Jan 15 Reuters Landry's Restaurants Inc LNY

E-commercecapabilities will be available by the end of March 2009."To us, each flavor of sugar is a work of art and we want others to share thatexperience," stated Naomi Novotny. "It's our mission to provide the finestflavored sugars ever produced."Contact:Naomi NovotnyFlavorStorm Inc.15520 Wood-Red Road NE, D400Woodinville, WA 98072Phone: (425) 482-4444 http:// http:// release was issued through eReleases(TM).For more information, visit http:// Inc.Naomi Novotny of FlavorStorm Inc., 1-425-482-4444, . Jan 15 (Reuters) - Landry's Restaurants Inc (LNY.N) amendedits bank credit facility and plans to make a $270 millionsenior notes offering to refinance some of its debt. The company expects to use the proceeds from the offeringand borrowings to refinance almost all of its debt, pay relatedtransaction fees and expenses, and for general corporatepurposes. Earlier this week, the Houston-based Landry's terminatedits buyout pact with Chief Executive Tilman Fertitta as thecompany was unwilling to disclose financing terms as requiredby regulators.

Landry's, which operates the iconic Golden Nugget Hotel &Casino in Las Vegas had said it ended the deal in order to keepits alternative financing for an existing $400 million insenior notes with its lenders, Jefferies & Co and Wells FargoFoothill LLC.Shares of the restaurant-chain operator fell to $6.25 onWednesday, their lowest in at least 8 years, and closed at$6.54 on New York Stock Exchange.(Reporting by Shivani Singh in Bangalore; Editing by AmithaRajan) Stocks Mergers & Acquisitions Bonds IPOs. Charron Fisher Keke Clark Andre Collins Juan Mendez. Luis Flores.Those are five names you should recognize if you have constantly perused college basketball's scoring charts over the last five years. All five were MAAC stars who wooed fans with their scoring abilities. Last year, Jamal Barney led the MAAC with 18.1 points per game. This is a slide-show of the MAAC players most likely to finish this year as one of the country's best scorers..

After posting 17 points per game as a sophomore, Edwin Ubiles saw his average dip to 15 as a junior. Ubiles can largely attribute the drop to his inconsistent long-range shooting, which fell to 30.9 percent from a whopping 42 percent, and Siena's depth.Siena is just as deep if not deeper than they were last year, so Ubiles will likely be unable to eclipse his sophomore average.Someone who benefits from Siena's uptempo offense, Ubiles will score a lot on the break. He will also knock down a considerable amount of mid-range and long-range jumpers and will score off the drive.. After posting 17 points per game as a sophomore, Edwin Ubiles saw his average dip to 15 as a junior. Ubiles can largely attribute the drop to his inconsistent long-range shooting, which fell to 30.9 percent from a whopping 42 percent, and Siena's depth.Siena is just as deep if not deeper than they were last year, so Ubiles will likely be unable to eclipse his sophomore average.Someone who benefits from Siena's uptempo offense, Ubiles will score a lot on the break. He's not the best player on Saint Peter'syou can give that title to Ryan Baconbut Wesley Jenkins is a chucker and can score the basketball, albeit inefficiently.Jenkins has been launching bombs since he arrived at Jersey City two years ago and already has 817 career points.A dreadful field goal percentage and inconsistent foul-shooting have prevented Jenkins from averaging 20 points per game; but, his team only has two other scoring options, so he will be relied upon for buckets.

If he can raise his percentages, he'll be extremely dangerous. Despite the signing of Robert Olson, Loyola Md. will still depend on Jamal Barney to launch another 500 shots this year It'll be a plus for Barney if he improved his efficiency. However, chances are he is still an erratic shooter and will not improve his scoring mark. Nonetheless, he'll have plenty of opportunities and will be one of the MAAC's best scorers. Although Ryan Thompson had the best year of his career as a junior, it will be hard for him to improve his scoring average of 18 points per game as a senior. Thompson, who MAAC coaches recently chose as the conference's Preseason Player of the Year, is a great athlete and shoots for high percentages from everywhere on the floor. He's still Rider's go-to-guy and will lead them in scoring again.Expect Thompson to replicate his junior year statistics..