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Date: 18 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Central Newspapers Inc. said today that it would merge the news staffs of The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News in a move aimed at improving the two papers. Both the morning Star and the afternoon News will continue to be published separately and no jobs will be lost as a result of the consolidation, which is expected to occur in September, said Wayne Wallace, treasurer of Central Newspapers.
Date: 18 May 1995
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
The family that owns The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., said yesterday that it had agreed to sell the newspaper, one of the few remaining larger independent dailies in the South, to McClatchy Newspapers Inc. of Sacramento, Calif., for $373 million. McClatchy owns 12 dailies, including The Sacramento Bee and The Anchorage Daily News. It is known as a publisher of quality newspapers with a liberal political bent.
Date: 19 May 1995
By Nadine Brozan
Nadine Brozan
JANE PAULEY said she was as surprised as anyone else when she shot her hand up at an auction Wednesday evening to bid for a cartoon -- by her husband, GARRY TRUDEAU. "The only person who was more surprised was Garry, who wondered about his wife setting the market value of his work," Ms. Pauley said yesterday. The cartoon auction was a benefit for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Ms. Pauley said she had arrived at the black-tie event, held in an NBC studio, carrying only a tiny purse with a lipstick and no money. "Garry had to bail me out," she said, noting that he forked over the $1,000 for his own work, a Doonesbury cartoon.
Date: 19 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Xerox Corporation disappointed investors yesterday when the copier company's board voted not to change the dividend. Investors had been looking for Xerox to raise its dividend this year because earnings had increased. The last time Xerox raised its dividend was in 1981. It has been $3 since then. Xerox shares have been ascending for two years as the company has cut jobs, consolidated plants and refocused on its core document-processing business. In New York Stock Exchange trading yesterday, Xerox's shares closed down $4.375 at $117.75.
Date: 18 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hollinger Inc. said yesterday that it had scrapped plans to buy the rest of Telegraph P.L.C. of Britain that it does not already own. Hollinger's United States subsidiary, the American Publishing Company, owns 58.5 percent of Telegraph, which publishes The Daily Telegraph. American Publishing proposed on Feb. 22 to buy out the minority shareholders. But the independent directors of Telegraph and Hollinger could not agree on the price, The Daily Telegraph reported today. Hollinger, which is headed by Conrad M. Black, said the "necessary financing" for the transaction had been arranged. The Daily Telegraph has been in a fierce battle for market share in Britain with The Times of London, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Hollinger, based in Toronto, and its subsidiaries also publish The Chicago Sun-Times.
Date: 18 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenneco Gas has agreed to pay $220 million to acquire the natural gas pipeline assets of the state of South Australia. The purchase, which includes a 488-mile pipeline, was made possible by the privatization of Australia's natural gas industry. To finance the deal, Tenneco Gas will use part of the $1.4 billion raised last year by its parent, Tenneco Inc., from the offering of shares in the Case Corporation and Albright & Wilson, its former chemical unit. With the Australian deal, Tenneco has invested $900 million in its natural gas, packaging and auto parts businesses. Tenneco, based in Houston, has said it is seeking growth and higher returns from those businesses.
Date: 19 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Grow Group Inc. said yesterday that a New York State Supreme Court judge had rejected an attempt by the Sherwin-Williams Company to delay bidding for Grow, which has set a deadline of noon Sunday for competing takeover offers. Both Imperial Chemical Industries P.L.C. of Britain and Sherwin-Williams are seeking to buy Grow, a paint and chemicals company. Sherwin-Williams, which offered to acquire Grow for $19.50 a share on May 8, had filed suit seeking a delay. Imperial Chemical offered on May 1 to buy Grow for $18.10 a share, or $290 million. The judge's ruling was announced after the stock market closed. Earlier, shares of Grow fell 12.5 cents, to $21.125, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Date: 18 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Struthers Industries said yesterday that it would acquire $70 million to $100 million in assets of closely held World Interactive Network Inc. The purchase price, which includes consumer-oriented interactive technology, was not disclosed. Struthers, a dye manufacturing company based in Tulsa, Okla, also said it planned to spin off its Rose Color Inc. unit to shareholders through a stock dividend prior to the acquisition of WIN-TV, which develops, finances and produces infomercials and direct response programming.
Date: 18 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Applied Materials Inc. and other makers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment rallied yesterday, after the company reported second-quarter results that were better than expected. Applied Materials, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif., and is the world's largest maker of computer-chip manufacturing equipment, said net income soared to $1.08 a share in the quarter that ended on April 30, far outpacing analysts' estimates of 87 cents, and up from 65 cents in the corresponding period a year ago. The results came amid predictions that the chip industry would remain robust through 1996. Shares of Applied Materials jumped $11.5156, to $80.2656, in Nasdaq trading.
Date: 19 May 1995
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bruno's Inc. and Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Company said yesterday that they had reached a revised agreement in which Kohlberg, Kravis would acquire the supermarket chain for about $1.15 billion, a 4.2 percent reduction from the original agreement. The New York investment firm will acquire Bruno's for $12 a share and will assume $220 million in debt and capitalized leases. Bruno's, based in Birmingham, Ala., agreed last month to be acquired for $12.50 a share plus the assumption of debt, which would have brought the total transaction to $1.2 billion. Kohlberg, Kravis will now buy 83.3 percent of the company's stock, down from the 90 percent originally planned. Bruno's operates 254 supermarkets in the South under the Food World, Foodfair and Piggly Wiggly names.