Newstream.com Digest: A Record for Movie Watching, Race Cars to Street Cars and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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Movie Buffs Go for the Guinness World Record for Movie Watching
ACT II, a brand of ConAgra Foods, celebrated the first-ever ACT II(R) PopFest, a three-day movie event staged in Minneapolis March 1-3. At the event, movie buffs experienced their own form of stardom as participants had the chance to set a new Guinness World Record(TM) for continuous movie watching. And it appears a dozen lucky contestants will be on their way to the record books.
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Race Car to Street Car
Even if you never have to take turns like the pros at LeMans, your everyday vehicle may have some race car genes. That's because automakers don't design race cars just for show. A report from General Motors
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Commerce Bank Elects Former NJ Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco and
George E. Norcross III to Board
Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE Symbol: CBH) has announced it has elected the following distinguished executives to its Board of Directors: Donald T. DiFrancesco, Former Governor of New Jersey; and George E. Norcross III, Chairman of Commerce National Insurance Services
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Nth Power Study Finds 2001 Energy-Related VC Investment Showed Some
Resiliency, Continued Backing of Innovation
All venture capital investment for energy-related start-up companies reached $774.5 million during 2001, the second highest level ever, it was reported today by Nth Power LLC, the pioneering energy venture capital firm.
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Mentor Graphics Names New VP of Global Accounts
Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced that Don Cantow has been promoted to vice president of Global Accounts.
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New Canon Powershot S330 and S200 "Digital ELPH" Cameras Combine High
Performance with Style and Convenience
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. , continues to provide consumers with the widest range of features, functions and price points in digital cameras with the introduction of the new PowerShot S330 and S200 "Digital ELPH" models.
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How Important Is a Good Trade? Ask Baseball's Gary Carter
For baseball's Gary Carter, being traded to the New York Mets from the Montreal Expos was the best trade of his career. While with the Mets, he was pivotal in helping the team win the 1986 World Series. This past August, he was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame. But just recently, he missed being part of the Baseball Hall of Fame by just a few votes. But that hasn't affected how this baseball legend feels about trades.
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Mayor Proclaims "Star Princess Day" in Los Angeles
A proclamation from Mayor James Hahn was issued today, declaring March 12, 2002 "Star Princess Day" in Los Angeles. Star Princess Captain Cesare Ditel accepted the certificate of proclamation from Nick Tonsich, president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Port of Los Angeles.
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Consumer Reports' Annual Auto Issue: Top Picks for 2002, Used Car
Good Bets, Rating the Dealers, Saving Money On Maintenance
Consumer Reports(R) (CR) released its "Top Picks for 2002" in its Annual April Auto Issue, selecting the luxurious BMW 530i as its top-rated car overall, and the sporty new Subaru Impreza WRX as the top-rated fun-to-drive vehicle. The Toyota Highlander out-scored its near-and more costly-relative, the Lexus RX300, to become CR's Top Pick for midsized sport-utility vehicles.
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Cadillac & Fred Segal Beauty Join to Educate Hollywood's Top
Couturiers
General Motors' Cadillac division, long an icon for American luxury, and Fred Segal Beauty, well-known for its collection of ultra-hip boutiques and high fashion, partnered to provide select Los Angeles fashion industry leaders an inside look on how fashion influences car design. General Motors' stock symbol - GM.
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Transparent Networks Announces Major Photonic Switching Advance -
World's First 1200 Mirror Array with Integrated Drive
Transparent Networks, Inc., developer of intelligent photonic switching systems, announced today a major advance in photonic switching with the successful integration of LambdaMirror(TM), the world's first 3D MOEMS mirror array integrated with the high-voltage high-density VLSI electronics. The single chip array includes 1200 mirrors. The LambdaMirror technology is scalable to over 18,000 port optical switches.
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J.D. Power and Associates Reports: February Global Light-Vehicle
Sales Unchanged from January
Strong light-vehicle sales in the United States and the United Kingdom helped keep the global sales rate in February virtually unchanged from January, according to an automotive analysis by J.D. Power-LMC Automotive Services. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of global light-vehicle sales during February is estimated to have been 55.8 million units-up slightly from January's selling rate of 55.7 million units.
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