G.O.P. Quest To Narrow Gender Gap
Date: 14 November 1996
By Joyce Purnick
Joyce Purnick
Joyce Purnick, in Metro Matters column, notes that Voter News Service poll found that 54 percent of women voted for Pres Clinton and only 38 percent voted for Bob Dole; notes that New York City exit poll results were similar and included signs of trouble for local Republicans (M)
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MICROSOFT AND TCI END A PARTNERSHIP
Date: 15 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Microsoft Corp and Tele-Communications Inc sever partnership agreement that gave TCI a 20 percent stake in Microsoft's on-line service; Microsoft attributes break in partnership to evolving nature of on-line industry (S)
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RISCORP CONSIDERS A SALE OF THE COMPANY
Date: 15 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Riscorp Inc says it will consider sale of company in light of recent plunge in its stock price and disappointing earnings (S)
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VERMONT FINANCIAL SERVICES TO BUY EASTERN BANCORP
Date: 15 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vermont Financial Services Corp says it has agreed to buy Eastern Bancorp for cash and stock estimated at $89.1 million (S)
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RATIONAL SOFTWARE TO ACQUIRE SQA IN STOCK SWAP
Date: 14 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rational Software Corp agrees to acquire SQA Inc for stock valued at $313 million (S)
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SUN AMERICA IS BUYING ANNUITY RESERVES FROM JOHN ALDEN
Date: 15 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sun America Inc says it will buy $5 billion worth of annuity reserves from John Alden Financial Corp for undisclosed terms; acquisition will include substantially all of John Alden's annuity business (S)
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CHATEAU PROPERTIES REJECTS RIVAL'S SWEETENED OFFER
Date: 14 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chateau Properties Inc says its board has rejected as inadequate a sweetened bid of $387 million from Manufactured Home Communities Inc (S)
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PACTEL CANCELS DEAL FOR 2 WIRELESS VIDEO SYSTEMS
Date: 14 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pacific Telesis Group cancels planned $175 million acquisition of Wireless Holdings Inc and Videotron Bay Area Inc, wireless video joint ventures of Transworld Telecommunications Inc and Le Groupe Videotron; Pacific Telesis acknowledges that company is now without way to deliver TV signals in San Francisco or San Diego (S)
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G.M. CHANGES TOP MANAGEMENT OF ITS DELCO UNIT
Date: 15 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp announces shake-up at top of its Delco Electronics Corp unit as part of plan to make it more competitive; Gary W Dickinson will retire as president and chief executive of Delco and be replaced by Michael Burns; General Motors informs Securities and Exchange Commission that labor strikes in US and Canada will cost company $700 million in fourth quarter, while increased retirement benefits will cost $170 million (S)
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Golden Books Selling Unit
Date: 15 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Golden Books Family Entertainment Inc agrees to sell its Penn Corp unit to Peacock Papers Inc; financial terms not disclosed (S)
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