The Macerich Company Announces Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct 02, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----Macerich (NYSE: MAC: 39.30, -1.61, -3.93%) today announced that it will release third quarter 2008 earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Management will hold a conference call at 1:30 pm ET on November 4, 2008 to discuss quarterly results. Arthur Coppola, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Macerich and Thomas O'Hern, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will host the call.

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Gold Horse International, Inc. Reschedules Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results to 9:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, October 7

HOHHOT, China, Oct 03, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Gold Horse International, Inc., (GHII:0.10, -0.02, -16.7%) ("Gold Horse" or "the Company"), a multifaceted business group that controls and operates a construction company, real estate development business and a hotel in Inner Mongolia, China, today announced that the Company has rescheduled its conference call to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008 for 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.
To participate in the live conference call, please dial the following number approximately 15 minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time: 800-688-0796. International callers should dial 617-614-4070. When prompted by the operator, please mention conference passcode 307-780-68.

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Conference Call

A conference call is a telephone call in which the calling party wishes to have more than one called party listen in to the audio portion of the call. The conference calls may be designed to allow the called party to participate during the call, or the call may be set up so that the called party merely listens into the call and cannot speak. It is often referred to as an ATC (Audio Tele-Conference).

Conference calls can be designed so that the calling party calls the other participants and adds them to the call. In most cases, the participants are able call into the conference call themselves, by dialing into a special telephone number that connects to a "conference bridge" (a specialized type of equipment that links telephone lines).

Usually, most companies use a specialized service provider who maintains the conference bridge, or who provides the phone numbers and PIN codes that participants dial to access the meeting or conference call.

Three-way calling is available (usually at an extra charge) for most customers on their home or office phone line. To three way call, the first person one wishes to talk to is dialed. Then the Hook flash button is pressed and the other person's phone number is dialed. While it is ringing, flash is pressed again. This will put the three people together. This option allows callers to add a second outgoing call to an already connected call.

Usage

Business

Businesses use conference calls daily to meet with remote parties, both internally and outside of their company. Common applications are client meetings or sales presentations, project meetings and updates, regular team meetings, training classes and communication to employees who work in different locations. Conference calling is viewed as a primary means of cutting travel costs and allowing workers to be more productive by not having to go out-of-office for meetings.

Conference calls are used by nearly all United States public corporations to report their quarterly results. These calls usually allow for questions from stock analysts and are called earnings calls. A standard conference call begins with a disclaimer stating that anything said in the duration of the call may be a forward looking statement, and that results may vary significantly. The CEO, CFO, or Investor Relations officer then will read the company's quarterly report. Lastly, the call is opened for questions from analysts.

Conference calls are increasingly used in conjunction with web conferences, where presentations or documents are shared via the internet.

Conference calls are also beginning to cross over into the world of podcasting and social networking, which in turn fosters new kinds of interaction patterns. Live streaming or broadcasting of conference calls allows a larger audience access to the call without dialing in to a bridge. In addition, organizers of conference calls can publish a dial-in number alongside the audio stream, creating potential for audience members to dial in if and when they wish to interact.

Party line

Conference calls can also be used for entertainment or social purposes, such as the party line or a group call. People call in to a specified telephone number, and are connected to conversations with other callers. This serves as a way to talk to and perhaps, subsequently, meet new people. However, conference calls are most commonly used by businesses.

Flat Rate Conferencing

Flat rate services are now being offered which enable conference call users to have unlimited access to a conference bridge at a fixed monthly cost. Because telecommunication carriers offer free long distance bundled with local service, this alternative is gaining widespread popularity for budget conscious businesses and non-profits.

In the UK, there are conference services offered on a pay as you go basis where the cost of the phone calls (using 0844, 0870 or 0871 numbers) from each of the participants covers the cost of the conference service. With this service type there is no monthly charge and usually no contracts to sign.

Prepaid Conference Calls

Prepaid conference call services allow businesses and individuals to purchase conferencing services online, and conduct conference calls on a pay-as-you-go basis. Typically, a conference call PIN and its associated calling instructions are displayed immediately online after being purchased and/or sent via email. Generally, prepaid conference call services are used with a landline telephone, mobile phone, or computer, and there is no need to buy additional expensive telecommunications hardware or add/switch long distance service. Some services allow you to start or join a conference call from virtually any country worldwide--with appropriate telephone access.

Large telecommunications providers such as AT&T, Embarq (formerly Sprint), Verizon and other large to medium conferencing service providers maintain a dominant position in the conferencing niche; servicing many of the World's biggest brands. However, the Internet and improved global VoIP networks have helped to significantly reduce the barrier of entry into this niche.

Free Conference Calling

Several vendors in the US now offer free conference calling. Such services generally require users to dial a long-distance phone number to be connected to their conference.

Free conferencing is different from traditional conference calling where the organizer of the conference call pays either a flat rate fee or per minute charge or a mixture of both. It has no organizer fees and allows for multiple people to meet at the price of their long distance connections.


Conferencing in IMS

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) defined a technical specification (TS 24.147) for conferencing within the IP Multimedia Core Network subsystem (IMS) based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), SIP Events, the Session Description Protocol (SDP) and the Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP).

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Video Conferencing

A videoconference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called visual collaboration and is a type of groupware. It differs from videophone in that it is designed to serve a conference rather than individuals.

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Internet Tele-conference

Internet Telephony involves conducting a teleconference over the Internet or a Wide Area Network. One key technology in this area is Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Popular software for personal use includes Skype, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. A List of commercial voice over IP network providers is available

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Teleconference

Teleconference is the live exchange and mass articulation of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, usually over the phone line. It differs from videophone in intending to serve groups rather than individuals.

The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing one or more of the following audio, video, and/or data services by one or more means, such as telephone, telegraph, teletype, radio, and television. [1][2]

Teleconferences are also referred to as teleseminars.

Alternative terms for teleconferencing include audio conferencing, telephone conferencing and phone conferencing.

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Web conferencing

Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings or presentations over the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at his or her own computer and is connected to other participants via the internet. This can be either a downloaded application on each of the attendees computers or a web-based application where the attendees will simply enter a URL (website address) to enter the conference.

A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. It is typically one-way [1], from the speaker to the audience with limited audience interaction, such as in a webcast. A webinar can be collaborative [1] and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter. In some cases, the presenter may speak over a standard telephone line, pointing out information being presented on screen and the audience can respond over their own telephones, preferably a speaker phone. There are web conferencing technologies on the market that have incorporated the use of VoIP audio technology, to allow for a truly web-based communication. Webinars may (depending upon the provider) provide hidden or anonymous participant functionality, enabling paticipants to be unaware of other participants in the same meeting.

In the early years of the Internet, the terms "web conferencing" was often used to describe a group discussion in a message board and therefore not live. The term has evolved to refer specifically to live or "synchronous" meetings.

Features

Other typical features of a web conference include: [2]

* Slide presentations (often created through PowerPoint or Keynote on a Mac)
* Live video (via webcam or digital video camera)
* VoIP (Real time audio communication through the computer via use of headphones and speakers)
* Web tours - where URLs, data from forms, cookies, scripts and session data can be pushed to other participants enabling them to be pushed though web based logons, clicks, etc. This type of feature works well when demonstrating websites where users themselves can also participate.
* Recording (for viewing at a later time by anyone using a unique web address)
* Whiteboard with annotation (allowing the presenter and/or attendees to highlight or mark items on the slide presentation. Or, simply make notes on a blank whiteboard.)
* Text chat - For live question and answer sessions, limited to the people connected to the meeting. Text chat may be public (echo'ed to all participants) or private (between 2 participants).
* Polls and surveys (allows the presenter to conduct questions with multiple choice answers directed to the audience)
* Screen sharing/desktop sharing/application sharing (where participants can view anything the presenter currently has shown on their screen. Some screen sharing applications allow for remote desktop control, allowing participants to manipulate the presenters screen, although this is not widely used.)

Web conferencing is often sold as a service, hosted on a web server controlled by the vendor. Offerings vary per vendor but most hosted services provide a cost per user per minute model, a monthly flat fee model and a seat model. Some vendors also provide a server side solution which allows the customer to host their own web conferencing service on their own servers.
An important capability of web conferencing software is application sharing, the ability for one party in the conference to share an application (such as a web browser, spread sheet, etc.) from their desk top with every one else in the meeting and pass the control of the application to someone else in the meeting.[citation needed]

Standards

Web conferencing technologies are not standardized, which has been a significant factor in the lack of interoperability, platform dependence, security issues, cost and market segmentation. In 2003, the IETF established a working group to establish a standard for web conferencing, called "Centralized Conferencing (xcon)" [3]. The planned deliverables of xcon include:

* A basic floor control protocol. Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)[4] published as RFC 4582
* A mechanism for membership and authorization control
* A mechanism to manipulate and describe media "mixing" or "topology" for multiple media types (audio, video, text)
* A mechanism for notification of conference related events/changes (for example a floor change)
* Webinars are first and foremost best practices

History

Real-time text chat facilities such as IRC appeared early in the internet's history, in the end-1980s. Web-based chat and instant messaging software appeared in the mid-1990s. In the late 1990s, the first true web conferencing capability became available and dozens of other web conferencing venues followed thereafter.[citation needed]

A trademark for the term "webinar" has been registered in 1998 by Eric R. Korb (Serial Number 75478683, USPTO) but was difficult to defend; it is currently assigned to InterCall

Software and service providers

* Adobe Acrobat Connect
* Axisoft's MeToShow
* Convenos Meeting Center
* Dimdim
* Genesys Meeting Center
* Glance
* GoToMeeting
* IBM Lotus Sametime
* InterCall
* Microsoft Office Live Meeting
* WebEx
* WebTrain

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Conference Call

A conference call is a telephone call in which the calling party wishes to have more than one called party listen in to the audio portion of the call. The conference calls may be designed to allow the called party to participate during the call, or the call may be set up so that the called party merely listens into the call and cannot speak. It is often referred to as an ATC (Audio Tele-Conference).

Conference calls can be designed so that the calling party calls the other participants and adds them to the call. In most cases, the participants are able call into the conference call themselves, by dialing into a special telephone number that connects to a "conference bridge" (a specialized type of equipment that links telephone lines).

Usually, most companies use a specialized service provider who maintains the conference bridge, or who provides the phone numbers and PIN codes that participants dial to access the meeting or conference call.

Three-way calling is available (usually at an extra charge) for most customers on their home or office phone line. To three way call, the first person one wishes to talk to is dialed. Then the Hook flash button is pressed and the other person's phone number is dialed. While it is ringing, flash is pressed again. This will put the three people together. This option allows callers to add a second outgoing call to an already connected call.

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Webcast Advisory - The Westaim Corporation Webcast of Conference Call to Discuss the Company's Reorganization Agreement

The Westaim Corporation will hold a webcast at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Monday, October 6, 2008 regarding the Company's reorganization agreement.

In addition to standard disclosure over wire services, a news release was issued on Friday, October 3, 2008 and posted on the Westaim web site. To listen to the call live on the Internet, please go to .

Drew Fitch, President & Chief Executive Officer, will participate on the call. An audio file of the call will be archived and posted on the Westaim web site.

The Westaim Corporation's investments include iFire Technology Ltd., and a 74.5 per cent interest in NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. . Westaim's common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol WED.

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Wells Fargo Acquisition of Wachovia Conference Call Transcript

Executives

Richard M. Kovacevich – Chairman of the Board

Robert K. Steel – Chief Executive Officer Wachovia

John G. Stumpf – President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Howard I. Atkins – Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Vice President

[Bruce Selso]

Analysts

Matthew O’Connor – UBS Securities

Nancy Bush – NAB Research, LLC.

Michael Mayo - Deutsche Bank Securities

Christopher Mutascio - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

Brian Foran - Goldman Sachs

Jason Goldberg - Barclays Capital

John McDonald - Sanford Bernstein C. Bernstein & Co.

[Mike Holson - The Boston Company]

[Corey Gilcrest - Marsh Company]

David Hilder - Putnam Investments

Presentation

Operator

Welcome to the Wells Fargo conference call. (Operator Instructions) It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Dick Kovacevich, Chairman of Wells Fargo.

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Webcast Advisory - The Westaim Corporation Webcast of Conference Call to Discuss the Company's Reorganization Agreement

The Westaim Corporation will hold a webcast at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Monday, October 6, 2008 regarding the Company's reorganization agreement.
In addition to standard disclosure over wire services, a news release was issued on Friday, October 3, 2008 and posted on the Westaim web site. To listen to the call live on the Internet, please go to www.westaim.com.
Drew Fitch, President & Chief Executive Officer, will participate on the call. An audio file of the call will be archived and posted on the Westaim web site.
The Westaim Corporation's investments include iFire Technology Ltd., and a 74.5 per cent interest in NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NCST: 0.63, +0.02, +3.3%) (CA:NCS: news, chart, profile) . Westaim's common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol WED.

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ITW Announces Conference Call Information for 2008 Third Quarter Earnings

GLENVIEW, Ill., Sept 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW:
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ITW, , ) today announced that it will hold its 2008 third quarter conference call on Thursday, October 16, 2008. The conference call will begin at 1 p.m. central time and will follow the company's release of third quarter earnings at 7 a.m. central time on that same day.
The conference call can be accessed by dialing 312-470-0008. The pass code ITW is necessary to join the call. Participants are asked to dial in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call. Open to the public, interested participants should contact Karen Biesiada at 847-657-4062 or kbiesiada@itw.com to reserve a line.

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National City to Hold Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call

CLEVELAND, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National City Corporation
(NYSE: NCC) expects to report its third quarter 2008 financial results the
morning of October 21, 2008. Supplemental financial data will be available
at the time of release.

National City Corporation's executive management will host a conference
call at 8:00 a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 to discuss the third
quarter 2008 financial results. Interested parties may access the
conference call by dialing 1-800-890-1951. The call will be open to the
public with both media and individual investors invited to participate in a
listen-only mode. Participants are encouraged to call in 15 minutes prior
to the call in order to register for the event. The conference call will
also be accessible via the Company's Web site,
http://www.nationalcity.com/investorrelations.

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Executives

Michael Baehr – VP of Corporate Communications

Eric DeMarco – President & CEO

Deanna Lund – SVP and CFO

Analysts

Mark Jordan – Noble & Finance

Mike Crawford – Riley Investment Management

Presentation

Operator

Good day everyone and welcome to the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, all lines are in a listen-only mode. Following the speakers' remarks, we will announce the opportunity for questions, and instructions for asking a question will be given at that time. As a special reminder to our media guests who are listening in, please remember that during the question-and-answer portion of this call, we are not taking questions – we are not taking questions.

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The Marcus Corporation Announces First Quarter Conference Call

MILWAUKEE, Sep 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Marcus Corporation (MCS:17.88-0.23, -1.3%) today announced it will hold a conference call to discuss the company's first quarter fiscal 2009 results on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Central/11:00 a.m. Eastern time.

Interested parties can listen to the call live on the Internet through the investor relations section of the company's Web site: www.marcuscorp.com, or by dialing 1-617-614-3671 and entering the passcode 28950132. Listeners should dial in to the call at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the call or should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software.



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Dynamex Announces Fiscal 2008 Year-End Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

DALLAS, Sep 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dynamex Inc. (DDMX:29.54, -0.39, -1.3%) , a leading provider of same-day delivery and logistics services in the United States and Canada, will release its fiscal 2008 year-end financial results on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, after the close of the market. The Company will host an investor conference call on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at 9:00a.m. Central Time. All interested parties may access the call Toll-Free at 1-877-407-9039. A participant will need the following information to access the conference call: Company name -- "Dynamex." A telephone replay of the conference call will be available Toll-Free through September 25, 2008, at 1-877-660-6853, enter Account Number 3055 and Conference ID Number 292293.

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Rackspace to Present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference

SAN ANTONIO, Sep 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (RAX:8.66, -0.45, -4.9%) , the world's leading hosting services provider, announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer Lanham Napier will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 9:30 am EST.

An audio webcast of the presentation will be made available on Rackspace's website at http://ir.rackspace.com


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Stryker to Host Conference Call on October 16, 2008

KALAMAZOO, Mich., Sept 12, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Stryker Corporation (SYK:63.63, -0.36, -0.6%) announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, to discuss the Company's operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 and provide an operational update. Operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 will be released at 4:00 p.m. that day.

To participate in the conference call dial 800-299-9630 (domestic) or 617-786-2904 (international) and enter the participant passcode 81093412. A simultaneous webcast of the call will be accessible via the Company's website at www.stryker.com . The call will be archived on this site for 90 days.

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Bonds.com to Host Conference Call on September 17, 2008 to Provide August and Year-to-Date Operational Results

Bonds.com Group, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB: BDCG), through its subsidiary Bonds.com, Inc., provider of an innovative comprehensive online trading platform providing execution, liquidity and competitive pricing to the fragmented fixed income marketplace, announced today that it will host a conference call on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 to provide investors with August and year-to-date results across all key business metrics.


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