STARR ADMITS ROLE IN LEAKS TO PRESS
Date: 14 June 1998
By Adam Clymer
Adam Clymer
Independent counsel Kenneth W Starr, in interview with magazine Brill's Content, admits that he and his aides have given information on Monica Lewinsky matter to reporters; insists that leaks were neither illegal, because they did not involve testimony before grand jury, nor violation of Justice Dept ethics barring leaks of 'substantive information' about prosecution; defends his actions as necessary 'to engender public confidence in the work of this office'; Steven Brill is author of magazine article (M)
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Liberties; Getting the 'Get' of the Century
Date: 14 June 1998
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column contends that press patiently put up with Monica S Lewinsky's former lawyer William Ginsburg; says 'fickle media horde' has moved on to her new lawyers, Plato Cacheris and Jacob Stein, in hope of getting exclusive interview with Lewinsky (M)
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THE NATION: And the Survey Says...; Colleges Seek Glory In the Polling Game
Date: 14 June 1998
By Joseph Berger
Joseph Berger
Joseph Berger article says many unsung schools like Quinnipiac College conduct polls because they get college's name in newspapers and on television (M)
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In Turkey, Press's Lot Includes Jail Time
Date: 14 June 1998
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Turkish Government sentences prominent journalist Ragip Duran to seven months in prison for publishing article contradicting official view that Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan is ruthless terrorist without redeeming qualities (M)
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Ban on Film Has Poland Debating Censorship
Date: 14 June 1998
By Jane Perlez
Jane Perlez
Documentary that takes caustic look at Polish operations of American direct-sales company Amway has set off debate in Warsaw about press freedom; Polish-made film Welcome to Life, which is dominated by hard-sell pep rallies that are hallmark of company, was stopped from being shown on television by court order sought by company; Amway argues that in seeking injunction it wants to protect its reputation; over 50 Polish editors and journalists have sent petition to Pres Aleksandr Kwasniewski, contending that successful court action is reminiscent of old Communist way of doing things (M)
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TELESPECTRUM WORLDWIDE TO PURCHASE CRW FINANCIAL
Date: 13 June 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Telespectrum Worldwide Inc to acquire CRW Financial Inc for about $39 million in stock (S)e
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ADVANCED TISSUE SCIENCES' SHARES PLUMMET BY 44%
Date: 13 June 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc fall 44 percent after Food and Drug Administration orders company to conduct new clinical trial before granting approval of its new Dermagraft skin-replacement product (S)
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SEAGRAM AIMS TO RAISE $3.6 BILLION IN TROPICANA SALE
Date: 13 June 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Seagram Co files with Securities and Exchange Commission to sell its entire Tropicana juice business to public, raising as much as $3.6 billion; Seagram unit will sell 95.1 percent of common stock in Tropicana Products Inc through initial public offering; unit will sell other 4.9 percent if underwriters need additional shares to meet excess orders (S)
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Samsung to Cut Output At Korean Chip Plants
Date: 13 June 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Samsung Electronics Co, world's largest memory-chip manufacturer, says its Korean plants will probably shut down for a week in July in addition to week already set for June; cut in production is intended to increase price of company's mainstay 16-megabit dynamic random access memory chips (S)0
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A.I.G. Forms Alliance With Insurer in Taiwan
Date: 13 June 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American International Group, largest publicly held insurer in US, has formed alliance with Fubon Insurance Co, Taiwan's largest property and casualty insurer; AIG already owns at least 1.8 percent of Fubon and operates one of Taiwan's largest life insurers, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co; Fubon alliance involves American International Underwriters, AIG's overseas property and casualty unit (S)
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