Newstream.com Digest: Hands-Free Technology, Disaster Search Dog Teams Honored, Health Care Cost Survey and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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Hands-Free Accessories
For most of us, multi-tasking is a way of life. We need to race to a meeting, take lunch, be online and take that all-important call -- all at once. Hands-free technology can save precious time -- and make multi-tasking more efficient. Motorola has more.
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Survey: Towers Perrin Survey Projects 14% Increase In Health Care
Costs In 2002
For the third consecutive year, large employers will experience a double-digit increase in their health care costs, according to the 2002 Towers Perrin Health Care Cost Survey. The survey found that the cost of large employers' health benefit plans will increase about 14% on average in 2002 -- the highest year-over-year percentage increase since Towers Perrin began conducting the survey more than a decade ago.
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Disaster Search Dog Teams honored by College of Veterinary Medicine
at Western University of Health Sciences
Eight of the California advanced search dog teams recently returned from service at Ground Zero in New York City were honored in Los Angeles by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences, located in Pomona, 35 miles east of the downtown area. Video available now of dogs in training, plus an interview with the Dean of the College.
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Pep Boys Stocks Up On Safety Items for Holiday Season
Like it or not, winter weather and difficult driving conditions are just around the corner for much of America, and Pep Boys wants every driver to be prepared. As the nation's leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain and the recognized expert on most things automotive, Pep Boys believes that safety items will be on the top of many gift lists this holiday season.
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New Boston Market Product Offers Speed, Ease and Home-Style Please
Bring an easier pace to your kitchen and a livelier taste to your table this holiday season. Boston Market Broth, a product of Heinz , will debut nationally on grocers' shelves in November. The homemade taste of new Boston Market broth is preferred nearly 2 to 1 over Swanson in taste tests.
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DonCosa Images DCI Salons Announces a Treatment Breakthrough in
Hair Replacement for Women Suffering from Trichottillomania
and Aloepecia Areata
DonCosa Images DCI Salons Intervention Centers announced the addition of a new medical division to specifically treat women who suffer from hair loss due to the medical disorders Aloepecia Areata and Trichottillomania.
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FDA Clears Bausch & Lomb ReNu MultiPlus Multi-Purpose Solution as
No-Rub Regimen for Soft Contact Lenses
Bausch & Lomb announced that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has cleared ReNu MultiPlus(R) Multi-Purpose
Solution for use as a no-rub regimen to clean and disinfect soft
contact lenses that are replaced every 30 days or more often. New
packaging will debut in the United States before year end.
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Action-Packed World War II Miniseries Uprising Arrives on DVD and VHS
from Warner Home Video December 18
On December 18, Warner Home Video (WHV) will release a double-disc DVD and double-cassette VHS of NBC's miniseries Uprising, the heroic true stories of Jewish resistance fighters who battled the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
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Merv Griffin Productions Brings Value to Clients With GlobeCaster(tm)
Merv Griffin Productions is using the GlobeCaster(tm) integrated studio solution to bring added value and recognition to clients like Hallmark, MTV and Rolling Stone. The all-in-one GlobeCaster studio solution includes all of the capabilities of a traditional studio in one compact and transportable system, which allows the Merv Griffin Productions team to effectively promote their clients on the road in new and innovative ways to target audiences across the country.
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America's Newest Millionaire Cashes in at World's
Largest Slot Tournament
Two hundred slot players from across the country gathered Monday at Harrah's Rio All-Suite Casino Resort in hopes of taking home $1 million and the title of National Champion of Slots. After three rounds of fast-paced action, Frederick Okal of Fremont, Calif., outlasted the competition to win the grand prize in the seventh annual Harrah's Millionaire Maker.
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Multifoods Announces Key Additions to Senior Management Team
International Multifoods Corp. announced two additions to its senior management team to enhance the company's ability to capitalize on growth opportunities and better meet customer needs.
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Sun Homes Announces Refurbished Manufactured Homes Sales
Sun Communities Inc., owners, operators and developers of manufactured housing communities, announced it will begin selling totally refurbished pre-owned manufactured homes at its Sun Homes sales center at 2730 US Highway 20 West, in Elkhart.
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Larry L. Helmke Named Senior Vice President for MCG Northwest
MCG Northwest announced that Larry L. Helmke has been named senior vice president. MCG Northwest specializes in benefit plans for companies of all sizes.
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