New TV Law in Colombia Provokes Complaints of Censorship
Date: 03 February 1997
By Diana Jean Schemo
Diana Schemo
Colombian Congress grants regulatory commission broad authority to take television news programs off air on basis of content; many journalists see move as attempt to punish programs that have investigated suspected ties between drug traffickers and prominent politicians; measure, part of new broadcast law canceling television news concessions that were to run until 2003, was signed by Pres Ernesto Samper in December '96; his exoneration by Congress in June '96 in drug scandal noted (M)
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Does National Public Radio feel pressure when foundation donors specify topics?
Date: 03 February 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Public news organizations are being pressured to explain relationship between interests of their policy-minded benefactors and their own news judgments; editors insist their independence is not compromised, but eyebrows were raised by recent bequest 'in support of the women of National Public Radio'; drawing (M)
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Bowie Goes Futuristic
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
David Bowie sells $55 million worth of bonds backed by future royalty payments on his music (S)
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Investor Recommends Spinoff of Telerate
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Michael Price, whose Franklin Mutual Advisers Inc acquired 5.4 percent stake in Dow Jones & Co, says in Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Dow Jones should consider alliances, joint ventures or spinoff of its Telerate unit; Dow Jones recently announced that it would invest $650 million in Telerate to revitalize the service (M)
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MOTOROLA COMPUTER BUSINESS SPLITS INTO TWO DIVISIONS
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Computer unit of Motorola Inc says it reorganized into two divisions; one will sell Macintosh clones, portables and servers, while other will sell components to other manufacturers (S)
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REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES AGREES TO BUY WALLACE AUTOMOTIVE
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Republic Industries agrees to buy Wallace Automotive Group for $55 million in stock (S)
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UNITED STATES FILTER TO ACQUIRE A WHEELABRATOR UNIT
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United States Filter Corp says it will buy Wheelabrator Technologies Inc's EOS unit for stock valued at $77.4 million (S)
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Stocks Lower in Japan
Date: 03 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks trade lower in Tokyo on Feb 3; Nikkei index of 225 issues closes down 244.06 points, at 18,085.95 (S)
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Big Swedish Banks End Merger Talks
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sweden's third-and fourth-largest banks, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and Nordbanken AB, say they ended talks about merging their operations, which would have created one of Scandinavia's top two banks (S)
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Dutch Food Concern Buys Illinois Baker
Date: 04 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CSM NV of Netherlands says it bought Karp's Inc for undisclosed sum (S)
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