PR Newswire back issues from Tuesday, August 19:
Kinder Morgan Prices Public Offering of 329,000 Common Units at $64 1/8
Aug 19, 1997 ... HOUSTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ENP) today announced that it had priced an equity offering of 329,000 Common Units at $64 1/8 per unit. PaineWebber Incorporated is the sole managing underwriter of the equity offering.Net proceeds ...
Peritus Software Services, Inc. Announces Its 25th Alliance To Address The Year 2000 Challenge
Aug 19, 1997 ... BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Peritus Software Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTUS) announced today that they have formed the twenty fifth alliance in their Powered by Peritus program, enabling qualified service providers to utilize Peritus' Automate:2000(R) service technologies ....
Newspaper Advertising Revenue Remains Above Nine Percent Through First Half of 1997; National Advertising Growth at 13.6 Percent
Aug 19, 1997 ... VIENNA, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Advertising revenue for the newspaper industry grew a robust 9.5% for the first half of 1997 according to figures released by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This represents a gain of approximately $1.7 billion over the same time period ...
EPA Live Broadcast To Explain New Med Waste Incinerator Regulations
Aug 19, 1997 ... RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will air a satellite broadcast on September 18, 1997, to review and explain the new standards and guidelines on hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators. The regulations, which were signed Friday, ...
Tuboscope Inc. Acquires Canadian Tubular Services Firm
Aug 19, 1997 ... HOUSTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuboscope Inc. (Nasdaq: TUBO) today announced that it has acquired privately held Cut-Rite Tubular Services, Ltd., a provider of tubular inspection, repair, and cleaning services for Canadian oilfield operators. Terms of the transaction were not ...
Latin Salsa Music a Success at the Troy Marriott
Aug 19, 1997 ... TROY, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever since RGI and the Troy Marriott embarked upon a program to offer Latin music every Thursday evening, enthusiastic dancers and bar hoppers have crowded Kicks Lounge at the Marriott in support of the event. Known to Metro-Detroiters as "Salsa ...
Chevrolet Cavalier: Best-Selling Small Car in U.S.
Aug 19, 1997 ... <Pre> Third Best-Selling Car Overall. Should Exceed 300,000 Sales. </Pre> WARREN, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Chevrolet's Cavalier is the best- selling small car in the U.S. and the third best-selling car for the calendar year through July.Cavalier sales for ...
John Knox Village MO $12.5 Million Outstanding Revenues Affirmed 'A-' By Fitch - Fitch Financial Wire -
Aug 19, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial Development Authority of Lee's Summit, MO.'s $12.5 million outstanding health facilities revenue bonds, series 1995, John Knox Village Project (JKV), are affirmed at 'A-' by Fitch. In addition, the city's outstanding $11.3 million series 1992 ...
DCR Assigns 'AA' Rating to Colisee No. 1 plc French Commercial Property Transaction
Aug 19, 1997 ... LONDON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) has assigned a 'AA' (Double-A) rating to Colisee No. 1 plc's FRF390 million Class A floating-rate notes due October 2004. DCR has also assigned a 'A' (Single-A) rating to Colisee No.1 plc's FRF156 million Class B ...
Graphic Industries Announces 3rd Acquisition in 7 Weeks; Expects 2nd Quarter Earnings To Exceed Estimates
Aug 19, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GII) (GII), the nation's largest sheetfed commercial printing network, today announced its third acquisition in seven weeks. The Company also said it expects to report record second quarter earnings on Thursday, August 21 ...
Wheels Sports Group Reports Second-Quarter Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... MOCKSVILLE, N.C., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Wheels Sports Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WHEL) today reported results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 1997.For the second quarter, the company had a net loss of $677,421, or 18 cents per share, compared with net ...
Federal Filings Launches Daily High-Yield Securities Comment on Web
Aug 19, 1997 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Investors following high-yield debt -- sometimes called junk bonds -- can now consult a daily market wrap-up available over the Internet.Federal Filings, Inc., part of Dow Jones & Company, has launched a high-yield debt comment on its ...
Newcor Reports Third Quarter Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- W. John Weinhardt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newcor, Inc., announced that Newcor reported income from continuing operations of $1,222,000, or $.25 per share, on sales of $32.4 million for the third quarter ended July 31, ...
Bay View $100 Million Subordinated Notes Expected 'BB' By Fitch - Fitch Financial Wire -
Aug 19, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bay View Capital Corp.'s $100 million subordinated notes, due 2007, are expected to be rated 'BB' by Fitch.The expected rating reflects the company's progress in reducing funding costs through an emphasis on core deposit gathering ...
Giant Eagle Completes Acquisition of Riser Foods
Aug 19, 1997 ... PITTSBURGH, and BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Eagle, Inc. and Riser Foods, Inc. (Amex: RSR) announced today that Giant Eagle's acquisition of Riser Foods was completed on Monday, August 18, 1997 by the merger of Talon Acquisition Company, a wholly owned subsidiary ...
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Selects Abelson-Taylor for Women's Health Advertising
Aug 19, 1997 ... CHICAGO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Abelson-Taylor, Inc., Chicago's leading medical advertising firm, has been selected by Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to handle advertising responsibilities for three women's health products.Abelson-Taylor's responsibilities will include ...
Microtel Inn & Suites Survey Offers Insight Into What Travelers with Disabilities Want Most from Their Hotel
Aug 19, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 20 million people with disabilities who travel every year, the path is seldom easy.Now, the results of a survey taken via the internet by Microtel Inn & Suites and parent company Atlanta-based US Franchise Systems (Nasdaq: ...
Agfa-Gevaert and ColorSpan Corp. Sign OEM Agreement to Market DesignWinder HiRes 8-Color Printer
Aug 19, 1997 ... MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ColorSpan Corporation (formerly LaserMaster Corporation), a subsidiary of LaserMaster Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMTS), has signed an agreement with Agfa-Gevaert Group which allows Agfa to market the DesignWinder(TM) HiRes 8-Color digital imaging ...
Erector(R) Sets Still Going Strong at Age 80+ 'Grandfather' of Construction Sets Popular with Kids of All Ages
Aug 19, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Need a great gift idea for someone who fondly remembers the Roaring Twenties, Vaudeville, and buffalo nickels? The answer seems almost as plain as the mustache on Groucho Marx's face: the Erector(R) set is a classic favorite that every grandparent ...
Funk & Wagnalls Multimedia Encyclopedia Debuts on the Internet in Time For Back to School
Aug 19, 1997 ... Lowest-Priced Online Encyclopedia Gives CD-ROMs a Run for Their MoneyNEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The complete unabridged text of America's most popular encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, was officially launched on the Internet today by Community Network Systems announced ...
BMW & Unit 'A-1' Comm Paper Ratings Affirmed by S&P
Aug 19, 1997 ... LONDON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today has affirmed its 'A-1' commercial paper ratings of BMW AG and BMW U.S. Capital Corp.The rating reflects the group's continued strong market position as a specialist producer of luxury automobiles and its conservative ...
O'Sullivan Industries Reports Record Sales and Significantly Higher Earnings for the FY 1997 Fourth Quarter and Full Year
Aug 19, 1997 ... LAMAR, Mo., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- O'Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OSU), a leading manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture, today reported financial results for the fiscal 1997 fourth quarter and full year ended June 30. Double digit sales gains, stronger gross margins ...
The Home Depot Reports 32% Increase In Net Earnings For Second Quarter of Fiscal 1997
Aug 19, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), North America's largest home improvement retailer, today reported record second quarter net earnings of $358 million ($0.48 per share) for the second quarter of fiscal year 1997. The net earnings were a 32% increase from net ...
Bob Evans Farms Announces Fiscal 1998 First Quarter Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOBE) today announced a 19 percent increase in earnings per share for the first fiscal quarter ended July 25, 1997.The improved results primarily reflected continued positive momentum in the restaurant ...
Consolidated Stores Reports 2nd Quarter Net Income of 1 Cent Per Share, Compared to a Net Loss of 10 Cents Per Share in the 2nd Quarter of 1996
Aug 19, 1997 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Consolidated Stores Corporation (NYSE: CNS) today reported record sales of $624.3 million for the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 1997, a 17.2% increase compared to sales of $532.5 in the 1996 quarter. Sales for the first twenty-six weeks of ...
The Limited, Inc. Reports 1997 Second Quarter Earnings
Aug 19, 1997 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Limited, Inc. (NYSE: LTD; London) today reported earnings of $.10 per share for the quarter ended August 2, 1997, compared to $.12 per share last year. Net sales for the quarter increased 7% to $2.020 billion from $1.896 billion last year ....
Acceptance Insurance Announces Completion of Trust Preferred Securities Offering
Aug 19, 1997 ... OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. (NYSE: AIF) announces the completion of the offering of the 9% Preferred Securities of its newly-formed business trust subsidiary, AICI Capital Trust, in the aggregate liquidation amount of $94,875,000. The net ...
Sprint PCS Awards Contract Valued At Over $50 Million to QUALCOMM for the Purchase of New CDMA Digital PCS Q(TM) Phone
Aug 19, 1997 ... SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced Sprint PCS, one of the largest Personal Communication Services (PCS) providers in the U.S., has signed an agreement valued at ever $50 million for the purchase of QUALCOMM's Code Division Multiple ...
Analysts International Corporation Reports Record Results for Fiscal 1997
Aug 19, 1997 ... MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Analysts International Corporation (Nasdaq: ANLY) today reported record revenues and net income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. Revenues were $439,546,000, an increase of 33 percent over the $329,544,000 reported in fiscal 1996. Net income ...
Record Earnings for Pioneer Railcorp; 43% Increase Reported for 2nd Quarter
Aug 19, 1997 ... PEORIA, Ill., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The highest quarterly earnings in company history were reported by Pioneer Railcorp (Nasdaq: PRRR). Income increased by 43% while operating revenues were up 11% for the second quarter ended June 30.Net income was $335,038 or five ...
McClain Industries, Inc. Announces Sales and Earnings For the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended June 30, 1997
Aug 19, 1997 ... STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- McClain Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCCL), today announced its sales and earnings for the third quarter and nine months ended June 30, 1997.Sales for the third quarter ended June 30, 1997 were a record $26,082,847 compared to ...
Microwave Power Devices, Inc. Awarded a $12.0 Million Foreign Military Amplifier Contract
Aug 19, 1997 ... HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Microwave Power Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPDI) today announced that it has been awarded a $12.0 million foreign military contract for amplifiers that will be used in a defense application. The contract commences immediately with shipments scheduled ...
Off-Site Network Management Comes of Age AvData Manages Your Network So You Can Manage Your Business
Aug 19, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- AvData Systems, Inc., the industry's leading advanced network management company, announced today its new Service Levels of off-site network management in response to the nation's chronic shortage of information technology professionals. AvData's ...
United Medicorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... DALLAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- United Medicorp, Inc. (OTC: UMCI) today reported net income of $7,077, or $.00 per share, for the three months ended June 30, 1997, compared to net income of $187, or $.00 per share, for the three months ended June 30, 1996. Revenues for the three months ...
Envirotest Commences Equity and Debt Tender Offers
Aug 19, 1997 ... SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Envirotest Systems Corp. (Amex: ENR) today announced that it has commenced its previously authorized "Dutch Auction" equity tender offer for up to 4,444,444 shares of its outstanding Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common ...
FDA Approval Granted For FES Product Manufactured by Biocontrol
Aug 19, 1997 ... PITTSBURGH, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Biocontrol Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: BICO) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for marketing the functional electrical stimulator (FES) which is manufactured by BICO for NeuroControl Corporation (NeuroControl) of ...
URS Corporation to Acquire Woodward-Clyde
Aug 19, 1997 ... SAN FRANCISCO, and DENVER, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- URS Corporation (NYSE: URS), the nation's 17th largest engineering firm, and privately-held Woodward-Clyde Group, Inc., the nation's 22nd largest engineering firm, today jointly announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for ...
The Senior Health Plan Approved as Medicare HMO for Greater Dallas Area
Aug 19, 1997 ... ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harris Methodist Health Plan and an alliance of Dallas' largest not-for-profit health care systems today announced Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) approval to provide a Medicare HMO product to beneficiaries in Dallas, Collin, ...
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Photomatrix, Inc./
Aug 19, 1997 ... In LAM035, "C O R R E C T I O N -- Photomatrix, Inc." moved earlier today, we are advised by the company that the fourth graph, second line should read " ...first quarter of fiscal year 1997, to 38 in the same quarter of fiscal year 1998," rather than " ...first quarter of fiscal year ...
Unisys Selects Emulex Gigabit Fibre Channel Host Adapters For a New High Availability Storage System
Aug 19, 1997 ... COSTA MESA, Calif. Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Emulex Corporation (Nasdaq: EMLX), an industry leader in fibre channel products and technology, and Unisys Corporation's Computer Systems Group, announced today that Unisys is integrating Emulex LightPulse+ PCI host adapters with their new high ...
Emulex Awarded New Network Interface Printer Card Programs By Panasonic
Aug 19, 1997 ... COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Emulex Corporation (Nasdaq: EMLX) a leading manufacturer of network printing, fibre channel, and network access products, announced today that it has been selected to deliver Ethernet network interface cards to Panasonic, a division of Kyusha ...
Emulex Teams with HUCOM to Provide Emulex Networking Products in Japan
Aug 19, 1997 ... COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq: EMLX), an industry leader in network access, network printing and fibre channel products, announced today an agreement with HUCOM, Incorporated, Tokyo, Japan to distribute Emulex's commercial networking products in Japan. ...
AMERCO Posts First Quarter Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... RENO, Nev., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), the holding company for Phoenix-based U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Republic Western Insurance and Amerco Real Estate Company, announced today that first quarter fiscal 1998 revenues were $376.3 ...
Anchor Gaming And Shuffle Master, Inc. To Dismiss Litigation
Aug 19, 1997 ... LAS VEGAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Anchor Gaming (Nasdaq National Market: SLOT) and Shuffle Master, Inc. (Nasdaq National Market: SHFL) today announced that they have settled their pending claims and related companion claims and that the lawsuit in federal court in Nevada will be ...
Photronics Announces Plans to Build in Oregon; Facility to Serve as Base for Advanced Photomask Manufacturing Technology Development
Aug 19, 1997 ... HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Photronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAB), the world's leading photomask supplier, announced today that it expects to break ground this fall on its 12th photomask manufacturing facility to be located in the Oregon Technology Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, just ...
Great-West Life, London Insurance Placed on Standard & Poor Watch, Negative
Aug 19, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today placed its double-'A'-plus claims-paying ability and counterparty credit ratings of Great-West Life Assurance Co., Winnipeg, Manitoba, and its subsidiary Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. on CreditWatch with negative ...
Aptix Reports Continued Profitability
Aug 19, 1997 ... <Pre> Highest Revenue Quarter in Company's History </Pre> SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The second quarter of 1997 was the most successful in the history of Aptix Corporation, according to company officials. Aptix, a private company, is the leading ...
APAC Acquires Paragren Technologies
Aug 19, 1997 ... Teleservices Leader Becomes Prime Source for Integrated Marketing ServicesDEERFIELD, Ill., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- APAC TeleServices, Inc. (Nasdaq: APAC), a leading provider of outsourced customer service and sales, announced today that it has acquired through merger Paragren ...
emWare Announces Agreement with Symantec to Include Visual Cafe in Software Development Kit
Aug 19, 1997 ... <Pre>New SDK Gives Developers a Faster and More Sophisticated Java Development Environment </Pre> SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- emWare, Inc., an embedded software company, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with ...
ViaSat Receives $2.16 Million Contract to Help Develop New NATO Communications
Aug 19, 1997 ... CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) has received a $2.16 million subcontract from Logicon to provide overall system engineering support, hardware and software development, and system integration for a NATO communications project. The NATO Improved Link ...
Check Technology Corporation Announces Termination of Negotiations With Liberty Check Printers
Aug 19, 1997 ... MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Check Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: CTCQ) today announced that Liberty Check Printers of Roseville, Minnesota, has advised Check Technology Corporation that Liberty is terminating negotiations at this time for a possible purchase by Liberty of Check ...
REI to Open 35,000-Sq.-Ft. Store in Redmond Town Center
Aug 19, 1997 ... KENT, Wash., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) announced today it will open a new 35,000-square-foot store in the Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Wash, featuring interactive displays similar to the outdoor retailer's Seattle Flagship.The new store ...
Allied Biotechnology International, Inc. Changes Business Strategy and Restructures
Aug 19, 1997 ... IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Biotechnology International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADBI) announced today it has changed the emphasis on the direction in which the company will do business.At a Special Meeting of Shareholders, held August 18, 1997, the ...
MicroAge, Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter Financial Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... <Pre> Record Income and Revenue Reach All-Time Highs </Pre> TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroAge, Inc. (Nasdaq: MICA) reported record net income of $6.4 million for the third fiscal quarter ended August 3, 1997, a 67% increase from Q3 'FY'96. Record revenue ...
Additional ValuJet Comments in Response To the NTSB's Findings and Probable Cause Statement
Aug 19, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The ValuJet flight 592 accident was primarily caused by an improper shipment of illegally packaged, classified, labeled and marked hazardous materials. The NTSB correctly found today that:1) "Given the information available, the {ValuJet} ...
Workers' Health Care Funds Ask Federal Judge to Disapprove Proposed Nullification of Class Action Suits by Tobacco Settlement
Aug 19, 1997 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers' health care funds, representing 500,000 labor union beneficiaries in the State of Washington, have asked a federal judge to disapprove, preliminarily, the proposed tobacco settlement agreement between the tobacco industry and 40 state ...
Colorado to Allow Electronic Roulette Games in Casinos
Aug 19, 1997 ... RENO, Nev., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Gaming Corporation of America (Nasdaq: IGCA) today announced that the Colorado Gaming Commission agreed to allow electronic video roulette machines in Colorado Casinos. A final written Gaming Commission order is anticipated to be issued ...
ACE*COMM Reports Record Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year
Aug 19, 1997 ... GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ --ACE*COMM Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEC), a leading international supplier of billing, customer care and operations support system products to telecommunications service providers, announced today record growth for its fourth quarter and 12 months ...
CSG Systems Signs Contract with First Energy Service Provider, mc2, To Provide Statement Production and Distribution
Aug 19, 1997 ... DENVER, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- CSG Systems Inc., a subsidiary of CSG Systems International Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGS), announced today it has signed a statement production and distribution contract with its first energy service provider, mc2 Inc., to provide its CSG Enhanced Statement ...
Great Lakes Aviation Reports Second Quarter 1997 Results
Aug 19, 1997 ... SPENCER, Iowa, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (Nasdaq-NNM: GLUX) reports the following financial and statistical data for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 1997 (in thousands, except per share and selected operating data): <Pre> ...
ValuJet Releases Statement in Response to NTSB Final Report on Flight 592: Airline Traces Accident Cause, Points to Possible SabreTech Cover-up
Aug 19, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ValuJet today issued the following statement:The tragic accident involving flight 592 on May 11, 1996, happened because SabreTech failed to fulfill its legal and moral obligations as a federally- licensed aircraft maintenance company. They ...
Consumer And Economic Benefits Of LG&E Energy And KU Energy Merger Detailed Before Public Service Commission
Aug 19, 1997 ... FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Testimony opens today before the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) on the benefits to Kentucky consumers and businesses of the proposed merger of LG&E Energy (NYSE: LGE) and KU Energy (NYSE: KU). "The merger will promote the ...
Cathay Pacific to Convert Boeing 747-400s with RB211-524G/H-T
Aug 19, 1997 ... RESTON, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific will convert the Rolls-Royce RB211-524 engines powering its fleet of Boeing 747-400 airliners to the improved G/H-T standard, certificated in May this year by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)....
Lac Vieux Desert Tribe Withdraws Injunction Motion On Detroit Casino Lawsuit
Aug 19, 1997 ... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians have withdrawn a motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed against the City of Detroit and the Michigan Gaming Control Board. The action cancels the hearing date ...
Bion Continues Growth in North Carolina
Aug 19, 1997 ... DENVER, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BIET) announced today that it recently signed two agreements for the design of its patented BionNMS(TM) animal waste treatment systems in North Carolina -- one for a 5,000 hog finishing farm in ...