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31st of March 1997 News
Novice, kot so bile prikazane na prvi strani New York Timesa na 31. marec 1997
In News Business, U.P.I. Plans To Thrive in 350 Words or Less
Date: 31 March 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
United Press International seeks to satisfy country's appetite for bite-sized bits of news by developing kind of niche journalism; hopes to sell fragments of news to customers ranging from service that puts headlines on pager screens to enterprise that wants to flash headlines in screaming lights installed in bars to religious broadcasters who have begun adding news broadcasts; Howard Dicus, UPI's general manager for news, says aim now is to provide public with information in any form they can use it; UPI's current owner is Middle East Broadcasting Center Ltd; photo; chart outlining company's financial travails (M)
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Medical Examiner Tough Yet Calm
Date: 01 April 1997
By Lawrence K. Altman
Lawrence Altman
Man In The News profile of San Diego County, Calif, Medical Examiner Brian D Blackbourne, who had grim task of leading team of pathologists performing autopsies on 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult, who committed mass suicide; photo (M)
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THERMO CARDIOSYSTEMS TO BUY TECHNIDYNE IN STOCK DEAL
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thermo Cardiosystems Inc, maker of Heartmate pumping device, plans to buy affiliated company, the International Technidyne Corp, for 3.36 million shares of stock, valued at $69.6 million (S)
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PHYSICIAN CORP. ASKS LENDERS FOR TIME TO PAY ITS LOANS
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Physician Corp of America asks lenders for more time to review ways to pay its loans after Sierra Health Services Inc canceled plans on March 18 to buy the company and left it in default of $102 million in bank debt; Physician Corp says it had fourth-quarter loss of $182.6 million on revenue of $365.1 million (S)
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AHMANSON SAYS GREAT WESTERN INVESTORS FAVOR ITS BID
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
H F Ahmanson & Co says 80 percent of shares of Great Western Financial Corp voted so far in a referendum are in favor of its $6.18 billion hostile takeover bid (S)
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President Resigns At Chrysler's Japan Unit
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hideo Hohgi, president of Chrysler Corp's Japanese unit, resigns; Keisuke Egashira, chairman and director of Japanese subsidiary, will temporarily run the unit (S)
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Nippon Credit Stock Off Amid Doubt on Overhaul
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Nippon Credit Bank Ltd fall more than 3 percent, a sign that investors are worried that expected revamping plan will not solve bank's bad-loan problems; revamping plan includes cutting salaries as much as 50 percent and eliminating jobs of one-third of 3,000 workers (S)
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2 Struggling Banks To Merge in Japan
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, one of Japan's leading commercial banks, plans to buy rival Hokkaido Bank, which has market value of 6 billion yen ($496 million) (S)
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U.S. Incomes Accelerate, Led by Wages
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Commerce Department says personal income rose nine-tenths of 1 percent in February, while personal spending rose three-tenths of 1 percent; wages rose by $50 billion at annual rate, largest gain since April 1994; disposable income increased eight-tenths of 1 percent in February; savings rate rose to 5.5 percent from January's 5.1 percent, highest since a 5.6 percent rate last September; graph (M)
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I.B.M. Is Entering the Digital-TV Market
Date: 01 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
IBM is entering digital television market by selling hardware and software needed to build set-top boxes; IBM will market its Set-Top Box Reference Design Kit to manufacturers of set-top boxes products that bring to televisions more digital communications features like access to the Internet, more programming and on-line gaming and shopping (S)
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