Two Senators Propose Anti-Paparazzi Law
Date: 18 February 1998
By Todd S. Purdum
Todd Purdum
Sens Dianne Feinstein and Orrin G Hatch seek support for their bill to curb abuses of paparazzi who stalk celebrities, news conference at Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles; bill would make it crime to chase someone in way that risks bodily harm in effort to photograph or record person for commercial purposes; would also make photographer's use of telephoto lens ground for civil trespassing suit if picture could not otherwise be taken without trespassing on private property; was narrowly drafted with aid of leading constitutional law professors, including Erwin Chemerinsky; photo (M)
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HADCO TO ACQUIRE CONTINENTAL CIRCUITS FOR $185 MILLION
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hadco Corp agrees to buy Continental Circuits Corp for $185 million in cash and assumption of $33 million of Continental's debt (S)
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IWS COMMUNICATIONS PLANS TO ADD CAPROCK BUSINESSES
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
IWL Communications Inc will buy Caprock Communications Corp and Caprock Fiber Network Ltd for about $124.5 million in stock (S)
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BELL SPORTS AGREES TO BE BOUGHT BY HB ACQUISITION
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bell Sports Corp agrees to be acquired for $10.50 a share, or about $171.12 million in cash, by HB Acquisition Corp, company formed by investment funds Harvard Private Capital Holdings Inc and Brentwood Associates Buyout Fund II LP (S)
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INVESTMENT GROUP BUYS NEBRASKA TEXTBOOK COMPANY
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Haas Wheat & Partners Inc buys Nebraska Book Co for $245 million (S)
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APPLIED GRAPHICS IN $461 MILLION DEAL FOR DEVON GROUP
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Graphics Technologies acquires Devon Group Inc for about $461 million in cash and stock (S)
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FRANCHISE FINANCE AGREES TO SELL 8% STAKE TO INVESTOR
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Franchise Finance Corp of America agrees to sell 8 percent stake to Coloy Capital Inc for $100 million (S)
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Acquirer Found for Part Of Failed Japanese Bank
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chuo Trust and Banking Co of Japan will acquire over 63 branches of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Ltd and hire 1,100 employees of lender, whose collapse in November shook Japan's financial industry (S)
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Asia Crisis Hurting A Builder of Factories
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japanese builder of factories, cuts its full-year profit forecast by 25 percent because of up to 400 billion yen ($3.18 billion) in delayed payments from Southeast Asia; lowers forecast for year ending March 31, to 120 billion yen ($954 million) (S)
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Battle Is Seen After Bid for Parts Maker
Date: 18 February 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SPX Corp, maker of automobile parts and tools, makes $3 billion hostile bid for Echlin Inc, setting off possible bidding war for one of biggest auto-parts companies; chart (M)
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