Newstream.com Digest: Winter Driving Tips, New Initiative to Help Hispanics Gain Homeownership and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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Winter Driving Tips
As the temperature drops experts say there are certain things many people don't pay enough attention to when it comes to their vehicle and winter driving.
A report from General Motors .
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Logitech Reaches a Milestone: 30 Million Cordless Peripherals Sold -
and Still Counting
The market for cordless peripherals, including mice, keyboards and gaming controllers, is hot. And Logitech, creator of the first cordless RF-based mouse in 1992, has emerged as the category's clear market leader, according to company sales figures and industry research. Logitech recently shipped its 30 millionth cordless peripheral and has introduced a broad range of new cordless devices now on shelves for the holiday season.
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ExxonMobil Providing Lubricants for a Modern China
Change has come to China in a big way, and it has come quickly. Old industrial facilities using outmoded equipment to turn out products of limited quality are rapidly disappearing. While other economies are struggling to grow at even modest rates, China is expanding at nearly 10 percent a year. Investment in new productive capacity grew 9.3 percent in 2000, and foreign investment is up 14.9 percent.
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J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Manufacturer Web Sites Are
Increasingly Successful in Inspiring Test Drives
Overall site usefulness continues to increase for visitors to automotive manufacturer Web sites, and these visits are increasing consumer likelihood to test drive a vehicle, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Manufacturer Web Site Evaluation Study(SM)-Wave 2 released today.
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TBS Superstation Selects 21 Georgia Students for PSA Campaign
Celebrating GREAT AMERICAN MOMENTS
TBS Superstation will begin its celebration of American achievement during Black History Month by highlighting 21 influential Americans from diverse cultural backgrounds.
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Array Networks Delivers Network Traffic Analysis to Protect
Intellectual Property and Detect Network Abuse
Array Networks, The Web Traffic Company, announced the availability of its new Array SR (Security Reconnaissance) Series, the first wire-speed network traffic analyzer designed to detect potential security breaches and network abuse across TCP/IP-based protocols. The Array SR enables companies and law enforcement organizations to rapidly and securely scan, analyze and record incoming and outgoing network traffic in compliance with homeland security and electronic surveillance laws.
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New Initiative to Help Hispanics Gain Homeownership
A lack of understanding about credit and language hurdles are the biggest barriers to homeownership for Hispanics and other minorities. But now there is help.
Video now available.
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David J. Williams Is the New Chairman, President & CEO of Aventis
Pasteur
The Aventis Pasteur board today named David J. Williams chairman, president & chief executive officer of the company. He replaces Jean-Jacques Bertrand at the helm of the vaccines business of Aventis, effective Jan. 1, 2003. Aventis Pasteur, which is headquartered in Lyon, France, and has major sites in Swiftwater, Pa., and Toronto, Canada, employs over 8,000 people worldwide with sales approaching $2 billion.
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Lucent Technologies New 5E-XCTM High-Capacity Switch Selected by SBC
Lucent Technologies today announced that SBC Communications Inc. is deploying Lucent's new high-capacity switch to more cost effectively support voice and data calls -- such as wireless, Internet-dialup and long distance -- that enter and exit SBC's local network.
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New Treatment Shows Promise for Women Suffering from Advanced Breast
Cancer
According to recent medical study findings, there may be a new treatment option for women suffering from an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer, as we hear in this report from Matt Kelly.
Radio News Feature.
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Daniel C. Ustian Elected Chief Executive Officer of Navistar; John R.
Horne Will Continue As Chairman of the Board
Navistar International Corporation, the nation's largest producer of trucks and mid-range diesel engines, today announced that the company's president and chief operating officer, Daniel C. Ustian, 52, has been elected chief executive officer, effective Feb. 19, 2003, following the company's annual meeting.
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Nuevo Y Prometedor Tratamiento Para Mujeres Con C?ncer De Seno
Avanzado
Segun los resultados de un estudio reciente, puede haber una nueva opcion de tratamiento para las mujeres que sufren de una forma agresiva de cancer de seno avanzado. Lilian Carbone tiene los detalles...
Noticias Especiales para Radio.
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