NIWOT, Colo., Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Arete Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:ARET) announced the simultaneous creation of two energy advisory boards, one focusing on expertise in traditional oil and gas development and the second focusing on providing expertise in the "New" Alternative and Rewable Energy Sector. The advisory boards will aid Arete in both of its directions and in its due diligence processes. Advisory board members will also assist in the Company's program to acquire and finance traditional and alternative and renewable energy projects and by providing Arete with opportunities that the Company might not otherwise be able to obtain.
Record Low Prices on Spring & Summer Travel to Europe!
BOTHELL, Wash., Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Yes we know, winter hasn't even started yet, and we are already talking about Spring & Summer 2004. But how can we not -- with prices this low! For a very limited time we are offering great savings to those who plan their spring & summer vacations ahead of time. Book by December 23rd and take advantage of record low prices to Europe 2004. But hurry - December 23 the prices will change!
Dobson Communications Corporation
Dobson Communications Closes Tender Offer for Preferred Shares
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dobson Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DCEL) today announced that it has closed its cash tender offer (the "Offer") for, and has purchased 246,967 shares of, its 12 1/4% Senior Exchangeable Preferred Stock (CUSIP Nos. 256072307, 256069303 and 256072208) (the "Preferred Shares"). The aggregate consideration paid by Dobson for the Preferred Shares purchased in the Offer was $263.4 million, including accrued dividends on the purchased shares.
Merrill Lynch Insurance Group Adopts ADMServer Framework
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Oct 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Insurance industry heavy hitters are beginning to embrace Blue Frog Solutions' standards-based solutions to save time and money throughout various transaction processes.
The ALS Association (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- TV Guide and Paramount Pictures will shine the spotlight on Lou Gehrig's disease November 3 with the publication of a television producer's remembrance of his father's battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), coupled with the sale of a specially produced video of last year's Becker episode that was based on this touching story. All proceeds from the sale of the CBS sitcom episode will support the work of The ALS Association (ALSA).
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The following is an investment opinion issued by Stockwinners.com.
Northrop Grumman Awarded Shipboard Interrogator Contract by the U.S. Navy
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The crews of U.S. and allied navy surface ships using the AN/UPX-24(V) shipboard interrogator will continue to benefit from secure, positive identification of cooperative aircraft through a contract for ten interrogator sets from Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Navigation Systems Division.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Corn farmers in southwestern Minnesota finally received some good news. It has been a rough few years; not only have they endured a scorching crop season, but their key life savings -- shared ownership in Marshall-based Minnesota Corn Processors (MCP) -- had been sold out. The official buyer was Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM); but the shareholders believed that they were actually sold-out by their own Corporate Officers in an unfair deal that siphoned millions to the officers -- money that should have gone to the shareholders. Last April, a group of farmers who were former MCP shareholders initiated a class action lawsuit charging former CEO Dan Thompson, and other Executives at MCP, with promoting the company sale to ADM for their own personal gain and at the expense of the shareholders.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Bluetorch Inc. (OTCBB:AASI), an emerging apparel company focused on the extreme sport enthusiast, announced today that its trading symbol will change effective Monday, November 3, 2003 from AASI to BTOR.
LONDON, Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Crystal Reports Distributor is an application for Windows that saves time and money by making it easy to define single or packages of Crystal reports, schedule and run them automatically, and send the reports to print, fax, disk, or email in a number of standard formats.
