His Defection Reportedly Foiled, Chinese Reporter Is a Suicide
Date: 02 April 1997
By Patrick E. Tyler
Patrick Tyler
Chinease journalist Wei Guoqiang recently committed suicide in Beijing after being recalled from his post in Washington, DC, where he reportedly had been discovered preparing to defect; Wei was Washington bureau chief of New China News Agency (M)
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Medical Examiner Tough Yet Calm
Date: 01 April 1997
By Lawrence K. Altman
Lawrence Altman
Man In The News profile of San Diego County, Calif, Medical Examiner Brian D Blackbourne, who had grim task of leading team of pathologists performing autopsies on 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult, who committed mass suicide; photo (M)
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JOHN ALDEN FINANCIAL PLANS TO ELIMINATE 725 JOBS
Date: 02 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
John Alden Financial Corp will eliminate 725 jobs in 1997 to cut costs and focus on its group health insurance and managed-care businesses; company will take $15 million charge against earnings for cost of dismissing workers (S)
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THERMO CARDIOSYSTEMS TO BUY TECHNIDYNE IN STOCK DEAL
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thermo Cardiosystems Inc, maker of Heartmate pumping device, plans to buy affiliated company, the International Technidyne Corp, for 3.36 million shares of stock, valued at $69.6 million (S)
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PHYSICIAN CORP. ASKS LENDERS FOR TIME TO PAY ITS LOANS
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Physician Corp of America asks lenders for more time to review ways to pay its loans after Sierra Health Services Inc canceled plans on March 18 to buy the company and left it in default of $102 million in bank debt; Physician Corp says it had fourth-quarter loss of $182.6 million on revenue of $365.1 million (S)
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AHMANSON SAYS GREAT WESTERN INVESTORS FAVOR ITS BID
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
H F Ahmanson & Co says 80 percent of shares of Great Western Financial Corp voted so far in a referendum are in favor of its $6.18 billion hostile takeover bid (S)
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President Resigns At Chrysler's Japan Unit
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hideo Hohgi, president of Chrysler Corp's Japanese unit, resigns; Keisuke Egashira, chairman and director of Japanese subsidiary, will temporarily run the unit (S)
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Ford and Mazda To Share Underbodies
Date: 02 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co and its Japanese affiliate, Mazda Motor Corp, agree to make at least two car models using common underbodies (S)
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Nippon Credit Stock Off Amid Doubt on Overhaul
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Nippon Credit Bank Ltd fall more than 3 percent, a sign that investors are worried that expected revamping plan will not solve bank's bad-loan problems; revamping plan includes cutting salaries as much as 50 percent and eliminating jobs of one-third of 3,000 workers (S)
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Amstrad to Sell Unit To Bosch of Germany
Date: 02 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Amstrad PLC, British consumer electronics maker, is selling mobile telephone unit Dancall Telecom to Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany for 92 million pounds ($150 million) (S)
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