Beijing to Expel Foreign Reporter, 2d in a Month
Date: 19 November 1998
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
China expels Jurgen Kremb, reporter for German news magazine Der Spiegel, one day after eight officials burst into his office and accused him of possessing secret documents; Japanese reporter was charged with possessing state secrets and deported in Oct (M)
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A Self-Proclaimed Joe Friday Just Plays It Straight
Date: 20 November 1998
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Comment on Kenneth W Starr's media-television image, noting he has portrayed himself as image of rectitude, comparing himself with Joe Friday in his devotion to 'just the facts'; viewers find that Starr is man who can calmly talk circles around his opponents, trait that is not a bad quality in a lawyer, but which makes for bland television, primary arena in which impeachment process is being played out; Starr acknowledges that he is 'not a man of politics, of public relations, or of polls'; photo of Starr testifying before Judiciary Committee (M)
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The Other 'Other Cuomo' Says No to Politics
Date: 19 November 1998
By James Barron
James Barron
Christopher Cuomo, son of former New York State Gov Mario Cuomo, discusses his job with Fox News television magazine Fox Files; photo (M)
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On Very Long Day, Many Across U.S. Stifle a Yawn
Date: 20 November 1998
By Rick Lyman
Rick Lyman
Rick Lyman finds that many Americans are uninterested in watching House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings; finds that there are signs that long-running 'Monica Lewinsky television series' is continuing to lose its grip on American imagination (M)
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WITH DEMAND FOR TRACTORS DOWN, DEERE PLANS LAYOFFS
Date: 20 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deere & Company, world's largest farm-equipment maker, will lay off about 2,400 workers for several weeks because of weakening demand in North America (S)
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VERIO LOWERS HIWAY TECHNOLOGIES BID TO $257.2 MILLION
Date: 19 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Verio Inc, Internet service provider, to pay $257.2 million in cash and stock for Hiway Technologies under an agreement revised after a 37 percent drop in Verio's share price (S)
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ELSCINT TO SELL UNIT TO GE MEDICAL FOR $100 MILLION
Date: 19 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Elscint Ltd to sell its diagnostic imaging unit for $100 million to General Electric Co medical-systems subsidiary (S)
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FIRST AMERICAN IN $111 MILLION DEAL FOR DATA COMPANY
Date: 19 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
First American Financial Corp, provider of title insurance, to acquire National Information Group for $111 million in stock (S)
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SUNGLASS HUT SAYS IT HAS SHUT 149 UNPROFITABLE STORES
Date: 20 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sunglass Hut International, world's largest retailer of sunglasses, closes 149 stores and will close as many as 76 more by end of January 1999 (S)
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TRITON REVIVES $222 MILLION STOCK-PURCHASE RIGHTS SALE
Date: 19 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Triton Energy Ltd is reviving a sale of stock-purchase rights that is related to a plan by the buyout firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc to invest as much as $350 million in Triton; Triton delayed the $222 million sale last week after starting talks with what is described as widely known oil company that was interested in investing in Triton; says talks were not moving quickly enough to justify further delay (S)
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