Newstream Digest: Building & Renovating Kitchens, Applebee's New Weight Watchers Menu, Keeping American Buildings & Water Safe & Other Free Multimedia Content For Journalists

Business Wire, May 17, 2004

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004

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Building and Renovating Kitchens

Home renovations are tops on people's to-do lists this time of year, with a kitchen facelift being one of the best improvements a homeowner can make. In fact, doing this can bring a return of almost 80% nationally. A video report from General Mills (NYSE:GIS).

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Applebee's Launches New Weight Watchers Menu in 1,600 Restaurants Nationwide

The world's largest casual dining restaurant concept, Applebee's International Inc. (Nasdaq:APPB), today announced that its new Weight Watchers International Inc. (NYSE:WTW) menu of 10 selections is now available in each of its nearly 1,600 restaurants nationwide. The Weight Watchers items include appetizers, entrees and desserts. Each selection lists calories, fat and fiber grams, and Weight Watchers POINTS(R) values.

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Photos of New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui at AIG sponsored 'Matsui Notebook Day'

AIG sponsored "Matsui Notebook Day," giving away 18,000 promotional notebooks and pledging one million yen ($10,000) to both the Bronx-based Parkchester Little League and the Japan Little League Baseball Association.

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Keeping American Buildings and Drinking Water Safe

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Homeland Security Research Center, the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC) and the STERIS Corporation are developing the next phase of tools designed to detect and remove chemical and biological agents from the nation's drinking water supply and buildings. Two projects were demonstrated on May 14 in a briefing for members of Congress.

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GMP Companies Announces First Hospital Adoption Of The Lifesync(R) Wireless ECG Monitoring System

GMP Companies Inc., a company that acquires, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical, diagnostic and medical device technologies, on May 17 announced that Mercy Hospital in Miami, Fla. has adopted the LifeSync(R) Wireless ECG System.

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New Study Finds Seventy-Two Percent of Consumers Report Extreme Satisfaction with TV Viewing Experience Since Acquiring Digital Video Recorder

A new report, DVR Love: A Survey of Digital Video Recorder Users, finds that consumer satisfaction with the TV viewing experience increased dramatically with the acquisition of a DVR. While 7 percent of survey respondents said they were extremely satisfied before acquiring their DVR, that percentage increased to an overwhelming 72 percent after (see figure).

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LasVegasKids.com Posts "The Official Top 25 Freebies & Cheapies" Must-Do List for Families Traveling to Las Vegas

LasVegasKids.com today posted a list entitled " The Official Top 25 Freebies & Cheapies" on its web site, www.LasVegasKids.com. The list, which was created especially for families traveling to Las Vegas with children, provides information about activities in and around Las Vegas that are free or low cost.

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Hitachi Increases Microdrive Production on Demand for High-Capacity Digital Music Players

Driven by exponential increase in demand for its Microdrive storage media, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is implementing an unprecedented growth strategy for the one-inch hard drive.

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It's a Do-It-Yourself Meal Made Maine-Style: The Lobster Roll Kit

In Chicago, it's deep dish pizza. In Philly, it's a cheese steak sandwich. In Memphis, it's ribs. In Maine it's a lobster roll. They're found at roadside stands, lobster shacks and restaurants up and down the coast. But we all can't go to Maine for the summer, and not everyone wants to cook and crack open a live Maine lobster. Maine's favorite summer treat has been hard to find in Chicago, Philly or Memphis. Until now.

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