VNU, A PUBLISHER, AGREES TO BUY A TRADE SHOW OPERATOR
Date: 19 July 2000
By Dow Jones
Dow Jones
VNU NV acquires Miller Freeman USA, second-largest trade show operator in US, for $650 million in cash and stock; seller is United News and Media (S)
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IRISH NEWSPAPER DEAL APPROVED
Date: 19 July 2000
By Brian Lavery
Brian Lavery
Dublin-based Independent News and Media secures approval from Britain's trade secretary to proceed with its acquisition of The Belfast Telegraph from British-based Mirror Group for 300 million pounds ($448 million); Independent News, which is run by Anthony J F O'Reilly, owns 28.5 percent of newspaper market in Northern Ireland and controls most of national daily newspaper readership in Republic of Ireland; photo (S)
If TV's Just Not Enough: Conventions on the Net
Date: 20 July 2000
By Rebecca Fairley Raney
Rebecca Raney
Internet coverage of national conventions this year is being compared to television coverage in 1950's, when networks were still learning what cameras could do; in addition to Web coverage by major news organizations, many independent producers and political parties themselves are experimenting with novel ways to follow conventions online, including chatrooms, instant polling, 360-degree cameras, exclusive interviews and e-mail updates; photos (M)
Contempt Trial Concludes For Starr's Ex-Spokesman
Date: 19 July 2000
By Neil A. Lewis
Neil Lewis
Judge Norma Holloway Johnson says she will issue verdict in Aug in criminal contempt case against Charles G Bakaly 3d, former spokesman for office of independent counsel Kenneth W Starr, who is charged with lying to her about his role as source for article in New York Times about whether Pres Clinton could be indicted while in office; Justice Department, in closing argument, holds he misled judge and his own colleagues by trying to conceal some of data he provided to reporter Don Van Natta Jr (M)
Noncandidate McCain Is Still Running Hard
Date: 19 July 2000
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Sen John McCain, who has been busy on campaign trail on behalf of host of Congressional candidates since abandoning his presidential race in Mar, plans to lead his old campaign team and some 60 journalists to Republican National Convention; holds wide range of activities he plans for convention are not aimed at overshadowing what he holds is clearly Gov George W Bush's event, interview; Bush's advisers hold McCain's star power will benefit Bush by drawing attention of independent voters (M)
Rotherham Journal; Shopkeepers Dragging Their Feet on Metric Switch
Date: 20 July 2000
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Shopkeepers in Rotherham, Eng, and elsewhere in Britain resist government's effort to replace imperial system of weights and measures with metric system to harmonize with rest of European Union; Independence Party, dedicated to British secession from EU, has caught public attention with metric issue, backed by populist, anti-Europe press; map; photo (M)
FOUNDRY SLUMPS ON SALES NEWS
Date: 20 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Foundry Networks' shares drop $26, to $98.125, after company reports second-quarter sales that rose at slower pace than those of rivals; Foundry says sales rose 27 percent, to $88.8 million, from $70 million in first quarter; graph (S)
LEUCADIA TERMINATES AGREEMENT FOR THE RELIANCE GROUP
Date: 20 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reliance Group Holdings Inc, insurer controlled by former corporate raider Saul P Steinberg, says Leucadia National Corp has ended its agreement to buy Reliance; Reliance says it is working with its financial advisers to develop plan to restructure its debt (S)
BAUSCH & LOMB IN TALKS TO BUY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Date: 20 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bausch & Lomb Inc, second-largest maker of contact lenses, is in discussions to buy unidentified ophthalmic pharmaceuticals company outside US (S)
SHILOH CONSIDERS SALE OF THREE PLANTS IN THE MIDWEST
Date: 20 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shiloh Industries, supplier of automobile parts, is considering selling or consolidating three plants to focus on more profitable operations; also agrees to buy A G Simpson Inc for $47.9 million to gain a Dickson, Tenn, plant that makes automotive stampings and assemblies (S)