Articles from Business Wire (December 11, 1997)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Alaska Air Group to Offer 3 Million Shares.			161
Alaska Becomes First Major U.S. Airline to Fly Quieter, All Stage 3 Fleet.			283
Alpha Technologies Group Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Fiscal 1997 Results.			1308
Arthurs-Jones Inc. Plans To Divest Its Mississauga Sheetfed Printing Operations.			271
Ascend Supports ITU Move to Create High-Speed 56K Modem Standard; Leader in 56K Ports Expects Standard to Further Spur Demand for Its Products.			357
Avenor Completes Pacific Forest Sale, Uses Proceeds to Reduce Debt.			419
Avesta Technologies Features Niagara In Sun Keynote Demo At Internet World.			350
Axcan Schwarz Receives FDA Approval for URSO.			260
Azur Environmental Launches The Microtox-OS Test System:.			477
Bard Increases Investment in CorMedica.			289
Biex Announces FDA Panel Recommendation for SalEst; New Test for Identifying Risk of Preterm Labor and Delivery.			564
Central Newspapers Reports Revenues for Four Weeks Ended November 23, 1997.			611
Citibank Agrees To Acquire Global Trust and Agency Services Business of J.P. Morgan.			316
ClubCorp Selects Javelin Systems' NexDisplay Touch-Screen Computers; $1.7 Million Potential Over Next 18 Months.			456
Consolidated Graphics To Acquire Fittje Bros. Printing Company In Colorado Springs, Colorado.			376
CrossLake Minerals: Drilling Confirms Base Metal Sulphide System Sheraton-Timmins Property.			1644
Data Critical's RhythmStat XL Technology Receives FDA Clearance Bringing a Revolutionary Wireless Solution to the Telemedicine Marketplace.			391
Department of Defense Components Join Other Federal Government Agencies in Selecting TALX's The Work Number.			399
Diagnostic Health Services Completes Acquisitions of Two California Diagnostic Companies.			313
Diedrich Coffee Inc. Announces Third-Quarter Fiscal 1998 Results.			1173
Discovery Laboratories Inc. Announces Completion of Enrollment of Patients in a Phase IB Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Trial by Its Subsidiary, Acute Therapeutics Inc.			696
DRIVING & STYLE: A New Automotive Lifestyle On-Line Magazine, for Those Who are Not Car Enthusiasts, Launches Impressive Debut.			353
Electronic Arts' ORIGIN Systems Ships "Wing Commander: Prophecy".			879
EMC Golf Skills Challenge to Premier New Television Commercial on NBC This Weekend; Gary Player, Peter Jacobsen, and New Englanders Brad Faxon and Billy Andrade Lead Stellar Field.			738
Geotek Wins $2 Million Contract From SEPTA.			386
Global Integration Services Signs Master Distributor Agreement with NetWorks Telephony.			520
Golden Eagle Negotiates Open-Pit Mining Contract to Increase Production Levels.			586
Granger Announces Public Offering.			198
GTS Duratek Melter Commences Radioactive Operations at Westinghouse Savannah River Facility.			272
Gum Tech Receives First Million-Dollar Private Label Order.			448
Harvard Scientific Corp. President Dismisses All Rumors.			272
Italtel and TCSI Expand Partnership in European Marketplace; Significant New Order Received for TCSI's SolutionCore from Italy's Largest Equipment Supplier.			755
LIFECELL FILES TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE SUIT AGAINST INTEGRA AND MIT; Texas State Court Action Includes Additional Claims.			278
Los Angeles-Based Quarterdeck Investment Partners Inc. Moves Its Washington, D.C., Office to the New International Trade Center.			365
Lufthansa Offers Low Cost Ski Vacations To Europe.			235
Management Technologies Forms Partnership with GDI to Innovate and Manage Over $1.2 Million of North American Customer Service and Maintenance Operations.			320
MetaCreations Corp. Licenses Painter 5 and Kai's Photo Soap to Microtek; MetaCreations' Award-Winning Creative Software Tools to be Bundled With Microtek Scanners.			599
Metromedia Fiber Network Exceeds $1 Million in Quarterly Revenues in the Third Quarter of 1997.			1488
MicroEdge, Inc. Announces Visual SlickEdit v3.0 for Unix Platforms; Meeting the Cross-Platform Development Need of Enterprises World-Wide.			513
Motorola CyberSURFR Cable Modem Used for Commercial Launch with Lyonnaise Cable in Paris, France.			466
NeXstar Forms Specialty Chemical and Process Technologies Business Unit.			670
Nokia and Tele2 Europe Sign Agreement for Fixed Switching Platform.			422
Nokia to modernise Telecom Finland's national fixed network.			436
Ogden Corporation Announces Acquisition of Four Cogeneration Facilities in China.			335
Overland Data Supercharges Linear Tape Drive Market with New VR2 Technology.			1709
ParaChat Network Reaches Industry Milestone of 100,000 Sites; Leading Supplier of Chat Software Listed as One of the Top 100 Web Sites.			796
Pier 1 Imports Net Income Grew 58 Percent.			487
PLATINUM technology, inc. Prices $150 Million Convertible Subordinated Note Offering.			304
Polar Air Cargo Awarded Scheduled All-Cargo Rights to Serve Key African Markets.			430
Printera Corporation Gains Momentum in the U.S.			549
Prosoft Stock Now Marginable; Federal Reserve System Adds Prosoft to their List of Marginable OTC Stocks.			209
QC Optics Announces Order for QCO-4000 Automatic Photomask Inspection System.			395
Random House Children's Publishing Launches Kids@Random: Web Site for Young Readers.			469
Redemption of US$180 Million Non-Cumulative Preference Shares.			263
Reebok Reduces Full-Year Earnings Per Share Expectations; Company Also To Recognize Special Charge In 1997 Fourth Quarter.			553
Retek to Market IMPORT2000 Import Management Software.			285
Retransmission: Abacan Resource Corp. Continues to Explore Strategic Alternatives.			183
Rockwell Discontinues Galaxy Automatic Call Distributor.			449
Rutherford-Moran Announces $90 Million Increase to Revolving Credit Facility.			325
S&P Lowers Ratings of Various Korean Corporates.			779
S&P Lwrs Korean Entities FC Rtgs To BBB-; WatchNeg.			234
Saliva Diagnostic Systems Demonstrates StatSimple pylori in Europe.			377
SangStat and Gensia Sicor Announce European Approval of Cyclosporine Bulk Drug Substance.			885
Signet to Acquire 90 Percent Interest in Camden Agro-Systems Inc.; Signet Plans Global Development Facilities to Help Solve Critical Chicken Waste Problem.			622
Southwestern Gold: Good Results from Felix Project, Soteco Joint Venture, Peru.			1108
Sports Club Co. Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Los Caballeros Racquet & Sports Club.			151
SPSS Opens Hong Kong Office; Worldwide Expansion of Statistical Software Leader Continues.			520
SRT Receives Order Worth Over $7 Million From Sri Lanka for its 10.5GHz SR500-s.			311
STAR Telecom Awarded Switched-Voice License for Germany; Continues STAR's Expansion into the European Marketplace.			336
Stone Energy Completes Exchange Offer.			106
Stull, Stull & Brody Serves Notice of Pendency of Class Action Filed Against Oxford Health Plans, Inc.			387
Tech/Ops Sevcon Declares Dividend.			57
Telesoft Corp. Announces Sale of GoodNet Subsidiary to WinStar.			448
Thirty Percent Revenue Gains Drive Strong Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results for The Cooper Companies; Operating Income Grows 53%.			2424
TransAmerican Energy Corporation Commences Exchange Offer.			367
University of Michigan Selects uniView Technologies Corp. to Link School, Home and Community Via Technology.			786
USCI Subsidiary Ameritel Expands With RadioShack for Cellular Service.			474
Variflex Reports First Quarter Results; Improved Sales; Narrows Net Loss.			446
Vicom Multimedia Third Quarter Revenues Up 50 Percent Over 1996.			1305
Viking Freight Announces General Rate Adjustment.			497
Voice Control Systems' Advanced Speech Recognition Technologies Added to the Dialogic Antares Platform.			526
Wavetek Corporation Announces Record Annual Results and 4th Quarter Earnings.			1327
WinStar To Acquire GoodNet, A Leading National Internet Service Provider; Acquisition Strongly Positions WinStar In Expanding Data Communications Market.			897
Xilinx Achieves Additional Quality Milestones; Company Earns QML Status, Expands Scope of ISO Registration to ISO 9001.			391
Xing Takes Lead in Network Video; Delivers Full-Screen, Full-Motion MPEG Video To High-Bandwidth Consumer And Corporate Markets.			911