Daily News


23 May 2007





Dwell Announces Second Annual San Francisco Conference, Exhibition

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23 May 2007
CONFERENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, May -- Michela O'Connor Abrams, President and Publisher of Dwell, has announced plans for the second annual Dwell on Design Conference and Exhibition scheduled to take place at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco the weekend of September 14-16, 2007.

Highly acclaimed journalist John Hockenberry will moderate this year's one-and-a-half-day conference which kicks off a three-day weekend dedicated to exploring and celebrating what it means to build community in a modern world.

"We are delighted to have John Hockenberry join us for a weekend that we are designing to be rigorous, celebratory, in-depth, and undoubtedly a bit irreverent," says O'Connor Abrams. "His singular combination of spirit, intellect and genuine curiosity is an ideal catalyst for thoughtful, lively and meaningful conversation."

CONFERENCE
Bringing together product designers, innovators in green building practices, entrepreneurs in energy efficiency, artists, photographers, web designers, parents, students, and neighbors -- and led by moderator John Hockenberry -- this year's Dwell on Design: San Francisco Conference will unleash the ingenuity and commitment of people who are building community on a number of different fronts, each with an emphasis on strong design, sustainability and smart growth.

EXHIBITION
The Dwell on Design: San Francisco Exhibition will again offer a one-of-a-kind marketplace showcasing a wide variety of modern products and services, making creative use of indoor and outdoor spaces for an informative, entertaining and valuable experience.


ViewSonic Earns a Spot on 2007 Fortune 1000 List

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23 May 2007
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WALNUT, Calif., May-- ViewSonic(R) Corp., a worldwide leader in visual display products, announced today it has earned a position on the FORTUNE 1000 list of the largest American companies. Ranking 990 overall, ViewSonic placed fifth in the computer peripherals industry --
along with EMC, Lexmark, Western Digital, Network Appliance and Imation.

"ViewSonic's inclusion among this distinguished group of companies is a testament to our strategy of continually growing our business, and delivering best-of-breed programs and services to our customers consistently for 20 years," Jeff Volpe, vice president, marketing for
ViewSonic Americas.

The Fortune 1000 is a ranking of the top 1000 American public corporations as measured by gross revenue.

Included in the survey are U.S.
incorporated companies filing financial statements with a government agency. This includes private companies and cooperatives that file a 10-K and mutual insurance companies that file with state regulators. Excluded are private companies not filing with a government agency; companies incorporated outside the U.S.; companies owned or controlled by other U.S. companies that file with a government agency; and U.S. companies owned or controlled by foreign companies.



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