News Corporation Says Profits Soared Fourfold in 3d Quarter
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
News Corp says earnings rose roughly fourfold in its third fiscal quarter; net income was $330 million (Australian), or $257 million (US), up from $77 million (Australian); sales rose 23 percent, to $3.7 billion (Australian) (M)
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Even Funeral Is Journalism At Its Best
Date: 09 May 1997
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman comments on funeral service for Murray Kempton at St Ignatius Episcopal Church on West 87th Street (M)
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Dollar Retreats a Second Day; Report on Intervention Cited
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US dollar falls for second day after Japanese news agency reports that central banks of Japan, Germany and US are preparing to sell it in an effort to halt its two-year rally (S)
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ALAMCO IN TALKS ABOUT POSSIBLE SALE OR MERGER
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alamco Inc says it is in talks about 'a possible business combination' (S)
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PNC BANK IS SAID TO BE IN TALKS WITH OPPENHEIMER
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PNC Bank Corp is in talks to acquire Oppenheimer & Co, the Wall Street brokerage firm, for about $500 million (S)
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CYRK INTERNATIONAL AGREES TO BUY SIMON MARKETING
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cyrk International will buy closely held promoter Simon Marketing for as much as $63 million in stock and cash (S)
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UNION PLANTERS TO ACQUIRE MISSISSIPPI BANK COMPANY
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Union Palnters Corp agrees to acquire Magna Bancorp Inc for $323 million in stock, expanding its franchise and making it third-largest bank in Mississippi (S)
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REPUBLIC REPORTS BIG GAIN ON SALE OF ADT STOCK
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Republic Industries says it sold 15 million shares of ADT Ltd for $412.5 million, making a 38 percent profit in little more than a month (S)
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FIRST MONTH BRINGS 100 SATURN SALES IN JAPAN, G.M. SAYS
Date: 08 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp's Saturn division sold about 100 cars in its first month of sales in Japan (S)
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BAY VIEW CAPITAL AGREES TO BUY AMERICA FIRST EUREKA
Date: 09 May 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bay View Capital Corp agrees to buy America First Eureka Holdings for $300 million in cash and stock, in combination of two banking organizations in San Francisco Bay area (S)
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