APPLIED MATERIALS IN DEAL TO PURCHASE OBSIDIAN
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Applied Materials Inc agrees to acquire Obsidian Inc for about $137.5 million in stock (S)
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BANKBOSTON SELLS STAKE IN CREDIT CARD VENTURE
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BankBoston Corp sells its 19 percent share of credit card venture Partners First to Bank of Montreal for $50 million as it sheds unwanted assets in preparation for its takeover by Fleet Financial Group Inc (S)
MACNEAL-SCHWENDLER TO BUY MARC ANALYSIS RESEARCH
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MacNeal-Schwendler Corp says it has agreed to buy MARC Analysis Research Corp for about $36 million (S)
RAWLINGS SPORTING EXPLORING FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVES
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bridge News
Bridge News
Rawlings Sporting Goods Co says it has hired investment banking firm BancBoston Robertson Stephens to help it explore 'strategic financial alternatives' amid a softness in its business; says third-quarter and full-year earnings will fall below analysts' estimates (S)
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL IS BUYING GESCHMAY BUSINESSES
Date: 28 May 1999
By Bridge News
Bridge News
Albany International Corp to buy paper machine clothing businesses of Geschmay Group of Germany for $232 million in cash (S)
GTE IS SELLING 187,000 PHONE LINES AND ALASKAN BUSINESS
Date: 28 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GTE Corp to sell 187,000 phone lines in Arizona, California and Minnesota to Citizens Utilities Co for $664 million in cash; says it will also sell its Alaskan phone business, which includes about 20,600 phone lines, to Alaskan Telephone Exchange Acquisition Corp for undisclosed amount (S)
HEWLETT-PACKARD IS PLANNING REDUCTION OF 350 JOBS
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hewlett-Packard Co, world's biggest maker of computer printers, says it will cut as many as 350 jobs at its plant in Vancouver, Wash, as part of its plan to send more production to contractors (S)
AS LOSSES MOUNT, CAPITAL RE AGREES TO SELL
Date: 28 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Capital Re Corp, bond insurer facing mounting losses on policies, agrees to sell itself to Ace Ltd for $606 million in stock, less than its market value (S)
ARM FINANCIAL SEEKING INVESTMENT BANK ADVICE
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ARM Financial Services Group Inc says it has hired Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to 'evaluate strategic alternatives' in face of languishing share price (S)
YAHOO CUTS WORK FORCE AND TAKES EARNINGS CHARGE
Date: 29 May 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Yahoo Inc says it has dismissed about 200 employees of Geocities Inc, or 63 percent of its work force, and will take a $68 million pretax charge against second quarter earnings for its $3.7 billion acquisition (S)