NEWS SUMMARY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1988
Date: 19 February 1988
LEAD: International A2-8
Shim Chang-min (em coreano: 심창민) (Seul, Coreia do Sul, 18 de fevereiro de 1988), também conhecido por Max, Choikang, Changmin na Coréia do Sul e no Japão (em japonês: チャンミン), é um compositor, modelo, cantor, dançarino e ator. É o vocalista principal do grupo sul-coreano TVXQ. Nascido e criado em Seoul, Coreia do Sul, Changmin foi observado por um agente de taletos da SM Entertainment quando ele tinha quatorze anos de idade. Ele fez sua estréia como membro mais jovem do TVXQ em dezembro de 2003. Fluente em coreano e em japonês, Changmin alcançou o sucesso comercial na Ásia como um membro do TVXQ. Conhecidos como "Estrelas da Ásia" e os "Reis do K-Pop", TVXQ lançou quinze álbuns de estúdio; sua sexta turnê no Japão, a Time Tour , foi a turnê de maior bilheteria já realizada por um artista música estrangeira no Japão. ChangMin também já foi eleito o melhor visual de sua empresa SM Entertainment e um dos cantores mais bonitos do K-pop.
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Date: 18 February 1988
By John Corry
John Corry
LEAD: IT peaked early, a minute or so before 7 P.M. on Tuesday. Vice President Bush, Peter Jennings reported, had ''pulled it out just by that.'' He gestured to indicate the size of the victory. How big was that? The ABC anchor wouldn't say; technically, the New Hampshire polls were still open. When CBS and NBC came on at 7, however, the polls were closed.
Date: 18 February 1988
LEAD: International A2-12, A17
Date: 19 February 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Allegis Corporation disclosed today that it was in talks to sell up to 50 percent of its Covia/Apollo reservation system to four European airlines and other third parties for more than $350 million.
Date: 19 February 1988
LEAD: The new owners of Univision, the Spanish-language television network, have named William Stiles acting president of the network. Hallmark Cards Inc. and a
Date: 18 February 1988
LEAD: The Amoco Corporation said yesterday that it had won a $383 million arbitration judgment against the Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, an agency of the United Arab Emirates, in a dispute over the nonpayment for natural gas.
Date: 18 February 1988
By Steve Lohr, Special To the New York Times
Steve Lohr
LEAD: The Ford Motor Company and unions representing its 32,500 workers reached a compromise Tuesday night intended to end a damaging 10-day strike. The tentative agreement, which workers will vote on Thursday, limits Ford's ability to introduce sweeping changes in work practices.
Date: 18 February 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Black & Decker Corporation disclosed that it had offered American Standard Inc. ''major concessions,'' including a possible higher price than its current bid of $65 a share, if the big plumbing supplier would agree to a friendly business combination. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Black & Decker said that Nolan D.
Date: 18 February 1988
Reuters
LEAD: Electronique Serge Dassault said it had agreed with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, based in Pittsburgh, to develop on-board data transmission systems for new-generation military aircraft. A spokeswoman for the French concern gave no financial details but said the two companies had been holding talks since mid-1987.
Date: 19 February 1988
By Barnaby J. Feder
Barnaby Feder
LEAD: T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oilman and corporate raider, has notified Texaco Inc. that he is seeking clearance from antitrust regulators to buy up to 15 percent of the company.