Screams At the Window
Date: 20 May 1997
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker Op-Ed column disputes assertions by columnists that American politics is dead and that there is no news from Washington; says Americans do not expect anything of consequence from Government and are therefore not expecting any news from Washington and do not want it (M)
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Scripps to Buy Harte-Hanks Media Assets
Date: 20 May 1997
By Kenneth N. Gilpin
Kenneth Gilpin
E W Scripps Co agrees to acquire newspaper and broadcasting properties of Harte-Hanks Communications Inc for between $605 million and $775 million; deal involves six Texas newspapers--The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The Abilene Reporter-News, The Wichita Falls Times Record News, The San Angelo Standard-Times, The Plano Star Courier and Anderson Independent-Mail in South Carolina--along with television stations KENS-TV and radio station KENS-AM, both in San Antonio, Tex (L)
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO BUY LAWRENCE SEMICONDUCTOR
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Advanced Technology Materials Inc agrees to buy Lawrence Semiconductor Laboratories for $78 million in stock (S)
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PANAVISION IN $61 MILLION DEAL FOR FILM SERVICES UNIT
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Panavision Inc agrees to buy film services unit of Visual Action Holdings PLC of Britain for 37.5 million pounds ($61 million) in cash (S)
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METAL MANAGEMENT AGREES TO A $111 MILLION ACQUISITION
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Metal Management Inc agrees to acquire Cozzi Iron and Metal Inc for about $111 million in cash and stock (S)
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WELLS FARGO STOCK DROPS AFTER BUFFETT REDUCES STAKE
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway Inc says it has sold 300,000 shares of Wells Fargo & Co, reducing its stake to 7.82 percent of outstanding stock; Wells Fargo's shares fall $14.125, to $265.50 a share (S)
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Singapore Airlines Orders 8 Airbus Jets
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Singapore Airlines places orders with Airbus Industrie of Europe for eight narrow-body planes worth estimated $350 million and takes options to buy another 10 planes (S)
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Lonrho in Merger Talks With South Africans
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lonrho PLC of Britain and JCI Ltd of South Africa have confirmed that they are talking about possible $3 billion merger that would unite two prominent mining companies; merger would pool coal business of about equal size and give JCI access to platinum mining through Lonrho's facilities (S)
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Italian Savings Bank Accepts a Merger Offer
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cariplo SpA, Italy's largest bank, accepts merger offer from Banco Ambrosiano Veneto SpA (S)
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Dow Chemical Cleared by Court
Date: 20 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Chemical Co says Federal appeals court rules that the company is not liable for injuries claimed by recipients of silicone jaw implants made by its Dow Corning Corp joint venture (S)
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