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Date: 05 February 1990
By Geraldine Fabrikant
Geraldine Fabrikant
LEAD: The programs of Fox Broadcasting may be moving up in the ratings, but the stock of its parent company, the News Corporation, is sagging.
Date: 05 February 1990
AP
LEAD: A worker died today after an accident at Newsday's offices, the police said. Harold Green, 26 years old, of Westbury, was employed by Rutigliano Paper Stock, Inc., which was subcontracted by newsday to load trucks with newspapers for delivery to vendors. A preliminary investigation revealed that at 8:39 A.M., Mr.
Date: 05 February 1990
By Thomas C. Hayes, Special To the New York Times
Thomas Hayes
LEAD: Officials in Calfornia are seeking to determine if Jerry Jones, majority owner of the Dallas Cowboys, or a close associate improperly influenced a former executive of a large California public utility to obtain contracts for natural gas supplies, The Dallas Morning News said today.
Date: 06 February 1990
By Michael Oreskes, Special To the New York Times
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: The percentage of Americans expressing negative views of Japan has increased significantly in recent months, according to the latest Times/CBS News Poll as well as additional interviews with ordinary Americans and leading Japan watchers.
Date: 05 February 1990
LEAD: International A2-13 Thousands demonstrated in Moscow, parading to the Kremlin walls to demand that the Communist Party surrender its monopoly on political power. It was the largest unofficial demonstration in more than 60 years. Page A1 News analysis: Mikhail Gorbachev has deftly slipped out of two politically perilous situations, in Lithuania and Azerbaijan.
Date: 06 February 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-19 President Mikhail Gorbachev asked the Communist Party to forswear its constitutional monopoly on power and accept the prospect of rival political parties. But he immediately encountered opposition from hard-liners within the Party. Page A1
Date: 06 February 1990
AP
LEAD: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company offered today to pay $:441 million (about $745 million) for the 78.2 percent of Laing Properties P.L.C. it does not already own. Laing rejected the offer, saying it significantly undervalued Laing's assets and longer-term growth potential. P.&O., which has interests in passenger and cargo shipping, said its offer for Laing, a property investment and development company, amounted to 650 pence, or $10.99, a share.
Date: 06 February 1990
By H. J. Maidenberg
H. Maidenberg
LEAD: Precious metals prices continued to rise yesterday in reaction to developments in South Africa and the Soviet Union. Dealers said a further decline in the dollar against the yen and the West German mark also bolstered the gold market.
Date: 06 February 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Cooper Companies. a Palo Alto, Calif., contact lens concern, acquired a 6.26 percent stake in Anacomp Inc. and said it would like to discuss a business combination with the management of the Indianapolis-based software and data processing concern. Anacomp reacted strongly against Cooper's suggestion, which was included in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Date: 06 February 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Whittaker Corporation, based here, agreed to sell its specialty chemicals segment and coatings group to Morton International of Chicago for about $225 million and the assumption of certain liabilities. Whittaker's coatings and adhesives businesses had combined sales of about $180 million in the 1989 fiscal year.