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Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Video Satellite Group Inc says $480 million sale of its satellite television programming unit to Primestar Inc has been terminated in continuing fallout from Primestar's failed purchase of News Corp's American Sky Broadcasting Co (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Committee of Concerned Journalists study finds major news organizations showed reasonable care with facts in their coverage of probe into Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica S Lewinsky, but sometimes placed unreasonable credence in investigators' speculation; cites possible effort by prosecutors to float stories designed to intimidate Lewinsky and other witnesses; Ann L McDaniel of Newsweek says story was particularly hard to cover because most data came from accusers, many of Clinton's allies refused to talk and Clinton himself lied (M)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Mike Allen
Mike Allen
Connecticut Supreme Court decides to consider appeal of Alex Kelly's rape conviction directly instead of waiting for it to go first through state's Appellate Court; appeal is based in part on argument that constant and sometimes lurid news coverage of trial polluted minds of jurors who convicted them; Kelly's lawyers argue that jury should have been sequestered; photo (M)
Date: 20 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stock prices for Realnetworks Inc and Netscape Communications Corp rise after Realnetworks says it will bundle its Realplayer software with new version of Netscape's Web browser and its Web site (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Transaction Network Services Inc says it has been approached by potential acquirer; says no agreement has been reached and that issues such as financing remain unresolved; reports third-quarter net income fell to $2.1 million from $2.3 million a year earlier (S)
Date: 20 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Affiliated Computer Services Inc will acquire BRC Holdings Inc for about $261 million in cash (S)
Date: 20 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nabors Industries to acquire Bayard Drilling Technologies for about $225.5 million (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Integrated Circuit Systems Inc says it will not accept possible buyout offer from group of managers because bid of $17.50 a share is too low (S)
Date: 20 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Intel Corp to acquire Shiva Corp for about $185 million (S)
Date: 21 October 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SBC Communications Inc will buy 4 percent of Concentric Network Corp for about $21.9 million as part of deal to sell Concentric's Internet-based data services to SBC's business customers (S)