The Wall Street Journal-20080131-Corrections - Amplifications

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Corrections & Amplifications

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The SPOT Satellite Messenger uses a global positioning system to determine a user's location and a second satellite network to send notifications to friends, family and emergency services. Yesterday's Mossberg Solution erroneously stated that GPS satellites send notifications.

(See: "Gadgets -- The Mossberg Solution: Phoning Home Without a Phone --- Simple Device Alerts Emergency Contacts From Remote Areas" -- WSJ Jan. 30, 2008)

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The information for the maps showing U.S. delegate counts that accompanied yesterday's Campaign '08 coverage came from the Associated Press and the Republican and Democratic national committees. The attribution was omitted in some editions.

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Alliance Data Systems Corp. went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2001. A photo caption on the Deals & Deal Makers page Tuesday of executives ringing the closing bell on Feb. 23, 2004, incorrectly said that was the day the stock went public.

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AT&T Inc.'s fourth-quarter results were driven by the popularity of Apple Inc.'s iPhone. In some editions Friday, a headline accompanying a Corporate Focus article incorrectly said Apple's iPod drove AT&T's growth.

(See: "Corporate Focus: AT&T Soothes Wireless-Business Jitters --- IPhone Drives Growth, But Landline, Internet Deliver Weak Results" -- WSJ Jan. 25, 2008)

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