Articles from Business Wire (December 15, 1997)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Accent Color Sciences Receives Order for 20 Truecolor Systems From Groupe SET International; Deliveries to Begin in 1998 Second Quarter as Previously Announced.			707
Acer To Build First European Factory in Wales; Computer Hardware Maker Is Latest Company Drawn to Wales' Growing Digital Corridor.			783
ACIST Medical Systems Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Bracco Diagnostics.			445
Advantage Life Completes Acquisition of Exclusive Cruises Tampa-based Operator Enters Highly Profitable Upscale Cruise Market.			531
ALARIS Medical Announces Check 4400 Release, Shipment; Product Partnership Combines IVAC Thermometry, Criticare Patient Monitoring Technologies.			564
AMD'S PCnet-Mobile; First Wireless LAN MAC Designed to Comply with IEEE 802.11 Standard Offers Greater Mobility & Functionality.			874
ANS Communications Announces New Internet Fax Service Based On Netcentric's Faxstorm Technology.			839
Applied Signal Technology Inc. Announces Record Fiscal 1997 Results.			1010
Asante Breaks Price Barrier on 10+100 Ethernet Switches.			726
Asset Retrieval Services Inc., Announces Portfolio Acquisition.			150
Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Second Patent For Novel Cataract Removal Technology.			705
Atlas Air Announces Conversion of Two 747-200's.			321
Attachmate and Synergy Technology Optimize AS/400 Database Access; Ongoing relationship provides advanced technology, worry-free solutions for AS/400 customers.			299
Banyan Announces Comprehensive Year 2000 Readiness Program.			1069
Banyan Introduces VINES 8.0.			929
Banyan Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire the Patriot Group, Inc.			668
Blue Sky Petroleum Arranges $42 Million in Financing for Unprecedented Deal With Exxon and Shell; FMAC Energy Finance Group Funds Its Largest Loan Ever.			567
Boston Acoustics Introduces The SoundBar Cinema Home Theater System.			512
Brightpoint, Inc. Announces Brazilian Acquisition.			309
BTG Previews 3rd Quarter Financial Results.			419
Budget Converts Syracuse Franchise Operation to Corporate Ownership.			347
CAI Unveils Powerful Web-Based Enterprise- Applications-Integration Software.			1135
Carrier Access Corp. Expands Facilities and Provides Volume Production Deliveries of Wide Bank 28.			408
CellNet Data Systems to Provide Data Communications Services in California over New Statewide Network; Energy Pacific Signs on as First Customer.			805
Cisco Expands Line of Affordable Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses; New Catalyst Standard Edition Models Offer Improved Performance and Software Upgrade Path.			550
Credit Acceptance Corp. Announces Amendments to its Loan Agreements Have Been Approved.			193
Crestar Bank Taps Pathlore's PHOENIX to Provide Intranet-Delivered Distance Learning.			747
Cypress to Miss Q4 Analysts Estimates.			2397
Data General Announces Agreement with APT for Mainframe to Client/Server Migration System.			502
Datamirror Acquires SQLPump from Softquest; SQLPump Offers Bi-directional Replication from any ODBC Compliant Database to IBM's Lotus Notes.			742
Dayton Superior Corporation Comments on Symons Acquisition.			306
Deswell Industries, Inc. Announces Facilities Expansion.			176
Diamond Multimedia's Fire GL 1000 Pro Chosen for Quantex Microsystems SM-4x Series of Multimedia Personal Computers.			1012
Echlin to Acquire General Automotive Specialty Company.			231
Eicon Technology First to Introduce External ISDN Modem With Auto-SPID, Auto-Switch Detection and AO/DI Capabilities.			1015
Envive Announces Stopwatch, First to Measure Network and Application Components of SAP R/3 End-User Response Time.			911
Enzo Biochem Reports Strong Gains in First Quarter Revenues and Earnings.			350
Etak Introduces First-of-a-Kind Real-Time Traffic Program.			543
FDA Approves PMA Application for New Therapy to Treat Excessive Menstrual Bleeding, the Second-Leading Indicator of Hysterectomy.			1246
FEATURE/"Video E-Mails" Are This Season's High-Tech Holiday Greeting!" -- Affordable Computer Add-On Makes Creating And Sending Video E-Mails Fast And Easy --.			160
FIRSTPLUS Financial Group, Inc. and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Inc. Announce Committed Financing Facility.			512
FMAC Provides Financing for Funeral Home and Cemetery Owners.			472
Forest Oil Extends Exchange Offer for Canadian Forest's 8-3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007.			249
GKN Holding Corp. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 1998 Earnings.			575
Global Mobility Systems, A New Software Company, Develops Applications For Wireless Carriers And Equipment Vendors To Build Revenue And Reduce Churn.			775
HAHT Software Announces HAHTsite Enterprise Solution Module for Seagate Crystal Reports.			337
i-Cube Establishes Strategic Alliance With debis Systemhaus.			755
Imacon ApS Forms U.S. Subsidiary To Bring Revolutionary CCD Drum Scanner with FlexTight Technology -- FTT -- to the U.S. Market.			543
In a Unanimous Decision, Texas Supreme Court Finds in Favor of Schlumberger.			134
InfoAccess Ships Transit Central 3.0 -- Sets New Standard for Efficient Web Publishing; Scaleable Web publishing solution simplifies intranet publishing.			925
InnovaCom Files Registration Statement With SEC.			284
INSpire Insurance Solutions Adds to Florida Client Base with New Outsourcing Contract With American Superior Management Co.			251
Internet-Ready Consumer Electronics Products One Step Closer to Reality.			620
Kazakhstan Minerals: Significant Oil and Gas Investment for KazMinCo Supplements Solid Mineral Assets.			917
Lassonde Enters the U.S. Market With Two Popular Brands.			359
Lawson Workflow Solution Driving Vertical Market Victories.			776
Lynx Delivers Real-Time OS for Force PowerCore Board.			637
MapInfo Corporation Announces the Release of MapInfoDATA StreetPro.			791
MapInfo Corporation Releases MapXtreme State-of-the-Art Web Application Server.			718
Marbledge is Awarded $1.15 Million Contract For Marble and Granite at Bahamas Casino.			303
McMoRan OIL & GAS CO. ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY AT WEST CAMERON BLOCK 492.			241
Metaphase Technology, a Division of SDRC, Announces Order of $720,000 with a Division of Northrop Grumman Corp.			228
Micron Electronics Awarded the Nevada State Contract.			431
Microsoft Chooses Mercury Interactive's Testing Tools to Test Critical Worldwide Implementation of SAP R/3.			942
Mitsui Comtek Corp. and PlanetWeb Inc. Announce Revolutionary Plans to Web-Enable Saratoga Interactive Screen Telephone.			638
Mtel and Enron Energy Services Announce Major Service Agreement; Six-Year, Multimillion Dollar Contract Propels Mtel Into Automated Meter Reading.			599
MTI Gladiator ESS Awarded Highest Classification By RAID Advisory Board (RAB).			632
NATIONSBANK AND UICI'S IPN NETWORK OFFER STRATEGIC FINANCING PROGRAM FOR THA MEMBERS.			476
NEC and TCSI Announce New Venture; NEC and TCSI Open Facility to Develop Telecom Network Management Solutions.			623
NeoMedia Ships $2.2 Million Worth Sun Work Stations to Regional Bell Customer.			153
Netstock Direct Offers Fannie Mae's Newly Available Direct Stock Plan Online.			624
NetVantage Announces Receipt of Lucent-Built Cyclone ASIC Prototype Chipsets.			384
Netwave Technologies Ships New AirSurfer Plus Wireless LAN Products and Offers Upgrade Program.			671
NFO Worldwide Acquires CM Research Group, a Leading Provider of Custom Market Research in New Zealand and Australia.			566
Notice of Pendency of Class Action against Medical Resources, Inc. and Others.			656
Objectivity Announces General Availability of Objectivity for Java.			907
Paradigm Technology Receives $1 Million Fast SRAM Order.			294
Peoples Telephone Company Announces Pay Telephone Acquisition.			562
PeopleSoft Delivers HRMS for Public Sector Release 7.			924
Pioneer Expands On-Site Service Options For CD Jukeboxes.			456
PMT SERVICES ANNOUNCES 30% GROWTH IN EARNINGS PER SHARE BEFORE NONRECURRING ITEMS TO $0.13 PER SHARE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL 1998.			881
Progenitor Announces 1997 Financial Results.			975
QSound Labs and Boston Acoustics Deliver "Next Generation" Sound to Home Theatre System.			391
Qualix DataStar Expands Data Protection for UNIX Systems with the Addition of Synchronous Mirroring.			1094
Qwest Announces First Nationwide IP Voice Service.			582
Revolutionary Approach to Internet Connectivity Funded; iReady Completes $7 Million Second Round of Financing.			574
SAP Acquires Significant Share in Sales Force Automation Company.			562
Scherer Announces Agreement With Sankyo.			282
Seahawk Releases CD-ROM "Treasures of the Deep".			395
Sequent's Four to Eight-Way NT Server to Complement High-End NUMA-Q 2000 Data Center System.			596
Solid State Geophysical Announcement.			183
Southwestern Implements Share Purchase Program.			342
Starwood Lodging Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Westin Hotels & Resorts; Company Also Receives Antitrust Clearance on Westin Transaction.			1069
Storage Dimensions First to Ship 9.1 GB Low Profile Disk Drives in a Small-Footprint External RAID Storage System.			987
Telecomm Industries to Acquire Division Tel Communications Group Inc.			539
TransMontaigne Oil Announces Financial Results.			309
U S WEST Taps E/O Networks for Copper/Fiber Transmission.			729
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Approves Guinness/GrandMet Merger.			353
Unit Instruments Awarded Contract By Hewlett-Packard.			395
Whittaker Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and FY1997 Results.			1524