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ABR Information Services Inc. is top performer on Forbes Magazine's list of "200 Best Small Companies in America".


CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1995--For the second year in a row, Forbes Magazine has selected Palm Harbor, Fla.-based ABR (1) (AutoBaud Rate detect) The analysis of the first characters of a message to determine its transmission speed and number of start and stop bits.

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The company is featured in a special section in the Nov. 6, 1995 issue of the publication.

The annual selection is based largely on financial performance and growth. ABR, ranked number 65 this year, was actually No. 1 in terms of advancement on the list -- moving forward 76 places in a single year. It is one of only 35 companies that advanced on the list since 1994. (ABR was ranked No. 141 on last year's list.) One hundred and three companies fell from the list since last year.

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ABR is one of the nation's leading providers of employee benefits administration services. The CobraServ Division of its Applied Benefits Research Inc. subsidiary is the nation's largest COBRA cobra, name for African and Asian snakes of the family Elapidae that are equipped with inflatable neck hoods. The family also includes the African mambas, the Asian kraits, the New World coral snakes and a large number of Australian snakes.  compliance service bureau, providing COBRA administration services to more than 18,000 employers nationwide.

CONTACT: ABR Information Services Inc., Palm Harbor, Fla.

Vincent Addonisio, 813/785-2819
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