Books of The Times; News, From 'Acta Diurna' to Modern Media
Date: 13 September 1988
By John Gross
John Gross
LEAD: A History of News From the Drum to the Satellite By Mitchell Stephens 401 pages. Illustrated. Viking. $24.95.
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13th of September 1988 News
Notícies tal com van aparèixer a la portada del New York Times el 13 de setembre de 1988
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 13 September 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-14 Charges that Iraq used poison gas against Kurdish rebels have prompted the United States and several allies to ask Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar to send a team to Iraq to investigate. Page A1
Digital Outlook
Date: 14 September 1988
Reuters
LEAD: The Digital Equipment Corporation expects its computer sales in Europe to continue growing in the fiscal year ending June 1989, surpassing growth in the United States, a company spokesman said. ''We fully anticipate that our European operations will continue to have another excellent financial year,'' Mark Steinkrauss said at Digital's annual product show, ''and we expect European growth to outpace that in the United States.
Buyback at Lotus
Date: 13 September 1988
AP
LEAD: The Lotus Development Corporation said it would repurchase up to 15 percent, or about 6.7 million shares, of its common stock outstanding. The shares of the company, based in Cambridge, rose $1 each today, to $18, in over-the-counter trading.
Emerson Unit Sale
Date: 14 September 1988
Reuters
LEAD: The Whirlpool Corporation said it had agreed to acquire the Emerson Electric Company's dishwasher and trash compactor manufacturing business for $17.4 million. Terms include a long-term agreement between Kitchenaid and Emerson for the continued supply of dishwashers to Emerson's In-Sink-Erator division.
Sears-Pirelli Tire
Date: 13 September 1988
LEAD: Sears, Roebuck & Company, the nation's largest retailer, said the Pirelli Tire Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Pirelli S.p.A. of Italy, would be the first manufacturer to have its tires sold at the retailer's tire centers. Beginning Oct. 1, more that 400 Sears stores will offer a limited range of Pirelli's radial tires.
Petrie Stores Chief Considering Buyout
Date: 14 September 1988
By Jonathan P. Hicks
Jonathan Hicks
LEAD: The Petrie Stores Corporation, an operator of women's apparel shops, said yesterday that its chairman and chief executive is considering acquiring the remaining shares in the company he does not currently own.
Second Plunge For Monsanto
Date: 14 September 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The price of the Monsanto Company's shares plunged for a second day in response to concerns about its liability for the Copper-7 intrauterine birth-control device, manufactured by its G. D. Searle & Company subsidiary.
Manville Settles With an Insurer
Date: 14 September 1988
AP
LEAD: The Manville Corporation has reached an agreement with the American Centennial Insurance Company to settle insurance disputes stemming from damage claims filed by former asbestos workers. Terms of the agreement provide for three payments by American Centennial, of Wilmington, Del., totaling $3.4 million, and will cover all of Manville's claims against the insurer for policies covering the periods from July 1, 1980, to July 1, 1981, and from July 1982 to