Journal; Natural Born Shillers
Date: 14 November 1998
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich Op-Ed column on strong statement issued by ABC expressing how 'increasingly uncomfortable' it has become with the blurring of line between 'fact-based entertainment and hard news'; says it was disappointment to find out that statement did not aply to ABC News at all, but only to film maker Oliver Stone, whom the network had commissioned to produce what Stone calls a 'new-style' news magazine (M)
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Marines Scold Officer Who Called Clinton an 'Adulterous Liar' in a Column
Date: 14 November 1998
By Steven Lee Myers
Steven Myers
Marine Corps rebukes but decides not to punish Maj Shane Sellers, who wrote newpaper column rebuking Pres Clinton as an 'adulterous liar,' in case that focused attention on military's prohibitions on public criticisms of the Commander in Chief (S)
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WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES AGREES TO SELL TIMBERLANDS
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Willamette Industries to sell its Washington State timberlands to investment firm Campbell Group Inc for $234 million in cash (S)
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GLAMIS GOLD MAKES BID FOR RAYROCK RESOURCES
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Glamis Gold Ltd, US gold producer, makes unsolicited offer to buy Rayrock Resources, Canada, for more than $150 million (Canadian) or $97 million (US) (S)
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LIVENT, MUSICAL PRODUCER, DELAYING FINANCIAL RESULTS
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Livent Inc says it is delaying for second time the restatement of past financial results; expects to have them ready by end of November (S)
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FIRST DATA TO BUY UNIFIED MERCHANT STAKE
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
First Data Corp to buy BankAmerica's 20 percent stake in Unified Merchant Services for undisclosed terms (S)
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$728 MILLION IN STOCK IS BOUGHT BACK BY COMPANY
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gillette Co bought $728 million in stock in the third quarter as its shares dropped 44 percent on company's first quarterly earnings decline in eight years (S)
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D.R. HORTON, HOME BUILDERS, APPOINTS KEY OFFICERS
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
D R Horton Inc promotes Donald J Tomnitz to vice chairman and chief executive and Richard Beckwitt to president; also says its board has approved buyback of up to $100 million common shares and up to $100 million of senior debt securities (S)
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STONE CONTAINER HOLDERS DROP BID TO BAR TAKEOVER
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Preferred stockholders of Stone Container Corp drop their request for court order to block proposed $6.51 billion acquisition by rival paper company, Jefferson Smurfit Corp (S)
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Partners to Seek Rest Of Argentine Chain
Date: 14 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Royal Ahold NV and Argentina's Velox Retail Holdings to bid through their joint venture for remaining 48 percent of Argentine supermarket Disco SA in deal worth about $158.9 million (US) (S)
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