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Date: 18 April 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 An economic aid plan for Poland that includes eight basic points was announced by President Bush, who said Eastern Europe was slowly changing systems. Page A1
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Date: 18 April 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 An economic aid plan for Poland that includes eight basic points was announced by President Bush, who said Eastern Europe was slowly changing systems. Page A1
Date: 18 April 1989
By Craig R. Whitney, Special To the New York Times
Craig Whitney
LEAD: The British press is under increasing criticism for one of its most pungent distinguishing features - recklessness.
Date: 18 April 1989
By Randall Rothenberg
Randall Rothenberg
LEAD: * Shelley Diamond has been named senior vice president of Backer Spielvogel Bates.
Date: 18 April 1989
By Allan R. Gold, Special To the New York Times
Allan Gold
LEAD: The Gannett Company, the nation's biggest newspaper chain and a vigorous opponent of unions, is facing a strong organizing effort at its daily newspaper here.
Date: 18 April 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The Shaklee Corporation said a unit of the Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Company of Japan had completed a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Shaklee common stock at $28 each. The offer expired at midnight on Friday. The Yamanouchi unit will own about 92 percent of the common shares of Shaklee, which specializes in the direct sale of food, health products and other products.
Date: 18 April 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Chariot Holdings Ltd., an investment company in New York, has offered to buy the shares of the Synalloy Corporation that it does not control for $10 each in cash. Synalloy, based in Spartansburg, S.C., is a specialty chemical manufacturer. Its stock closed today at $8.75 a share, up 12.5 cents, on the American Stock Exchange.
Date: 18 April 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Hanson P.L.C., the British conglomerate, said it would sell its Allders chain of duty-free shops and department stores to a management group for $:224 million, or about $380 million. Allders operates the duty-free shops at the Heathrow and Gatwick Airports in London, and the unit has interests in Europe, North and South America and Australia.
Date: 18 April 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Motorola Inc. introduced a new family of chips for computer control of automobiles and electronic appliances. The company said the General Motors Corporation had agreed to use the chip to control functions in future automobiles. The chips, called microcontrollers, are more specialized versions of the microprocessors used in personal computers.
Date: 18 April 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: In its second acquisition agreement in two weeks, the BankAmerica Corporation said it would buy the parent company of Nevada's fifth-largest commercial bank. In buying the Nevada First Development Corporation, BankAmerica will expand its retail operations to a third state, after California and Washington.