Cowboys to Keep Mum
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones is preventing anyone in organization, including coach Barry Switzer, from discussing football-related matters with news media (S)
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Axa Sells Stake In the Reinsurer Scor
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Axa, world's second-largest insurer, says it sold its minority stake in reinsurer Scor as part of string of share sales totaling 2.16 billion French francs ($390 million); sells all of its 7% stake in Scor to Goldman, Sachs, J P Morgan and Fox Pitt, Kelton for 780 million francs (S)
Caltex to Dismiss 50 on Singapore Staff
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Caltex Petroleum says it will dismiss 50 employees, or about 15% of its staff in Singapore, as part of revamping plan (S)
SAP Says Net Was Up 40% in 1996
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SAP AG, maker of business management software, says that 1996 net profit rose 40%; pretax profit in fourth quarter soared to 457 million marks ($280 million) from 289 million marks, in part because companies bought SAP software to help cope with switch to European common currency in 1999; net profit in 1996 rose to 567 million marks ($348 million) (S)
ABBOTT LABORATORIES TO BUY FRENCH COMPANY
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abbott Laboratories says it agreed to acquire Alcyon Analyzer SA, closely held French maker of bench-top clinical chemistry laboratory analyzers (S)
SINCLAIR BROADCAST TO ADD TV AND RADIO STATIONS
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc says it agreed to buy Las Vegas, Nevada, television station, KUPN-TV, for $87 million and two Buffalo radio stations, WGR-AM and WWWS-AM, for $1.5 million (S)
CONRAIL POSTPONES MEETING TO AVOID COUP
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Conrail Inc says it will hold its annual shareholders meeting on Dec 19, 1997, seven months later than normal; pushing meeting date back is seen as a defensive tactic should Norfolk Southern Corp, hostile bidder for railroad, seek to win control of board (S)
Chip Sales Were Down 1% in December
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Semiconductor Industry Assn reports that worldwide sales of computer chips fell 1% in December from November and percent from December 1995; that represents drop in sales to $10.99 billion in December from $11.09 billion in November (S)
German Concern To Pay Ex-Chief
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Metallgesellschaft AG says it will pay its former chief exec, Heinz Schimmelbusch, 1.5 million marks ($920,000) as part of out-of-court settlement concerning his dismissal in Dec 1993 (M)
The Wrong Lesson For Children
Date: 02 February 1997
Peter Levinson letter on Jon Katz's Jan 19 article on new and old media (S)