United News Sells Northern England Papers
Date: 28 February 1998
By Dow Jones
Dow Jones
United News and Media PLC sells its United Provincial Newspapers, based in northern England, for 360 million pounds ($592.4 million) to group led by venture capital firm Candover Investments; also agrees to sell its Spanish advertising periodicals business, UPN Espana, for 42.75 million pounds ($70.3 million) to Cedant Corp; sales complete United's disposal of regional newspapers (S)
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The Nation; It's The Economy, Genius
Date: 01 March 1998
By David Rosenbaum
David Rosenbaum
Latest New York Times/CBS News Poll suggests that public's favorable view of Pres Clinton is closely linked to approval of his handling of economy; 75 percent of those surveyed approve of his handling of economy, and 68 percent approve his handling of job overall; graphs comparing standings of his predecessors (S)
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Word & Image; The Unedited Air
Date: 01 March 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article scores freedom with which television news types, working without scripts, speculate ahead of facts when they lack information; questions why they are not routinely warned to stop guessing, predicting and fantasizing on air; drawing (M)
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On Language; On the Lam, Who Made Thee?
Date: 01 March 1998
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire On Language article discusses origins of 'on the lam,' meaning of 'dead tiger bounce,' and journalistic adage 'Get It First, but First Get It Right;' drawing (M)
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The Nation: Monica and More; From Just Lurid To Truly Vile
Date: 01 March 1998
By Francis X. Clines
Francis Clines
Review of week's events in investigation of Pres Clinton and former White House intern, along with prosecutor Kenneth Starr's subpoena of White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, Washington scandal-mongering and machinations of spin; photo (S)
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Liberal or Conservative, Both Are From L.I.
Date: 01 March 1998
By Diane Ketcham
Diane Ketcham
Interview with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, co-hosts of Fox News program like CNN's Crossfire; Hannity is conservative, Colmes liberal, and both are Long Islanders; photo of two with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (S)
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM TO SELL SOME PROPERTIES
Date: 28 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Occidental Petroleum Corp to sell some natural gas properties in Oklahoma and Kansas to Oneok Inc for $135 million (S)
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APPLE COMPUTER TO DISCONTINUE NEWTON LINE
Date: 28 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apple Computer Inc says it will stop making Newton software and products to focus instead on its Macintosh operating system (S)
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OSHKOSH TRUCK ADDS MCNEILUS FOR $250 MILLION
Date: 28 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Oshkosh Truck Corp buys McNeilus Companies, Dodge Center, Minn, for $250 million as it expands into garbage- and construction-truck business (S)
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I.B.M. TO MAKE CHIPS FOR ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
Date: 28 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Business Machines Corp to make microprocessors for Advanced Micro Devices Inc as IBM seeks to catch up with Intel Corp's market-leading Pentium line; Intel, however, will enter market for processors used in popular $1,000 computers before Advanced Micro ships its first product from IBM's plant (S)
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