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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Frontier Oil Corporation (NYSE: FTO) announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, up to $200 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2016 in a registered public offering. Payment of the notes will be guaranteed by all of Frontier's material domestic restricted subsidiaries. The notes offering and sale will be made under Frontier's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2005. The proceeds from the notes offering will be used for ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Directors for Fort Dearborn Income Securities, Inc. (NYSE: FDI) (the "Fund") today declared a quarterly dividend from ordinary income of $0.20 per share, payable on September 30, 2008 ...

Friedman Billings initiates coverage on Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) with a Market Perform rating. Price target $26.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The DEMO conferences, known for launching some the world's biggest technology products, will kickoff this Sunday with 72 new products poised to launch onstage in just 72 hours. Beginning its 19th year of supporting innovation, DEMOfall 08 will highlight products from more than 11 countries and 19 states. Known as the conference that launched products from Google, Apple, Palm, Intel, Yahoo!, and TiVo, the fall conference will host one of its largest attendances of journalists, investors, and business professionals in its history. DEMOfall 08 is being held from September 7 - 9 at the Sheraton San Diego. To learn more about the event and register to attend visit http://www.demo.com. "Every DEMO we strive to identify the companies that will defy all the odds and have significant impact in the technology markets. Ours is a year-long process that culminates in 72 hours of products that ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER) today announced that Dick Barrett and Mark Ellman will be joining Merrill Lynch as vice chairmen, based in New York and reporting to Andrea Orcel, head of Global Origination, Merrill Lynch. Previously Dick and Mark were at Barrett Ellman Stoddard Capital Partners, a financial services specialty firm they jointly ...