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i.riifajrfte, WWf .71 An office with a window. (v PENSACOLA News, Journal Escambia resident re-elected to board Escambia County resident Michael Roy Fugler was re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the National Investment Banking Association. This is the second con Nevvs Journal TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002 Public TV station gets $500,000 family gift company and a leader in sales of supplemental insurance, with annual revenues of $9.7 billion, as of year-end 2000. It does "This lead gift will help WSRE-TV equip the new Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio, scheduled for groundbreak tal, at a total cost of $5 million. The station raised $3 million in the first phase and became the second public television station in the state to -begin transmitting with a digital signal in July 2001.

Amos and his older brothers Bill and John decided in 1955 to start an insurance company and chose Georgia because startup require-. ments were easier to meet there than in Florida, Paul Amos said. They picked Columbus, a medium-size Southern city, as their J. Amos three-quarters of its busi ness in Japan, where it holds the largest market share for the products AFLAC sells, Paul Amos said. Paul Amos, 76, retired last year as AFLAC's chairman, a post now held by the couple's son Dan, who also has been CEO since 1990.

P. Amos ing in early 2003, WSRE-TV general manager Sandy Ce-saretti Ray said at a studio press conference Monday. Combined with 53 other pledges, the gift marks the halfway point in the current $2 million campaign, which is Phase 2 of fund-raising to enable the station to go digi ny is AFLAC, a household name, thanks to the persistent, frantic quacking white duck that has been starring in the company's TV ads since 2000. "We call it the duck that laid the golden egg," Pen-sacola native Jean Amos said. Ninety percent of Americans now recognize AFLAC's name, and the company credits the recognition for a share of five-year sales growth of 21 percent per year, through 2000.

AFLAC, which stands for American Family Life Assurance is a Fortune 500 il III Charlotte Crane PensacolaNewsJournal.com Paul Amos and his two brothers moved from Milton to Columbus, 47 years ago to found one of today's most-successful insurance companies. Monday, Paul Amos and his wife, Jean, paid a visit to WSRE-TV to show their enduring commitment to the area a family gift of $500,000 to the station's fund-raising campaign for conversion to digital technology. The Amos family's compa tuesda TEC Gifts More inside: Comparing what digital jukeboxes offer, 6C Dot drops aurQotDueir 311 POBBlfiS for folks on the go Recycling technology with fun, useful add-ons will be hot this season Spam slashers Unwanted e-mail can slow down your productivity, especially on the road. Now, there are two new versions of programs that, when used together, cut the amount of spam you get to almost nothing. Nelson Email Organizer (www.emailorganizer.com) is an application ($29.95) that works alongside Microsoft Outlook, allowing you to run lightning-fast searches and prioritize your incoming messages.

ChoiceMail (www.digiportal.com) forces spammers to ask for permission to send you their messages through an innovative Web-based filtering system It exists. Their father, John Shelby Amos, had moved the family to Milton from Enterprise, in the 1930s to open Milton's first 10-cent store, Amos 5 10, which was family-operated for about 60 years. WSRE-TVs capital campaign co-chairman Elba Robertson of Milton said she knew the Amoses from family connections as a child and also remembered the brothers' business success. "I decided we needed to talk to them," said Robertson. "We went up to see them, and that's all it took." est close in six years.

The 500 fell 12.09, or 1.5 percent, to 815.28. Monday marked the end of the third quarter, and the three major indexes recorded big losses. The fell 17.6 percent, its worst quarterly loss since the fourth quarter of 1987, when it slid 23.3 percent. The also ended its worst six-month period, down 29 percent, since 1974, when it dropped 32.4 percent. The Dow had a quarterly decline of 17.9 percent; the Nasdaq, 19.9 percent.

The Commerce Department reported Monday that consumers increased their spending in August by only 0.3 percent, falling short of analysts' expectations for a 0.5 percent gain. News that incomes rose by 0.4 percent failed to ease investors' disappointment about spending. The bulk of the nation's imports from China and Japan come through the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, the nation's busiest. The labor crisis comes as importers scramble to bring in merchandise for the Christmas shopping season. Representatives of the shipping lines and dock-workers met on Monday.

A frail labor peace between the shipping lines and the longshoremen collapsed Sunday when the dockworkers were ordered off their jobs indefinitely at all 29 of the nation's major West Coast ports. The two sides are at odds over pensions and other benefits, as well as cargo-handling technology that the union fears would wipe out jobs. West Coast ports handled more than $300 billion in cargo over the past year. Major imports include industrial machinery, furniture, clothing, toys, computers, automotive goods and electronics. The biggest exports include meat and poultry, industrial equipment, animal feed and automotive parts.

Associated Press NEW YORK Stocks fell sharply Monday on news of weak consumer spending, with the Dow losing nearly ,110 points. The downturn capped the worst six-month period in 28 years for the Standard Poor's 500 index. Monday's selling briefly pulled the Dow down as much as 240.67 points and below 7,500. "The level of investor anxiety has just reared up its ugly head again. It is just totally driven by uncertainty," said Joseph Keating, chief investment officer at AmSouth Asset Management in Birmingham, Ala.

The Dow closed down 109.52, or 1.4 percent, at 7,591.93. The Dow fell 295 on Friday. The Nasdaq composite index declined 27.10, or 2.3 percent, to 1,172.07, its low Christopher Elliott USA Today Peter Shankman is scaling down his holiday wish list. In years past, clients lavished expensive tech toys, such as the newest handheld PC, on him. But, lately, gifts have been more modest: an optical mouse engraved with a company logo.

"Business travelers and the people giving them gifts are more price-conscious this year," said the Manhattan marketing consultant. "They aren't expecting anything extravagant. They'll settle for something practical." Practical, not useless, said trend watcher Anita Dunham Potter, editor of online newsletter nitaVacation.com. What's the perfect present for a road warrior? Something that costs less than $100 and either complements their current technology or solves a travel problem, such as driver fatigue, oversized luggage or Products being marketed to travelers for the upcoming season reflect the more-for-less attitude. secutive year for Fugler to be elected to this position and only the Fualer sewMU rugier time in the organization's history that a chairman was elected for two consecutive years.

Fugler became affiliated with NIBA in 1996 and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors. He has served on various committees including Governmental Affairs, Membership, and Education. The National Investment Banking Association is a national association of NASD broker-dealer and investment banking firms seeking to strengthen the free-enterprise system and provide a vital source of information and education to its members and the investing public. Hospital working to protect newborns Best practices for preventing abduction of newborns from hospitals became a news topic this past week, after Sacred Heart Hospital announced it won't send birth announcements to area newspapers any longer. Other hospitals will continue providing the information, but are stressing the importance of other security measures measures that are long-established and regularly reviewed.

West Florida Hospital has for several years had a four-step system in place to ensure the safety and security of newborns, spokeswoman Regina Hudson said Monday. "In addition, our staff receives ongoing training to prevent baby abductions; however, we are unwilling to divulge the nature of our security measures as it could compromise the safety of our babies." Hospitals that do release information for publication require parents' consent. The release of news of infant births to newspapers is allowed under federal regulations. Citizens Financial to buy Commonwealth PHILADELPHIA Citizens Financial Group Inc. said Monday it will acquire Commonwealth Bancorp Inc.

for $450 million. The purchase, for $46.50 per share, is expected to be completed in January. Commonwealth Bancorp, based in Norristown, has $1.8 billion in assets and operates 60 branches and 61 automated teller machines in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial, a $55 billion commercial bank holding company and a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, purchased 345 Mellon bank branches in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey in December for $2.1 billion. From staff and wire reports Computer accessories CD PDA extras i fj a.

Veo's Mobile Connect clips to a laptop screen. input data i The Logitech KeyCase ($99.95) is the only personal digital assistant keyboard and case of its kind, protecting your handheld and providing a keyboard to make it easier to Dispute may cost $1 billion per day on the go. Gift guru Potter said travelers still crave expensive technology but are patient. For example, instead of spending about $400 upgrade her PDA to a wireless one, Potter is asking her family for a $170 wireless modem this Christmas. Travelers want to recycle their technology this year without it 'looking' like they're recycling." com) UuickCam for Notebooks Pro includes software that lets you add video to instant-messaging services The Logitech Cordless Presenter ($199.95) uses Bluetooth wireless technology, so you can stand 30 feet away from your computer while you click through your presentation.

The device also works as a laser pointer and cordless optical mouse. The Logitech MouseMan Traveler compact, convenient and comfy, lets you avoid The Veo Mobile Connect (www.veo.com) is a new Web camera de- signed for the frequent traveler. It clips onto a laptop and plugs into your PC's USB port, letting you record video or still images and send them back to the office or to friends and family while you're away Logitech's (www.logitech. Plantronics' MX100 The Logitech KeyCase wraps around your PDA to protect it when it's not open for typing. Innovations for road warriors The eVest (www.

scottevest.com) is out with a new version of its popular "wearable" outerwear. The lightweight sports edition is made of water-resistant fabric that can be worn in warmer weather or indoors and comes with to using that tricky touchpad. New headsets Plantronics' (www.plantronics.com) Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Cargo ships lay at anchor offshore, waiting to be unloaded, and trucks with fresh produce lined up outside West Coast ports Monday after dockworkers were locked out in a dispute that could cost the U.S. economy $1 billion a day. West Coast shipping lines said they will keep the ports closed until the longshoremen agree to extend their expired contract.

But the union said it will not budge until the lockout is ended. The Bush administration said that it is concerned about the effect on the struggling U.S. economy but that it has no immediate plans to break the impasse by declaring a national emergency. The U.S. economy would lose $4.7 billion in wages and revenue during a five-day shutdown, according to a study conducted for the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents shipping lines and sea terminal operators.

A 10-day shutdown could cost $19.4 billion as economic problems snowball. MX100 headset for mobile phones uses new technology called "Flex Grip" to make sure you can wear the unit even while exercising without it slipping off your ear. The company also upgraded its noise-reduction technology so that the person you're talk more than 17 pockets. Some C. ing to can hear you even if you're sprinting through an airport terminal Its big compartments are big enough to hold large add-on devices or laptop computers.

Shankman, who owns an eVest easily fits his shoes into his jacket before he goes through a security line. "I can get all of my gadgets into the jacket, and then I just put the whole thing through the X-ray machine," he said. "It's saved me lots of time." The eVest allows its owner to "wear" their gadgets wherever they go. It has pockets for MP3 players, digital cameras, wireless phones and more. brother, the CT10, is a new 900-megahertz cord rv less telephone that reaiures some oi me same technology for home users For mora technology information, check out our online technology section at PensacolaNewsiournal.eome Top mutual funds Weekly mutual fund recap appears on Sunday.

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