MedQuist current in SEC filings

Speech recognition and transcription services provider MedQuist reported that it has filed its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the first two fiscal quarters of 2007 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Mt. Laurel, N.J.-based firm said that with these filings, it has become current in its filings with the SEC for the first time since the filing of its Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2003.

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