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Date: 26 December 1998
By Dan Barry
Dan Barry
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, wearing Santa Claus costume, bearing sack of gag gifts, and holding lists of the naughty and nice, holds annual party at Gracie Mansion for City Hall press corps (M)
Date: 25 December 1998
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker's final Op-Ed column expresses his appreciation for newspapers (M)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
Federal Government is taking extraordinary security measures in prosecution of embassy bombings in Africa, drawing protest from defense lawyers and some news organizations; has filed secret charges, isolated defendants in high-security cells with virtually no communication to outside world, and closed courtrooms where certain sensitive matters arise; 14 people have been charged in conspiracy; eight of them, including Osama bin Laden, remain at large and six are being held in custody in New York (M)
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bradlees Inc says Federal appeals court has thrown out court order that would have allowed it to exit bankruptcy proceedings (S)
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Korn/Ferry International plans to sell 35 percent of its common stock in an initial public offering (S)9
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Kenetech Corp, power-plant developer, surge 79 percent after it sells its interest in Puerto Rico plant project for $245 million to Edison International Inc (S)
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Trade Commission is seeking additional information from Barnes & Noble Inc about its proposed $600 million purchase of Ingram Book Group; deal is opposed by American Booksellers Association; opponents argue that Barnes & Noble's acquisition of Ingram, largest US book wholesaler, would give it power to shut off supplies to Ingram customers (S)a
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Liberty Associates is buying Source W Media from CBS Corp; purchase price undisclosed (S)
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan says its unemployment rate rose to postwar record of 4.4 percent in November, equaling US jobless rate for first time; number of unemployed rose to 2.9 million in November, rise of 28 percent from a year ago; International Monetary Fund expects unemployment in Japan to average 4.9 percent in 1999 (M)
Date: 25 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's Corp may change the way it announces index changes, after America Online Inc's stock surges when certain traders were told it would become part of S&P 500-stock index (S)