National Education Corp.: The Irvine provider of...

National Education Corp.: The Irvine provider of multimedia products and services for the education and training marketplace said net income for the first quarter totaled $1.4 million, or 4 cents a share, double the $665,000, or 2 cents a share, for the corresponding 1996 period. Revenue rose 5% to $62.3 million from $59.4 million.