GRANADA BUYS BRITISH TV ASSETS
Date: 29 July 2000
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Granada Media PLC agrees to buy television assets of United News & Media PLC for $2.64 billion, beating Carlton Communications PLC's bid for British TV dominance (S)
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Date: 29 July 2000
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Granada Media PLC agrees to buy television assets of United News & Media PLC for $2.64 billion, beating Carlton Communications PLC's bid for British TV dominance (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
L'Unita, once most powerful leftist newspaper in Italy, publishes its last issue, a victim of fall of Berlin Wall and market forces; it was founded in 1924 as mouthpiece of Italian Communist Party; it went into receivership two weeks ago; in related symptom of decline of left's strength in Italy, Democrats of Left move out of their historic headquarters and move into less expensive offices (M)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
STMicroelectronics NV agrees to pay $68 million to acquire part of Waferscale Integration Inc that it does not already own; before acquisition, STMicroelectronics owned 14.5 percent minority stake (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Church and Dwight Co will close plant in Syracuse, NY, and lay off about 140 employees (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Companies is raising US cigarette prices to distributors by about 3 percent to increase its profit and help pay for rising legal settlement costs; rival US cigarette makers are expected to follow (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MP3.com settles copyright infringement suit with EMI Group PLC; details are not provided (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Sonera, Finland's largest telephone company, fall after firm denies having put itself up for sale (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom Inc will take charges of about $1.5 billion in second quarter for costs related to buying CBS Corp (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Volkswagen reports 57 percent rise in profits to $367 million, foresees further profit growth (S)
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dime Bancorp says its shareholders voted against management's five board nominees, leaving North Fork Bancorp free to pursue its $1.85 billion hostile bid for company (S)