PR Newswire back issues from Monday, December 30:
Delta Offers Worldwide Winter Sale
Dec 30, 1996 ... ATLANTA, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines today introduced worldwide winter sale fares for travel throughout the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Asia. <Pre> Winter Sale In The United ...
Allegro New Media, Inc. Merger With Software Publishing Corporation Is Effective
Dec 30, 1996 ... Allegro Common Stock to Trade on Nasdaq Small-Cap Market as SPCOD from December 30, 1996 Until January 27, 1997 and as SPCO ThereafterFAIRFIELD, N.J., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegro New Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANMI) announced today that the merger of its ...
Blockbuster Promotes a World of Entertainment Goods and Services in New Brand-Building Ad Campaign
Dec 30, 1996 ... <Pre> Ad Campaign to Launch New Company Logo </Pre> FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockbuster will kick off 1997 tonight with a fun, upbeat television ad campaign intended to promote the wide variety of new, cutting-edge entertainment goods and ...
WebCrawler Partners With MapQuest to Integrate Regional Maps With Searches To Provide Better 'Navigation' for Users and Targeted Advertising Products
Dec 30, 1996 ... Represents First Time Web Users Can Access Geographic and Local Content <Pre> Information With a Single Smart Search </Pre> SAN FRANCISCO and DENVER, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- WebCrawler(TM), one of the most popular search services on the Internet, and ...
Ride, Inc. Announces Inventory Write-Downs And Restructuring Charges
Dec 30, 1996 ... <Pre> Expected Results for Fourth Quarter Released </Pre> PRESTON, Wash., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ride, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIDE), a leading manufacturer and worldwide marketer of snowboards and related products, today announced inventory write-downs and restructuring ...
Watson Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval for Microzide(TM) Capsules
Dec 30, 1996 ... <Pre> Company's First NDA Product Approval </Pre> CORONA, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: WATS) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has received approval from the Food and Drug ...
Starting Salaries in Information Technology to Increase by 2.3 Percent in 1997, According to Annual Survey
Dec 30, 1996 ... <Pre>Companies Seek Internet Experts, Networking Specialists </Pre> MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Professionals in the information technology (IT) field will see average starting salaries increase by 2.3 percent in the coming year, according to the ...
Starting Salaries for Accounting and Finance Professionals to Increase by 2.3 Percent in 1997, According to Annual Survey
Dec 30, 1996 ... MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting salaries in the field of accounting and finance are expected to rise by an average of 2.3 percent in the year ahead, according to the just-released 1997 Robert Half and Accountemps Salary Guide. This figure is slightly higher than ...
Biofield Corp. Submits PMA For New Breast Cancer Diagnostic System
Dec 30, 1996 ... ATLANTA, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Biofield Corp. (Nasdaq: BZET) announced today that it has submitted an application for Pre-Market Approval (PMA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new breast cancer diagnostic device called the Biofield(R) ALEXA(TM) 1000 System. The company ...
Jameson Inns, Inc., Continues Rapid Southeast Expansion With the Opening of Two Additional Locations
Dec 30, 1996 ... ATLANTA, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta-based Jameson Inns, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAMS) today announced the opening of locations in Georgetown, South Carolina and Commerce, Georgia bringing the chain total to 43 Inns. The new, colonial-style Inns offer a free continental breakfast and feature ...
Res-Care Announces California Acquisition
Dec 30, 1996 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Res-Care, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: RSCR), a leading provider of services for persons with developmental disabilities and at-risk youth, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Casa de Vida, a 99-bed facility located in San Luis ...
The Timken Company Closes One Acquisition; Signs a Definitive Agreement on a Second
Dec 30, 1996 ... CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Two more acquisitions will add strength to The Timken Company's worldwide leadership in bearings and steel.The company has finalized the acquisition of the tool steel finishing and distribution businesses of Sanderson Kayser Ltd., a ...
Telxon Approves Sale of Its Itronix Subsidiary Focuses on Enhancing Profitability in Core Business
Dec 30, 1996 ... AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Telxon Corporation (Nasdaq-NNM: TLXN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its ruggedized notebook computer subsidiary, Itronix Corporation, to Dynatech Corporation (Nasdaq-NNM: DYTC) in a transaction which is ...
Micronics Revises Results For Year Ended September 30
Dec 30, 1996 ... FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Micronics Computers, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRN) today announced that as a result of its annual audit, the Company has revised its financial statements for the year ended September 30, 1996. Non-cash charges of $523,000 were recorded to reflect the ...
Staples Office Supply Stores To Sell SmarTalk Prepaid Phone Cards
Dec 30, 1996 ... LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SmarTalk(SM) TeleServices, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTK) announced today that Staples, one of the nation's largest office supply retailers with more than 500 stores throughout the United States and Canada, will begin selling SmarTalk prepaid long ...
CIPRO Receives FDA Clearance for Wider Use
Dec 30, 1996 ... WEST HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer Corporation, Pharmaceutical Division, announced today that it received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for five new important indications for its widely prescribed antibacterial therapy, CIPRO(R) (ciprofloxacin) ...
Providian Insurance Businesses to be Merged with AEGON USA; Providian Banking Business to be Spun-off to Shareholders
Dec 30, 1996 ... LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Providian Corporation (NYSE: PVN) announced today that its board of directors has unanimously approved a merger of its insurance operations with AEGON USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of AEGON N.V. (NYSE: AEG), in a transaction valued at $3.5 ...
Mellon Reaches Ageement with Buck
Dec 30, 1996 ... PITTSBURGH and NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Mellon Bank Corporation (NYSE: MEL) and Buck Consultants, Inc. today announced that they have signed a letter of intent for Mellon's acquisition of Buck, a leading global benefits consulting firm. The strategic combination of Mellon and ...
Carematrix Announces Closing of Two Transactions
Dec 30, 1996 ... NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- CareMatrix Corporation (AMEX: CMD) announced the closing of two transactions, for 253 beds in upper income areas that complement its growth plans through both internal development and acquisition.The Company signed a fifteen year ...
Aventail Announces the First Application to Support the WinSock 2 Standard
Dec 30, 1996 ... SEATTLE, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its strong commitment to building next-generation security products based on open standards, Aventail Corporation announced today Aventail AutoSOCKS v3.0, the first commercially available SOCKS plug-in for the new Layered Service Provider ...
Spokane Software Company, JALAN, Inc., a Hit With California Law and Justice Agencies
Dec 30, 1996 ... SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- JALAN, Inc., a Spokane based computer software company, was recently awarded a $1.15 million dollar contract to provide Tulare County, CA with an integrated law and justice computer system. This system will electronically link the county jails, ...
Zoran Corporation and CompCore Multimedia Announce Successful Completion of Merger
Dec 30, 1996 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) and CompCore Multimedia, Inc. announced today that the combination of the two companies was successfully completed on December 27, 1996. Stockholders of both companies voted to approve the merger of CompCore ...
Greenfield Industries, Inc. Acquires Bassett Rotary Tool Company
Dec 30, 1996 ... AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenfield Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: GFII) announced today that it had acquired the stock of Bassett Rotary Tool Company from Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) for approximately $14 million. The purchase was completed on Friday, December 27, ...
Securitization Transaction Expands The St. Paul's Reinsurance Capacity
Dec 30, 1996 ... SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The St. Paul Companies (NYSE: SPC), with Goldman Sachs, has completed a $68.5 million securitized reinsurance transaction that will provide its reinsurance operation, St. Paul Re, with additional reinsurance capacity for up to 10 years. ...
AllEnergy Acquires Texas Liquids
Dec 30, 1996 ... WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AllEnergy Marketing Company, L.L.C., an unregulated marketer of energy products and services, announced today that it has acquired the assets and business of Texas Liquids Ltd., Inc., of Middlesex, New Jersey, a wholesaler of natural gas liquids, ...
American Exploration Company Acquires Limited Partnership Interests for $9 Million
Dec 30, 1996 ... HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- American Exploration Company (AMEX: AX) today announced that it has purchased the limited partnership interests held by affiliates of New York Life Insurance Company in Ancon Partnership, Ltd., ("Ancon") a limited partnership of which American ...
USX Corporation to Redeem MRO Debentures
Dec 30, 1996 ... PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- USX Corporation said today that Marathon Oil Company, a unit of USX-Marathon Group (NYSE: MRO), will redeem all of the outstanding Marathon Oil Company 8.50 Percent Sinking Fund Debentures Due November 1, 2006, on January 30, 1997....
Scios and Wyeth-Ayerst Begin Phase II Clinical Study of FIBLAST(R) trafermin In Peripheral Vascular Disease
Dec 30, 1996 ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and RADNOR, Pa., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Scios Inc. (Nasdaq: SCIO) and Wyeth-Ayerst, the pharmaceutical division of American Home Products Corporation (NYSE: AHP), today announced that the companies have initiated a Phase II clinical study of FIBLAST(R) trafermin, ...
International Bank of Asia Selects Equifax's FBS Software
Dec 30, 1996 ... ATLANTA and HONG KONG, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- One of Hong Kong's leading retail banks, International Bank of Asia (I.B.A.), has selected Equifax to provide the computer software it will use to upgrade its credit card processing. The software system from Equifax subsidiary FBS Software ...
Federal Signal Corporation Announces Sale of Bassett Rotary Tool
Dec 30, 1996 ... OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph J. Ross, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), announced the sale of its Bassett Rotary Tool ("Bassett") subsidiary to Greenfield Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: GFII) for approximately $14 ...
Pioneer Brand Hybrids with YieldGard Corn Borer Protection Gain Key Regulatory Approval from EPA
Dec 30, 1996 ... DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Customers of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (NYSE: PHB) will be planting Pioneer(R) brand corn hybrids with enhanced protection from European corn borer (ECB) in 1997 now that the final U.S. regulatory hurdle has been cleared....
Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Maker Does Not Use Aspartame
Dec 30, 1996 ... LOND0NDERRY, N.H., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- It's the (aspartame-free) mouse that roared. Stonyfield Farm, the fast-growing New Hampshire yogurt maker, has earned its place as the market leader of all-natural, organic frozen and refrigerated yogurts and ice creams by sticking to its ...
Fleet Announces Offer to Exchange Preferred Securities for Outstanding Depositary Shares of Series V Preferred Stock
Dec 30, 1996 ... BOSTON, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleet Financial Group (NYSE: FLT) today announced an offer to exchange newly established 8.00% Trust Originated Preferred Securities(SM) (TOPrS(SM)) for any and all of the 11,000,000 outstanding depositary shares of Fleet Financial Group Series V Preferred ...
Genetics Institute Shares to Suspend Trading 3:30pm December 31
Dec 30, 1996 ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Genetics Institute, Inc. (Nasdaq: GENIZ) announced today that its depositary receipts representing shares of common stock subject to an American Home Products Corporation (NYSE: AHP) (AHP) call option will suspend trading at 3:30pm (EST) on ...
Sabena Introduces Winter Sale Fares to Europe
Dec 30, 1996 ... <Pre> Fares Begin at $348 Round-trip to Brussels; Up to 40% Below Non-Refundable Rates </Pre> MANHASSET, N.Y., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabena Airlines is offering a winter sale on air fares to nearly 50 destinations in Europe with prices ...
Elbit Systems Ltd. Proposes Helicopter Upgrade Program To Poland
Dec 30, 1996 ... HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLTF) announced today that the Company is conducting discussions with the Government of Poland regarding a possible helicopter upgrade program. The proposed program is now undergoing final examination by the customer, ...
TCW Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. Announcement
Dec 30, 1996 ... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- TCW Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors declared today a special distribution representing additional income and capital gains of the Fund to ensure that at least 98% of all taxable net investment income and net ...
Air Force Rose Announced
Dec 30, 1996 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackson & Perkins, one of the largest rose growers in the world, will honor the U.S. Air Force with a special garden rose called "American Spirit." The rose is in recognition of the Air Force's 50th anniversary. It will be sold in nurseries and ...
James River Becomes M-Pak Licensee
Dec 30, 1996 ... RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- James River Corporation (NYSE: JR) and M-Pak Ltd., announced that James River will become a licensee of M-Pak technology and know-how in the United States and Canada. The M-Pak system, launched in 1992, is a fully collapsible folding carton ...
The Great Providence Brewing Company Now Offering Shares at $1.85 Per Share
Dec 30, 1996 ... WATERFORD, Conn., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- There is good news for Rhode Island and Connecticut beer lovers who always wanted to be part of the microbrewing industry. After several unexpected delays The Great Providence Brewing Company has been qualified and has begun selling its Company ...
Houston $345.6 Million Jr. Lien Revenue Bonds Rated 'A-' by Fitch - Fitch Financial Wire -
Dec 30, 1996 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston, Texas's $164.9 million series 1997A, $75 million series 1997 B and $105.7 million series 1997C junior lien water and sewer system revenue refunding bonds are rated 'A-' by Fitch Investors Service. Additionally, the $525 million outstanding ...
Video Lottery Technologies Subsidiary, VLC to Provide 500 Additional Video Lottery Machines to Quebec
Dec 30, 1996 ... BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Video Lottery Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: VLTS) announced today its subsidiary, VLC, one of the world's leading gaming machine manufacturers, has received an order from Society Des Loteries Video Du Quebec (SLVQ) to supply 500 of its video ...
Food Columnists Name Campbell's Baked Ramen Noodle Soup Best New Food Product Of 1996
Dec 30, 1996 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Campbell's Baked Ramen Noodle Soup received the Golden Shopping Cart Award for the best new supermarket food product of 1996 at the Parker Meridien Hotel in New York. This is the seventh year for the award, given annually by nationally syndicated food ...
FDA Clears Astra Merck's Lexxel(TM) for Hypertension
Dec 30, 1996 ... WAYNE, Pa., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Astra Merck Inc. today announced it has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Lexxel(TM) (enalapril maleate-felodipine ER), a combination therapy for the treatment of hypertension. The new product combines ...
Home Health Corporation of America, Inc. Withdraws Stock Offering
Dec 30, 1996 ... KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Health Corporation of America, Inc. (Nasdaq: HHCA) announced today that it intends to withdraw the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-15403) it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 1996 for ...
Extensis Corporation and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Cooperate to Define a New Prepress Software Solution
Dec 30, 1996 ... PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Extensis Corporation and R.R. Donnelley announced today a collaboration to define and develop a prepress product which will significantly increase productivity for service bureaus and prepress operators in commercial printing organizations. R.R ....
LADD Completes Sale of Daystrom Furniture Plant
Dec 30, 1996 ... HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- LADD Furniture (Nasdaq-NNM: LADF) announced today that it has completed the previously- announced sale of Daystrom Furniture's manufacturing facility in South Boston, VA to Mr. Fred Godley of Charlotte, NC for an undisclosed amount. The plant ...
Liberty Bancorp of Oklahoma to Join Banc One Corporation
Dec 30, 1996 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Banc One Corporation (NYSE: ONE) and Liberty Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: LBNA), a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, jointly announced today that they have signed an agreement for the merger of Liberty Bancorp, Inc ....
The Wayne Savings and Loan Company Declares Quarterly Dividend
Dec 30, 1996 ... WOOSTER, Ohio, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of The Wayne Savings and Loan Company (Nasdaq: WAYN) has declared a cash dividend of $.23 per share on the Company's common stock for the third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1996. This represents an annualized dividend ...
COREStaff Completes Acquisition Of Telos Consulting Services
Dec 30, 1996 ... HOUSTON, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- COREStaff, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTF), one of the largest national providers of information technology, temporary, and contract staffing, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Telos Consulting Services, a ...
Florida First Bancorp, Inc. Announces Acquisition Approval
Dec 30, 1996 ... PANAMA CITY, Fla., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The stockholders of Florida First Bancorp, Inc., (Nasdaq: FFPC) (the "Company"), holding company for Florida FirstBank, voted to approve the Agreement & Plan of Reorganization dated as of May 29, 1996 by and between the Company and Regions ...
Florida First Bancorp, Inc. Board Of Directors Declares Dividend
Dec 30, 1996 ... PANAMA CITY, Fla., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida First Bancorp, Inc., (Nasdaq: FFPC) the holding company for Florida FirstBank, declared a dividend of $.077 per share payable on January 16, 1997 to stockholders of record on <Pre> January 2, 1997. This reflects the regular ...
Hondo Reports Year-End Results
Dec 30, 1996 ... HOUSTON, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Hondo Oil & Gas Company (AMEX: HOG) today reported a loss of $12.7 million, or 93 cents per share, for the year ended September 30, 1996. This compares with a loss of $11.9 million, or 90 cents per share, for the year ended September 30, 1995. The ...
Ringer Announces Fiscal 1996 Results
Dec 30, 1996 ... MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ringer Corporation (Nasdaq: RING) today reported sales for its fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 of $14,673,000 compared to sales of $14,194,000 last year. The Company also reported a net loss for the year of $568,000 or $0.05 per share, which ...
Market Guide Inc. Signs Contract with Charter Media Inc.; Market Guide's Quick Facts Report to be Part of Briefing.com Service
Dec 30, 1996 ... LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Market Guide Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MARG) today announced the signing of a multi-year contract with Charter Media Inc. This agreement licenses Charter Media to immediately distribute Market Guide's Quick Facts Reports as part of Charter ...
Residential Funding $130 Million Pass-Thrus Rated 'AAA' by Fitch - Fitch Financial Wire -
Dec 30, 1996 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc.'s (RFMSI) $130 million mortgage pass-through certificates, series 1996-S24, classes A and R, are rated 'AAA' by Fitch Investors Service. Additionally, the $2.0 million class M-1 certificates are rated 'AA', ...
Antares Resources Closes Acquisition of United Kina Brewing Group Limited
Dec 30, 1996 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Antares Resources Corporation (Nasdaq: ANTR) today announced that it had closed on December 26, 1996, a previously announced transaction pursuant to which Antares acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of United Kina Brewing Group Limited ...
Fitch Rates Residential Funding $201M Pass-Thrus 1996-S25 'AAA' -- Fitch Financial Wire --
Dec 30, 1996 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc.'s (RFMSI) $200.9 million mortgage pass-through certificates, series 1996-S25, classes A and R are rated 'AAA' by Fitch Investors Service. Additionally, the $4.3 million class M-1 certificates are rated ...
Fannie Mae Reports Yields
Dec 30, 1996 ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today reported its posted yields for December 27, 1996. All Fannie Mae yields are quoted on a net basis. Servicing fees are not included.Fixed-rate Mortgage Yields <Pre> Conventional ...
National Scientific Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Eden Sales & Marketing, Inc.
Dec 30, 1996 ... PHOENIX, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- National Scientific Corporation (OTC BULLETIN BOARD: NSCT) announces that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Eden Sales and Marketing, Inc. Eden Sales & Marketing holds proprietary technologies and chemical processes for the treatment and ...
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Mountasia Entertainment International, Inc./(Correction Notice)
Dec 30, 1996 ... In NYF005, Mountasia Entertainment International, Inc. Announces Comprehensive Business Plan, moved Friday, Dec. 27, we have been advised by a representative of the company that the seventh graph, seventeenth line, should read "10.6 million and 11.4 million shares if shareholder approval ...
PPG Begins $15 Million Perry, Ga., Specialty Glass Plant Upgrade and Repair
Dec 30, 1996 ... PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has begun a $15 million upgrade and melting tank rebuild at its Perry, Ga., specialty glass plant to enhance operations and production yields.Glass production at the plant, which began operations in 1990, will ...
Crestar and Citizens Shareholders Approve Merger; Transaction to Close Tomorrow
Dec 30, 1996 ... RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Crestar Financial Corporation (NYSE: CF) announced today that its previously announced acquisition of Citizens Bancorp (Nasdaq: CIBC), the Laurel, Maryland-based holding company for Citizens Bank, will be effective tomorrow (Dec. 31, 1996). ...
American Business Financial Services, Inc. Files For Public Offering Of 1,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Dec 30, 1996 ... BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- American Business Financial Services, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, which will be offered by the ...
HGTV to Provide Exclusive Nationwide Live Coverage of 1997 Rose Parade
Dec 30, 1996 ... <Pre> Network to Present Complete Tournament of Roses ParadeUninterrupted on New Year's Day </Pre> KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Home and Garden Television (HGTV) will present the only nationwide uninterrupted telecast of "The 1997 ...