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Date: 18 April 2000
By Gail Collins
Gail Collins
Gail Collins Op-Ed column offers roundup of recent presidential election events; cites Gov George W Bush's shift to left and Vice Pres Al Gore's avoidance of press conferences (M)
Date: 18 April 2000
Federal Judge Virginia A Phillips says she intends to dismiss lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over article it published in March 1998 about antidrug program DARE, for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, that contained fabrications by its author, Stephen Glass; Phillips says there is no evidence that Rolling Stone knew of Glass's fabrications before article was published and that DARE will not be able to prove Rolling Stone acted with malice or reckless disregard for the truth (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman Corp, which makes fuselages for Boeing 747 jetliners, says it is in talks to sell fuselage business now that Boeing sales appear likely to decline; Northrop hires Salomon Smith Barney Inc to help with sale; Wall Street Journal reports Northrop is talking with Carlyle Group (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reynolds & Reynolds Co acquires HAC Group for as much as $200 million in cash and stock (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carlisle Companies acquires Titan International Inc's consumer tire and wheel business for as much as $95 million in cash (S)
Date: 17 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rupert Murdoch, News Corp chairman, has prostate cancer and will have radiation therapy (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GE Financial Assurance signs agreement to acquire 90 percent of long-term care business of Citigroup's Travelers Life and Annuity unit; financial terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Enrico Cuccia, founder and honorary chairman of Mediobanca SpA, is in intensive care in Milan hospital; poor health of Italy's most powerful financier prompts speculation that company will be vulnerable to takeover (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Amerada Hess Corp agrees to spend $555 million in Algerian venture as part of plan to increase output abroad; agreement is Amerada Hess's first exploration investment in Algeria; Hess will take 49 percent stake in joint venture with state-owned Sonatrach to develop El Gassi, El Agreb and Zotti fields in center of Algeria, which are estimated to hold 300 million barrels of oil (S)
Date: 18 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ashanti Goldfields Co, Africa's number 3 gold producer, says fourth-quarter profit fell 73 percent because of gold prices; profit from operations fell to $3.3 million from $12.2 million a year ago; after exceptional items, company had loss of $229.8 million in quarter; Ashanti received average of $351 an ounce for its gold in quarter, compared with $385 an ounce in 1998, more than offsetting rise in production; output rose 4 percent to 437,222 ounces in quarter ended Dec 31 (S)