Graphics and Interactive Media. (A-W).

2D ANIMATION SOFTWARE

Chyron

Lyric

Newscrawl

Lyric plug-in for Avid

5 Hub Dr.

Melville, NY 11747

631-845-2000

fax 631-845-3895

www.chyron.com

info@chyron.com

NewTek

Aura 2.5 Video Paint

5131 Beckwith Blvd.

San Antonio, TX 78249

210-370-8000

fax 210-370-8001

www.newtek.com

info@newtek.com

Stage Tools

Moving Picture

Moving Chart

34313 Welbourne Rd.

Middleburg, VA 20117

540-592-7001

www.stagetools.com

info@stagetools.com

3D MODELING AND ANIMATION SOFTWARE

AIST

Movie 3D

715 W. Orchard Dr., #7

Bellingham, WA 98225

866-924-2478

fax 360-527-1619

www.aistinc.com

info@aistinc.com

Caligari Corporation

trueSpace 6

trueSpace proTeam

1959 Landings Dr.

Mountain View, CA 94043

800-351-7620

fax 650-390-9755

www.caligari.com

custsrv@caligari.com

Digital Element

Worldbuilder

Aurora

3618 Grand Ave.

Oakland, CA 94610

415-407-5577

fax 510-451-8010

www.digi-element.com

don@digi-element.com

Discreet

3ds max 5

character studio 4

reactor

10 rue Duke, Montreal, Quebec H3C

2L7 Canada

800-869-3504

514-393-1616

fax 800-305-6442

514-393-0110

www.discreet.com

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A Rock and a Hard Place for Mortgage Insurers.

If there has ever been a time to make a campaign for mortgage insurance, current market conditions dictate that the time is now.

With the crackdown in underwriting standards, insurance is the only method to secure a mortgage without putting a minimum of 20% down. However, continued delinquencies are cutting into mortgage insurers' (MIs) ability to write new deals and maintain capital.

MGIC Investment Corp. reported a net loss for the first quarter of $34.4 million, compared with net income of $92.4 million for the same quarter a year ago. Losses incurred in the first quarter were $691.6 million, up from $181.8 million reported for the same period last year.

Ironically, however, business for the company is up. New insurance written in the first quarter was $19.1 billion, compared with $12.7 billion in 1Q07.

Though other MI companies, including PMI Group, Radian Group and Triad Guaranty, have yet to report first-quarter results (Radian is set …