11.  Cirrus announced its news in a statement released shortly after midnight Eastern time.

12.  CNN was hoping to be able to announce news of a contract for King during a session on Wednesday with reporters who cover television.

13.  Fujita, who announced the news, declined to say how many of its customers bonds had been sold.

14.  He announced the news just a week and a half after Mayor Rudolph Giuliani learned that he had the same kind of cancer.

15.  He announced the news and told employees they could go home if they wanted.

16.  His method of announcing the news seemed to emphasize his pique at the way the computer issue had been handled by the United States.

17.  Indeed, Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., also announced encouraging news about another drug Friday.

18.  It is expected for them almost to react in the same information cycle when the original news was announced.

19.  Only Scotia has announced major news which could drive share prices higher.

20.  Other industry companies also look set to announce good news shortly.