Tribune Company Returns To a Vastly Changed Town
Date: 19 March 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Outlook for Tribune Co to open New York City newspaper discussed in light of planned merger with Times Mirror Co, owner of Long Island newspaper Newsday; city's media industry has changed greatly since Tribune sold Daily News in 1991 (M)
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Russian Chief Sees an End To Resistance By Chechens
Date: 19 March 2000
By Michael R. Gordon
Michael Gordon
Acting Pres Vladimir V Putin assures Russian voters that war in Chechnya is drawing to a close and that some Russian troops will soon be on their way home; Press Ministry demands that rebels leaders in separatist southern region of Chechnya be denied air time on Russian television and radio stations; those commanders' defiant comments in the media would be an unpleasant reminder that a Russian victory is not yet at hand (M)
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San Luis Obispo Journal; Local Newspapers Become the Story
Date: 19 March 2000
By Evelyn Nieves
Evelyn Nieves
Management of San Luis Obispo and Atascadero Gazettes insists that the weeklies are doing fine despite the mass resignation of reporters and editors and the loss of some advertisers in response to papers' policy of not publishing articles that promote gay lifestyle and abortion; the two papers, as well as Pasa Robles Gazette, were started in 1999 by David Weyrich, a local millionaire, who defends policy in front page editorial; photo (M)
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Its Voters Have Spoken. Now Meet Iran's Gunmen.
Date: 19 March 2000
By John F. Burns
John Burns
Doctors are wary that Iranian newspaper publisher Saeed Hajjarian, one of reform movement's leaders, will make full recovery after he was critically wounded by would-be assassin in Tehran; photo (M)
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COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS TO GET NEW FINANCING
Date: 18 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc to invest $200 million in Complete Business Solutions Inc; Ned Lautenbach, Clayton principal, will become Complete co-chairman (S)
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XYBERNAUT SHARES FALL 25% AFTER AUDITOR'S WARNING
Date: 18 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Xybernaut Corp shares fall 25% after auditor warns of doubts company can continue as going concern because of continuing losses and need for more capital (S)
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BANK ONE PLANS TO CUT WORK FORCE BY 5,100 JOBS
Date: 18 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bank One Corp to cut 5,100 jobs, about 5.6 percent of work force, to cut costs; says it gave chairman and chief executive John B McCoy $10.3 million severance payment and $3 million annual pension when he resigned in Dec (S)
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A Bullish Vote On a Media Comeback
Date: 19 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Walt Disney, trying to recover from an extended earnings slump, gets boost when Gordon Crawford, executive and portfolio manager at Capital Research & Management, buys Disney stock; Crawford had sold his company's entire Disney stake in early 1999; he declines comment on purchases (S)
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4th-Quarter Loss Grew at Fruit of the Loom
Date: 18 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fruit of the Loom reports fourth-quarter loss from operations widened to $327.8 million from year-earlier $32.4 million; puts net loss at $398.5 million, compared with $11 million year-earlier loss (S)
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Political Talking Cure
Date: 19 March 2000
William Gayle letter comments on Mike McCurry M
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