U.S. Blocks Hostile Bid For Shipbuilder
Date: 15 April 1999
By Leslie Wayne
Leslie Wayne
Defense Department rejects unsolicited $1.4 billion offer by General Dynamics Corp for Newport News Shipbuilding Inc, saying potential savings does not justify the deal; General Dynamics withdraws its offer within minutes of department's announcement (M)
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Military Starts Giving Detailed Data On Bombing
Date: 14 April 1999
By Philip Shenon
Philip Shenon
NATO and Pentagon, after refusing for over two weeks to share detailed information with news organizations about progress of air strikes against Yugoslavia, are providing their first detailed accounts of bombing campaign; editors of several news organizations have formally protested to Defense Dept over restrictions on information (M)
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Belgrade Voice Against Misuse Of Patriotism
Date: 14 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Deputy Prime Min Vuk Draskovic, most liberal member of Yugoslav Government, attacks use of Serbian wartime patriotism for ideological and political ends--indirectly challenging Pres Slobodan Milosevic and his nationalist and leftist allies; is only official voice to condemn slaying of opposition publisher Slavko Curuvija and proposals for Yugoslavia to form alliance with Russia and Belarus (M)
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Newsman Buried; Freedom Mourned
Date: 15 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
About 1,000 mourners attend funeral of assassinated independent publisher Slavko Curuvija in Belgrade, Serbia; Curuvija was under suspended five-month prison sentence for violating Serbia's draconian press law, and state television falsely accused him of favoring NATO's bombing of Serbia; photo (M)
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Patients Lobby for Cash For Research Into Illness
Date: 14 April 1999
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Sheryl Stolberg
Health professionals and patients lobby Federal Govt for financing for research on various illnesses at annual hearings by House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education which holds purse strings to National Institutes of Health; doctors make pleas for more money for research in general, and their interests in particular; patients tell heartbreaking but carefully orchestrated stories to grab attention of press and subcommittee chairman, Repr John Edward Porter; photos (M)
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CASELLA WASTE PLANS TO CANCEL ACQUISITION OF KTI
Date: 15 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Casella Waste Systems Inc plans to call off its acquisition of KTI Inc; Casella says KTI failed to meet terms of agreement (S)
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RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL TO ACQUIRE RONEY & CO.
Date: 15 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Raymond James Financial Inc acquires Roney & C, Detroit-based brokerage firm, from Banc One Corp for $80 million (S)
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SIERRAPINE TO BUY WEYERHAEUSER COMPOSITE BOARD UNIT
Date: 14 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Weyerhaeuser Co agrees to sell its composite-products business and ply-veneer plant in Springfield, Ore, to Sierrapine Ltd for undisclosed price (S)
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AVT BUYS AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY COMPANY
Date: 15 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AVT Corp acquires Mediatel Corp for $48 million in stock (S)
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POSITIVE REPORT ON CANCER DRUG LIFTS ENTREMED SHARES
Date: 15 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Entremed Inc jump as researchers report that large-scale production of its developmental cancer drug endostatin has yielded compound with same tumor-fighting effects seen in earlier studies in mice; that is crucial step toward first human trials of endostatin; findings are presented at annual meeting of American Association for Cancer Research (S)
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