PR Newswire back issues from Monday, May 22:
ASQC QUALITY PRESS TO MARKET AND DISTRIBUTE MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM SERIES FOR ISO 9000 REGISTRATION
May 22, 1995 ... MILWAUKEE, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) will distribute a multimedia training series for achieving and sustaining ISO 9000 registration.The agreement was signed between ASQC's Quality Press and Reality Interactive, Inc., a Minneapolis-based ...
GANDER MOUNTAIN, INC. ANNOUNCES OPENING OF TWO NEW STORES IN MICHIGAN
May 22, 1995 ... WILMOT, Wis., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Gander Mountain, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNDR), a leading marketer of outdoor sporting goods, today announced its two newest retail stores have opened in Grand Rapids and Saginaw, Michigan. With the opening of these stores, Gander Mountain has 14 retail stores in ...
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: MIKKOLA, PALM AND FORD WIN 1995 LONDON-MEXICO RALLY
May 22, 1995 ... ACAPULCO, Mexico, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid scenes of great jubilation, Hannu Mikkola and co-driver, Gunnar Palm, yesterday drove their Ford Escort onto the winners' ramp in Acapulco to claim victory in the 1995 London-to-Mexico Rally. The result duplicates their famous win in the ...
SIT! STAY! 'DOGGONE COUNTRY' BENEFITS MAN'S BEST FRIEND
May 22, 1995 ... LOS ANGELES, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- With a good cause to bark about, CMH Records' K9 pet project, "DOGGONE COUNTRY ... All-Time Favorite Country Songs About Dogs," is on radio and at stores nationwide.The album benefits Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, the largest ...
HLC.INTERNET INC. LEADS CONSORTIUM TO CREATE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE WORLD WIDE WEB YELLOW PAGES DIRECTORY
May 22, 1995 ...Commercial Internet Exchange Endorses and 14 Members, Including UUNetand CompuServe, Join Effort That Appears Online in Late MayIRVINE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cybersurfers can dive off their boards and let their fingers do the walking, thanks to the Internet's ...
DOVE AUDIO, DISMISSED SIMPSON JUROR KNOX CHALLENGE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTE BLOCKING PUBLICATION OF KNOX'S BOOK REGARDING SIMPSON TRIAL
May 22, 1995 ... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Dove Audio:Monday, May 22 at 10 a.m. in the courtroom of Judge Manuel Real, Courtroom 8 of the Federal Courthouse at 312 North Spring Street in Los Angeles, Pierce O'Donnell and Arthur Barens -- the ...
JONES FUTUREX INC. CREATES NEW ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM FOR INTERNATIONAL EXPORT
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre>SentryLine's JFX E2 Gets U.S. Government Approval </Pre> ROCKLIN, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Jones Futurex Inc. has created a new stream cipher encryption algorithm called JFX E2. With recent U.S. government approval, the technology is now available for ...
STATION CASINOS ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF TEXAS GAMBLING HALL & HOTEL, $250 MILLION BANK COMMITMENT; FILES FOR 4 MILLION SHARE EQUITY OFFERING
May 22, 1995 ... LAS VEGAS, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Station Casinos Inc. (Nasdaq: STCI) announced today that the Company is acquiring the Texas Gambling Hall & Hotel (Texas) located on the heavily traveled intersection at Rancho Drive and Lake Mead Boulevard in the rapidly growing "golden triangle" area of ...
GLENDALE FEDERAL BANK ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE DEPOSITS OF UNION FEDERAL BANK
May 22, 1995 ... GLENDALE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Glendale Federal Bank (NYSE: GLN) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase 13 of the 14 branch offices of Union Federal Bank, together with approximately $820 million of deposits, as part of a series of transactions in which ...
UNION FEDERAL BANK AGREES TO SALE OF RETAIL BANKING NETWORK TO GLENDALE FEDERAL BANK AND ANNOUNCES PENDING SALES OF CLASSIFIED ASSETS
May 22, 1995 ... BREA, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionFed Financial Corporation, (NYSE: UFF) (the "Company"), parent of Union Federal Bank, a federal savings bank ("Union Federal") today announced that Union Federal has entered into a definitive agreement with Glendale Federal Bank, Federal Savings Bank ...
CINEMAX PAIRS WITH SEARS FOR ITS SUMMER OF 1,000 MOVIES CONSUMER CAMPAIGN
May 22, 1995 ... America's Most Popular All-Movie Service and America's #1 Superstore <Pre> Team Up for Second Year With Major Consumer Value Offer </Pre> NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cinemax and Sears today announced that they will once again team up for Cinemax's "Summer of 1,000 ...
SEACOR SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT
May 22, 1995 ... HOUSTON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKOR) announced today that it had signed a letter of intent to acquire substantially all of the assets of John E. Graham & Sons and affiliated companies for $74,275,000 in cash, subject to adjustment. The transaction is ...
CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. OBTAINS $80 MILLION COMMITMENT
May 22, 1995 ... NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular Communications International, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: CCIL) announced today that it has obtained a commitment from DLJ Bridge Finance, Inc. to purchase up to $80 million in the aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes to be used primarily for ...
AMERICA ONLINE INC. ANNOUNCES ALLIANCES WITH LEADING CD-ROM PUBLISHERS TO PROVIDE ONE-BUTTON ACCESS INTO ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE CONTENT ONLINE
May 22, 1995 ... VIENNA, Va., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- America Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMER) announced that it has formed a series of new alliances with leading CD-ROM publishers in the entertainment, publishing, game and educational markets as part of its continuing strategy to synthesize CD- ROM technology ...
AMERICA ONLINE ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF MULTIMEDIA, INTERNET PUBLISHING AND PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES; ACQUIRES MEDIOR AND WAIS
May 22, 1995 ... VIENNA, Va., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- America Online, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMER) announced today that it has agreed to acquire two innovative multimedia and Internet publishing and production companies, Medior, Inc. and WAIS, Inc. The move is expected to significantly advance AOL's strategic ...
BOLD NEW GLOBAL ON-LINE VENTURE FROM ITALY OFFERS A WORLD OF SERVICES IN THE LANGUAGE AND SPIRIT OF EACH CONTINENT
May 22, 1995 ...Italian Media Visionary Nicola Grauso's Video On Line Featured in MayBusiness Week Story Offers Worldwide Door for Local On-line Services <Pre>Translated into Each Nation's Language and Culture </Pre> NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A dramatic multi-media ...
IN FOCUS SYSTEMS(R) AND ADOBE SYSTEMS(TM) TEAM TO PROVIDE EASY-TO-USE MULTIMEDIA PROJECTION PRODUCTS
May 22, 1995 ... WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In Focus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: INFS) and Adobe Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced a strategic technology and marketing relationship that would bring to market multimedia products enabling presenters to easily create, access and share ...
GHOSTS HAUNT CASPER FOR SPIRITED SCREENING; PEPSI PREMIERE DRAWS THOUSANDS OF CASPER-CLAD KIDS TO WYOMING
May 22, 1995 ... CASPER, Wyo., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Can you imagine the "spectercle" of thousands of ghosts drifting into Casper, Wyoming? This Thursday, May 25, this classic Western community will become a real life ghost town when thousands of children from all over the state gather dressed as ghosts ...
RECEPTAGEN SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH COMPASS CAPITAL FOR LONG-TERM FINANCIAL CONSULTING SERVICES
May 22, 1995 ... EDMONDS, Wash., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Receptagen Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: RCEPF; Toronto: RCG), a biopharmaceutical company, said today it has retained Compass Capital, Inc. to serve as a consultant on long-term financing options.Compass Capital will work with Receptagen to ...
PSINET PROVIDES INSTANT INTERRAMP ACCESS FOR WINDOWS NT 3.5
May 22, 1995 ...Windows NT Users Can Now Connect to the Internet in Less Than 5 MinutesHERNDON, Va., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Performance Systems International, Inc. (PSINet(R)) (Nasdaq: PSIX), today announced the release of a free Instant Internet Windows NT(TM) 3.5 enabler, allowing NT users to ...
MONIKER EXECUTIVE TO APPEAR ON SIGCAT PANEL
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> Quarnstrom and other CD-R executives to discuss 'Pre-mastering Software and CD-Recordable Systems' </Pre> RESTON, Va., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Director of sales for Moniker, Inc., Dean Quarnstrom, will appear on a CD-Recordable Systems panel at this week's SIGCAT ...
NOVELL'S UNIXWARE 2 SETS NEW WORLD RECORD FOR DATABASE PRICE-PERFORMANCE IN TPC-C BENCHMARK TEST
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre>UnixWare 2 To Ship on Compaq's SmartStart </Pre> SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) today announced that the UnixWare 2 Application Server has set a new world record for database server price-performance in the industry-standard ...
NATIONSBANK ASSOCIATE OLYMPIANS QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS
May 22, 1995 ... ATLANTA, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Dannette Stone, with the help of her coach Curtis Stone, qualified for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials where she will compete in early 1996. The top performers in the Trials will go on to compete in the 1996 Olympic Games.Dannette is no ...
GOLF TRAINING SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL BE A PARTICIPATING SPONSOR OF THE GOLF DIGEST 'TOUR DE GOLF'
May 22, 1995 ... ATLANTA, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Golf Training Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTSX) is pleased to announce that it will be a participating sponsor of the Golf Digest "Tour de Golf."The "Tour de Golf" is a traveling 20 city interactive mall tour golf exhibit which will be visiting major ...
AIR SOUTH EXTENDS $20 SEGMENT FARES, $55/55 SENIOR FARES; ADDS FREQUENT FLYER BONUSES FOR TRAVELERS, SHIPPERS
May 22, 1995 ... COLUMBIA, S.C., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AIR SOUTH'S popular $20 segment fares and $55/55 "Young Seniors" fares will be extended through the Summer, Tom Volz, Vice President-Marketing, announced today. Frequent Flyer bonuses are also being added through the Summer."The impact of ...
THE MORGAN GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF TRANSFER DRIVERS, INC.
May 22, 1995 ... ELKHART, Ind., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Morgan Group, Inc. (AMEX: MG) announced today that it had acquired the assets of Transfer Drivers, Inc. ("TDI") of Osceola, Indiana. Morgan is privileged to confirm consulting agreements with TDI founders and principals, Charles and Judy Baker. ...
/C O R R E C T I O N -- MCI/(Correction Notice)
May 22, 1995 ... In DC007, MCI to Acquire Nationwide Cellular Service as Part of Plan to Provide Nationwide Wireless Communications Services, moved earlier today, the second graph, fourth line, should read "0.38 CTS shares," rather than "$0.38," as incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. ...
MAERSK LINE AND SEA-LAND ANNOUNCE GLOBAL ALLIANCE
May 22, 1995 ... COPENHAGEN, Denmark, AND LIBERTY CORNER, N.J., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Maersk Line and Sea-Land Service Inc. have entered into an initial agreement to create a global operating network that will provide customers with unmatched comprehensive service to most major port ranges in the world. ...
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PARTIALLY RESTORED ON FIRST ORBCOMM SATELLITE
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> Progress Follows Fix of Second Satellite Last Week </Pre> DULLES, Va., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (Nasdaq: ORBI) today announced that it has restored the ability to receive transmissions from subscriber communicators on its ORBCOMM Flight Model 1 ...
BRIGHTON INFORMATION SYSTEMS CORP. ANNOUNCES INTERNET SITE PROVIDING CURRENT INFORMATION TO INVESTORS
May 22, 1995 ... NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Brighton Information Systems Corp. (OTC: BISC) today announced that it has established an Internet site to provide regularly updated information on corporate developments, filings, and strategy. Brighton's due diligence and corporate profile can now be ...
VIRUS ALERT: S&S HELPS SOFTWARE AGENT WEED OUT NEW X-RATED COMPUTER VIRUS THAT SLIPPED ONTO BBSs
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> Research Team for `Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit' Responds in 24 Hours to Encounter with `Big Caibua' </Pre> BURLINGTON, Mass., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The industry-leading anti-virus research team at S&S Software International Inc. -- maker of "DR. SOLOMON'S ...
BW IP INC., ACQUIRES PUMP AND VALVE MAKER WILSON-SNYDER FROM NATIONAL-OILWELL
May 22, 1995 ... LONG BEACH, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- BW/IP Inc., (Nasdaq-NNM: BWIP), parent company of BW/IP International Inc., today announced that it has acquired the Wilson-Snyder centrifugal pump and coker switch valve businesses from National-Oilwell of Houston.The annual sales of ...
PETsMART INC. REPORTS FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS
May 22, 1995 ... PHOENIX, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- PETsMART Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: PETM), today announced financial results for its first quarter ended April 30, 1995.Net sales for the first quarter ended April 30, 1995 were $178.1 million, an increase of 38.3% over the $128.8 million reported for the ...
AG-CHEM EQUIPMENT CO., INC. ANNOUNCES A 4-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT
May 22, 1995 ... MINNETONKA, Minn., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Ag-Chem Equipment Co., Inc. ("Ag-Chem") (Nasdaq-NNM: AGCH) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 4-for-1 stock split to be effected as a stock dividend. Three additional shares of Common Stock will be distributed on June 30, ...
SHARP RESEARCH LABORATORIES ESTABLISHED IN THE U.S.
May 22, 1995 ... OSAKA, Japan, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Corporation announced today the formation of Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (SLA) in Camas, Washington to focus on multimedia research. As a subsidiary of Sharp Electronics Corporation, Mahwah, N.J., this new research and development facility ...
CHERNIN'S AND FRONTENAC PARTNER FOR GROWTH
May 22, 1995 ... CHICAGO, IL., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Chernin's, Chicagoland's favorite shoe store, has received an investment of growth capital from Frontenac, one of the region's leading venture capital firms."This added capital will let us expand beyond the Chicago metropolitan area into ...
STATEMENT BY PHILIP A. HUTCHINSON, JR., PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> TRADE WAR'S FIRST CASUALTIES: </Pre> AMERICAN TAXPAYERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, WORKERS AND CONSUMERSWASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement by Philip A. Hutchinson, Jr. president of the Association of International Automobile ...
DADE INTERNATIONAL NAMES KINZIE L. WEIMER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
May 22, 1995 ... DEERFIELD, Ill., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Dade International today announced the appointment of Kinzie L. Weimer as Dade's senior vice president and chief financial officer.Weimer, 44, has had an extensive career in financial management, systems and technology, including 19 years ...
DISNEY'S TIMELESS MASTERPIECE 'CINDERELLA' JOINS THE CELEBRATED MASTERPIECE COLLECTION ON OCTOBER 4
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> Dreams Really Do Come True ... For A Limited Time Only </Pre> BURBANK, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The dream of millions of enthusiastic consumers across the nation comes true as one of Walt Disney's most requested animated masterpieces, "Cinderella," finally becomes ...
COOPERSURGICAL DISCONTINUES FUNDING OF INNERDYNE'S THERMAL ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNOLOGY
May 22, 1995 ... SHELTON, Conn., May 22 /PRNewswire/ CooperSurgical, Inc., a subsidiary of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE: COO), announced today that it has elected to terminate its agreement with InnerDyne Inc. The agreement, entered into in August 1994, provided for CooperSurgical to fund, on a monthly ...
USA HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF UPCOMING ACQUISITION OF 95,000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT HEALTH AND TENNIS CLUB
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> To Close on or Before June 1 </Pre> MESA, Ariz., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Health Technologies, Inc. announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with the seller of the 95,000-plus square foot health an tennis facility that the closing of this deal ...
ROGUE WAVE ADDS DBTOOLS.H++ SUPPORT FOR INGRES AND INFORMIX DATABASES
May 22, 1995 ... CORVALLIS, Ore., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Rogue Wave Software announced today that its C++ database library, DBtools.h++ Version 1.1, will support native connectivity to Ingres and Informix databases, in addition to its current support for Oracle7, ODBC, and Sybase and Microsoft SQL Servers. ...
FLOW ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF A JOINT VENTURE WITH OKURA & COMPANY, LTD.
May 22, 1995 ... KENT, Wash., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Flow International Corporation (Nasdaq: FLOW) today announced the formation of a joint venture with Okura & Co., Ltd., its exclusive Japanese distributor.The joint venture, which will be 51% owned by FLOW and 49% owned by Okura, will be focused ...
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CORPORATION: SCAN RATED NO. 1 CHECK LOSS PREVENTION SERVICE
May 22, 1995 ... BOTHELL, Wash., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SCAN (Shared Check Authorization Network) was rated the nation's No. 1 check verification service in terms of dollar volume, according to a 1994 leading check services study recently released by The Nilson Report, an industry publication. SCAN, which ...
MERRIAM-WEBSTER GOES ELECTRONIC
May 22, 1995 ... Merriam-Webster Announces That It Is Now Shipping Its New CD-ROMDictionary and Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, <Pre> Deluxe Electronic Edition on CD-ROM </Pre> SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- How do you unlock the ...
INNERDYNE, INC. ANNOUNCES PREMATURE CLOSURE OF COOPERSURGICAL, INC. AGREEMENT RELATED TO ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION SYSTEM
May 22, 1995 ... SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- InnerDyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDYN) announced today that it had received notice from CooperSurgical, Inc. advising the Company of its desire to discontinue funding and forfeit its future commercialization option related to InnerDyne's proprietary ...
/C O R R E C T I O N -- HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION/(Correction Notice)
May 22, 1995 ... In AT003, HealthSouth Corporation Wholly-Owned Sub Makes Tender Offer, we are advised by the company that the cash price in the first paragraph should read "$1,150 per $1,000 principal amount," rather than "$1.150," as originally issued. Also the name in the ...
NEW ROYAL PROFIT CENTER HAS GLOBAL CAPABILITIES
May 22, 1995 ... NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Insurance announces the formation of a new operating unit, Royal Global Management, Inc. (RGMI), that will manage Royal Global's underwriting efforts in the United States. Royal Global is a subsidiary of Royal Insurance plc in London, and handles the ...
FIRST SAVINGS BANK OF MOORE COUNTY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO FORM BANK HOLDING COMPANY AND INITIATE DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
May 22, 1995 ... SOUTHERN PINES, N.C., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- At its regular monthly meeting on May 11, 1995, First Savings' (Nasdaq-NNM: SOPN) Board of Directors approved plans to form a bank holding company. If approved by the regulatory authorities and the shareholders, the holding company's business ...
COMEDY CENTRAL AND COMPUSERVE CREATE THE FIRST INTERACTIVE COMEDY CLUB - THE CYBERPLACE FOR COMEDY ONLINE
May 22, 1995 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Get your comedy fix online, in cyberspace! CompuServe Incorporated will launch COMEDY CENTRAL in a new electronic online area and forum early this summer, offering members a chance to create their own cheap-but-not-tawdry laughs along with access to ...
JAMES RIVER ANNOUNCES SALE OF 50% OF COGENERATION FACILITY AT NAHEOLA MILL
May 22, 1995 ... RICHMOND, Va., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- James River Corporation (NYSE: JR) announced today it has completed the sale of 50% of the chemical recovery and cogeneration facility at its Naheola pulp and paper mill in Pennington, Alabama, to UtilCo Group Inc. ("UtilCo") for $59 million in cash. ...
PHH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES ANOTHER YEAR OF RECORD RESULTS; FULL YEAR NET INCOME UP 11%, EARNINGS PER SHARE UP 14%
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre>14 Consecutive Quarters of Rising Earnings </Pre> HUNT VALLEY, Md., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- PHH Corporation (NYSE: PHH) today reported record net income and earnings per share for the year ended April 30, 1995. Net income increased 11 percent to $71.7 million ...
LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD MICHAEL ILITCH RECEIVES SILVER PLATE AWARD
May 22, 1995 ... <Pre> International Foodservice Manufacturers Association Honors Nine Industry Leaders </Pre> DETROIT, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Ilitch, Little Caesars(R) co-founder and chairman of the board, will be honored tonight with one of the most prestigious ...
AIRTRAN AIRWAYS INCREASES SERVICE BETWEEN NASHVILLE, TN AND ORLANDO, FL
May 22, 1995 ... ORLANDO, Fla., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AirTran Airways, Inc. today announced it is increasing non-stop service between Nashville and Orlando effective July 1, 1995. The airline will add one additional flight between Nashville and Orlando increasing daily service to two round-trip flights. ...
ALAMO JOINS WITH BUSCH ENTERTAINMENT TO PROVIDE RENTERS WITH SPECIAL RATES: DISCOUNTED PASSES AT NINE THEME PARKS NATIONWIDE
May 22, 1995 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Alamo North America and Busch Entertainment have joined forces in a nationwide Theme Park promotion that provides Alamo renters with an "Extreme Adventures Pass," for unlimited entry into an Anheuser-Busch Theme Park with a three-day car rental. ...
SIMS COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES RECORD DATE FOR A TWO FOR ONE STOCK SPLIT
May 22, 1995 ... DELRAY BEACH, Fla., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SIMS Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIMS) today announced that its planned two for one stock split will be effective June 9, 1995. On that day each outstanding share of the Company's Common Stock will automatically be converted into two shares of ...
LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH RECEIVES TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION
May 22, 1995 ... BOSTON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Mutual Group today announced that the Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health is the recipient of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's 1995 Edward J. Baier Technical Achievement Award for its significant contributions to ergonomics ...
EG&G WINS ORDER FOR X-RAY EXPLOSIVES-DETECTION SYSTEMS
May 22, 1995 ... WELLESLEY, Mass., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- EG&G, Inc. (NYSE: EGG) announced that EG&G Astrophysics Research Corporation has received an order from the Manchester (UK) Airport for 10 Z-SCAN(TM) x-ray explosives-detection systems. The order, valued at more than $3 million, calls for the ...
LIANT JOINS ACCESS GRAPHICS TEAMigration PROGRAM
May 22, 1995 ... Open PL/I Eases Migration of DEC VAX/VMS Users to SunFRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Liant Software Corporation, a leading provider of tools for transitioning legacy applications to client/server computing, today announced that it has joined the Access TEAMigration ...
SONY AND TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ANNOUNCE JOINT EVALUATION OF HD PROJECTION SYSTEM
May 22, 1995 ... PARK RIDGE, N.J., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) and Texas Instruments (TI)(NYSE: TXN) will announce their joint evaluation of a high definition (HD) projection system utilizing three Digital Micromirror Devices (DMDs) at the Society for Informational Display's ...
ACTV, INC. GRANTS EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR NEW INTERACTIVE CHILDREN'S THEATERS
May 22, 1995 ... Company To Receive Minimum Royalty Of $200,000 - $1.5 Million Over <Pre> The First Five Years </Pre> NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ACTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: IATV) has granted an exclusive license to Greenwich Entertainment Group for "The Amazing Space," ...
SPINTAB LONG-TERM COMPANY RATING 'AA-' BY FITCH -- FITCH FINANCIAL WIRE --
May 22, 1995 ... NEW YORk, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Spintab is assigned a long-term company rating of "AA-" by Fitch. The rating is based on the company's dominant position in Sweden's residential mortgage market, stable funding, and strong capital. The U.S. $1.5 billion "F-1+" commercial paper program ...
NEW WORLD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP & HACHETTE FILIPACCHI MAGAZINES FORM JOINT VENTURE; PREMIERE PUBLISHING CO. LLC TO ACQUIRE PREMIERE MAGAZINE
May 22, 1995 ... NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- New World Communications Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: NWCG) and Hachette Filipacchi Magazines have formed a joint venture, PREMIERE Publishing Co. LLC, which has agreed to acquire PREMIERE magazine from K-III Communications Corporation. The sale closes in ...
PHOTRONICS AND MRS TECHNOLOGY FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
May 22, 1995 ... BROOKFIELD, Conn., May 22 /PRNewswire/ --Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: PLAB), the nation's leading photomask supplier, and MRS Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: MRSI), a leading supplier of advanced systems used for producing flat panel displays (FPD), today announced that they have formalized a ...
FOR SECOND TIME IN EIGHT MONTHS OXFORD HEALTH PLANS IS RANKED NO. 1 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY
May 22, 1995 ... NORWALK, Conn., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- An independent study conducted by Sachs/Scarborough HealthPlus, has rated Oxford Health Plans #1 in overall customer satisfaction in the New York metropolitan area. Sachs/Scarborough is a leading healthcare research company based in Evanston, Ill. The ...