Photographer Found Guilty In Wiretapping
Date: 13 August 1996
By Adam Nossiter
Adam Nossiter
Photographer Carlos Hugo Arriazu Sanchez is found guilty, NYC, of eavesdropping on conversations of Giselle Howard, American woman said to be girlfriend of Crown Prince of Spain (S)
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UNITED IS EXPECTED TO ORDER BOEING PLANES
Date: 14 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Airlines is expected to announce multibillion-dollar order for Boeing planes; analysts estimate order could be worth more than $3 billion; order is expected to include Boeing 747 planes and several Boeing 777's (S)
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CINERGY SAYS IT IS IN TALKS ON A POSSIBLE MERGER
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cinergy Corp says it is in preliminary merger talks with undisclosed natural-gas pipeline companies; companies reportedly are Williams Cos and Panenergy Corp (S)
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STOCK UP AT ARGYLE AS IT STUDIES SALE
Date: 14 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Argyle Television Inc rise 23 perent after company says it is exploring possibility of selling the company or taking other strategic steps; Argyle Television owns stations in markets that include Grand Rapids, Mich, Buffalo, NY, Providence, RI, and Fort Smith, Ark (S)
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APPLIED MATERIALS TO REDUCE ITS WORK FORCE BY 7%
Date: 14 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Materials Inc will cut 830 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, citing continued weak industrywide demand for computer chips (S)
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FIRST BRANDS STOCK HIT BY RUBBERMAID PLAN TO COMPETE
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of First Brands Inc, maker of Glad trash bags, fall 10 percent after Rubbermaid Inc says it enters trash-bag business (S)
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EVERGREEN TO BUY 4 STATIONS IN 2 CITIES
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Evergreen Media Corp to buy three Detroit radio stations and one Philadelphia station from Secret Communications LP for $237.8 million; will swap one of Detroit stations, WQRS-FM, for Greater Media Inc's WWRC-AM in Washington plus $9.5 million in cash; swap modifies June accord under which Evergreen was to buy Washington station (S)
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Final U.S. Approval for Big Rail Merger
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Surface Transportation Board gives final regulatory approval to Union Pacific Corp's proposed $5.4 billion acquisition of Southern Pacific Rail Corp (S)
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American Express Names Financial Chief
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Express Co names Richard K Goeltz vice chairman and chief financial officer, succeeding Michael P Monaco, who resigned in Apr (S)
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Gannett Cleared on Sale of Billboard Unit
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Justice Department approves Gannett Co's sale of its billboard business to Outdoor Systems Inc for $690 million after Outdoor agrees to sell its outdoor-sign operations in Denver to Colorado Outdoor Inc (S)
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