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WBR Wyndham hotel getting 425 million from Lehman brothers
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Diamond Entertainment Corporation develops, markets, and distributes multiple lines of high-quality products. Diamond markets & sells videocassette and DVD (Digital Video Disc) titles to the budget home video & DVD markets through national & regional mass merchandisers, department stores, drug stores, supermarkets, and other similar retail outlets. Diamond's other products and services include sundry and general merchandise and contract Replication & Duplication Services. To add to its traditional distribution focused businesses, Diamond places major emphasis on Internet e-focused business strategies on its website, www.e-dmec.com, and has recently introduced the addition of new product lines, and promotional programs.
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Diamond Entertainment Corporation develops, markets, and distributes multiple lines of high-quality products. Diamond markets & sells videocassette and DVD (Digital Video Disc) titles to the budget home video & DVD markets through national & regional mass merchandisers, department stores, drug stores, supermarkets, and other similar retail outlets. Diamond's other products and services include sundry and general merchandise and contract Replication & Duplication Services. To add to its traditional distribution focused businesses, Diamond places major emphasis on Internet e-focused business strategies on its website, www.e-dmec.com, and has recently introduced the addition of new product lines, and promotional programs.
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HOMS -- Homestore, Inc.
Com ($0.001)
Company News and Press Releases From Other Sources:
Homestore Now Providing Home and Real Estate Content to EarthLink Personal Start Page
Relationship Increases Exposure for Homestore's Customer Base of Real Estate Professionals
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 14, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Homestore Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMS) today announced a relationship with leading Internet Service Provider (ISP) EarthLink to provide real estate content for EarthLink's approximately five million subscribers.
The content -- including access to property listings from the Internet's leading real estate sites, Realtor.com(R), HomeBuilder.com(TM) and Homestore(R) Apartments & Rentals -- is now available through Earthlink's Real Estate and Lifestyle channels, which are prominently located on the EarthLink Personal Start Page(SM), its default subscriber home page.
With the relationship, Homestore is helping to provide another avenue for its customer base of real estate professionals to gain exposure for their new, existing and multi-family home listings.
"Homestore's relationship with EarthLink furthers our commitment to provide real estate professionals with the largest audience of potential homebuyers and sellers, while providing consumers with the most comprehensive real estate content available on the Internet," said Mike Long, Homestore's Chief Executive Officer. "Together, Homestore and EarthLink are promoting our real estate customers and their property listings to an extensive consumer audience."
"EarthLink subscribers can now directly access Homestore's one-stop source for products and services relating to real estate, including one of the most comprehensive online databases of property listings and real estate service providers," said Tom Andrus, EarthLink's Vice President of Products and Services. "At EarthLink, we are passionate about providing our subscribers with the best content available online and this partnership with Homestore achieves that goal."
In 2002, EarthLink received J.D. Power and Associates' highest ranking in customer satisfaction for dial-up ISPs, and tied for the highest ranking among high-speed ISPs.(a)
ABOUT HOMESTORE INC.
Homestore Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMS) is the real estate industry's leading media and technology supplier. The company operates the No. 1 network of home and real estate Web sites including flagship site Realtor.com(R), the official Web site of the National Association of Realtors(R); HomeBuilder.com(TM), the official new homes site of the National Association of Home Builders; Homestore (R) Apartments & Rentals; and Homestore.com(R), a home information resource. Homestore's print businesses are Homestore(R) Plans & Publications and Welcome Wagon(R). Homestore's professional software divisions include Computers for Tracts(TM), Top Producer(R) Systems and WyldFyre(TM) Technologies. For more information: http://homestore.com/corporateinfo.
ABOUT EARTHLINK
EarthLink is the ISP solution for an impatient world. Headquartered in Atlanta, EarthLink has earned a national reputation for outstanding customer service and its suite of online products and services. According to J.D. Power and Associates, EarthLink is ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Dial-up ISPs and tied in the ranking for Highest Customer Satisfaction Among High-Speed ISPs. Serving approximately five million subscribers, EarthLink offers what every user should expect from their Internet experience: high-quality connectivity, minimal drop-offs and ISP-generated intrusions, and customizable features. Whether it's dial-up, high-speed, Web hosting, or wireless Internet service, EarthLink provides the tools that best let individuals use and enjoy the Internet on their own terms. Learn more about EarthLink through its Core Values and Beliefs or by calling (800) EARTHLINK and visiting EarthLink's Web site at www.earthlink.net.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Homestore's future operating income. These forward-looking statements are subject to material risks and uncertainties, and investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
(a) J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Syndicated Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. Study conducted among national and regional ISPs and based on 4,629 responses. www.jdpower.com
REALTOR(R) is a federally registered collective membership mark, which identifies a real estate professional who is a Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(R) and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.
SOURCE: Homestore Inc.
CONTACT: PondelWilkinson
HOMS -- Homestore, Inc.
Com ($0.001)
Company News and Press Releases From Other Sources:
Homestore Now Providing Home and Real Estate Content to EarthLink Personal Start Page
Relationship Increases Exposure for Homestore's Customer Base of Real Estate Professionals
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 14, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Homestore Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMS) today announced a relationship with leading Internet Service Provider (ISP) EarthLink to provide real estate content for EarthLink's approximately five million subscribers.
The content -- including access to property listings from the Internet's leading real estate sites, Realtor.com(R), HomeBuilder.com(TM) and Homestore(R) Apartments & Rentals -- is now available through Earthlink's Real Estate and Lifestyle channels, which are prominently located on the EarthLink Personal Start Page(SM), its default subscriber home page.
With the relationship, Homestore is helping to provide another avenue for its customer base of real estate professionals to gain exposure for their new, existing and multi-family home listings.
"Homestore's relationship with EarthLink furthers our commitment to provide real estate professionals with the largest audience of potential homebuyers and sellers, while providing consumers with the most comprehensive real estate content available on the Internet," said Mike Long, Homestore's Chief Executive Officer. "Together, Homestore and EarthLink are promoting our real estate customers and their property listings to an extensive consumer audience."
"EarthLink subscribers can now directly access Homestore's one-stop source for products and services relating to real estate, including one of the most comprehensive online databases of property listings and real estate service providers," said Tom Andrus, EarthLink's Vice President of Products and Services. "At EarthLink, we are passionate about providing our subscribers with the best content available online and this partnership with Homestore achieves that goal."
In 2002, EarthLink received J.D. Power and Associates' highest ranking in customer satisfaction for dial-up ISPs, and tied for the highest ranking among high-speed ISPs.(a)
ABOUT HOMESTORE INC.
Homestore Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMS) is the real estate industry's leading media and technology supplier. The company operates the No. 1 network of home and real estate Web sites including flagship site Realtor.com(R), the official Web site of the National Association of Realtors(R); HomeBuilder.com(TM), the official new homes site of the National Association of Home Builders; Homestore (R) Apartments & Rentals; and Homestore.com(R), a home information resource. Homestore's print businesses are Homestore(R) Plans & Publications and Welcome Wagon(R). Homestore's professional software divisions include Computers for Tracts(TM), Top Producer(R) Systems and WyldFyre(TM) Technologies. For more information: http://homestore.com/corporateinfo.
ABOUT EARTHLINK
EarthLink is the ISP solution for an impatient world. Headquartered in Atlanta, EarthLink has earned a national reputation for outstanding customer service and its suite of online products and services. According to J.D. Power and Associates, EarthLink is ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Dial-up ISPs and tied in the ranking for Highest Customer Satisfaction Among High-Speed ISPs. Serving approximately five million subscribers, EarthLink offers what every user should expect from their Internet experience: high-quality connectivity, minimal drop-offs and ISP-generated intrusions, and customizable features. Whether it's dial-up, high-speed, Web hosting, or wireless Internet service, EarthLink provides the tools that best let individuals use and enjoy the Internet on their own terms. Learn more about EarthLink through its Core Values and Beliefs or by calling (800) EARTHLINK and visiting EarthLink's Web site at www.earthlink.net.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Homestore's future operating income. These forward-looking statements are subject to material risks and uncertainties, and investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
(a) J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Syndicated Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. Study conducted among national and regional ISPs and based on 4,629 responses. www.jdpower.com
REALTOR(R) is a federally registered collective membership mark, which identifies a real estate professional who is a Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(R) and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.
SOURCE: Homestore Inc.
CONTACT: PondelWilkinson
Wyndham International Develops New Franchise Partnership With Aimbridge Hospitality
Thursday May 8, 4:54 pm ET
Eight Wyndham Garden Hotels Mark First Agreement Between the Two Companies
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2003--Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR - News) announced today a new franchise partnership with Aimbridge Hospitality, a newly formed, Dallas-based hotel management company, led by former Wyndham executives, Les Bentley and Dave Johnson. The management of eight Wyndham Garden Hotels recently purchased by Crow Holdings marks the first agreement between Wyndham and Aimbridge Hospitality, and serves as Aimbridge's maiden voyage into the hotel management arena.
"Many of the senior people at Crow Holdings and Aimbridge Hospitality were instrumental in building the Wyndham brand, and more specifically, developing the Wyndham Garden Hotel concept," stated Wyndham International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fred J. Kleisner. "As franchise partners, we now look forward to building these former associate relationships into mutually successful business futures."
Aimbridge Hospitality Chief Executive Officer, Dave Johnson stated, "While leaving Wyndham after 15 years with the company was a difficult decision, this was an opportune time to build a hotel management company by capitalizing on the industry's current cycle. Additionally, the new franchise partnership allows me to keep my Wyndham affiliation close at hand while expanding my efforts into other upscale, hotel brands."
Wyndham properties now managed by Aimbridge include:
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Charlotte, N.C.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Brookfield, Wis.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Novi, Mich.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Dallas Park Central
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Pleasanton, Calif.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Wood Dale, Ill.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Schaumburg, Ill.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Overland Park, Kan.
This new partnership between Wyndham and Aimbridge is the Wyndham brand's largest franchise agreement to date.
Crow Holdings, Aimbridge's capital partner for the eight Wyndham Garden Hotels, is a group of international holding companies that own and direct the investments of the Trammel Crow family and its invested partners. The Crow family founded Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in 1981, and remains one of the company's largest shareholders.
Wyndham International, Inc. offers upscale and luxury hotel and resort accommodations through proprietary lodging brands and a management services division. Based in Dallas, Wyndham owns, leases, manages and franchises hotels and resorts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe. For more information, visit www.wyndham.com. For reservations, call 800-WYNDHAM.
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Contact:
Wyndham International, Inc.
Darcie Brossart, 214/863-1335
dbrossart@wyndham.com
Wyndham International Develops New Franchise Partnership With Aimbridge Hospitality
Thursday May 8, 4:54 pm ET
Eight Wyndham Garden Hotels Mark First Agreement Between the Two Companies
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2003--Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR - News) announced today a new franchise partnership with Aimbridge Hospitality, a newly formed, Dallas-based hotel management company, led by former Wyndham executives, Les Bentley and Dave Johnson. The management of eight Wyndham Garden Hotels recently purchased by Crow Holdings marks the first agreement between Wyndham and Aimbridge Hospitality, and serves as Aimbridge's maiden voyage into the hotel management arena.
"Many of the senior people at Crow Holdings and Aimbridge Hospitality were instrumental in building the Wyndham brand, and more specifically, developing the Wyndham Garden Hotel concept," stated Wyndham International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fred J. Kleisner. "As franchise partners, we now look forward to building these former associate relationships into mutually successful business futures."
Aimbridge Hospitality Chief Executive Officer, Dave Johnson stated, "While leaving Wyndham after 15 years with the company was a difficult decision, this was an opportune time to build a hotel management company by capitalizing on the industry's current cycle. Additionally, the new franchise partnership allows me to keep my Wyndham affiliation close at hand while expanding my efforts into other upscale, hotel brands."
Wyndham properties now managed by Aimbridge include:
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Charlotte, N.C.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Brookfield, Wis.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Novi, Mich.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Dallas Park Central
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Pleasanton, Calif.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Wood Dale, Ill.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Schaumburg, Ill.
Wyndham Garden Hotel - Overland Park, Kan.
This new partnership between Wyndham and Aimbridge is the Wyndham brand's largest franchise agreement to date.
Crow Holdings, Aimbridge's capital partner for the eight Wyndham Garden Hotels, is a group of international holding companies that own and direct the investments of the Trammel Crow family and its invested partners. The Crow family founded Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in 1981, and remains one of the company's largest shareholders.
Wyndham International, Inc. offers upscale and luxury hotel and resort accommodations through proprietary lodging brands and a management services division. Based in Dallas, Wyndham owns, leases, manages and franchises hotels and resorts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe. For more information, visit www.wyndham.com. For reservations, call 800-WYNDHAM.
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Contact:
Wyndham International, Inc.
Darcie Brossart, 214/863-1335
dbrossart@wyndham.com
WBR Wyndham Hotels Book Value 6$ Trading @ .21
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Wyndham International, Inc. is a fully integrated and multi-branded hotel enterprise operating primarily in the upper-upscale and luxury segments of the hotel and resorts industry. As of December 31, 2001, the Company's portfolio consisted of 220 hotels with over 56,600 guest rooms. The Company classifies its business into two groups, proprietary branded hotels, consisting of 156 owned, leased, managed or franchised hotels with over 38,200 guest rooms, as of December 31, 2001, and non-proprietary branded hotels, consisting of 64 owned, leased, managed or franchised hotels with over 18,400 guest rooms, as of December 31, 2001. The Company markets all of its proprietary products under the Wyndham brand umbrella, which includes four-star, upper-upscale hotels that offer full-service accommodations to business and leisure travelers, and a five-star luxury resort brand. The Company's non-proprietary branded hotels are operated primarily by Performance Hospitality Management.
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InterDent, Inc. is a provider of dental practice management services to multi-specialty dental professional corporations and associations (PAs) in the United States. The dentists employed through its network of affiliated PAs provide patients with affordable, comprehensive and convenient dentistry services, which include general dentistry, endodontics, oral pathology, oral surgery, orthodontics, pedodontics, periodontics and prosthodontics. As of December 31, 2001, InterDent provided management services to 141 dental offices that employ 536 dentists, including 105 specialists. The Company operates in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington.
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Wyndham International Inc. WBR
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Wyndham seeks fresh financing
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Struggling Wyndham International Inc. has become the latest hotelier tapping asset-backed securities to solve financing problems.
Lehman Brothers Inc. has agreed to provide $425 million in floating-rate financing for Wyndham.
Of this amount, $300 million to $350 million is secured by 17 Wyndham hotels, according to the Commercial Mortgage Alert. The remainder will come from a mezzanine loan.
Wyndham's financing move follow's last week's close of a $150 million loan to Irving, Texas-based Felcor Lodging Trust Inc. from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. secured by 10 Felcor hotels.
Sources close to the situation described the financing talks as preliminary.
A spokeswoman for Wyndham, the Dallas-based hotelier controlled by Thomas H. Lee Co., Leon Black's Apollo Management LP and others, would not comment Tuesday, April 29. Lehman Brothers did not return calls.
One investment banker expects up to 10 more similar deals to be completed by year's end.
These transactions are normally issues of commercial-mortgage-backed securities underwritten by a pool of mortgage loans on hotels. While hotels appear an unsafe investment these days, market watchers said they'll pay off more than investments in office buildings, especially for opportunistic investors.
"There is a greater sense that the hotel sector is operating at or near the bottom, while the office people think there could be some more decline in the sector," said Stephen D. Plavin, chief operating officer of Capital Trust Inc.
Capital, a New York-based mezzanine lender, has taken pieces of mezzanine financings before.
Though Wyndham's financing is part of an overall trend, it's still a bit shocking considering the company's recent track record.
Since Lee, Apollo and others injected $1 billion into the company in 1999, its debt has swelled to over $3 billion in 2002.
Wyndham reduced some debt with a $447 million sale of 13 hotels to Westbrook Partners LLC in fall 2002 but was having trouble attracting buyers for its debt.
Before the Westbrook deal, Wyndham was preparing for a $750 million junk bond offering. This was cut to $500 million, and the offer was eventually pulled back in June 2002, as investors sought a higher yield.
According to CMA, the Lehman Brothers financing will be used to pay off a $235 million mortgage loan from the New York investment banker slated to mature on July 1 and a $154 million balance on a loan from Bear, Stearns & Co.
Up next for Wyndham will be a decision on how best to pay off parts of $1.28 billion in bank debt maturing next June 2004.
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ONPR -NASDAQ http://www.oneprice.com/
current price .44
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Market Capitalization $1.29M
Shares Outstanding 3.01M
Float 1.60M
One Price Clothing Stores, Inc. operates a chain of off-price specialty retail stores offering a wide variety of first quality, fashionable, in-season apparel and accessories for women and children. The Company's product offerings include junior and misses women's apparel, plus-size women's apparel, children's apparel, women's accessories, men's apparel and gifts and home furnishings. At February 2, 2002, the Company operated 623 stores in 30 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Company's typical store has approximately 3,400 square feet of floor space, of which approximately 2,700 square feet is devoted to selling space. All of the Company's stores are located in leased facilities with convenient access to adequate parking or public transportation. At February 2, 2002, approximately 83% of the Company's stores were located in strip shopping centers and the remaining stores were located in central business districts or malls.
Financial Summary
One Price Clothing Stores operates a chain of off-price retail women's and children's specialty stores offering a wide variety of first quality, contemporary, in-season apparel and accessories. For the 52 weeks ended 2/1/03, net sales fell 3% to $331.8 million. Net loss fell 35% to $12.9 million. Results reflect lower comparable store sales, offset by improved gross margins and lower selling, general and administrative expenses.
World Airways Announces New Passenger Contract With Total Value of $102 Million
via COMTEX
May 1, 2003
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., May 1, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
World Airways, Inc. (Nasdaq: WLDAC) today announced that it signed a new contract with a group of U.S. and Swiss investors to provide passenger service between Washington/Dulles and Kabul, Afghanistan, via Geneva, Switzerland, as part of a consortium to reconstruct Afghanistan. The flight program, scheduled to commence operations in July 2003 and contracted to operate through December 2005, is valued at $102 million. The estimated contract value for calendar year 2003 is expected to be $19 million. This service will operate twice per week utilizing an MD-11 wide-body aircraft featuring an enhanced international business class of service.
Hollis Harris, chairman and chief executive officer of World Airways, said, 'This multi-national partnership combines the logistical expertise of the organizing consortium and World Airways'55 years of international operating experience. We feel particularly privileged to have been selected by our partners, recognized leaders in international market development programs, to participate in the reconstruction of a new Afghanistan.'
Kevin P. Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition stated, 'This innovative offering will provide more efficient, safer choices and alternatives for government and private sector travelers involved with infrastructure reconstruction and humanitarian missions in Afghanistan. Travel procurement officials will surely welcome such a development at a time when international travel options are on the decline.'
Harris added, 'The consummation of this contract provides two very important components to World Airways'long-term strategy: the broadening of our international commercial customer base and the operational and financial planning benefits of a long-term program.'
Utilizing a well-maintained fleet of international range, wide-body aircraft, World Airways has an enviable record of safety, reliability and customer service spanning more than 55 years. The Company is a U.S. certificated air carrier providing customized transportation services for major international passenger and cargo carriers, the United States military and international leisure tour operators. Recognized for its modern aircraft, flexibility and ability to provide superior service, World Airways meets the needs of businesses and governments around the globe. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.worldair.com.
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World Airways Announces 2003 First Quarter Results
Wednesday April 30, 4:30 pm ET
* Net Income of $6.6 Million Represents 34 Percent Increase
* Quarterly Revenue Up 40.4 Percent
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- World Airways, Inc. (Nasdaq: WLDAC - News) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, increased 40.4% to $123.6 million from $88.0 million in the first quarter of 2002. The revenue increase in the 2003 first quarter was due principally to an increase in both military passenger and cargo business with the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command (USAF). Total block hours increased 38.6%, to 12,056 in the first quarter of 2003 compared to 8,701 for the same period of 2002.
Net earnings for the 2003 first quarter were $6.6 million, or $0.60 per basic share and $0.47 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $4.9 million, or $0.45 per basic share and $0.37 per diluted share, for the 2002 first quarter. Per share results were computed on the basis of 11.1 and 15.8 million weighted average shares outstanding for the first quarter of 2003, and 10.9 and 15.5 million weighted average shares for the same quarter of 2002, respectively.
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World Airways Announces 2003 First Quarter Results
Wednesday April 30, 4:30 pm ET
* Net Income of $6.6 Million Represents 34 Percent Increase
* Quarterly Revenue Up 40.4 Percent
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- World Airways, Inc. (Nasdaq: WLDAC - News) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, increased 40.4% to $123.6 million from $88.0 million in the first quarter of 2002. The revenue increase in the 2003 first quarter was due principally to an increase in both military passenger and cargo business with the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command (USAF). Total block hours increased 38.6%, to 12,056 in the first quarter of 2003 compared to 8,701 for the same period of 2002.
Net earnings for the 2003 first quarter were $6.6 million, or $0.60 per basic share and $0.47 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $4.9 million, or $0.45 per basic share and $0.37 per diluted share, for the 2002 first quarter. Per share results were computed on the basis of 11.1 and 15.8 million weighted average shares outstanding for the first quarter of 2003, and 10.9 and 15.5 million weighted average shares for the same quarter of 2002, respectively.
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US okays $27 mln loan guarantee for World Airways
Wednesday April 23, 3:42 pm ET
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The federal panel overseeing a program to ensure financing for U.S. airlines in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on Wednesday approved $27 million in loan guarantees for Georgia-based World Airways Inc. (NasdaqSC:WLDAC - News)
The vote by the Air Transportation Stabilization Board was split, with representatives of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Reserve voting in favor of government backing. Peter Fisher, representing the Treasury Department, voted against.
"Undersecretary (for Domestic Finance) Fisher felt the application did not meet the statutory requirement for approval," said Treasury spokeswoman Betsy Holahan.
According to a letter sent to World Airways CEO Hollis Harris, the ATSB made its approval conditional on the Peachtree City, Georgia-based airline making "certain structural and financial enhancements acceptable to the Board," resolving issues involving collateral and giving the ATSB "additional compensation."
The letter did not specify the exact changes sought by the ATSB. The board was created to help airlines find financing in the wake of the sharp drop-off in air travel immediately following Sept. 11. More recently, President George W. Bush signed a spending bill to pay for the Iraq war that included $3.5 billion in airline industry aid, as bookings suffered in connection with the short-lived Iraq war
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Nortel Networks Instant Internet 400™ (stand-alone)
PRODUCT Description:
The Nortel Networks Baystack Instant Internet™ product line is a plug-and-play solution that connects a business or school LAN to the Internet while providing a unique, automated way to easily manage and control Internet access from an IPX (Novell) based network. This product will support up to 250 IPX connections.
For IPX-only LANs, users can access the Internet from anywhere on the network without adding IP to their workstations. They won't have to reconfigure, reboot, or stop existing applications during the installation.
For networks migrating from IPX to IP, Instant Internet provides a smooth transition. Instant Internet will serve both IP and IPX users simultaneously in LANs making the conversion. There are no license limitations on IP connections.
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From The Morning Call -- April 20, 2003
After the bubble, small Internet providers fight it out
Local companies compete by managing costs, offering service.
By Jeanne Bonner
Of The Morning Call
Six years ago, the list of Internet service providers in the Lehigh Valley seemed endless.
Some two dozen companies in the region offered Internet connection in 1997. In the Lehigh Valley, connection to the Internet could be arranged through local providers such as Internet Unlimited, Easy Pages and Oasis Telecommunications.
''All we had to do was put out our shingle and we would find customers,'' Fastnet Chairman R. Barry Borden said last week.
Nowadays, the list has shrunken to a couple of stalwart local survivors, including Fastnet, battling national rivals such as AOL and Earthlink for market share.
After the bubble
The sector fell apart in the wake of the bursting of the Internet bubble. Many smaller Internet service providers had overexpanded and piled on debt through acquisitions and unchecked spending. Like many companies in a variety of sectors, they overestimated the pace at which the Internet would grow.
''Companies spent money hand over fist, whether they had it or not, just to grow,'' said David K. Van Allen, who co-founded Fastnet.
'Crazy industry'
Most of the companies have been bought out by competitors. Easy Pages closed and sold its customers to Enter.Net. BrowserNet of Allentown and Silhouettes of Easton were acquired by NuNet. Oasis stopped offering dialup Internet service to its 1,000 customers in November and now concentrates on Web hosting. And Fastnet acquired Internet Unlimited.
Many of the smaller firms that are still in business have relied on stringent cost controls. Others have expanded into voice and data services for business customers.
Unfortunately for the small startups, the telecommunications field remains in turmoil. Slower growth is predicted for 2003, and further consolidation is expected.
''Telecommunications has had its challenges,'' said Gregory Zulli, president of Carrierchoice.com. ''We hope this crazy industry will settle down soon.''
Carrierchoice.com helps companies makes choices about telecommunications decisions.
The number of ways customers can reach the Internet has expanded beyond traditional dialup that uses telephone lines. Many customers are opting for higher-speed alternatives, including cable connections and DSL, which stands for digital subscriber line.
Fastnet
At the top of the heap of local ISPs is Fastnet, which has been in the news of late because of its financial woes. The Bethlehem firm continues to report large losses while struggling to integrate the five acquisitions it has made over the past two years. Founded in 1994, Fastnet recently announced plans to borrow more money to meet pressing financial obligations. There is some chance Fastnet will be acquired by another company.
But it remains one of the largest locally based Internet service providers and boasts some high-profile clients, including Mack Trucks and Binney & Smith. So far, its 28,000 customers from New England to Washington, D.C., remain steadfastly loyal, though some are calling competitors for quotes in the event Fastnet can no longer provide Internet connection.
While Fastnet's residential customers number in the tens of thousands, the company is focusing on expanding services to small and mid-sized businesses with at least 100 employees. It had revenue of $32.1 million in 2002.
Netcarrier
Its local competitors, by comparison, are considerably smaller and none are publicly traded companies. But many focus on the residential customer who does not necessarily want all the bells and whistles.
Many residential customers are happy with the standard 56K dialup service, said Barry Bella, vice president of sales and marketing at Netcarrier of Lansdale. Surfing the Internet an hour or two a day after work or school, those customers don't want or need the higher-speed services, he said.
Netcarrier has survived in part by expanding into voice and data services for businesses. Five years ago, about 80 percent of its revenue came from dialup customers. Now, voice and data customers account for about 50 percent of Netcarrier's revenue.
''The key is our voice product for business,'' Bella said.
The company has about 20,000 dialup Internet customers in the Delaware and Lehigh valleys. It is looking to add to its customer base possibly by acquiring another ISP. Now that it has established a beachhead in the voice service market, it will look to shore up its Internet customer base.
Netcarrier cut back on employees about a year ago, reducing head count from 100 people to 70 people.
Enter.net
Enter.net has amassed a 33,000-person customer base, located in the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos and parts of New Jersey. Providing Internet service remains its bread and butter and accounts for a large part of the $7 million in sales it expects to make this year.
Since 1995, Enter.net has grown its customer base by avoiding price hikes and expanding services for its niche, the residential client. Only about 5,000 of its customers purchase high-speed DSL service. And the other services — computer repair and Web design — serve to buttress the company's main focus, dialup Internet service.
''From day one, we had a good idea and we stuck to it,'' said owner Margo Corsa. ''We never got too big for our britches.''
Corsa has kept costs to a minimum when it comes to peripheral items. Enter.net's offices on North 12th Street in Allentown are pleasant but not ostentatious. The
8-year-old company employs fewer than 40 people and has not had great fluctuations in staffing.
There is a small-town feel to its business. It offers free computer classes for the ''Internet illiterate.'' The company also performs computer repair. Customers frequently pay their bills by stopping by the office.
NuNet
NuNet of Allentown has survived by buying and quickly integrating other Internet service providers. Started in 1996, the company has completed 18 acquisitions and is in the process of buying two more competitors. It serves more than 20,000 customers, offering both dialup and DSL service.
Co-founder and chief operating officer John Keown said NuNet has succeeded by keeping a close watch on expenses, especially head count and salaries. The company, which employs 27 people, has been profitable for three years and brings in between $5 million and $10 million in revenue a year.
''We survived from day one by running it as a business and looking at the bottom line,'' Keown said.
The Lehigh Valley is also served by larger companies, including RCN and Verizon. America Online, which serves the Lehigh Valley, is considered the largest Internet access provider in the nation.
PenTeleData
PenTeleData of Palmerton, a partnership between cable company Service Electric and Blue Ridge Communications, offers Internet access under the name Prolog. It has 75,000 mostly residential customers in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. The company doesn't break out its customers by county but said a large percentage live in the Lehigh Valley.
The company employs about 100 people and has been careful about expansion. It will be moving soon into offering integration and security services, but Internet access remains its focus.
''We expand where our footprint needs to expand,'' said John Williams, general manager.
Williams said PenTeleData focuses on customer service as a way to distinguish itself from its larger rivals. Verizon and AOL don't have local customer service offices, Williams said.
Providing local service
Local ISPs need to pay attention to the eroding customer-base for dialup services, said Van Allen, formerly of Fastnet. The companies are losing customers to cable and satellite companies and larger Internet service providers.
''PenTeleData and RCN, potentially PPL and other public service companies have the most to gain out of the new economy,'' said Van Allen, a consultant. ''They have a vast network that can provide myriad services that all work together.''
The good news for local Internet service providers such as Fastnet is they provide great customer service, and that people notice. Zulli of Carrierchoice.com said the local ISPs are popular in part because they have local service representatives who can troubleshoot problems. They are also available and serve large and small customers.
''The customers like them,'' Zulli said of local Internet service providers.
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FXGP-Lockheed Martin Signs Product Marketing and Distribution Contract with Finx Group Subsidiary, Secured Portal Systems
BOCA RATON, Fla., Apr 15, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Finx Group, Inc. (OTCBB: FXGP) announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Secured Portal Systems, Inc., (SPS) has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to market and resell SPS's GIL-2001 secured portal product line.
The SPS GIL-2001 product line is a two-door ballistic and forced-entry-proof portal that provides access control and flow management to secure entry or exit into perimeter areas, including entire buildings, specific areas within buildings, outdoor fence lines and other restricted areas. Lockheed Martin will offer SPS's product line as part of its wide array of advanced security systems
Lewis S. Schiller, CEO of FXGP said, "Our agreement with Lockheed Martin provides SPS with another strategic sales channel which should contribute to the marketing of our GIL-2001 Portal."
"Lockheed Martin is pleased to add Secured Portal Systems to our growing family of security solution business partners," stated Mark D. Bonatucci, director of security solutions for Lockheed Martin Mission System. "We look forward to providing SPS's product line to our customers to help increase system functionality and protection of critical assets."
SPS's leading product is the GIL-2001, which has undergone recent testing, as administered by National Safe Skies, for the Transportation Security Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration. On December 11, 2001, the GIL-2001 was certified by the Department of State for ballistic and forced entry, and effective October 29, 2002 is covered under United States Patent #6,472,984.
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems provides solutions in systems integration, program management, software development, and information security for a variety of customers including U.S. and international defense and civil government agencies. Mission Systems employs approximately 3,000 at primary facilities in Gaithersburg, Md., Colorado Springs, Colo., Santa Maria, Calif., and is a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
FXGP through its wholly owned subsidiary SPS, is a security systems company engaged in the marketing and sale of a wide range of physical and software security products including secured entrance systems and smart card access software programs.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
FXGP-Lockheed Martin Signs Product Marketing and Distribution Contract with Finx Group Subsidiary, Secured Portal Systems
BOCA RATON, Fla., Apr 15, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Finx Group, Inc. (OTCBB: FXGP) announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Secured Portal Systems, Inc., (SPS) has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to market and resell SPS's GIL-2001 secured portal product line.
The SPS GIL-2001 product line is a two-door ballistic and forced-entry-proof portal that provides access control and flow management to secure entry or exit into perimeter areas, including entire buildings, specific areas within buildings, outdoor fence lines and other restricted areas. Lockheed Martin will offer SPS's product line as part of its wide array of advanced security systems
Lewis S. Schiller, CEO of FXGP said, "Our agreement with Lockheed Martin provides SPS with another strategic sales channel which should contribute to the marketing of our GIL-2001 Portal."
"Lockheed Martin is pleased to add Secured Portal Systems to our growing family of security solution business partners," stated Mark D. Bonatucci, director of security solutions for Lockheed Martin Mission System. "We look forward to providing SPS's product line to our customers to help increase system functionality and protection of critical assets."
SPS's leading product is the GIL-2001, which has undergone recent testing, as administered by National Safe Skies, for the Transportation Security Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration. On December 11, 2001, the GIL-2001 was certified by the Department of State for ballistic and forced entry, and effective October 29, 2002 is covered under United States Patent #6,472,984.
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems provides solutions in systems integration, program management, software development, and information security for a variety of customers including U.S. and international defense and civil government agencies. Mission Systems employs approximately 3,000 at primary facilities in Gaithersburg, Md., Colorado Springs, Colo., Santa Maria, Calif., and is a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
FXGP through its wholly owned subsidiary SPS, is a security systems company engaged in the marketing and sale of a wide range of physical and software security products including secured entrance systems and smart card access software programs.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
CONTACT: The FINX Group Inc.
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PrimeHoldings.com Completes Joint Venture Agreement With Vertu Technologies, LLC
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Apr. 02, 2003 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications and wireless auction space, today announced the completion of a joint venture agreement with Vertu Technologies, LLC, a developer of proprietary software and hardware products for the hospitality, beverage and restaurant industries.
"We signed a Letter of Intent to complete this transaction last week, but both parties have been motivated to finish the agreement and complete the products' beta testing so that we can have these products ready to market this quarter," said Thomas Aliprandi, PrimeHoldings.com's CEO. "We are very happy to work with Vetru Technologies to further develop its innovative hospitality and restaurant software and hardware products," added Aliprandi.
"With our combined contacts in the restaurant and hospitality industries, we feel that we can grow our business quickly because we now have the financing and added infrastructure to build our business," said Spencer Taylor, Vertu's Chief Technology Officer. "We believe that the synergies created by this joint venture will bring long-term value to our shareholders," said Aliprandi.
About PrimeHoldings.com
PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations: bCard, Inc. (www.bcard.net), a leading provider of smart-card information management systems for corporate clients in marketing and promotions; TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory; and Uniquest Communications, Inc., a provider of enhanced local and long-distanced phone services. PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol PRIM.
About Vertu Technologies, LLC
Vertu Technologies, LLC is a technology company which is amassing a basket of software, hardware products and wireless applications for deployment for the hospitality, food and beverage industries. Vertu intends to become a leading provider of proprietary software and hardware products for the hospitality, food and beverage industries. Vertu is a privately held Limited Liability Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking information made on the company's behalf. All statements, other than statements of historical facts which address the company's expectations of sources of capital or which express the company's expectation for the future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies, can be identified as forward-looking statements. Such statements made by the company are based on knowledge of the environment in which it operates, but because of the factors previously listed, as well as other factors beyond the control of the company, actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Allison Hague
PrimeHoldings.com
801-562-1444
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