Squabbles Persist Over Kennedy Reporting
Date: 02 August 1999
Network correspondents for CBS News and ABC News continue to squabble over who was first to break news of radar track that indicated John F Kennedy Jr's plane did nose dive into sea (M)
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2nd of August 1999 News
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Cutting Through the On-Line Clutter
Date: 02 August 1999
By Andy Wang
Andy Wang
Summaries of information on Internet news sites are gaining in popularity as number of Web sites grows; such digests sift on-line content of established media organizations as well as alternative outlets; most popular digests play important promotional role for World Wide Web sites they send readers to; photo (M)
Atlanta Mayor Acts to Help Fill Coverage Gaps
Date: 02 August 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Journalists covering rampage of deranged gunman in Altanta, Ga, give high praise to Mayor Bill Campbell for regularly briefing reporters as crisis unfolded and for preventing rumors from overtaking coverage; photo (M)
Fewer Computer Users Give Microsoft a Positive Rating
Date: 02 August 1999
By Steve Lohr
Steve Lohr
Microsoft continues to get high approval rating from public, but numbers appear to be slipping; latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds 60 percent of people who use computer at work or at home say they have favorable opinion of Microsoft, down from 67 percent year ago and 73 percent two years ago in Gallup poll; Microsoft says that its own market research has found no erosion in its public image and that its favorable ratings have long held steady at 75 percent; Times/CBS poll did find people less convinced than year ago that Government is doing right thing with its major antitrust suit against Microsoft; still, marketing experts say Microsoft should watch for any hint of declining support; charts; graph (M)
MONTGOMERY WARD EMERGES FROM BANKRUPTCY
Date: 03 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Montgomery Ward Holding Corp emergences from bankruptcy after being acquired by GE Capital Inc for over $650 million (S)
ARCO MOVING TO SELL SOME LATIN AMERICAN PROPERTIES
Date: 03 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Atlantic Richfield Co, which is being bought by BP Amoco PLC, says it is in talks to sell oil and gas properties in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru to Burlington Resources Inc (S)
KOHLBERG KRAVIS UNIT TAKING OVER GENERAL HOUSEWARES
Date: 03 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Housewares Corp agrees to be bought by Corning Consumer Products Co, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co unit, in deal valued at $145 million (S)
ALCOA BUYS HAYES LEMMERZ STAKE IN AUTO PARTS MAKER
Date: 03 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alcoa Inc buys remaining 50 percent stake it does not own in A-CMI from Hayes Lemmerz International Inc; renames company Alcoa Automotive Castings (S)
Clark Added
Date: 03 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Blackhawks signed the free-agent left wing Wendel Clark to a one-year contract with an option for a second.
DAEWOO CREDITORS TO TAKE EQUITY
Date: 03 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Domestic creditors of South Korea's Daewoo Group plan to swap debt for equity in Daewoo Heavy Industries Co's profitable shipbuilding unit, in first step toward halving group's 59.9 trillion won ($49.9 billion) debt (S)