Heartland Merges with Spryrance

Heartland Information Services of < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Toledo, Ohio has merged with Spryance Inc. of Boston, in order to form a single provider of offshore transcription services. No financial terms were disclosed. Spryance shareholders include Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Co. and International Finance Corp. www.heartlandis.com www.spryance.com< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />