Australian Concern to Use Foxtel Option
Date: 29 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd will exercise its option to take 25 percent stake in Australia's largest pay-television company Foxtel, which is equally owned by News Corp and Telstra Corp (S)
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Chicago Will Lose a Storied Bastion of Double-Checked Facts
Date: 30 October 1998
By David Barboza
David Barboza
City News Bureau, a fixture in American journalism that trained Mike Royko, Kurt Vonnegut, Seymour M Hersh and legions of other gritty reporters, will close after more than 100 years as Chicago's legendary news-gathering operation; bureau, which is one of nation's oldest continuously running news services, is jointly owned by city's two major daily newspapers, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times (M)
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Glenn Draws Huge Crowd To View His Latest Flight
Date: 29 October 1998
By John Noble Wilford
John Wilford
Countdown preparations progress smoothly for launch of space shuttle Discovery as Sen John Glenn's return to space after 36 years draws huge and growing crowd to Cape Canaveral, Fla; turnout of 3,700 news people is thought to be largest since Apollo lunar flights; photos (M)d
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G.O.P Given Ethics Edge in Poll, but Democrats Rate Higher on 3 Issues
Date: 30 October 1998
By Richard L. Berke With Janet Elder
Richard Berke
Latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows that as Republicans and Democrats compete for advantage in dash toward Election Day, Americans view Republicans as more ethical but say Democrats can better tackle pivotal issues of education, health care and future of Medicare and Social Security; nearly 7 out of 10 say that drama that has dominated news throughout year--White House sex scandal--would not affect how they voted in Congressional races; polls findings detailed; tables (L)
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ECLIPSYS IN STOCK DEAL FOR TRANSITION SYSTEMS
Date: 30 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ecilpsys Corp acquires Transition Systems Inc for about $270 million in stock (S)
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MITSUBISHI TO REORGANIZE ITS UNITED STATES OPERATIONS
Date: 30 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mitsubishi Electric Corp will close its US holding company, Mitsubishi Electric America, and exit several businesses as part of revamping to focus on digital television and computer hardware and software (S)
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GOODRICH WINS CONTRACT FOR BOEING REPLACEMENT PARTS
Date: 29 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
B F Goodrich Co says its Aerospace Aerostructures unit won contract worth potential $400 million to supply Boeing Co with replacement parts for planes no longer being made; will invest $30 million to build parts plant in Arkadelphia, Ark (S)
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DEXTER PLANS TENDER OFFER FOR LIFE TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 29 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dexter Corp will make tender offer of $420 million for 48 percent of Life Technologies Inc it does not already own (S)
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TORSTAR OF CANADA BIDS TO ACQUIRE SUN MEDIA
Date: 29 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Torstar Corp, which owns Canada's biggest newspaper, Toronto Star, offers to buy Sun Media Corp, publisher of Toronto Sun, for $748 million (Canadian), or $486 milllion (US); platform to counter challenge from the publisher Conrad Black's new national daily newspaper, The National Post (S)
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JACKPOT ENTERPRISES IN STOCK DEAL FOR CRC HOLDINGS
Date: 30 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Jackpot Enterprises Inc signs letter of intent to buy the casino company CRC Holdings Inc for about $71.3 million in stock (S)
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