The Way We Live Now: 5-30-99: Word & Image; The Pulitzer Paradox
Date: 30 May 1999
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel column calls for reforms in Pulitzer Prizes for journalism; urges provision be made for small-circulation papers that cannot compete in costly investigations with metropolitan dailies; urges some of prizes be reserved for day-to-day excellence in reporting; urges newspapers to recount, with appropriate credit and attribution, best work of other papers, holding such stories are too often ignored; photo (M)
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APPLIED MATERIALS IN DEAL TO PURCHASE OBSIDIAN
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Materials Inc agrees to acquire Obsidian Inc for about $137.5 million in stock (S)
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MACNEAL-SCHWENDLER TO BUY MARC ANALYSIS RESEARCH
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MacNeal-Schwendler Corp says it has agreed to buy MARC Analysis Research Corp for about $36 million (S)
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BANKBOSTON SELLS STAKE IN CREDIT CARD VENTURE
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BankBoston Corp sells its 19 percent share of credit card venture Partners First to Bank of Montreal for $50 million as it sheds unwanted assets in preparation for its takeover by Fleet Financial Group Inc (S)
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ARM FINANCIAL SEEKING INVESTMENT BANK ADVICE
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ARM Financial Services Group Inc says it has hired Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to 'evaluate strategic alternatives' in face of languishing share price (S)
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HEWLETT-PACKARD IS PLANNING REDUCTION OF 350 JOBS
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hewlett-Packard Co, world's biggest maker of computer printers, says it will cut as many as 350 jobs at its plant in Vancouver, Wash, as part of its plan to send more production to contractors (S)
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YAHOO CUTS WORK FORCE AND TAKES EARNINGS CHARGE
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Yahoo Inc says it has dismissed about 200 employees of Geocities Inc, or 63 percent of its work force, and will take a $68 million pretax charge against second quarter earnings for its $3.7 billion acquisition (S)
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BRITISH BREWING TALKS
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Greene King PLC weighs 140 million pound ($224 million) bid for rival Morland PLC; graph of Morland stock price (S)
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Unimed in Takeover Talks
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unimed Pharmaceuticals Inc says it is in negotiations to sell all outstnding shares of the company to an unnamed third party (S)
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An Irish I.P.O. Is Smiling As a Nation Lines Up for Shares
Date: 30 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Estimated 1.2 million people out of Ireland's 3.7 million population have registered to buy shares in initial public offering of Telecom Eireann, nation's largest phone company; map (S)
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