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Date: 27 April 1997
By William H. Honan
William Honan
Stanford University, after months of urging US News & World Report magazine to change college survey and rankings it calls 'misleading and inaccurate,' is using World Wide Web to furnish data itself; urges other colleges to follow suit; Alvin Sanoff, college guide managing editor, defends guide but pledges changes in next guide (M)
Date: 26 April 1997
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Clinton Administration is enjoying friendly press coverage of two Clinton initiatives, on importance of early childhood development, and encouragement of volunteerism (M)
Date: 27 April 1997
By David Firestone
David Firestone
Women's City Club becomes latest in list of New York citizens and organizations to charge they are unable to obtain information about workings of municipal government under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; Frances Levenson of club's housing task force describes workers 'afraid' to release statistical data; The New York Times, Daily News and other media organizations have had Freedom of Information requests turned down and have filed suit, but ordinary citizens are often left with no recourse; Giuliani office says administration has been more accessible than any other, but outsiders charge City Hall seems insular and defensive, viewing criticism as partisan; Raymond D Horton of Citizens Budget Commission charges 'stonewalling'; list of other groups and officials whose information requests were turned down (M)
Date: 26 April 1997
By Tatyana Malkina
Tatyana Malkina
Op-ed article by Tatyana Malkina on conflicts in Russia between media and corporate conglomerates that are buying them up; notes that in Russia there is no publishing industry in accepted sense of that phrase--profitable printing of publications; says most quality papers were founded or are now financed by manufacturers and bankers as way to protect their 'main' enterprises; notes Russian television is dominated by three mega-companies; describes how conglomerates pressure the press (M)
Date: 26 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Xerox Corp agrees to buy rest of Delphax Systems to gain access to its high-speed electronic printing technology (S)
Date: 26 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Supervalu Inc, food distributor in Minneapolis, will sell its remaining 46 percent stake in Shopko Stores Inc, ending 26-year investment in discount retailer in deal valued at about $270.3 million (S)
Date: 26 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Outboard Marine Corp omits its dividend for current quarter and hires Salomon Brothers for assistance after loss of $7.3 million, or 36 cents a share, for its fiscal second quarter ended March 31 (S)
Date: 26 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
*Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp buys 54 percent in Instituto Dexeus, 110-bed hospital in Barcelona, Spain (S)
Date: 26 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BAA PLC, British airport operator, will take $65 million charge in fiscal year 1997 because of accumulated interest from costs of developing fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport (S)
Date: 27 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Major League Baseball data show 19 percent of players were born outside United States; majority of foreign players are from Latin America (S)