NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING WINS $72 MILLION CONTRACT
Date: 23 April 1997
By Dow Jones
Dow Jones
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc receives $72 million, one-year contract from US Navy; Newport News will provide continuing design and engineering support for Los Angeles and Seawolf class submarines (S)
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Gingrich Attacks Press as Out of Touch
Date: 23 April 1997
By Kevin Sack
Kevin Sack
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has faced heavy criticism in the press of this ethics record and his method of paying $300,000 fine, levels brief but blistering attack on news media and suggests that advertisers should use their financial clout to demand change, speech to Georgia Chamber of Commerce; photo (L)
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Error in Izvestia Becomes a Cause
Date: 23 April 1997
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Prime Minister Viktor S Cheronomyrdin of Russia is infuriated by an article in Izvestia contending that he has amassed private fortune worth $5 billion; article turns out to be based on erroneous information, and Izvestia's parent company, Lukoil, threatens to dismiss newspaper's top editors; conflict has unleashed uproar over cozy co-dependency of big business and government, causing debate about whether that arrangement is suppressing press freedom in Russia (M)
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Norsk Hydro Shares Up As Profit Beats Forecast
Date: 22 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Norsk Hydro AS surge after first-quarter profits fall less-than-expected 4 percent; profits fall to 3.202 billion kroner ($456 million) from 3.327 billion a year earlier (S)
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GREEN STREET STOCK REPURCHASE PLAN IS APPROVED
Date: 23 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Green Street Financial Corp receives approval from Office of Thrift Supervision to buy back up to 5 percent of its common stock (S)
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GERRY BABY PRODUCTS SOLD TO EVENFLO FOR $73 MILLION
Date: 23 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Huffy Corp completes sale of its Gerry Baby Products Co unit to Evenflo Juvenile Furniture Co for $73 million (S)
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UROHEALTH SYSTEMS TO PURCHASE IMAGYN MEDICAL
Date: 22 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Urohealth Systems Inc agrees to buy Imagyn Medical Inc for $73 million in stock to expand its line of products used for minimally invasive gynecological surgery (S)
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HUGHES WINS $100 MILLION CONTRACT FROM F.A.A.
Date: 22 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hughes Information Technology Systems wins Federal Aviation Administration contract that could be worth as much as $100 million to integrate air traffic computer systems (S)
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APARTMENT INVESTMENT AGREES TO ACQUIRE NHP
Date: 22 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apartment Investment and Management Co agrees to buy NHP Inc in transaction valued at about $279 million; Apartment Investment would own or have stake in 34,842 apartment units and manage another 176,000 units (S)
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HEALTH INDUSTRY CONSULTANT PLANS STOCK OFFERING
Date: 23 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Simione Central Holdings plans to sell 2.8 million common shares, raising some $22.9 million after expenses (S)
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