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Date: 27 September 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-13 The Soviet Union was praised by Secretary of State Baker and other Western diplomats for its warning to President Hussein of Iraq that a war in the Persian Gulf may be imminent if he does not pull out of Kuwait. Page A1
Date: 26 September 1990
AP
LEAD: Delta Air Lines Inc. said its earnings for its first quarter, ending next Monday, will be down sharply because of the increased fuel prices that followed the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2. Thomas J. Roeck Jr., Delta's senior vice president of finance, said the earnings would be ''significantly worse'' because the airline was paying 64 percent more for fuel than it was before the invasion.
Date: 26 September 1990
AP
LEAD: About 275 white-collar employees are being dismissed to reduce costs by the Peabody Holding Company, a coal mine operator. Peabody said it would lay off 70 employees at its 250-worker headquarters and another 70 from its Peabody Coal Company subsidiary in Henderson, Ky. Other cuts will be in offices in 11 states where Peabody mines coal.
Date: 27 September 1990
AP
LEAD: DeSoto Inc., a maker of chemical coatings and other specialty products, is asking shareholders to approve a plan to sell most of its assets and terminate its pension plans in return for a one-time dividend of $35.50 a share.
Date: 27 September 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Businessland Inc. reached an agreement in principle with its senior noteholders on complying with the covenants of its $50 million in senior debt. Businessland, a leading retailer of personal computers, said last month that it was in violation of certain of the operating covenants of these notes.
Date: 27 September 1990
By Richard W. Stevenson, Special To the New York Times
Richard Stevenson
LEAD: A Congressional study of the McDonnell Douglas Corporation's performance in developing the Air Force's new C-17 transport plane has determined that the program has ''disastrous'' management and financial difficulties, Representative John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, said today.
Date: 27 September 1990
AP
LEAD: The board of the Schering-Plough Corporation authorized a buyback of up to $1 billion of the company's common stock. Market conditions have made stock in the pharmaceutical and health care company an exceptionally good value, Robert P. Luciano, the company's chairman and chief executive, said in a written statement.
Date: 26 September 1990
LEAD: Reebok International Ltd., the nation's second-largest footwear company after Nike, said yesterday that it expected its third-quarter earnings to be in the range of 33 cents to 35 cents a share, off from 44 cents in the corresponding period a year earlier.
Date: 26 September 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Marriott Corporation declared a moratorium on most new construction projects, including hotels and housing for the elderly and said it would cut capital spending in half next year to $650 million because of the sluggish real estate and lodging markets. Marriott said the moratorium could last 12 to 18 months, but most properties under construction will be completed next year.
Date: 26 September 1990
By David E. Sanger, Special To the New York Times
David Sanger
LEAD: Kobe Steel Ltd. and Alcoa said today that they would form a venture in Japan to produce aluminum for cans and automobiles in Asian markets.
Date: 26 September 1990
AP
LEAD: The board of the Emerson Electric Company on Monday approved the spinoff of its six military-related subsidiaries into a company called the Esco Electronics Corporation. Emerson said the spinoff would allow it to focus on faster-growing and more profitable businesses.