News Corp.'s Heritage Bid Faces Problem
Date: 29 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Justice Department antitrust division office to recommend challenge of News Corp's plan to buy Heritage Media Corp, deal that would combine two largest rivals in market for supermarket coupons and promotions; companies agree to extend antitrust review period (S)
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Treasury Prices Rally Again After Report on Wage Costs
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Treasury prices extend their rally after reports show muted increase in labor costs; graph shows Treasury yield (M)
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GE CAPITAL PLANS TO BUY BRITISH TRAILER RENTAL COMPANY
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GE Capital agrees to buy Central Transport Rental Group PLC, British trailer rental company, for $192 million (S)
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SPECIALTY FOODS WANTS TO SELL STELLA, ITS CHEESE MAKER
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Specialty Foods Corp is seeking to sell Stella Foods, fifth-largest cheese maker in nation, as it focuses on baked goods and specialty meats (S)
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ZYGO TO ACQUIRE DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS FOR $220.5 MILLION
Date: 29 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zygo Corp to buy Digital Instruments Inc for $220.5 million in stock (S)
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BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA TO BUY TWO COMPANIES
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Blue Shield of California, which seeks to add about 200,000 to its managed-care plans, agrees to buy Care-America Health Plans and Care-America Life Insurance Co for $175 million (S)
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PEPSICO GAINS $830 MILLION IN SALE OF FOOD SYSTEMS UNIT
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pepsico Inc says it received about $830 million from sale of its Pepsico Food Systems restaurant-supply unit to Ameriserve Food Distribution Inc (S)
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MICROSOFT WILL NOT FACE NEW ANTITRUST INQUIRY BY F.T.C.
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Microsoft Corp will not face FTC antitrust inquiry, as agency rebuffs request from group of Senators who contend Justice Department has gone soft in its long investigation of computer giant (S)
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GATEWAY 2000 PRESIDENT RESIGNS TO HEAD VENTURE FUND
Date: 29 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Richard Snyder resigns as Gateway 2000 Inc president and chief operating officer to head venture capital funds; will remain director (S)
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MCCAWS BUY 15 MILLION NEXTEL SHARES FOR $232.5 MILLION
Date: 30 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nextel Communications Inc says that McCaw family has bought 15 million shares for $232.5 million as part of long-term investment plan; family, relatives of Craig McCaw, founder of McCaw Cellular Communications, exercises options to buy shares for $15.50 each (S)
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