Court Strikes Limits on City Workers' Speech to the News Media
Date: 20 March 1998
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
US appeals court rules that regulations prohibiting workers at Human Resources Administration and Children's Services Administration from talking with reporters without their agency's permission are unconstitutional; case stems from lawsuit filed on behalf of Rosalie Harman, child welfare worker who was suspended after she discussed her agency on ABC news program in 1995 following death of Elisa Izquierdo (M)
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Turkey Sentences 5 Officers in Journalist's Death
Date: 20 March 1998
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Provincial court in Turkey sentences five police officers to seven-and-half-year jail terms for beating journalist Metin Goktepe to death in January 1996; human rights activists say that sentences are far too light (S)
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HARNISCHFEGER ACQUIRES HORSBURGH & SCOTT
Date: 21 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Harnischfeger Industries says that it acquired closely held Horsburgh & Scott for about $40 million cash to expand its mining-equipment lines (S)
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SHARES OF WAYNE BANCORP RISE AS IT SEEKS BUYER
Date: 21 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Wayne Bancorp Inc jump as it says it will seek buyer for company, after proxy vote shows substantial number of stockholders support sale (S)
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ITOCHU AND TOSHIBA SELL TIME WARNER SHARES
Date: 21 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Itochu Corp and Toshiba Corp sell a third of their stakes in Time Warner Inc for total of about $620.5 million (S)
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Oxford Plans to Transfer Medicaid Patients
Date: 21 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Oxford Health Plans will transfer its 41,000 Medicaid members in New Jersey to Amerigroup Corp (S)
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SINCLAIR BROADCAST TO SELL 3 STATIONS TO CENTENNIAL
Date: 20 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc says it will sell three New Orleans radio stations to Centennial Broadcasting for $16 million to comply with Federal limits on ownership of outlets in single market; stations are WBYU-AM, WRNO-FM and KMEX-FM (S)
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FE HOLDINGS IN DEAL TO ACQUIRE MARBEL ENERGY OF OHIO
Date: 20 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Firstenergy Corp and Belden & Blake Corp say that FE Holdings LLC, joint venture they formed to buy natural gas properties, has agreed to buy Marbel Energy Corp for undisclosed amount (S)
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FORD AFFILIATE TO BUY 90% OF DAIEI FINANCIAL UNIT
Date: 20 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Associates First Capital Corp, affiliate of Ford Motor Co, says it will pay 80 billion yen ($615 million) for 90 percent of DIC Finance, financial unit of Daiei Inc of Japan; says DIC Finance will continue as spearate company, keeping its name, management and branch offices (S)
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FIFTH THIRD BANK OF OHIO AGREES TO BUY W. LYMAN CASE
Date: 20 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fifth Third Bank agrees to buy privately held W Lyman Case & Co for undisclosed amount (S)
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