A Vote to Join CBC Strike
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Canadian Media Guild says that as many as 3,000 reporters and producers of Canadian Broadcasting Corp vote to join technical workers in what would be largest strike ever at state-owned broadcaster (S)
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Word for Word/News of the North; How Canadians Stopped Worrying And Laughed at a Journalistic Bomb
Date: 07 March 1999
By Anthony Depalma
Anthony Depalma
Excerpts from inaccurate National Post front-page article on Feb 12 and humorous follow-up articles from other Canadian newspapers; National Post article said US Army officials expect that Canada would be first target of North Korean nuclear attack if tensions were to escalate between Communist power and US; photo (M)
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Archives Web Site
Date: 07 March 1999
By Elsa Brenner
Elsa Brenner
Westchester Archives Web site is awarded Family History Favorite Award by Ancestry Daily News (S)
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Ideas & Trends; You Must Remember This. Never Mind.
Date: 07 March 1999
By Lynn Harris and J. D. Heiman
Lynn Harris
Lynn Harris and J D Heiman humorous list of 100 least significant news stories of century; photos (M)
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WINSLOEW FURNITURE IN DEAL TO BE BOUGHT
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Winsloew Furniture Inc says it agreed to be acquired for about $223.5 million in cash by management group led by its chmn, Earl Powell (S)
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COMPUSA SHARES TUMBLE AS LOSSES ARE EXPECTED
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CompUSA Inc shares fall 22 percent to lowest level in almost four years, as largest United States personal computer retailer warns of unexpected losses for two quarters because of weak sales (S)
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BERKSHIRE REALTY REBUFFS A PURCHASE OFFER
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Realty Co, owner of apartment properties in South, calls $1.15 billion buyout offer from group of investors led by its chmn, Douglas Krupp, insufficient, and says it has received other offers (S)
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INSIGNIA FINANCIAL EXPANDS BRITISH HOLDINGS
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Insignia Financial Group Inc buys British real estate services firm St Quintin for $32 million, expanding is British subsidiary, Richard Ellis Group Ltd; New York-based Insignia says expansion of its London-based unit, to be renamed Richard Ellis St Quintin, will add 3 cents a share to its annual net incoe and 21 cnts to net cash flow (S)
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SEARS STOCK UP AFTER TURNAROUND SPECIALIST IS NAMED
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Sears, Roebuck & Co rise for a second day as much as 4.3 percent after it appoints Julian C Day, corporate turnaround specialist, as its chief financial officer (S)
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METAMOR WORLDWIDE PLANS TO ADD GE CAPITAL UNIT
Date: 06 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Metamor Worldwide Inc says it will buy GE Capital Corp's GE Capital Consulting unit for $115 million in stock and cash as it expands its electronic commerce and consulting service (S)
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