Sports magazines are stepping up branding and promotion efforts.
Date: 02 March 1998
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Advertising column examines competition under way in crowded field of sports magazines; two mainstays of field, Sports Illustrated and Sport, have already been redesigned in anticipation of challenge from Walt Disney Co's entry, ESPN; third magazine, Inside Sports, has made editorial changes and increased its frequency; most ambitious revamping is being undertaken by oldest sports publication, The Sporting News, which has changed from newsprint tabloid into glossy magazine; photo (M)
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The Safe-Driving Mayor Takes Umbrage
Date: 02 March 1998
By Norimitsu Onishi
Norimitsu Onishi
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, days after announcing that he will enforce speed limits as far-reaching campaign to make city more civil, angrily denounces New York Daily News columnist Michael Daly for writing that he caught Giuliani's entourage speeding from City Hall to Staten Island; Giuliani denies Daly's allegations (M)
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In Aide's Claim, Echoes of Watergate
Date: 02 March 1998
By John M. Broder
John
Sidney Blumenthal, senior White House aide, says he declined to answer several questions before Federal grand jury investigating alleged sexual relationship between Pres Clinton and former intern Monica Lewinski, citing disputed doctrine of executive privilege; is only second White House official to assert that discussions with President are covered by executive privilege--claim linked with echoes of Watergate and Pres Nixon's efforts to keep his White House tapes secret; photo (M)
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White House's All-Out Attack on Starr Is Paying Off, With His Help
Date: 02 March 1998
By Don van Natta Jr
All-out attack by White House on independent prosecutor Kenneth W Starr, who is investigating alleged sexual affair between Pres Clinton and former intern Monica Lewinsky has been effective--aided by Starr's own miscalculations, including subpoena of White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, who was grilled about his press contacts; Starr's actions have contributed to growing perception of him as overzealous and tone-deaf (M)
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Echoes of 1798
Date: 03 March 1998
By Lanny J. Davis
Lanny Davis
Op-Ed article by Lanny J Davis, former special counsel to Pres Clinton, says independent prosecutor Kenneth W Starr probably thinks 1798 Sedition Act is still in force in his decision to subpoena White House aide Sidney Blumenthal to determine whether he was spreading false information to press regarding probe of Pres Clinton's alleged sexual relationship with former White House intern, Monica S Lewinsky (S)
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UNITRODE TO ACQUIRE BENCHMARQ, ANOTHER CHIP MAKER
Date: 03 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unitrode Corp to buy Benchmarq Microelectronics Inc for $135 million in stock (S)
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GERBER SCIENTIFIC ACQUIRES COBURN OPTICAL INDUSTRIES
Date: 03 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gerber Scientific Inc says it bought Coburn Optical Industries for $41.5 million in cash and assumption of $21.5 million of debt (S)
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Indonesian Reserves Fell 14% in February
Date: 03 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves plunged 14 percent in February to $16.33 billion, their lowest point since at least 1993 (S)
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GE Capital Acquires Factoring Business
Date: 03 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GE Capital Services says it bought First Factors Corp; terms not disclosed (S)
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2 Regional Bells In Satellite Deal
Date: 03 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bell Atlantic Corp and SBC Communications Inc sign agreements with DirecTV and United States Satellite Broadcasting Co to sell satellite-television services to their telephone customers; financial terms not disclosed; move gives DirecTV and US Satellite new pool of potential customers as they battle competition from cable-TV companies and other satellite-TV rivals (S)
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