JOHN WILEY & SONS: John Wiley & Sons fiscal year 20 2000 -- first quarter results.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 September 1999-JOHN WILEY & SONS: John Wiley & Sons fiscal year 2000 -- first quarter results (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020999 * Net income up 26 -- revenues advance 12 New York, N.Y. -- John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), announced today that net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2000, ended July 31, 1999, advanced 26 to $13.4 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with $10.6 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the prior year's first quarter.

Revenues for the quarter increased 12 to $137.0 million compared with $122.1 million in the prior year's first quarter. Operating income for the first quarter of $22.6 million was up 32 over the prior year. Revenues and income advanced in all of the...