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14th of October 1992 News
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Union to Resume Talks With News's Suitor
Date: 14 October 1992
By Ralph Blumenthal
Ralph Blumenthal
Under pressure from other unions eager to cement labor agreements for a pending sale of The Daily News , the Newspaper Guild will resume talks today with the bankrupt paper's likely buyer, Mortimer B. Zuckerman , union leaders said last night. The guild, which represents newsroom, advertising and clerical employees, remains the only union at the paper that has not reached a tentative contract settlement with Mr. Zuckerman. Yesterday the guild sought to stall ratification votes by other unions until it could reach its own agreement.
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Alco International Files Suit
Date: 15 October 1992
Alco International Group, a San Diego cargo-hauling and medical-products company, filed an amended lawsuit on Oct. 6 against short-sellers and a Bloomberg Business News reporter who had written an article about the company. The new suit names the reporter, David Kleinbard; Chelsea Street Securities, and 250 John Does as additional defendants.
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Clinton's Embassy Files Searched By High-Level State Dept. Order
Date: 15 October 1992
By Andrew Rosenthal
Andrew Rosenthal
The State Department confirmed today that senior officials personally took charge of a routine request for Gov. Bill Clinton's consular records and ordered a sweeping search for information from the 1960's about his travels in Europe. The department said the search, conducted here and in London, was fruitless. It also said the search was a routine response to requests from news organizations. But an official of the American Embassy in London said officials there dealt with the search urgently because of its political overtones. Staff Meetings Planned The staffs of foreign affairs subcommittees in the House and Senate planned to meet Thursday with State Department officials as part of an effort to determine whether the department violated its own regulations in taking unusually high-level and speedy action on a few of more than 4,000 information requests it received this year.
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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Overview; Clinton, Fending Off Assaults, Retains Sizable Lead, Poll Finds
Date: 15 October 1992
By Robin Toner
Robin Toner
President Bush heads into tonight's second Presidential debate with a still daunting challenge: the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows that Gov. Bill Clinton retains an undiminished lead and is actually viewed more favorably by the voters despite the Republican pounding of the past 10 days. The survey, conducted Monday and Tuesday, shows that Ross Perot made some gains in the voters' esteem after the first Presidential debate on Sunday night. But he still lags far behind the two major-party candidates heading into the second confrontation tonight at 9 in Richmond.
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INSIDE
Date: 14 October 1992
Why Hispanic Students Quit While school dropout rates among whites and blacks have declined, the rate for Hispanic youths has stayed at 35 percent. Education, page B9. Wearily, Cairo Digs Itself Out Cairo began to dig out after the earthquake that left an estimated 450 people dead and 4,000 injured. Page A14. Bonn Considers Refugee Law Germany's coalition partners agreed on a plan to curb immigration to try to halt attacks on foreigners, but its prospects are uncertain. Page A9. Pirates Even the Playoffs Pittsburgh beat Atlanta, 13-4, to tie the National League playoffs at three games apiece. Page B11. Maiden 'Voyage' Philip Glass's work on Columbus and the theme of exploration had its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Edward Rothstein's review, page C17.
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Kroger Reports Loss
Date: 15 October 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Kroger Company had a $20.4 million loss in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $14.5 million in the corresponding period last year. Revenue, however, rose 1.7 percent, to $6.33 billion from $6.23 billion.
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Net at Pfizer Increases 7.5%
Date: 14 October 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pfizer Inc. said yesterday that third-quarter net income was about in line with expectations, rising 7.5 percent, to $297 million, or 88 cents a share, from $274.7 million, or 81 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales at the pharmaceutical and health products company increased to $1.83 billion from $1.77 billion, up 3 percent over the period a year earlier.
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Barnett Bank Earnings Up
Date: 14 October 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Barnett Banks Inc. said today that third-quarter earnings rose 58 percent because of lower additions to loan-loss reserves, continued expense control and higher noninterest income. Net income for the nation's 19th-largest financial institution increased to $58.5 million, or 73 cents a share, from $37 million, or 51 cents a share, in the period a year earlier.
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BECHTEL FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE BUILDER
Date: 14 October 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bechtel International Inc., a unit of one of the world's largest engineering and construction groups, has formed a partnership with Singapore's Sembawang Group to bid for six infrastructural projects, worth between $500 million and $800 million, in the Southeast Asian region. The Bechtel Group, a privately held American company based in San Francisco, said the six projects the partnership planned to bid on include oil and gas projects in Malaysia, rail transportation and gas plants in Thailand, a transportation system in Singapore and a variety of projects in Brunei.
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COURT ALLOWS LIONEL TO INCREASE BORROWING
Date: 14 October 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Lionel Corporation, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June, said yesterday that the bankruptcy court in Manhattan had allowed the company to increase its borrowing under its credit agreement until Dec. 31. Lionel, owner of three toy store chains, said it needed the additional credit to purchase goods for the crucial Christmas selling season. The company has a $55 million debtor-in-possession credit facility with the CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.
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