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INS Expands Operations Management Team.

Jan 05, 1999 ... SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- International Network Services (INS) (Nasdaq: INSS), a global provider of enterprise network consulting and software solutions, today announced the addition of two new Vice Presidents. The two new appointments are of Christine Norcross to the new ...

Stac Software Names John Ticer Chief Executive Officer and Cliff Flowers Chief Financial Officer.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Stac Software Well Positioned for Leadership Role in Distributed Storage Management Space SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Stac Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: STAC) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed John Ticer to the position of Chief Executive ...

Pacific Exchange to Trade Options on Amoco Corp.

Jan 05, 1999 ... SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced today that following the acquisition of Amoco Corp. by British Petroleum Company p.l.c., the PCX will commence trading the Amoco Corp. adjusted options series, including LEAPS(R), on Wednesday, January 6, 1999. ...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Targeted Genetics Corp. Publish Data on Adoptive Immunotherapy for HIV.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Nature Medicine Paper Highlights Potential for Adoptive Immunotherapy In Treating HIV SEATTLE, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), the University of Washington (UW) and Targeted Genetics Corp. (Nasdaq: TGEN) ...

Tektronix Launches Breakthrough Oscilloscope Family Focused at Mid-Range Measurement Market.

Jan 05, 1999 ... TDS3000 Oscilloscopes Break Price/Performance Barrier BEAVERTON, Ore., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix, Inc., (NYSE: TEK) the worldwide leader in oscilloscopes, today introduced the second generation in its revolutionary family of digital phosphor oscilloscopes (DPO), the ...

Buena Vista Emerges as the #1 Distributor for 1998 with Three of the Top Ten Films and a $1.1 Billion Cume.

Jan 05, 1999 ... BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the industry box office soared to record heights in 1998, Buena Vista was the box office winner for the year (1/5/98 - 1/3/99) with cumulative gross revenues of $1.109 billion, or 16% of the U.S. market, it was announced today (1/4) by Phil ...

Group Maintenance America Corp. Announces Proposed Private Debt Offering.

Jan 05, 1999 ... HOUSTON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Group Maintenance America Corp. (NYSE: MAK), announced today that it plans to sell $130 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009. The sale of the notes will be made in a private offering to certain qualified institutional ...

Northwest Airlines, Sprint Enter Into Mileage Partnership.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Consumers Can Earn Up to 16,500 Frequent Flyer Miles Through Wide Range Of Communications Services -- Long Distance, Internet, Paging and Ultimately Sprint PCS MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 5 /Prnewswire/ -- Sprint Communications Corp. (NYSE: FON) and Northwest ...

Network Holdings International Enters Internet Marketing Business, Completes Acquisition of Links Direct.

Jan 05, 1999 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Holdings International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NETW) announced today the completion of the acquisition of 100% of Links Direct, Inc. Links Direct, which was founded in 1996, markets golf products and services, particularly its ...

Group Maintenance America Corp. to Acquire $150 Million in Annual Revenues.

Jan 05, 1999 ... HOUSTON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Group Maintenance America Corp. (NYSE: MAK), announced that it has signed three letters of intent to acquire companies with combined annual revenues of approximately $150 million. These transactions, which are expected to close in the first quarter, are ...

Hemispherx Adds New CFS Trial Sites; Active Treatment of Patients is Underway.

Jan 05, 1999 ... PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (Amex: HEB) today announced that it completed contractual arrangements with two new sites that will begin enrolling patients in a confirmatory Phase III clinical trial of the drug Ampligen(R) in the treatment of Chronic ...

PPG, Akzo Nobel Complete Packaging Coatings Transaction.

Jan 05, 1999 ... PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) completed its previously announced purchase of the former Courtaulds plc's global packaging coatings business from Akzo Nobel of the Netherlands. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction includes production ...

Suzuki Reports 28 Percent Sales Growth; Grand Vitara Sales Growing Rapidly.

Jan 05, 1999 ... BREA, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Early sales reports from Suzuki show a dramatic 28 percent increase in sales over last year. The Grand Vitara, the new V6 mini SUV, has done particularly well, selling 5,909 units since its introduction in August of 1998. "Two years ago, our ...

Grand Vitara Attracting New Customers to Suzuki Finds Marketing Survey.

Jan 05, 1999 ... BREA, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In only 4 months on the market the V6 Grand Vitara, Suzuki's new, powerful, mini SUV, has already succeeded in attracting a new generation of customers strengthening Suzuki's brand identity in the United States. According to a recently completed survey ...

Manhattan Bagel Company Opens in Fort Rucker AFB Food Court; Company Continues to Expand Business Relationship With AAFES.

Jan 05, 1999 ... FORT RUCKER, Ala., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) continues to expand its retail bagel operations with the recent opening of a full-bake Manhattan Bagel Company store at Fort Rucker Air Force Base in southern Alabama. Another AAFES Manhattan Bagel ...

AVerMedia Announces the Launching of New USB Port Video Capturing Device For Macintosh, AVerMedia MVExplorer, in MacWorld Expo '99 Show.

Jan 05, 1999 ... FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., the technology leader in the Scan Converter Market, today announced the launching of the NEW multimedia video capture device, AVerMedia MVExplorer. AVerMedia will demonstrate this first external USB Port device for ...

Arcturus Announces New Japan Distributor.

Jan 05, 1999 ... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcturus Engineering, Inc., a rapidly growing biotechnology company based in California, announces an agreement with Olympus Japan, Ltd. for exclusive distribution of Arcturus products in Japan. This formalizes the collaboration between the ...

LightPath Technologies, Inc. Acquires Rights to New Fiberoptic Switch Products.

Jan 05, 1999 ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- LightPath Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPTHA) has signed exclusive agreements for the right to commercialize two separate fiberoptic switch technologies. The agreements will allow LightPath to broaden and accelerate its planned introduction of ...

/FROM PR NEWSWIRE NEW YORK 800-776-8090/ TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Americans Foresee Financial Flabbiness When it Comes to Their Year 2000 Fiscal Fitness - Familiar Obstacles & Dreams of Winning the Lottery Keep Americans from Fiscal Fitness - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Even with the ...

Success of Gene Therapy Research for Canine Hemophilia B Shows Promise for Treating Humans.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Research Results Published This Week in Nature Medicine PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Gene therapy using the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to deliver the missing clotting factor in hemophilia B "is likely to be successful in the treatment of humans with the ...

New KinderCare Under Construction in Woodstock.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Area Families Can Look Forward To New Childcare Option WOODSTOCK, Ga., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ground has been broken and construction is underway on a new $1.5 million, 9,870 square foot KinderCare Learning Center, located at 3051 Parkbrooke Circle, Woodstock. Designed to ...

Applied Microsystems Announces Fourth Quarter Revenues and Earnings Lower Than Expected.

Jan 05, 1999 ... REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Microsystems Corporation (Nasdaq: APMC) announced today, based upon preliminary estimates, that it expects revenues for its fourth quarter ending December 31, 1998 to be between $9.7 million and $10.0 million, which compares to $9.5 million in ...

Knowledge TV Goes On Location at CES and MacWorld Virtual Trade Shows Preview 1999 Technologies.

Jan 05, 1999 ... ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Knowledge TV will take its viewers on location at this month's Consumer Electronics Show and the MacWorld Expo to provide information on everything that pertains to cutting-edge electronic products. "Knowledge TV Virtual Trade Show: CES" will air ...

Activision Launches Best-Selling PC Strategy Game Civilization II Onto Sony PlayStation Game Console.

Jan 05, 1999 ... World-Building Strategy Game for PlayStation Hits North American Retail Shelves Week of January 4, 1999 SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Civilization franchise will conquer new territory when Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) launches one of the ...

T-NETIX Announces Cell-Tel Acquisition.

Jan 05, 1999 ... ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- T-NETIX, Inc. (Nasdaq: TNTX), a leading provider of specialized call processing and fraud control software technologies, announced that on December 31, 1998, it exercised its option to acquire 100 percent of the common stock of Cell-Tel Monitoring, ...

Hoechst Marion Roussel And Quintiles Complete Strategic Partnership Agreement.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Quintiles Acquires Hoechst Marion Roussel Drug Development Facility in Kansas City; Transaction Includes Industry's Largest-Ever Service Contract KANSAS CITY, MO. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., the global ...

Netgain Sales 2.0 Now Available From Firstwave.

Jan 05, 1999 ... New Capabilities Added to Premier Internet Sales Information System ATLANTA, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Firstwave Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSTW) today announced immediate availability of Netgain(TM) Sales 2.0, the latest version of the first fully Web-based, enterprise-class ...

Jairo Blanco Joins Visible Genetics Inc. as Latin American Business Manager.

Jan 05, 1999 ... TORONTO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Visible Genetics Inc. (VGI) (Nasdaq: VGIN) announced today the appointment of Mr. Jairo Blanco as Latin American Business Manager. Mr. Blanco was formerly International Marketing and Sales Manager, Latin America Division, for The Perkin-Elmer Corporation ...

Telescan Signs Strategic Agreement with Microsurf to Offer Real-Time Mortgage Quotes on Wall Street City Website.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Gives Consumers Detailed Information on Rates and Lenders in Each State HOUSTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Telescan Inc. (Nasdaq: TSCN) today announced a strategic agreement with Microsurf Inc. (www.microsurf.com) to offer up-to-the-minute mortgage quotes on Telescan's Wall Street ...

TeleCheck Announces December Same-Store Retail Sales Rise 1.9 Percent.

Jan 05, 1999 ... HOUSTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- December same-store retail sales rose a moderate 1.9 percent over the same period last year, according to data compiled by TeleCheck Services, Inc., the world's leading check acceptance company. The TeleCheck Retail Index is based on a year-over-year, ...

CV Therapeutics Receives $4.5 Million Milestone Payment From Biogen.

Jan 05, 1999 ... PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX) announced today the receipt of a $4.5 million milestone payment, in the form of a loan, from its partner, Biogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGEN). This milestone was released by Biogen in connection with the final study ...

Sirena Apparel Group Announces New Online Store.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Offers Internet Sales Directly to Consumers EL MONTE, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirena Apparel Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRN) today announced a schedule for the implementation of its website and plans to use that website for sales of swimwear and intimate apparel directly to ...

City Hall's Technology Helps Blind Access Facilities.

Jan 05, 1999 ... SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The now completed City Hall Renovation Project incorporates a new high tech infra-red wireless communications system that enables blind and vision impaired persons to find their way to its offices, entrances, exits, and other facilities. These audible ...

Pak Mail Launches Private Cyber Network, PAKMAIL.NET.

Jan 05, 1999 ... AURORA, Colo., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Pak Mail Centers of America, Inc. (PMCA) announces the formation of a major partnership with Florida-based T3 Systems LLC. Each of the more than 350 qualified Pak Mail locations in the United States are partners to this exclusive agreement enabling ...

An Expert in Commercialization of Chemical Processes Joins Energy BioSystems Corporation as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Jan 05, 1999 ... THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy BioSystems Corporation (Nasdaq: ENBCD) announced that Peter P. Policastro, Ph.D., an expert in commercialization of chemical processes, has joined the company as executive vice president and chief operating officer. In making the ...

Gentner Names Production Audio Services of Australia Master Distributor for Australia and New Zealand.

Jan 05, 1999 ... SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Gentner Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: GTNR) has named Production Audio Services (Melbourne, Australia) master distributor for Australia and New Zealand. As a master distributor, they will be responsible for technical support, meeting compliance ...

Christian Radio Broadcasters Select Wegener Communications UNITY.

Jan 05, 1999 ... DULUTH, Ga., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR) announced today that the Christian Radio Consortium (CRC) has selected Wegener Communications UNITY digital broadcasting platform for the CRC's satellite audio distribution. The total order is near $3 million. The CRC ...

QLT and CIBA Vision Announce Positive Results for Visudyne(TM) (Verteporfin) Therapy for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Jan 05, 1999 ... VANCOUVER, British Columbia and ATLANTA, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- QLT PhotoTherapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: QLTIF; Toronto) (QLT) and CIBA Vision Corporation -- the eye care unit of Novartis AG -- announced today that Visudyne(TM) (verteporfin) therapy has been shown to preserve vision in a ...

Philadelphia International Auto Show Hosts a Special Sneak Peek for the Media On Press Day.

Jan 05, 1999 ... WHAT: Press Day at the Philadelphia International Auto Show offers the media a sneak peak at more than 10 vehicles never seen before on the East Coast as they are world-premiered at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Press Day attendees will be among the first in the ...

Action Sports Ltd. Executes Definitive Agreement with Light Wave to Reach Gen-X Customers Who Represent $600 Billion in Spending Power.

Jan 05, 1999 ... IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Action Sports Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: WLLO), announced today that they have executed a definitive agreement to merge with Light Wave, one of the predominate snowboard manufacturers located within the United States. The merger will consist of ...

Innovative Software and LANovation Mutually Agree to Dissolve Partnership.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Innovative Software Ceases to Master Distribute LANovation's PictureTaker Enterprise Edition MILWAUKEE, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Software, one of the fastest growing distributors of network management utilities, announced today it will not renew the ...

RSA Data Security Schedules Teleconferences to Announce Expansion Into Worldwide Markets.

Jan 05, 1999 ... RSA Data Security, Inc. will hold teleconferences on Wednesday, January 6 to announce expansion of its operations overseas, and to announce its first security component product for worldwide markets. FOR EDITORS IN THE U.S., CANADA AND EUROPE WHEN: For U.S. and ...

MGM and Caterpillar Latest Blue Chip Additions to SkillSet's Customer Portfolio.

Jan 05, 1999 ... PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- SkillSet Software, the leading provider of HR applications that automate 100 Percent of the recruiting process, announced today that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (NYSE: MGM) and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) are joining the list of blue chip ...

Corgenix Receives FDA Clearance to Market Four New Products for the Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Blood Clotting Disorders.

Jan 05, 1999 ... DENVER, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: COGX) announced today that it has received clearance to market four new products for the diagnosis and risk assessment of blood clotting disorders (thrombosis) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...

National Semiconductor Orders Teradyne VLSI Test Systems for Texas, Maine and Singapore Sites.

Jan 05, 1999 ... AGOURA HILLS, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Teradyne (NYSE: TER) announced that its VLSI Test Division has received orders from National Semiconductor Corporation(R) (NYSE: NSM) for multiple J973 and J971 VLSI test systems. A J973 system was shipped to Cyrix(R) Corporation (a National ...

Ford Trucks Ice the Competition.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Armed with chainsaws and chisels, a team of "Ford tough" ice sculptors is braving the aftermath of Michigan's first big winter blast to complete a life- size replica of the best-selling vehicle in the industry by tomorrow afternoon, January 5. The sculpture is in front of Cobo Hall's main ...

Standard & Poor's CreditWire Headlines.

Jan 05, 1999 ... NEW YORK, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's CreditWire issued reports with the following headlines from 6:00 p.m. January 4 through 7:00 a.m. today. Mayne Nickless Rtgs Affirmed, Outlook To Neg By S&P ...

UniCapital Combines Aircraft Financing Operations; Forms Air and Aircraft Engine Groups.

Jan 05, 1999 ... MIAMI, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- UniCapital Corporation (NYSE: UCP) today announced it has combined its aircraft financing operations to form the UniCapital Air and Aircraft Engine groups. The groups are part of UniCapital's Big Ticket Division. "The principals of Cauff Lippman ...

General Bearing Announces Three New Contracts With Ford, Trailmobile And Stoughton; Company Sees New Kodak Relationship Increasing Penetration in Office Equipment Sector.

Jan 05, 1999 ... WEST NYACK, N.Y., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- General Bearing Corporation (Nasdaq: GNRL) today announced that it reached a new, one-year, $1.2 million agreement with the Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F). General will produce an important driveline component for pick-up trucks, sport utility ...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Targeted Genetics Corporation Publish Data on Adoptive Immunotherapy for HIV.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Nature Medicine Paper Highlights Potential for Adoptive Immunotherapy in Treating HIV SEATTLE, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), the University of Washington (UW) and Targeted Genetics Corporation (Nasdaq: TGEN) ...

Burnham Pacific Adds to Retail Holdings in Oregon and California and Disposes of Non-Strategic Asset.

Jan 05, 1999 ... SAN DIEGO, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Burnham Pacific Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BPP), an equity real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced the acquisition by its affiliate, BPP Retail LLC, of Silverton Plaza shopping center in Silverton, Oregon; Laguna Niguel Plaza in Laguna Niguel, ...

Sage Networks Announces Strategic Partnerships With Industry Leading Technologies.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Sage Networks Expands Hosting Services With World Class Partnerships CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Networks, Inc., a company focused on becoming the industry benchmark in Web hosting, today announced strategic partnerships with several of the industry's top tier ...

Asia Cellular Satellite Announces Strategic Partnership With Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Agreement Assures Remaining Financing to Bring ACeS to Market; Clears Way for Development of Garuda-2 Satellite to Increase ACeS Coverage Area JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- P.T. Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (Nasdaq: PSNRY) (PSN) today announced ...

FirstService completes three tuck-under acquisitions, increases ownership in Intercon Security.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Nasdaq: FSRV TSE: FSV TORONTO, Jan. 5 /CNW-PRN/ - FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ: FSRV; TSE: FSV) today announced that its Community Association Management division, North America's largest, has made three more tuck-under acquisitions, bringing the total number ...

Mentor Graphics Says ISS Again Advises Clients to Vote for Mentor's Director Nominees and Proposals at Special Meeting of Quickturn Stockholders on January 8.

Jan 05, 1999 ... WILSONVILLE, Ore., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today said that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), one of the nation's leading institutional shareholder advisory firms, has again recommended to its clients that they vote in favor of Mentor ...

Cubist Pharmaceuticals Files With the FDA To Initiate Phase 3 Clinical Trials for Daptomycin.

Jan 05, 1999 ... - Daptomycin to Treat Serious Life-Threatening Infections - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBST) today announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ...

Network Integrity Secures $6.5 Million in New Round of Financing.

Jan 05, 1999 ... ADIC, Leading Manufacturer of Tape Backup Equipment, is Newest Investor in Data Protection Software Firm MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Integrity, Inc., a leading provider of real-time data distribution and continuous data protection solutions for ...

Cleveland Clinic Study Finds Matritech's NMP22(R) is a Highly Sensitive, Cost-Effective Test for the Early Detection of Bladder Cancer.

Jan 05, 1999 ... Findings Reported in the January Issue of The Journal of Urology "The NMP22 test did not miss any bladder cancers and its sensitivity was three times higher than cytology." Craig Zippe, M.D. Department of Urology Cleveland Clinic ...

U.S. Timberlands Announces Executive Appointments.

Jan 05, 1999 ... NEW YORK, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Timberlands Company, L.P. (Nasdaq: TIMBZ) today announced several new appointments and internal promotions as well as the election of two new members to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. The two new management appointments are ...

Lancer to Supply Dispensers to Burger King.

Jan 05, 1999 ... SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancer Corporation (Amex: LAN) announces that it has signed an agreement with Restaurant Services, Inc. ("RSI") to supply fountain equipment and frozen carbonated beverage dispensers to Burger King(R) restaurants. RSI is the exclusive Burger King(R) ...

Immunomedics Awarded Patent on Universal, Selective Therapy for Multiple Diseases.

Jan 05, 1999 ... MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMMU) today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 5,851,527, comprising a method for antibody targeting of therapeutic agents, to the biopharmaceutical company. Explaining the technology, Dr. Hans J ....

$7.5 Million Renovation to Convert Holiday Inn-San Jose North to Crowne Plaza(R).

Jan 05, 1999 ... SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction begins today on a $7.5 million renovation that will convert the Holiday Inn-San Jose North to a Crowne Plaza(R) hotel, one of the upscale brands of Bass Hotels & Resorts. Extensive renovations will upgrade virtually every ...

Competitive Technologies' Homocysteine Technology Hits Main Street.

Jan 05, 1999 ... * American Heart Association Alerts Doctors to Screen High-Risk Patients * Available Today, Homocysteine Test May Become as Common as Cholesterol Test FAIRFIELD, Conn., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- After a year of promoting its homocysteine technology, Competitive Technologies, Inc ....

American Heart Association Recommends Homocysteine Testing.

Jan 05, 1999 ... - Available Now, Simple Test Uncovers Potential Heart Problems - Likely to Become as Common as Cholesterol Testing FAIRFIELD, Conn., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In the current issue of its weekly journal, "Circulation," an American Heart Association Science Advisory urges ...

Lithium Technology Corporation and Hengdian Group of China Sign Letter of Intent for Manufacturing Joint Venture in China.

Jan 05, 1999 ... PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithium Technology Corporation ("LTC") (OTC Bulletin Board: LITH) and the Hengdian Group of mainland China announced today they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to enter into a joint venture to manufacture rechargeable lithium-ion polymer ...