Also . . .

* Coyote Network Systems Inc., telecommunications networking company, has filed for an extension of its deadline for reporting its fiscal third-quarter results for the period ended Dec. 31, 1999. The Westlake Village-based company now expects to file its financial results Feb. 22. The company reported operating losses in the year-ago quarter and for fiscal second-quarter ended Sept. 30, 1999. Shares fell 19 cents to close at $7.63 on Nasdaq.

* The Democratic National Convention Committee has selected the Wilshire Grand Hotel and Hyatt Regency Hotel as its headquarter hotels for the 2000 Democratic National Convention this summer, officials said. The panel also chose the downtown Marriott Hotel as the main facility for hosting the 15,000 journalists and media organizations expected to cover the event. Convention business will be conducted at the nearby Staples Center.