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15th of February 1995 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 15 februari 1995
Departures at Paper Ignite A Debate on News vs. Profit
Date: 15 February 1995
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
The resignations of the two top editors of The Des Moines Register, which was once routinely described as one of the country's best newspapers, have reopened a bitter debate in American journalism about whether corporate pressure for profits is stripping the quality from many American newspapers. With their resignations on Monday, The Register's editor, Geneva Overholser, and her managing editor, David Westphal, have quickly become public symbols of a battle between news professionals and business executives that is raging behind closed doors at many of the country's newspapers.
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'Outsourcing' Unit at AT&T
Date: 15 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The AT&T Corporation said yesterday that it had formed a new unit, AT&T Solutions, to help large companies install and manage computer and communications networks. AT&T Solutions will design, build and manage the products as well as provide consulting services. It will use AT&T's experience in public and private wireless products, networked computing and AT&T Bell Laboratories, the company's research and development arm.
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Morgan Unit Downgraded By Moody's
Date: 15 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The banking unit of J. P. Morgan & Company was stripped of its coveted Aaa credit rating yesterday, as Moody's Investors Service Inc. warned of greater risks in its fastest- growing businesses. The credit rating company also cut its rating on the debt of the Bankers Trust New York Corporation, citing recent problems in the bank's derivatives businesses.
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KEYCORP'S MORTGAGE UNIT DRAWING SEVERAL BIDS
Date: 16 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The BankAmerica Corporation, Fleet Financial Group and the Nationsbank Corporation are vying to acquire Keycorp's mortgage business for as much as $300 million, bankers familiar with the bids said yesterday. The banks are bidding for Key Mortgage's $25 billion mortgage-servicing portfolio, the nation's 20th largest. Salomon Brothers has been shopping the unit to major banks since Keycorp, of Cleveland, announced plans in October to sell it. Mortgage-servicing companies charge fees to forward monthly mortgage payments from homeowners to the institutions that hold the loans.
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UNICORD NEGOTIATING A SALE OF BUMBLE BEE TUNA
Date: 16 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unicord P.L.C. of Thailand, one of the world's largest tuna canners, is negotiating the sale of its Bumble Bee unit, a company executive said yesterday. The company's president, Dumri Konuntakiet, has held talks with several United States-based companies, the executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. The Thai newspaper Poodjadgarn reported that Bumble Bee's rivals, Star-Kist Foods and Van Camp Seafood, were both interested. The asking price for Bumble Bee is $240 million, the paper said. Bumble Bee is the world's second-largest-selling brand of tuna behind Star-Kist, owned by H. J. Heinz, and ahead of Chicken of the Sea, owned byVan Camp.
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23.5% STAKE IN BELIZE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOLD TO MCI
Date: 16 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The MCI Communications Corporation said yesterday that it had bought a 23.5 percent stake in Belize Telecommunications Ltd. from British Telecommunications P.L.C. for about $20 million in cash. The Belize Government bought British Telecom's remaining 1.5 percent stake in the company, which has 30,000 phone lines and operates cellular services. MCI has a partnership with British Telecom, which last year bought 20 percent of MCI for $4.3 billion. The remaining 75 percent of Belize Telecommunications is owned by Belize Pension, Belize Holdings Inc. and public shareholders.
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BELL SPORTS BUYING AMERICAN RECREATION IN STOCK SWAP
Date: 16 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Bell Sports Corporation signed a definitive agreement yesterday to acquire American Recreation Company Holdings Inc. in a stock swap. Each American Recreation common share will be exchanged for 0.6224 Bell Sports common share. American Recreation has 8.65 million common shares outstanding. Based on Bell Sports's closing price yesterday of $16.50 a share, unchanged from Tuesday, the deal would be worth about $89 million. American Recreation shares rose $2.75 a share, to $9, in Nasdaq trading. Bell Sports, of Scottsdale, Ariz., makes bicycle helmets and accessories. American Recreation, of Commack, L.I., makes bicycle parts and equipment.
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CS FIRST BOSTON TO CLOSE JAPANESE EQUITY BUSINESS
Date: 15 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Tokyo office of CS First Boston will shut down its domestic Japanese equity business, including the sales, trading and research of Japanese equities, the company said early today. The move does not include the sales and trading of foreign stocks in Japan or the divisions of Japanese equity convertible bonds or warrants, said Mark Graham, head of the Asian equity business for CS First Boston in Hong Kong. "The fact is that we are not in the business of competing locally with the major Japanese houses," he said. On Monday CS First Boston said it would close its municipal bond business, consolidate its asset management business with Credit Suisse, another unit of CS Holding, and sell or close other businesses.
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MCCRORY SEEKS TO SHUT 150 STORES, OPEN 32 OTHERS
Date: 16 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The McCrory Corporation is planning to seek bankruptcy court permission to close 150 stores and open 32 new sites, which would leave the variety-store chain with 545 outlets. McCrory, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors three years ago, will also bring aboard a new senior executive to help its chief executive, Meshulam Riklis, oversee the New York-based company's latest restructuring. The new effort to return McCrory to profitability comes two years after the retailer filed a reorganization plan that it now says is impossible to complete. United States Bankruptcy Judge Cornelius Blackshear will consider the store closings and openings and other matters at a hearing set for today in Manhattan.
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Merger Is Seen As Threatened
Date: 16 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intuit Inc. shares fell as much as 8 percent yesterday after a Federal judge rejected the Microsoft Corporation's proposed antitrust settlement with the Justice Department, raising the possibility that the companies' pending merger might be scrapped. United States District Judge Stanley Sporkin's decision to reject the consent decree raises questions about the Justice Department's review of Microsoft's proposed $1.5 billion acquisition of Intuit, a maker of the popular Quicken financial software.
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