Journal; The Strange Legacy of Matt Drudge
Date: 04 December 1999
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Op-Ed column by Frank Rich on meaning of Matt Drudge's departure from Fox News Channel 'by mutual consent'; says what hit Drudge is continued consolidation of news into handful of huge conglomerates; says giant corporations that own most major news operations can leave little room for maverick, independent journalists who could challenge powers that be; holds government antitrust measures are unlikely, so it may be left to market forces to police press in new jungle of conglomerate journalism; drawing (M)
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Debate Gives Boxing Another Black Eye
Date: 04 December 1999
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Critic's Notebook on comments by political reporters and analysts covering first debate of Republican Presidential candidates; notes debate was not televised nationally, so most Americans relied on news clips; considers what happened during debate and how it was covered on television, and says matter raises issue of how well coverage of campaign reflects what happened in real life; photo (M)
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SPECIALTY CATALOG IS SOLD TO GOLUB ASSOCIATES
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Specialty Catalog Corp agrees to be acquired by Golub Associates for $21.8 million in cash (S)
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CERPROBE, CIRCUITS TESTER, ADDS OZ TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cerprobe Corp says it acquired OZ Technologies Incfor about $36 million in cash and stock (S)
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LANDEC HAS ACQUIRED APIO FOR $23.9 MILLION
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Landec Corp acquires Apio Inc for $23.9 million in cash and stock (S)
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AVANT IS PAYING $24 MILLION TO ACQUIRE ANALOGY
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Avant Corp agrees to buy Analogy Inc for $2.48 a share in cash, or $24 million (S)
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APPROVAL IS WON FOR JOINT PURCHASE OF ICO GLOBAL
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cellular-phone pioneer Craig O McCaw and Subhash Chandra, who runs India's most popular television network, win United States Bankruptcy Court approval for joint purchase of satellite-telephone company ICO Global Communications Ltd; ICO filed for bankruptcy protection in August, days after rival, Iridium LLC, did same (S)
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QXL.COM IN EXCITE DEAL
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Europe's largest online auction company, QXL.com, says it agreed to make its service available through co-branded auction pages on Excite@Home Corp's Web sites in Europe; graph (S)
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Phone Gear Maker Is Sold
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Performance Technologies agrees to buy MicroLegend Telecom Systems Inc for $43.6 million in stock (S)
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Stock Options at DuPont Photomasks
Date: 04 December 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Employees of DuPont Photomasks could make millions of dollars from company's decision last year to cut price they must pay to exercise stock options; move was taken during temporary slump in share prices, when company feared that valued workers would leave (S)
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