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Articles from Business Wire (November 30, 1994)

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ACCESS HEALTHNET, INC. ANNOUNCES $5 MILLION FINANCING AGREEMENT. 225
Acuson and telecommunications giants form first-ever alliance to meet physician demand for telediagnosis. 1074
ADAC announces transactions with Community Health Computing. 306
Adelphia launches PageTime(TM), the industry's first consumer paging service for cable system operators. 730
Alabama Power Company accepts bids for first mortgage bonds. 146
Aladdin Enters Into an Agreement to Create a New Software Engineering Subsidiary. 339
Alex. Brown is selling interest in real estate advisory operation. 83
AlliedSignal Aerospace selected to provide integrated avionics systems for Czech Republic's L-159 program. 348
Alton/Source announces removal of significant debt liabilities. 303
AMERICAN BRANDS ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO SELL FRANKLIN LIFE INSURANCE. 891
AMERICAN BUSINESS COMPUTERS ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT OF SECURITIES LITIGATION. 214
American Express airs Charge Against Hunger advertising; television ads show poignant images of those in need of hunger relief and those who have already benefited. 544
American Holdings makes announcement. 234
Another Hughes satellite to be launched for PanAmSat. 319
Aon completes acquisition of Jenner Fenton Slade Group Limited. 324
Apertus Enters High-Growth Brazilian Market Through Relationship With Leading Brazilian Data Communications Distributor. 425
APPLE, AT&T, IBM AND SIEMENS TEAM UP TO ACCELERATE CONVERGENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTING; Versit Initiative To Provide Choice and Diversity for Telephone, Computer Users. 3961
Artisoft co-sponsors Arizona Special Olympics 17th Annual Holiday Classic; Opening ceremonies begin Dec. 2. 414
ASR Investments Corp. announces 1994 dividend. 117
Atkinson announces $38.2 million "Continuing Care Community" project in La Jolla, Calif. 163
Atmos Energy presentation at New York Society of Security Analysts. 607
Banctec sells image processing systems valued at $2.4 million to NBD Bank and USAA Property & Casualty. 430
BANKER J. RICHARD BUDD JOINS CITYSCAPE TO HEAD NEW INSTITUTIONAL LOAN SUPPORT GROUP. 400
Banyan Systems announces availability of BeyondMail 2.0 for Intelligent Messaging Remote Access Edition; BeyondMail Remote improves productivity of people on the road. 763
Banyan Systems announces BeyondWare architecture for extending functionality of enterprise messaging. 1886
BE Aerospace wins Northwest Airlines DC-9 refurbishment order; potential value of up to $36 million; company also announces one-time charge. 566
BELO SIGNS DEFINITIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR KIRO-TV. 161
Borden statement on Japonica letter. 1017
British Biotech plc results for the three months ended October 31, 1994. 3101
British Biotech plc results for the three months ended October 31, 1994. 2194
Buscemi's International, Inc. acquires Durango Grill, U.S.A., Inc. 257
Bush Library designed by HOK for international focus. 493
Cable & Wireless joins General Magic Alliance. 504
CABLEVISION SYSTEMS TO OFFER INTERACTIVE VIDEO SERVICES USING AT&T NETWORK SYSTEMS END-TO-END DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM. 1461
California World Trade Commission urges passage of GATT. 466
Cambior extends its drilling program at the Metates Project. 427
Cambridge Technology Partners names four new client partners to meet growing client demand. 845
Captive Air signs multi-million dollar agreement. 357
Cascade Savings Bank forms holding company. 166
Catholic Health Association Prescribes AT&T's SDN Service for Members. 203
Chairman of URC Holdings Corp. announces senior officer appointments. 293
Christmas panic can lead to bounced checks, TeleCheck executive says. 626
Christmas spending to rise 7 percent this year, Conference Board projects. 416
Citizens Utilities acquires telephone properties in Arizona and Montana. 268
CLEARLY CANADIAN -- FOURTH QUARTER. 170
Cleberg: positioning Farmland for the 21st century. 498
Coastal Healthcare Group names Jacque J. Sokolov, M.D. chairman of the board. 729
COM-TEK Resources reaches agreement with Access Power. 133
Computer City enters Canada with simultaneous openings of three superstores. 378
Conner adopts shareholder rights plan. 348
CONSOLIDATED RAMROD GOLD - HONDURAS JOINT VENTURE RESULTS. 406
Consumers Union's tips for holiday shopping. 1121
Corning Completes Sale of Consumer Europe Business to Newell Co. 210
Correcting percentage figures in DSP Technology Inc. earnings release issued earlier Wednesday. Correction Notice 602
CUC International Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter Revenues and Earnings. 1006
Data Switch delivers industry's first ESCON channel extender. 401
Deutsche Borse AG launches volatility index. 263
Dillard Department Stores reports monthly sales for November. 130
Discovery Technologies reports profitable third quarter. 141
Distributed Technologies announces "client-less" option for its client/server asset management application. 423
Double Eagle Entertainment -- agreement in principle signed to establish T.V. Bingo in Russia. 293
DSP Technology Inc. third-quarter net rises 354% to $0.13 per share vs. $0.04 on 154% sales gain. 602
Duty Free International reports third quarter and nine months sales and earnings. 1420
EDS Manufacturing Services Signs License Agreement To Integrate InTouch, NetDDE Software in Systems Projects. 338
Eldorado Bancorp declares cash dividend. 111
Electroglas receives multiple-system prober order from Information Storage Devices. 370
EMC AGREEMENT WITH DATA SWITCH TO PROMOTE LONG DISTANCE DISASTER RECOVERY. 330
Ericsson joint owner in Telia company. 252
Escalade names Japanese distribution partner; CTC establishes strategic relationship with emerging EDA player. 282
Essex Property Trust acquires two Bellevue apartment properties. 243
Evergreen announces sale of investment in Forum Group, Inc. 252
Expert Edge signs marketing agreement with Innotech. 393
FEATURE/Christmas gift-buying -- cellular viewed as personal safety tool for family and friends. 563
FEATURE/Even streets get recycled! City of Alhambra leads the way. 326
FEATURE/How does your bank rate? 172
FEATURE/Using technology to market technology. 541
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco releases October 1994 cost of funds index. 137
Federal Industries Ltd. completes purchase of Comco Pipe & Supply. 98
Fidelity Medical announces final settlement of the class action litigation. 86
FIRST MERCHANTS OPENS TWO NEW OFFICES. 201
Floppy drive sales revenues in downward trend despite continuing shipment increases for 3.5 inch drives. 1033
Full line of low-cost software products under $50 available for small/home office and mobile PC users. 1122
G. HEILEMAN BREWING COMPANY TO REOPEN FACILITY IN GEORGIA. 498
GASCARD Inc. profits more than double from previous year. 365
Gemini Technology and RenderMorphics partner to bring real-time 3D simulation technology to the PC platform. 608
General Housewares completes $50 million financing package. 124
Georgia-Pacific generates jobs for West Virginians. 619
Goosebumps mania sweeps the nation! -- Scholastic Productions signs exclusive agreement to solicit licensing and promotional partners on behalf of Scholastic's number one best-selling book series. 405
HARVARD INDUSTRIES WILL CLOSE HARMAN AUTOMOTIVE'S FACILITY IN PUERTO RICO AS PART OF CONTINUING PLANT CONSOLIDATION. 301
HealthWise of America promotes Kaplan to President. 196
Hilton announces 100 percent compliance with electronic door lock systems in all U.S. hotels. 415
Hooper Holmes Inc. and EDS terminate alliance. 325
Hypercom releases customer activated Smart Card/magnetic card reader PIN Pad; Easy-to-use peripheral offers two types of card processing, plus enhanced security. 434
IBM demonstrates MediaStreamer system for cost-effective multimedia storage and delivery; expandable from one to thousands of outputs and from minutes to thousands of hours of content. 713
IBM Offers Added Customer Protection for Systems with Pentium Microprocessors. 212
ID Biomedical announces preliminary results of tuberculosis vaccine in primates. 266
Integrated Surgical Systems recieves research award from U.S. Department of Commerce; Company to use $2 million research and development grant to develop new application for ROBODOC Surgical Assistant System. 359
Intelligent PC products get ready for Windows 95; PC Product Lines Adapted for Full Plug and Play Benefits. 529
Inter-Tel standardizes on Sybase; telecommunications provider standardizes on SQL Server 10 to facilitate move from proprietary to open systems and supply users with improved decision-support capabilities. 743
Interactive Medical Technologies completes private financing. 193
International Assets announces earnings. 145
ITC JUDGE DECIDES TO DISMISS GENENTECH'S COMPLAINT AGAINST BIO-TECHNOLOGY GENERAL AS A SANCTION FOR GENENTECH'S CONDUCT IN VIOLATING ITC RULES. 397
IVF America announces preferred stock repurchase plan. 188
Judge Finds Growth Hormone Patent Infringement By Novo-Nordisk And BTG; Recommends Dismissal Of Complaint On Technicality; Genentech will appeal recommendation and sue in federal court. 410
Kasler Holding Co. appoints Darrol N. Groven as president and chief executive officer of Kasler Corp. 242
Kidder, Peabody's Geneva and Zurich offices to join PaineWebber. 335
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence releases unaudited financial results for the quarter ended October 31, 1994. 1147
Launch of first polyurethane male condom introduces a new sensation; the first technological advance in male condom material in 70 years. 643
Liebert introduces integrated network protection for SNMP-based communication systems. 586
Litton wins $29 million contract to convert amphibious assault ship. 262
LORAL RECEIVES $78.3 MILLION FOR ARMY TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEM (ATACMS). 197
Louise Velazquez Named Senior Vice President At Oracle; Ex-President of Quincy Jones Productions Joins Oracle To Develop Content Alliances for Oracle's New Media Division. 333
Magma Copper Company announces final purchase of Tintaya. 508
MARKETING EXECUTIVE ANTHONY J. RENZI, JR. JOINS MBf USA. 353
Medaphis completes $101.5 million acquisition of AdvaCare. 165
Medical Action Industries signs new 5 year agreement with VHA. 208
Micro Tempus first to offer Windows software that transforms mainframe into virtual pc disc. 493
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. makes announcement. 168
Mill City Gold Mining Corp./MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. complete deal for gold exploration in Cuba. 295
Miller/West signs Harman International; agency expands mass market public relations focus; adds new consumer-experienced staffers. 479
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES TO EXPAND OPERATIONS AT THREE PCC SATELLITE PLANTS. EXPANSIONS WILL ADD VOLUME EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT FOUR 'AVERAGE' SATELLITES. 594
MIP Properties Inc. closes the sale of Ontario Airport Business Park. 147
Mitsubishi Electric joins General Magic Alliance. 487
Moms get mixed scores on ''Milk IQ'' test; Harris survey shows women are trying to feed families less fat, but may be feeding them fewer vitamins due to packaging choices. 467
Moody's assigns A1 rating to the City of Montreal's Euro CANDLRS 200 million notes priced today. 92
Moody's Public Finance Department Rating News MOODY'S REVISES RATING ON MICHIGAN SOUTH CENTRAL POWER AGENCY POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1994 FROM A TO Baa1. 622
Nahama & Weagant Energy Co. makes announcement. 263
Nation Goes Ape For Donkey Kong Country; Runaway Sales for Hit Video Game Exceed Box Office Gross for Current Number One Movie. 416
National Semiconductor and Future announce distribution partnership. 408
New Mexico and Arizona Land Co. earnings highest since 1986. 325
Newell Co. completes purchase of Corning's consumer Europe business. 153
NeXagen announces third quarter results. 571
Nine Kidder, Peabody professionals to join PaineWebber's investment banking team; adds new capabilities in four business areas. 1064
North Fork Bancorporation completes acquisition of Metro Bancshares. 161
Northwest Lodging Inc. completes acquisition and becomes one of the largest hotel management companies in the western U.S. 876
Novell presents unified messaging solution to the MHS development community; MHS and Global MHS are key to the foundation for Novell's Collaborative Message Server. 888
Octel offers telecommuting framework designed to help San Francisco Bay Area companies meet Federal Clean Air Act standards; San Francisco compliance plan announced today; Octel guidelines to assist employers in developing standards to optimize telecommuter productivity. 887
Oki forms alliance with General Magic. 392
Olsten applies for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. 196
Omnicare completes public offering of common stock. 216
Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Announces Reverse Stock Split. 169
Oracle announces support for Scientific-Atlanta's new PowerTV set-top operating system. 387
Oracle Names Farzad Dibachi Vice President Of Development For New Media Division. 284
Ortel responds to increasing demand for Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) products for the cable industry. 428
Over 200 market research reports available on CD-ROM. 232
Pacific Insight - three months report. 200
PACIFIC REHAB ACQUIRES THERAPY PRACTICE IN NEW MARKET. 237
PaineWebber expands commercial real estate division; Kidder, Peabody's Commercial Real Estate Senior Management Team to join PaineWebber-Steven P. Baum named EVP and Director of Commercial Real Estate Division. 930
Paradigm Technology Inc. announces first ever research fellow. 203
Patten Corp. board and management along with outside investors to purchase shares of common stock from former chairman in private transaction. 437
PC World names Mecklermedia's CD-ROMS in Print 1994 one of the year's best. 569
Philips Media initiates Supermarket Trade Network trial; trial of newly-created networked system providing improved grocery retail operations and management through network multimedia service announced; new Progressive Grocer OnLine service to be integral part of SMTN offerings. 542
PHOENIX SHANNON SIGNS FIVE YEAR CONTRACT TO SUPPLY GOLD FOR WORLD'S LARGEST LABORATORY CHAIN. 230
PHYCOR ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF BURNS CLINIC MEDICAL CENTER. 188
Pier 1 Imports to take non-cash write-off. 228
Plan to launch Quantum India Fund announced. 469
Precision Standard makes announcement. 167
Presentations by Microsoft, HP, Lotus and SCO highlight final day of inaugural I DO Conference in Brazil. 687
President and CEO of TM Century Inc. resigns. 238
Prodigy and Multichannel News link up. 319
Proxima 8400 Multimedia Projector offers superior image quality; feature-rich projector puts high-performance multimedia projection within reach. 682
Puroflow sells assets of Ultra Dynamics. 116
QNX and Imperial Software Technology Integrate the QNX Realtime Operating System and X-Designer for rapid application development; companies join forces to streamline GUI building for realtime UNIX applications. 655
Rockwell Aerospace named for Czech Republic L-159 avionics program. 414
RoTech Medical Corp. announces earnings for first quarter ended Oct. 31. 240
S&P Announces S&P 500 Index Industry Group Changes. 279
Sale of MultiVision's California Cable Systems to Century Communications announced. 374
San Francisco Marriott appoints new general manager; San Francisco native Hank Biddle promoted from director of operations. 311
Sandia Imaging Systems unveils "DataGlyphs" fraud resistant low cost "chip-less" smart card technology for use with credit cards and IDs at International CardTech/SecurTech West Conference; Sandia uses Xerox DataGlyphs under exclusive license. 747
SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 345
Satoh appointed senior vice president of Kobe Steel USA. 99
SDIS announces immediate availability of new high-performance 20-inch color monitor; ErgoView 200 delivers stunning resolution and high refresh rates at low competitive prices. 541
SEAGATE APPOINTS ELLEN CHAMBERLAIN VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND TREASURER. 379
SEAGRAM DECLARES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND. 107
SEAGRAM REPORTS THIRD QUARTER NET INCOME OF $199 MILLION. 883
Sega Channel test a success -- service prepares for national rollout in December; Final test results far exceed expectations. 737
SHIVA ANNOUNCES NEW COMPREHENSIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE, SUPPORT, AND TRAINING PACKAGES. 1048
SHIVA JOINS THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT ALLIANCE NETWORK. 470
Shuffle Master Inc. announces three new members to it's Board of Directors. 203
Software Support Inc. expands West Coast operations; continued corporate expansion prompts increase in sales force and facilities. 678
Spatial Technology announces Version 1.6 of their ACIS Geometric Modeling Kernel; begins shipping Wednesday. 764
Special cash dividend and regular quarterly dividend declared for Medford Savings Bank shareholders; Declared dividends up 24% over prior year. 254
Spectra Logic and ADIC announce Alexandria support for ADIC's 4mm, 8mm and DLT tape libraries. 453
SPX Corporation relocates Group Vice President to Detroit area. 177
SQA TeamTest emerges as the hands-down winner in PC Week Labs' comparative review of Windows testing tools. 669
State fish and wildlife agencies to share $288 million in excise tax receipts. 1233
Statement of Jonah Gitlitz, President & Chief Executive Officer, Direct Marketing Association, Inc. regarding announcement of postal rate increase by Postal Rate Commission. 568
Suave Shoe Corp. reports results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1994. 247
Sutton Resources -- Kabanga Project, Tanzania. 277
Sybase and Texas Instruments announce strategic relationship; companies focus on offering customers complete solution for enterprisewide application development. 887
Sybase to provide multimedia software for Scientific-Atlanta's PowerTV set top boxes; Sybase's Gain Interplay to support delivery of interactive consumer services including video on demand and home shopping. 594
TASC will demonstrate interactive multimedia systems at Western Cable Show; Neighborhood USA puts consumers and business in immediate touch with regional information. 512
TECH-SYM UNITS RECEIVE CONTRACTS VALUED AT OVER $15 MILLION. 196
Tencor Instruments receives multiple system orders totaling $6 million from Goldstar. 290
TEXACO MANAGEMENT REPORTS ON COMPANY'S PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED PLAN FOR GROWTH. 946
THE BON-TON STORES ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER SALES. 234
The Kushner-Locke Co. announces write-down of certain television programming expected in fourth quarter of fiscal 1994. 361
The Singapore Straits Times and The Sydney Morning Herald select SII for New Ad Systems; SII Signs Contracts for Upgrades with Three Other Newspapers. 815
The Southern Co. and Subsidiaries reports financial results. 324
TIDEWATER COMPLETES PURCHASE OF HALLIBURTON GAS COMPRESSION ASSETS. 216
TV Guide On Screen(TM), Independent Telemedia Group enter joint development pact. 459
U S WEST Cellular to market wireless point-of-sale solution throughout western United States. 454
U S WEST names new state VPs in Arizona, Iowa and North Dakota. 677
U.S. Bioscience receives first European clearance for Ethyol. 393
U.S. Robotics proposes holding company structure; U.S. Robotics and Megahertz announce related amendment to merger agreement. 509
UI energizes Project MotherCare with on-street electrical service. 392
Ultratech Stepper Inc. introduces new lithography system for breakthrough packaging application. 970
Ultratech Stepper Inc. unveils leading-edge lithography system for mix-and-match applications. 624
Underwriters Reinsurance Co. elects David van Tiem vice president. 187
Unisys and Unified Communications align for E-mail integration and electronic commerce. 569
Value Merchants Inc. reports November sales results. 175
VECTRA Technologies announces fourth quarter earnings will fall short of analysts' current expectations. 233
Versus Technology sells certain derived channel assets and rights to Numerex. 406
VETERINARY CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC. EXPANDS LABORATORY BUSINESS WITH STRATEGIC LABORATORY ACQUISITION ON EAST COAST. 293
Viacom to purchase Boston's WSBK-TV from New World Television. 324
VMARK Software moves into new corporate headquarters. 169
Watson General captures environmental software monitoring contract for underground storage tanks from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport; sale represents first major airport installation by Watson General. 401
Welcome Home makes announcement. 322
Weldon Associates announces The Ziadin Formula -- psoriasis treatment breakthrough. 397
Winston Hotels completes acquisition of five hotels. 512
XRunner client testing tool chosen for I-CASE-Solution; Logicon standardizes on Mercury Interactive. 502
Xylan Corp. announces closing of second-round funding; expansion of sales channels in United States, Europe and Japan are targeted. 347
Zenith develops new cable modem to expand its 'MetroAccess' data products line. 380
Zenith's 'ScreenPlay' authoring system adds unique flexibility to on-screen displays for MM2500 set-tops. 426

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