Total debt as of March 31, 2008 was approximately $1.6 billion,primarily consisting of various tranches of senior unsecured notes anddebentures with staggered maturities. The ratings and Outlook incorporate thepotential for the company to incur a modest amount of additional debt topre-fund debt maturities, as has been the company's recent historical practice.The nearest debt maturity is $50 million on Feb 18, 2010. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available onthe agency's public site, Published ratings, criteria andmethodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code ofconduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, complianceand other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code ofConduct' section of this site Fitch RatingsJason Pompeii, 312-368-3210, ChicagoNick P. Nilarp, CFA, 212-908-0649, New YorkorMedia Relations:Cindy Stoller, 212-908-0526, New YorkEmail: Copyright Business Wire 2009. New issue also features Harry S. Truman's 125th BirthdayWASHINGTON, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In May, the National Archives atKansas City will open a new location in downtown Kansas City, MO, in therevitalized Adams Express Building near historic Union Station, in the heartof the city's growing cultural district.
The new quarters and a specialexhibit are described in the Spring 2009 issue of Prologue magazine, theofficial publication of the National Archives and Records Administration.(Logo: http://)The new facility will be dedicated Memorial Day weekend, May 22-23, 2009. Highlights will include an official dedication with remarks by ActingArchivist of the United States Adrienne Thomas, an open house andhistory/genealogy fair, and a speech by Clifton Truman Daniel, formerPresident Harry S.
08/11 Purchase Selena Gomez Tickets performing in Fabulous Fox Theatre, Gexa Energy Pavilion. Selena Gomez is performing in Saint Louis, Dallas and Cleveland. Selena Gomez tickets
05/11 Buy Usher Tickets staging in Colonial Life Arena, Dunkin Donuts Center. Usher is staging in Columbia, Providence and Sacramento. Usher tickets
05/11 Access Stevie Nicks Tickets staging in Borgata Events Center, Caesars Palace. Stevie Nicks is staging in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and Indio. Stevie Nicks tickets
Truman's oldest grandson.Performances by the 312th Armyband will precede and follow his remarks. Tours of the new facility andexhibits, It's Big! and The Kansas-Nebraska Act, will be available, along withfamily activities.For more information see http:// new issue of Prologue highlights the relocation and opening of theNational Archives at Kansas City.Prologue also celebrates the 125thanniversary of the birth of Harry S. Truman with three articles writtenespecially for the issue - including one by grandson Clifton Truman Danieldescribing Truman's role as a grandfather to daughter Margaret's four boys.This issue also explores Truman's devotion to history and his views ofhistorians, and his relationship with artist Thomas Hart Benton, who createdthe famous mural in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum inIndependence, Missouri.Special activities at the Truman Library are plannedfor May 8 and 9.For details, see http:// of this issue of Prologue are for sale in the gift shops at theNational Archives at Kansas City at 400 West Pershing Rd. in Kansas City, MO,and at the Truman Library at 500 West U.S. Highway 24 in Independence.Forsubscription information go to http:// Archives at Kansas CityOne of 13 Regional Archives, the National Archives at Kansas City will holdFederal records from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, along with selectmaterial from Minnesota and the Dakotas.Among its holdings are originalrecords of the U.S District Courts, U.S. Attorneys, Bureau of Prisons,Steamboat Inspection Service, Bureau of Indians Affairs, Corps of Engineers,U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, National Parks Service, andmicrofilm publications of many of the nation's most significant records.Treasures of the National Archives at Kansas City include records relating tothe milestone Brown v. Board of Education of Topekadecision, Wild West showman"Buffalo Bill" Cody, President Ulysses S.
Grant, and Walt Disney which areamong the 50,000 cubic feet of records in its holdings.For more information about National Archives programs and exhibits, go to ArchivesNational Archives Public Affairs Staff, +1-202-357-5300. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bracing for increasingly intense competition in the prepaid wireless market, Sprint Nextel Corp's (S.N) Boost Mobile unit is expanding distribution with 50 new exclusive stores by the end of 2009. FranceBoost's launch of a new $50-a-month unlimited service plan in the first quarter produced growth in Sprint's prepaid customers for the first time in several quarters. These consumers pay for calls in advance without having to commit to a monthly contract.Because the plan also attracted competing services from rivals such as T-Mobile USA, owned by Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), and Virgin Mobile USA Inc VM.N, Boost head Matt Carter is looking at ways he can keep winning market share."What's important to us is street visibility," Carter told Reuters as he outlined the plan to expand the number of Boost-branded stores from three to 53 this year. "We think it's going to help us quite a lot," he said in an interview.On top of existing Boost stores in Los Angeles, Miami and Houston, the company's retail partners in 10 cities including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta will open stores that only sell the Boost service this quarter. Another 40 stores will be opened by year end, Carter said.The popularity of services from Boost and rivals MetroPCS Communications Inc (PCS.N) and Leap Wireless International Inc (LEAP.O) has been rising in the weak economy."You're seeing the mainstreaming of prepaid.