Articles from Business Wire (April 17, 1998)

Title	Author	Type	Words
1st Source Corp. Authorizes Purchase of Up to 865,000 Shares.			192
Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc. Reports First Quarter of 1998.			403
Accounting Fraud Alleged in Securities Class Action Filed Against Sholodge Inc. and Its Officers and Directors.			480
Agfa Sets Up Organization Dedicated to Government DIN-PACS Contracts.			437
Alabama National BanCorporation Announces Dividend.			198
American Bankers and Cendant Reaffirm Commitment to $67 Per Share Merger.			468
ANADIGICS, INC. Reports First Quarter 1998 Results.			1085
Anthem Properties Acquires College Heights Plaza in Prince George.			300
Anticort Introduced as the First Drug Developed to Reduce Cortisol; McGill University Study Supports the Role of Anti-Cortisols in Treating Alzheimer's and Other Age Related Diseases.			500
Aon Announcements.			353
Atlantic Caspian Resources Signs to Acquire 750 Million Barrel Oil Field.			560
Augment Systems, Inc. Reports Year End Results.			408
Autonomous Technologies Arranges $24 Million in Credit Facility and Equity Financing.			535
Aztech New Media First of Two Third Party Companies Licensed to Create StarCraft Add-on Missions.			369
Babcock & Wilcox Canada Selected for Nuclear Steam Generator Replacement.			291
BancPro Inc. Acquires Stock in Scottsdale Cigar Company and Provides Financing for Growth.			280
Benjamin Timepieces Launches First Luxury U.S.-Made Timepiece.			438
Bentley Now Shipping ModelServer Discovery for Navigating Geoengineering Projects on the Web.			769
Bombardier Receives $36 Million Contract for Rail Maintenance in Southern California.			502
Bombardier Receives $52 Million Contract for Rail Maintenance in Southern California.			459
Boyd Energy Merges With Davis Covenant.			88
Camco Inc. Company Update.			389
Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. Reports First Quarter Earnings.			793
Clorox Reports Record Third-Quarter Results; 16 Percent Hike in Earnings Per Share; 11 New Products Introduced.			993
Coca-Cola Enterprises Board of Directors Increases the Company's Regular Quarterly Dividend.			224
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Announces Senior Management Changes.			581
Colony Affiliate Acquires Paloma Ranch, Arizona's Largest.			585
Colorado MEDtech Inc. and TAVA Technologies Inc. Announce Licensing Agreement.			391
Compaq Enhances SMB Solution Provider Program with Increased Support and Resources for VARs.			1035
ContiFinancial Acquires a 33% Interest in Arrow Financial Services LLC.			909
Corporate Profile for ContiFinancial Corporation, dated April 17, 1998.			386
Corporate Profile for Logical Design Solutions, Dated April 17, 1998.			333
Corporate Profile for XCL Ltd., dated April 17, 1998.			364
CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Trojan Technologies Revised Statement of Changes in Financial Position.		Correction Notice	284
Cox@Home's 10,000th Customer Signs On, Making San Diego The World Leader in High-Speed Internet Access; Cox@Home Has World's Most Cable Modem Customers.			771
Department of Defense Shows Interest in Industrial Ecosystems Inc. Proprietary Technology.			185
DiaSys and BioSearch Sign Sales Agreement for China and Hong Kong.			307
Diet RC With Sucralose Hits Supermarket Shelves Less Than Two Weeks After FDA Approval --Arizona Consumers Get New Diet Drink First! --.			239
Evergreen Bancorp, Inc. Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan.			191
EWF Approves Rights Offering.			296
Fannie Mae Redemptions.			209
Firamada, Inc. Acquires $55 Million Myriad Employment Services, Inc.; Major Acquisition Vaults Annual Firamada Revenues To Over $75 Million.			555
First Came Slurpee Drink...Now There's Slurpee Ice Pop and Slurpee Bubble Gum; 7-Eleven Expands Signature Product For First Time.			531
First Star Energy Announces Exploration Update.			352
FNB Corp. Announces First Quarter 1998 Earnings.			578
Fred Meyer Stores Signs Power Supply Agreement With Illinova Energy Partners.			369
Gemstar Interactive Program Guide Launches in Japan.			744
GL&V's Paper Machine Group Consolidates its Operations in the United States.			336
Global Med Technologies Receives Major Financial Boost.			535
Gold Farm Foods to Launch Gourmet Naturals Line of All Natural Marinated Chicken Products.			656
Golden Cycle to Deliver Consent to Global Motorsport Group.			148
HealthCor Holdings, Inc. and Others Named in Class Action.			486
Host Marriott Rtgs Affirmed After Acquisition Anncmnt.			384
HP Expands Line of SOT-323-packaged Silicon Transistors; 40-percent Smaller Than SOT-23- and SOT-143-packaged Devices.			602
HP Expands Optocoupler Line to Include Space-Qualified Hermetic Optocouplers.			672
IDEXX Reports Q1 Earnings of $.10 Per Share on $78 Million in Revenues.			626
IDG's Network World Unveils the Prestigious Network World 200.			512
Illinova Energy Partners Scores Series of "Firsts" in Large Northwestern U.S. Electricity Pilot.			451
IMS Announces Final First Quarter 1998 Results.			900
InterQual and Health Systems Technologies Partner to Develop Managed Care Tools for Healthcare Organizations.			325
IPM De-Listed from Nasdaq.			136
IPM De-Listed from Nasdaq.			136
iREZ Research Unveils Professional M-JPEG Video Capture & Editing For Laptops; company continues to meet the needs of the growing video editing and creation markets.			686
IVS, Inc. Unveils Avstar, The World's First GPS-Equipped Hands-Free, Eyes-Free, Transportable Interactive Voice Navigation Device for Cars and Trucks.			830
IXC and Excel Sign $156 Million Network Services Agreement.			449
IXC and Major ISP Sign $265 Million Capacity Agreement; IXC's State of the Art Network Helps Leading Internet Backbone Provider Stay Ahead of Customer Demands.			471
IXC Announces Expiration of Tender Offer and Pricing of $450 Million Senior Subordinated Notes.			507
Key West Reverses Rating.			97
Keystone Financial Reports First Quarter Gains.			631
King World International Signs Deal for "THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW" With Channel 5 in the United Kingdom.			339
Kodak Board Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend.			88
Kodak Board Elects Three Vice Presidents.			333
Las Vegas Business Bank Declares Stock Split.			373
Latin American Superstar Xuxa Meneghel's Name and Image to Promote Drypers' Diapers in Brazil.			501
LTC Declares Second Quarter Cash Dividend On Series A and Series B Preferred Stock.			120
Madera International, Inc. Television Feature Now Being Aired on Public Television Channels.			234
MATRIXX Marketing Inc. Announces New Business Division.			496
Med-Emerg Launches New Division.			237
Med-Emerg Launches New Division.			233
Metallica Resources Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results.			1101
Midisoft Corporation Reports 1997 Results; Higher Margins and Lower Losses Recorded.			1087
Milestone Scientific, Inc. Announces Schedule 13G Filed by Gintel Asset Management, Inc.			258
MobilePlanet to Launch Hitachi Home Electronics' Innovative Line of Windows CE-based H/PCs.			740
Morrow Snowboards Restructures Loan Agreement.			417
New 1998 High Pressure Laminate Collection Introduced By Nevamar.			568
New Acquisition Strengthens HomeCom's Position in the Insurance Industry.			585
New Members Join Bentley's Worldwide GeoSource Provider Program.			1292
New Release Of Astea's ServiceAlliance Software Offers Web-Based Customer Support And New "Drag And Drop" Schedule Board.			1417
New SDH Contract for Nokia in Fixed Access Networks.			328
Newpoint Expands and Relocates to Larger Facilities; Surge Protection Leader Remains in San Diego; Moves to New Corporate Headquarters to Accommodate Growth.			232
Northeast Bancorp Announces Third Quarter Results and Third Quarter Dividend.			518
Northeast Bancorp Announces Third Quarter Results and Third Quarter Dividend.			518
Notice of Pendency of Class Action Against Compaq Computer Corp. -- CPQ -- and Others.			473
Noveder Signs Agreement for Seventy Percent of Coachman Cove Properties.			552
NSI Communications to Acquire the SGA Division From Spar Aerospace's Comstream Unit.			472
ORA Electronics Introduces a New Generation of Hands-Free Speakerphone Adapters for CDMA Wireless Handsets.			371
Orange National Bancorp Reports First Quarter Earnings and Payment of Cash Dividend.			428
Oscar Gruss Issues BUY on InnerDyne Common.			330
Paul-Son Gaming Reports 3rd Quarter/ 9 Months Results.			983
PC ServiceSource Reports First Quarter Results.			987
Pebercan Inc Year End Results - December 31, 1997.			218
Pegasus Imaging Announces the JPEG Wizard Web Site: www.jpegwizard.com.			396
Placer Dome Inc. to Invest $41.3 Million in Vengold.			219
PlayStation Celebrates 10 Million Game Consoles Sales Milestone Through West Coast Mall Tour.			358
Precept Business Services Earns Contract Worth an Estimated $35 Million.			484
Preferred Income Fund and Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Adjourn Joint Annual Meeting to May 15, 1998 to Allow Time to Solicit More Proxies for Supermajority Proposal.			166
Proffitt's Inc. Announces Plans for New Herberger's Store in Missoula, Montana.			349
Prudential Corporation Raises Holdings in the Dialog Corporation plc to 4%.			203
PulsePoint Communications Announces Reverse Stock Split, Effective Immediately.			278
Pure Gold Minerals: Rights Offering Raises $1.76 Million.			161
Queensway Financial Holdings Limited Files a Preliminary Short Form Prospectus.			184
Rabin & Peckel LLP Files Class Action Against Gametech International and Certain of Its Officers and Directors and the Lead Underwriters of Its Initial Public Offering Alleging Violations of Federal Securities Law.			445
Raster Graphics Reports Preliminary First Quarter Financial Results.			486
Redaurum To Complete Business Combination.			169
Rock-Tenn Company Reports Results for Fiscal 1998 Second Quarter.			1831
Rockies Fund Announces Year-End Results.			271
Romarco Minerals Inc.: Midas Project, Nevada The First Mineral Resource Estimate.			718
RUSSELL CORPORATION REPORTS RESULTS FOR FIRST QUARTER IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS.			463
S&P Rates CSX Corp.'s $248M Medium-Term Note Prog BBB.			434
S&P Rates Schuler Homes Inc.'s Sr Notes B+;Afms Rtgs.			588
S&P Rts Calair $150M Sr Nts B+; Gtd by Continental Air.			417
S&P Rts Iron Age CCR B+, Sr Sub B-, BLR BB-;Outlk Neg.			660
S.L. Ventures, Inc. Increases Production Capacity.			294
Sani-Gestion Inc. - Announcement.			119
Sara Hallitex Corp. Congratulates All Shareholders of Record as of April 10, 1998, That Qualified for the First Sara-IPO-Dividend in Janus Enermining Inc.			630
Scudder Funds Introduces New Real Estate Investment Fund.			630
Securities Class Action Suit Filed Against Shopping.com Inc. and Waldron & Co. and Their Senior Officers Alleging Fraud and Stock Manipulation.			641
SED International, Inc. Announces Opening of Harrisburg, Pa., Distribution Center.			379
Seventh Energy - Financial and Operating Results.			1166
Shared Technologies Cellular Completes $6 Million Debt Financing Led by Salomon Smith Barney.			407
ShoLodge Continues to Expand the Sumner Suites Chain; Opens 18th Sumner Suites Hotel.			204
SportsLine USA, Inc. Prices Secondary Public Offering of Four Million Shares of Common Stock.			567
State Officials Select Delta Dental to Administer Healthy Families Dental Program Throughout State; Company Offers Largest Dental Network to Serve California's Uninsured Children.			584
Streaming Video: A/V Newswire's A/V Corporate Overviews Reduce Investment Risks by Offering 'Virtual Corporate Tours' of Companies on the Internet.			169
Surgical Safety Products Inc. Files For Two More Patents.			279
TALX Partners With Gibbens to Increase Distribution of The Work Number.			568
Telular Canada Announces New Hand-Held Data Collection Terminal.			583
The ixla Digital Camera Interface Offers Users Unrivalled Power With Their Digital Cameras.			333
The Republic Of Ireland's Electricity Supply Board Selects MicroStation GeoOutlook; ESBI Computing to Supply Mark-up System to Irish Power Company.			856
The Sports Club Company to Acquire Property and Develop a Sports and Fitness Complex in Houston, Texas.			237
The Wiser Oil Company Announces Gas Exploration and Production Results in Canada and Revised Drilling Date in Peru.			643
Thomas & Betts Central Splice Modules Link OSP Fiber Cable to Riser Rated Cable; Fiber Optic Modules Provide Transition Point at Central Office, POP or Headend.			412
Today's Merchandising Offers QUALCOMM Phone Accessories.			379
Touch Tone Delays 10-Q Report Filing.			163
Tri-Star Computer Delivers Leading-Edge Intel Pentium II 400MHz And 350MHz Workstations.			575
Tufts Health Plan Adds North Adams Regional Hospital and Berkshire Health Systems to Its Network of Affiliated Hospitals.			441
Twin Disc Reports Third Fiscal Quarter Results.			634
U.S. Bank Call Center To Remain Open in Colorado; New Hires Planned Instead of Relocations.			355
UCAR International Responds To Dow Jones Report.			472
Unitrode and BENCHMARQ Report Further Progress on Proposed Merger.			607
US Computer Group Announces Letter of Intent.			96
Varian in Talks to Purchase European Manufacturer of Analytical Equipment.			302
Vencor Announces Record Date.			131
Veronex Defends Intellectual Property Rights and Obtains Temporary Restraining Order.			481
ViewSonic Corp. Opens Regional Service Center in Duluth.			316
Voyager Adds Planet Direct's Personal Web Service; Service Delivers Personalized "Best of the Web" Experience For Subscribers.			536
Vulcan Announces Record 1st Quarter Results.			2102
Wade Cook Optimistic About Company's Future.			303
Wakefield Engineering Offers Thermal Management Solution for Intel's New Celeron Microprocessors.			334
WIC and SHAW Agree to an Offer for all WIC Class B Shares.			727
WTT Announces First Quarter Sales And Earnings.			701
Year 2000 Wire/QAD And Coopers & Lybrand Alliance Brings Fast Implementation of ERP Software to Midmarket Manufacturers.			656