Articles from Business Wire (December 19, 1997)

Title	Author	Type	Words
150th Anniversary to Mark Major Milestones for John Laing Homes; Company Positions Itself to Be Orange County's No. 1 Homebuilder During Historic Year.			231
AIRPORT SYSTEMS AWARDED NAVAID CONTRACTS TOTALING $3.7 MILLION.			251
American Custom Components Remains on a Fastrack to Become a Reporting Public Corporation.			307
AMERICAN HOMESTAR CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RECORD RESULTS FOR SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL 1998; NET INCOME UP 25%.			684
APF Energy Trust Announces Cash Distribution of $0.475 for the Three Months Ending December 31, 1997.			251
Bay Apartment Communities Acquires 302-Apartment Community in Downtown Sacramento Near State Capitol Building.			667
Bay Apartment Communities Completes Sale of 3,000,000 Shares of Perpetual Preferred Stock.			498
BioChem Pharma Concludes Agreements With Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals.			576
BridgeStreet Extends Westward Expansion, Acquires Phoenix Based Corporate Lodging Company.			256
Caldera Resources Inc. Announces an Update of Drilling Results.			334
Capital Senior Living Accelerates Growth Plan Six New Developments Approved.			320
CapStar Hotel Company Acquires Sheraton Grande Los Angeles.			401
CapStar Hotel Company Completes Acquisition of the Hilton Suites Detroit Metropolitan Airport.			425
Cascade Corporation Completes $100 Million Revolving Credit Facility.			119
Chadwick Communications "Recruited" by Leading International Executive Search Firm; Agency to Handle U.S. Brand Launch for Michael Page.			360
Corporate Profile for Century Bank, dated Dec. 19, 1997.			221
Corporate Profile for Eagle Hardware & Garden, dated Dec. 19, 1997.			358
Corporate Profile for National Technical Systems, dated Dec. 19, 1997.			245
Corporate Profile for NeoTherapeutics Inc., dated Friday, Dec. 19, 1997.			429
Corporate Profile for Princess Cruises, dated Dec. 19, 1997.			499
Corporate Profile for Simulation Sciences Inc., dated Dec. 19, 1997.			240
Corporate Profile for Southern Pacific, dated Dec. 19.			230
Corporate Profile for Ultimate Electronics, dated 12/19/97.			399
Corporate Profile for XeTel Corporation, dated Dec. 19, 1997.			281
Cylink Corp. Approved to Export Triple-DES Encryption Without Key Recovery to the European Central Banks.			757
Discount Auto Parts Inc. Reports Fiscal 1998 Second Quarter Results.			1684
Eastern Enters Agreement to Acquire Bethlehem, Pa. Municipal Solid Waste Landfill.			318
Emeritus Corporation Commences Cash Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of ARV Assisted Living, Inc. Common Stock At $17.50 Per Share.			906
ExecuTrain and CBT Systems Sign Agreement.			633
Fairstar: $400,000 Financing.			333
FEATURE/Unique Holiday Gift Idea -- Alternative Energy Watches.			691
FIRSTPLUS Financial Group, Inc. Announces The Substantial Elimination Of Its Non-Cash Gain-On-Sale Revenue From Securitizations.			528
Forest Oil Completes Exchange Offer for Canadian Forest's 8-3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007.			161
Genentech Announces Phase III Investigational Trial Results for HER2 Monoclonal Antibody in Metastatic Breast Cancer.			1155
Geoscience Subsidiary Announces Acquisition of Innovative Tranducers, Inc.			259
Geotek Restructures to Focus on U.S. Growth; Sale of European Assets for $85MM, Credit Amendment and Corporate Restructuring Enhances Opportunities for Long-Term Growth.			881
Greyvest Capital Inc. Declares Semi-Annual Dividend.			146
HighwayMaster Signs Platinum Service Subscriber: Strengthens Industry's Trend to Outsource Information Services.			685
Hunt to Acquire Treasury Stock.			127
IBM's Tivoli Systems And Software Artistry, Inc. Reach Merger Agreement.			772
In Re ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Securities Litigation Settlement Hearing Date Corrected to January 26, 1998.			148
Infowave Wins Race to Wirelessly Enable Microsoft Exchange.			525
International Aircraft Investors Reports Third-Quarter Results; Revenues Up 27 Percent; Year-to-Date Pre-Tax Profits Up 20 Percent.			636
IONA Technologies Lists On Irish Stock Exchange.			420
IPC Information Systems to Be Acquired by Cable Systems Holding; Leading Financial Trading Technology Firm to be Acquired for $253 Million.			849
IPC Reports Fiscal 1997 Results.			1115
JBA Software Products Receives ITAA-2000 Certification.			353
Kensington Energy Ltd. Enters Into Flow-Through Investment Agreement.			141
Metallurg, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Quarter and Two Quarters Ended October 31, 1997.			868
NTI Resources Limited Third Quarter Results for 1997.			243
Occidental Agrees to Sell MidCon to KN Energy for $3.49 Billion in Cash Plus Assumption of $500 Million in Liabilities.			268
Piper Capital Management Declares January Distributions for Closed-End Funds.			402
Primerica Financial Services to Offer Legal Plans Through Pre-paid Legal Services, Inc.			331
Progress Software Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter Financial Results.			1641
ProNet Shareholders Approve Merger with Metrocall.			314
RenaissanceRe Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire Nobel Operating Subsidiaries.			523
Respironics Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period.			254
Retransmission: Master Downhole Recommended.			126
S&P Afms NIPSCO Indus, Bay State Gas; Merge Cred Neutral.			467
S&P Assigns 'BBB-' CP rating to Alpha Credit Bank.			521
S&P Rts General Re/Funding Corp. US$1B Prog AAA.			252
Share Your New Year's Resolutions With the World's Largest Guestbook Service; GuestWorld's New Year's Page Allows Visitors to Participate by Displaying or Viewing 1998 Resolutions.			501
Shell Oil Company Affiliates and The Meridian Resource Corporation Announce Shell's Plan to Acquire Major Stake in Meridian by Merger of Louisiana Assets.			880
SHERIDAN HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF EXISTING CREDIT FACILITY AND NEW LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.			428
Solid Edge wins $1.1 Million CAE business at Prodrive.			613
South-Western Educational Publishing Unveils Enhanced Web Site; Virtual Community Design and User-friendly Navigation Promote Ease of Use.			398
Sovereign to Acquire First Home Bancorp Inc.			875
Starwood Lodging Trust Declares Quarterly Dividend.			346
TCT Announces Closing of Convertible Debenture Offering.			241
Tech Electro Industries Inc. Announces Acquisition of U.S. Computer Group Inc.			351
Tenet Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.			637
Tidewater Agrees to Sell Natural Gas Compression Business.			203
TIW Expands its Presence in the UK and Germany.			665
UNIFORET INC. Uniforet Announces that it has Acquired the Tripap Shares Held by the Employees of Tripap Inc.			153
USA Growth Extends Expiration of Warrants.			154
Vista Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Its Head Mounted Display Incorporating Infomatix Software.			424
Watts Industries Acquires Valve Business from Aerodyne Controls Corp.			150