- Aztec Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AZGS.OB) provided an update to its investments in the Deep Lake Field and South Deep Lake Field, both located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. As previously announced, the Deep Lake No. 2 well has been completed to its target depth of approximately 14,300 and is awaiting a pipeline connection that has been delayed as a result of Hurricane Rita. Aztec notes that the well is ready to produce and expects that Deep Lake No. 2 will be brought on-line at the earliest possible time. Strong gas production is projected from Deep Lake No. 2. At Deep Lake No. 1, also as previously announced, drilling h ...

- Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE: HTG) ("Heritage" or the "Company"), today reported recent investment activity and certain operational highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. Highlights included: * Acquired three additional shopping centers located in Connecticut, New Jersey and South Carolina * Completed acquisition of 40% minority partnership interest in shopping center located in Franklin, Tennessee * Entered into joint venture for the development of shopping center to be anch ...

- Chrysler Financial and Vickie Winans are pleased to announce Datisha Pickett as winner of the Rising Star Talent Contest, held in Detroit on November 4, 2005. Datisha overcame more than 500 talented vocalists, who submitted material from all over the United States, to win the Rising Star Talent Contest. With the Rising Star title comes a prize package consisting of a recording contract with Destiny Joy Records (including a $10,000 signing bonus) and a two-year lease on a 2006 Chrysler 300C. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051107/DEM025 ) ...

- A Federal Court judge dismissed the final three claims yesterday in an Independent Glass Association (IGA)- backed lawsuit against Safelite Group, Inc., parent company of Safelite Solutions LLC and Safelite Fulfillment, Inc. The ruling was made by Judge Ann D. Montgomery of the United States District Court of Minnesota in the case of Independent Glass Association, Inc., et al. v. Safelite Group, Inc., et al. (Case No. 05-238 ADM/AJB). "This is a decisive victory," said Mark A. Smolik, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Safelite, Group, Inc. "We are pleased all allegations in this case have been soundly rejected so quickly ...

- CMEA Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on information technology and life sciences companies, announced that Gordon Hull, a General Partner with CMEA Ventures, is planning to leave the firm to pursue a new career path where he can spend more time working directly with entrepreneurs. Managing General Partner Tom Baruch said, "Although we are disappointed to see Gordon leave, we know that there are many exciting opportunities available to him. I speak for everyone at CMEA Ventures when I say we wish Gordon every success going forward." Before joining CMEA Ventures, Gordon managed a very successful group making venture capital ...

- Scitex Corporation Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCIX , TASE: SCIX) announced that, at its annual shareholder meeting held today, shareholders approved the Companys proposed change of its name to Scailex Corporation Ltd. The new company name will begin appearing shortly in communications, and on the Companys new Web site, http://www.scailex.com. The Companys NASDAQ trading symbol is currently expected to remain "SCIX." The Company also announced that all of the other matters on the agenda for the s ...

- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) today began trading Merrill Lynchs Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes Linked to the Performance of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) Housing Sector Index. Priced at $10.00 with an initial offer size of 8,300,000 shares, this equity trades under the ticker symbol MPL and has a maturity date of March 22, 2007. The notes are issued by Merrill Lynch. The Amex specialist unit is Wolverine Trading Group LLP. If you would like to receive a copy of the prospectus for MPL, please contact the Capital Markets Group at the American Stock Exchange at capitalmarkets@amex.com or call (212) 306-1 ...

- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced that the determination period for the conversion premium to be paid in connection with the companys conversion offer for its 5% Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock has concluded. Each share of preferred stock validly tendered and accepted for conversion will be converted into an aggregate of 2.4424 shares of the companys common stock, which includes a conversion premium of .0439 shares. The conversion premium represents the amount of shares of common stock determined by dividing (i) ...

- Financial Media Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FNGP), is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of WallStreet Direct, Inc., a multimedia provider of financial news, tools and information. WallStreet Direct, Inc. owns http://www.wallst.net , a leading, media-rich, online financial portal. In addition to http://www.wallst.net , WallStreet Direct, Inc. hosts investment conferences and seminars, and publishes a newspaper focused on financial news and the companys exclusive content. "The acquisition of WallStreet Dire ...

- E. J. McKay & Co., Inc. announced on January 20th the sale of HyperEdge Corp. of Batavia, Illinois to Westell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSTL) a leading provider of broadband/DSL access products, gateways and conferencing services located in Aurora, Illinois. HyperEdge is a leading developer of systems to facilitate the delivery of telco network access products including T1, DS3 and T1 Mountings. HyperEdges products are deployed and used by telecommunications service providers in North America. E. J. McKay & Co., Inc. acted as exclusi ...