PR Newswire back issues from Friday, June 14:
IS ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING WORTH IT?
Jun 14, 1996 ... MONTVALE, N.J., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly three fourths (71 percent) of companies using Activity-Based Cost (ABC) systems for decision making report that ABC was worth the implementation costs, according to a survey of the Cost Management Group (CMG) of the Institute of Management ...
BLUES' POSITION ON THE PATIENT PROTECTION ACT
Jun 14, 1996 ... DETROIT, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan:In recent weeks, a substantial amount of media attention has surrounded legislation of the Patient Protection Act. As the bill moves closer to a final vote, it is expected that ...
HAIR & SCALP CLINICS ANNOUNCE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT ELIMINATES BALDNESS
Jun 14, 1996 ... CLEARWATER, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was issued today by the Hair & Scalp Clinics:Recently Dr. Paul Riggs and the Hair & Scalp Clinics became the first in the area to use the Narrow beam, Halogen Infrared, for hair restoration.Developed in Germany, ...
SOLAR SYSTEM HEATS/COOLS OLYMPIC SWIMMERS
Jun 14, 1996 ... CLEARWATER, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The million gallon swimming pool used for competition at the Olympics' Aquatic Center this summer will be maintained at just the right temperature, thanks to a 10,000 square foot solar pool heating system installed by Heliocol Corporation. ...
GERAGHTY & MILLER AWARDED PATENT
Jun 14, 1996 ... PHILADELPHIA, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Patent Office has awarded Geraghty & Miller, Inc. a patent for an environmental remediation process using a molasses extract to clean up groundwater contaminated with dissolved heavy metals.Suthan Suthersan, Vice President and Director ...
PATRICIA MAZNYK JOINS PROSOFT DEVELOPMENT, INC. AS VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL SALES
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre>Top Advanced Technology Education Sales ExecutiveBrings Vast Experience to ProSoft; </Pre> Will Help Develop World Class Sales Center for the CompanyBUENA PARK, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ProSoft Development, Inc. (OTC: POSO) announced ...
CORPORATE EXPRESS ANNOUNCES ENTERING GERMAN MARKET, SERIES OF ACQUISITIONS AND STRONG REVENUE FOR FIRST QUARTER 1996
Jun 14, 1996 ... BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEXP), a leading supplier of office products and services to large corporations, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire one of Europe's oldest office products companies, Reese GmbH & Co., founded ...
AZTEQ DIRECT SUPERSTORE EXPANDS WEBSITE WITH FREE GAME PREVIEWS, TRANSACTION PROTECTIONS AND FASTER THROUGHPUT
Jun 14, 1996 ... Free Demo Versions Of The Five New Games Inaugurate The New Azteq ArcadeOther Enhancements Include Faster Throughput And Fully Encrypted <Pre> Transactions </Pre> SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Azteq Direct, the Internet ...
ITT SHERATON AND AMERICAN EXPRESS LAUNCH CO-BRANDED CREDIT CARD
Jun 14, 1996 ... NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its strategy to offer consumers a wide array of credit and charge card products, American Express (NYSE: AXP) today announced that it is issuing a co-branded card with ITT Sheraton, one of the most respected and frequented worldwide hotel ...
RHONE-POULENC RORER ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT WITH GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS TO ACQUIRE WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO GLIADEL, A NEW TREATMENT FOR BRAIN CANCER
Jun 14, 1996 ... GLIADEL Wafer NDA Being Reviewed by FDA Oncology Advisory Committee <Pre> Today </Pre> BALTIMORE, and COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: GLFD) and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. (NYSE: RPR) today jointly ...
POSTAL SERVICE JOINS BREAST CANCER GROUPS TO SPONSOR NEW STAMP RALLY
Jun 14, 1996 ... NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoping to raise public awareness about breast cancer, the New York District of the US Postal Service will play host to a formidable gathering of breast cancer survivors, advocates, and concerned individuals in front of the James A. Farley Building (8th ...
WHAT DO YOU BUY FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING? SURVEY REVEALS AMERICANS HAVE DIFFICULTY SHOPPING FOR THEIR DADs
Jun 14, 1996 ... WASHINGTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With Father's Day just around the corner, people may still be scrambling to find that perfect gift for Dad. According to a recent survey commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service, Americans cited Father's Day as the second hardest springtime gift giving ...
ARE WE THERE YET? PARENTS COMBAT SUMMER TRAVEL CHANT WITH CREATIVE TRAVEL ACTIVITY KITS FOR KIDS
Jun 14, 1996 ... HATFIELD, Pa., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- School's out and families are hitting the road to vacation spots and campsites. Hoping to avoid the all too familiar childhood chant, "Are we there yet?," experienced parents plan activities for their children to do while traveling.The kid ...
COMMTOUCH ADDS INTEGRATED VOICE CAPABILITY TO PRONTO MAIL INTERNET E-MAIL SOFTWARE
Jun 14, 1996 ... Voice E-Mail Feature Allows Easy Recording and Sending of Voice Messagesto Virtually Any Multimedia Desktop or Laptop, Spares Users Keyboard <Pre> Hassles </Pre> CHICAGO, E-MAIL WORLD, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to evolve its ...
PROSURG RECEIVES JAPANESE GOVT. (MHW) APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATE FOR EXPORT (FDA) FOR ELECTROVAPORIZATION PRODUCTS
Jun 14, 1996 ... SAN JOSE, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- PROSURG, Inc. announced today that its SingleBAR(TM), DoubleBAR(TM), and RollerLOOP(TM) electrovaporization products for prostate surgery have received the approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health & Welfare (MHW). They have also received ...
EXAR ANNOUNCES EXPECTED DECLINE IN QUARTERLY REVENUE
Jun 14, 1996 ... FREMONT, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- EXAR Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), today announced it expects to see a decline in revenue during its first fiscal quarter ending June 30, 1996, when compared to its previous quarter. The decline in revenue, which is expected to be about 15%, is due to ...
GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST DECLARES SECOND QUARTER DIVIDEND
Jun 14, 1996 ... ATLANTA, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of Gables Residential Trust (NYSE: GBP) has declared its second quarter dividend of $0.48 per share for the quarter ending June 30, 1996. The dividend will be paid on July 12, 1996 to shareholders of record on June 28, 1996. The ...
VALUE CITY DEPARTMENT STORES REPORTS EARNINGS
Jun 14, 1996 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Value City Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE: VCD) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended May 4, 1996.Net sales for the quarter increased 13.2% to $207.6 million from $183.4 million last year. Sales on a same store basis ...
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN GAS ENTERPRISES, INC. ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Jun 14, 1996 ... PORT HURON, Mich., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Mr. Bill Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southeastern Michigan Gas Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMGS) announced today the appointment of Carl W. Porter as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.Mr. Porter is ...
MICHAEL JORDAN SLAM-DUNKS A SCENT DEAL WITH BIJAN FRAGRANCES FRAGRANCE IS FIRST PRODUCT EVER TO BEAR JORDAN NAME
Jun 14, 1996 ... LOS ANGELES, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- According to internationally renowned fashion and fragrance mogul, Bijan, sports superstar, Michael Jordan, has completed a licensing deal with the Beverly Hills based XEL, Inc., a subsidiary of Bijan Fragrances, Inc., for his own men's signature ...
CORPORATE EXPRESS RELEASES REVISED QUARTERLY AND FISCAL YEAR END RESULTS
Jun 14, 1996 ... BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEXP), a leading supplier of office products and services to large corporations, announced the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 1996, including revised results for ...
SATTEL NAMES SQUEGLIA DIRECTOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Jun 14, 1996 ... CHATSWORTH, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sattel Communications, a subsidiary of The Diana Corporation (NYSE: DNA), today announced that Anthony D. Squeglia has joined the company as Director Corporate Communications, reporting directly to Dan Latham, president and chief operating officer ....
JOSTENS ISSUES EARNINGS ESTIMATE
Jun 14, 1996 ... MINNEAPOLIS, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Jostens Inc. (NYSE: JOS) said today that, based on information currently available for May, it expects earnings from operations in the quarter ending June 30 to be below analysts' estimates.The company said it currently estimates earnings in its ...
OREGON STEEL MILLS, INC. ANNOUNCES PRICING FOR PUBLIC OFFERINGS
Jun 14, 1996 ... PORTLAND, Ore., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. (NYSE: OS) announced today that it has priced its public offerings of 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $12.75 per share and $235 million principal amount of 11% First Mortgage Notes due 2003.The shares are being ...
PHARMACYCLICS, INC. FILES FOR PUBLIC OFFERING OF 2,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Jun 14, 1996 ... SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCYC), announced today that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement for a proposed public offering of 2,000,000 shares of common stock. The Company also has granted to the ...
SCHWARTZBERG ABANDONS ATTEMPTED HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF CRI-SPONSORED PARTNERSHIPS
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre> FORMER CRI PARTNER RETRACTS CHARGES AGAINST CRIAFTER HE SUFFERS A SERIES OF LOSSES IN THREE COURTS </Pre> ROCKVILLE, Md., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The two owners of CRI, Inc., the 22-year-old real estate investment firm that is one of the country's 10 ...
AOL AND NETSCAPE TEAM UP TO DELIVER INTEGRATED ONLINE-WEB ADVERTISING PROGRAM
Jun 14, 1996 ...Two Major Gateways to Cyberspace Open New Marketing OpportunitiesVIENNA, Va., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- America Online, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: AMER) and Netscape Communications, Corp. (Nasdaq: NSCP) announced they are working together to offer advertisers a ...
ANDRX CORPORATION ANNOUNCES INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 2.2 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Jun 14, 1996 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ANDRX Corporation (Nasdaq: ADRX) announced today the initial public offering of 2.2 million shares of common stock at a price of $12.00 per share through an underwriting syndicate headed by Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. and Gruntal & Co., ...
ROYCE LABORATORIES, INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF VOTING AT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, MARKET OUTLOOK FOR 1996 SECOND QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR
Jun 14, 1996 ... Chairman comments on the status of the Company's research anddevelopment and sales and marketing efforts, and on results of <Pre> operations for the first quarter of 1996 </Pre> MIAMI, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Royce Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLAB) ...
NEW NETSCAPE ADVERTISING PROGRAM PROVIDES SITE SPONSORS WITH IN-DEPTH INFORMATION AND ENHANCED SERVICES
Jun 14, 1996 ... Netscape Signs America Online and Softbank Interactive Marketing as <Pre> Sales Representatives </Pre> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced a comprehensive program, the ...
DELUXE CORPORATION RELEASES PRINTOVATION 1.2
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre> Using Printovation is Like Owning A Print Shop </Pre> ST. PAUL, Minn., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX), furthering its entry into the electronic printing services market, today announced that it will begin shipping Printovation(TM) 1.2, an ...
'INTERNET ROVER' PRODUCT OFFERS DOUBLE-CLICK DOWNLOAD, SECURE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE ON THE INTERNET
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre> Plans for J. River Trading, a Software 'Trading Post' on the Internet, Also Announced </Pre> MINNEAPOLIS, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- J. River, Inc. announced the initial release of an innovative new software delivery system, "Internet Rover," that enables ...
VERTEX SCIENTISTS SOLVE STRUCTURE OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG TARGET, IMPDH; REPORT IN CELL
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre> Vertex Designing New Drugs to Treat Transplant Rejection and Autoimmune Diseases </Pre> CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) have solved for the first time the three-dimensional ...
ACTIVISION AND STREAM INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE FOR TURNKEY MANUFACTURING, ORDER FULFILLMENT AND RETURNS PROCESSING SERVICES
Jun 14, 1996 ... LOS ANGELES, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Stream International Inc. to provide turnkey manufacture, order fulfillment and returns processing of Activision products in the United States. The two companies ...
INDUSTRY.NET AND PROPHET 21 ANNOUNCE PLANS TO DEVELOP LINKS BETWEEN SYSTEMS
Jun 14, 1996 ... Companies Will Work Together to Meet Needs of Mutual CustomersBOSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry.Net, the leader in business- to-business commerce on the Internet, and Prophet 21, an international provider of fully integrated business management systems developed exclusively ...
AMETEK BOARD AUTHORIZES $50 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL AMETEK STOCK PURCHASES
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre> AMETEK TO RETAIN WESTCHESTER PLASTICS DIVISION, DR. RONALD W. SMITH ELECTED VP AND GM </Pre> PAOLI, Pa., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- AMETEK Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized it to purchase up to $50 million of ...
SOUP COLLECTORS WAVE THE RED & WHITE FLAG AT FIRST-EVER CAMPBELL CONVENTION
Jun 14, 1996 ... NAPOLEON, Ohio, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 98 percent of Americans who keep Campbell (NYSE: CPB) products in their homes, what's inside the can is enough. But for thousands, perhaps millions, of others, collecting memorabilia bearing the famous Campbell's insignia is every bit as ...
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES SELECTS NETSCAPE AND ACTION TECHNOLOGIES AS INTRANET SOLUTION
Jun 14, 1996 ... Sandia Pairs Action Metro with Netscape Navigator(TM) and NetscapeServers to Deliver Business Process Applications for its 8000-Seat <Pre> Intranet </Pre> MOUNTAIN VIEW and ALAMEDA, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Action Technologies, ...
TIME PUBLISHING VENTURES AND NATIONSBANK ANNOUNCE NEW CREDIT CARDS
Jun 14, 1996 ... June 14, 1996 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Publishing Ventures (TPV) and NationsBank (NYSE: NB) announced today they will expand their relationship by introducing four new credit cards -- Cooking Light, Health, Parenting and Sunset Visa cards.The new cards are tied to sister publications ...
250-MILLIONTH FORD WILL BE BUILT THIS YEAR
Jun 14, 1996 ... /ADVANCE/ DEARBORN, Mich., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has put a lot of people on wheels -- a billion wheels, actually.Later this year, a century after Henry Ford took his first quadricycle out for a spin, the company bearing his name will build its ...
MICHIGAN PR FIRM WINS TWO NATIONAL AWARDS
Jun 14, 1996 ... NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Campaigns to help protect Michigan children against Hepatitis B and to improve the Mason Public Schools captured top national honors in the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) annual award competitions.Both campaigns were developed by ...
KAY AUTOMOTIVE GRAPHICS EARNS PRESTIGIOUS 1995 GM SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Jun 14, 1996 ... LAKE ORION, Mich., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kay Automotive Graphics, Lake Orion, Michigan, has received the 1995 GM Supplier of the Year award. Kay Automotive Graphics is also the only company in its supplier category to receive the award.Kay Automotive Graphics was one of 158 ...
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS GROUP, LIMITED ANNOUNCES SALE OF INSURANCE SUBSIDIARY
Jun 14, 1996 ... BOCA RATON, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- International Standards Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ISGI) announced today that it has sold its off- shore insurance subsidiary, American Indemnity Company. (AIC) to Global Re:, Ltd., the original owner of the company.Completed on June 12, 1996, ...
AURA RECEIVES $21 MILLION SPEAKER ORDER
Jun 14, 1996 ... EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- AURA SYSTEMS, INC. (Nasdaq: AURA) today said that its Japanese speaker subsidiary, MYS, has been awarded a $21 million dollar contract to supply speakers to one of America's largest consumer electronics retail chains. Aura said that it expects to ...
BJ SERVICES TENDER OFFER FOR NOWSCO EXPIRES WITH 98% OF SHARES TENDERED
Jun 14, 1996 ... HOUSTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BJ Services Company (NYSE: BJS; CBOE) said today that the offer by BJ Services Canada Inc., a subsidiary of BJ Services Company, for common shares of Nowsco Well Service Ltd. expired yesterday with 22,048,302 shares (over 98% of the outstanding Nowsco shares) ...
CORVEL ANNOUNCES INTENT TO ESTABLISH MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR MANAGED CARE SERVICES WITH THE NATIONWIDE INSURANCE ENTERPRISE
Jun 14, 1996 ... IRVINE, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CorVel (Nasdaq: CRVL) today announces it has been selected by the Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance Enterprise to provide medical case management services to several of its workers' compensation, liability and accident and health business units ...
COLUMBIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AT BAYONET POINT FLORIDA JOINS PLC SYSTEMS CLINICAL TRIALS OF TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION
Jun 14, 1996 ... To date, Nearly 2,000 Patients have been Treated with TMR Using <Pre> The Heart Laser </Pre> MILFORD, Mass., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- PLC Systems Inc. (AMEX: PLC) Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Robert Rudko, in an address to the Company's ...
SOFTBANK INTERACTIVE MARKETING SELECTED TO REPRESENT NETSCAPE'S POPULAR INTERNET SITE
Jun 14, 1996 ... Softbank Interactive Marketing's Media Sales Division Now RepresentsNine Sites That Generate 300 Million Ad Impressions A MonthNEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Softbank Interactive Marketing today announced that its media sales division has been selected by Netscape ...
BROKERS WORLDWIDE BACK M.A.I.D.
Jun 14, 1996 ... LONDON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The huge potential for M.A.I.D. plc, the international on line information systems company, has recently been recognized by three of the world's top investment houses. Merrill Lynch, Williams de Broe and Van Kasper & Company have this week recommended ...
BROOKS FIBER LIGHTS FOUR NEW METROPOLITAN FIBER NETWORKS
Jun 14, 1996 ... <Pre> Four New Markets Now Have Telecommunications Choice </Pre> ST. LOUIS, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooks Fiber Properties (Nasdaq: BFPT), a nationwide provider of competitive local telecommunications services, today announced the lighting of new metropolitan area fiber-optic ...
VIDEO ARRAIGNMENT COULD CLEAR CLOGGED COURTS AND SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY; BELL ATLANTIC WIRES COURTHOUSE TO JAIL HOUSE
Jun 14, 1996 ... NEWARK, N.J., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowded criminal dockets across the country are delaying justice and wasting taxpayers' money.But not in New Jersey. Here, judges, prosecutors, correction officials and defense attorneys are clearing legal logjams with Bell Atlantic's ...
FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. EXTENDS EXERCISE PERIOD FOR WARRANTS
Jun 14, 1996 ... DEADWOOD, S.D., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Full House Resorts, Inc. (Nasdaq: FHRI) today announced that the Board of Directors approved the extension of the exercise period for its stock purchase warrants for an additional six months. The expiration date will be February 10, 1997. ...
CUSTOMS SERVICE TAKES NEXT STEP AGAINST TEXTILE TRANSSHIPPERS
Jun 14, 1996 ... WASHINGTON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Customs Service Commissioner George Weise announced today that customs will take the next step in the fight against unlawful transshipment of Chinese made apparel. Beginning on June 17, 1996, actions, identical to those announced on June 3 for apparel ...
STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC. MONTHLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS REPORT
Jun 14, 1996 ... TROY, Mich., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Standard Federal Bancorporation, Inc. (NYSE: SFB), the holding company for Standard Federal Bank, reported the following selected financial data on its operations for the month ended May 31, 1996: <Pre> ...
FINDLAY INDUSTRIES EARNS QS 9000 STATUS
Jun 14, 1996 ... FINDLAY, Ohio, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Findlay Industries, a supplier of automotive interiors, has achieved QS 9000 compliance and has been registered by Entela, Inc. Quality System Registration Division, an accredited third-party QS 9000 registrar based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The ...
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT: ST. LUCIE UNIT 2 RETURNS TO SERVICE
Jun 14, 1996 ... HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- FPL's St. Lucie Unit 2 nuclear plant returned to service yesterday, just prior to midnight (6/13), following a week-long shutdown for minor repairs.The unit was taken off line June 6 to repair a valve that regulates water that helps ...
PC DOCS WINS LAW OFFICE COMPUTING'S READERS' CHOICE AWARD!
Jun 14, 1996 ... TORONTO, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- PC DOCS, Inc., a leader in enterprise document management solutions, and a subsidiary of PC DOCS Group International Inc. (Nasdaq: DOCSF, Toronto: DXX), today announced that the readers of Law Office Computing, a leading legal industry publication, named PC ...
DIRECTV(R) TO CELEBRATE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Jun 14, 1996 ... LOS ANGELES, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, June 17, 1996, DIRECTV(R), the nation's fastest-growing high-power direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service, will celebrate its two-year anniversary. As the first DBS service to launch in the United States, DIRECTV has revolutionized the way ...
FORGET THE WATER COOLER AND COFFEE CART; ITT HARTFORD EMPLOYEES BUILD CAMARADERIE THROUGH CHARITY WORK
Jun 14, 1996 ... HARTFORD, Conn., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Instead of going to the office today, some 80 employees from ITT Hartford Group's personal lines insurance operation arrived at the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Hartford at 80 Whitney Street to spend their work day sprucing- up the ...
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION
Jun 14, 1996 ... NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP:You are hereby notified that a securities fraud class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts entitled "Friedberg ...
UK BUILD SOCIETY MUTUAL STATUS REMAINS IMPORTANT, FITCH SAYS -- FITCH FINANCIAL WIRE --
Jun 14, 1996 ... NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The strategies of major building societies in the United Kingdom are diverging as many convert to public limited company (plc) status from mutual ownership. A new Fitch report lays out the benefits of both strategies while examining the prospects of the one ...
ACC CORP. ANNOUNCES 3 FOR 2 STOCK SPLIT
Jun 14, 1996 ... ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ACC Corp. (Nasdaq-NNM: ACCC) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a three for two stock split to be effected as a 100% stock dividend. The new shares will be distributed August 8, 1996, to shareholders of record as of the close of ...
HEALTHAMERICA, ALLIANCE4 HEALTH NETSOURCE AGREEMENT MARKS EVOLUTION IN MANAGED CARE
Jun 14, 1996 ... HARRISBURG, Pa., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthAmerica and Alliance4 Health NetSource today announced the signing of the region's first comprehensive strategic agreement between a managed care firm and a physician-hospital integrated delivery network.Under the three-year agreement, ...
KENAN TRANSPORT COMPANY INCREASES CASH DIVIDEND
Jun 14, 1996 ... CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Kenan Transport Company (Nasdaq: KTCO) has approved an increase to $0.0675 per share in the quarterly cash dividend payable July 15, 1996 to stockholders of record on June 28, 1996. The $0.0675 per share rate represents a ...
ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES FILES REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Jun 14, 1996 ... CLEVELAND, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq-NNM: ADLT) announced that it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 3,300,000 shares of common stock in a public offering. The Company is offering 2,400,000 ...