PR Newswire articles from December 17 2002

PR Newswire archives from December 17 2002

AG-NAV TrackerNav Solution Uses EMS Technologies' PDT-100 to Track and Monitor Crop-Duster Aircraft.
December 17, 2002... EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that AG-NAV Inc., a major supplier of aerial application control equipment and navigational products, has developed a satellite tracking and monitoring solution for aerial spraying using the EMS PDT-100...

Intelligent Enterprise Selects Manhattan Associates as One of the 12 Most Influential IT Solutions Providers.
December 17, 2002... Company Recognized for Contribution to The Development of Emerging Intelligent Enterprises Manhattan Associates, Inc. , the global leader of extended supply chain execution (x-SCE(TM)) solutions, today announced it was selected by the...

AFLAC U.S. Reaches Unprecedented Level Of New Sales In 2002.
December 17, 2002... For the first time in AFLAC's 47-year history in the United States, the company's new sales have surpassed $1 billion in a single year, an amount nearly triple what AFLAC U.S. sales were in 1997. (Photo:...

Delta Air Lines to Introduce Nonstop Service Between Atlanta and Vancouver.
December 17, 2002... Delta Air Lines will introduce nonstop service between Atlanta and Vancouver, British Columbia, next summer, giving customers in the Southeast their only daily nonstop to the largest city in Western Canada. Delta will offer one daily...

Canadian Tire Renews Card Processing Agreement with TSYS; Agreement Extends Current Relationship with TSYS, No. 1 Retail Processor.
December 17, 2002... Canadian Tire Financial Services, a division of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, has again chosen TSYS as the exclusive processor for its cards programs. In a seven-year agreement, TSYS, the largest retail processor, will continue to...

Enerplus Announces Cash Distribution.
December 17, 2002... TSX: ERF.UN NYSE: ERF Enerplus Resources Fund announces that a cash distribution in the amount of CDN$0.30 (thirty cents) per unit will be payable on January 20, 2003 to all Unitholders of record at the close of business on December...

CP Ships To Withdraw From Asia-Europe Slot Charter.
December 17, 2002... CP Ships Limited announced today that it has given notice to withdraw from its slot charter agreement with CMA CGM in the Asia-Europe trades effective early March 2003. Under the agreement, two CP Ships brands, Contship Containerlines and...

Talisman Sets Record Exploration Budget for 2003.
December 17, 2002... Talisman Energy Inc. has announced the largest exploration program in the Company's 10-year history. A record $660 million has been approved for exploration projects in 2003, with a total of 214 gross (154.1 net) exploration and appraisal wells...

Husky Announces 2003 Capital Expenditures and Production Guidance.
December 17, 2002... Husky Energy Inc. announced today a capital expenditure program of approximately $1.8 billion for 2003. "Our planned 2003 capital expenditures reflect Husky's focus on long-term projects such as White Rose, exploration and development...

Motorola Awarded US $33 Million GSM Cellular Network Expansion Contract By BSNL for South India.
December 17, 2002... Becomes the Only Vendor in India to Set Up a GSM Network in Every Metro Motorola today announced that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has awarded it an expansion contract for its Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications network in...

Boeing Opens its Photo Archives to Aviation and Aerospace Enthusiasts.
December 17, 2002... The Boeing Company , in a first-of-a-kind collaboration for the company, has teamed up with Getty Images , the world's leading imagery company, to launch BoeingPhotoStore.com, a web site that offers aviation enthusiasts the ability to view and...

GATX Corporation Announces Intent to Sell GATX Ventures and Further Curtail New Investment In Specialty Finance Sector.
December 17, 2002... -- Company to focus on rail, air, and technology leasing units -- Core markets expected to remain challenging -- New management reporting structure implemented GATX Corporation today announced that it intends to sell GATX Ventures, its...

Touch America Selects Tellabs Digital Cross-Connect Equipment for its Network Expansion and Enhancements.
December 17, 2002... Touch America , a fiber-optic network and broadband products and services company, will use Tellabs' transport and digital cross-connect systems to provide enhanced data services on its fiber-optic network. Touch America will use the Tellabs(R)...

Varda Goldman Joins PCTEL as Vice President and General Counsel.
December 17, 2002... PCTEL, Inc. , a leading provider of Internet access products and 802.11 mobility software, announced today that Varda Goldman accepted the position of vice president and general counsel. This is a new position at PCTEL. "We are fortunate...

Yellow Corporation Schedules Investment Community Conference Call For January 24, 2003.
December 17, 2002... A teleconference review of Yellow Corporation fourth quarter 2002 financial results has been scheduled for January 24, 2003, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT, 8:30 a.m. CDT. Fourth quarter earnings will be released after the market close on...

R.R. Donnelley Logistics to Open Large, Fully-Automated Distribution Facility In York, PA in Second Quarter, 2003.
December 17, 2002... R.R. Donnelley Logistics, a leader in print, mail and package distribution, is enhancing its consolidation and distribution network by opening a 670,000 square foot facility in York, PA. The move is part of the company's business strategy to...

BorgWarner Organizes To Facilitate Collaboration, Leverage Expertise In Powertrain Technology Innovation.
December 17, 2002... Operations Grouped into Engine and Driveline Segments BorgWarner Inc. announced that it is organizing its business into two major groups, Engine and Driveline. The new structure is expected to provide increased synergies and enhance...

NeoPharm Provides Update On IL13-PE38 Development Program.
December 17, 2002... NeoPharm, Inc. today announced that it recently conducted a previously announced meeting via teleconference with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning the Company's proposed Phase II/III pivotal clinical trial design...

Metrowerks to Expand Embedded Linux(R) Tools and Solutions Offerings Through Embedix(TM) Asset Acquisition.
December 17, 2002... Company to Add Embedix(TM) Tools and Technology to Integrated Development Platforms for PDAs, Smart Handheld Devices, Residential Gateways, Digital TVs Building on its strategy of delivering fully integrated development platforms to help...

Leading Enterprises Select Corio to Reduce Costs and Lower Risk of Upgrading Enterprise Applications.
December 17, 2002... Ingersoll-Rand Leverages Corio's Application Expertise to Upgrade CRM Systems Corio, Inc. , a leading enterprise application service provider, today announced that world class enterprises, such as Ingersoll-Rand GBS and Ingersoll-Rand...

Northeast Cooperatives Membership Approves Proposed Plan of Merger with United Natural Foods.
December 17, 2002... United Natural Foods, Inc. today announced that the membership of Northeast Cooperatives voted at a special meeting held Sunday, December 15, 2002, in Brattleboro, Vermont to approve the proposed plan of merger with United Natural Foods....

Waddell & Reed Completes Purchase of Mackenzie Investment Management, Inc.
December 17, 2002... Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. completed its acquisition of the business of Mackenzie Investment Management, Inc. ("MIMI") after the market close on December 16, 2002. MIMI, a Florida-based U.S. investment management subsidiary of...

Johnson Outdoors Inc. Announces New Chief Operating Officer.
December 17, 2002... Johnson Outdoors Inc. , a world leader in branded outdoor recreation products, today announced that Jerry Perkins has been appointed its new Chief Operating Officer effective January 6, 2003. Perkins succeeds Patrick J. O'Brien, who accepted a...

United Announces Opportunity For Select Members To Extend Mileage Plus Elite Qualification Period.
December 17, 2002... United Airlines today announced that it will extend the Mileage Plus elite qualification period for members who are within 10,000 miles or 10 segments of reaching Premier, Premier Executive or Premier Executive 1K status for a $25 (USD)...

McDonald's Fourth Quarter 2002 Update.
December 17, 2002... McDonald's Corporation announced today sales performance through November 2002. The Company also gave an outlook for fourth quarter 2002 earnings per share and an update on charges it expects for the fourth quarter. On December 5,...

Silgan Containers Receives Hormel's Prestigious 'Spirit Of Excellence' Award For 9th Consecutive Year.
December 17, 2002... Superior Supplier Service Results in Recognition From Hormel Foods Silgan Containers Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silgan Holdings Inc. and the largest food can supplier in North America, announces that Hormel Foods has...

Reliv International Continues Surge in Revenues and Earnings Expects Revenues and Earnings to Exceed Estimates.
December 17, 2002... - Company Officers Display Confidence, Exercise Options - Reliv International, Inc. , an international manufacturer and network marketer of nutritional supplements and other food technology products, today announced that its revenues and...

Peabody Coal Company's Indiana Operations Honored for Excellence in Mining Reclamation.
December 17, 2002... Peabody Coal Company has earned an Indiana Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award for exemplary restoration of nearly 4,500 acres of fish and wildlife habitat, native grassland, prime farmland and forest in Warrick County. A unique...

IDEX Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend.
December 17, 2002... IDEX Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 14 cents per common share. The cash dividend will be paid on January 31, 2003, to shareholders of record on January 15, 2003. About...

Northern Trust Announces Changes In Its U.S. Growth Equity Management Teams.
December 17, 2002... Northern Trust announced today changes in its U.S. growth equity management teams. These changes will affect some of the Northern Funds, Northern Institutional Funds, institutional separately managed accounts, collective funds and related...

Boeing Sweeps Quality Awards With C-17 and Aerospace Support Honors.
December 17, 2002... The California Council for Excellence has named Boeing the winner of two major quality awards for performance excellence. The Council for Excellence has awarded the Boeing C-17 program the only gold level honor for the Council's 2002 U.S....

CenterPoint Raises Dividend 5.2% Provides Initial 2003 Earnings Guidance.
December 17, 2002... CenterPoint Properties Trust announced today that its Board of Trustees voted to raise the annual common stock dividend to $2.43 from $2.31 per share, an increase of 5.2% over 2002. This is the ninth consecutive annual dividend increase since...

Richardson Reports Sales Increased 9.5% Sequentially in the Second Quarter.
December 17, 2002... Richardson Electronics, Ltd. today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2003, which ended November 30, 2002. Revenues in the second quarter of 2003 were $119.0 million, an increase of 9.5% from the previous quarter. Revenues...

Engineered Support Declares Dividend.
December 17, 2002... Engineered Support Systems, Inc. today declared a dividend of $0.018 (1.8 cents) per common share. This dividend is payable January 31, 2003 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 31, 2002, according to Michael F....

AIG SunAmerica and Sun Life Financial Now Available Through Vision(R).
December 17, 2002... DST Vision Significantly Increases Its Variable Annuity Content Vision(R), the leading Web site for financial advisors, continues to expand its variable annuity content with the addition of AIG SunAmerica and Sun Life Financial/Keyport...

Bank One To Report 2002 Fourth Quarter Earnings and Host Conference Call On January 16.
December 17, 2002... Bank One Corporation will release its fourth quarter 2002 earnings results on Thursday, January 16, 2003. The earnings release will be available at approximately 8 a.m. (Eastern) on the Internet at www.bankone.com . Chairman and CEO...

CLARCOR Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend.
December 17, 2002... The CLARCOR Inc. Board of Directors at the December 16, 2002 board meeting declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.1225 per share. The dividend is payable January 31, 2003 to shareholders of record January 17, 2003. CLARCOR expects to...

Focal Communications Corporation Announces Move to NASD's OTC Bulletin Board.
December 17, 2002... Focal Communications Corporation today announced that the Company has received approval from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to begin trading its common stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) on Wednesday,...

Sonic to Broadcast Its First Quarter 2003 Conference Call Live on the Internet.
December 17, 2002... Sonic Corp. today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast of its first quarter fiscal 2003 earnings release conference call on Tuesday, January 7, 2003. During this call, management will comment on Sonic's financial and...

Cree Microwave and Hitachi Kokusai Extend Development Agreement.
December 17, 2002... Cree Microwave, Inc., a subsidiary of Cree, Inc. , and a leader in manufacturing high- power, high-performance laterally diffused metal-oxide silicon (LDMOS) RF power semiconductors for the wireless industry, today announced that Hitachi...

BB&T Ranked Nation's No. 2 Small Business-Friendly Bank.
December 17, 2002... For the fifth year in a row, BB&T Corporation is one of the top two "small business- friendly" financial holding companies in the country, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. BB&T was ranked No. 2 in the SBA's recently...

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Revises Earnings Targets.
December 17, 2002... Sonic Automotive, Inc. , a Fortune 300 company, today announced it is revising its fourth quarter 2002 earnings targets from $0.62 - $0.66 per share to $0.48 - $0.52 per share and its full year 2002 earnings targets to $2.44 - $2.48 per share....

Holiday Procrastinators Rush to Finish Their Lists.
December 17, 2002... History Expected to Repeat Itself for 2002 Holiday Home Improvement Gift Buying The days leading up to Christmas race by, and according to the International Mass Retail Association, less than 20 percent of consumers have finished their...

Peoples BancTrust Announces Retirement of Richard P. Morthland.
December 17, 2002... Ted M. Henry Named Chairman of the Board; Elam P. Holley, Jr. Named Chief Executive Officer The Peoples BancTrust Company today announced that Richard P. Morthland, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and its subsidiary,...

Kirkland's Comments on Fourth Quarter Trends.
December 17, 2002... Kirkland's, Inc. today reported on sales trends for the first six weeks of its fourth quarter ending February 1, 2003. The Company made the announcement in conjunction with the filing of its Form 10-Q for the third quarter ended November 2,...

Voridian Announces Business Director, Polyester Products, North America.
December 17, 2002... Voridian, a division of Eastman Chemical Company , today announced the appointment of Hans P. Kinner as business director of polyester products, North America, effective Jan. 1, 2003. He succeeds Thomas J. Stevens, who is now director, global...

BB&T Corporation Declares Dividend.
December 17, 2002... The board of directors of BB&T Corporation today declared the 2003 first quarter dividend of $0.29 per share, an 11.5 percent increase over the $0.26 paid in the first quarter of 2002. The dividend will be paid Feb. 3 to shareholders of...

First Bancorp Announces Dividend.
December 17, 2002... The Board of Directors of First Bancorp has declared a cash dividend of 23 cents per share payable January 24, 2003 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2002. The current dividend rate is an increase of 4.5% over the dividend rate...

McRae Industries Reports Earnings for First Quarter of Fiscal 2003.
December 17, 2002... McRae Industries, Inc. (Amex: MRIA; MRIB) reported consolidated net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2003 of $19,539,000, an increase of 33% over consolidated net revenues of $14,553,000 reported for the first quarter of fiscal 2002....

Central Bank of Tampa Shareholders Approve Acquisition By The South Financial Group.
December 17, 2002... The South Financial Group, Inc. (http://www.thesouthgroup.com) announced that the Central Bank of Tampa shareholders approved the acquisition of Central Bank of Tampa by The South Financial Group. The acquisition, which will involve the...

TechTronic Industries To Acquire Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.
December 17, 2002... TechTronic Industries Company Limited ("TTI"), (HK: 669 U.S.ADR TTNDY) and Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. , today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement ("agreement") for the acquisition by TTI of Royal Appliance, an innovative...

First Defiance Financial Corp. Announces 15.4% Increase in Quarterly Dividend.
December 17, 2002... First Defiance Financial Corp. announced today that its Board of Directors has increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.15 per common share payable January 24, 2003 to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 10, 2003. ...

Peoples Bancorp Inc. Announces Sale of 1,440,000 Common Shares.
December 17, 2002... Peoples Bancorp Inc. announced the sale of 1,440,000 common shares at an offering price of $24.00 per share through a firm commitment underwritten offering managed by Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. Peoples Bancorp Inc. has granted the...

Owens Corning's Common Stock to Begin Trading on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board.
December 17, 2002... Owens Corning announced today that it expects its shares to begin trading on the Over-The-Counter (OTC) Bulletin Board as of Thursday, December 19, 2002. Owens Corning shares will trade under a new trading symbol yet to be assigned. The...

Mason R. Goodman, M.D. Appointed President of U.S. Health Services.
December 17, 2002... Standard Management Corporation announced today the appointment of Mason R. Goodman, M.D., as president of U.S. Health Services Corporation, a wholly owned division of Standard Management Corporation. (Photo:...

AEP Subsidiary Files Divestiture Plan with PUCT Proposing Sale of Generating Plants in South Texas.
December 17, 2002... Central Power and Light (CPL), a subsidiary of American Electric Power , filed a plan of divestiture today with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) proposing to sell all of its power generation assets. CPL is selling these assets to...

Scripps TV Stations Make 2,192 Minutes of Airtime Available to Political Candidates.
December 17, 2002... 241 candidates nationwide take advantage of Democracy 2002 project The E. W. Scripps Company's broadcast television station group made 2,192 minutes of free airtime available to 241 candidates for local, state and federal offices during...

Fifth Third Delivers Fourth Quarter 2002 Dividend.
December 17, 2002... Fifth Third Bancorp is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors today declared its quarterly cash dividend of $.26 per share, an increase of 13% over the $.23 per share declared in December 2001. The cash dividend is payable on January...

Associated Estates Realty Corporation Declares Common Share Dividend.
December 17, 2002... Associated Estates Realty Corporation announced today that a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share has been declared on the Company's common shares, payable on February 1, 2003 to shareholders of record on January 15, 2003. The dividend...

Huntington Bancshares To Announce 2002 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings and Hold Earnings Conference Call January 16, 2003.
December 17, 2002... Huntington Bancshares Incorporated expects to report its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, January 16, 2003 prior to the market opening. A news release and supporting financial data will be available at that time on the company's website...

The Andersons, Inc. Announces Increased Cash Dividend.
December 17, 2002... The Andersons, Inc. today announced a cash dividend of 7 cents per share, payable January 22, 2003, to shareholders of record on January 2, 2003. This dividend represents an 8% increase over the quarterly dividends paid in 2002. This is...

National Bancshares Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend.
December 17, 2002... The Board of Directors of National Bancshares Corporation declared a quarterly cash dividend of $ .14 per share for the fourth quarter of 2002. This dividend is payable on January 17, 2003 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2002. ...

PolyOne Reduces Earnings Outlook for Fourth-Quarter 2002.
December 17, 2002... * North American demand deteriorates more rapidly than anticipated * Company outlines steps to realign and reduce costs * Substantial debt reduction targeted * Conference call set for 10 a.m. December 18 PolyOne Corporation , a leading...

Webcast Alert: Robbins & Myers, Inc. Announces First Quarter Conference Call Webcast.
December 17, 2002... Robbins & Myers, Inc. announces the following Webcast: What: Robbins & Myers First Quarter Conference Call Webcast When: Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Where: http://www.robbinsmyers.com or ...

Seven Seas Provides Update.
December 17, 2002... Seven Seas Petroleum Inc. announced that the Company is in default under its 12 1/2% $110 Million Senior Subordinated Notes ("Senior Notes") due to a failure to make the $6,875,000 semiannual interest payment on November 15, 2002. The full...

GlobalSantaFe's Worldwide SCORE Flat Despite Mixed News From International Offshore Rig Markets.
December 17, 2002... Worldwide oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe Corporation today reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics, for November 2002 was down from the previous month's SCORE by 1.0 percent. ...

Cabot Oil & Gas Announces New Hedge Positions.
December 17, 2002... Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation today announced that the Company has been active in adding to its 2003 oil and gas hedge position during the first two weeks of December. Specifically, Cabot sold an additional 40,000 Mmbtu per day of its natural...

ACS Awarded Iowa Electronic Benefits Transfer Services Contract.
December 17, 2002... ACS , a premier provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, announced today it has won a contract to provide a full-service, high- performance electronic benefits transfer (EBT) solution to the Iowa Department...

Test & Measurement World Names National Instruments 2.7 GHz RF Signal Analyzer One of the Year's Best Test Products.
December 17, 2002... National Instruments PXI-4070 FlexDMM Receives Best in Test Honorable Mention Editors of Test & Measurement World recently selected the NI PXI-5660 2.7 GHz RF signal analyzer from National Instruments as a Best in Test 2002 finalist for...

Cooper Industries Names Thomas E. Briggs Vice President, Sales and Marketing.
December 17, 2002... Cooper Industries, Ltd. today announced the appointment of Thomas E. Briggs to the newly- established position of vice president, Sales and Marketing, Cooper Connection. In this position, Briggs will be responsible for coordinating the...

Apache Acquires South Louisiana Properties; Large Fee Acreage Position Enhances Economics.
December 17, 2002... Apache Corporation today announced the acquisition from a private company for $260 million of certain South Louisiana properties comprising 234,000 net acres (366 square miles) with net proved reserves of 178 billion cubic feet of gas...

EDS Extends Landmark IT Services Agreement With Telecom New Zealand Group With US$70 Million Contract.
December 17, 2002... 10-Year Agreement to Enhance AAPT's IT Systems and Deliver Synergies Across Telecom New Zealand's Australian and New Zealand Operations EDS today announced a 10-year agreement valued at US$70 million to provide information technology (IT)...

El Paso Announces Retirement of Joel Richards III.
December 17, 2002... El Paso Corporation today announced that Joel Richards III has retired from his position as executive vice president, Administration. Mr. Richards, who joined the company in 1984, was responsible for a number of critical corporate operations...

Pogo Successfully Drills Exploratory Wells in Gulf of Mexico, South Texas, Thailand.
December 17, 2002... Pogo Producing Company has successfully drilled exploratory wells in three different regions -- the Gulf of Mexico, South Texas and Thailand -- it was announced today by Paul G. Van Wagenen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Van...

CellStar and Trimble Ink Logistics and Distribution Agreement for Mobile Resource Management.
December 17, 2002... CellStar Corporation , a value-added wireless logistics services leader, and Trimble today announced that they have signed a logistics and distribution agreement for mobile resource management solutions. Under the agreement CellStar will...

Lanier Healthcare Incorporates Pervasive.SQL to Power Digital Dictation Systems.
December 17, 2002... Leading Database From Pervasive Software Offers Superior Performance And Reliability Pervasive Software(R) Inc. , a leading provider of data- management solutions powering the success of application developers worldwide, today announced...

BMC Software Powers Up Its Service Management Solutions With Advanced Notification From Invoq Systems.
December 17, 2002... Companies Collaborate to Provide Best-of-Breed Notification Suite For Distributed and Mainframe Enterprise Systems Management BMC Software, Inc., , a leader in enterprise management, today announced a new global reseller and development...

Apco Argentina Declares Fourth Quarter 2002 Dividend.
December 17, 2002... The board of directors of Apco Argentina Inc. has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 16 1/4 cents per share on the company's ordinary stock. The fourth quarter 2002 dividend is payable on Jan. 24, 2003 to stockholders of record at...

Williams Chief Financial Officer to Retire.
December 17, 2002... Williams today announced that its chief financial officer Jack McCarthy, 59, will retire at year-end. McCarthy will provide the company with consulting services to assist in the transition of a few critical areas. He served the past 10...

RTIN Holdings, Inc. Announces Corporate Shares Repurchase Plan.
December 17, 2002... RTIN Holdings (BULLETIN BOARD: RTNH) , announced today that the board of directors of the company has authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the companies common stock. Repurchases will be made in the open market in accordance...

Priceline Hotels - The Sure Bet for a Good Night's Sleep This Holiday Season.
December 17, 2002... It's time for another holiday tradition -- the relatives' sleeping arrangements lottery. Step right up and spin the wheel. Will it be a bed this year? Maybe the fold-out couch with the back-breaker support bar? Perhaps the five-foot by...

Blockbuster(R) Announces Top Renting, Selling Movies and Video Games of 2002.
December 17, 2002... Blockbuster has released its annual list of top renting and selling movies and video games for 2002. "In years past, we have released the top renting titles, however this year we have added retail to our annual top performers list to...

Trinity Industries Announces Agreement to Sell Its Railcar Repair Business And Formation of Strategic Supply Relationship With Rescar, Inc.
December 17, 2002... Trinity Industries, Inc., a leading industrial manufacturing company, today announced the signing of an agreement with Rescar, Inc. whereby Rescar will purchase Trinity Industries' existing railcar repair facilities for cash and enter into a...

Halliburton Completes Sale of ShawCor Shares.
December 17, 2002... Halliburton announced today the completion of the sale of 7,723,996 ShawCor Ltd. (TSX: SCL.A, SCL.B) Class A Subordinate shares for approximately $64 million. The shares were received as partial consideration for the September 30, 2002, sale...