GRANADA BUYS BRITISH TV ASSETS
Date: 29 July 2000
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Granada Media PLC agrees to buy television assets of United News & Media PLC for $2.64 billion, beating Carlton Communications PLC's bid for British TV dominance (S)
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L'Unita, Leftist Italian Paper, Halts Publication
Date: 29 July 2000
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
L'Unita, once most powerful leftist newspaper in Italy, publishes its last issue, a victim of fall of Berlin Wall and market forces; it was founded in 1924 as mouthpiece of Italian Communist Party; it went into receivership two weeks ago; in related symptom of decline of left's strength in Italy, Democrats of Left move out of their historic headquarters and move into less expensive offices (M)
STMICROELECTRONICS BUYING REST OF WAFERSCALE
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
STMicroelectronics NV agrees to pay $68 million to acquire part of Waferscale Integration Inc that it does not already own; before acquisition, STMicroelectronics owned 14.5 percent minority stake (S)
CHURCH & DWIGHT IS CLOSING SYRACUSE PLANT
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Church and Dwight Co will close plant in Syracuse, NY, and lay off about 140 employees (S)
PHILIP MORRIS IS RAISING CIGARETTE PRICES BY 3%
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Companies is raising US cigarette prices to distributors by about 3 percent to increase its profit and help pay for rising legal settlement costs; rival US cigarette makers are expected to follow (S)
MP3.COM SETTLES MUSIC SUIT WITH EMI GROUP UNIT
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MP3.com settles copyright infringement suit with EMI Group PLC; details are not provided (S)
SONERA DENIES SALE REPORTS
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Sonera, Finland's largest telephone company, fall after firm denies having put itself up for sale (S)
Viacom Expects Charge of $1.5 Billion
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom Inc will take charges of about $1.5 billion in second quarter for costs related to buying CBS Corp (S)
VOLKSWAGEN PROFIT JUMPS
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Volkswagen reports 57 percent rise in profits to $367 million, foresees further profit growth (S)
Vote at Dime Is Said to Favor North Fork
Date: 29 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dime Bancorp says its shareholders voted against management's five board nominees, leaving North Fork Bancorp free to pursue its $1.85 billion hostile bid for company (S)