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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: who cares? who wrote (8656)	12/4/2001 9:24:20 AM
From: Jane4IceCream	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19428

One thing you can always count on if your stuck in Lodi without a nickel is that Tim would give you the shirt off his back and not ask for it in return. ...or something like that... What do I know, I just want make $$$$ and have fun. Jane

To: who cares? who wrote (8656)	12/4/2001 2:21:57 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19428

PerkinElmer Bomb-Detector Seen Ready Soon, FAA Says (Update1) (Adds details about explosive detection machines starting in sixth paragraph.) Atlantic City, New Jersey, Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- PerkinElmer Inc., a maker of laboratory instruments, is almost ready to bring an airport explosive-detection system to the Federal Aviation Administration for approval, the FAA said. PerkinElmer would become the third company with an approved device, said FAA spokeswoman Rebecca Trexler. The agency is working with the company to try to meet a Congressional deadline requiring explosive-detection machines in all airports by the end of next year to allow screening of all checked baggage. ``We're going to do everything humanly possible to meet that deadline,'' FAA Administrator Jane Garvey said during a news conference at the Aviation Security Technology Symposium in Atlantic City, New Jersey, today. PerkinElmer spokesman Kevin Lorenc said the company has an ``ongoing relationship'' with the FAA and that would be premature to comment on when the company may have something to announce. L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and InVision Technologies Inc. are the two companies with FAA certification. The FAA is hoping to partner with other companies that make less expensive, smaller versions of those currently certified to use in small airports, Trexler said. ``We're looking for something that costs like $300,000,'' she said. The machines being used now cost more than $1 million each. The more expensive machines would be used in airports with more baggage to search, Trexler said. There are now 142 machines at 47 of the largest U.S. airports. About 2,000 more systems are needed to screen all checked bags, the FAA has said. The FAA has given grants to companies including PerkinElmer to help develop explosive detection systems, Trexler said. The shares of PerkinElmer, based in Wellesley, Massachusetts, fell $1.04 to $27.95 and have declined 47 percent this year. --J. Kyle Foster in Princeton, (609) 750-4647 or kfoster2@bloomberg.net, with reporting by Rip Watson in Washington, through the Chicago newsroom, (312) 692-3720/krm Story illustration: To chart the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Airline Index, see {BUSAIRL <Index> GP D <GO>}.

To: who cares? who wrote (8656)	12/4/2001 6:30:50 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19428

Interesting interview, no? (not available to mere mortals, LOL) PerkinElmer's Summe: Airport Security, Earnings Outlook 2001-12-04 15:23 (New York) New York, Dec. 4, 2001 (Bloomberg) -- Gregory Summe, chairman and chief executive officer of PerkinElmer Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Kathleen Campion about the planned sale of the company's airport security business, business opportunities created by the recent bioterrorism threat and the outlook for earnings following the recent acquisition of Packard BioScience Co. 03:05 Sale of airport security business; bioterrorism threat 01:36 Outlook for earnings, dilution from acquisitions; dividends For company information see PKI US <Equity> CN, BQ. For related news see the following NI codes: US, COS, MAC, DEF, HEA, ELE, MNA, AIR, TRN, CORPFIN, MA, MTC, DRG, DIV, ERN, EST, SVC. For more on the Bloomberg Forum see FORUM. For more Bloomberg Multimedia reports see AV. -- Bloomberg Multimedia (609) 750-4455 (TC/CB) Running time 4:41. -0- (BN ) Dec/04/2001 20:23 GMT