Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from February 2002

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from February 2002

Five MD tech firms seek cash at venture forum.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Bob Keaveney After years spent as a corporate turnaround specialist, Michael B. Cooper said hes finally wised up. Now hes a startup specialist. And you know something? It turns out there isnt much difference, he says. I was...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules HMO owner can sue insurance commissioner for libel.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Earl Kelly State Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen must defend against allegations that he personally defamed a Prince Georges County HMO owner when he told newspapers the health care provider was under investigation, the...

How bad will the Baltimore-area real estate market get?
February 1, 2002... Byline: Rachel Mansour Timothy J. Cahill, a senior managing director of CB Richard Ellis, remembers all too well the dog days of the late 1980s and early 1990s when the Baltimore-area real estate market had hit bottom. With vacancy...

Super Bowl teams to wear Baltimore co.'s sports gear.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Laura Fick While the Ravens wont be traveling to New Orleans this weekend to work their Super Bowl magic again, Baltimore will still be on the minds of the NFL players who are battling it out to become the world champions of...

Md. General Assembly to consider bill establishing biotech advisory panel.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Karen Buckelew The General Assembly this session will consider a bill that would establish a Bioscience Advisory Council to inform and instruct legislators on the dynamic and often technical world of biotechnology, now one of the...

Black trooper sues state of Maryland.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Joe Surkiewicz A black state police sergeant who claimed his criticisms of racial bias in traffic practices by the state police sparked retaliation against him filed a lawsuit against the state and four state police officials...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules employer's direct order supercedes 5th amendment.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Peter Geier State employees may be disciplined for refusing a superiors direct order to answer potentially incriminating questions related to their jobs in an agency investigation, the Court of Special Appeals held yesterday....

Md. Legal Briefs: February 1, 2002.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Swan song Local and state officials have drafted a compromise to allow up to six same-sex mute swans to glide once again across Hagerstown's City Park lake, the Department of Natural Resources said...

Unemployment rate falls to 5.6 percent; job losses lowest since attacks.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 5.6 percent in January as businesses slowed their job cuts to the lowest level since before the terrorist attacks. The Labor Department reported this...

Skyway Airlines is Baltimore Washington's newest passenger carrier.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Skyway Airlines is BWI's newest passenger carrier. Operated by Astral Aviation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Midwest Express, Skyway began service yesterday offering two daily roundtrips between BWI and...

Md. Health Care Comm. publishes Hospital Performance Evaluation Guide.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Got a favorite hospital? Want to see how it rates against others in the region? The Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission have just published a "Hospital Performance...

Md. youth participate in The Groundhog Job Shadow Day Initiative at UPS sites.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports More than 100 middle and high school students are participating in The Groundhog Job Shadow Day Initiative at United Parcel Service sites throughout the region. The program offers young people the opportunity...

Md. Chapter of Public Relations Society of America accepts nominations for Spirit of PR Award.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The Maryland Chapter, Public Relations Society of America, is accepting nominations for its Spirit of Public Relations Award, which is given to someone outside the profession who has demonstrated a keen...

Black Cherry Puppet Theater wins Md. State Arts Council's Cherry Adler Award.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The Maryland State Arts Council has awarded the third annual Cherry Adler Award to the Black Cherry Puppet Theater, a Baltimore-based theater company that offers the art of puppetry to wide audiences through...

Md. New Car and Truck Dealers Assn. introduces its new spokesperson.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The Annapolis-based Maryland New Car and Truck Dealers Association has introduced "Buckles, The Safety Beagle, A Family's Best Friend" as its new spokesperson with 30-second public service announcements to...

United Way of Central Md. offers resource manual for service agencies.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The United Way of Central Maryland is offering a free, 35-page booklet, "Help in Hard Times," as a resource manual with up-to-date phone numbers and street addresses for agencies whose services range from...

Gaithersburg-based Digene receives $15M in private placement equity transaction.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Gaithersburg-based Digene Corp. said it has received gross proceeds of $15 million in a direct private placement equity transaction under which Digene sold 588,235 shares of its common stock to Acqua...

Lanham-based Vocus releases Public Relations 3.0.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Vocus Inc., the Lanham-based provider of Web-based public relations automation software, released Vocus Public Relations 3.0, the third major release of Vocus' PR automation software. Vocus Public Relations...

Netsize to provide Annapolis-based TeleCommunication Systems' customers with text message service.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Annapolis-based TeleCommunication Systems Inc., a key architect of wireless messaging software and a leading supplier of solutions to wireless service providers, said Netsize, an international wireless...

Verizon Md. to redeem principal amount of three separate series of debentures.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Verizon Communications Inc. said that on March 1 its wholly owned subsidiary -- Verizon Maryland Inc. (formerly The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland) -- will redeem the entire outstanding...

Archer Daniels Midland to be exclusive exporter for Perdue Farm's Chesapeake Grain Export Terminal.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Salisbury-based Perdue Farms Inc. and Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland Co. have reached an agreement in which ADM will be the exclusive exporter of grain- related feed products out of Perdue's Chesapeake...

Columbia-based Celsion Corp. settles lawsuit with Warren C. Stearns and associates.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Columbia-based Celsion Corp. said it has settled its ongoing lawsuit with Warren C. Stearns and his associates. Under the terms of the settlement, Celsion issued to the Stearns group certain common stock...

SunTrust Banks' investment consultants recognized by Bank Investment Marketing magazine.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. said 15 of its investment consultants have been recognized by Bank Investment Marketing magazine, a leading industry publication, in its second annual ranking of the nation's...

Columbia-based The Rouse Company purchases 2.175M shares to cover over-allotments.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Columbia-based The Rouse Company said Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, the sole underwriter of the company's recent 14.5 million share offering of common shares, has exercised its option to purchase an additional...

The Pinehurst Co. implements Group 1 Software's DMI marketing automation solution.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Group 1 Software, a Lanham-based provider of customer relationship management-enabling software solutions, said The Pinehurst Co., one of the nation's largest privately held owners and operators of...

Baltimore-based Harbor Bankshares reports increased earnings for 2001.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Baltimore-based Harbor Bankshares Corp. increased its earnings in 2001 by 29.2 percent over previous year's earnings, going to $730,000 from $565,000, according to chairman and CEO Joseph Haskins Jr.

Advice from attorneys about the ethics of document destruction.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Legal Affairs Writer To shred or not to shred: That is the question. In the wake of the collapse of Enron Corp., document destruction is big news after the revelation that the Houston-based energy trader and...

Md. accounting firms believe more regulations needed for Big 5, not smaller businesses.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Business Writer Local accountants agree there needs to be more scrutiny in auditing public companies, but most argue any regulations should be directed at the Big 5 and not trickle down to smaller businesses. ...

On the Record with Ermis Sfakiyanudis, chairman of Anne Arundel Economic Develop. Corp.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Nancy Kercheval Ermis Sfakiyanudis, president of Sigma Engineering Inc., in Annapolis, recently was named chairman of the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp.'s board of directors to replace Konrad Wayson. Sfakiyanudis, who...

EYE ON THE ENTREPRENEUR - Hatching the entrepreneur.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Neil R. G. Young, CLU, ChFC How do fledgling high-tech entrepreneurs get the necessary training to spread their wings and take off? All they need to do is call Michael Haines. Haines and Carol Morrison run the Center for...

Md. legislators form task force to study state's lighting efficiency and pollution.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Business Writer You're not likely to find "foot candles" and "light trespass" in most business vocabularies, but for dozens of state and county lawmakers, business owners and developers, these terms are part of...

Baltimore restaurateur promotes cheese as a food that deserves connoisseurs.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Business Writer The countertop seems like any other. The menu boasts sandwiches, salads, soups and the usual cafe fare. Behind the line, cows, camels and sheep are among the animals that seem to dance on the...

Commentary: Digital Bridge Initiative narrows the gap between private and nonprofit sectors.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Betsy Nelson Many of us have heard of the Digital Divide the concept that there are two groups of people, those with access to the best information technology and those without. What you may not be aware of is that the Digital...

Baltimore interpreter for deaf and blind receives patent for invention and starts company.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Business Writer For 13 years, Stephen J. Frank has been working as an interpreter in the Baltimore area. Using his hands to help him, he has acted as a link for the hearing and deaf worlds, signing conversations,...

Md. legislators prepare to battle Verizon's attempt to enter long-distance market.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Business Writer If there's any truth to the old Chinese curse about living in interesting times, then William R. Roberts could be in for a rough year. Because for the president of the Maryland division of...

Pres./CEO of Baltimore's Allfirst Financial becomes first woman named to parent company's board.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Susan C. Keating, who continues to make headlines as the only female CEO of one of the top banks in the United States, has claimed another first for her gender. Keating, president and CEO of Allfirst...

Zagat Survey of restaurants in Baltimore/Washington area features 700 eateries.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Calling all gastronomes. Zagat Survey is preparing its annual survey of restaurants in the Baltimore/Washington area, so it's looking for some lovers of food or those who just don't like to cook at home. ...

FAA reports 62 incursions over Camp David's no-fly zone since Sept. 11.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Out for a weekend flight? Watch your bearings. At least 62 pilots have violated an expanded no-fly zone over Camp David since Sept. 11, the Federal Aviation Administration says. Authorities say many of...

All poison centers in U.S. now hooked to the same 800 number.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The Maryland Poison Center, operated by the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, always has had a number of its own that most parents knew by heart. But to make it easier for everyone especially...

MD Legal Briefs Feb. 2, 2002.
February 2, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Consumer gripes Love a list? Here's one from the Attorney General's Office with the top 10 sources of consumer complaints in 2001 (out of more than 11,000 categories): (1) auto repair shops, (2) new car...

Baltimore judge rules against using standard field sobriety tests as direct evidence of DUI.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Staff Legal Affairs Writer A staple of prosecuting impaired-driving cases the officer's testimony that the defendant "failed" a standard field sobriety "test" could become a thing of the past under a ruling last week...

Budget shortfall takes toll on Md. transportation projects.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Amy Bernstein Having watched the budget surplus vanish as the economy tanked, Maryland lawmakers must raid dozens of cash-rich special funds to fill the states budget gap and not even a reserve fund for the massive Woodrow Wilson...

MD co. helps retailers fight employee theft.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Laura Fick At retail stores throughout Maryland and the nation, theft is a hard thing to control, perhaps all the harder because so much of it results from inside jobs employee pilfering.According to the National Retail...

Report: Md. biotech needs more private cash to take next step.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Karen Buckelew Marylands biotechnology industry is holding steady as the countrys third largest, but more venture capital funding particularly private dollars is needed to keep it on top or even bring it to number one, according...

Md. Court of Special Appeals throws out $2.7M finder's fee award.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Joe Surkiewicz A jurys $2.7 million finders fee award to a firm that helped pave the way for a $200 million investment by an international investment bank was reversed by the Court of Special Appeals on Friday.William H. Elliott of...

Baltimore-based sports finance co. to sell arena football team.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Todd Karpovich Newly formed Moag & Co. is looking for a buyer for an Arena Football League expansion team that will most likely be based in Philadelphia.The Baltimore-based sports finance company began operations in December after...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules baggage chief's workers' comp case can go on.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Barbara Grzincic A baggage-crew chiefs seven-year fight over workers compensation benefits can go on a little longer, the Court of Special Appeals held Friday.Fridays reported opinion is the second to come out of the dispute over...

Baltimore-based Guilford Pharmaceuticals files submission in Europe for its cancer therapy.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Baltimore-based Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. has filed a submission in Europe seeking an expanded indication for its cancer therapy, GLIADEL Wafer, for use during initial surgery for malignant glioma. The...

Bethesda-based American Capital Strategies invests in Petaluma Poultry Processors.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports American Capital Strategies Ltd., based in Bethesda, has invested $8.5 million in senior subordinated notes to recapitalize Petaluma Poultry Processors Inc. as part of an acquisition financing. Petaluma, an...

Accokeek-based Beretta U.S.A. to introduce integrated lock as option on pistol series.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Accokeek-based Beretta U.S.A. will introduce the B-Lok integrated mechanical safety as an option on its model 9000S series pistol at the annual 2002 SHOT Trade Show in Las Vegas. Beretta's integrated lock...

Delmarva Foundation recognizes four Baltimore-area hospitals for Medicare excellence.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Delmarva Foundation, of Easton, has recognized four area hospitals with the 2001 Campaign for Medicare Excellence Award. They are: Sibley Memorial Hospital, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Harbor Hospital...

Digene reacquires exclusive rights to distribute its chlamydia and gonorrhea tests.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Gaithersburg-based Digene Corp. has reacquired from Abbott Laboratories the exclusive rights to distribute Digene's chlamydia and gonorrhea tests and accessories worldwide. Under a marketing and distribution...

Annapolis-based FTI Consulting launches utility regulatory and financial practice.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports FTI Consulting, the Annapolis-based provider of strategic and litigation-related consulting services, has launched a utility regulatory and financial practice within its financial consulting division. Andrew...

Columbia-based MICROS Systems reports revenue for the quarter.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Columbia-based MICROS Systems Inc., a leading supplier of information systems to the hospitality industry, reported revenue for the quarter, ending Dec. 31, was $90.9 million, an increase of $10.5 million, or...

Md. Legal Briefs: February 4, 2002.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports TV knockout Kenneth R. Fisher, of Baltimore, is suing Mick O'Shea's Irish Pub, manager Colin McClure and Irish Pubs LLC in Baltimore City Circuit Court, alleging that an inadequately secured 27-inch...

Columbia-based Medicalliance names Elizabeth Parmer as marketing manager.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Medicalliance Inc., a Columbia-based medical education agency, has named Elizabeth Parmer, MS, RN, as marketing manager. She has held positions as the manager of the pediatric intensive care unit at...

Rockville-based American Bank declares cash dividend.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Phillip C. Bowman, president and CEO of Rockville-based American Bank, said the bank's board has declared a 4-cent cash dividend per share of common stock to shareholders of record as of Feb. 26. The dividend...

Bethesda-based HMSHost awarded food service concessions at two Ohio travel plazas.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Bethesda-based HMSHost Corp., the world's largest provider of food, beverage and retail concessions to the travel industry, was recently awarded the food service concession rights at the Middle Ridge and...

Two Baltimore ad firms battle for MD lottery account.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Bruce Miller The bell is about to sound for the second round of a multimillion-dollar bout between two of Marylands heavyweight advertising agencies, according to industry sources.Only two ad shops Eisner Communications and...

Md. Court of Special Appeals rules deceased developer's daughters to share tax liability.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Joe Surkiewicz The daughters of the late developer-lawyer Nathan Posner must pay more than $900,000 each in federal and state estate taxes on a $4.9 million Marital Trust created under their fathers will, the Court of Special...

Teacher's off-campus sex with student was child abuse, CSA affirms.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Peter Geier A Kenwood High School math teacher was properly convicted of child abuse for having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old student he was driving home after class, the Court of Special Appeals held yesterday.The former...

Report: Charitable giving, confidence in nonprofits rise in Md.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Laura Fick Charitable giving in Maryland is on the rise, as is trust in the states nonprofit community, according to a study released yesterday by the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations.The study, similar to one...

Md. Office of Admin. Hearings overhaul to get hearing.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Earl Kelly Two House committees will hear testimony in Annapolis today on a bill to overhaul the Office of Administrative Hearings, and the OAHs chief administrative law judge said yesterday he supports many of the proposed...

Md. Court of Appeals rules father-son mix-up no reason to vacate default judgment or lien.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer In life, Alfred M. Hagler shared a name with his son, unfettered by appellations like Jr. or Sr. that would distinguish one from the other.In death, the address they also shared remains subject to...

MD tech industry welcomes end to econ. downturn.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Bob Keaveney Not fully recovered from its disastrous 2001 but upbeat and confident that better times lie ahead, Marylands technology industry arrived yesterday in Annapolis to banish, for a while at least, the unwanted guest that...

MD borrowers beware; scam warning issued.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Todd Karpovich Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. issued a warning yesterday for Marylanders to be on the lookout for companies offering quick and easy loans, credit cards or other financial services that require up-front fees...

DUI suspect gets new trial, chance to explain poor 'test' performance.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Stacey Winakur A Howard County judge should have allowed a psychiatric expert to testify that a woman on trial for drunken driving suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Court of Special Appeals held yesterday.The court...

Lack of final judgment thwarts Md. Court of Appeals review of tort, support cases.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer A disappointed top court declined yesterday to reach the merits of two cases it took for review after decisions in the Court of Special Appeals, finding no final judgment was entered by the circuit...

Md. Legal Briefs: February 5, 2002.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Flipping a coin A Michigan grandfather has threatened to file a judicial misconduct complaint against Wayne County Circuit Judge Helen Brown, who flipped a coin to decide where the man's granddaughters...

Macintosh Automation Seminars coming to Baltimore.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Scripting Matters Inc. will offer two Macintosh automation seminars in Baltimore next week on Tuesday, February 12, at the Marriott Courtyard Airport. It gives a unique opportunity for Mac users in the area...

ACE*COMM and COMGATES announce alliance at Telestrategies OSS World Conference.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports ACE*COMM Corporation, a leading provider of advanced operations support systems (OSS) technologies, and COMGATES, an innovative developer of networking technologies that enable the convergence of voice and...

GenVec signs $10 million contract for development of preventative AIDS vaccine.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Gaithersburg-based GenVec, Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of...

Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum to celebrate Babe's 107th birthday anniversary.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum will celebrate the 107th anniversary of George Herman "Babe" Ruth's birthday with a noon free and open to the public -- birthday bash at the 216 Emory St. museum, and a...

Baltimore-based The Campbell Group wins 17 ad awards in competition.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports The Campbell Group, the Baltimore-based full-service marketing communications firm with more than $38 million in annual billings, won 17 advertising awards in the annual competition sponsored by the...

Gaithersburg-based MedImmune to present at Merrill Lynch global conference.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Gaithersburg-based MedImmune Inc. will present at the Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Medical Device Conference tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. (EST). MedImmune's presentation will be Webcast live...

Baltimore-based Reese Press wins awards for excellence in printing.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Reese Press, of Baltimore, won six awards for excellence in printing in the 2002 Print Quality Awards Competition sponsored by Timonium-based Printing & Imaging Industries of Maryland. Among its wins were...

Md. Transportation Authority Police Dept. adds five unmarked Ford Expeditions.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Maryland Transportation Authority Police Department is boosting its forces with the addition of five unmarked 2001Ford Expeditions. It is outfitting them with radar and mobile truck inspection materials and is...

Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Source awarded contract for Nashville, Tenn. energy plant.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Source's president, Greg Jarosinski, said CESource has been awarded a contract to design, build and operate a $43.6 million district energy plant to serve downtown...

Gaithersburg-based WeatherBug introduces new form of interactive advertising.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports A new form of interactive advertising gives consumers the power to select the ads they want to see. This online advertising model, called sponsor select, was introduced by Gaithersburg-based WeatherBug...

Md. governor names Gail H. Bates to House of Delegates for District 14B.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Gov. Parris N. Glendening has named Gail H. Bates to the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Legislative District 14B. She replaces Del. Robert Kittleman, who was appointed to the Senate last month....

Gaithersburg-based Gene Logic to release fourth quarter and year end results.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Gene Logic Inc., the Gaithersburg-based provider of biocontent and bioinformatics solutions, will release fourth quarter and year end 2001 financial results at 6 a.m., Feb. 19, before the open of the U.S....

Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Co. hosts grand-reopening of Catonsville thrift outlet.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Co. is hosting a grand re-opening of its Catonsville thrift outlet store at the Charing Cross Shopping Center, 5210-B Baltimore National Pike, complete with free cake giveaways...

CompuDyne to broadcast fourth quarter and fiscal year results live via Internet.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports CompuDyne Corp., of Hanover, will broadcast live via the Internet, its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended 2001 conference call. The company plans to discuss its financial results for the quarter, business...

Germantown-based Acterna forms new operational support systems business.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Targeting the growing demand among cable operators for management systems to accelerate the deployment of new cable services, Germantown-based Acterna has formed a new operational support systems business in...