A Mom-and-Pop Station's Big-City Aspiration; Upstate TV News Channel Is in Court for a Spot on New York Cable Lineup
Date: 26 April 1998
By Debra West
Debra West
Interview with Dick French Jr, owner of Regional News Network, 24-hour television news operation in Kingston, NY, who has sued to force Time Warner Cable and Cablevision Systems Corp to carry its signals from Hudson Valley region into 1.9 million homes in New York City and Long Island; network, which broadcast to 250,000 homes in upstate New York four years ago, has since expanded to reach 2.4 million households through cable systems in NJ, Fairfield County in Connecticut and Westchester and Rockland Counties in New York; photo (M)
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Hedda Nussbaum Joins Newspaper in Harrison
Date: 26 April 1998
By Lynne Ames
Lynne Ames
Profile of Hedda Nussbaum, new editor in chief of Women's News, monthly newspaper based in Harrison, NY (M)
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ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES TO ACQUIRE RABANCO
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allied Waste Industries sys that it will acquire Rabanco Industries, fourth-largest closely held waste hauler in United States, adding $175 million in annual revenue (S)
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COLONIAL BANCGROUP IS ADDING FIRST MACON BANK
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Colonial Bancgroup Inc of Alabama agrees to acquire First Macon Bank and Trust Co for about $61 million in stock, as bank expands into central Georgia (S)
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HAIN IN ACCORD TO BUY NATURAL-FOOD BUSINESSES
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hain Food Group, leading natural-food company, says that it will buy four natural-food businesses from Shansby Group and others for about $80 million (S)
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PRIMESTAR IN DEAL TO BUY UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE UNIT
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Primestar Partners Inc agrees to buy large-dish satellite television business of United Video Satellite Group for $430 million in securities, aiming to switch 1.2 million subscribers to Primestar's direct broadcast TV service (S)
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Pearson Says It Sold 3 Publishing Units
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pearson PLC, British media company, says it sold its consumer publishing units to venture capital company Apax Partners & Co for $236.7 million (S)
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Chrysler Joins Discounts
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chrysler Corp matches its rivals Ford and General Motors by offering discounts of $500 to $1,000 on new-vehicle purchases to millions of owners of its cars and trucks; so-called loyalty coupon discounts are designed to keep owners from defecting to rival auto maker (S)
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Iridium Wireless Link Is Near Completion
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Iridium LLC says that it will complete its 66-satellite global wireless communications network with final satellite launching on April 26, making it first company to complete such a system; $5 billion network, known as Iridium system, will allow subscribers to communicate using hand-held telephones and pagers virtually anywhere in world (S)
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Earnings Higher At US West Unit
Date: 25 April 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
U S West Communications Group says that its first-quarter earnings rose 2.4 percent on strong sales of Internet services and demand for more phone lines; reports net income of $347 million, or 71 cents a diluted share (S)
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