Clinton Crazy
Date: 23 February 1997
By Philip Weiss
Philip Weiss
Philip Weiss article about fanatical 'Clinton crazies' who spend their lives hating the President; crazies include Arkansans like Larry Nichols and Gary Parks, who have developed monstrous view of Clinton as Satan's nephew and see themselves as martyrs; others are conservative and/or conspiratorial reporters like Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of London Sunday Telegraph, who portray Clinton as figurehead for corrupt political organization; others are freelance obsessives, for whom Internet was invented, who see high moral drama in Clinton scandals; prominent here are Hugh H Sprunt and Chris Ruddy, who devote themselves to conspiracy theorists' favorite case, suicide of White House counsel Vincent Foster; influential haters number perhaps 100, but their suspicions percolate to far larger audience; Pat Matrisciana, producer of Christian-right videos, has about 300,000 copies of his Clinton Chronicles video in circulation; photos; diagram on theories about Foster death; fixations seem to reveal less about Clinton than about strain of paranoia abroad in land, and deep distrust of Government and newspapers; Little Rock columnist Gene Lyons notes that, no matter what one thinks about Whitewater case, Clinton does not merit such hatred, except as symbol of what some people fear (L)
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PHYSICIAN CORPORATION STOCK DROPS 44 PERCENT
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Physician Corp of America fall 44 percent after company announces it will take $80 million fourth-quarter charge that would jeopardize its pending purchase by Sierra Health Services Inc (S)
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SKYLINE CHILI GETS UNSOLICITED TAKEOVER BID
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Skyline Chili receives unsolicited takeover offer of $7.50 a share for company (S)
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ARCHER DANIELS COMPLETES DEAL FOR GRACE'S COCOA UNIT
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Archer Daniels Midland Co completes its purchase of W R Grace & Company's cocoa business for about $470 million in cash and assumed debt (S)
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SHARP ABANDONS HOSPITAL JOINT-VENTURE PLAN
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sharp Healthcare, nonprofit hospital chain, backs out of joint-venture agreement with Columbia/HCA Corp; California Atty Gen Daniel E Lungren challenged deal, which would have added four hospitals to Columbia chain; Lungren maintains that Columbia would be underpaying for its share of Sharp's assets (S)
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PEPSICO SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO DROP U.S. BOTTLING UNIT
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pepsico Inc's beverage chief, Craig Weatherup, says that it is 'highly unlikely' that company will spin off its United States soft drink bottling business because it is profitable enough and too important to sell (S)
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Dollar Recovers to End Day Up Against Mark and Yen
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dollar recovers in Feb 21 trading, ending higher against Japanese yen and German mark after broad decline; tables (M)
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Profits at Honda Tripled in Third Quarter
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honda Motor Co earnings more than tripled in fiscal third quarter, putting it on track for most profitable year in its 49-year history; Honda benefits from yen's weakness against dollar; group net profit jumps to 61.9 billion yen ($499.7 million) in quarter, which ended Dec 31 (S)
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Greenspan for Eased Rein on Derivatives
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, applauds efforts in Congress to reduce Government regulation of derivatives and financial futures markets; offers backing for futures markets in Chicago and New York that are seeking legislation they say will help them recapture business lost to less-regulated over-the-counter markets and overseas exchanges (S)
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Club Med Has Loss and Hires a New Chief
Date: 22 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Club Mediterranee SA posts surprise loss and hires Euro Disney SA's chief executive, Philippe Bourguignon, to improve its flagging fortunes; Bourguignon, who is given credit for turning around Euro Disney, will replace Club Med's chairman and chief executive, Serge Trigano; Club Med reports unexpected loss of 743 million French francs ($130.35 million) for fiscal year that ended Oct 31; Euro Disney says that Gilles Pelisson, its chief operating officer, will replace Bourguignon (S)
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