Clinton Clears U.S. Media To Set Up Cuba Bureaus
Date: 13 February 1997
By Steven Lee Myers
Steven Myers
Clinton Administration to let American news organizations open bureaus in Cuba for first time in nearly 30 years; hopes move will increase diplomatic and political pressure on Fidel Castro's Government; Treasury grants special licenses to 10 news organizations; Cuba has so far agreed to let only one, Cable News Network, open office (M)
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Having Their Say
Date: 12 February 1997
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Richard L Wyatt and Chris Ahearn, representatives of Food Lion supermarket chain, will appear on Nightline with Roone Arledge, president of ABC News, and Diane Sawyer, anchor of Prime Time Live, show whose report on Food Lion led to $5.5 million judgment for punitive damages against ABC; Prime Time Live will devote an hour to questions about journalistic ethics by hidden-camera techniques and misrepresentation by news personnel (S)
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Dallas Cowboy Sues City Over Rape Accusation
Date: 13 February 1997
Dallas Cowboys player Erik Williams sues Dallas and police, Federal court, charging they violated his civil rights during probe of Nina Shahravan's charges, which she later recanted, that he raped her; also sues television station KXAS and reporter who aired charges for libel, holding they should have known charges were suspect (S)
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A Prosecutor-Manager, Tested by Crown Hts.
Date: 13 February 1997
By Joseph P. Fried
Joseph Fried
Biographical sketch of US Atty Zachary W Carter; notes that Carter headed trial team that won conviction against Lemrick Nelson Jr and Charles Price in 1991 stabbing death of Hasidic man, Yankel Rosenbaum, in Crown Heights; Carter is first black person to hold US Attorney's job in New York State; he was born in Washington, DC, on March 19, 1950; photo (M)
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Reuters Posts 17% Gain In Profit but Stock Falls
Date: 12 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reuters Holdings reports 1996 pretax profit of $1.15 billion, 17 percent gain over 1995 (S)
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Ericsson Earnings Rise Of 39% Tops Estimates
Date: 12 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ericsson AB reports fourth quarter 1996 pretax profit of $533 million, 39 percent increase over year-earlier period (S)
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON TO BUY LENS EQUIPMENT MAKER
Date: 12 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson will acquire Innotech Inc for $123.8 million (S)
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SEARS PLANS TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF STORES BY 2000
Date: 13 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sears, Roebuck & Co plans plans to have 860 department stores by 2000, up from current 800 (S)
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CASTLE HARLAN FUND ACQUIRES 60% OF U.S. SYNTHETIC
Date: 12 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Castle Harlan Inc acquires 60 percent stake in US Synthetic Corp for about $60 million (S)
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NORFOLK SOUTHERN BEGINS TENDER OFFER FOR CONRAIL
Date: 13 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Norfolk Southern Corp begins tender offer for 90.1 percent of shares of Conrail Inc that it does not already own (S)
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