Detroit Papers Ordered to Rehire Strikers and Pay Back Wages
Date: 02 September 1998
By Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse
National Labor Relations Board, ruling that Detroit News and Detroit Free Press had not bargained in good faith, orders them to rehire hundreds of reporters, pressmen and other workers who went on strike three years ago and to give them millions of dollars in back wages (M)
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A Magazine Catching Up With Opera's New Gloss
Date: 02 September 1998
By Anthony Tommasini
Anthony Tommasini
Opera News, leading magazine on opera in United States, with circulation of 120,000, undergoes complete design overhaul, adopting new logo, different type faces, and many fancy color photographs; old Opera News had strong readership, but redesigned version seeks to attract younger readers with a more visual emphasis; Rudolph S Rauch, new editor and publisher, comments; photos (M)
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Covering and Covering the Clinton Story, Oh So Apologetically
Date: 01 September 1998
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman Critic's Notebook column on apparent consensus among television pundits that Pres Clinton has failed 'contrition test,' with his unapologetic public apology regarding Monica Lewinsky matter; cites various parties owed an apology by Clinton, in eyes of pundits (M)
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Reporter at The Times to Receive Award for Decades of Journalism
Date: 01 September 1998
Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania will award John Kifner, reporter for The New York Times, 1998 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism for both foreign and domestic reporting (S)
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DOW CHEMICAL TO EXPAND OWNERSHIP OF MYCOGEN TO 100%
Date: 02 September 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Chemical Co says it will purchase 32 percent of stock of Mycogen Corp it does not already own for $322 million (S)
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BREED TECHNOLOGIES SHARES FALL ON DISPUTE WITH S.E.C.
Date: 01 September 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Breed Technologies Inc fall 29 percent after company says it will delay its earnings report for fourth quarter and 1998 fiscal year because of dispute with Securities and Exchange Commission over certain aspects of restructuring and other charges company took in its second quarter (S)
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ASSOCIATES FIRST CAPITAL TO BUY NORTHLAND UNIT
Date: 01 September 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Associates First Capital Corp says it will buy insurance business of privately held Northland Co; terms not disclosed, but Associates reportedly agreed to pay $700 million (S)
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DELTA DROPS PLANS TO LINK FLIGHTS WITH UNITED
Date: 02 September 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Delta Air Lines drops plans for code-sharing with United Airlines after failing to reach agreement with pilots; decision comes two weeks after board refused to grant voting rights to member representing pilots' union; union said it would not support plan without same voting rights that United's pilots enjoy on their company's board (S)
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STOCK JUMPS AFTER FIRSTPLUS REPORTS IT MAY BE ACQUIRED
Date: 02 September 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Firstplus Financial Group Inc jump on New York Stock Exchange by $4.4375 per share, to $27.1875, after mortgage lending company reported discussions with potential buyers (S)
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DURA AUTOMOTIVE TO BUY TOWER'S AUTO HINGE BUSINESS
Date: 02 September 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dura Automotive Systems Inc will acquire Tower Automotive Inc's auto-hinge business for undisclosed amount (S)
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