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Date: 17 April 1999
By Alan S. Oser
Alan Oser
Shaya B Developers purchases former Daily News printing plant on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, for conversion to movie theaters, stores and apartments; photo; project aims to attract entertaiment companies and commerce to area of Brooklyn where residential market has strengthened (M)
Date: 18 April 1999
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
Analysis of war for public opinion in Kosovo, waged by Belgrade and by Washington through taut control over information and assiduously managed dissemination of it; absence of American troops in battle zone, and of American reporters with them, means there is little opportunity to sift through competing and often contradictory accounts (M)
Date: 18 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Reporter's Notebook describes efforts of Western print and television journalists to cover conflict in Kosovo, from Belgrade and elsewhere in Serbia; photos (M)
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lycos Inc says third-quarter loss will equal analysts' estimates and revenue gains remain strong (S)
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Albemarle Corp increases its friendly bid for Albright & Wilson PLC to $810 million from $657 million, topping bid from Rhodia SA (S)
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Centex Corp acquires Fairclough Homes Group Ltd from Amec PLC for $170 million (S)
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Biogen Inc will split its shares 2 for 1, as its stock price has more than doubled in last 12 months (S)
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vancouver Canucks sign free-agent wing Steve Kariya (S)
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US employees of Reuters Group
Date: 17 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's M-2 money supply rose in March at its slowest pace in five months, indicating that banks are not lending money injected into banking system by central bank; M-2 and certificates of deposit expanded at annualized rate of 3.3 percent in March from February to 609 trillion yen ($5.1 trillion) (S)