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Newstream.com Digest: Survey Finds Workers Use Retirement Savings to Offset Health Care Cost, Increase in Holiday Retail Sales Projected & Other Free Multimedia Content For Journalists.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
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American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses.  National Survey Finds Workers Digging Into Retirement Savings to Offset Health Care Cost Increases

American Express Retirement Services released on October 29, 2004, the results from its second national survey measuring the impact of recent health care cost increases on American workers' financial health. The annual survey revealed an increasing level of concern among employees about rising health care costs.

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Xerox Scientist Finds Meaning in How Documents are Presented

When it comes to conveying meaning, how a document looks can be as critical as the words it carries, 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.
 a Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation -

http://xerox.com/.

See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services.
 (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:XRX XRX Xerox Corporation (stock symbol) ) researcher who is investigating document "intents" and the impact of cross-media design as a document moves between paper and digital displays.

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DRS Technologies DRS Technologies, Inc. (commonly known as DRS; formerly known as Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc.) is a supplier of defense electronic products and systems to the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, aerospace and defense prime  Awarded $39.5 Million in U.S. Army Contracts to Produce Battlefield Digitization Systems

DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS DRS Drives (street suffix)
DRS Dispute Resolution Service
DRS Doctorandus
DRS Department of Rehabilitative Services
DRS Direct Registration System (securities)
DRS Department of Rehabilitation Services
) announced October 28 that it has received $39.5 million in new orders to provide rugged Applique Computer Systems for the U.S. Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB FBCB Force XXI Battle Command Brigade (US Army)
FBCB Fixed Bed Circulating Bioreactor
2) program. Installed on M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks and M2A M2A Message to Anywhere (mobile messaging framework) 3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, these systems support U.S. Army and Marine Corps operations.

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Archstone Consulting Projects 3-5% Overall Increase in Retail Sales This Holiday Season

With retailers anticipating the start of the 2004 holiday shopping season, Archstone Consulting, a firm focused on delivering independent, strategic advice and operational results, forecasts that retailers will see a 3-5% overall increase in retail sales this holiday season.

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Usando Alta Tecnoligia Para Ponerle Frenos a Los Ladrones de Autos

La tecnologia que ayuda hoy a conductores durante accidentes automovilisticos puede ahora ser usada para encontrar a un vehiculo robado. Un Reporte de General Motors (NYSE:GM).

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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away...As Long as You Wash It First

If you're not getting a flu shot this year, you may have to look to other methods to keep yourself healthy. Radio News Feature.

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Eastman Announces Third-Quarter 2004 Earnings

Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Chemical Company is a United States based chemical company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastics and fibers. Eastman has 16 manufacturing sites in 10 countries, supplying its products throughout the world.  (NYSE:EMN EMN Equity Market Neutral (investing)
EMN École Nationale de la Magistrature (French National School for the Training of Judges and Prosecutors)
EMN Electromagnetic Noise
) today announced earnings of $0.49 per diluted share for third quarter 2004 versus a loss of $4.35 per diluted share for third quarter 2003.

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Simple Green Launches New Biodegradable biodegradable /bio·de·grad·a·ble/ (-de-grad´ah-b'l) susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action.

bi·o·de·grad·a·ble
adj.
 Car Wash

Simple Green(R) announces the latest addition to its line of environmentally safer cleaning products, new Simple Green Car Wash Cleaner. This unique product offers unparalleled cleaning capabilities in a market-leading, biodegradable formula that can be safely used in a variety of automotive applications.

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Chrysler Announces 3rd Quarter Profits

Third quarter results are coming in from Wall Street and Roberta Facinelli has news from one of the Big Three automakers in our next report. Radio News Feature.

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Safe Dating Online

If using the Internet to find a companion seems a bit risky, there's a push for legislation to increase the safety of those surfing the web for romance. Ann Parks has more. Radio News Feature.

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Alcoa Flexible Packaging Manager Honored With National Association of Industrial Technology The National Association of Industrial Technology, also know as NAIT, is the accreditation board for collegiate programs in the discipline of Industrial Technology. The organization’s stated objective is "the promotion of Industrial Technology in business, industry,  

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced October 28, 2004, that Brian Bauerbach, general manager of laminated products at Alcoa Flexible Packaging in Richmond, Va., received the Outstanding Industrial Technologist Award from the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT NAIT Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
NAIT National Association of Industrial Technology
NAIT Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (platelet equivalent of HDN blood bank) 
).

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