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Date: 12 March 1992
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
Because of a shortfall in advertising and circulation revenues, The Daily News lost about $1.5 million in February, which was roughly twice the $755,000 million deficit that the paper's management had projected. The unexpectedly large loss comes at a critical moment in the paper's search for a buyer after declaring bankruptcy after the death of Robert Maxwell, the owner.
Date: 12 March 1992
By Lee A. Daniels
Lee Daniels
The former editor in chief of El Diario-La Prensa, the city's leading Spanish-language daily newspaper, was shot to death last night as he sat in a restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens, the police said. The journalist, Manuel de Dios Unanue, was sitting in the Meson Asturias restaurant at 40-12 83d Street when one or two gunmen walked up to him and shot him at point-blank range shortly after 9 P.M., the police said.
Date: 11 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Integrated Resources Inc. agreed to sell its non-cash assets to Penguin Realty Associates, an affiliate of the Pritzker family of Chicago, for about $200 million. Integrated, a financial services company and real estate syndicator, filed for bankruptcy court protection in February 1990.
Date: 11 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Pepsi-Cola Company said it would distribute a million cases of Avalon, a Canadian spring water, in the Eastern United States this year.
Date: 12 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Chase Manhattan Corporation reinstated bonus payments to its top executives in 1991, helping its chairman, Thomas G. Labrecque, obtain a 78 percent pay increase for the year. According to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Labrecque received more than $1.1 million in salary and cash bonuses last year, up from $628,000 the year before.
Date: 12 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Emerson Radio Corporation today reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $4.9 million, compared with a loss of $27.4 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. Sales slipped to $217.5 million from $228.3 million. The results for the latest quarter included restructuring and other charges totaling $4.9 million, primarily for costs associated with leaving the computer business.
Date: 11 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Accessory Place, a retailer of women's fashion accessories, said it would immediately close 64 of its 159 mall stores and seek additional financing. "The continued overall weakness in the retailing sector, the sluggish economy, coupled with unfavorable leases in the stores targeted for closing were the primary factors in the company's decision to close the 64 stores," said Mark A. Hoffman, Accessory Place chief executive.
Date: 11 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
E. Gerald Corrigan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will lead a group of bankers and corporate officials on a trip to Moscow this week for a symposium on ways to stimulate direct foreign investment in Russia. Fifteen executives from financial institutions like J. P. Morgan, the Chemical Bank and the Bank of America will make presentations tomorrow and Friday to Russian Government leaders and directors of state companies.
Date: 12 March 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lands' End, overcoming merchandising and inventory problems that have dragged down earnings in previous years, today reported a 36 percent rise in profits. For the fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, the mail-order retailer's profits totaled $20.4 million, or $1.10 a share, up from $15 million, or 78 cents, a year earlier. Sales for the quarter increased to $271 million, up from $229 million a year ago.
Date: 11 March 1992
International A3-13 ONE-SUPERPOWER PLAN CRITICIZED Senior White House and State Department officials harshly criticized a draft Pentagon policy statement that America's mission in the post-cold-war era will be to maintain the United States as the only world superpower. A6 NORTH KOREAN SHIP REACHES IRAN A North Korean cargo ship suspected of carrying Scud missiles destined for Syria is said to have eluded a United States naval task force and reached port in southern Iran. A6 EAST AND WEST DISCUSS NATO ROLE Western and former East bloc nations discussed a possible military role for NATO in ending disputes within the former Soviet Union. Washington also said it would soon move to recognize the independence of Croatia and Slovenia. A3 A KEY GROUP IN SOUTH AFRICA VOTE The attitude of South Africa's English-speaking whites may prove decisive to the vote on whether to continue the Government's pursuit of an end to apartheid. A3 GERMAN QUITS POST OVER WAR ROLE A 70-year-old politician from the former East Germany resigned his local parliamentary seat after disclosures that as a young soldier he took part in a firing squad that executed six Ukrainian Jews. A7 ACCORD ON PROTECTING ELEPHANTS Five African countries abandoned their attempt to relax international protections against trade in the hides and meat of elephants, which are believed to be threatened with extinction. A8 IRAQI OFFICIAL WARNED AT U.N. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister was warned that he must pledge total compliance with the United Nations Security Council's terms for ending the Persian Gulf war. A8 NIXON PUTS FOCUS ON AID TO RUSSIA News Analysis: By warning that the United States has provided insufficient assistance to Russia, former President Richard M. Nixon has stung the Bush Administration and focused attention on the issue. A12 DIGGING INTO SOVIET ARCHIVES In a once-unthinkable effort, American scholars have been examining Soviet records and coaching Russians on how to ferret out the secrets buried deep in 70 years' worth of accumulated paper. A12 SHEVARDNADZE CHOSEN IN GEORGIA The former Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard A. Shevardnadze, was named chairman of a new top state body in his native Georgia. A13 Cuba presented a new image to its Caribbean neighbors. A9 Toronto Journal: A "magical" island in a bustling city. A4 National A14-21 CLINTON AND BUSH PREVAIL Governor Clinton swept to victory in Democratic Presidential primaries across his native South. The triumphs included a decisive one in Florida, where former Senator Tsongas had hoped to edge him. On the Republican side, President Bush continued to deny Patrick J. Buchanan a victory, although again there was a sizable protest vote. A1 CLINTON'S GREAT LEAP FORWARD News analysis: Southern Democratic leaders achieved what they sought in vain to do four years ago, giving a mighty heave to the Presidential campaign of a moderate candidate from their own region. A1 Tsongas was unable to break into Clinton's base of support. A18 Now the campaign heads north, to neutral territory. A19 A New York judge upheld ballot positions for Tsongas and Brown. A18 FIREARMS FOR THE ASKING The illegal river of weapons that flows through the streets of the nation's cities is fed by many tributaries. A1 FEAR AMONG SALVADORANS With the war in El Salvador now over, tens of thousands of Salvadorans whose legal presence in the United States is only temporary are worried that they will be deported. They do not want to leave, and the Government of their native country does not want them back. A14 WHEN THE BOSS STRAYS Robert M. Gates has ordered the man chosen as his deputy to go over his head and report directly to the President should Mr. Gates ever be seen to be violating the law in his position as Director of Central Intelligence, the deputy-designate told a Senate committee. A17 THE NORIEGA DEFENSE RESTS General Noriega said at his drug trafficking trial that he had decided not to testify in his own defense, and soon afterward his lawyers concluded their case. A14 PRELUDE TO AN IMMINENT SKIRMISH With the House debate on check-writing abuses now at hand, Republican lawmakers maneuvered to coordinate their strategies and maximize political advantage. A17 'STAR WARS' DIRECTION FAULTED Congressional investigators said the Pentagon was proceeding with plans to loft weapons into space despite a new law meant to redirect the "Star Wars" anti-missile program toward ground basing. A20 Vashon Island Journal: A separate world wants to stay that way. A14 The Government cut back its medical marijuana program. A21 Virginia said a syndicate could collect a lottery jackpot. A21 Education Page B8 SEX HARASSMENT IN THE SCHOOLS Following the lead of women in the workplace and on college campuses, female students in high schools and junior high schools are tentatively challenging the "boys will be boys" status quo. Michigan is the first state to ease a corporal punishment ban. At Cornell, hundreds of students have the same favorite uncle. Metropolitan Digest, B1 MOB INFORMANT'S SISTER SHOT The sister of a Federally protected mob figure who is a potential witness in the trial of John Gotti was shot and seriously wounded outside her home in Brooklyn, in what the police suspect was a Mafia hit.A1 HOSPITAL REWROTE REPORTS The administration at the Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center altered important internal papers to cover up breakdowns in a program aimed at identifying bad doctors and improving medical care. A1 Business Digest, D1 The Living Section C1-12 Health Page C14 Arts/Entertainment C15-22 Sports B9-15 Obituaries B7 Editorials/Op-Ed A22-23 Editorials A22 The need to lead, for Russia. Clinton, in black and white. House bank: come clean. Letters A22 Anna Quindlen: Marking time. A23 Jordan Steiker: Can they execute the innocent? Probably. A23 Ernest F. Hollings: Put politics in its place. A23 Yoshiaki Yoshimi: Japan battles its memories. A23