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  united.com - Press release detail
In particular, United increased its international capacity to leverage competitive strengths, including profitable international routes and its role in the Star Alliance, the largest and most successful global airline alliance.
United has obtained exit financing on favorable terms through a syndication led by JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup Global Markets.
Such forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks and uncertainties relating to the operations and business environments of the Company that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.
www.united.com /press/detail/0,6862,53625,00.html   (708 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: United Press International   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic.
Scripps founded United Press on the principle that there should be no restrictions on who could buy news from a news service.
Also founded in the 1930's was "Ocean Press" a news service for ocean liners comprised of copy from United Press and later United Press International.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/United-Press-International   (2302 words)

  
 Associated Press v. United States, 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
By-laws of the Associated Press, a cooperative association engaged in gathering and distributing news in interstate and foreign commerce, prohibited service of AP news to nonmembers, prohibited members from furnishing spontaneous news to nonmembers, and empowered members to block membership applications of competitors.
United States), relating to this question are that the court erred "[i]n holding that there was no genuine issue between the parties as to any material fact" and "[i]n not entering summary judgment against the plaintiff." This latter assignment is based on the premise that summary proceedings were properly utilized in the case.
The Associated Press is, in essence, the common agent of about 1300 newspapers in the various cities throughout the country for the interchange of news which each paper collects in its own territory, and for the gathering, editing, and distributing of news which these member papers cannot collect single-handed, and which requires their pooled resources.
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 UPI -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On May 24, 1958, United Press merged with (Click link for more info and facts about International News Service) International News Service, which had been formed in 1909 by newspaper publisher (United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)) William Randolph Hearst, to become United Press International.
In 1914 Edward Kleinschmidt invented the (Click link for more info and facts about teletype) teletype, which replaced (A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)) Morse code clickers in delivering news to newspapers.
Press critic (Click link for more info and facts about Oswald Garrison Villard) Oswald Garrison Villard credits United Press with first use of the teletype.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/up/upi2.htm   (1108 words)

  
 ipedia.com: UPI Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
United Press International is a news agency based in the U.S. Formerly one of the three biggest news agencies in the world, with Associated Press and Reuters, it has dwindled in size in recent decades...
United Press International (UPI) is a news agency based in the U.S. Formerly one of the three biggest news agencies in the world, with Associated Press and Reuters, it has dwindled in size in recent decades and is now an also-ran.
In 1959, United Press merged with International News Service, which had been formed in 1909 by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, to become United Press International.
www.ipedia.com /upi.html   (273 words)

  
 United Press International - SourceWatch
United Press International is owned by News World Communications, a Unification Church controlled company.
United Press International was established in 1907 and gained a reputation as a pioneering global wire service featuring many of the big names of journalism including Walter Cronkite and Helen Thomas.
In 1958 United Press, as it was then known, merged with International News Service owned by William Randolph Hearst.
www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=UPI   (669 words)

  
 United Press International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Harnett, who spent more than 30 years at UPI, recalls what is often considered its greatest achievement: Merriman Smith's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of John F. Kennedy's assassination.
In 1935 UP was the first major news service to offer news to broadcasters.
The 'UPI March' as written and performed by the Cities Services Band of America under the direction of Paul LaValle debuted at the Belasco Theater in New York on Dec. 9, 1952.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Press_International   (1120 words)

  
 United Press on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
United Arab Emirates is largest airport developer in Middle East - report
United Airlines to switch to manual luggage handling at Denver airport
United dodge pizza and soup in favour of fish and chips!
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 Friends United Meeting: Friends United Press
Founded in 1969, the press is the publishing arm of Friends United Meeting, an international association of Friends meetings and churches, whose purpose is to "energize and equip Friends through the power of the Holy Spirit to gather into fellowships where Jesus Christ is known, loved, and obeyed as Teacher and Lord."
Friends United Press is a member of Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP), an association of Quaker publishers, distributors, and authors.
Friends United Press is pleased to provide examination copies at a 40% discount each to professors who wish to review titles for classroom use.
www.fum.org /FUP   (2302 words)

  
 united.com - Press release detail
Chicago, June 6, 2005 – United and Verizon Airfone have just become the first companies to receive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to install the necessary cabin equipment to enable passenger and crew use of wireless technology (Wi-Fi) devices on board a U.S. domestic commercial aircraft while inflight.
  The approval currently applies to the cabin of United's B757-200 aircraft, as it was used to test the technology, and is part of a larger strategy to enable high-speed wireless Internet access on board all United aircraft.
The date that customers may begin using Wi-Fi devices on United ultimately will be determined by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) scheduled "Air-to-Ground" spectrum auction to be held in the coming months, where service rights and range of frequencies will be awarded to one or more providers for onboard passenger access to the Internet.
www.united.com /press/detail/0,6862,52964,00.html   (579 words)

  
 Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter U   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One of the two major wire services in the U.S., United Press International (UPI) is a privately owned commercial news agency established in 1958 in a merger of United Press and International News Service.
State university presses, in particular, now publish books about the state or geographic area in which the institution is located.
Many university presses publish fiction and poetry of high literary merit, especially by regional writers, that might not be published commercially.
www.writersmarket.com /encyc/u.asp   (1565 words)

  
 United Press International - - Welcome to UPI
United Press International - - Welcome to UPI
Since 1907, United Press International (UPI) has been a leading provider of critical information to media outlets, businesses, governments and researchers worldwide.
Copyright © 2005 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved
about.upi.com   (60 words)

  
 Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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www.hsus.org /press_and_publications/press_releases   (877 words)

  
 United Press International: Q&A: Steven Pinker of 'Blank Slate'
United Press International: Q&A: Steven Pinker of 'Blank Slate'
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's bestseller "The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature" is one of the more intellectually ambitious books to hit the best-seller lists in recent years.
United Press International caught up with him just before a lecture at the California Institute of Technology, and then followed up with e-mail questions:
pinker.wjh.harvard.edu /books/tbs/media_articles/2002_10_30_upi.html   (1886 words)

  
 Analysis: Atheism worldwide in decline - (United Press International)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A few years ago, European scientists sniggered when studies in the United States -- for example, at Harvard and Duke universities -- showed a correlation between faith, prayer and recovery from illness.
For although in every major European city except Paris spirituality is booming, according to Zulehner, this only proves the emergence of a diffuse belief system, Pannenberg said, but not the revitalization of traditional Christian religious faith.
Observing a similar phenomenon in the United States, McDermott stated that the "rise of all sorts of paganism is creating a false spirituality that proves to be a more dangerous rival to the Christian faith than atheism."
www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050301-123015-2069r.htm   (806 words)

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