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19th of April 1995 News
Nyheter som framträdde på New York Times framsida den 19 april 1995
Wary Network Anchors Battle Dubious Scoops
Date: 20 April 1995
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
The shattered building, its innards exposed to the camera; the black smoke; the confused people hastening, they hoped, away from danger; the bloodied bodies on the street; the crying babies; the agitated local reporters, and dubious scoops quickly delivered and almost as quickly withdrawn. It was yet another set of television images, joining the disaster scenes that are coming to seem like seasonal reruns. The viewer was reminded of past terrorist blasts, in Beirut, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, London, New York. Hours before anyone could say whether there had even been a bomb, the smoke of implication was thick.
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Real Estate;
Symbol Technologies plans to buy an L.I. property that housed Grumman Data Systems.
Date: 19 April 1995
By Peter Slatin
Peter Slatin
IN a deal that illustrates the growth of the computer industry on Long Island amid cutbacks by military contractors, Symbol Technologies plans to buy a property occupied by the Grumman Corporation before it became Northrop Grumman.
Symbol Technologies, based in Bohemia, L.I., has agreed to buy a 174,000-square-foot building set on 48 acres near Exit 62 of the Long Island Expressway in Brookhaven that once housed Grumman Data Systems Services. Grumman, which has transferred much of its business to California, moved that operation to Bethpage last year as part of its merger with Northrop.
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The Pulitzer Prizes: Journalism and the Arts Bestow a Most Prestigious Honor
Date: 19 April 1995
The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded yesterday by Columbia University in 21 categories for excellence in the arts and journalism. PUBLIC SERVICE The Virgin Islands Daily News The Virgin Islands Daily News, a Gannett newspaper in St. Thomas with a circulation of 16,400, was recognized for a 10-part series on crime that initiated many reforms. The series, "Virgin Island Crime: Who's to Blame?" described a police department that seldom catches criminals, prosecutors who rarely win cases, judges who give light sentences and a special narcotics force riddled with corruption.
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Sightings of Virgin Mary Reduced to Traffic Issue
Date: 20 April 1995
By Joseph F. Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan
The problem caused by huge crowds that descended upon Marlboro Township in the hope of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary was officially downgraded to a traffic nuisance today. Judge Patrick J. McGann Jr. of State Superior Court said that the visions were no longer said to occur and that Joseph Januszkiewicz, 56, who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary each Sunday for three years, "is no longer seeing visions, and the Blessed Mother is no longer talking to him -- the case is over."
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AMERICAN GREETINGS AND HALLMARK SETTLE DISPUTES
Date: 19 April 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The American Greetings Corporation and Hallmark Cards Inc. said yesterday that they had settled disputes over patents used to allow customers to create greeting cards with in-store computers. The disputes began in 1992, when American Greetings and closely held Hallmark began to contest the ownership and validity of patent claims for on-site personalized greeting card machines. The agreement gives each company a worldwide nonexclusive license to use the patent claims.
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HITACHI AND FONAR SETTLE PATENT DISPUTE
Date: 20 April 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hitachi Ltd. and the Fonar Corporation settled a patent dispute involving magnetic-resonance imaging technology yesterday, after opening arguments in a Federal jury trial in Hauppauge, L.I. Fonar, a maker of M.R.I. machines, sued Hitachi and the General Electric Company in 1992 over four Fonar patents related to M.R.I. technology, which is used to produce detailed pictures of the human body. Fonar was seeking $62 million from Hitachi and a subsidiary, Hitachi Medical, and about $300 million from G.E. After the settlement was disclosed, Federal District Judge Leonard Wexler granted a motion by G.E. for a mistrial, a court official said. Lawyers for G.E. argued that reports of the Hitachi settlement would bias the jury against G.E. Fonar, based in Melville, L.I., did not release details of the agreement.
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CROWN RESOURCES STOCK RISES ON OFFER
Date: 19 April 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of the Crown Resources Corporation gained $1.25 yesterday, to $5, following Monday's offer by Battle Mountain Gold Company to buy Crown Resources in a stock swap valued at $69.3 million. The offer, which expires in 15 days, proposes to exchange one Crown Resources share for 0.4375 share in Battle Mountain Gold. Battle Mountain, which is based in Houston, said its offer valued Crown Resources at $5.25 a share. Battle Mountain -- whose shares gained 12.5 cents, to $12.125 -- said its board made the offer in response to a recent inquiry from Crown Resources. However, a statement from Crown Resources, based in Denver, called the offer "unexpected" and said its board was reviewing the proposal.
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THREE PEPSICO OFFICIALS SELL SHARES
Date: 19 April 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pepsico's chairman, another director and its treasurer all sold shares in the company last month as the stock climbed. Wayne Calloway, chairman and chief executive, sold 20,000 shares at $39.75, collecting $795,000 in an option-related transaction, according to the Washington Service. Mr. Calloway still owns 189,936 shares in the company according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Another director, Andrall Pearson, sold 20,000 shares at between $40.75 and $41, collecting $817,500. He retained 134,577 shares. And the treasurer, Randall Barnes, sold 21,319 option-related shares at $39.25, for $836,771. He kept 438 shares. Many option holders exercise rights to buy shares at a pre-set price and then sell the shares at the same time, collecting a profit. Pepsico shares closed up 50 cents yesterday at $41.
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New Oil Futures Contracts
Date: 20 April 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The New York Mercantile Exchange said yesterday that it would allow trading in crude oil futures contracts for delivery in December 1998 and December 1999. Currently, crude oil futures can only be traded as far forward as December 1997. The new contracts will be added on May 1, the exchange said in a news release. The exchange said it was adding the contracts in response to industry demand. "The significant levels of open interest we see as far as 30 and 36 months out are clear evidence of an increased focus being placed on long-term risk management in this industry," Patrick Thompson, the president of the exchange, said.
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BANKAMERICA CORP. (BAC,N)
Date: 20 April 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The BankAmerica Corporation said yesterday that its first-quarter earnings rose about 19 percent, as a stronger economy prompted consumers and companies to borrow more. BankAmerica, the banking company based in San Francisco, said net income rose to $611 million, or $1.46 a share, compared with $513 million, or $1.27 a share, in the corresponding period a year earlier.
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