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Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rupert Murdoch and executives from Sony and two other Japanese companies will each take 25 percent stake in Japan Sky Broadcasting Co, J Sky B, which is to begin 150-channel satellite television service in Japan next April (S)
Date: 31 August 1997
By Michiko Kakutani
Michiko Kakutani
Michiko Kakutani on growing use of 'jock slang' to talk about all kinds of events; holds sports' permeation of American culture goes deeper than language or gesture; finds it has to do with 'the very way we look at the world'; notes color commentators have made jump from sports broadcasts to 24-hour news, providing constant patter of snap judgments, personal anecdotes and pure speculation on everything from Gulf War to Chinese takeover of Hong Kong; cautions that rules of sport do not work so easily in world at large (M)
Date: 31 August 1997
By Richard A. Shweder
Richard Shweder
Richard A Shweder reviews book Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life, by Janna Malamud Smith (S)
Date: 31 August 1997
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
Diana, 36-year-old Princess of Wales, dies in high-speed car crash in Paris with companion, 41-year-old Emad Mohammed al-Fayed, and limousine driver; bodyguard is critically injured; she succumbs to massive injuries at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in southeast Paris; nighttime accident, in highway tunnel on right bank of Seine under Place d'Alma, demolishes Mercedes limousine; reportedly occurs while car was being pursued by photographers on motorcycles after leaving Ritz Hotel; police detain several motorcyclists for questioning; photos (M)
Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dylex Ltd offers to buy Mark's Work Wearhouse Ltd, chain of 280 stores, for about $72 million (S)
Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rexel SA offers to acquire remaining 49 percent of Rexel Inc unit (S)
Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pantry Inc to buy Lil' Champ Food Stores; terms not disclosed (S)
Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Seat on Chicago Board Options Exchange is sold for record $715,000 (S)
Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Daewoo Corp to invest $1.28 billion in joint venture with Avtozaz, Ukrainian state-owned car maker; venture will produce Daewoo and Opel models (S)
Date: 30 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Agriculture Department reports index of prices that farmers receive for grain and livestock was unchanged in mid-August from month ago, but down 8.5 percent compared with year-earlier period (S)