Debut of Commercials on School TV Renews Debate on Programs' Value
Date: 06 March 1990
By Susan Chira, Special To the New York Times
Susan Chira
LEAD: The camera pans the Berlin wall as the narrator discusses the divided city and the outbreak of the cold war.
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Nicaragua to End Restraints On Press, Ortega Announces
Date: 07 March 1990
By Larry Rohter, Special To the New York Times
Larry Rohter
LEAD: Acceding to opposition demands, President Daniel Ortega Saavedra announced today that the Nicaraguan Government intends to repeal the country's press law, long condemned by critics of the ruling Sandinista Front as an unconstitutional restraint on freedom of expression here.
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British 'Quality' Paper Finds New Financing
Date: 07 March 1990
By Steven Prokesch, Special To the New York Times
Steven Prokesch
LEAD: The combatants in Britain's ''quality'' Sunday newspaper war who had hoped their ranks would thin sooner rather than later got a disappointment today, when the paper seen as the most likely casualty, The Sunday Correspondent, announced new financing and a new shareholder.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 06 March 1990
LEAD: International A3-14 Soviet insurgent groups celebrated because Sunday's elections appeared to give major gains to pro-democracy groups in Russia, the Ukraine and Byelorussia. But most contests will be decided by a runoff. Page A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 07 March 1990
LEAD: International A3-15
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Ambac Indemnity
Date: 06 March 1990
LEAD: Citicorp announced yesterday that it was considering selling the Ambac Indemnity Corporation, a subsidiary of Citibank that insures interest and principal payments on municipal bonds. The possibility of a sale, which has been previously suggested by banking analysts, is part of Citicorp's plans announced earlier this year to raise capital by selling some operations, the banking company said.
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Compaq Computer
Date: 06 March 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Compaq Computer Corporation said it had made a small equity investment in Nexgen Microsystems, a company in San Jose, Calif., that is working on a clone of the Intel Corporation's 80386 microprocessor. This is the microprocessor at the heart of most Compaq computers, and it is available only from Intel.
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Sharp's Color Fax
Date: 07 March 1990
AP
LEAD: The Sharp Corporation of Japan said it had developed a desktop facsimile machine that can transmit photograph-like full-color images. The company said the fax machine was the first made for general office use that could transmit full-color pictures. The machine can also send and receive regular black and white faxes.
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New I.B.M. Prices
Date: 07 March 1990
LEAD: The International Business Machines Corporation said that it would raise prices 3 percent for many of its computers, 4 to 5 percent for selected printers and 10 percent for services and many of its software products. The company also said it was reducing the price of memory for its most powerful 3090 mainframe computer by up to 20 percent.
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G.M. to Decide On Electric Car
Date: 07 March 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation said it would decide within two months whether to put a nonpolluting electric car into production. The world's biggest car company outlined test results for its electric car at a news conference before the 60th Geneva International Motor Show, which opens Thursday.
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