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Date: 16 January 1997
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Critic's Notebook column examines repercussions of successful suit by Food Lion supermarket chain against ABC-TV and producers of Prime Time Live documentary news program; company charged defendants with fraud, trespass and deceptive trade practices in producing allegedly slanted undercover documentary about company's unsafe handling of meat (M)
Date: 15 January 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
National Collegiate Athletic Association, in letter to USA Today and other newspapers, threatens to deny press access to college basketball championships in March unless newspapers agree to drop gambling advertisements that mention college sports (M)
Date: 16 January 1997
By Raghida Dergham
Raghida Dergham
Op-Ed article by Raghida Dergham, United Nations bureau chief of Al Hayat, says whoever sent letter bombs to Al Hayat missed main point: in newspapers, you print the message; says Al Hayat has been forum for differing views, and has annoyed more than one government or organization, as would any independent newspaper that covers intricacies of Middle East; says trying to destroy forum that encourages exchange of views could not be goal of any thoughtful political person in government or in the opposition (M)
Date: 16 January 1997
By William C. Rhoden
William Rhoden
Biographical sketch of New York Giants head coach James Edward Fassel; notes that he was born in Anaheim, Calif, on Aug 31, 1949 (M)
Date: 16 January 1997
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Man in the News profile of Dennis B Ross, State Department official who brokered deal on Israeli withdrawal from West Bank, winning trust of two people who did not trust each other, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasir Arafat; photo (M)
Date: 15 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Leslie Fay Companies postpones until February 13 hearing on plan to exit bankruptcy; has not completed financing and other details of reorganization (S)
Date: 15 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Scientific Corp will close Belgian heart-catheter plant and dismiss 225 workers as part of reorganization (S)
Date: 16 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hewlett-Packard Co and Cisco Systems Inc form alliance to support each other's products; Hewlett-Packard will standardize its products for use with Cisco networking equipment and will recommend that its customers choose Cisco products (S)
Date: 15 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans for Maryland and Washington, DC, will form joint holding company with more than $3 billion annually in health insurance revenue and more than two million customers (S)
Date: 15 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Central and South West Corp forms joint venture with ICG Communications Inc and BellSouth Corp, enabling it to be one of first electric utilities to challenge Baby Bells for telephone customers (S)