BUSINESS NOTES\Deals.

Tiger Real Estate Fund has reached an agreement with Martin V. Smith to purchase a portion of the Ventura County businessman's extensive real estate portfolio. The properties include 2 million square feet of office, industrial and commercial buildings; 1,200 hotel rooms; more than 1,000 apartments and mobile home units; and marina facilities. Tiger Real Estate, which manages more than $750 million for public and private pension funds nationwide, has a Los Angeles office. Smith announced he intends to retain his companies and 18 noncompeting properties including the Wagon Wheel, Carriage Square Shopping Center and holdings in Santa Maria. Terms of the deal with Tiger were not disclosed.

Electronic Clearing House Inc. has signed an agreement with Heritage Bank of Reno, Nev., to join ECHO's Agent Bank Program. Heritage Bank will market merchants for credit card processing in the Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nev., areas, bringing an additional stream of new merchants to National Credit Card Reserve, Agoura Hills-based ECHO's credit-card-processing subsidiary. Electronic Clearing House provides point-of-sale equipment, credit card processing and check guarantee services.

Xsirius Inc. has changed its name to Advanced Detectors Inc. The name change occurs as the Camarillo-based company introduces its first commercial product, the LeadStar. The LeadStar is a portable X-ray fluorescence instrument for the analysis of lead concentrations in painted surfaces.

Right Start Inc. of Westlake Village has authorized the sale of $5 million in common stock through a shareholder rights offering in conjunction with its ongoing addition of children's clothing stores. A registration statement is planned to be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission in January, and the transaction is expected to be complete in April.

Products

Dataproducts Corp. announced the release of compatible ink cartridges for the Canon BJC-4000/4100 Bubble Jet Color printers. The cartridges are made by the Americas Imaging Supplies Division of the Simi Valley-based printer products manufacturer. Dataproducts is a subsidiary of Hitachi Koki Co. Ltd. and Nissei Sangyo Co. Ltd.

Interlink Electronics and Stratos Products Development Group have agreed to develop and market computer input devices. Seattle-based Stratos has worked with Apple Computer to develop the Apple Powerbook Trackpad input device, as well as with Microsoft Corp. to design the Ballpoint clip-on trackball for portable computers. Camarillo-based Interlink Electronics designs and manufactures computer pointing products.

Earnings

Electronic Clearing House Inc. reported a net loss of $176,000 (1 cent per share) for the year ending Sept. 30, compared with a net loss of $931,000 (11 cents per share) the previous year. Revenue for the Agoura Hills-based provider of point-of-sale equipment, credit card processing and check guarantee services was $14.1 million for the year, a 47 percent increase over 1994.

Awards

Lori Barlow-Tashima, manager of First Interstate Bank's Santa Paula office, was among nine First Interstate employees statewide awarded the 1995 Chairman's Community Reinvestment Award. Barlow-Tashima, who lives in Fillmore, was honored for her efforts to increase affordable mortgage lending to Fillmore and Santa Paula residents.

People

Allen Smith, president of ISX Corp., an engineering software company in Westlake Village, has been elected to the board of the Boy Scouts of America, Ventura County Council. Smith, who lives in Westlake Village, has served on pack steering committees and is an assistant scoutmaster. He also has participated in the YMCA's Indian Guides program.