Business Wire articles from January 27 2004

Business Wire archives from January 27 2004

T-Mobile USA Adds More Than 1 Million Net New Customers in Q4, Topping off Strong Annual Growth with More Than 3.2 Million Net Additions in 2003.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BONN, Germany & BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 -- T-Mobile annual customer growth of 32% -- More net additions than in 2002 T-Mobile International, the mobile communications...

Health Care Property Investors, Inc. Names Mark A. Wallace as Chief Financial Officer.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Health Care Property Investors, Inc. (NYSE:HCP) announced today that Mark A. Wallace has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective...

OSG Announces Sale of Shares of Common Stock.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: "OSG" or "the Company") announced today that it had sold 3.2 million shares of its common stock to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated...

Forest Oil Reduces Estimate of Proved Reserves for Redoubt Shoal and Other Properties and Impairs International Assets.
January 27, 2004... Energy Editors/Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Forest Oil Corporation (Forest or the Company)(NYSE:FST) announced today that it has completed its integrated field study, finalized its estimate of proved reserves...

Technip Announces Contract Award for an 800 MW Power Plant in Italy.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 A Consortium formed by Va Tech and Technip has been awarded by Energia Molise S.p.A. a lumpsum turnkey contract, worth more than 300 million Euros (Technip's share 30%), for the...

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Presents Nine-Month Figures for Fiscal Year 2003/2004; Measures to Enhance Efficiency Are Beginning to Take Effect in All Sectors.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors HEIDELBERG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (FWB:HDD) -- Incoming orders received in third quarter on par with previous quarter. -- Sales in third quarter well...

WMS Gaming Forms United Kingdom Operating Company; WMS Gaming -UK- Limited Will Focus on Game Development, Sales and Distribution for the UK and Other International Markets.
January 27, 2004... Entertainment Editors/Business Editors LONDON & WAUKEGAN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 WMS Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE: WMS), announced today that it has formed a UK-based subsidiary, WMS Gaming (UK)...

Symantec Security Response Upgrades W32.Novarg.A@mm to Level 4 Threat; New Mass-Mailing Worm Attempts to Launch a Denial-of-Service Attack Beginning February 1.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Symantec, the world leader in Internet security, today announced that it has upgraded the W32.Novarg.A@mm (also know as W32.Mydoom@mm) from a Level 3...

BOC To Sell US Packaged Gases Business.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors WINDLESHAM, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 The BOC Group announced today that it intends to sell its US packaged gas business to Airgas for up to USD 200 million in cash. The business generated...

Airgas Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire BOC's U.S. Packaged Gas Business.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today announced it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire most of the assets of the U.S. packaged gas business of BOC Group (NYSE: BOX)...

ALTANA 2003: New Record Year; the Eighth in Succession.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BAD HOMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 - Profits climb by 10% and sales by 5% despite weak dollar; another dividend increase targeted (Note: All figures mentioned in this press...

FAST Unveils FAST ESP; FAST Enterprise Search Platform Sets Standard for Complete, Single Point Retrieval and Discovery of Relevant Information Across the Enterprise and the Web.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (FAST(TM)), the leading developer of enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies, today introduced FAST ESP(TM), an...

Sapiens International to Announce Q4 and Year End Results February 9th, Before Market Opens.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (Nasdaq:SPNS)(TASE:SPNS) will report fourth quarter and year end results on February 9th, 2004...

Canadian-Based CUETS Selects NICE to Better Serve its MasterCard Clients; Ongoing Multi-Site Installation to Be Completed Mid- 2004.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RA'ANANA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 NICE Systems (Nasdaq:NICE), a worldwide leader of multimedia recording solutions, applications and related professional services for business...

Health Care Property Investors, Inc. Reports Results for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2003.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Health Care Property Investors, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), an equity health care real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today operating results for the quarter and...

Sumitomo Corporation and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Finalize Strategic Alliance Agreements in Asia.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Sumitomo Corporation and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) today announced the signing of two significant agreements that cement their relationship in...

ADC to Provide UMTS Performance Management to O2 Germany; O2 to Install ADC's Metrica for its Digital Broadband Wireless Service.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS & MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) announced today that O2 Germany has extended its existing implementation of the Metrica(R) NPR system to...

Stratasoft Kicks off the New Year With Their Most Advanced Telephony System Ever at The Call Center Demo & Conference West in Dallas.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Call Center Demo & Conference HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Stratasoft Inc. ("Stratasoft"), a wholly owned subsidiary of I-Sector Corporation (AMEX:ISR), and a world-wide provider of...

Misonix to Report Second Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results on Thursday, January 29.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers FARMINGDALE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSON) today announced that the Company will release fiscal 2004 second quarter results prior to the market opening on...

AngioDynamics Announces the Release of New 65cm ELVS Procedure Kit.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers QUEENSBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 AngioDynamics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of E-Z-EM, Inc. (AMEX:EZM), today announced the launch of the new ELVS(TM) Procedure kit. The kit...

Smiths Detection Launches New Anthrax Mail Screening System; High Speed System Uses DNA Analysis to Protect Facilities and Staff from Biological Contamination.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors EDGEWOOD, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Smiths Detection, the world-leader in detection security, announces an exciting new development in the battle against terrorist threats. It has launched Bio-Seeq Mail...

Pacific Internet To Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2003 Financial Results on February 9, 2004.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Asia's largest telco- independent Communications Service Provider by geographic reach, Pacific Internet Limited (NASDAQ: PCNTF), plans to issue its fourth quarter and full year...

Four Companies of Interplex Industries Earn International Quality Control Certification.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Firms among First in Stamping, Plating and Molding Industry to Meet New Standards Developed for Automotive Suppliers Four companies owned by New York-headquartered...

AirTran Airways Makes It Easy to Pack Up And Head Out With Sale Fares; Sale Fares to All Destinations Start as Low as $39 Each Way.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Travel Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI), today launched a sale for flights to all 45 destinations with fares starting as low as...

Understanding Risk Reduction and Safety Control Systems at Industrial Plant Operations, an Advisory from Industrialinfo.com.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Written by Dirk Muyskens, consulting engineer for Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston). It is important in industrial operations to reduce...

ADVISORY/PMC-Sierra Participates at DesignCon 2004.
January 27, 2004... Assignment Desks/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...For Feb. 2-5 DesignCon 2004 --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: Ken Ferguson, Manager of Test Technology Engineering at PMC-Sierra, will participate on the "Serial Design Test...

Second 3G/UMTS Order in Eastern Europe: Siemens Supplies 3G/UMTS Technology to Mobile Operator PTC in Poland.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (Siemens mobile) (NYSE:SI)(FWB:SIE) will be a turnkey supplier for the complete radio and core...

REMINDER/California Leaders Convene at International Forum to Discuss Trends in $50 Billion and Rapidly Growing Drug Delivery Market.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Science Writers/Health/Medical Writers REMINDER...for Jan. 27-29 BIOWIRE2K --(BUSINESS WIRE) With headlines such as patent expiration, generic drug infringement and dwindling pipelines facing the...

NTT West Integrates Amplify.net's Multi-Homed WAN Gateways; Joining NTT East in Offering MultiHoming Function over Broadband lines to Enterprise Customers.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Amplify.net, Inc., the leader in affordable business continuity solutions, today announced that its iSurfJanus ("Janus") Family of Secured Multi-homed...

REMINDER/NMS Communications, Telisma Present Web Seminar on Speech-Enabled Services: Large Scale Deployments and Quality of Service.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REMINDER...for Tuesday (Jan. 27) FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Technical and Business Telecom Audience Invited to Register at http://www.telisma.com/registrationform.html ...

Fresh Del Monte Produce to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2003 Financial Results.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (NYSE:FDP), one of the world's largest producers, marketers and distributors of fresh produce, today announced that it will issue a press...

REMINDER/NaviSite Offers Insight on Collaboration Hosting at Lotusphere Roundtable.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REMINDER...for Tuesday (January 27) Lotusphere 2004 --(BUSINESS WIRE) NaviSite (NASDAQ: NAVI): WHO: NaviSite, a leading provider of application management, content...

Incumbent Operator Telecom Namibia Places Follow-On Order for Alvarion Systems Valued at Over $1M.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEL-AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Already Deployed Successfully in 15 Sites, National Carrier Extends Alvarion Network to 3 Additional Sites Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the...

REMINDER/Downtown Anaheim to Become the Next Urban Hot Spot -- Developer and City Officials Launch Major Center Street Promenade Mixed-Use Redevelopment.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors REMINDER...for Tuesday (Jan. 27) ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Downtown Anaheim is stepping up as the next urban hot spot, adding almost 500 housing units and 55,000 square feet of retail and...

Serena Elects Autodesk's Carl Bass to its Board of Directors; Bass's Election Expands Serena Board to 8 Members.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of software that automates change to enterprise applications, today announced the...

San Diego's LM Capital Group Receives Additional $450 Million Institutional Investment from Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 LM Capital Group LLC, a leading San Diego-based fixed income investment manager for institutional clients, today announced that it has received an additional $450 million in...

United Defense Posts Record Year Sales of $2.05 Billion as 4th Quarter Sales Reach $525 Million; Quarterly Net Income 54 Cents Per Diluted Share, Full Year $2.66.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE:UDI) today reported net income of $28.8 million, or $0.54 per share on a fully diluted basis for the fourth quarter ended December...

Nexaweb Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Nexaweb (www.nexaweb.com), the leading platform for Enterprise Internet Applications, announced that Lisa Pavelka McAlister has assumed the position of...

Retail Pro Gets Top Rankings in Overall Performance, Strategic Value, and Return on Investment Among Retail Software Vendors by RIS News Survey.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Recognized for Focusing on the Big Picture and High Level Concepts Retail Technologies International, Inc. (RTI), developer of Retail Pro(R) software...

Banner Corporation Fourth Quarter Net Income Increases to $4.4 Million; 2003 Profits Increase 74% to $16.1 Million as Loan and Deposit Portfolios Grow.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors WALLA WALLA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Banner Corporation (Nasdaq:BANR), the parent of Banner Bank, today reported improved net interest income and growth in assets and deposits contributed to the increase...

Zacks Sell List Highlights: Calpine, Kohl's, AT&T Wireless, and Schering-Plough.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are part of their exclusive list of Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell)....

Clay Jones Is Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cupertino National Bank.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Greater Bay Bancorp (Nasdaq:GBBK) announced the appointment of Clay Jones as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cupertino National Bank, a wholly...

Alpine Air to Present at Friedland Capital's Undervalued Equities Conference in New York City.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Alpine Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpine Air Express Inc. (OTC BB: ALPE), and the third largest regional cargo airline and transportation logistics company in...

Today's Events in Southern California.
January 27, 2004... Assignment Desks LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Following is a listing of media and community events for Tuesday, Jan. 27: ------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT: Kick-off of...

Enea Embedded Technology Announces OSEck Real-Time Operating System for LSI Logic's ZSP Digital Signal Processor Core.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 OSEck/ZSP Tandem Provides an Ideal Platform for Distributed Multiprocessor Applications Enea Embedded Technology, formerly OSE Systems, today...

Wyoming Ethanol Plant to Double Fuel Ethanol Capacity, an Advisory from Industrialinfo.com.
January 27, 2004... Energy Editors/Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston). The estimated $5+ million project will add additional fermentation,...

Prima Games Tops NPD Strategy Guide Report; Strategy Guide Publisher Once Again Leads the Way in Overall Market Share in 2003.
January 27, 2004... Entertainment Editors/Publishing Editors ROSEVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Prima Games, a division of Random House, Inc., announced today that according to The NPD Group, Prima has finished 2003 as the top strategy...

Zacks Buy List Highlights: Juniper Networks, Legg Mason, eBay, and Zimmer Holdings.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Zacks.com releases another list of stocks that are currently members of the coveted Zacks #1 Ranked list which has produced an average annual return of +33.7% since inception in...

Zacks.com Announces That Richard Moroney Highlights the Following Stocks: Citigroup, Fisher Scientific, and Wells Fargo.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 While corporate profits have taken much of the news recently, demand for U.S. bonds is also strong right now. Find the reason for this encouraging action along with a trio of...

Zacks.com Announces That Gregory Spear Highlights the Following Stocks: Quiksilver, Biomet, Lowe's, and Home Depot.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 The next period for the stock market could favor non-cyclicals, and Gregory Spear thinks you should be ready. Discover why these less-flashy but more stable issues may be ready...

Zacks.com Announces That Ian Wyatt Highlights the Following Stocks: PetMed Express, PETCO, and PetsMART.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Pet care is a multi-billion dollar industry in the U.S., and Ian Wyatt has turned his attention to a pet pharmacy poised for growth. Take care of man's best friend and your...

Zacks.com Announces That the Following Companies Will Release Earnings This Week: Amazon.com, Nortel, Time Warner, Verizon and Exxon Mobil.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Zacks.com releases it's exclusive Weekly Earnings and Sector Update written by Nick Raich, Director of Research. This vital update provides investors with timely information...

Zacks.com Expert Watch Highlights the Following Issues: Costco Stores, Eaton Corp., Molex, Advanced Digital Info., and Aeroflex.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 After a long upward run, Experts question when a correction is coming. Find out what is delaying an overdue digestion period, and why some believe it will merely be a brief...

Cyclone Commerce and Categoric Software Announce OEM Relationship; Categoric's Business Process Event Management to Extend Cyclone's B2B Management Platform.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and COBHAM, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004--Cyclone Commerce, Inc., the collaborative commerce company, and Categoric Software, the leader in business process event...

The Memec Group to Globally Deploy Azerity's ProChannel Software Solution.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Sales Execution Software to Help Leading Global Electronics Distributor by Improving Global Visibility Into Its Sales Funnel Azerity(R), the...

Family Room Status and Scheduling for 2004.
January 27, 2004... Entertainment Editors/Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Emmett/Furla Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of Family Room Entertainment Corporation (OTCBB:FMLY), would like to give a status and scheduling update...

Teekay Shipping Deploys Pivotal to Enhance Customer Service and Improve Global Operations.
January 27, 2004... Energy Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 One of the world's largest shipping companies uses Pivotal software to help manage the growing wealth of customer...

Xerox Fourth-Quarter Earnings Exceed Expectations Through Strong Sales of New Technology.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) -- Earnings per share of 22 cents. -- 11 percent equipment sale growth. -- 1 percent revenue growth; total revenue of $4.3...

Azerity's ProChannel Solution Selected by Wavecom to Better Manage Their Sales Process.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Azerity Provides a Global Sales and Operations Data Repository to Improve Visibility into Their Entire Sales Process Azerity(R), the leader in...

MediaLive International Announces NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2004.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Comprehensive IT Event to Focus on the Most Important Challenges and Purchasing Considerations Faced by Today's...

AVI BioPharma Announces Exercise of Warrants.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 AVI BioPharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVII), today announced that several institutional investors had exercised warrants for the purchase of...

ProCyte Corporation Announces Investor Relations Initiatives.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 ProCyte Corporation (OTCBB:PRCY.OB), a dermatology and cosmetic surgery products company, today announced several new investor relations activities for the first quarter...

NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2004 Announces All-Star Lineup of Keynote Speakers.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Networking Industry's Premier Thought Leaders -- Including Cisco Systems' President & CEO, John Chambers -- Take...

Transmeta's Crusoe Processor Chosen by Densitron for Use in New Embedded Single Board Computer.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif. & KENT, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 DPX-114 Provides Significant Power, Cost and Thermal Management Savings for a Wide Range of Embedded Solutions Transmeta...

NEC Solutions America Executive Selected to Join Waynesburg College Board; Technology Business Veteran Larry Sheffield Returns to Alma Mater.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 NEC Solutions (America), Inc. (Nasdaq:NIPNY), a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, today...

Xynergy Corp. & IGRP Move Forward with Revised Acquisition Agreement.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Xynergy Corp. (OTCBB:XYNY) announced today that the revised Acquisition Agreement between IGRP and Xynergy has been signed. Under the terms of the agreement, IGRP...

IMC Global and Cargill Crop Nutrition to Combine to Create Diversified Global Leader in Crop Nutrition.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors CHICAGO & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Combination will create new, publicly traded fertilizer company with strong growth platform and financial profile, broad product and service offerings, and...

Elite Files Patent on Second Opioid Abuse Resistance Technology for Oxycodone.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K NORTHVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: ELI) ("Elite") announced today that it has filed a US patent application on an opioid abuse...

The Pepsi Bottling Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2003 Results.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG) today reported fourth quarter 2003 net income of $69 million, or diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.26, which includes a...

Votewatch Calls on New Hampshire Voters in its Effort to Monitor Election.
January 27, 2004... News Editors/Political Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Votewatch (www.votewatch.us), a citizen based non-partisan group, is focused on monitoring this years Presidential elections. Votewatch's online service...

REMINDER/Draft Program Environmental Impact Report / Environmental Impact Statement Completes Major Step for Proposed California High Speed Train System.
January 27, 2004... News Editors/Business Editors REMINDER...for Tuesday/Wednesday (Jan. 27-28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) California High-Speed Rail Authority WHO: The California High-Speed Rail Authority Including: Joe Petrillo, CHSR Board...

TeraCloud Corporation Signs SoftPlex, Inc., as Japanese Distributor; TeraCloud Expands Distribution Channel into Asia Pacific with Leading Japanese Mainframe Solutions Provider.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 TeraCloud(R) Corporation, a leading provider of storage resource management (SRM) solutions for mainframe and distributed storage environments,...

Docent and Fuji Xerox Information Systems Announce Reseller Agreement to Deliver Enterprise Learning Solutions in Japan.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Integrated Solution Provides Comprehensive Human Resource Development and Performance Management Platform Docent(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:DCNT), a...

iBX Transcription Services Projects Revenue Increase of 30 Percent During 2004.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 iBX Transcription Services, Inc., a division of iBX Group, Inc. (OTCBB:IBXG) that provides advanced medical dictation,...

Barbedwire Technologies Releases Next Generation Multifunction Appliances for Intrusion Prevention with Deep Packet Inspection Technology.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 New DP Inspector Multifunction Security Appliances Scan Network Traffic in Real Time to Block Malicious Attacks Before they Enter an ...

REMINDER/Celebrate Krispy Kreme's Fifth Year in Southern California!
January 27, 2004... City Desks/Assignment Desks/Food Writers REMINDER...for Tuesday (Jan. 27) --(BUSINESS WIRE) On Tuesday, January 27th (our birthday), every customer gets a FREE Original Glazed doughnut in celebration! WHAT: It's Krispy...

$1.2 Million In New Projects Awarded to WPCS.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 WPCS (OTCBB:WPCS) and its subsidiaries have announced that it has recently received new project awards totaling $1,206,582 for the deployment of specialty...

G&K Services Reports Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Results.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 G&K Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:GKSRA), today reported revenue for the second quarter ended December 27, 2003, of $182.5 million, up 1.6 percent over the $179.7 million reported...

Accounting's Big Four All Suffer Audit Clients Losses in 2003; Strafford Publication's Auditor-Trak: PricewaterhouseCoopers Lost Most Clients; KPMG Fewest.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 For the first time in at least a decade, in 2003 each of the accounting profession's biggest firms lost more public company audit clients than it acquired, according to an...

Arbitron Inc. Reports 2003 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Arbitron Inc. (NYSE:ARB) Annual revenue up 9.5% to $273.6 million; EBIT up 8.1% to $92.7 million; Annual net income per share (diluted) is $1.63, an increase of...

Product Design and Development Magazine Names KVH TracVision A5 as Award Finalist.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIDDLETOWN, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Low-Profile Satellite TV System Selected as Finalist for the Ninth Annual Product Design and Development Engineering Awards Product Design and...

Frost & Sullivan Analyzes Invensys' Innovation in the North American HVAC Thermostats Markets.
January 27, 2004... Energy Editors/Business Editors PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 In a recent study on the North American HVAC Thermostats Markets, Frost & Sullivan recognized Invensys' easy-to-use I-Series programmable thermostat,...

Vernalis plc: Interim Results for the Six Months Ended 31 October 2003.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers OXFORD, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 Vernalis plc (LSE: VER, Nasdaq: VNLS) today announces its interim results for the six months ended October 31, 2003. Vernalis has been transformed...

ILEX Oncology Reports Q4 and Full Year 2003 Results; CAMPATH Continues Steady Sales Progression; Company Provides 2004 Outlook.
January 27, 2004... Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2004 ILEX(tm) Oncology Inc. (Nasdaq:ILXO) today reported that global net sales of CAMPATH(R)/MABCAMPATH(R) (alemtuzumab) totaled $18.4 million...