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GPU <GPU> SEES TMI-2 FUEL PROBLEMS RESOLVED
General Public Utilities Corp said the water-clarity problem delaying the removal of fuel from the damaged Unit Two of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant appears to have been resolved. The company said the slower than expected removal of the fuel, which has been primarily due to the water-clarity problems, i...
ECHLIN<ECH> EXPECTS CONTINUED PROFIT GROWTH
Echlin Inc said it expects further earnings increases for the second half of fiscal 1987 ending in August due to unit sales growth and improved operations. "As expected, market conditions have improved so that demand for automotive replacement parts is gradually and steadily expanding," Echlin president Frederick M...
ATT <T> COST-CUTTING EFFORTS ON TARGET
American Telephone and Telegraph Co chairman James E. Olson said he is very pleased with the company's efforts so far to cut costs. He told a meeting of securities analysts that, although the company is not yet at point in its cost-cutting drive to improve profit margins, it is "on the right track." Olson said ...
HUDSON'S BAY WRITEOFF MAINLY DUE TO DOME STAKE
<Hudson's Bay Co> said a writeoff of 40.4 mln dlrs, or 1.39 dlrs per share, that it took in 1986 was mainly due to its investment in Dome Petroleum Ltd <DMP>. The company reported an operating profit of 33.0 mln dlrs, or 32 cts per share, for fiscal 1986, compared to an operating loss of 9,055,000 dlrs, or 1.23 dl...
CREDIT LYONNAIS SIGNS USSR JOINT VENTURE PACT
French bank Credit Lyonnais said it signed a protocol of agreement with the Soviet Union to establish a joint financial group to help set up and finance joint ventures between the Soviet Union and western firms. It said in a statement it signed the agreement here with the Soviet central bank (Gosbank) and foreign t...
SEC HEAD NOMINATED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NETHERLANDS
President Reagan is to nominate John Shad, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, as ambassador to the Netherlands, the White House said today. Shad, 63, a former executive with the Wall Street firm of E.F. Hutton and Co., would succeed L. Paul Bremer, now the State Department's chief counter-terr...
JAPAN OPENS HOME MARKET TO U.S. FISH
Japan has agreed to drop barriers to American-caught herring and pollock, opening the way for shipments that could reach 300 mln dlrs annually, U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter announced. Yeutter said the accord was reached after extensive bilateral negotiations that ended earlier today in Tokyo. He sa...
FIRST UNION <FUNC> BANKS ELECTRONICALLY LINKED
First Union National Bank of Florida, a unit of First Union Corp, said it has electronically linked its Florida and North Carolina 24-hour banking machines. The bank said the service, which starts April 15, will let First Union customers make withdrawals and balance inquiries at any of its locations in Florida and ...
REAGAN WILL NOMINATE SEC CHAIRMAN SHAD AS AMBASSADOR TO NETHERLANDS
AMERICAN EXPRESS SAID IT GETS SEC SUBPOENA ON DEALINGS WITH FIREMAN'S FUND, AMERICAN EXPRESS
SHEARSON LEHMAN GETS SEC SUBPOENA ON TRANSACTIONS WITH JEFFERIES AND OTHERS
FIRST FINANCIAL <FFMC> ACQUIRES TEL-A-DATA
First Financial Management Corp said it acquired the data processing contracts and certain related assets of Tel-A-Data L.P. for about 5.7 mln dlrs cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities of about 2.5 mln dlrs. Tel-A-Data serves about 50 bank and thrift institutions through a processing center in Lombard, I...
MCM CORP <MCMC> SETS QUARTERLY
Qtly div six cts vs six cts prior Pay April 10 Record March 31 Reuter 
THACKERAY CORP <THK> YEAR LOSS
Oper shr loss 22 cts vs loss 20 cts Oper net profit 1,013,000 vs profit 2,219,000 Sales 77.0 mln vs 74.0 mln Avg shrs 5,107,401 vs 5,361,793 Reuter 
U.S. FEB BUDGET DEFICIT 28.37 BILLION DLRS VS YEAR AGO DEFICIT 24.58 BILLION
GENISCO TECHNOLOGY <GES> UNIT SETS PACT
Genisco Technology Corp's Genisco Peripheral Systems unit said it set a pact with Westward Technology Ltd, based in England, to exchange technology efforts and grant mutual distribution rights to a variety of computer graphics products. Under the pact, Westard and Genisco will sell both companies' graphics products...
CONCERN OVER "EL NINO" IN PERU - USDA REPORT
There are heightened fears that "El Nino" may be returning to Peru with an intensity approaching the 1983 disaster, which affected the weather on several continents and caused widespread damage through floods and drought, the U.S. Agriculture Department's officer in Lima said in a field report. Continued heavy rain...
ALLIED-LYONS SEES SUBSTANTIAL SECOND HALF GROWTH
<Allied-Lyons PLC> will report substantial growth in the second half of fiscal 1987 ended March 7, chairman Derrick Holden-Brown said in answer to reporters' queries. "You will certainly see substantial growth in Allied-Lyons in the second half," Holden-Brown said following a presentation to Toronto securities anal...
FIRST INTERSTATE BANCORP FILES SHELF REGISTRATION FOR 1.5 BILLION DLRS IN DEBT SECURITIES
U.S. FROZEN ORANGE JUICE STOCKS - MARCH 1 102,618,000 GALLONS VS 97,111,000 YEAR AGO
U.S. COLD STORAGE STOCKS - MARCH 1 FROZEN PORK BELLIES - LBS - 34,471,000, VS A REVISED 34,900,000 ON FEB 1 AND 51,218,000 A YEAR AGO.
<DRYCLEAN USA> YEAR NET
Shr 82 cts vs 63 cts Net 1,661,000 vs 1,251,000 Revs 14.8 mln vs 11.6 mln Reuter 
U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT 28.37 BILLION DLRS IN FEB
The U.S. budget was in deficit 28.37 billion dlrs in February, up from a deficit of 24.58 billion dlrs in February, 1986, the Treasury Department said. Last month's deficit compared with a January deficit of 2.17 billion dlrs. For the fiscal year to date, the budget was in deficit by 93.92 billion dlrs, compared wi...
COLD STORAGE REPORT FOR BELLIES NEUTRAL/NEGATIVE
Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor traders' immediate reaction to the cold storage report for pork bellies was neutral to slightly negative. Frozen pork belly stocks at 34.5 mln lbs on March 1 compared with a revised 34.9 mln lbs on February 1 for a net out movement of 0.5 mln lbs. The number on hand compared wi...
AMERICAN EXPRESS <AXP> AND UNIT GET SUBPOENAS
American Express Co said it was subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with documents on transactions in securities of American Express and its former unit, Fireman's Fund. American Express said its brokerage unit, Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc was also served with a subpoena. Shearson ac...
S/P UPGRADES AMERICAN SECURITY <ASEC> AND UNIT
Standard and Poor's Corp said it raised to A-1 from A-2 American Security Corp's commercial paper. S and P also upgraded, to A and A-1 from BBB-plus and A-2 respectively, the certificates of deposit of American Security's lead bank, American Security Bank N.A. The rating agency said the actions reflected the fi...
BALLY <BLY> SEEN SELLING OFF HEALTH UNIT
Bally Manufacturing Corp's proposed public offering of 24 pct of its Health and Tennis Corp unit is seen as the first step towards the sale of the entire unit, analysts said. "In the longer-term horizon, Bally wants to concentrate on its gaming businesses," said analyst Dennis Forst of Seidler Amdec Securities Inc....
COMMERCIAL CREDIT <CCC> UNIT SELLS DIVISION
Commercial Credit Co said its American Health and Life Insurance Co sold its ordinary life insurance business to American National Insurance Co <ANAT>. American National will assume the business no later than August 31, 1987, Commercial Credit said. The sale is part of a restructuring program begun by Commercia...
MORGAN STANLEY SAYS IT ENTERED MARKET ON CLOSE ORDERS TOTALING 1.1 BILLION DLRS
DELTA SAYS COURT ORDER WILL NOT DELAY MERGER
Delta Air Lines <DAL> said a court order requiring Western Air Lines <WAL> to arbitrate with two of its unions will not delay the April 1 merger between the two airlines. The order, which was issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, requires Western to discuss with its two unions whether Western's labor contra...
OKC <OKC> SAYS APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING
OKC Limited Partnership said the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed a partial summary judgment renedered against it and for Phillips Petroleum Co <P> by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. OKC said it plans to seek a rehearing. The company said Phillips is due 21.5 mln dlrs ...
CENTRUST SAVINGS <DLP> TO RECAPITALIZE STOCK
Centrust Savings Bank said it will recapitalize its common stock at the close of business today, converting each share of outstanding common into 0.5 share of common and 0.5 share of series one participating stock. Centrust said its shareholders previously approved the recapitalization at a meeting held on February...
BANKS HAD EXCESS POSITIONS WITH VW - NEWSLETTER
A financial newsletter which reported last November that car maker Volkswagen AG <VOWG.F> lost large sums in currency transactions alleged that unnamed banks had circumvented banking regulations with help from VW's foreign exchange department. VW had no immediate comment and there was nothing in the report by the n...
ANALYST SAYS USSR WINTER GRAINS HURT BY WEATHER
The Soviet Union's winter grain crop is likely to have suffered losses due to dry planting conditions last fall and severe cold this winter, an analyst of world weather and crop conditions said. Grain analyst and meteorologist Gail Martell, author of the EF Hutton publication "Global Crop News," said in her latest ...
INTEGRATED GENERICS <IGN> MAY SELL 10 PCT OF UNIT
Integrated Generics Inc said it is discussing with an unnamed pharmaceutical distributor the sale of 10 pct of its A.N.D.A. Development Corp subsidiary for 200,000 dlrs. Integrated said its subsidiary, Biopharmaceutics, is negotiating with the same unnamed distributor to sell it five prescription drugs. The com...
MORGAN STANLEY <MS> HAS MARKET-ON-CLOSE ORDERS
Morgan Stanley and Co <MS> said it entered market-on-close orders totaling 1.1 billion dlrs for stocks in the Major Market Index and Standard and Poor's 500 stock index. Morgan Stanley said its orders were entered in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission and New York Stock Exchange requirements. The fi...
MEXICO'S RESERVES REACH EIGHT BILLION DLRS
Additional capital inflows of 1.5 billion dlrs so far this year have boosted Mexico's reserves to about eight billion dlrs, director of public credit Angel Gurria told reporters. Money has been coming back to Mexico because of improved investor confidence and because a tight monetray policy has forced credit-starve...
FIRST INTERSTATE BANCORP <I> FILES DEBT OFFER
First Interstate Bancorp said it has filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for up to 1.50 billion dlrs principal amount of its debt securities. The filing consists of 1.00 billion dlrs of senior debt securities and 500 mln dlrs of subordinated debt securities, including capital secu...
NAVISTAR <NAV> UP ON HIGHER EARNINGS OPINION
Navistar International Corp's stock rose after brokerage house Sanford C. Bernstein and Co raised its earnings estimate of the company based on expectations of better truck orders and truck tonnage, traders said. Navistar led the active list with a gain of 1/4 to 7-1/4 on volume of 4.2 mln shares. Traders famil...
ICN PHARMACEUTICALS <ICN> SEEKING ACQUISITION
ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc has about 500 mln dlrs in cash and another 1.50 billion dlrs in available credit, which it intends to use to buy a pharmaceutical company, Chairman Milan Panic said. At the company's annual meeting, he said an acquisition could take place in the next 24 months. "The company has nearly t...
CANADA COMMITTEE SEEKS LOWER CREDIT CARD RATES
The all-party House of Commons Finance Committee has unanimously called for a "substantial" cut in credit card interest rates charged by banks and other financial institutions. In a report, the committee recommended that if action is not taken soon, the government should investigate whether there is "anti-competiti...
JUSTIN INDUSTRIES INC <JSTN> SETS DIVIDEND
Qtly div 10 cts vs 10 cts prior Pay April 10 Record March 27 Reuter 
U.S. EXPORTERS REPORT 150,000 TONNES CORN CORN SWITCHED FROM UNKNOWN TO USSR FOR 1986/87
BOEING <BA> WINS NASA CONTRACT
Boeing Co said the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected Boeing to operate its computational mission services at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Boeing said it will provide NASA engineers and scientists with management, personnel, equipment, materials and services to aid the ope...
SECURITY PACIFIC <SPC> UNIT OFFERS CERTIFICATES
Security Pacific Corp's Security Pacific Merchant Bank said acting as lead manager it has offered 270 mln dlrs in 30-year and 35 mln dlrs in 15-year mortgage pass-through certificates. The offering is the second this year under an 800-mln-dlr shelf registration. The first was for 310 mln dlrs. The mortgages wer...
MERRY LAND AND INVESTMENT <MERY> TO OFFER STOCK
Merry Land and Investment Co Inc said it will offer two million shares of common stock for sale. Merry Land said it filed a registration statement with the Security and Exchange Commission. It also said the sale will be offered through an underwriting group managed by <Johnson, Lane, Space, Smith and Co Inc>, and I...
BANKS OF IOWA <BIOW> PRIVATELY PLACES STOCK
Banks of Iowa Inc <biow> said it has sold 254,608 common shares at 51.50 dlrs each to a group of institutional investors through a private placement. In connection with the stock sale, the company said, it reserved the right to sell privately up to an additional 133,741 common shares at the same price before March ...
SCHOLASTIC INC <SCHL> 3RD QTR FEB 28 NET
Shr 1.55 dlrs vs 70 cts Net 3,409,000 vs 1,455,000 Rev 54.1 mln vs 45.3 mln Nine months Shr 1.60 dlrs vs 10 cts Net 3,517,000 vs 211,000 Rev 144.4 mln vs 127.0 mln NOTE: Qtr net includes extraordinary gain of 1.2 mln dlrs, versus 155,000 dlrs for fiscal 1986's third quarter, and a non-recurr...
KLEINWORT BENSON <KBA> UNIT SETS FIRST DIVIDEND
Kleinwort Benson International Investment Ltd's subsidiary, Kleinwort Benson Australian Income Fund, a closed end management investment company, declared its first quarterly dividend of 36.5 cts payable April 16 to shareholders of record April 1. Reuter 
G-10 FINANCE OFFICIALS DISCUSS DEBT, CURRENCIES
Deputy Finance Ministers from the Group of 10 leading western industrialised countries met here to discuss the world debt crisis, trade imbalances and currency stability today following last month's Paris monetary accord, sources close to the talks said. The officials met at the offices of the International Monetar...
CCC GUARANTEES TO TURKEY SWITCHED TO MEALS-USDA
The Commodity Credit Corporation, CCC, has reallocated 15.0 mln dlrs in credit guarantees to Turkey previously earmarked for sales of U.S. oilseeds to provide coverage for sales of U.S. protein meals in fiscal year 1987, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. The department said the action reduces the guarantee line...
EC AGREES TO REDUCE DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS
The European Community (EC) agreed on new rules to cut diesel exhaust emissions from trucks and buses in an attempt to reduce air pollution threatening vast stretches of the region's forests. Diplomats said EC environment ministers meeting here agreed member states would have to reduce by 20 pct over the next few y...
VERNITRON CORP <VRN> 4TH QTR AND YEAR LOSS
Oper shr loss 49 cts vs loss 10 cts Oper net loss 3,014,000 vs loss 656,000 Revs 22.7 mln vs 23.6 mln 12 mths Oper shr loss 19 cts vs profit 40 cts Oper net loss 1,142,000 vs profit 2,476,000 Revs 93.3 mln vs 99.0 mln NOTE: qtr 1986 and prior qtr excludes loss discontinued operations 2,441,0...
GOODY PRODUCTS INC <GOOD> YEAR END OPER NET
Oper shr 1.21 vs 88 cts Oper net 7,767,000 vs 5,494,000 Revs 163.7 mln vs 133.5 mln NOTE: 1986 and 1985 oper net excludes a loss of 1,332,000 dlrs and a profit of 319,000 dlrs, respectively, for discontinued operations. Earnings per shr are restated to reflect 3-for-2 stock split effective July one, 198...
VMS MORTGAGE INVESTORS L.P. <VMLPZ> MONTLY DIV
DIst nine cts vs nine cts prior Payable May 14 Record April one Reuter 
PEPS BOYS-MANNY, MOE AND JACK <PBY> SET PAYOUT
Qtly div 5.5 cts vs 5.5 cts prior Pay April 27 Record April one. Reuter 
CCC ACCEPTS EXPORT BONUS ON SEMOLINA TO EGYPT
The Commodity Credit Corporation, CCC, has accepted a bid for an export bonus to cover a sale of 6,000 tonnes of semolina to Egypt, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. The department said the semolina is for shipment April-October, 1987, and the bonus awarded was 224.87 dlrs per tonne. The bonus was made to I...
VMS MORTGAGE INVESTORS <VMTGZ> RAISES PAYOUT
VMS Mortgage Investors LP II said it raised its first quarter 1987 cash dividend to 21 cts from 20 cts the prior quarter payable May 14, 1987, to shareholders of record April One, 1987. Reuter 
REGENCY CRUISES <SHIP> SELLS SHIP INTEREST
Regency Cruises Inc said it agreed to sell a 40 pct interest in the corporation that owns the M/V Regent Sea cruise ship for 2.1 mln dlrs to Monmouth International SA, which owns the other 60 pct. The company said it also extended a 1.7 mln dlr secured loan to Monmouth to finance completion of the renovation of ano...
CANADIAN MANUFACTURING SHIPMENTS FALL IN MONTH
Shipments of products by Canadian manufacturers declined by 1.5 pct in January to 21.08 billion dlrs, seasonally adjusted, led by a slowdown in transportation equipment, Statistics Canada said. In December orders rose 2.8 pct. The federal agency said new orders fell 4.0 pct following a 4.5 pct increase in Decem...
FREIGHT, INSURANCE PROPOSED FOR CCC SALES - USDA
the U.S. Agriculture Department is proposing to permit coverage of freight cost and marine and war risk insurance for sales of all agricultural commodities sold on credit terms under the Commodity Credit Corporation's, CCC, credit guarantee programs. The proposal only applies to commodities that are sold by export...
CCC ACCEPTS EXPORT BONUS FOR CATTLE TO EGYPT
The U.S. Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has accepted a bid for an export bonus to cover a sale of 186 head of dairy cattle to Egypt, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. The department said the cattle are for delivery May 7-June 7, 1987, and the bonus awarded was 1,888.06 dlrs per head. The bonus was made ...
CLARK EQUIPMENT <CKL> BUYS 1.3 MLN SHARES
Clark Equipment Co said it has purchased 1,339,000 shares of its common stock from an investor group led by Arthur M. Goldberg for 26.375 dlrs a share. It said the purchase reduces the number of shares of Clark common stock to be purchased under its stock repurchase plan announced March 10. At the time the company ...
YANKEE COS <YNK> UNIT TO SELL ASSSETS
Yankee Cos Inc's Eskey Inc <ESK> subsidiary said it reached an agreement in principle to sell its Eskey's Yale E. Key Inc subsidiary to a new concern formed by Key's management and a private investor for about 15.5 mln dlrs. As part of sale, Eskey said the buyers will assume the 14.5 mln dlrs of publicly held Eskey...
COURT APPROVES LTV <QLTV> BANK CREDIT AGREEMENT
LTV Corp said a credit agreement between the company and its 22-member bank group has been approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The company said the agreement provides an additional 100 mln dlrs of credit that may be borrowed by the company or used to cover the issuance of ne...
WENDY'S <WEN> DECLNES COMMENT ON MARKET RUMORS
Wendy's International Inc declined to comment on vague rumors by traders that it might be a takeover target. Wendy's is currently trading up one at 11-3/4 on turnover of more than 1.6 mln shares. A Wendy's spokesman said it was corporate policy not to comment on market rumors. He further declined to attribu...
GOODY <GOOD> TO SELL UNIT TO UNION CAMP <UCC>
Goody Products Inc said it entered into an agreement to sell its J. and P.B. Myers packaging business to Union Camp Corp to focus on its consumer products and automated distribution system businesses. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Reuter 
CHAMPION PARTS<CREB> ASKS DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
Champion Parts Rebuilders Inc said it asked the Federal District Court in Chicago for a declaratory judgment upholding its recent 5.4 mln dlr sale of common shares and warrants to Echlin Inc <ECH>. Champion said in hearings Thursday morning before the federal judge on its lawsuit charging federal securities law vio...
CYACQ RAISES OFFER FOR CYCLOPS TO 92.50 DLRS/SHARE FROM 80 DLRS
GREAT COUNTRY BANK <GCBK> 3RD QTR NET
Qtr ends Feb 28 Shr 53 cts vs N/A Net 1,165,000 vs 575,000 Nine mths Shr 1.54 dlrs vs N/A Net 3,363,000 vs 1,535,000 Assets 375.2 mln vs 320.7 mln Deposits 313.8 mln vs 264.2 mln Loans 286.3 mln vs 235.9 mln NOTE: earnings per share data not presented for 1986 as Great Country Bank c...
U.S. BUSINESS LOANS FALL 660 MLN DLRS IN MARCH 11 WEEK, FED SAYS
EC AGREES REDUCTION OF DIESEL EXHAUST EMISSIONS
The European Community (EC) agreed tough new rules to cut diesel exhaust emissions from trucks and buses in an attempt to reduce air pollution threatening vast stretches of the region's forests. Diplomats said EC environment ministers meeting here agreed member states would have to reduce by 20 pct over the next fe...
PROPOSED OFFERINGS RECENTLY FILED WITH THE SEC
The following proposed securities offerings were filed recently with the Securities and Exchange Commission: Weyerhaeuser Co <WY> - Offering of four mln shares of convertible exchangeable preference shares through Morgan Stanley and Co Inc. Kansas City Power and Light Co <KLT> - Shelf offering of up to 100 mln ...
MARCUS <MRCS> VOTES 50 PCT STOCK DIVIDEND
Marcus Corp said its board voted a 50 pct stock dividend to be distributed May 1, record April 15. It said the dividend applies equally to holders of its common stock and Class B common. Reuter 
VMS MORTGAGE <VMTGZ> CASH DISTRIBUTION RISES
VMS Mortgage Investors L.P. II said it declared a first-quarter 1987 cash distribution of 21 cts a depositary unit, up five pct from the prior quarter. It said the distribution will be payable May 14, record January 1. Reuter 
PICO <PPI>, ANIXTER GET TELE-COMM <TCOM> ORDER
Pico Products Inc and <Anixter Communications> jointly announced that they received a purchase order from Tele-Communications Inc, for pay TV security products to be included in Tele-Comm's on-site control systems. Terms were not disclosed. Reuter 
AUDIO/VIDEO <AVA>SWEETENS BID FOR CYCLOPS <CYL>
An investment group led by Audio/Video Affiliates Inc said it raised its tender offer to acquire Cyclops Corp to 92.50 dlrs a share from 80 dlrs a share. The group, Cyacq Acquisition Corp, also said it extended the offer until April three, from March 20. The group said it added several conditions to its offer, ...
MOODY'S DOWNGRADES BAKER INTERNATIONAL AND UPGRADES HUGHES TOOL
EMERALD HOMES <EHP> SETS INITIAL DISTRIBUTION
Emerald Homes L.P. said its general partners declared an initial 30-ct per unit distribution payable May 15 to unitholders of record March 31. Emerald made its initial public offering February 6. Reuter 
U.S. BUSINESS LOANS FALL 660 MLN DLRS
Business loans on the books of major U.S. banks, excluding acceptances, fell 660 mln dlrs to 277.93 billion dlrs in the week ended March 11, the Federal Reserve Board said. The Fed said that business loans including acceptances declined 492 mln dlrs to 280.56 billion dlrs. Reuter 
TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES UNIT FIRST TO FILE
<Texas Capital Bancshares> said its subsidiary, Texas Capital Bank-Westwood, was the first Texas bank to file for a statewide branch to be located in Austin. The company said it filed with the Comptroller of the Currency under a 1986 state constitutional amendment allowing Texas banks to establish a limit of three ...
WATER SPORTS NETWORK BUYS DEBT FROM NTN
<Water Sports Network> said it purchased 750,000 dlrs in convertible debentures from <NTN Communications Inc>. The companies said they are exploring ways to mutually market the programs and properties of each company. Reuter 
JEFFERIES MAKES MARKET IN CYCLOPS <CYL>
Jefferies and Co said it is making a market in the stock of Cyclops Corp at 92-1/2 to 95. Cyclops received a sweetened offer of 92.50 dlrs per share from Cyacq Acquisition Corp, led by Audio/Video Affiliates Inc <AVA>. Reuter 
BEI <BEIH> ACQUIRES IVEY-ROWTON AND ASSOCIATES
BEI Holdings Ltd said it acquired Ivey-Rowton and Associates, a Nashville, Tenn.-based bank marketing firm. Terms were not disclosed. Reuter 
LAC MINERALS <LAC> TO CLOSE LAKE SHORE MINE
LAC Minerals Ltd said it will suspend underground mining and exploration at its Lake Shore Mine at Kirkland Lake, Ontario, on April 30, pending results of a surface exploration drilling program. LAC said it does not expect the decision to affect earnings, but 44 employees will be affected. The company said it h...
MULTI SOLUTIONS <MULT> UNIT ADDS CAPABILITY
Multi Solutions Inc's Multi Soft Inc <MSOF> announced Version 3.0 of Super-Link, its application development system for building cooperative peer-to-peer applications under CICS, TSO, VM/CMS and IDMS-DC. The release adds two new components to the Super-Link system and provides enhanced features and support for appl...
SOUTHERN HOME SAVINGS BANK <SHSB> YEAR NET
Shr 1.86 dlrs vs 1.85 dlrs Net 1,923,304 vs 1,897,998 Reuter 
SUPER VALU <SVU> SETS LOWER CAPITAL SPENDING
Super Valu Stores Inc said its capital budget for the fiscal year beginning March One is 330 mln dlrs. It said it spent 363.7 mln dlrs last year, primarily because the previous year's budget included funding for such major projects as completely new distribution centers. It said the current budget provides for ...
SALOMON BROS SAID IT WAS SUBPOENAED BY SEC REGARDING FIREMAN'S FUND, AMERICAN EXPRESS
BINKS MFG CO <BIN> REGULAR DIVIDEND SET
Qtly div 25 cts vs 25 cts previously Pay April 17 Record March 30 Reuter 
FIRM SELLS ENTIRE ALLEGHENY INT'L <AG> STAKE
Southeastern Asset Management Inc and its two controlling shareholders said they sold their entire 5.6 pct stake in Allegheny International Inc. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Southeastern, a Memphis, Tenn. investment advisor, said it sold the entire 604,000-share stake between March 13 an...
JAPANESE FIRM HAS 10.7 PCT OF SHELDAUL <SHEL>
Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd, a Japanese company, told the Securities and Exchange Commission it has acquired 325,000 shares of Sheldahl Inc, or 10.7 pct of the total outstanding common stock. Sumitomo Bakelite said it bought the stock for 4.9 mln dlrs for investment purposes. Under an between Sumitomo Bakelite and...
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO <CWE> 12 MONTHS NET
Period ended Feb 28 Shr 4.66 dlrs vs 4.40 dlrs Net 1,048,884,000 vs 959,626,000 Revs 5.43 billion vs 5.04 billion Avg shrs 200,242,000 vs 191,840,000 NOTE: Per-share earnings reflect payment of preferred dividend requirements Reuter 
LATIN NATIONS CALL FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION
Representatives from 26 Latin American countries ended a United Nations trade meeting here today with a call for greater economic integration between developing and industrialised countries. "(We) urge the international community to recognise the ... difficulties which confront the region," a statement released by ...
MOODY'S CUTS BAKER <BKO>, UPGRADES HUGHES <HT>
Moody's Investors Service Inc said it downgraded the debt ratings of Baker International Corp and upgraded Hughes Tool Co's debt. The actions affect a combined 662 mln dlrs of securities. Moody's said the anticipated merger of Baker and Hughes Tool into Baker Hughes Inc would result in increased financial lever...
JOHN HANCOCK UNITS DUMP STAKE IN PRICE <PR>
Subsidiaries of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co told the Securities and Exchange Commission they sold their entire 13.1 pct stake in Price Communications Corp back to the company. The Hancock subsidiaries said they sold their entire 1,627,603-share stake in Price Communications to the company for 11 dlrs a sh...
AMERICAN ELECTRIC <AEP> UNIT TO BUY BACK BONDS
Ohio Power Co, a unit of American Electric Power Co, said it will redeem 34.4 mln dlrs of its first mortgage bonds on June one. It will buy back at par 33 mln dlrs of its outstanding 10 pct bonds of 2016 and 1.4 mln dlrs of its outstanding 12-7/8 pct bonds due 2013. Also, the utility will pay accrued interest for t...
SALOMON INC <SB> SAID IT RECEIVED SUBPOENA
Salomon Inc's Salomon Brothers unit said the Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed its records with respect to Fireman's Fund Corp, American Express Co, Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc, Jefferies and Co and others. Salomon brothers co-managed a public offering by American Express of Fireman's Fund securities. ...
NIAGARA MOHAWK <NMK> TO CUT COSTS
Niagara Mohawk Corp said it is "cautiously optimistic" about results improvements for 1987 and said it is studying measures to cut operating costs. These measures include freezing management salaries, abolishing vacant positions and reducing overtime. A spokesman said the company had no current plans to lay off...