INTERFACE TO BUY CARPET BUSINESS IN EUROPE
Date: 06 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Interface Inc to buy Readicut International PLC's European carpet business for about $50.3 million; assets are Firth Carpets Ltd; Joseph, Hamilton & Seaton Ltd and Vebe Floorcoverings BV (S)
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COMCAST SET FOR EXPANSION IN DELAWARE AND MARYLAND
Date: 06 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comcast Corp to buy Marcus Cable Co's Delaware and Maryland cable television assets for $65.5 million in cash (S)
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CITIZENS BANCSHARES AGREES TO BUY CENTURY FINANCIAL
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citizens Bancshares Inc will buy Century Financial Corp for about $140 million (S)
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SUMITOMO STUDIES SALE OF ITS CALIFORNIA BANK
Date: 06 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sumitomo Bank Ltd weighs sale of its Sumitomo Bank of California (S)
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SINGER SAYS IT WILL DISMISS 28% OF ITS WORKERS
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Singer Co, hurt by weak economies of Southeast Asia, names Stephen H Goodman as new chief executive and president and says it will close some plants and dismiss 5,968 workers, or 28 percent of its work force; Singer will take charge in fourth quarter of $186 million; company plans to shift sewing-machine manufacturing to lower-cost areas (S)
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NINE WEST SAYS EARNINGS WILL FALL SHORT OF FORECASTS
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nine West Group Inc says fourth-quarter earnings will be well below analysts' forecasts; company says third-quarter earnings fell 2 percent, to $34.6 million, for quarter ended Nov 1, from $35.3 million in year-earlier period (S)
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BOSTON PROPERTIES FILES TO SELL 14 MILLION MORE SHARES
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Boston Properties Inc files with Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 14 million additional common shares; company expects sale to raise about $441 million (S)
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Pump Maker Buys Another
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Idex Corp agrees to buy closely held Knight Equipment International for $38 million in cash (S)
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Munich Re and Allianz Discussing Stock Swap
Date: 06 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Allianz AG discusses possibly swapping its 10 percent stake in Ergo Versicherungsgruppe AG for stake in company owned by Munich Re as tax hedge (S)
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Honda Is No. 2 in Japan
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Honda Motor Co is Japan's second-largest auto maker after Toyota Motor Corp; in November, Honda overtook Nissan Motor Co to sell more vehicles in Japan (S)
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