Judge Orders City Hall to Let Reporters Review Welfare Records
Date: 11 April 1998
By Alan Finder
Alan Finder
Justice Bernard J Fried orders New York City to give reporters access to names and addresses of people who have left welfare; New York Times, which brougth suit, plans random interviews with many former recipients to see if they have gotten jobs and how they are managing; city plans appeal (S)
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Observer; A Poverty of Stardom
Date: 10 April 1998
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker Op-Ed column contends that media will not abandon White House sex scandal story because it is entertaining and gets high ratings (M)
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For Tobacco, A Big Gamble
Date: 10 April 1998
By Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell analysis contends that tobacco industry, with its defiant decision to go on offensive against tobacco legislation that is taking shape in Congress, has gambled that it can muster enough allies to stop or reshape legislative process over which it has lost control; maintains that public relations campaign that began on April 10 shows that industry is hoping to peel off Republican votes in particular; holds that full-page advertisements in leading newspapers seek to muster anti-tax arguments and sentiment against Federal bureaucracies that resonate particularly with Republican base (M)
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International Paper And Volvo in Deals
Date: 10 April 1998
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Volvo Car Corp signs worldwide television deal with CNN unit of Time Warner Inc; three-year, multimillion-dollar programming partnership will introduce World Beat, weekly music show to begin in June on various CNN networks; International Paper Co signs $3 million agreement with National Geographic Society and its National Geographic magazine to co-sponsor society's Geography Awareness Week in November and Teacher Summer Institute, program to promote geographical education; International Paper also agrees to minimum two-year ad program with National Geographic (S)
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COMPUCOM SYSTEMS IN AGREEMENT TO BUY DATAFLEX
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Compucom Systems Inc to buy Dataflex Corp for $24.4 million in cash; completes acquisition of Computer Integration Corp for $17.25 million (S)
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MORRISON RESTAURANTS IN TALKS ON POSSIBLE SALE
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Morrison Restaurants Inc holds talks with several undisclosed companies about its possible sale; posts loss of $90,000 in fiscal third quarter ending Feb 28, compared with year-earlier profit of $701 million (S)
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CONVERGENT CAPITAL ACQUIRES PHILIP V. SWAN
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Convergent Capital Management Inc acquires about 80 percent of Philip V Swan & Associates, leaving rest with Swan employees (S)
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BOEING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL $350 MILLION CHARGE
Date: 10 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co, which has already cited production problems for $2.6 billion in charges, says it will take additional pretax charge of $350 million in first quarter for its 737 jetliner and that it might have to take further charges for it later (S)
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OFFER FOR BELL SPORTS IS LOWERED BY 25 CENTS A SHARE
Date: 10 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bell Sports Corp, sports helmet maker, says that HB Acquisition Corp has reduced its offer for company to $10.25 a share from $10.50 a share in wake of product liability verdict against Bell Sports; amended deal is valued at about $163.75 million (S)
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REMINGTON ARMS HIRES GOLDMAN, SACHS TO EXPLORE SALE
Date: 11 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc hires Goldman, Sachs & Co to explore possible sale of its Remington Arms Co; Remington may also form strategic alliance or pursue acquisitions (S)
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