Newstream.com Digest: Survey: 21st Century Small Business Owners Challenged With Fast Change
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Carfax Announces Enhanced Vehicle History Report;
Redesign Will Better Serve Customers
Carfax, Inc., the leading provider of vehicle history information, is pleased to announce the launch of a new version of their Carfax Vehicle History Report(TM).
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21st Century Small Business Owners Challenged With Fast Change
Small business owners of the 21st century have very different concerns than those preceding them, according to a group of small business industry leaders that convened in Boston for the selection of Fleet's Small Business Leadership Awards winners. The challenges of the Internet, the tight labor market and intense competition were all cited as things small business owners face in today's uncertain marketplace. Learn about the awards, their judges and how winners will be chosen.
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Warner Bros. Television and the WB Team for
"Gilmore Girls" Hollywood Sweepstakes
America Online (AOL), Warner Bros. Online, Warner Bros. Television, and The WB have teamed up for a sweepstakes celebrating the special relationship between mothers and daughters as seen in Warner Bros. Television's "Gilmore Girls." The grand prize is a trip for two to Hollywood to visit the set and meet some of the series' stars.
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Clinique Celebrates The Oscars
Clinique is recognizing the outstanding women nominated for "Best Actress" Academy Awards this year with pre-Oscar congratulatory gift baskets.
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Survey: HIV+ Individuals Having Problems Adhering to Drug Regimens
Twenty years after the start of the epidemic, patients' "AIDS Battle Fatigue" is visible, with HIV+ individuals finding it difficult to comply with their drug regimens and looking to take fewer and better drugs, according to data from a survey conducted by Savitz Research and underwritten by GlaxoSmithKline. Learn key survey findings here.
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Study: IoGen(TM) Reduces Pain & Tenderness in Women Suffering
from Fibrocystic Breast Disease (FBD)
Symbollon Corporation presented data March 13 from a recently concluded Phase II clinical trial of its patented drug, IoGen(TM), which is being developed as a treatment for fibrocystic breast disease (FBD), a debilitating disease that affects an estimated 25 million American women and whose primary symptoms are breast pain and tenderness.
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Satmetrix Systems Launches Market Stat to Benchmark Customer
Satisfaction in Seven Key Industries
Executives can now compare their customer satisfaction performance with that of leading "best-in-class" companies within and across a variety of industries with Market Stat, a new customer satisfaction benchmarking system using comparative data from more than 200 leading firms. Market Stat establishes normative standards of excellence for industries which include High Tech, Internet, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and Utilities.
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Advanced Technology to Measure Body Fat and Lean Body Mass;
BOD POD(R) Body Composition System to Descend
on San Francisco's IHRSA Convention
Life Measurement, Inc. will be demonstrating the BOD POD(R) Body Composition System at the IHRSA (International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association) 20th Anniversary Exhibition in San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center from March 22-24 (Booth No. 225). The BOD POD is an egg-shaped chamber that uses advanced air displacement technology to measure body fat and lean body mass.
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NextNet Wireless Proves Non Line-of-Sight MMDS System
in Olympia, WA Field Test
NextNet Wireless, developer of the industry's first non line-of-sight broadband wireless access system, with self-installable indoor customer premise equipment (CPE), announced that it has successfully completed field trials of its Expedience(TM) system over MMDS frequencies owned by US Wirefree, in Olympia, WA. The non line-of-sight field trials confirmed that the Expedience system effectively delivers high-speed fixed wireless services over MMDS frequencies in densely populated, and highly obstructed areas, such as the Pacific Northwest.
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Princeton Lightwave Announces Industry's First Broadband GainChip
for Tunable Lasers
Princeton Lightwave, Inc. (PLI) announced its breakthrough Broadband GainChip(TM) (BGC), an Indium Phosphide-based semiconductor chip-on-carrier (CoC). The BGC enables customers to reach more than 40 milliwatts from an external cavity network source laser -- breaking the barrier for customers to offer more than double the power that is currently available while simultaneously tuning over an entire band.
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Airlines Select B/E Aerospace Passenger Seats in Programs
Valued at Approximately $25 Million
Three airlines have selected B/E Aerospace, Inc.'s passenger seats to equip existing and new aircraft. The seating programs are expected to provide B/E with combined revenues of up to approximately $25 million.
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Media Alert: Statewide Media to Receive Additional Winning Numbers
During Pennsylvania Lottery/Universal Orlando Resort Promotion
The Pennsylvania Lottery will announce 10 winning number combinations during the four-week promotion period, in addition to the winning numbers from the regular Saturday night drawings. Get details here.
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Flagler Names Thompson Vice President and Controller
Flagler Development Company (Flagler), the wholly-owned commercial real estate development subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (FECI) named Melinda McDonald Thompson, Vice President and Controller.
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Cubic Defense Systems Names New Director
for Washington, D.C. Operations
Richard E. Siner has been named Director of Washington Operations for Cubic Defense Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB). Previously, Siner served as the senior manager and Director of Business Development for the Washington, D.C. office, with an emphasis on Air Force and Joint programs for Cubic's Training Systems and Tactical Electronic Products.
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SmartDisk Appoints Rod H. King as
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Former Fujifilm executive Rod H. King will be responsible for directing all U.S.-based marketing and sales activities, formulating SmartDisk's global marketing and sales strategies and coordinating worldwide sales and marketing programs.
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