Order in the Court
Date: 12 January 1998
By Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn McCarthy Op-Ed article says trial of Theodore Kaczynski, alleged Unabomber, will be a circus only if the news media portray it as such and focus on bizarre behavior of defendant to the exclusions of testimony of victims; recalls that trial of Colin Ferguson, the gunman who killed her husband and five other people on Long Island Rail Road in 1993 and insisted on representing himself, was often referred to as a circus, but was actually a valuable exercise of criminal justice system; credits integrity of the district attorney, the judge, Ferguson's victims on the witness stand and the jury, who were all up to the task (M)
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Sam Donaldson Returns To Call on the President
Date: 13 January 1998
By Lizette Alvarez
Lizette Alvarez
Sam Donaldson returns as White House bureau chief for ABC News to boost sagging ratings of World News Tonight With Peter Jennings (S)
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First Eisie Photo Awards
Date: 13 January 1998
Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University announces winners of new prize: Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography, or Eisies; Cover of Year Award goes to Matt Mahurin for his Rolling Stone cover depicting singer Marilyn Manson; Bruce Weber, who receives four nominations, wins in individual portraiture for study of Eudora Welty in W magazine (S)
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EASTMAN CHEMICAL PLANS A PRETAX CHARGE OF $62 MILLION
Date: 13 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Chemical Co will take fourth-quarter pretax charge of about $62 million for partial settlement of pension benefits for early retirees and other workers who left company last year (S)
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FOREST OIL BUYING OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES FROM ANSCHUTZ
Date: 13 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Forest Oil Corp agrees to buy US and international oil and gas properties from Anschutz Corp for about $80 million in stock as part of effort to start international exploration program; properties being sold include Anschutz Ranch in Colorado and fields in Utah and Wyoming (S)
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PHYCOR STOCK SLUMPS 15 PERCENT ON WORD OF WRITE-OFFS
Date: 13 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phycor Inc takes pretax charges of $120 million, sending shares of company down 15 percent; charges, mostly to close or consolidate medical clinics, will also cover last week's collapse of Phycor's plan to buy Medpartners Inc for $6.8 billion (S)
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Boston Properties to Buy Prudential Center
Date: 12 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Properties Inc and real estate fund of Goldman, Sachs & Co agree to buy landmark Prudential Center office complex in Boston for about $700 million from Prudential Insurance Co of America (S)
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Gunman Invades Exchange
Date: 13 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Armed man enters Tokyo Stock Exchange director's office and apparently takes a Finance Ministry official hostage; man calls for afternoon trading to be halted and also wants to speak to Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (S)
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Registry Changes Its Name
Date: 13 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Registry Inc changes its name to Renaissance Worldwide Inc (S)
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Metro Business; Telephone Company Sold
Date: 13 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
USN Communications of Chicago agrees to buy Connecticut Telephone for about $68 million (S)
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