	am international am cites strong prospects am international inc reporting an operating loss for the january second quarter said prospects for the balance of the fiscal year remain good it said orders at its harris graphics subsidiary acquired in june continue to run at a strong pace for the six months orders rose pct over the corresponding prior year period or on an annualized basis are running at about mln dlrs the backlog at harris is up pct from the beginning of the fiscal year am said am international said its old division are expected to benefit from recent new product introductions and the decline in the value of the dollar research development and engineering expenditures in fiscal will be in the mln dlr range and the company said it has allocated another mln dlrs for capital expenditures earlier am reported a fourth quarter operating loss of two cts a share compared to profits of seven cts a share a year ago revenues rose to mln dlrs from mln dlrs reuter 
