Cauley Bowman Carney & Williams, PLLC
NEW YORK , Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The deadline for purchasers of Parmalat Finanziaria S.p.A., ("Parmalat," "the Group," or the "Company") (Pink Sheets:PARAF), publicly traded securities to move for lead plaintiff in a securities fraud class action recently brought against the Company is rapidly approaching. If you purchased Parmalat publicly traded securities between January 5, 1999 and December 29, 2003, inclusive (the "Class Period") and you wish to be a lead plaintiff in the case, you must move to serve as lead plaintiff by filing a motion in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by March 5, 2004. A copy of the complaint filed in this action is available from the Court, or can be viewed on the firm's website at http://www.cauleygeller.com/show_case.asp?ccode=215&pcode=10&pp=4.
Cauley Bowman Carney & Williams, PLLC
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The deadline for all who purchased or otherwise acquired shares or other ownership units of Alliance Capital Management's (NYSE:AC) AllianceBernstein Family of Mutual Funds and Massachusetts Financial Services' Family of Mutual Funds, which is a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (SLF) (collectively referred to as the "Mutual Funds") to move for lead plaintiff in a securities fraud class action recently brought against the Company is rapidly approaching. If you purchased or otherwise acquired shares or other ownership units of the Mutual Funds between January 1, 2001 and September 30, 2003, inclusive (the "Class Period") and you wish to be a lead plaintiff in the case, you must move to serve as lead plaintiff by filing a motion in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada by March 5, 2004. A copy of the complaint filed in this action is available from the Court, or can be viewed on the firm's website at http://www.cauleygeller.com/show_case.asp?ccode=217&pcode=10&pp=4.
Cauley Bowman Carney & Williams, PLLC
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The deadline for purchasers of Biopure Corporation ("Biopure" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:BPUR) publicly traded securities to move for lead plaintiff in a securities fraud class action recently brought against the Company is rapidly approaching. If you purchased Biopure publicly traded securities between March 17, 2003 and December 24, 2003, inclusive (the "Class Period") and you wish to be a lead plaintiff in the case, you must move to serve as lead plaintiff by filing a motion in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts by March 1, 2004. A copy of the complaint filed in this action is available from the Court, or can be viewed on the firm's website at http://www.cauleygeller.com/show_case.asp?ccode=212&pcode=10&pp=4.
CDMA Industry Leads In The Delivery Of Multimedia Messaging Across Multi-Platform Wireless Networks
COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org) today announced that the CDMA community is leading the industry in bridging the gap between CDMA and GSM networks for the delivery of multimedia messaging services (MMS) across multi-platform wireless networks. Comverse and QUALCOMM will be demonstrating MMS interoperability at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France this week.
HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc.
MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- HealthTronics Surgical Services (Nasdaq:HTRN), a leading provider of minimally invasive urologic and orthopaedic services, will release financial results for the fourth quarter and the complete fiscal year for 2003 on March 9th before the market opens. A conference call for the investment community will be held the same day at 10:30 a.m. (EST).
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- More than 350 people attended ceremonies marking completion of development of NASA's Aura Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite at Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Space Park facility, in Southern California, last week.
VANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Linux Gold Corp. (OTCBB:LNXGF) (GISBeX) has entered into a consulting agreement with Jim Yin, Ph.D., consulting geologist. Mr. Yin completed his Ph.D. of Science at the China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China. Mr. Yin has previously supervised four joint ventures as the project representative for mining exploration in China and completed a preliminary investigation report on the Linux Gold optioned property in December 2002.
eMax Corporation Discloses Ownership of eMax Net, Inc.
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- eMax Corporation, a publicly held Delaware Corporation (Pink Sheets:EMAX), today disclosed the details of the company's ownership of eMax Net, Inc. (EMAXNET) in response to repeated shareholder inquiries related to recent EMAXNET developments. Between March 2000 and present, EMAX has acquired 3,214,285 shares of EMAXNET in exchange for 19,705,882 common EMAX shares in three transactions at a total book value of $5,426,470.50 representing approximately $1.69 per share of EMAXNET and $0.275 per share of EMAX. In addition, EMAX licensed the rights to its Gateways to Space series of NASA educational titles to EMAXNET in January 2004 for an additional $2,000,000 in EMAXNET shares. The company's total position in EMAXNET currently represents a cash equivalent value, based on book, of $0.113 per issued and outstanding EMAX common share. The company notes the interests and values stated herein are apart from all other assets and interests EMAX holds in matters unrelated to EMAXNET.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The following is an investment opinion issued by Stockwinners.com.
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Feb. 24, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Markland Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:MRKL) (www.marklandtech.com), an integrated homeland security company, announced revenue results for the second quarter of fiscal 2004, ended December 31, 2003. Revenue for the quarter was $3,256,771 representing a significant sequential increase of 964% compared to the $306,724 in revenue reported for the first quarter of fiscal 2004. This increase is primarily due to sales of our vapor detection system which came about from our acquisition of STR in September 2003. The company reported a significant sequential increase in gross profit of $1,184,146 compared to a gross profit of $49,768 for the previous quarterly period in fiscal 2004. The company also reported a net loss of $827,209, which was comprised predominantly of a non-cash charge of $1,137,162 for compensatory restricted stock issuances associate with executive compensation. The company expects non-cash compensatory stock issuances to be substantially less for the remainder of this fiscal year. This is a reduction compared to the net loss of $911,936 reported for the previous quarter in fiscal 2004. Net loss attributable to common stockholders after deducting non-cash dividends on preferred stock was $0.18 per share compared to $0.19 per share for the previous quarter in fiscal 2004.
