough Burden to Prevent Them From Making Major Purchases, 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 Cambridge Consumer Credit Index More than half (55%) of all Americans making monthly payments on car leases or loans say these loans are burdensome enough to prevent them making major purchases, such as for homes, appliances or furniture, according to the Cambridge Consumer Credit Index. Of all Americans surveyed, 46% have outstanding car loans or leases and 54% make no car payments. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11266 -------------------------------------------------- Bayer Plans Stock Market Flotation for Chemicals Activities and Strategic Refocus of Health Care Business Following its successful reorganization, the Bayer Group intends to maintain its focus on its core businesses and in the future concentrate on health care, nutrition and innovative materials. For this reason, Bayer Chemicals (excluding H.C. Starck and Wolff Walsrode) is to be combined with certain parts of the polymers business in a new company with the provisional name "NewCo." The aim is for this company to be listed on the stock market under a new name by early 2005 at the latest. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11265 -------------------------------------------------- Gov. Easley, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Announce High-Tech Donation Gov. Mike Easley Michael Francis (Mike) Easley (born March 23, 1950) is the current governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina. He is a Democrat and North Carolina's second Catholic governor. today joined More at Four pre-kindergarten students at Southeast Elementary in Kinston to celebrate a generous donation from IBM Corporation. IBM is donating 93 Young Explorer computers to More at Four classrooms across the state. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11263 -------------------------------------------------- Governor Pawlenty Commends Polaris for Bringing New Facility, 300 Jobs to Wyoming, Minnesota Wyoming is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,048 at the 2000 census. Interstate Highway 35 serves as a main arterial route for the community. Geography Wyoming is located along the South Branch of the Sunrise River. Governor Tim Pawlenty Timothy James (Tim) Pawlenty (born November 27, 1960) is an American politician from the Republican Party. He is the 39th and current Governor of Minnesota, and started his term on January 6, 2003. on Thursday commended the decision by Polaris Industries Polaris Industries manufactures a full line of all-terrain vehicles (ATV), snowmobiles, Ranger utility vehicles in 2wd, 4wd or 6wd, Victory Motorcycles and EU rated quadcycles. Polaris no longer manufactures personal water craft or sportboats. Based in Medina, Minnesota. Inc. to build a new product development facility in Wyoming, Minn., saying it illustrates the company's longstanding commitment to providing high-quality jobs in the state. Photo available now. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11261 -------------------------------------------------- Palace Resorts Debuts in the Caribbean Grand Bay Palace Palace Resorts announces today the grand opening of the new five-star all-inclusive, Grand Bay Palace -- formerly Renaissance Grand Beach Resort -- in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, conveniently located nine miles Nine Miles is a reggae "band" started by Yoshiaki Manabe (真鍋吉明) of The Pillows. The name Nine Miles comes from the name of the town in which Bob Marley grew up in Jamaica.
“STT” redirects here. For other uses, see STT (disambiguation). Cyril E. King Airport (IATA: STT, ICAO: TIST, FAA LID: STT . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11264 -------------------------------------------------- What's the Best of What's New? Each year thousands of new technology products come onto the market -- but this year only 100 were destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to be deemed the best. Radio News Feature. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11254 -------------------------------------------------- Union Planters Names New President of Subsidiary Union Planters Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). ) today announced the promotion of Gil Aleman, 37, from executive vice president to president of its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Strategic Outsourcing Inc., (SOI (Silicon On Insulator) A chip architecture that increases transistor switching speed by reducing capacitance (build-up of electrical charges in the transistor's elements), and thus reducing the discharge time. The power requirement is also reduced in some designs. ) which provides professional employer organization A professional employer organization (PEO) provides outsourcing of payroll, workers' compensation, human resources and employee benefits administration. It does this by hiring a client company’s employees, thus becoming their employer of record. services (PEO) for small businesses. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11262 -------------------------------------------------- The Purr-Fect Holiday Gift? A pet under the tree this holiday season may not be the perfect Christmas gift. Radio News Feature. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11258 -------------------------------------------------- Partying Like It's Their Birthday 2003's top pop stars are celebrated in TEEN PEOPLE Magazine. Radio News Feature. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11259 -------------------------------------------------- Pain in the Foot Holiday shopping can be a pain in the neck, but for those of us with bunions, long lines and lots of walking could be a pain in the foot. Radio News Feature. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11257 -------------------------------------------------- GM Lanzara Al Mercado Camionetas Y Suvs Con Tecnologia Hibrida Utilizaran la misma tecnologia que usan hoy los autobuses de las principales ciudades de los EE.UU. Noticias Especiales para Radio You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11256 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT NEWSTREAM.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. : Newstream.com is a joint venture of Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) and Medialink (www.medialink.com). Newstream.com, staffed by on-line news veterans, is dedicated to providing registered journalists with compelling and timely multimedia content: video, audio, photos, graphics and text from newsmakers in the fields of Technology, Science, Health & Medicine, Business & Finance, Entertainment, Consumer News, Sports, Lifestyles, Travel & Tourism and World and Government News. |
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