Newstream.com Digest: SUV Crash Test Results, Danger Lurks on the Playground, Online Coupons Help Save & Make Money at the Grocery Store and Other Free Multimedia for Journalists
NEW YORK--April 23, 2001--Crash Test Results: Performances of Three Small SUVs Vary
One of three small sport utility vehicle designs new for 2001, the Hyundai Santa Fe, earns a good overall rating based on performance in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The other two new small SUVs -- the Toyota RAV4 & the Ford Escape -- earn lower ratings.
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Ohio Dog Named 46th Skippy Dog Hero of the Year
The 46th Skippy(R) Dog Hero of the Year is Biyou, a three-year-old part Australian shepherd from Richmond Dale, Ohio who saved her owner from drowning in an icy creek and freezing from exposure.
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Sulzer Spine-Tech Receives FDA Approval for BAK/C Cervical
Interbody Fusion System
Sulzer Medica Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Sulzer Spine-Tech, based in Minneapolis, Minn., received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin commercializing the BAK/C(R)Cervical Interbody Fusion System. The BAK/C device is the first cervical interbody fusion device to receive FDA approval. Approximately 150,000 cervical fusions are performed in United States alone with a value of $150 million. The U.S. market is assumed to grow at a rate of about 20% annually.
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Convergys Corporation Reports Record First Quarter 2001 Financial
Results
Convergys Corporation , the global leader in integrated billing and customer care, announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. Video available later today
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New Edge Networks Raises $77.5 Million; Latest Financing Round
Fully Funds Company
New Edge Networks, the largest national broadband access provider primarily focused on small and mid-size cities, says it has raised $77.5 million in private equity and debt financing to fully fund its existing business operations.
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Esoterix Oncology Launches New Solid Tumor Diagnostic Tool
Esoterix Oncology, the Brentwood, Tenn. oncology laboratory well known for its advanced technology and medical expertise in flow cytometry (blood-related cancers), has expanded into the area of solid tumor analysis with the introduction of IMMUNOMETRIX(tm), a comprehensive solution for immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing. IHC is one of the most superior methods of solid tumor detection on the market today.
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New Study Shows Relief is in Sight for Contact Lens Wearers
Suffering from Seasonal Allergies with Daily Disposable Contact
Lenses
For most of us, spring is a pleasant time of year but if you have itchy, watery eyes this season, you're certainly not alone. More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies, and nearly 35 percent of those suffer from eye allergies known medically as "seasonal allergic conjunctivitis" or SAC. For allergy sufferers who wear contact lenses this time of year can just be irritating.
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Danger Lurks on the Playground
The National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) is on a mission to raise public awareness of dangers present on our nation's playgrounds. In a recent NPPS study of over 3000 playgrounds across the country, the United States received the dismal overall low grade of "C" on a "Report-Card" survey.
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New Online Coupons Help People Save & Make Money at the Grocery
Store
Eleven major companies -- including Kellogg, Mott's, Clairol and GlaxoSmithKline -- are the first to advertise and promote online with Nuvisio Corporation's NestEggz(sm) service. NestEggz proprietary technology enables consumer products companies to broadly distribute fraud-protected coupons online, and effectively advertise and promote on the Internet.
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Newest Ampex Data Systems High Capacity DST Video Server Archive
System Stores 4700 Hours of Programming
Ampex Data Systems Corporation unveiled its newest automated video server archive library at NAB 2001 designed for broadcast facilities looking to digitize and automate their programming or news operations. Featuring a base storage of up to 26TB, the new DST(R) 914 automated video server archive library can manage over 4700 hours of 12 Mbps video in less than 8 square feet and is scalable to hundreds of terabytes.
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