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16th of August 1994 News
Вести како су се појавиле на насловној страни Њујорк тајмса на 16. август 1994.
Don't Call It AIDS
Date: 17 August 1994
By Tom Stoddard
Tom Stoddard
Quietly but persistently, AIDS has evolved into something quite different from the horrifying, untreatable illness of the early 80's. It is still a killer, but medical science has made major life-sustaining gains against AIDS-related infections.
Unfortunately, the Government has largely ignored these successes. So have the media; almost every report from last week's international AIDS conference in Yokohama communicated despair rather than possibility. They should start emphasizing the triumphs of science, because the well-being of thousands of people with H.I.V. is at stake.
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Observer; Heat of the Kitchen
Date: 16 August 1994
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
A bunch of old-timers who had got into the Geritol the other night started arguing about which was the most brutal beating they had ever seen laid onto some poor, miserable, wretched President of the United States. This was a natural outgrowth of somebody saying he had never seen a President subjected to abuse as cruel, unrelenting and bloody-minded as Mr. Clinton is now undergoing.
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Revenues Down at Merrill
Date: 16 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merrill Lynch & Company, the nation's biggest securities firm, said yesterday that its third-quarter revenues fell 14 percent from the second-quarter levels. "Financial markets continued to weaken in July 1994, leading to lower volumes in many business areas," Merrill Lynch said in a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Glaxo to Alter Drug Label
Date: 17 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Glaxo Holdings P.L.C. to change the labels of its anti-migraine drug Imitrex to include information about the death of an American woman who used the drug, Glaxo said today. The F.D.A. said it was continuing to investigate the safety of Imitrex, which has been taken by 25 million patients worldwide and provided $:116 million ($178 million) of sales for Glaxo in 1993.
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MEGAFOODS SAYS IT WILL FILE FOR REORGANIZATION
Date: 16 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Megafoods Stores Inc., whose share trading was halted Friday by Nasdaq, is likely to file for reorganization under Chapter 11 this week, the company said yesterday. Megafoods' stock plunged more than 60 percent on the announcement. It was down $2.265, to $1.375 yesterday, on volume of 1.2 million shares, more than 25 times its three-month daily average. The operator of discount supermarkets had planned to report second-quarter results last week, although an outgoing message on the voice mail of the company's investor relations group said Friday that results would be released today. Megafoods operates 71 stores in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.
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MERCK PLANS SALE OF TWO UNITS
Date: 17 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merck & Company said yesterday that it planned to sell two specialty chemical units by the end of the year so that it could focus on its integrated pharmaceuticals business. The decision to sell Kelco and Calgon Vestal Laboratories, whose combined annual sales total $400 million, was made even though the operating performance of both units continues to be excellent, the company said. Kelco, of San Diego, makes gums and algae-base ingredients used in the health care, food-processing, oil exploration, paper, textiles and personal care industries. Calgon Vestal, of St. Louis, is involved in wound management, skin care and infection control. Analysts said the companies could fetch a total of $400 million.
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S.A. HOLDINGS TO MARKET TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN RUSSIA
Date: 16 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
S.A. Holdings Inc., a telecommunications company based in Texas, said yesterday that it had signed an agreement to market and distribute Philip Morris tobacco products in Russia. The agreement is expected to "significantly enhance" S.A. Holdings' revenue potential, the company said in a statement. S.A. Holdings said the company would begin the operation of a national sales and distribution network immediately. S.A. Holdings shares closed down 6.3 cents at $2.75 yesterday. Philip Morris stock was unchanged.
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COX CABLE TO DEVELOP A CABLE NETWORK IN AUSTRALIA
Date: 16 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cox Cable Communications said early today that it planned to develop a $369 million cable network in the Queensland state of Australia. The venture involves Rowcom Holdings, a privately owned television licensee. James O. Robbins, president of Cox Cable, said the project would build a cable network covering 700,000 households in the Brisbane metropolitan area and in the coastal resort areas known as the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Construction is expected to begin early next year.
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CREDIT CARD TO BE ISSUED BY MEXICAN BANK AND KMART
Date: 17 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Banamex S.A., Mexico's largest bank in terms of assets, and Kmart Mexico S.A., a 50-50 joint venture of the Kmart Corporation and the Mexican department store chain El Puerto de Liverpool S.A., agreed yesterday to issue a joint credit card. The card is expected to give Kmart customers special bargains, as well as give card holders access to Banamex's credit services. Kmart Mexico opened its first two supercenter stores in Mexico nearly three months ago and plans to have five stores in the country in two years. Banamex, a unit of Grupo Financiero Banamex-Accival S.A., has more than 690 branches across Mexico.
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EXXON SELLING 2 COAL MINES TO PEABODY
Date: 17 August 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Exxon Corporation said yesterday that it had agreed to sell two mines, representing nearly two-thirds of its worldwide coal production, to the Peabody Holding Company, the biggest coal producer in the United States. Terms were not disclosed.
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