Foreign Affairs; Loyalty, Shmoyalty!
Date: 12 March 1999
By Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column in response to William Safire's recent question about 'phenomenal loyalty' to Bill Clinton; observes, to the contrary, profound lack of loyalty at core of Clinton's White House even in early days; quotes Harvard's Michael Sandel, who says Clinton showed from start that loyalty was not in season, and has reaped what he sowed; decline in dignity and sobriety surrounding Presidency also noted, so that Monica Lewinsky, and her boss, treated Oval Office like a 'singles bar' and 'hot line' as connection for phone sex (S)
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$237 MILLION CHARGE IS IN PROSPECT FOR TENNECO
Date: 11 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenneco Inc to take first-quarter charge of up to $237 million on pending $2.2 billion sale of majority stake in its containerboard unit to Madison Dearborn Partners (S)
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AMERICAN STANDARD CONSIDERS OPTIONS FOR MEDICAL UNIT
Date: 11 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Standard Cos weighs strategic options for its Diasorin Inc to capitalize on interest in unit's discovery of virus correlated with advanced liver disease (S)
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LONG JOHN SILVER'S SAYS IT WILL BE ACQUIRED BY A&W
Date: 12 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc, which filed for bankruptcy protection in June, says it will be acquired by A&W Restaurants Inc (S)
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LUFTHANSA UNIT IS INCREASING ITS STAKE IN SKY CHEFS
Date: 12 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deutsche Lufthansa's in-flight food-service unit will buy additional 18 percent stake in Sky Chefs, world's largest airline caterer, from Onex Corp for $266 million; it could buy entire company within five years (S)
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AMERICAN AXLE IS BUYING MSP INDUSTRIES FOR $60 MILLION
Date: 12 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc will buy MSP Industries Corp, closely held parts maker, for as much as $60 million in cash (S)
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BRYLANE ACCEPTS $211 MILLION BID BY PINAULT-PRINTEMPS
Date: 11 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Brylane Inc accepts sweetened $211 million takeover offer from Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA (S)
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TMP WORLDWIDE IS BUYING LAI IN $84 MILLION STOCK DEAL
Date: 12 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TMP Worldwide to acquire LAI Worldwide Inc for about $83.9 million in stock (S)
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LESLIE FAY'S TOP HOLDER SEEKS DEBT-FOR-STOCK BUYBACK
Date: 11 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dickstein & Co, which owns 41.8 percent of Leslie Fay Co, asks company to buy back 41 percent of its stock by exchanging 2.5 million shares for debt securities at premium to current share price; says it would participate in buyback and remain substantial shareholder (S)
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Pechiney's Net Rises; Unit Will Trade in U.S.
Date: 11 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pechiney SA indicates 1998 second-half earnings rose about 9 percent, to 130 million euros ($142 million), compared with equivalent of 119.5 million euros in 1997 period; reports full-year profit rose to 311 million euros, from 277 million; plans to list its beverage can division on New York Stock Exchange (S)
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