QUEBECOR'S UNSOLICITED BID FOR WATMOUGHS IS REJECTED
Date: 04 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Quebecor Inc, Canada's largest printing company, makes unsolicited bid of $316.8 million for Watmoughs Holdings PLC, which Watmoughs rejects (S)
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ARCH COMMUNICATIONS TO SELL COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS
Date: 04 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Arch Communications Group Inc, paging company, to sell all of its communications towers for $40 million to Telcom Towers LLC and lease space on them; Arch Communications will sell 148 towers on about 134 sites (S)
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CITIZENS BANCSHARES AGREES TO BUY CENTURY FINANCIAL
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Citizens Bancshares Inc will buy Century Financial Corp for about $140 million (S)
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COMPUWARE IS IN $115 MILLION STOCK DEAL FOR NUMEGA
Date: 04 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Compuware Corp agrees to buy closely held Numega Technologies Inc for $115 million in stock plus options (S)
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SINGER SAYS IT WILL DISMISS 28% OF ITS WORKERS
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Singer Co, hurt by weak economies of Southeast Asia, names Stephen H Goodman as new chief executive and president and says it will close some plants and dismiss 5,968 workers, or 28 percent of its work force; Singer will take charge in fourth quarter of $186 million; company plans to shift sewing-machine manufacturing to lower-cost areas (S)
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ZEIGLER COAL TO RETAIN INVESTMENT FIRM TO EXPLORE SALE
Date: 04 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zeigler Coal Holding Co is in process of retaining unidentified investment banking firm to help it evaluate business alternatives, including a sale of the company (S)
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NINE WEST SAYS EARNINGS WILL FALL SHORT OF FORECASTS
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Nine West Group Inc says fourth-quarter earnings will be well below analysts' forecasts; company says third-quarter earnings fell 2 percent, to $34.6 million, for quarter ended Nov 1, from $35.3 million in year-earlier period (S)
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BOSTON PROPERTIES FILES TO SELL 14 MILLION MORE SHARES
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Boston Properties Inc files with Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 14 million additional common shares; company expects sale to raise about $441 million (S)
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Pump Maker Buys Another
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Idex Corp agrees to buy closely held Knight Equipment International for $38 million in cash (S)
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Honda Is No. 2 in Japan
Date: 05 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
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Honda Motor Co is Japan's second-largest auto maker after Toyota Motor Corp; in November, Honda overtook Nissan Motor Co to sell more vehicles in Japan (S)
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