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Date: 06 November 1996
By Jesse McKinley
Jesse McKinley
US News & World Report college guide, in which editors rank hundreds of institutions by value and academic standing, is under attack from group of students who say magazine's methods are unacademic; Forget US News Coalition, national group of students from about 40 colleges and universities, says rankings present false air of scientific certainty (M)
Date: 07 November 1996
Excerpt from Federal District Judge Denise Cote ruling barring Giuliani administration from forcing Time Warner to add Fox News Channel to its cable system (M)
Date: 07 November 1996
By Clifford J. Levy
Clifford Levy
Federal District Judge Denise Cote bars Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani from trying to force Time Warner to carry Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel in New York City, rebuking Giuliani for what she says is thinly disguised effort to help political supporter; criticizes Giuliani's plan to put Fox channel on city-run cable station after Time Warner refused to carry it on company's regular band of stations; says Giuliani has violated Time Warner's First Amendment right to choose channels it transmits (M)
Date: 07 November 1996
By Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
Voters News Service reports that about 49 percent of nation's voting-age population went to polls this Election Day, lowest level for Presidential election since 1924; several hundred thousand uncounted absentee ballots could eventually lift national tally beyond 50.3 percent mark; graph (M)
Date: 06 November 1996
Entire print run of University of California's free newspaper, The Daily Californian, is stolen from its racks after paper ran editorial supporting state referendum that would end affirmative action programs (S)
Date: 06 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stock of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd falls after company discloses that revenue from Sun Microsystems Inc, big distributor of its software, has fallen in latest quarter; shares of Israeli company fall $4.75, to $25.625; analyst at Hambrecht & Quist, Rakesh Sood, says revenue from Sun fell to $2.7 million in third quarter from $3.8 million in second quarter; separately, company also says it is named in lawsuit by Checkpoint Systems Inc, which contends trademark infringement and unfair competition because of Check Point name; Check Point says it believes charges are without merit (S)
Date: 06 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Precision Industries agrees to acquire Portescap SA, a Swiss maker of electromechanical drive systems, for about $60 million in convertible preferred stock, exchangeable note and cash; American Precision is acquiring Portescap from Inter Scan Holding AG (S)
Date: 07 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Intuit Inc soar 24 percent amid rumor that American Express Co is planning bid; other potential buyers could include Fidelity Investments, First Data Corp and Charles Schwab Corp (S)
Date: 07 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apria Healthcare Group Inc says its acquisition of Vitas Healthcare Corp might be called off because of decline in Apria's share price (S)
Date: 07 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc says it is unable to complete purchase of Nora Beverages because its $117 million offer has not gained support of all of Nora's shareholders (S)