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3Com Offers First Digital Wireless Data Access for CDMA Mobile Users Based On Its Total Control Multiservice Access Platform.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- New "Quick Net Connect" Feature Bypasses the PSTN, Connects Directly to Internet 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) today announced the industry's first Interworking Function (IWF) platform for ...

NavTech At Forefront of Market Growth for Navigation Products.

Oct 13, 1998 ... ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12 1998--The next car you buy is likely to be equipped with a system that will do the navigating for you. Industry experts predict the market for in-vehicle navigation technology will explode over the next few years as sophisticated navigation systems ...

NavTech Expands Map Database Coverage of Europe and North America; Company to Add Significant New Countries.

Oct 13, 1998 ... ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Navigation Technologies (NavTech), the leading supplier of map databases used by in-vehicle navigation products, announced today that it plans major database coverage builds in both Europe and North America in 1999. NavTech issued upcoming ...

Outstanding Los Angeles Youth Volunteers Take Off on Trip of a Lifetime to Sydney.

Oct 13, 1998 ... LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--For the 25 Qantas Airways Youth Volunteers of 1998 being recognized by the airline for their exemplary volunteer efforts, going half-way around the world to Australia on the trip of a lifetime seems like a dream. But, that's exactly where they ...

UCLA Film and Television Archive Presents a Retrospective on Award-Winning Cinematographer Christopher Doyle, "The Days of Being Doyle," Nov. 14-24.

Oct 13, 1998 ... LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- In Association With the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies (LACPS) The UCLA Film and Television Archive will present the first American film and video retrospective on the work of award-winning ...

Judith Singer Named Vice President, Licensing, Warner Bros. Theatrical Legal.

Oct 13, 1998 ... BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Judith Singer has been promoted to Vice President, Licensing, Warner Bros. Theatrical Legal, it was announced today by James R. Miller, President, Warner Bros. Worldwide Theatrical Business Operations, and Sanford E. Reisenbach, Warner ...

FT/S&P-Actuaries World Indices Quarterly Changes.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--In the quarterly meeting held on 8 October 1998, the World Index Policy committee (WIPC) reviewed a number of Eurobloc countries, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the United States. These countries were reviewed in recognition of Ground Rule ...

Coyote Point Systems Offers Free Load Balancing at Apachecon '98.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Coyote Point Systems, Inc., maker of the most adaptive and configurable load balancer on the market, is pleased to offer companies a free start in load balancing. At Apachecon '98 Coyote Point will introduce the Freequalizer, a ...

ADVISORY/Commemorative Capitol Train Ride Planned.

Oct 13, 1998 ... OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--On Thursday, Oct. 15 a special Commemorative Capitol Train will make a ceremonial run from Colfax in Placer County, Calif., north of Sacramento, to San Jose. The purpose of the special train, which will be identified with large ...

State Re-opens Oyster Beds in Hood Canal and Totten and Skookum Inlets in South Puget Sound, Lifts Recommendation for Voluntary Restrictions.

Oct 13, 1998 ... OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--The state Department of Health announced today that oyster beds in Hood Canal and Totten and Skookum Inlets in south Puget Sound have been re-opened over the last several weeks, and the recommendation for voluntary restrictions in the rest of ...

Global Small Cap Fund -- Portfolio Statistics.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Global Small Cap Fund Inc. (AMEX:GSG) is a closed-end management investment company seeking long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small capitalization companies located throughout the world, including, but ...

Strategic Global Income Fund Distribution Declaration.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SGL), a closed-end, management investment company seeking current income and capital appreciation through investments in U.S. and foreign debt securities, today announced that the fund's board of directors ...

Access and Shikoku Electric Power Form an Alliance to Develop Embedded Client Software for Mobile Devices and Server Software for Home Electronics Control.

Oct 13, 1998 ... TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Access Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) and Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kagawa, Japan) agreed to develop a remote control system for consumer mobile information appliances with Shikoku's OpenPLANET, an integrated remote monitor and control system, and Access' ...

Global High Income Dollar Fund Inc. -- Distribution Declaration.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Global High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: GHI), a non diversified, closed-end management investment company seeking high current income and secondarily capital appreciation through investments primarily in securities of emerging market debt issuers, ...

ADVISORY/Alameda Corridor Sets Special Meeting to Consider Trench Contract and Other Key Issues.

Oct 13, 1998 ... LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- MEDIA ADVISORY: The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority has scheduled a special meeting Wednesday to consider approval of several key items, including its largest contract to date and a ...

Southern California Teams Continue to Fight Their Way to the Finish at the 1998 Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge.

Oct 13, 1998 ... LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--Oct. 12, 1998--The 1998 Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge, an unassisted 7- to 10-day expedition competition currently winding to a close in Morocco, North Africa, continues to play home to two California teams -- Team Epinephrine who, following six days of ...

VITAL and Olicom Inc. Announce Expanded Partnership.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NAUGATUCK, Conn. and DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Olicom, Inc. and VITAL Network Services announced today the expansion of their partnership. VITAL, as recommended service provider for Olicom, Inc., will assume responsibility for Professional Services, ExpertWatch(TM) Network ...

PG&E Helping Customers Prepare for Winter.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--It's time to turn on your old flame. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is helping customers prepare for the winter season by relighting pilot lights on their natural gas heating units and ensuring that the units are operating safely ...

KILL BW119, GARTNERGROUP/SYMPOSIUM and KILL BW1464, CQN-GARTNER-GRP/SYMPOSIUM.

Oct 13, 1998 ... KILL this story and the subsequent correction, BW1464 ...

Learn the Principals of Interior Design This Fall at UC Berkeley Extension.

Oct 13, 1998 ... BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--When you look around your living room what do you see? Do you see an elegantly composed collection of patterns and textures, or a mish-mash of random hand-me-down objects and garage sale treasures? If you want to ...

Matsushita/Panasonic Receives Two Technical Emmy Awards for DVCPRO and HDTV Processor For D-5 HD Digital Recording.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- Panasonic Awarded Its Tenth and Eleventh Emmys Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan announced that it has received two Technical/Engineering Achievement Emmy Awards from the National Academy of ...

YARC releases new RIPs for EPSON Desktop Inkjet Printers.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--YARC Systems Corp. (OTC BB:YARC) Monday announced two new, low-cost, Postscript RIP products for EPSON professional desktop printers. The new products were developed with technical assistance from the Epson Imaging Technology ...

Toshiba's New SRAM is Small, has Low Power Consumption, Employs Full CMOS Technology.

Oct 13, 1998 ... TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Toshiba Corporation today announced new static random access memories (SRAM) that combine significant chip shrinkage with a low standby current and a wide range of operating voltages. Fabricated with 0.35-micron millimeter, full ...

S&P Lowers GITIC Rating to CC; CreditWatch Developing.

Oct 13, 1998 ... HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor's CreditWire 10/12/98 --Standard & Poor's today lowered the ratings on Guangdong International Trust & Investment Corp.'s (GITIC) US$150 million 6.75% bonds due 2003 and its US$200 million 8.75% bonds due 2016 to double-'C' from triple-'B'-minus ....

Olicom Appoints Niels Christian Furu to Chief Executive Officer and President.

Oct 13, 1998 ... COPENHAGEN, Denmark and DALLAS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--- Olicom Founder, Former Chief Executive Officer and President, Lars Stig Nielsen, Announces Retirement; Company Announces Additional Management Promotions Olicom (Nasdaq:OLCMF), a ...

REPEAT/Investment Site BullTrade.com Expands Real-World Business to the Santa Clara Area.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--BullTrade Corp., parent of the popular financial/entertainment site BullTrade.com (http://www.bulltrade.com), is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley. BullTrade Corp., whose headquarters were located in Mountain View, ...

Prosoft Revenue Increases 153% for Fiscal Year 1998; New Company Strategy Promises More Growth for 1999.

Oct 13, 1998 ... AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--Prosoft (Nasdaq:POSO) announced today that its revenue grew 153% for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1998, as it released its fourth-quarter and fiscal year end financial results. Revenues for the three months ended July 31, 1998, ...

Microsoft and Dassault Systemes co-operate to deliver CATIA Version 5, CAD/CAM/CAE Solutions on Windows NT.

Oct 13, 1998 ... REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Microsoft and Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY) announced today that they are working together to develop and support the CATIA Version 5 product line for the Microsoft Windows NT platform. As a result, organizations in the manufacturing ...

Advanced Materials Group Plans to Appeal Judgment Against Condor Utility Products Subsidiary.

Oct 13, 1998 ... RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- Advanced Materials Group Inc. (Nasdaq:ADMG) Monday announced that it plans to appeal a $382,500 judgment rendered against the company's Condor Utility Products subsidiary in a breach of requirements contract lawsuit, previously ...

Businesses Radically Rethinking How They View Customers, According to Andersen Consulting/Economist Intelligence Unit Study.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- More Businesses to Organize Around Customer Segments, Rather Than Product Lines or Geographical Regions The next five years will see the world's major corporations increasingly organized around the types of ...

Horizon Air Cuts Lowest Fares to Several Northwest Cities.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Horizon Air announced today that it has reduced its lowest everyday fares from Seattle and Portland to many of its destinations in the Northwest by up to 26 percent. "These reductions are meant to be a permanent part of Horizon's fare ...

HBOC Announces Record Third Quarter 1998 Earnings and Revenue.

Oct 13, 1998 ... ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 13, 1998--HBO & Company (Nasdaq:HBOC) today announced record third quarter and year-to-date earnings per share of $0.19 and $0.51, increases of 58 percent and 55 percent over third quarter and year-to-date 1997 earnings per share of $0.12 and $0.33 ...

bebe stores, inc. Announces Plans for Footwear Collection.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Contemporary fashion retailer announces licensing agreement with Titan Industries to manufacture and distribute bebe footwear bebe stores, inc. (Nasdaq:BEBE), the women's fashion retailer known for its ...

Glyphica Launches Portalware Content Management Solution for Managing and Delivering Content Via the Internet.

Oct 13, 1998 ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Portalware Moves Olympics Archives and Peter F. Drucker Collections to the Web Glyphica today announced its Portalware(tm) content management product suite for managing and delivering content over the ...

Nokia will publish third quarter results on October 23 at appr. 11.00 a.m.

Oct 13, 1998 ... HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Nokia will release its third quarter and January-September 1998 results on Friday, October 23, 1998 at approximately 11.00 a.m. Helsinki time. The financial results press release will also be available at http://www.nokia.com, ...

Andersen Consulting Receives Prestigious SAP Award of Excellence; SAP Recognizes Andersen Consulting For Fifth Consecutive Year.

Oct 13, 1998 ... ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Andersen Consulting, the world's leading management and technology consulting firm, today announced that, for the fifth consecutive year, it has received the prestigious SAP Award of Excellence. The award uses SAP's 1998 Customer ...

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. Reports Record First Quarter Sales and Earnings Per Share Increase of 18.8%.

Oct 13, 1998 ... DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE:ETH) today reported record first quarter sales and earnings. Sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1998, totaled $166.2 million or 9.0% greater than the corresponding quarter in the prior year. The ...

Complete Business Solutions Inc. -- CBSI -- And BBK LTD. Enter Into Partner Agreement To Assess GM Suppliers For Year 2000 Readiness.

Oct 13, 1998 ... FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Complete Business Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSI) and BBK Ltd., a nationally recognized management and financial consulting firm headquartered in Southfield, Mich. have entered into a partnership to work together to assess the Year ...

IBM Extends ThinkPad Brand With Its First Notebook PCs for Consumers.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--IBM today extended the ThinkPad brand of notebook PCs with the ThinkPad i Series, its first mobile computer line designed and priced exclusively for consumers. Starting at just $1,499, the affordable new ThinkPad i Series offer the signature ...

WinStar Reports Strong Line Orders and Installations for 1998 Third Quarter.

Oct 13, 1998 ... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Quarterly Line Orders Increased to 80,000; Installations Hit 60,000 WinStar Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:WCII) reported today that continued demand for its Wireless Fiber(SM) broadband telecommunications services led to ...

BEA Enters Worldwide Master Services Agreement With Oracle.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Agreement Enables Oracle to Offer BEA's Enterprise Middleware Professional Services to Customers Alongside Oracle Offerings BEA Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAS), a market leader in distributed mission-critical ...

BEA Launches Enterprise Developer Program.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 13, 1998-- Charter Members Include Ardent, Bluestone, BMC, Braintree, Candle, Compuware, Concorde, Dynasty, HAHT, Logicwerks, MORE, Neon, Neptune, Optimal Networks, Resolute, Rogue Wave, Segue, and Symantec BEA Systems, Inc., ...

REMINDER/ Scudder Kemper Investments to Host Panel Discussion in New York: Risk Management As We Approach The New Millennium.

Oct 13, 1998 ... --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WHO: Maureen F. Allyn, Chief Economist Helen Frame Peters, Head of Global Bond Group Cornelia M. Small, Head of Global Equity Investments Ben Thorndike, Lead Portfolio Manager for Scudder Pathway Series ...

COMARCO Announces Recent Stock Repurchase.

Oct 13, 1998 ... YORBA LINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 13, 1998--COMARCO, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRO) announced today that it has, in the past week, repurchased 140,000 shares of COMARCO stock in the open market. This brings the total amount of stock repurchased this quarter to 245,000 shares, and the ...

Grolier Interactive Launches 1999 Reference Suite CD-ROM Featuring Award-Winning Encyclopedia, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The Hammond Atlas of the World and Wall Street Journal Almanac.

Oct 13, 1998 ... DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Grolier Interactive has announced the availability of a new family reference suite featuring the 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (R) Deluxe Edition, the Hammond Atlas of the World CD-ROM, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Expanded ...

The Descartes Systems Group Unveils Revolutionary Web-based Delivery Management System to Monitor the Flow of Products Throughout the Entire High-Tech Supply Chain.

Oct 13, 1998 ... WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Energy DeliveryNet.com(tm) Provides End-to-End Visibility of Inventory Throughout the Entire High-Tech Supply Chain Via Zero Latency Architecture In a move designed to improve customer delivery ...

Cyrano Delivers "Tivoli-Ready" Cyrano Workbench for Enterprise Applications Management.

Oct 13, 1998 ... PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Integration with Tivoli Global Enterprise Manager Improves SQL Transaction Performance and Efficiency Tivoli Systems Inc. and Cyrano announced today at Planet Tivoli Paris the integration of Cyrano Workbench, an ...

Therma-Wave Inc. and JENOPTIK AG Settle Legal Differences.

Oct 13, 1998 ... FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Therma-Wave Inc. and JENOPTIK AG, of Jena, Germany, have agreed to settle all their legal differences relating to their outstanding lawsuits in the United States and Germany. Patent issues concerning JENOPTIK's TWIN line of ...

MDI Announces the Engagement of an Investment Banking Firm.

Oct 13, 1998 ... HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--MDI Entertainment (OTC BB:MDIH) today announced that it has retained the services of Venture Partners Capital LLC a Boston, MA-based investment bank. Venture Partners provides a wide range of financial services to both private and publicly ...

Embarcadero Delivers "Tivoli-Ready" DBArtisan for Enterprise Database Management.

Oct 13, 1998 ... PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Extends Applications Management for Customers Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. and Tivoli Systems Inc. demonstrated a major enhancement to enterprise management today at Planet Tivoli ...

Imutec Pharma Announces Allowance Of U.S Patent.

Oct 13, 1998 ... TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Imutec Pharma Inc.(NASDAQ:IMUTF) (TSE:IMT.) (ME:IMT.) -- claims cover hundreds of NuChem's anti-proliferative triaryl compounds -- Imutec Pharma Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, NuChem Pharmaceuticals ...

Lawson Announces International Human Resource Software.

Oct 13, 1998 ... LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Pilots With The ADI Group, Continues Lawson's Rapid Global Expansion Lawson Software, the Global Solutions Company, announced today the introduction of the LAWSON INSIGHT(R) Human Resource process suite for the ...

The Cobalt Group teams with Yahoo! To Connect Users With New Car Inventory.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--The Cobalt Group(tm) Inc., the largest supplier of Internet marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), a leading global Internet media company, to distribute new car inventory ...

Skyline Displays Inc. To Implement Lilly Software Associates ERP and APS Systems.

Oct 13, 1998 ... HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- Common Sense Throughput to be Used as All Inclusive Business Management Solution Lilly Software Associates, Inc., providers of fully integrated Supply Chain Management software, announced today that Skyline ...

Broadbase Selected by Baan Company as Data Mart Framework for Decision Support Solution Subsystem.

Oct 13, 1998 ... MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Broadbase Information Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions, today announced that Baan Company N.V. (Nasdaq:BAANF; ASE:BAAN) has selected the Broadbase turnkey data mart platform as a ...

Ticketmaster Online Hits a Home Run With Baseball Tickets on the Internet; Padres World Series Tickets to Go on Sale Online Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 P.M. Pacific.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SAN DIEGO--(BW SportsWire)--Oct. 12, 1998--Ticketmaster Online (Nasdaq NM:TKTM) has reported that more than 25 percent of all tickets sold to the Divisional Playoffs and the National League Championship Series at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, were sold via the Internet at ...

Olicom Reports Revenue and Earnings for Third Quarter 1998.

Oct 13, 1998 ... COPENHAGEN, Denmark and DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Olicom A/S (Nasdaq:OLCMF), a leading global supplier of high-performance networking solutions, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 1998. The Company announced preliminary third quarter ...

Dassault Systemes works in close collaboration with key hardware vendors to make CATIA Version 5 available on Windows NT and UNIX platforms.

Oct 13, 1998 ... PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY) today announced that it works in close development collaboration with IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, Sun and Intergraph to make CATIA Version 5 available on these strategic Intel-and Alpha-based ...

Meritage Corp. Reports Strong New Orders and Record Backlog and Closings in Third Quarter 1998.

Oct 13, 1998 ... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and DALLAS --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- -- 309 New Orders Up 18% From 97 Third Quarter -- 835 Units in Backlog Up 55% From 97 Third Quarter -- 346 Homes Closed, Up 60% From 97 Third Quarter Meritage Corp. (formerly ...

Reel.com Announces the Internet's Top Ten VHS and DVD Best-Sellers; Unique Look At What The Online Movie Lover Is Shopping For.

Oct 13, 1998 ... EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Reel.com, Inc., (http://www.reel.com), the leading online movie store, today released its list of the best-selling DVD and VHS movies for the week of October 4 to October 10. This list of top sellers reflects the unique movie ...

Laser Vision Centers, Inc. Announces Same U.S. Laser Revenue For September Up 49%; September Best Month Ever For U.S. Case Volume.

Oct 13, 1998 ... ST. LOUIS, Mo.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 13, 1998--LASER VISION CENTERS, INC., (Nasdaq:LVCI) announced today that same U.S. laser revenue for the month of September increased 49% compared to the same month a year ago. Same U.S. laser revenue compares the revenue generated on 23 ...

TCP Reliable Announces Sales Gains for the Second and Third Quarter 1998.

Oct 13, 1998 ... EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--TCP/Reliable, Inc. (OTCBB: TCPN) recorded $ 2,008,000 in revenues for the third quarter 1998 vs. 1,003,000 for the same period last year. This record follows 2nd quarter sales of $1,514,000 vs. $1,330,000 for the same period 1997. Management ...

First Bank of Beverly Hills, FSB, Acquires Los Angeles-Based Commercial Mortgage Originator.

Oct 13, 1998 ... PORTLAND, Ore. and BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- October 13, 1998--First Bank of Beverly Hills, FSB, a subsidiary of Wilshire Financial Services Group Inc. (Nasdaq:WFSG), today announced that it has acquired George Elkins Mortgage Banking Company. Headquartered in Los Angeles, ...

Chancellor Media Broadens Senior Management.

Oct 13, 1998 ... DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998-- - Thomas P. McMillin Named Senior Vice President Focusing on Integration - - Richard A.B. Gleiner Named General Counsel - Chancellor Media Corporation (Nasdaq: AMFM) today announced that it has broadened ...

Cherokee Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Bob's Stores for Sideout Brand; Agreement Represents Seventh New License Agreement in Last Six Months.

Oct 13, 1998 ... VAN NUYS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Cherokee Inc. (Nasdaq:CHKE), one of the leading licensors of brand names and trademarks for apparel, footwear and accessories in the United States, Tuesday announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with ...