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Date: 17 January 1998
James Murdoch, younger son of media and entertaiment mogul Rupert Murdoch, is named deputy publisher of New York Post; Rupert Murdoch's company, Australia-based News Corp, publishes New York Post; photo of James Murdoch (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Lower house of German Parliament approves constitutional change that would give police greater powers to bug private homes in order to combat organized crime and money laundering; authorities are currently allowed to tap telephones only in exceptional circumstances relating to crime and terrorism and may use listening devices only to monitor emergencies like hostage-taking; move draws outcry from civil rights campaigners and from journalists, doctors and lawyers fearful that conversations with news sources, patients or clients can now be overheard; only priests, defense lawyers meeting accused criminals and legislators will be protected by law from eavesdropping (M)
Date: 16 January 1998
By Carey Goldberg With Janet Elder
Carey With
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds that, 25 years after Supreme Court's landmark ruling, Americans still largely support legalized abortion, but believe it should be harder to get and less readily chosen; finds that basic schism between 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' remains virtually unaltered, but public opinion has shifted notably away from general acceptance of legal abortion toward more nuanced, conditional acceptance, or 'permit but discourage'; 61 percent of those polled believe abortion should be permitted in first three months of pregnancy, but approval plummets to 15 percent in second trimester and seven percent in last trimester; support declines for reasons like interruption of career or education, but remains overwhelming in cases or rape, endangered health or likely birth defects; graphs showing sometimes paradoxical responses; analyst Dr Elizabeth Adell Cook sees public agreeing with Pres Clinton that abortion should be 'safe, legal and rare,' allowable but not taken lightly (L)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Richard Severo
Richard Severo
Harriet Van Horne, pioneer radio and television critic who had wide following in New York World-Telegram and other Scripps-Howard newspapers, dies at age 77; photo (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Verifact Inc, based in Toronto, agrees to buy Checkmate Electronics Inc of United States for stock valued at $50 million (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Texas Industries says it bought closely held Riverside Cement for $120 million, increasing its cement-production capacity 60 percent and expanding its operations in California (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nestle SA says that it bought some dairy products units in Latin America and elsewhere from Borden Inc to increase its sales in emerging markets (S)
Date: 16 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Excite Inc agrees to buy Matchlogic Inc for about $120 million in stock (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Central and South West Corp's Southwestern Electric Power Co increases its offer to bail out bankrupt Cajun Electric Power Cooperative by 19 percent, to $905 million in cash (S)
Date: 17 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corporate Express Inc will pay up to $150 million to buy back as much as 25 percent of its stock for a premium (S)