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9th of February 1995 News
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Man in the News; A Street Conservative -- George John Marlin
Date: 10 February 1995
By Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts
As the new executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, George J. Marlin, a self-described "street-corner conservative" from Queens, now faces a fundamental philosophical challenge: running the kind of expansive governmental agency whose very agenda he might otherwise oppose. The Port Authority's mission from its inception has been to use its quasi-governmental powers, coupled with its ability to issue bonds and condemn property, to promote the economies of the two states, something very much at odds with the beliefs of free-market conservatives like Mr. Marlin.
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Fox Is Losing Big, But Winning Bigger
Date: 10 February 1995
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Fascinating financial news was nearly buried earlier this week: News Corporation, the parent of Fox Sports, took a $350 million write-off to reflect future losses on its four-year $1.58 billion National Football League contract. The write-off was an admission that advertising revenues will fall at least $350 million short of the costs of the contract, production and marketing through the 1997 season. "It's a conservative expectation of what we think will happen over four years," said Chase Carey, the chairman of Fox Television. Will it happen again? "You can't be absolutely certain of the next three years."
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Journal of Commerce Is Sold for $115 Million
Date: 10 February 1995
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
The British company that publishes The Economist magazine will pay $115 million to buy The Journal of Commerce from Knight-Ridder Inc., the companies said yesterday. The Economist Group will buy The Journal of Commerce Inc., the New York-based company that includes the 21,000-circulation daily financial newspaper and its foreign editions, shipping magazines, industry directories and electronic data services that provide specialized trade and tariff information.
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HOECHST TO ACQUIRE DIAGNOSTIC UNIT OF SYNTEX
Date: 10 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The German chemical company Hoechst A.G. said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the Syva Company, the diagnostic unit of the Syntex Corporation. Syva, based in San Jose, Calif., makes tests that detect illegal drugs. The company had sales of $204 million in its 1994 fiscal year. A Hoechst spokeswoman declined to comment on the price of the acquisition. But the chief executive of Hoechst, Jurgen Dormann, said in January that the price would probably amount to between one and two times the annual sales of Syva, making the deal worth between $204 million and $408 million. Syntex was acquired in 1994 by Roche Holding A.G. of Switzerland. As a condition of Federal approval for the deal, Roche was required to sell Syva.
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WORKERS RETURN AT THOMSON PLANT IN MEXICO
Date: 09 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Workers who walked out of a Thomson Consumer Electronics plant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a week ago, returned to work yesterday after receiving a 13 percent raise from their employer. Thomson, a unit of the French electronics giant, said the raise would partially offset the plunge in the Mexican peso, which has eroded the value of workers' salaries. Workers demanded a 30 percent pay increase after walking off the job on Jan. 31. The latest raise comes on top of a 7 percent increase for Thomson workers in December. The walkout at the Thomson plant, across the border from El Paso, Tex., had raised concerns among managers at other plants along the border, which are known as maquiladoras. Many feared the unrest would spread among the more than 2,000 such factories.
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GENERAL MAGIC TO INCREASE SIZE OF OFFERING
Date: 10 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Magic Inc., a software company based in Sunnyvale, Calif., plans to increase the size of its initial public offering through the sale of an additional 1.5 million common shares. General Magic now plans to sell 5.5 million shares, up from an earlier estimate of 4 million shares, according to an amended statement filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. General Magic, which originally said it would seek $13 a share, also said in the filing that it was considering a price of up to $14. General Magic's main product is Magic Cap software, which handles data communications.
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ELECTRONIC ARTS SHARES RISE ON TAKEOVER SPECULATION
Date: 10 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. rose yesterday as traders cited speculation that the company might be a takeover target of Dreamworks SKG, the new entertainment partnership formed by Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen and Steven Spielberg. Both sides declined to comment on the rumors. Shares of Electronic Arts rose $1.0625, to $22.0625, in Nasdaq trading, after reaching a high as $23.125. Electronic Arts, based in San Mateo, Calif., makes software for Sega and Nintendo computer games. Traders said the speculation was started by Wall Street Strategies, an investment newsletter.
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AMGEN SHARES SOAR ON NEW TALK OF AN OFFER
Date: 09 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Amgen Inc. soared yesterday as speculation intensified that the company might soon be acquired, possibly by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Amgen's stock traded as high as $76.125 before closing at $70.75, up $5.375, on Nasdaq trading of 6.2 million shares. A spokesman for Bristol-Myers Squibb declined to comment. Shares of Bristol-Myers were down $1, at $60.875, on the New York Stock Exchange. Speculation was heard on Wall Street last week after an article in Business Week magazine said Amgen might be worth $90 in a takeover, with the probable suitor being Bristol-Myers. Amgen is a biotechnology company based in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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BRITISH PETROLEUM PLANS TO SELL CARBORUNDUM UNIT
Date: 10 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The United States unit of the British Petroleum Company said yesterday that it planned to sell its carborundum business to Saint-Gobain S.A., a leading French manufacturer of building materials. The companies are negotiating a final agreement for the purchase and did not disclose the final price. BP America Inc. said the purchase would not include the fibers portion of the carborundum business, which will be sold separately. BP America put the carborundum unit up for sale last year as part of a plan to focus on the company's oil and chemical operations. The unit, the Carborundum Company of Niagara Falls, N.Y., had 1994 revenue of $230 million, excluding the ceramic fibers business.
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SHARES OF STEIN MART FALL AFTER EARNINGS FORECAST
Date: 09 February 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The stock price of Stein Mart Inc. fell yesterday after the company said its fourth-quarter earnings would fall short of expectations and several analysts lowered their recommendations. Shares of Stein Mart, an apparel retailer based in Jacksonville, Fla., were down $3.125, or 21.6 percent, at $11.375, on Nasdaq. The company operates 80 department stores in the South and Midwest. After the market closed on Tuesday, Stein Mart said it expected fourth-quarter earnings to be ahead of the 45 cents a share in the corresponding period a year earlier, but less than the 52 to 60 cents a share predicted by analysts in a Zacks Investment Research survey.
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