. . . And on One Block, a Battle for Readers
Date: 16 January 2000
By Farrin Jacobs
Farrin Jacobs
Article on battle brewing between Global Ink and Universal News Cafe, magazine stores on opposite sides of Broadway between 111th and 112th Streets, NYC; photos (M)
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RPC TO SPIN OFF CHAPARRAL, A BOAT BUILDER
Date: 15 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
RPC Inc to spin off its Chaparral Boats Inc unit to shareholders in third quarter and focus on its service and equipment business for oil fields; companies will trade separately on New York Stock Exchange (S)
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FEDERATED TO DOUBLE WEB BUDGET TO $200 MILLION
Date: 15 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federated Department Stores, in conference call to analysts, says it will double its Internet-related spending to $150 million to $200 million in next fiscal year to bolster its online units; says most of investment will go to Macys.com, Fingerhut.com and Bloomingdales.com Web sites (S)
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Speedway to Study The Meadowlands
Date: 15 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Speedway says it will conduct yea
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EXPORT GROWTH SLOWS
Date: 15 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Business Daily, government publication, reports exports from China increased at their slowest pace in six months in Dec, totaling $20.2 billion, up 2.1 percent from corresponding period year earlier (S)
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LUCIO TAN'S BANK HOLDING
Date: 15 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philippine investor Lucio Tan says he controls almost half of shares in Philippine National Bank, making him single biggest stockholder; does not disclose details on price he paid for stock or timing of share purchase; his photo (S)
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TELENOR TO GET STAKE IN ESAT
Date: 15 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British Telecommunications and Telenor, Norway, settle battle for control of Esat Telecom Group, Ireland, with Telenor getting almost half of Esat; agreement detailed (S)
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Another Sizzling Year
Date: 16 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Janus Capital Corp retains its position as the top performer among the 10 biggest fund companies in 1999 (S)
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Redemptions at Tiger
Date: 16 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Net assets of Tiger Management fall from about $15 billion to about $7 billion in 1999, a year in which the fund lost about 19 percent; Julian Robertson, fund manager, tells investors that reason does not prevail in this market; photo (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 January 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-13 Golan Heights Facing An Uncertain Future The revival of the Israeli-Syrian peace effort after a nearly four-year stalemate has put the Golan Heights in a state of flux. Some Israeli settlers are digging in their heels, while others have started to think about what it would it take to dismantle three decades of Israeli life in the Golan Heights. 1 War Crimes Suspect Murdered Zeljko Raznatovic, known as Arkan, a Serbian paramilitary leader wanted on war crimes charges in the Bosnian and Croatian wars, was shot and killed in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel in Belgrade. 1
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