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Date: 05 August 1998
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich Op-Ed column on White House sex scandal says if there is any happy news about final chapter of saga, it is that resolution will bring demise of accompanying media circus (M)
Date: 06 August 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Boston Globe asks columnist Mike Barnicle to resign after it is disclosed that he used material from comedian George Carlin's best-selling book Braindroppings in his Aug 2 column without attribution; Barnicle refuses to resign and is suspended without pay for month; his photo (M)
Date: 05 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Recycling Industries to acquire Jefferson Iron and Metal Brokerage Inc for undisclosed price (S)
Date: 06 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Key Energy Group Inc will make unsolicited bid to buy all shares of rival Dawson Production Services Inc for $14 each, or $161 million; will assume $149 million in Dawson debt (S)
Date: 06 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zapata Corp to buy Attitude Network Ltd to add computer-game software and news to its Web site; terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 06 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cooper Industries plans to buy back as much as $500 million in stock and to register to sell as much as 19 percent of its auto parts business in stock sale as it focuses on selling electrical products and hardware (S)
Date: 05 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Keane Inc to acquire Icom Systems Ltd, based in Birmingham, Eng, for about $50 million in stock (S)
Date: 06 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Duane Reade Inc, largest drugstore chain in New York, will buy Rock Bottom Stores Inc, another drug retailer, for about $61 million in cash; with addition of Rock Bottom chain, Duane Reade will operate 122 stores (S)
Date: 05 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Public Storage Inc purchases 5.9 percent stake in Storage Trust Realty and offers to acquire company's remaining outstanding shares for $25 each (S)
Date: 05 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rank Group PLC, Britain's largest casino and bingo operator, will scale back spending by 30 percent and focus on improving existing businesses (S)