News Corp. Cutting Costs
Date: 18 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
News Corp ordered 3 percent cut in operating costs in January to tighten its budget and increase profits; no job reductions are expected (S)
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17th of February 1999 News
Zprávy, jak se objevily na titulní stránce New York Times dne 17. února 1999
Health Web Site Makes CNN Deal
Date: 17 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CNN News Group says it has invested undisclosed amount in Web MD and signed agreement to exchange news and advertising with company, an on-line medical information service (S)
TV Notes; Bad Hair Days
Date: 17 February 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
CBS Morning News reports on disturbing increase in use of hair tests to screen job applicants for past drug use; such stories would be expected on evening news program, but CBS wants to use them to distinguish its morning show from the competition (S)
Despite Vatican, Case of Swiss Guard's Murder Remains Alive
Date: 18 February 1999
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Vatican closes its investigation into killing of commander of Swiss Guards by one of his junior officers, but scandal is not laid to rest; grieving relatives of Lieut Col Alois Estermann and his wife, Gladys Meza Romero, who was killed at his side, issue letter imploring Italian media to stop printing rumors about the couple's marriage and speculating on love triangle including Corporal Cedric Tornay, who killed himself after committing murders (M)
Israeli Police Investigating Ariel Sharon, Attorney Says
Date: 17 February 1999
By Deborah Sontag
Deborah Sontag
Israel's Foreign Min Ariel Sharon is under investigation for allegedly bribing former Army general, Avigdor Ben Gal, to give false testimony in libel trial in 1997 in suit brought by Sharon against newspaper Haaretz, which he accused of printing falsehoods regarding his conduct as Defense Minister during 1982 invasion of Lebanon; his lawyer Jacob Weinroth says charges are absurd (M)
AMERICAN EXPRESS GETS 14% OF TICKETMASTER-CITYSEARCH
Date: 18 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Express Co says in Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it has acquired 14 percent stake, or 1.3 million class B common shares, of Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch Inc; Ticketmaster's class B stock is 83.9 percent owned by USA Networks (S)
BANKAMERICA IN $150 MILLION DEAL FOR 50% OF MARSICO
Date: 17 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BankAmerica Corp acquires half of Marsico Capital Management LLC for about $150 million (S)
CEREAL MAKER PREDICTS A SLOWDOWN OF SALES GROWTH
Date: 17 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Mills Inc expects its sales growth to slow in next few months from pace set earlier in fiscal year (S)
ETOYS FILES FOR A $115 MILLION INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Date: 18 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Etoys Inc, Internet seller of toys, games, videos and software, files for initial public offering that could raise as much as $115 million (S)
CHART INDUSTRIES IN $240 MILLION DEAL FOR MVE HOLDINGS
Date: 17 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chart Industries will buy MVE Holdings Inc for about $240 million in cash and assumed debt (S)