Opening One Trial to TV Leads to Requests for More
Date: 28 January 2000
By David Rohde
David Rohde
News organizations have asked judges around state to open their court proceedings to cameras in two days since State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C Teresi approved televising of trial of four police officers charged with murdering Amadou Diallo; results so far have been mixed; State Supreme Court Justice Rena K Uviller rejects request to allow cameras at coming trial of Sante and Kenneth Kimes, mother and son charged with murder in disappearance of Irene Silverman (M)
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Russia Says It Has Detained Radio Journalist in Chechnya
Date: 29 January 2000
By Michael R. Gordon
Michael Gordon
Russian authorities confirm that they have detained Andrei M Babitsky, a journalist who was reporting from Chechnya for Radio Liberty, for 12 days; accuse him of spending time with rebels and was not being accredited by Russian military to cover the war; hint that he will be released soon (M)
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For Officers in Diallo Case, a Year of Scorn and Isolation
Date: 29 January 2000
By Kevin Flynn
Kevin Flynn
Four New York City police officers accused in shooting death of Amadou Diallo have spent much of past year cloistered in their homes or lawyers' offices, avoiding demonstrations outside their houses and shunning news reports that they think miscast their case; their lawyers say they are eager to explain, for first time, what happened when they fired fusillade of 41 bullets at Diallo as he stood unarmed in vestibule of Bronx apartment building; photo (M)
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A Newspaper Goes All Out To Aid Forbes
Date: 29 January 2000
Union Leader, New Hampshire's largest newspaper, pulls out all the stops to get voters behind Steve Forbes in state's Republican presidential primary; its earlier endorsement of Forbes was only lukewarm (S)
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SWITCH COMPANY CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES FOR CHIP UNIT
Date: 28 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cherry Corp hires Banc of America Securities LLC to help explore alternatives for its Cherry Semiconductor Corp (S)
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INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER TO BUY ZING FOR $28.5 MILLION
Date: 29 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Rectifier Corp to buy Zing Technologies for $28.5 million (S)
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SOFTBANK TO SPIN OFF ZIFF-DAVIS'S ONLINE UNIT
Date: 29 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Softbank Corp, which owns 69 percent of Ziff-Davis Inc, plans to spin off company's ZDNet unit and is in talks to sell its events unit; will hold 45 percent of ZDNet; Ziff-Davis will wrap its remaining assets into ZDNet (S)
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MONSANTO SPURNED OFFER FOR $49 A SHARE, FILING SHOWS
Date: 29 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Monsanto Co regulatory filing shows it spurned $49-a-share offer before deciding to merge with Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc in deal that values it at $36 a share (S)
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APPLIED POWER TO SPIN OFF ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS UNIT
Date: 28 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Power Inc is spinning off its business that makes housings for computers and electrical equipment; new company will be called APW (S)
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IRISH DRUG COMPANY TO BUY 3 BRISTOL-MYERS PRODUCTS
Date: 28 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Warner Chilcott PLC acquires Estrace estrogen-replacement treatment and two Ovcon oral contraceptives from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co; terms undisclosed (S)
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