Being Angry Helps in Directing TV News
Date: 21 May 1999
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Public Lives profile of WNBC-TV news dir Paula Walker Madison notes that she is one of few black female news directors in US; says she has become 'pulse' of WNBC's 11 PM news broadcast, top-rated news program in nation's No 1 market; photo (M)
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Cosmopolitan Makeover for a Tidewater Backwater
Date: 21 May 1999
By R. W. Apple Jr
R. Apple
R W Apple On the Road article on exploring historic land and waters around Hampton Roads in Tidewater, Virginia, where Capt John Smith sailed in 1607 and Admiral de Grasse turned back British fleet in 1781, sealing fate of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown; life is still lived legato in little places like Surry, but natural harbor where James and York Rivers meet the Chesapeake has since overtaken Richmond as metropolitan area; attractions around Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Newport News and, most famously, Williamsburg, described; photos; map (M)
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Repression in Pakistan
Date: 20 May 1999
Editorial criticizes Prime Min Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan for allowing military intelligence officials to arrest respected and outspoken journalist, Najam Sethi
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CONTIFINANCIAL AGREES TO BE ACQUIRED BY UNIT OF G.M.
Date: 20 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Contifinancial Corp and its biggest shareholder Continental Grain Co tentatively agree to sell Contifinancial to Residential Funding Corp, mortgage unit of General Motor Acceptance Corp; financial terms have yet to be worked out (S)
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SOLECTRON TO BUY SEQUEL TO EXPAND SERVICES BUSINESS
Date: 21 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Solectron Corp to buy Sequel Inc for undisclosed price (S)
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EATON PLANS TO SELL A VICKERS BUSINESS THAT IT ACQUIRED
Date: 21 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eaton Corp to sell electronics business acquired in purchase of Aeroquip-Vickers Inc (S)
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U.S. BANCORP TO BUY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BANKS
Date: 20 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Bancorp agrees to buy Western Bancorp for $958 million in stock (S)
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PAUL ALLEN'S CABLE TV COMPANY TO EXPAND INTO MICHIGAN
Date: 20 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charter Communications Inc, cable-TV operator owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, to buy Avalon Cable Television for $845 million (S)
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CVB FINANCIAL TO BUY ORANGE NATIONAL FOR $76 MILLION
Date: 20 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CVB Financial Corp to buy Orange National Bancorp for $75.9 million in stock (S)
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AT&T RAISES ESTIMATE FOR PROFIT AFTER BUYING MEDIAONE
Date: 20 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T Corp expects its acquisition of Mediaone Group to cut profit by about half as much as previously estimated because of lower borrowing costs and $5 billion investment from Microsoft Corp (S)
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