Shielding Young Suspects Is No Longer Automatic
Date: 27 March 1998
By Mike Allen
Mike Allen
Most of nation's largest news organizations hesitated one day, then named 13-year-old and 11-year-old charged with killing four schoolmates and teacher in Jonesboro, Ark; decision to abandon self-imposed rule about withholding names of minors provoked long debates in some news rooms; Jane E Kirtley of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says wide dissemination of names was harbinger, in part because of proliferation of information sources, including talk shows and World Wide Web (M)
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U.S. May Fight Satellite-TV License Sale
Date: 28 March 1998
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
Justice Department reportedly leans toward challenging plan by American Sky Broadcasting, joint venture of MCI Communications Corp and News Corp, to sell satellite television license to Primestar Partners LP; deal would cut number of direct-broadcast players from four to three (M)
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Jailing Journalists in Latin America
Date: 27 March 1998
Editorial on continuing murders and intimidation of journalists who expose official crime and corruption in Latin America; says most widespread form of intimidation is to charge reporters with defamation, criminal offense in most of Latin America; notes spread of drug corruption has made Latin governments particularly eager to curb investigative reporting; says independent journalism is only possible with independent judiciary, and judicial independence is a fiction in many Latin American countries (M)
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TIDEWATER PLANNING A BUYBACK OF ITS STOCK
Date: 28 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tidewater Inc to buy back up to $200 million of its stock, which has fallen over 30 percent from Nov 1997 high (S)
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COLONEL'S INTERNATIONAL SEEKS MERGER WITH DURAKON
Date: 27 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Colonel's International Inc proposes merger with Durakon Industries; Colonel's will offer Durakon holders one share of its own stock for each share of Durakon (S)
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SHARES OF ONCOR RETREAT AS SURVIVAL IS DOUBTED
Date: 28 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Oncor Inc shares fall 55 percent after auditors raise doubt that company can survive as going concern because of dwindling cash reserves; company expresses confidence it will be able to finance operating losses (S)
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DOVER DOWNS IS GETTING GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION
Date: 28 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dover Downs Entertainment Inc to buy Grand Prix Association of Long Beach Inc for about $88 million in stock, cash and options (S)
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AMERICOLD TO ACQUIRE FREEZER SERVICES FOR $112 MILLION
Date: 27 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vornado Realty Trust says its Americold Corp unit has agreed to buy assets of Freezer Services Inc for $112 million in cash and assumption of $22 million in debt (S)
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SUN IN DEAL TO ACQUIRE PLANT FROM ALLIED SIGNAL
Date: 28 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sun Co to acquire Philadelphia phenol plant from Allied Signal Inc for $185 million; will expand plant to boost output by 8 percent (S)
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CAMPBELL SETS $253 MILLION CHARGE AGAINST EARNINGS
Date: 27 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Campbell Soup Co will take third-quarter charge of $253 million, resulting in loss, as company sheds businesses and cuts costs (S)
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