Investigative Group International, a Washington-based company that does security analysis, reported a "major, major surge" in business.

A year ago, the Washington-based company recorded a gain of $115.7 million from the sale of its cellular telephone interest.

The Washington-based company aims to keep its duration gap between minus 6 months to plus 6 months.

That bank is a subsidiary of the Washington-based holding company.

The Washington-based company, which owns a 66-satellite system offering worldwide mobile telephone service, has failed to attract subscribers and is struggling to stave off bankruptcy.

For several years, Harris headed a Washington-based company called Publications Services Inc.

The Washington-based company also said it would consolidate operations in its eight divisions and lay off 15 percent of its 16,000 workers.

The emergence of Washington-based companies producing feature films is more recent.

Revenues for the quarter rose 2.1 percent, to $346.2 million from $339.1 million, the Washington-based company said.

Mr. Vance went to Iraq in 2004, first to work for a Washington-based company.