Articles from Business Wire (February 3, 1997)

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Peak Energy Services Ltd. Closes Acquisition of Anchor Specialities, Announces the Purchase of Anchor Units from Cliff's Oilfield Hauling, Closes Purchase of Well-Site Units From R.L.V. Holdings.			326
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Pet Supply Warehouse in San Diego.			125
Philips Media Transferred Multimedia Assets to Infogrames.			692
Philips Semiconductors Improves 80C51 Microcontroller; Power Consumption Reduced by 75% and Speed Increased by 50%.			631
Phonettix Intelecom opens new software development and contract call centre in Halifax - 470 jobs to be created.			676
Pick n Pay to implement Cascade Communications Corp. frame relay switch network.			637
Pilot Softare names new vice president of engineering.			405
PLANET ENTERTAINMENT CORP ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASES.			238
Plasmon Ships DW 260 LIMDOW MO Drives and Jukeboxes; New 2.6GB Magneto Optical Drives features direct overwrite, compatibility with non-LIMDOW media and 4MB buffer.			590
Platinum Entertainment completes its acquisition of one of the largest independent U.S. record companies, Intersound.			869
Precision Standard to develop Denver modification center.			196
Premier rolls out the red carpet for groups.			429
PRI Automation names Marc Godat general manager for European operations.			361
Prime Reports Reserve Growth of 34 Percent in 1996.			955
Professional Help Desk announces PHD/X.			831
Programmer's Paradise Inc. Reports 1996 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results.			1393
Progressive System Technologies Announces Multiple Orders from Xerox PARC's dpiX.			299
ProLinx Labs Names VP of Sales and Marketing.			336
ProServ and CMG Worldwide form licensing alliance.			320
Quickturn and Systems Science Announce Joint Marketing Agreement for Verilog-Based Testbench Solution.			707
Quinsa Completes the Purchase of Argentina-Based Cerveceria Bieckert S.A.			523
Raymond J. McClendon joins Mesirow Financial.			586
Raytheon receives contract to support EPA Superfund program.			275
Real Goods Posts Record Sales and Earnings for Nine Months Ending Dec. 28, 1996.			723
Reference.COM Goes Live as the Most Comprehensive Internet Forums Service; Users Can Easily Find, Browse, Search and Participate in More Than 150,000 Internet E-Mail Lists, Newsgroups, and Web Forums.			809
Regions Financial completes Allied Bankshares acquisition.			137
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. names Joe Crider, chairman and William Gimbel, chairman emeritus.			467
RENEX ANNOUNCES EASY-TO-USE, EASY-TO-EXPAND REMOTE ACCESS PLATFORM.			532
REPEAT/Advanced Video Communications Launches New Visual Communications Network to Link Global Decision-Makers; WELCOM System Unveiled at World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos.			851
Revenue Properties Company Limited announces agreement entered into by wholly-owned subsidiary.			199
Rex Stores Purchased 629,600 of its Common Shares During the Fourth Quarter;.			199
Right Management Consultants Inc. announces its fourth quarter and year ended 1996 earnings.			394
Rite Aid Corp. reports 13.5% same-store sales for January.			256
Rockwell Deploys K56 Modem Technology; Rockwell delivered first sample chips in January; remains on schedule to begin production shipments in February; leading modem manufacturers are expected to begin widespread product deployment in March using K56 modem chips.			2732
RYKA enters new banking arrangement.			141
SAFECO Mutual Funds hires a national sales manager and wholesalers to support insurance agents and financial planners.			297
Sale of Group Health and Related Life Businesses of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company to WellPoint Health Networks Inc. Is Impeded.			297
Samsung Announces It Is Developing SDRAM-II; SDRAM-II will succeed SDRAM for production systems in 1998-2001; Details roadmap to 2.4GB/s data bandwidth.			963
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Launches Odd Lot Program.			184
SC Bancorp considering strategic alternatives.			395
SCOTSMAN INDUSTRIES AGREES TO ACQUIRE KYSOR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION FOR $43.00 CASH PER SHARE.			855
Seabourn Announces Tenth Anniversary Savings.			1729
Seafield Capital Corporation announces LabOne completion of acquisition of assets of GIB Laboratories, Inc.			103
Seahawk Searches for South American Gold.			447
Search Capital reports financial results for quarter and nine months ended December 31, 1996.			913
SEDA Specialty Packaging adds tube production to East Coast manufacturing capabilities.			299
Shaman Pharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results for 1996.			964
Shaquille O'Neal's clothing company, TWIsM, hires executive vice president.			215
Shareholder files class action against Mercury Finance Co.			331
Silicon Valley Group Appoints Soon-Eung Kim to Human Resources Manager for Asia.			404
Silicon Valley Group Promotes Mahesh Shah to Vice President of Asia/Pacific Sales.			456
SK Technologies relocates corporate headquarters.			187
Smartflex announces 1996 year-end results.			660
SmartSales Announces Private Placement of Special Warrants.			470
Smith International, Inc. Reports 54 Percent Increase in Quarterly Earnings.			1145
SOFAMOR DANEK GROUP REPORTS RECORD SALES AND EARNINGS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END.			1219
SoftQuad Completes Acquisition of Alpha Corporation.			239
Software Developer Launches Today as Proven Edge; St. Petersburg, Fla.-Based Company to Offer Integrated Small Business Software.			588
Software Spectrum opens Technology Services Group office in Germany.			352
Solve all e-mail attachment problems with new DataViz utility, e-ttachment Opener.			570
Source Capital Inc. declares quarterly distribution on common stock, quarterly dividend on preferred stock.			121
Southwest Microwave Introduces First Unlicensed Microwave LAN Systems to Provide Full 10 MBPS Ethernet Connectivity; Wireless 24 GHz Links Offer Cost-Effective Solution For Extending Wired 802.3 LANs and Providing High Speed Internet Access.			662
St. Petersburg-based Proven Edge Donates Small Business Software to the S.B.A.; Free Software Available Through S.B.A. and Community Distribution Sites in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater, Boca Raton and Miami, Florida.			720
Stein Roe launches Emerging Markets Fund with 25 day subscription period.			236
Sterling Chemicals Holdings Completes Acquisition of Acrylic Fibers Business from Cytec Industries.			426
Stratus Computer and Raima announce Velocis Database Server support on Continuum Enterprise Server.			715
Stratus Computer and SNMP Research Deliver SNMP Agent Technology for Fault-Tolerant UNIX Environments.			660
Sumeria Ships OceanLife 1: Second Edition; CD-ROM Title on Western Pacific.			399
Sun Microsystems Joins Salutation Consortium; Lends New Weight to Industry Association Developing Communications for Internet Devices.			412
Supreme Court won't review dental copayment challenge; Refusal to hear case affirms cost-saving policies of state's largest dental plan.			433
Supreme Industries reports financial results for 1996 fourth quarter and full year.			1143
Synbiotics Corp. signs letter of intent to acquire the veterinary diagnostics business of Rhone Merieux.			323
SyQuest Reports Fiscal 1997 First Quarter Results; Net Loss Sharply Reduced for Second Consecutive Quarter of Improvement; Sequential Quarterly Revenues Again Increase Over Previous Period.			943
Taco Cabana Reports 4th Quarter and Fiscal Year 1996 Results.			1007
Tatung introduces dual-processing Ultra 2-Compatible Web servers; add-on disk array subsystem boosts storage to 80 GB.			937
TCG enters into substantial, long-term arrangement with SunGard Recovery Services Inc. to support premier disaster recovery solutions.			547
Tecmar doubles warranty on entire product line.			409
Tejon Ranch Co. retains investment banking firm.			185
Telegen signs exclusive contract with Virginia Tech; Dr. Jesse Brown principal research investigator.			459
Teleport Communications Group signs contract with St. Louis SSM Health Care System linking five hospitals and information center.			473
TeleProcessing debuts Opera Opus 2 integrated WAN access; compelling new voice features optimize T1 bandwidth.			531
TeleVideo Reports Fiscal Year Results.			884
The Board of Directors of Acacia Research Elects Paul R. Ryan President and Chief Executive Officer.			430
THE LIBERTY CORPORATION REPORTS FOURTH-QUARTER RESULTS.			633
The Original San Francisco Toymakers plan more hits with Tyco Toys; Kitchen Littles success prompts expansion for 1997.			528
The search is over; Semio Corp. launches with new Java "Discovery Search" software for Internet and corporate Intranets.			653
The Shaw Group Announces Letters of Intent to Purchase Two Industrial Constructors.			675
The Shaw Group reaches impasse in labor negotiations with Union.			505
The Somerset Group Inc. announces 35 percent increase in fourth quarter earnings.			759
The SSI Group Inc. enters into a long-term strategic partnership agreement with MicroScript.			607
The Vision Factory Ships Cat@log Direct to Web: The World's First Easy-to-Use E-Commerce Suite.			1024
The Weather Channel Latin America names its first president; Eduardo Ruiz accepts newly created international post.			475
Thomas & Betts Acquires Taylor Wiring Duct.			135
Top 5 Christmas Games All From Nintendo; Nintendo 64, Super NES Titles.			369
Top Litigator Joins Morrison & Foerster; Marla J. Miller To Join the San Francisco Office.			413
Toshiba expands Infinia line with the 7161 and 7201 capturing the lead in technologically-advanced user-friendly desktops; the new Infinia, featuring Intel's Pentium processor with MMX technology, a quick 12X CD-ROM drive and 33.6Kbps fax/modem, is the ultimate new multimedia system.			942
Total Research reports second-quarter & six-month results; Record revenues, $.01 earnings, $1 million debt reduction highlight second quarter of fiscal 1997.			600
Tracor reports record-high sales and net income for the year.			1092
Transaction Network Services Inc. announces departure of CFO.			246
Transmonde Technologies Selects Chips and Technologies' Flat Panel Controllers for New Notebooks; Chips and Technologies Offers Fast Graphics Performance and Full Motion Video in Value Priced Notebook PCs.			754
Trident Microsystems standardizes on Avant!'s Aquarius Place and Route Tools.			636
TriHealth and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Open Ohio's First Mall-Based Mammography Center at Kenwood McAlpin's.			672
TriTech Pyramid3D Graphics Family Delivers Photo-Realism through Rich Visual Effects.			716
TSI Software and Connect Inc. team up to streamline web-based electronic commerce.			808
TTC Announces a Basic Rate ISDN, BRI, Module for the FIREBERD 500 Internetwork Analyzer.			507
U.S. Diagnostic and Others Sued in Investor Class Action.			256
U.S. Robotics and Smart World Communications Announce Multimillion Dollar Remote Access Contract.			1055
Ugly Ducking Corp. announces intention to sell up to $5 million shares of common stock to institutional investors.			357
Uniflex begins operations in United Kingdom to market and sell its products overseas.			252
Unisys wins major contract for UK'S HOLMES 2 Police Information Solution.			642
United Dominion Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results.			1298
USAir recognized as a Call Center of the Year; GeoTel Communications plays pivotal role in airline's call- handling strategy.			581
Vantive Promotes Industry Veteran John M. Jack to Chief Operating Officer.			500
Versatility Inc. tightens focus on telecommunications industry.			509
Veteran Resources Announces Private Placement of Units.			141
Vicor releases earnings.			467
VIPS' CEO and founder will depart to form foundation -- Chief Operating Officer Morgan, named as successor.			310
Vodafone increases Greek shareholding.			237
Voysys Awarded Patent for Interactive Voice Response Technology; Database Developers Can Build Affordable Voice Response Systems with New Technology.			566
VTEL Assigned Patent for Multipoint Videoconference Technology.			342
Water Agencies Release Short List of Electricity Suppliers.			362
WebChat Broadcasting System hits 1 million registered users.			409
Wellsford Residential Property Trust announces formation of office building subsidiary and first acquisition.			272
Westburne's U.S. Electrical Division Makes Acquisition.			261
Wisconsin International Electric Power and Siemens Sign Agreement to Construct 150-MW Power Plant at Subic Bay.			422
WMS' Williams Quantum XL Series Video Slant Top granted approval by the Nevada Gaming Commission.			350
World Wireless Communications Inc. agrees to acquire Digital Radio Communications Corp.			410
WTT Announces Record Fiscal 1996 Results; Sales Up 40%; Earnings Up 48%.			497
Wyndham Hotel Corp. announces hotel performance results.			512
Xilinx Begins Shipping Industry's Largest FPGA Device; Company now sampling advanced 0.35 micron devices; ramps production of newest 5-volt products.			748
Xilinx Roadmap for High Density FPGAs Calls for 0.25 Micron Devices During 1997.			1028
Xylan reports record fourth-quarter and year-end 1996 results: record revenue, net income and earnings per share.			979
Yahoo! & ADP AutoConnect drive used car information to the Net.			638
Yankee Energy corrects figures in Gas sold and transported through the Yankee Gas system.		Correction Notice	192
Yankee Energy reports first quarter earnings.			1078
Yankee Energy reports first quarter earnings.			1078
Zaurus Mail Server software now shipping from Pygmy.			573