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Nearly 100,000 GE Holiday Lights to Transform 1997 National Christmas Tree Into Dramatic Light Show

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> President Clinton to flip switch on Thursday evening, Dec. 4 </Pre> CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- When President Clinton flips the switch to turn on the 1997 National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec. 4th, the event will mark the 35th consecutive ...

ITServ Introduces First Product that Sends E-Mail Without a Computer

Dec 01, 1997 ... Chung-Hwa Telecom, Owner of HiNet ISP, Acquires Beta Version of FirstGate <Pre> Internet Unified Messaging Platform </Pre> GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -_ ITServ announced the beta release of FirstGate, an innovative Internet communications ...

Online Auction Offers Exclusive Items and Feeds the Hungry; NonprofitAuction.com hosts 'The RIVEN Charity Auction for World Hunger'

Dec 01, 1997 ... SAUSALITO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In the spirit of giving (and getting) gifts during the holiday season, RIVEN(TM): THE SEQUEL TO MYST(R) will rivet users to their computers as bidding begins today for exclusive merchandise in a special online event. Hosted by the leading online ...

Golden State Bancorp to Acquire RedFed Bancorp

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> Acquisition to be immediately accretive to earnings Glendale Federal to have significant presence in Inland Empire </Pre> GLENDALE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden State Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: GSB), parent company of Glendale Federal Bank, and RedFed ...

Quebecor Installs Indigo For Digital Press Proofs

Dec 01, 1997 ... SCHAUMBURG, Ill, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Indigo (Nasdaq: INDGF) announced today that Quebecor Imaging Chicago, which serves the multi-national Quebecor print network of more than 115 operations in nine countries, has installed an Indigo(R) E-Print(R) 1000+(TM) Digital Offset Color(TM) ...

Xerox Signs Document Outsourcing Deal With World's 8th Largest Advertising Agency

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> Baldrige Quality-Award Winner to be Exclusive Provider of </Pre>Strategic Document Services for Advertising Giant Leo Burnett in ChicagoROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Xerox Business Services (XBS), winner of a 1997 Malcolm Baldrige National ...

Ergobilt Refutes NTRL's Counterclaim

Dec 01, 1997 ... DALLAS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ErgoBilt, Inc. (Nasdaq: ERGB) today refuted the counterclaim that Neutral Posture Ergonomics (Nasdaq: NTRL) recently filed in Federal Court.On November 26, 1997, NTRL announced the filing of a patent infringement counterclaim against ErgoBilt ...

Cambridge Technology Partners Establishes Center for ERP Excellence

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> Center to Facilitate Continuous Improvement in Delivery of Rapid, Fixed-Time/Fixed-Price ERP Solutions </Pre>Housed at Cambridge's Enterprise Resource Solutions (ERS) New Worldwide <Pre>Headquarters at Bishop Ranch 15 in San ...

Brentwood Venture Capital Announces $2.25 Million in Funding for New Enterprise Marketing Automation Company

Dec 01, 1997 ...Brentwood is Lead Fund in First Round of Financing for Rubric, Inc.PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Brentwood Venture Capital, a leading private venture investment firm specializing in emerging technologies, today announced its investment in Rubric, Inc., a ...

Oracle and Netscape Announce Bundling of Oracle(R) Lite in Netscape Visual JavaScript Pro 1.0 Web Application Development Tool

Dec 01, 1997 ... Combination Enables Developers to Quickly and Easily Build and Test New <Pre> Web-based Applications on a Local Database </Pre> PARIS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- To facilitate the development and deployment of Web-based applications for network computing, ...

Siemens Ultrasound Releases Color SieScape Panoramic Imaging

Dec 01, 1997 ... Technology Generates Large-Field Color Flow Images in Real TimeCHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Ultrasound Group, today announced the worldwide release of Color SieScape(TM) panoramic imaging, the first significant extension of Siemens' ...

Siemens Ultrasound Launches SONOLINE Versa Plus

Dec 01, 1997 ... New Design Expands Clinical Applications of Siemens, Mid-Priced Ultrasound <Pre>Platform </Pre> CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Ultrasound Group, today announced the worldwide release of the new ...

Powerful Server Mangement Solution From Seagate Software Breaks New Ground In Ease-of-Use and Web-Based Centralized Management

Dec 01, 1997 ... New Seagate Manage Exec Proactively Monitors Server Health and Provides Alerting and Diagnosis of Microsoft Windows NT and Novell Netware Server <Pre> Performance </Pre> HEATHROW, Fla., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Seagate ...

Virtual Vineyards Helps You Find Sanity Amid Holiday Shopping Madness

Dec 01, 1997 ... PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Yikes! Faster than you could say "Wishing-you-and-yours-a-merry ..." the holiday season is already here. And despite the best of intentions, many of us will soon have to face the annual ritual we can't seem to avoid -- last minute shopping. ...

The Marshall Funds Launches Online Trading Service

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> Trading on the Internet is wave of the future </Pre> MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marshall Funds today introduced Marshall Funds Online(SM) (www.marshallfunds.com), an innovative online trading and information service. Marshall Funds shareholders can ...

American General Hospitality Acquires Courtyard By Marriott In Durham, North Carolina

Dec 01, 1997 ... DALLAS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- American General Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: AGT), a hotel real estate investment trust, today announced that it has completed its purchase of a 146-room full-service Courtyard by Marriott in Durham, N.C. The transaction is valued at $11.5 million. ...

Safety-Kleen Files Preliminary Proxy Materials

Dec 01, 1997 ... ELGIN, Ill., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Safety-Kleen Corp. (NYSE: SK) announced today that it filed preliminary proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26 calling for a special meeting of shareholders to approve the merger of Safety-Kleen with SK Parent Corp. ...

Next-Generation Catalytic Converter for Diesel Engines Reduces Toxic Emissions by up to 70 Percent

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre>Pass Car System Under Development by Siemens AutomotiveCould be Benchmark in Diesel Exhaust-Gas After-Treatment </Pre> AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Automotive is developing an advanced catalytic-converter module for passenger car ...

Pharmacia & Upjohn Reports on Progress of Company's Turnaround Program and Research & Development Activities

Dec 01, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- At a meeting with analysts and investors here today, senior management representatives of Pharmacia & Upjohn (NYSE: PNU) reported on the progress of the company's turnaround program and research & development activities. The presentation, led by Chief ...

OutSource International's Credit Facility Increased to $85 Million

Dec 01, 1997 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OutSource International, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSIX) has completed the expansion of its revolving credit facility from $50 million to $85 million.The credit line will continue to be used for both acquisitions and working capital ...

Eaton Thermal Processing Systems Announces Sale of Rapid Thermal Processors to Ion Implant Services

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> Eaton to Provide Reliance 850 RTP Systems to Nation's Largest Supplier of Outsourced Ion Implant Services </Pre> PEABODY, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Thermal Processing Systems (TPS) today announced the sale of multiple Reliance 850 RTP ...

American Bio Medica to Expand in New York State

Dec 01, 1997 ...To Begin Phase One Construction of 90,000 Square Foot Manufacturing FacilityANCRAMDALE, N.Y., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- American Bio Medica Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ABMC) today announced that it has committed to remain in New York state and plans to begin phase one ...

GTECH Will Not Submit Proposal For Texas Lottery Contract

Dec 01, 1997 ... WEST GREENWICH, R.I., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- GTECH (NYSE: GTK) today announced that it has officially informed the Texas Lottery Commission that it will decline to submit a proposal in response to the Commission's request for proposals for a new lottery system and services. The RFP ...

Aquila Announces Phase 1 Clinical Trial of a Malaria Vaccine That Combines QS-21 Adjuvant With SPF66 Antigen

Dec 01, 1997 ... <Pre> Study is in Collaboration with WHO </Pre> WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquila Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AQLA) announced today the initiation of a collaborative Phase I human clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a ...

Versatility Inc. Partners With Affinity Technology Group, Inc. to Deliver The First Banking Call Center Solution With Automated Origination and Fulfillment

Dec 01, 1997 ... Versatility Financial Services to integrate with Affinity DeciSys/RT(TM)FAIRFAX, Va. and COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Versatility Inc. (Nasdaq: VERS), the leading provider of TERM solutions for financial services firms, and Affinity Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ...

Immunomedics Partners with Eli Lilly for Product Distribution in Europe; LeukoScan(R) Product to be Distributed First by Lilly

Dec 01, 1997 ... MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMMU) today announced that its subsidiary located in Hillegom, The Netherlands, "Immunomedics Europe," has entered into a packaging and distribution agreement for the Company's infectious disease imaging agent, ...

SONUS Pharmaceuticals' EchoGen(R) Emulsion Subject of Three Presentations At the RSNA Annual Meeting

Dec 01, 1997 ...Trial Results Presented at RSNA Suggest a Potential Benefit for the Routine <Pre>Use of EchoGen(R) in Prostate Disease Diagnosis </Pre> CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- SONUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNUS) today announced that EchoGen(R) Emulsion, the ...

Visioneer's Paperport Products Win Prestigious Industry Awards and Honors

Dec 01, 1997 ... Paperport Products Win Top Awards From PC Magazine, PC Computing, Home Office <Pre> Computing and PC Portables </Pre> FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Visioneer, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSNR) the leader in personal imaging systems, today announced that ...

Dreyfus and Data Broadcasting Deliver Real-Time Market Data and Brokerage Services Over the Internet

Dec 01, 1997 ...Dreyfus to Provide DBC's Stockedge Online Free to its Active TradersSAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Broadcasting Corporation, America's leading provider of market data to individual investors, today announced an agreement with Dreyfus Brokerages Services, ...

Java Centrale to Change Corporate Name to Paradise Bakery & Cafe and Announces One-For-Ten Reverse Stock Split

Dec 01, 1997 ... SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Java Centrale, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVC), and its subsidiary, Paradise Bakery & Cafe, operators and franchisers of specialty coffee and bakery cafes, announced that its annual meeting of shareholders was held on November 25, 1997 in Sacramento, ...

Intevac, Inc. Announces Acquisition of the Business of RPC Industries, Inc.

Dec 01, 1997 ... SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Intevac, Inc. (Nasdaq: IVAC), a leading supplier of sputtering systems and related equipment used to manufacture thin-film disks for computer hard disk drives, announced the acquisition of substantially all the assets and certain of the ...

ATTENTION BUSINESS/FINANCIAL EDITORS:

Dec 01, 1997 ... Tecmar Technologies International Inc. Announces Financial Results ForThe Three Months Ended August 31, 1997CONCORD, Ont., Dec. 1 /CNW-PRN/ - Tecmar Technologies International Inc. - TSE: ``TTI'' announces the Corporation's financial results for the three ...

ATTENTION BUSINESS EDITORS:

Dec 01, 1997 ...Air Packaging Technologies, Inc. - Far East AllianceVALENCIA, Ca., Dec. 1 /CNW-PRN/ - Air Packaging Technologies, Inc. of Valencia, CA announces it has reached an agreement to form an alliance with C-Pak Pte. of Singapore.C-Pak Pte. is the world's 3rd largest ...

Diebold, Keyware, and Visionics Debut World's First Interactive Layered Biometric ATM

Dec 01, 1997 ... NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's first fully intuitive automated teller machine (ATM) recognizing the face and voice of its user goes on display today at the BAI Retail Delivery '97 Conference in New Orleans. Developed by Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD), Keyware ...

Pharmacia & Upjohn Reports on Progress of Company's Turnaround Program and Research & Development Activities

Dec 01, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- At a meeting with analysts and investors here today, senior management representatives of Pharmacia & Upjohn (NYSE: PNU) reported on the progress of the company's turnaround program and research & development activities. The presentation, led by Chief ...

Group to Raise Stake in Possis Shares

Dec 01, 1997 ... FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- An Investor Group, led by Russ Trading, Inc., a registered investment advisor and money manager, which currently controls 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Possis Medical, intends to announce at next week's annual meeting the terms and ...

A New Report from Decision Resources Profiles the Market for Therapies to Treat Hepatitis C

Dec 01, 1997 ... WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Although total incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) in the seven largest pharmaceutical markets (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States) are expected to remain stable over the next ten years, the ...

Acacia Biosciences Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Response Profiles of Human Therapeutics

Dec 01, 1997 ... Company Will Use Genome Reporter Matrix(TM) to Map Gene ExpressionRICHMOND, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Acacia Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the Company has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of ...

Juniper Group, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent With Dover General Hospital

Dec 01, 1997 ... Further Expands Agreement with Northwest Covenant Medical CenterGREAT NECK, N.Y., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Juniper Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: JUNI, JUNIZ) announced today that its health care subsidiary, PartnerCare, Inc., has signed a letter of intent to implement its Managed ...

Abbey, Gardy & Squitieri, LLP Announces Securities Fraud Suit Filed Against HealthTech International, Inc.

Dec 01, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by Abbey, Gardy & Squitieri, LLP.You are hereby notified that a Class Action has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on behalf of purchasers of HealthTech ...

Omnipoint Hooks Up A Second Roaming Partner in Italy

Dec 01, 1997 ... CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnipoint Communications' (Nasdaq: OMPT) subscribers now have a choice of roaming partners in Italy. The Personal Communications Services (PCS) provider today launched its second operational roaming agreement in Italy with Omnitel Pronto. ...

M.H. Meyerson & Co., Inc. Releases Research Report on LXR Biotechnology, Inc.

Dec 01, 1997 ... JERSEY CITY, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- M.H. Meyerson & Co., Inc. (Nasdaq: MHMY) announced a Research Report available on LXR Biotechnology, Inc. (Amex: LXR) rated a Purchase Recommendation: prepared by Dr. Jeffrey H. Berg, of M.H. Meyerson & Co., Inc., 525 Washington Blvd, Jersey ...

Significant New Market Opens for Frisco Bay in Canada

Dec 01, 1997 ... MONTREAL, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Frisco Bay Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: FBAYF), an international provider of automated transaction, time management and security systems for financial institutions, government agencies and industry, today announced that it has entered a new market to provide ...

Thomas Regional Simplifies Access To The Web's Largest Database Of Industrial Suppliers

Dec 01, 1997 ... Information on More Than 480,000 Industrial Suppliers is Easy to Search Under the Redesign, While Over 2,000 Industrial Marketers Have Made the Web Site <Pre>Their Home Base on the Internet </Pre> NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding ...

Cadence Partners With Electronics Innovators to Accelerate Delivery of New Environment for Software and Hardware System Design

Dec 01, 1997 ... 'Felix' Initiative Tackles Challenges of IP-Based System DesignSAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CDN) today announced the formation of a technology initiative (code named "Felix") to deliver new methodologies and tools for ...

Hiway Technologies Announces 60-Days of Free Web Hosting for New Users Of Microsoft FrontPage 98

Dec 01, 1997 ... Hiway's Promotion Introduces FrontPage 98 Users to World-Class Web HostingBOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiway Technologies, Inc., the industry's largest Internet Presence Provider with over 40,000 domain customers, today announced complete support and services for ...

Internet Dynamics Granted First Export License for Full Length Encryption In Enterprise Security Solution

Dec 01, 1997 ... 'Conclave now Provides International Enterprise With High Level Encryption As Part of Security System for Rapid Deployment of Intranets and Extranets.'LOMBARD, Ill., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Dynamics, Inc., announced today that it has obtained the first Department of ...

Jesup & Lamont Securites Initiates Coverage of SuperGen, Inc.

Dec 01, 1997 ... SAN RAMON, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPG & SUPGW), an emerging pharmaceutical company, announced that Jesup & Lamont Securities, a New York-based brokerage and investment banking firm, has initiated research coverage of the company.Jesup & ...

ATTENTION BUSINESS EDITORS:

Dec 01, 1997 ... Progress ReportGMD Resource Corp. - Royce Group Claims - Diamonds - NWTVANCOUVER, Dec. 1 /CNW-PRN/ - Examination of the physical and geochemical characteristics of indicator minerals from GMD's Royce Group diamond claims in the NWT has suggested that multiple ...

Beazer Homes Announces Acquisition of Orlando Operations of Calton Homes

Dec 01, 1997 ... ATLANTA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) today announced that it has acquired the assets of the Orlando, Florida homebuilding operations of Calton, Inc. (Amex: CN).Calton Homes of Florida, Inc., which operates principally in the first move up ...

Omni USA, Inc. to Power Irrigation Worldwide

Dec 01, 1997 ... HOUSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Omni USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUSA) today announced production of its Irri-Torq(TM) center geardrive with initial shipments to commence in the third quarter.Marketed under the Omni Gear(R) division, the Irri-Torq(TM) is one of the new products ...

PSINet Offers the Industry's Only 100% Guaranteed Start-To-Finish Web Site Solution

Dec 01, 1997 ... HERNDON, Va., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- PSINet Inc. (Nasdaq: PSIX), the first commercial Internet service provider (ISP), today announced that users of FrontPage(R) 98, the popular Web site creation and management tool from Microsoft Corp., can now take advantage of PSINet's Web Hosting ...

Patients With Hereditary Lung Disease Eligible for Treatment in Clinical Study

Dec 01, 1997 ... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients with a hereditary lung disease with symptoms similar to emphysema may qualify for two years of free treatment as part of a clinical study being conducted by Alpha Therapeutic Corporation. Alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (A1PI) deficiency is ...

Barry Nidorf Appointed to BI Board of Directors

Dec 01, 1997 ... BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- BI Incorporated (Nasdaq: BIAC), announced the recent appointment of Barry Nidorf to its Board of Directors. On March 3, 1997, Mr. Nidorf retired as Chief Probation Officer from the Los Angeles County Probation Department after thirty one and a half ...

Cash Technologies(TM) Announces Major Advancement in ATM Banking with Release of ATM-X(TM)

Dec 01, 1997 ... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Cash Technologies(TM), whose CoinBank(R) subsidiary is a leader in self-service coin deposit machines for banks, has announced a major advancement in retail banking. After years of design and research, Cash Technologies(TM) has released its new ...

Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Terminates Merger With Scandipharm, Inc.

Dec 01, 1997 ... SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DURA) today announced that it has terminated its agreement to merge with Scandipharm, Inc. which was announced on October 21, 1997. Scandipharm, Inc. is an Alabama-based distributor of pharmaceutical products for the ...

Fleet Financial Group Announces Public Offering Of 10,750,000 Shares Of Common Stock

Dec 01, 1997 ... BOSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleet Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FLT) announced today the public offering of 10,750,000 shares of common stock, the proceeds of which will be used for both the acquisition of Advanta Corp.'s credit card business and for general corporate purposes. Fleet ...

Hertz Technology Group Releases Year End Results of Operations

Dec 01, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Hertz Technology Group, Inc., (Nasdaq: HERZ) announced its financial results for the year ended August 31, 1997. <Pre> HERTZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. Consolidated Statements of Operations ...

Complete Management, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering, From an Effective Shelf Registration Statement, of 3.5 Million Common Shares Underwritten By Prudential Securities, Tucker Anthony and L.H. Friend

Dec 01, 1997 ... NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Complete Management, Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced today that it has filed a prospectus supplement related to an effective shelf registration statement covering an offering of 3,500,000 common shares. Prudential Securities Incorporated is the lead managing ...

Administaff Staffs Second Atlanta Office; Surpasses its 1997 Strategic Growth Objectives

Dec 01, 1997 ... HOUSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Administaff, Inc. (NYSE: ASF), a leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO), continues its 40-market/90-office national expansion plan with the staffing of its second Atlanta office. The Company surpassed its strategic growth objective to open four ...

Global Pharmaceutical Corporation Sells $5 Million of Series B Preferred Stock to Investors Led by Kingdon Capital Management

Dec 01, 1997 ... PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Pharmaceutical Corporation (Nasdaq: GLPC) today announced that it has completed the sale of approximately $5 million of its Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to various institutional and accredited investors, including a $4 ...

Cephalon Announces Senior Management Appointments

Dec 01, 1997 ... WEST CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced today the appointments of Jeffry Vaught, Ph.D., to the position of president, research and development division, Peter Grebow, Ph.D., to senior vice president, worldwide business development and Efraim ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Arris Pharmaceutical to Develop Hepatitis C Inhibitors

Dec 01, 1997 ... PRINCETON, N.J., and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Arris Pharmaceutical Corporation (Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced they have entered into an agreement to develop protease inhibitors to prevent the growth and spread of hepatitis C virus ...

ATL Introduces Two New 3D Ultrasound Capabilities

Dec 01, 1997 ... CHICAGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ATL Ultrasound (Nasdaq: ATLI) announced today the introduction of both Integrated 3D Grayscale for the HDI(R) 5000 System and the Advanced 3DI(TM) System at the 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America ...

Delphi Information Systems Names Reid E. Simpson Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Dec 01, 1997 ... ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Delphi Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DLPH) a leading provider of integrated business solutions to the insurance industry, today announced that Reid E. Simpson has been named Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief ...