C Appendix to Chapter 3
C.1 Representative Press Release Headlines
Here we provide some examples of typical press release headlines within each news cate-gory. More than one example is given for some categories to achieve higher representa-tiveness.
1. Awards
(a) Company Award
Dell Inc. (DELL) 26-04-2006 12:00:05 Dell Receives Top U.S. Government Award for Workplace Diversity Efforts
Constellation Engy (CEG) 31-03-2006 9:44:40 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Ranks Highest in the East Region With Business Customers According to the 2006 J.D. Power and Associates Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study (b) Product Award
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) 07-06-2006 8:02:20 Oracle’s Siebel Universal Customer Master Wins ‘Gold Award’ for Master Data Management in Bloor Research Study
Xerox Corp. (XRX) 13-06-2006 6:00:01 Xerox Imaging and Repository Operations Earn ISO/IEC 27001 Accreditation for Security
2. Corporate Strategy and Profitability (a) Credit News - Negative
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) 20-03-2007 15:49:27 Fitch Places Affiliated Computer Services on Rating Watch Negative on LBO Offer
(b) Credit News - Positive
Gasco Energy Inc. (GSX) 30-03-2006 16:15:27 Gasco Energy Secures Revolving Line of Credit
Autonation Inc. (AN) 03-04-2006 8:47:50 AutoNation, Inc. Receives Lender Com-mitments for $600 Million Term Loan
(c) Exchange Noncompliance
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (CCTYQ) 30-10-2008 16:05:00 Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Receives Notification from NYSE about Non-Compliance with a Continued Listing Standard
(d) Infrastructure - Downsizing
Furniture Brands International, Inc. (FBN) 05-02-2006 16:46:01 Thomasville Furni-ture Industries Announces Closing of Case Goods Manufacturing Facility
PT Centris MultiPersada Pratama Tbk (CMPP) 05-03-2006 9:46:01 Champps En-tertainment Announces Closure of Underperforming Restaurants
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Arapaho Capital Corp. (AHO) 07-06-2006 17:13:53 Ahold intends to divest 46 Tops stores in Northeast Ohio
(e) Infrastructure - Expansion
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) 25-04-2006 8:57:07 Verizon Wireless Expands Its Network in Rensselaer County
Centerra Gold Inc. (CG) 29-03-2006 8:30:02 Centerra Gold Continues to Expand Kumtor SB Zone and Adds 1 Million Ounces of Reserves at the Gatsuurt Project (f) Profitability - Declining
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) 08-01-2009 06:00:03 Williams-Sonoma, Inc. An-nounces a 22.6% Decrease in 2008 Holiday Revenues
(g) Profitability - Improving
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) 12-22-2008 9:30:25 Continues to Grow in Product Offerings, Customer Base and Profitability
3. Customers and Partnerships (a) Customer Loss
America Service Group Inc. (ASGR) 21-08-2006 18:30:25 America Service Group to Terminate Contract with Florida Department of Corrections
(b) Customer Win
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESIO) 25-04-2006 21:22:01 ESI Receives Follow-on Multi-System Order from Hynix Semiconductor Inc. for Its Model 9830 Semicon-ductor Link Processing System; 9830 Order Furthers ESI’s Momentum in the Asia Market
The Boeing Company (BA) 25-04-2006 5:00:33 Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise Orders 10 More Boeing 737s
(c) New Partnership
Independence Holding Company (IHC) 25-07-2006 16:21:44 Independence Holding Company Announces New Relationship with Carolina Benefit Administrators to Market and Administer Group and Individual Major Medical
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (DLB) 31-07-2006 8:00:51 Dolby Announces Deal With Infitec GmbH to Provide 3-D Technology for Dolby Digital Cinema; New technology to Provide High-Quality and Flexible Digital 3-D Solution
(d) Reaching a Milestone
Cyberonics, Inc. (CYBX) 05-01-2006 16:01:44 Cyberonics Announces 1,100th Pa-tient Treated With VNS Therapy(tm) for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) Since FDA Approval
4. Financial (a) Dividend
NSC Groupe SA (NSC) 25-04-2006 9:41:49 Norfolk Southern Declares Quarterly Dividend
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (HEP) 25-04-2006 6:45:29 Holly Energy Partners De-clares Distribution; Increases Quarterly Distribution From $0.625 to $0.64 Per Unit (b) Financial Results - Strong
Kennametal Inc. (KMT) 26-04-2006 7:30:39 Kennametal Reports Strong Third Quarter
(c) Financial Results - Weak
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (SIMO) 27-04-2006 17:00:43 Silicon Motion Tech-nology Corporation Announces First Quarter Results for the Period Ended March 31, 2006: Market Conditions Contribute to Sequential Weakness but Growth Expected to Pick Up in Q2
(d) Pre-Announcement - Negative
Keynote Systems, Inc. (KEYN) 04-03-2006 7:30:02 Keynote’s Preliminary Second Quarter 2006 Revenue Below Expectations
(e) Pre-Announcement - Positive
OM Group, Inc. (OMG) 25-04-2006 7:01:50 OM Group Increases Outlook for 2006 First Quarter Earnings Per Share
(f) Restatement
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL) 04-04-2006 19:00:27 Richardson Electronics, Ltd. to Restate its Financial Statements
(g) Secondary Offering: Debt
Dean Foods Company (DF) 05-10-2006 6:30:27 Dean Foods Announces Launch of
$300 Million Senior Notes Public Offering (h) Secondary Offering: Equity
Kimco Realty Corporation (KIM) 30-03-2006 8:01:40 Kimco Announces Offering of 10 Million Shares of Common Stock
(i) Share Buyback
AO Smith Corp. (AOS) 02-20-2007 11:00:00 A. O. Smith Announces Stock Repur-chase Program
(j) Stock Split - Forward
Cascade Financial Corporation (CASB) 25-04-2006 20:00:10 Cascade Financial Cor-poration Declares 5-for-4 Stock Split
(k) Stock Split - Reverse
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IDRA) 22-06-2006 9:00:12 Idera Pharmaceuticals to Effect a Reverse Stock Split
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5. Legal
(a) Class Action
Pixelplus Co., Ltd. (PXPL) Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Pixelplus Co., Ltd. by the Law Firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP
(b) Legal Problems
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (LPNT) 17-04-2006 14:07:01 Dissident Stockholder Files Suit against LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
(c) SEC Investigation
One Liberty Properties, Inc. (OLP) 21-06-2006 16:30:01 One Liberty Properties Receives Notification of Formal Investigation from the SEC
(d) Settlement
Freddie Mac (FRE) 18-04-2006 15:53:42 Freddie Mac Settles With Federal Election Commission
6. M&A
(a) Acquisition
Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) 24-04-2006 7:58:41 PXP An-nounces Agreement to Acquire Stone Energy and Elimination of 2007 and 2008 Crude Oil Collars
(b) IPO
Stoneridge, Inc. (SRI) 23-10-2007 16:47:00 Stoneridge, Inc. Announces Brazilian Joint Venture IPO Filing
(c) Merger
Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (GNA) 28-04-2006 16:14:05 Sheffield Steel Announces 53% Shareholder Agreement of Merger With Gerdau
(d) Spinoff
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (LVLT) 20-07-2006 16:19:01 Level 3 Signs Agreement to Sell Software Spectrum Subsidiary for $287 Million
7. Management (a) Addition
Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (GTK) 25-04-2006 9:03:26 Lottery In-dustry Veteran Connie Laverty Joins GTECH as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
(b) Compensation
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) 04-06-2006 16:05:31 Duke Energy Releases Details of CEO Compensation Package
(c) Promotion
EMCOR Group, Inc. (EME) 04-03-2006 10:32:01 Mark A. Pompa to Succeed Leicle E. Chesser as Chief Financial Officer of EMCOR Group; Mr. Chesser to become Vice Chairman of EMCOR Group, to retire at the end of 2006
(d) Reorganization
PepsiAmericas, Inc. (PAS) 15-05-2006 17:01:05 airforce(R) Nutrisoda(R) Announces New Management Team
(e) Retirement
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (SFE) 24-05-2006 11:37:01 Safeguard Scientifics An-nounces Retirement of Directors Anthony L. Craig and Robert Ripp
(f) Termination
Energy Partners, Ltd. (EPL) 19-04-2006 18:07:01 EPL Announces Departure of David Looney as Chief Financial Officer
8. Meetings and Events (a) Company Sponsored
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) 26-04-2006 17:16:01 Arrow Electronics Works with Technology Suppliers to Facilitate 2006 Open Architecture Seminars
(b) Industry Event
Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. (ASPM) 25-04-2006 9:45:01 Aspect Medical to Web-cast Presentation at Deutsche Bank 31st Annual Health Care Conference on May 2, 2006
(c) Investor Meeting
N S Group Inc. (NSS) 16-06-2006 9:26:01 NS Group to Present at the NIRI Regional Investor Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio; Presentation June 20th
9. Products and Services (a) FDA Approval
General Electric Company (GE) 20-04-2006 9:00:07 U.S. FDA Approves GE Health-care’s Next-Generation Digital Mammography System for Improved Breast Care (b) FDA Investigation
Pharmacyclics, Inc. (PCYC) 05-09-2006 7:30:56 Pharmacyclics to Submit New Drug Application for Xcytrin(R) for Treatment of Lung Cancer Patients With Brain Metastases
(c) FDA Rejection
Cephalon, Inc. (CEPH) 08-09-2006 17:02:18 Cephalon Receives Non-Approvable Letter on SPARLON(TM)
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(d) New Product
Nokia Corporation (NOK) 25-04-2006 5:44:57 Digitally Divine Nokia N73 - the Ul-timate Challenge to the Digital Camera
(e) Patent Award
Assurant, Inc. (AIZ) 28-06-2006 12:50:04 Assurant Awarded Patents for Call Pro-cessing System
(f) Pharmaceutical Approval EU
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) 29-06-2006 2:30:21 TYSABRI(R) Receives Approval in Eu-ropean Union for the Treatment of Relapsing Remitting Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (g) Product Approval
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (BR) 11-10-2008 9:26:51 Broadridge Financial Solutions Receives ISO 27001 Certification for Information Security Management Systems
(h) Product Defect
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 31-03-2006 17:08:26 Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Issues a Voluntary Product Recall for VITROS(R) Immunodiagnostic Products Signal Reagent
(i) Research Failure
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) 18-05-2006 14:00:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb An-nounces Discontinuation of Development of Muraglitazar, an Investigational Oral Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
(j) Research Success
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SOMX) 04-10-2006 6:01:04 Somaxon Pharmaceu-ticals Announces Positive Phase 3 Results with SILENOR(TM) for the Treatment of Adults with Chronic Insomnia
(k) Updates & Upgrades
Sony Corporation (SNE) 06-01-2006 13:00:28 Sony Strengthens BRAVIA Flat-Panel LCD Line With Full HD Models and 1080p Inputs
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