USA WASTE SERVICES IN $312 MILLION EXPANSION
Date: 13 June 1997
USA Waste Services Inc agrees to acquire certain assets from Browning-Ferris Industries and Allied Waste Industries as well as assets of two closely held waste companies for $312 million in stock and cash; USA Waste is third largest trash hauler (S)
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LESLIE'S POOLMART TAKEN PRIVATE IN $140 MILLION DEAL
Date: 13 June 1997
Leslie's Poolmart Inc says it has been acquired by management in private transaction valued at $140 million (S)
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U S WEST GETS $220 MILLION FOR TIME WARNER SHARES
Date: 13 June 1997
US West Media Group Inc sells about 4.4 million Time Warner Inc shares for $220 million; US West Media says sale is part of plan to sell $1 billion of assets the company does not consider strategic and is unrelated to its partnerships with Time Warner (S)
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Madison Ave. In Newsroom Once Again
Date: 13 June 1997
By STUART ELLIOTT
Stuart ELLIOTT
Continuing debate over whether a newsman should be allowed to be pitchman has flared up because print advertisement for Visa by BBDO New York features CNN correspondent Jonathan Karl; photo (L)
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MICRONICS IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE HAYES MICROCOMPUTER
Date: 14 June 1997
Micronics Computers Inc says it is in talks to acquire Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc (S)
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TEXAS PLANNED COMMUNITY TO BE SOLD FOR $543 MILLION
Date: 13 June 1997
Mitchell Energy and Development Corp agrees to sell Woodlands property unit, which owns and operates office and residential development north of Houston, Tex, for $543 million in cash; partnership formed by affiliate of Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co and Crescent Real Estate Equities Co is buying the Woodlands (S)
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OLIVETTI SAYS BELL ATLANTIC MAY QUIT ALLIANCE
Date: 14 June 1997
Olivetti SpA says Bell Atlantic Corp may withdraw from Infostrada, alliance with Italian office equipment company and France Telecom SA that aims to set up telecommunications venture in Italy (S)
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LOCKHEED AND AIRBUS TALK OF JOINT EFFORTS
Date: 14 June 1997
Lockheed Martin Corp and Airbus are holding talks about joint commercial and military projects (S)
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BAXTER TO BACK VIMRX DEVELOPMENTAL VENTURE
Date: 13 June 1997
Vimrx Pharmaceuticals Inc and Baxter International Inc form joint venture to development treatments for cancer, AIDS and other diseases
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AULT FOODS SUPPORTS A TAKEOVER BY PARMALAT
Date: 14 June 1997
Ault Foods Ltd's board recommends that shareholders accept takeover offer of $34 (Canadian) or $24.56 (US) a share from Parmalat Food Inc (S)
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