Newstream.com Digest: Tips on Lowering Your Auto Insurance Rates, `Cosmopolitan' Turns 40 with New Advertising Campaign, Cough and Cold Capitals of America

Business Wire, Oct 11, 2004

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Tips on Lowering Your Auto Insurance Rates

If you thought the declining number of auto accidents, safer cars and a crackdown on insurance fraud could lower insurance premiums, think again. According to a recent report by the Insurance Information Institute, rates are still on the rise, expected to jump 3.5 percent this year alone. A report from Allstate (NYSE:ALL)

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New Ranking Names America's Cough and Cold Capitals

The cold and flu season is just around the corner and now a new index from Triaminic(R) and Theraflu(R) Thin Strips(TM) names the cities that are buying the most cough and cold medicines. The first Thin Strips(TM) Cough and Cold Capitals Index reveals that relatively balmy Bakersfield, CA, is the nation's top Cough and Cold Capital with residents there reaching for cough and cold medicines 35 percent more than the average household, while people in Springfield, MO, the bottom ranked city, buy only half the national average.

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Cosmopolitan Magazine Kicks Off 40th Birthday with Multi-Million Dollar Advertising Campaign

Cosmopolitan is turning 40 in 2005 and the magazine has big plans to celebrate this milestone in true Cosmo style. In recognition of its ongoing success as today's leading women's magazine and the barriers it has broken down on behalf of women, Senior Vice President and Publishing Director Donna Kalajian Lagani announces the debut of a multi-million dollar advertising campaign with the tagline We're Cosmopolitan.

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Silversea Selects Isabella Rossellini as Its New Ambassador

Ultra-luxury Silversea Cruises has selected internationally renowned actress, model and author Isabella Rossellini to be its first-ever Ambassador.

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By Kids For Kids and Xerox Launch National Invention Competition and First-Ever 'Chester Award'

By Kids For Kids Co. and Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) launched on October the 11th an invention competition that encourages kids to turn their big ideas into blockbuster consumer products for sale at major retail outlets across the country. On the day that celebrates Columbus' discovery of America, Xerox and BKFK are setting out to discover America's most talented young inventors.

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I/OMagic Set to Ship 8X External USB 2.0 Slim DVD Rewritable Drives

I/OMagic Corporation (OTCBB:IOMG), a provider of data storage and digital entertainment products, announced on October the 11th that it has begun shipping its new 8X External USB 2.0 Slim DVD Rewritable Drive into the North American retail marketplace.

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Juice Box(TM) Personal Media Player to Deliver Hot Music and Video Entertainment for Tweens

Arriving at retail nationwide on Oct. 17, Juice Box(TM), a personal media player from Mattel, Inc. (NYSE:MAT), will feature category exclusive, full-color video content from some of today's hottest music, television and action sports personalities; play MP3 music files; and enable viewing of digital photos.

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Space Race Pilots Wore CarbonX(R) Flame Resistant Flight Suits

What did SpaceShipOne pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie wear when they made their historic private manned missions into space to clinch the coveted Ansari X Prize and $10 million? The answer is CarbonX(R), the most advanced technology in fire-resistant fabric.

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Nissan Announces Pricing for 2005 Pathfinder

Nissan North America, Inc. October 8, announced pricing for its all-new 2005 Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle. The new third-generation Pathfinder is built on the F-Alpha platform utilized on the full-size Nissan Armada and offers a standard 270-horsepower 4.0-liter V6 engine, 5-speed automatic transmission and three-row seating. Its enhanced off-road performance capabilities include an available All-Mode 4-wheel drive system and advanced Hill Descent Control, Hill Start Assist and 4-wheel limited slip.