Articles from Business Wire (December 30, 1996)

Title	Author	Type	Words
1MAGE Software teams with trucking software integrator.			238
Adra Systems announces integration with Allegria to provide enhanced capabilities for Adra's Matrix PDM.			781
Aegon and Providian Insurance subsidiaries placed under review by A.M. Best Company following acquisition announcement.			606
Air Liquide America Names President of Lincoln Big Three.			265
Allstar Inns Inc. in process of purchase option.			175
AlphaGraphics recognized in the Franchise Times Top 200.			191
America's Coffee Cup makes announcement.			184
American Medical Alert Corp selected by The Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas.			141
Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. Board Approves Plan to Buy Back 396,000 Shares of Common Stock.			187
Ascend Communications, Inc. Acquires StonyBrook Services, Inc.			530
Astro-Med receives FDA clearance to market Grass Digital EEG.			249
Aurora Electronics reports results for fiscal 1996.			768
Bank Refuses to Release Cemig Shares Held As Collateral, Blocking International Stock Sale.			214
Barnes & Noble to Open Columbia, South Carolina Superstore in Winter of 1997.			585
Bovar Inc. - Beiseker Facility Closes.			198
Boyds Wheels announces acquisition of its private affiliate company Hot Rods by Boyd.			336
Burlington Northern Santa Fe sells Minnesota Rail Cluster to RailAmerica Inc.			422
Caere Corporation Announces Wayne Rosing as Vice President of Engineering and CTO.			473
Cardiff Software and Optika Imaging Systems announce integration of market-leading forms processing and document management solutions.			720
CARDIOMETRICS SUBMITS 510k FOR WAVEWIRE/WAVEMAP INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM.			301
Cavern Resources Inc. announces sale of common shares.			96
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW MALL MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.			294
CellStar adopts stockholder rights plan.			700
Cincinnati Bell Telephone proposes plan for local competition.			763
Clarus Medical Systems Inc. announces addition of Dale Sappenfield as Vice President of Quality and Engineering.			106
Connect, Inc. launches international initiative for Internet-based interactive commerce; New Presence in Europe and Asia Pacific Extends Reach of OneServer; Company Hires Oracle's Gary Botta as Director of European Sales.			1195
Continental Airlines announces sale fares for winter travel.			133
Cortecs Launches New Point-Of-Care Platform Technology; First IN U.K. For Helisal One Step Test.			944
Crown receives final regulatory approvals for production facility.			313
CYBEX and Trotter merger creates first global, public fitness equipment powerhouse.			716
Deswell Industries, Inc. Announces Facility Expansion.			334
Docucon comments on market activity.			123
EchoCath, Medtronic form strategic alliance to develop ultrasound-guided heart pacemaker implantation system; more than 100,000 procedures yearly in U.S.			522
Elk Point Resources Inc. obtains receipts for prospectus.			186
EnSys Environmental Products and Strategic Diagnostics Complete Merger; Name Changed to Strategic Diagnostics Inc.			252
EROX Names National Sales Manager.			199
Evans & Sutherland Divests Portable Graphics Inc.; Subsidiary Sold To Template Graphics Software.			318
Evans & Sutherland Invests In Template Graphics Software; TGS Acquires E&S Subsidiary Portable Graphics Inc.			784
Fairfield Announces Affiliation With JB Ranch.			287
FDA Clears Genentech's Nutropin Human Growth Hormone for Use in Turner Syndrome Patients.			278
FDA Licenses ACEL-IMUNE For Five Dose DTaP Series.			796
Fidelity Investments unveils SIMPLE-IRA.			849
FINE HOST SIGNS SECOND THAILAND CONTRACT.			464
First Tennessee announces stock buyback.			178
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Announces Conversions and Redemptions of Depositary Shares Representing 7% Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock.			194
Futurebiotics Inc. authorizes 1-10 reverse stock split.			124
General Surgical Innovations and Ethicon Enter Into Exclusive Five Year OEM Agreement.			788
GILLETTE-DURACELL MERGER APPROVED.			115
Granite to Acquire Minority Interest in TIC Holdings.			369
Greentree Software Inc. announces new orders.			184
Gulfstream delivers first Gulfstream V business jet.			442
Haworth Inc. and Steelcase Inc. jointly announce conclusion of patent infringement suit.			292
Hemet Federal Savings & Loan names new senior vice president.			234
HFS and Public Storage announce preferred vendor agreement.			412
Hi-Tech Pharmacal receives FDA approval to market generic form of Minoxidil Topical Solution.			268
Hotel Sofitel North America completes sale/leaseback of four hotels.			354
HP Toasts Logic Analysis System's 10th Anniversary With System Upgrade And Cost Savings For Customers.			600
IBM Extends its Industry-Leading Magnetic Hard-Disk Leadership; 5 billion bits per square inch.			1222
IBM, MasterCard and Danish Payment Systems -PBS- Complete First End-To-End Secure Electronic Transaction over Internet.			1088
ICE hires Intergraph Executive Vice President as new President and CEO; Richard S. Buchheim to join ICE effective Jan. 6, 1997.			326
IKOS Systems Announces VirtuaLogic Sales in Excess of $1.5 Million; VirtuaLogic Provides IKOS Customers with Cost Effective Solution to High-End IC Design Needs.			329
Illinois Superconductor Corporation announces acceleration of order and sales activity during fourth quarter.			378
Industrial Technologies, Inc. Names Eric H. Twerdahl As President And Chief Operating Officer.			403
INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF ITS PRESIDENT; NAMES SUCCESSOR.			259
Interactive Flight Technologies restores regular exercise price of its Class B Warrants.			293
INTERLINQ releases MortgageWare with ODBC compatibility, a leap forward in enterprise-wide connectivity.			350
Iomega shifts production to expanded Malaysian operation and selects new European headquarters.			540
IRIDEX Corp. Announces Award of Contract to Improve the Performance of Semiconductor-based Lasers.			442
Jordex Resources - Rancho Orkho.			409
Laboratory Corp. of America obtains $187 million loan and extension to Jan. 31, 1997 of Bank Credit Agreement.			252
Life Medical Sciences names Edward A. Celano to board, increasing number of directors to seven.			592
LottoWorld Inc., Georgia Lottery sign agreement to launch new monthly magazine.			339
Major joint venture signed with Cominco on Solitario's Bongara zinc project.			534
Mark R. Briggs is named president and chief executive officer of SOFTBANK Services Group.			498
Medical Technology reports successful eye-screening test by LensCrafters.			368
Melita International Appoints Kevin Peterson as Director of Client Server Technology.			358
Micro Tempus Announces Tempus Connectivity Solutions Based on the Netscape ONE Development Platform -- The First Solution to Provide Security Enhanced Access to Enterprise Data Via Netscape Navigator Internet Client Software.			901
MSU announces commencement of volume production.			371
Multicom Publishing Presents Canon's Photography Workshop; Hands-on Multimedia Tool Brings the Art of Taking Photographs to the Home Desktop.			859
NAL Financial Group completes public offering of 2.5 million shares.			135
NetVantage Completes Testing of its Coyote ASIC; First in a family of three ASICs designed to enhance the performance and reduce cost of Ethernet Workgroup Switching.			266
Northwest Natural Gas President Richard G. Reiten Named CEO.			276
Oceantrawl Inc. & American Seafoods Co. announce third vessel charger agreement.			383
Oceantrawl Inc. & American Seafoods Co. announce third vessel charter agreement.			383
Old Guard Insurance Group commences stock conversion.			524
Orbotech Ltd. completes sale of Opal shares.			234
Oregon's West Coast Bancorp declares a $.06 per share quarterly cash dividend.			181
Pacific Stock Exchange receives SEC approval to trade Dow Jones Taiwan Stock Index; Index options to begin trading on Jan. 9.			643
Patrick G. McCann Joins WESTON in Senior Strategic Development Role.			274
PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP PURCHASES McLANE FOODSERVICE.			217
Petroleum Heat and Power extends expiration date of debt holder consents.			289
Pinkerton's appoints General Dynamics' Chairman Jim R. Mellor to board of directors.			360
Premier Laser Systems Expects Record Sales for December Quarter.			613
Puerto Rican Cement Company Merges Ready Mix Subsidiaries.			181
PXRE LISTS ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.			215
Reclamation Management -- Acquisition of 60 Claims.			289
Registration Statement For 6,967,500 Shares Of Common Stock Declared Effective.			494
Respironics to relocate headquarters.			306
Retail Real Estate Has High Potential in Selected Markets.			696
SanDisk Announces Anticipated Fourth Quarter Revenue.			279
Saratoga Systems' new SPS WebPort links corporate sales forces with the Web.			873
Schmitt Industries announces second quarter sales up 80% -- earnings increased 240%.			634
Seahawk Minerals Announces Change in Financial Year End to December 31.			177
SELECT Software Tools purchases Systems Engineer from LBMS.			559
SEPRAGEN RECEIVES ORDERS FROM GLAXO-WELLCOME AND NEOSE CORPORATION FOR QUANTASEP. PROCESS LC SYSTEM.			288
Sharp and SanDisk Sign Flash Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement.			167
Siebert Financial Corp. reports nine month earnings.			553
Siemens Nixdorf Expands Source Code License Agreement with Legato to Include NetWorker for Windows NT.			468
Southern Wine & Spirits responds to Kendall-Jackson distributor announcement.			246
SouthFirst Bancshares, Inc. Reports Earnings for Fiscal Year Ended Sept. 30, 1996.			1472
Spice Entertainment expects to close refinancing.			115
StarSight Telecast and Microsoft sign final agreement to cross license technologies in electronic program guide pact.			329
Starwood Lodging reports annual- meeting results.			735
Stone Energy reports test results of No. 24 Well at South Pelto Block 23.			212
Swissair Announces Savings, Great Values on Winter Economy Fares.			269
SynTest Technologies Introduces Fast Fault Simulator; TurboFault Targets ASIC Design and Test Teams, Offers Fast Simulation and Improves Memory Utilization.			670
SyQuest reports fiscal 1996 fourth quarter results; net loss sharply reduced; sequential quarterly revenues increase for first time in over a year.			1007
TALX Corporation and The Pinnacle Group Announce Strategic Partnership; TALX and The Pinnacle Group join forces to provide innovative business solutions.			443
Tandy Corporation Plans to Exit the Incredible Universe.			534
Template Graphics Software a Founding and Charter Member of VRML Consortium; VRML Pioneer Helped to Establish Internet 3D Standard, Implemented First PC VRML Browser.			633
Template Graphics Software Acquires VRML Inc.			736
The Advest Group, Inc. announces the retirement of $21 million convertible debentures.			210
The Sports Club Company announces the acquisition of controlling interest in Reebok Sports Club/NY.			181
Tie Communications names Larry Long president, Michael Dozier executive VP.			305
Torstar Corporation announces Hebdo Mag International Inc. new purchase.			332
Transmonde Announces New Notebook Configurations; Creates New 150MHz System; Adds Modems to Existing Vibrant Notebooks.			421
Trimedyne reports reduced loss on slightly lower revenues for quarter and year.			1345
UNICOMP AWARDED YEAR 2000 MILLENNIUM IMPACT ANALYSIS FROM WORLDWIDE SERVICES COMPANY.			451
United Payphone Services makes announcements.			522
Viaweb names two additions to management team; Company also secures $750,000 private financing.			481
VIMRx Announces Nasdaq National Market Listing Effective Dec. 31, 1996.			302
Virginia Energy Corporation Announces Second Closing of Public Offering.			201
Virginia Small Businesses Vie For Shot At Million Dollar American Dream.			579
William Dumont Named Melita Vice President of Sales.			344
Wonderware Introduces Scout -- Software Tools for Remote Viewing of Live Data over the Internet.			917
ZOLL to take one time charge related to acquisition and legal matters.			453