Stories by PRNEWS

Kaufer Miller Communications, Bellevue, Wash., this month hired John Swenson as vice president, investor relations. He was managing director of Swenson/Falker Associates Inc., a Minneapolis IR firm. (Kaufer Miller, 206/450-9965)

Kamstra Communications Inc., Minneapolis, has promoted Phil Smith-Cunnien to vice president of market information services. He was formerly director. (Kamstra, 612/696-2400)

Michael O’Connor has joined BD Langham Public Relations, Houston, as vice president/public relations. He was manager of marketing communications and public relations in the Houston office of accounting and consulting firm Price Waterhouse. (Langham, 713/961-4235)

Rogers & Cowan, Los Angeles, the Shandwick entertainment and consumer PR firm, this month named Steve Honig director, corporate and consumer marketing department. Honig was an account supervisor in the Atlanta office of GCI Group.… Continued

New Jersey corporate PR consulting firm Davis, Hays & Co. Inc. has moved from Maywood to River Edge. The new address and phone are: 80 Grand Ave., River Edge, NJ 07661, 201/342-7288.

Investor relations professionals are turning to new telecommunications and computer-based tools to add effectiveness and efficiency to their communications with stockholders and the investment community, according to a report released last week by the National… Continued

Crisis and corporate communications firm Rowan & Blewitt Inc., Washington, D.C., has promoted Hank Boerner to general manager of the New York office. Boerner retains his title of senior vice president. (Rowan & Blewitt/New York,… Continued

New York fashion PR firm KCD was featured in a nearly full-page story in the fashion section of The New York Times on Aug. 6. The article chronicled the history of the well-known firm, which… Continued

Katherine Hutt, formerly director of public affairs for insurance industry coalition, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C., last month launched Nautilus Communications, Vienna, Va. The firm specializes in building links between businesses and… Continued

Burson-Marsteller, New York, on Aug. 8 announced that the firm had acquired the exclusive rights in the PR firm market for two investor relations services of Investment Data Corp., Bethesda, Md. One service is QUARRY,… Continued