FIRST <FBT> REITERATES SPECULATION PREMATURE First City Bancorp of Texas Inc, which is soliciting bidders, reiterated that it is premature to speculate on what course of action it will pursue following a story in today's Wall Street Journal that it has attracted at least three potential acquirers. First City said the article was not confirmed by the company, and it cautioned that there is "absotluely nothing to say or report beyond" its statement. The Journal reported that among the bidders for First city was Robert Carney and Robert Abboud, a former Chicago banker.