Weekly Aimed at Blacks Is Moving to Newark
Date: 14 November 1997
New national newspaper aimed at middle-class black readers will move its headquarters to Newark from Baltimore by January; Donald L Miller, publisher of Our World News, cites Newark's friendliness to business, contending that Newark is 'in midst of an exciting renaissance'; photo (S)
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Court Rules Against CNN
Date: 14 November 1997
US Appeals Court for Ninth Circuit rules that Government and CNN news crew violated rights of Montana rancher Paul W Berger when CNN recorded search for evidence that Berger had been poisoning eagles; case could restrict efforts by news organizations to accompany law enforcement officials on searches of private property; court says 1993 raid had been used to advance what it calls commercial and entertainment interests, not just law enforcement; ruling means Federal court in Montana will determine what damages, if any, Berger is entitled to; Berger and his wife, Erma, had sought $10 million (S)
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Metro Matters; Eastern Dude, New in Town: Pataki Who?
Date: 13 November 1997
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert Metro Matters column on New York State Gov George E Pataki's cross-country fund-raising tour notes that security guards kicked reporters out of his fund-raiser at luxurious Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, Tex; Pataki photo (M)
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KOS SHARES PLUNGE ON NEWS OF SLOW SALES OF DRUG
Date: 13 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Kos Pharmaceuticals fall 46 percent after company releases first-quarter results that show sales of its new cholesterol-lowering drug Niaspan are not rising as fast as analysts expected; shares drop $14.375, to $16.5625 (S)
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MCI TO SELL STAKE IN INTERNATIONAL VENTURE
Date: 13 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British Telecommunications PLC will buy back 24.9 percent stake that MCI Communications Corp holds in Concert Communications, companies' international phone venture (S)
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TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL AGREES TO BUY SACO SMARTVISION
Date: 14 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Teknor Industrial Computers Inc agrees to buy SACO Smartvision Inc for $55 million (S)
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ACCUSTAFF TO PAY $85 MILLION FOR OFFICE SPECIALISTS
Date: 13 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Accustaff Inc will acquire Office Specialists Inc for as much as $85 million in stock (S)
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COOPER AGREES TO BUY BRITISH COMPANY FOR $280 MILLION
Date: 14 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cooper Industries agrees to buy Menvier-Swain Group PLC, a British lighting and security company, for $280 million in cash (S)
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CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON BUYING BARCLAYS BUSINESSES
Date: 13 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Credit Suisse First Boston will pay $255 million for British and European equities and mergers businesses of Barclays PLC's investment bank BZW (S)
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HAEMONETICS TO CUT JOBS AND CLOSE PLANTS TO CUT COSTS
Date: 13 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Haemonetics Corp plans to take charge of about $25 million in its third quarter, which ends in December, to cut jobs, write off assets and inventory and close operations as it attempts to cut costs (S)
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