Choosing the best conference call rate plan is like buying clothes: Unless you are growing a money tree in your back yard, your budget, needs and, to an extent, your wants must guide your decision-making process.

Pioneer Investments today announced that it will hold a conference call regarding Pioneer Floating Rate Trust (NYSE:PHD). Portfolio managers from Highland Capital Management L.P. will be on the call to discuss the leveraged loan market and the performance of PHD over the last quarter. The conference call will be open to the public.

You could not have imagined a more perfect day for your wedding even if you tried. The skies are sunny and clear. Birds sing from where they perch on tree branches. The cool air fans your cheeks and ruffles your hair. You wake up with a feeling of anticipation. This is your big day. In a couple of hours, a Justice of Peace will pronounce you and your beloved husband and wife. You shiver in excitement. Married! Soon, you will be married! You smile just a bit ruefully at the thought. If not for flat rate conference calling, you and your groom would not be here today, about to exchange vows.

Cheap conference calls ? as the first term suggests ? is the relatively cheaper version of conference call services. For all those who want to perform an audio or web conference at a short notice, and that within a limited budget, this is the right choice. It does the balancing act between reliable service and cost per minute. In the following paragraphs, we''ll see the advantages and pricing of flat rate conference call services, discounted conference calling rates, and how the company manages to offer such a concession in a realistic domain.

Pioneer Investments has announced that it will hold a conference call regarding Pioneer Floating Rate Trust (NYSE:PHD). Portfolio managers from Highland Capital Management L.P. will be on the call to discuss the leveraged loan market and the performance of PHD over the last quarter.

Alliance Imaging, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ), a leading national provider of diagnostic imaging services, announced today that it will host a conference call and webcast on Friday, August 3, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's second quarter 2007 financial results, which are scheduled to be released after the market closes on Thursday, August 2, 2007. The Company will also discuss the restatement of previously issued financial statements, which corrects the accounting for interest rate swaps. Paul S. Viviano, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to host the call. Also scheduled to participate is Howard K. Aihara, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Pioneer Investment Management, Inc., the investment advisor for these funds, is part of Pioneer Investment Management USA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A. Pioneer Global and its affiliates manage over $321.1 billion in assets (as of 6/30/07), including approximately $83.2 billion managed in the U.S.

Scott Cisel, president and CEO of Ameren's Illinois utilities (AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO and AmerenIP) will discuss constructive long-term initiatives the utilities are proposing to bring greater rate stability, fairness and equity for our customers.

Since the inception of the Fund on August 17, 2005, the Federal Reserve Bank has increased short term interest rates by 100 basis points which caused funding costs to rise at a rate greater than the rise in yield on the Fund's investment portfolio. As a result, there is a reduction in BART's income available for distribution to Unitholders.

The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) and Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) entered into a Settlement Agreement today that resolves the Company's 2004-2005 rate case.