Software Publishing said it anticipates that its...

Software Publishing said it anticipates that its third-quarter net loss will range from $1 million to $1.5 million . . . Lotus Development said its chairman, Mitchell D. Kapor, sold 500,000 shares of Lotus common stock as part of an “ongoing program of portfolio diversification.” . . . Moody’s Investors Service raised the rating of Wickes’ senior debt to B2 from B3 but noted that Wickes is expected to make other big acquisitions this year that could increase the company’s debt load.