Fox Presents Its Lineup for News Channel
Date: 05 September 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Fox News chairman Roger Ailes says new cable news channel will offer mixture of analysis, features and news, including newscast every half-hour, 24 hours a day, and 16 hours of live programming a day (S)
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When TV Is an Unwelcome Guest
Date: 04 September 1996
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman comment on news occasions where television has become intrusive hyperventilating presence; photo of O J Simpson (S)
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Bill MacPhail, 76, Pioneer In Development of TV Sports
Date: 05 September 1996
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Bill MacPhail, self-effacing sports television executive who hired Pat Summerall, Jack Whitaker, Frank Gifford and Jim McKay for CBS and created CNN sports department, dies at age 76; photo (L)
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TRACOR IN $65 MILLION DEAL FOR CORDANT
Date: 04 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tracor Inc to acquire Cordant Inc for $65 million cash (S)
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EARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL, AND STOCK PLUNGES
Date: 05 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kellogg Co says its earnings for third quarter and the year will fall below levels a year earlier, because of price cutting in cereal market; Kellogg's shares fall $3.25, to $66.125 (S)
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BRISTOL-MYERS SALES FORCE TO GROW BY 1,200
Date: 05 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bristol-Myers Squibb Inc plans to add 1,200 employees to its worldwide sales by early next year; that will increase company's US sales staff to about 3,000; new sales representatives will be used to promote two cardiovascular drugs that Bristol-Myers is developing and to try to increase sales of existing drugs, which include anticholesterol medication Pravachol and diabetes treatment Glucophage (S)
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VITALINK PHARMACY SERVICES AGREES TO BUY GRANCARE
Date: 05 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vitalink Pharmacy Services Inc agrees to acquire Grancare Inc for about $266 million in stock and assumption of $107 million in debt, after Grancare spins off its skilled-nursing operations; Vitalink is 82 percent owned by Manor Care Inc (S)
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MAGNA TO BUY HOMELAND BANKSHARES FOR $216 MILLION
Date: 04 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Magna Group Inc to buy Homeland Bankshares Corp for $216 million in stock and cash (S)
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AQUILA GAS TO RAISE ITS STAKE IN OASIS PIPELINE
Date: 05 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aquila Gas Pipeline Corp will raise its stake in closely held Oasis Pipeline Co to 40 percent by buying 25 percent of the company from Dow Hydrocarbons and Resources Inc for about $84 million (S)
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JAMES RIVER AND CROWN VANTAGE SETTLE FEDERAL CASE
Date: 04 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
James River Corp and Crown Vantage Inc settle Federal case involving air and water pollution violations at New Hampshire paper mill James River sold to Crown Vantage in 1995; will pay $200,000 fine; Environmental Protection Agency says James River spent $466,000 to cut air pollution resulting from release of sulfuric compounds (S)
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