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DALLAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — In a survey commissioned by online personals site udate.com, swimmers Amanda Beard (26%) and Michael Phelps (42%), both known for their head-turning good looks, topped the list of sexiest American Olympians.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Forget speed dating or Internet personals; love may be lurking just a cubicle away.  41% of employed Americans ages 25-40 have admitted to having engaged in an office romance, according to a joint survey of 1,747 adults aged 25-40 sponsored by GLAMOUR magazine and lawyers.com.  Romance among peers are widely accepted (75%), relationships between management and subordinates are still considered unacceptable. Only 14% say dating one’s own manager is acceptable.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ — …TellCupid is banking on making a secure match with thousands of college students. The site is not only a dating service but also offers students the opportunity to find study buddies, out of state contacts and spring break friends…"We only conduct felon checks for criminal and sexual offenders/predators," says Charles Loiacono, CEO of TellCupid and licensed private investigator…TellCupid is also one of the first online dating sites to offer bodyguard services to men and women using licensed private investigators.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) — Ask the Matchmaker! is a compelling blend of wit, sass, humor, compassion, and practicality; as matchmaker Stelmack packs a lot of chutzpah in her punch. Ms. Stelmack is founder and CEO of the 4M Club, a national, elite millioniare matchmaking service, based on the West Coast in Seattle. The 4M Club, http://www.4MClub.com, was built to accommodate single, wealthy men who have a tough time finding "the love of their life," because of their hectic schedules. PRWEB

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 29, 2004 — Pan American Relations to provide corporate communications, marketing and public relations services for American IDC Corporation, developer of online communities, dating sites, portals and custom software. MyCoffeeDate.com, owned by American IDC, will reopen soon in a joint effort with over one million members.

LOS ANGELES, July 27 /PRNewswire/ — MySpace.com, a leading web portal built to mobilize people around shared interests, today announced its monthly traffic numbers. According to Nielsen//NetRatings June home and work traffic report, MySpace had almost twice the number of unique visitors of its closest competitor, Friendster.

WELLESLEY, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 22, 2004 — Roger Lee joined Battery’s San Mateo office in 2001 and focuses on software investments. Roger is currently a board member at Friendster and was a board observer at Neoteris prior to its acquisition by NetScreen…Most recently, he was a co-founder of Corio…Also the co-founder and President of NetMarket…Roger graduated with distinction from Yale University with a BA in Political Science…Battery Ventures is focused on investing in technology companies at all stages of growth….Team of over 25 experienced investment professionals…Guides companies to category dominance….Manages over $1.6 billion in committed capital.

Adrants.com — New Jersey native Blaire Allison wants to get married by the end of 2004 and she’s using a website called Do You Know My Husband? and weblog to hunt for a husband. Allison, who is 27 and works in New York as an event planner and dating coach, launched her site on June 21 and has received hundreds of emails from men clamoring for her consideration as well as major press coverage from the likes of the New York Times and MSNBC…Allison keeps a weblog detailing her dating experience with potential husbands and allows visitors to vote for their husband of choice. MARRYBLAIRE.com

WINNIPEG, July 16 /CNW/ –  A new poll of 160 divorced Canadians shows that a majority believe divorce is the most financially expensive event that can happen in a person’s life and yet many of the poll respondents were ill-prepared to handle this aspect of the break-up…61% of women agreed it was fair that assets should be split equally compared to 41% of men…22% say that money issues contributed to their divorce. Another 24% said it was "somewhat" a contributing factor…61% agree divorce is the most financially expensive event that can happen in a person’s life…57% said that newlyweds should have a pre-nuptial…79% agree that it is better to have "loved and lost" than "never to have loved at all."

BELLEVUE, WA, PRNewswire — …Attractone.com, inventors of the format and the first dating site to incorporate group video chat, is offering other Internet Portals, ISP’s and corporate websites the opportunity to license its unique video chat technology…Attractone.com’s technology provides up to 16 images onscreen in realtime video and audio at once. A chat room, therefore, is more like a party than an online chatroom with screening capabilities that enable the member to visually block other members and to explore friend-lists of each member of a chatroom.