P525 Teletext 525 Jan 9 22:14:26       ———————————————— NEWS ————————  US COMPANY IN BID FOR PICKFORD Core Laboratories has announced a cash offer of 53p a share for Scott Pickford, valuing the oil exploration and engineering group at £6.7m. The board of Scott Pickford has indicated that it intends to recommend the offer from the Houston-based firm. Pickford is already the subject of an approach at 48p from Australian group Aerodata. ——————————————————————————————————————— Financial Headlines 500 City Index 501 Download and Analysj Share Prices on Your PC See Pages 532 & 533 Next CityJndjx Shares Family Finance