On Tortuous Route, Sexual Assault Accusation Against Clinton Resurfaces
Date: 24 February 1999
By Felicity Barringer and David Firestone
Felicity Barringer
Juanita Broaddrick, in interviews with New York Times and other news organizations, speaks openly about her charge, first made public last March, that Pres Clinton sexually assaulted her in her hotel room in 1978, when he was Arkansas Attorney General; she denied rumors, which first surfaced during 1992 Presidential campaign, in affadavit in Paula Jones suit against Clinton and then reversed self last spring, during questioning by independent counsel Kenneth W Starr's staff; unprovable accusation became part of background noise of impeachment process; shadowy path charge traveled illustrates mechanics of national news organizations after year of White House sexual scandal (M)
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THE MARKETS: Market Place; Murdoch is said to be pushing for a merger of British Sky Broadcasting and Canal Plus.
Date: 24 February 1999
By Edmund L. Andrews
Edmund Andrews
Canal Plus SA of France acknowledges that it has held 'conversations' with Rupert Murdoch's media group, but industry analysts are overwhelmingly skeptical that two companies will merge their pay-television operations; stocks of both Canal Plus and British Sky Broadcasting jump on word that Murdoch is pushing for merger; Murdoch's News Corp owns 40 percent of B Sky B (Market Place column) (M)
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REPUBLIC BANKING'S SHARES RISE ON NEWS OF SALE
Date: 24 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Republic Banking Corp of Florida rise almost 8 percent in reaction to announcement that it agreed to be bought by Union Planters Corp for $412 million in cash (S)
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS TO ADD RENAISSANCE MEDIA
Date: 25 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charter Communications Corp, cable-TV company owned by billionaire Paul G Allen, agrees to buy Renaissance Media Group LLC for undisclosed price as it adds to its cable systems in Southern United States; Charter will buy systems serving 130,000 customers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee (S)
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WILLIAMS TO EXPAND SOUTHERN PIPELINE WITH PURCHASE
Date: 25 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Williams Companies, nation's largest transporter of natural gas, says it will buy Union Texas Petrochemicals Corp from Atlantic Richfield Co to expand its Southern pipeline network for moving butane and propane; terms not disclosed; Union Texas owns 300 miles of pipelines (S)
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BRIO TECHNOLOGY IN $311 MILLION DEAL FOR SQRIBE
Date: 24 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Brio Technology Inc acquires Sqribe Technologies for about $311 million in stock (S)
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UNITED ASSET MANAGEMENT SEEKS BUYER FOR UNIT
Date: 25 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Asset Management Corp says investment banks Goldman, Sachs & Co and Allen & Co will seek buyer for UAM's Pilgrim Baxter & Associates Ltd fund management unit; Pilgrim Baxter's assets under management declined to $12 billion from $18 billion over last year (S)
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APPLIED GRAPHICS CONSIDERS A BID FOR WACE GROUP
Date: 24 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Graphics Technologies Inc is considering making a bid for British Wace Group PLC; Schawk Inc agreed on Jan 28 to buy Wace for $155 million in cash and stock (S)
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G.M. TO BUY ITS STEEL IN MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS
Date: 24 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp, world's largest user of steel, will buy $11.7 billion worth of metal from about 40 suppliers under multiyear contracts, a departure from auto industry custom of one-year contracts that allows GM to take advantage of low commodity prices; new contracts are for total of 18 million metric tons of steel (S)
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ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS NAMES FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date: 25 February 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electronic Data Systems Corp names James E Daley as its chief financial officer; he will fill position left vacant since Jody Grant resigned almost year ago (S)
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