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J.D. Power and Associates Reports: November New-Vehicle Retail Sales Decrease Slightly from November 2008, While Total Sales Show Improvement [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 21 hours 38 minutes ago
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China's Oil Demand Remains Strong With 10% On-Year Jump in October [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 23 hours 8 minutes ago
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Art Moossmann to Lead Allianz Specialty Insurance Drive [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 20 hours 33 minutes ago
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG (AGCS) has announced that Arthur (“Art”) E. Moossmann has been appointed to the AGCS AG Board of Management as Chief Underwriting Officer for the company’s Global Specialty division.

CORRECTING and REPLACING Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods Announces Third Quarter 2009 Conference Call and Web Cast [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 3 hours 32 minutes ago
Fourth paragraph, first sentence of the release dated November 18, 2009 should read: ...after the call has ended on November 25, 2009 through December 9, 2009. (sted: ...after the call has ended on November 24, 2009 through December 9, 2009.)

AutoNation Seattle and BECU to Give Away a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 18 hours 15 minutes ago
...headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is America's largest automotive retailer. A component of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index, AutoNation owns and operates 245 new vehicle franchises in 15 states. For additional information...

The Options Clearing Corporation Announces November Test Results Show Increasing OSI Readiness [Press Release]
MarketWire | 3 days 17 hours ago
CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 11/19/09 -- The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced today that the second round of testing for the Options Symbology Initiative (OSI) concluded successfully and the industry is on track with preparations for next year's changes.

Western & Southern Financial Group Slashes Costs By Using Novell Identity Management Solutions [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 22 hours 8 minutes ago
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell today announced Western & Southern Financial Group, a Fortune 500 company, chose

iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund Starts Trading Today [Press Release]
MarketWire | 2 days 21 hours 3 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (BGI), the world's largest Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provider(1), announced today that the iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (NASDAQ: INDY) began trading today. The new iShares Fund is designed to track the S&P CNX Nifty Index that represents the 50 largest and most liquid Indian securities listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India. iShares offers investors the widest selection of emerging mar...

Kraft Foods Eliminated More Than 50 Million Truck Miles Since 2005 Through Focus on Transportation Sustainability Efforts [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 22 hours 38 minutes ago
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Everyone hates traffic. It eats up time, wastes energy and emits harmful carbon dioxide. As population and urbanization increase, experts say traffic is only getting worse. Kraft Foods is addressing this challenge by finding alternatives to trucking and making its distribution network more efficient. Since 2005, innovative sustainability projects have saved the company more than 50 million miles (80 million km) in its global transportati...

Equifax Offers Consumers a FREE Snapshot of Their Credit Score Range [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 16 hours 38 minutes ago
...the U.S. and 14 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. Equifax is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX. ...

Holiday Films Pose Unique Risk Challenges with Major Stunts and Action Sequences [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 3 hours 37 minutes ago
The holiday movie season includes films about vampires and werewolves (“Twilight: New Moon”), war lords during the Chinese Dynasty (“Red Cliff”), the King of Pop (“This Is It”), Scrooge (“A Christmas Carol”), a famous fictional detective (“Sherlock Holmes”) and the end of the Mayan calendar (“2012”).

Home Prices Continue to Improve According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 26 days 22 hours 7 minutes ago
...August 2009, released today by Standard & Poor's for its S&P/Case-Shiller...Chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's. "The two Composites and...1.6% -11.3% Source: Standard & Poor's and Fiserv Data through August...

Platts Iron Ore Price Assessment Will be Used to Clear ICE Contract [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 10 hours 8 minutes ago
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Bank of the West Chairman McGrath to Retire; CEO Shepherd to Succeed Him [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 16 hours 38 minutes ago
Following its November Board of Directors’ meeting, Bank of the West said today that Chairman Don J. McGrath, 61, will step down effective December 31, 2009 as chairman of the bank and of its holding company, BancWest Corporation, the parent company of Bank of the West and First Hawaiian Bank. He will remain a member of the Board of Directors of Bank of the West.

Equifax Names Bhatia CEO of India-Based Credit Information Company [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 18 hours 4 minutes ago
...the U.S. and 14 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. Equifax is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX. ...