Suspicions Large and Small Bedevil Jiang's Visit to U.S.
Date: 25 October 1997
By Elaine Sciolino
Elaine Sciolino
Problems of policy and protocol dog preparations for Chinese Pres Jiang Zemin's visit to US; Chinese insistence that Jiang receive exactly the same reception as Deng Xiaoping did 18 years ago cancels plans for White House tent party, since Deng was feted in East Room; smaller space leads to struggle over guest list, and alters site of news conference with Pres Clinton; Chinese insist on red-carpet treatment, and are irked at prospect of human rights demonstrators dogging Jiang's trail across country (M)
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Is He on Second Base or Not?
Date: 25 October 1997
By Allen Barra
Allen Barra
Allen Barra Op-Ed comment regrets that technical jargon has replaced colorful old language of baseball in sports commentary (S)
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AMERICAN BUILDINGS IS ADDING UNITED DOMINION UNIT
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Buildings Co agrees to buy United Dominion Industries' Windsor Door division for $60 million in cash (S)
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LORAL SPACE SEEKS STAKE IN MEXICO CONCERN
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Loral Space and Communications Ltd offers to pay $692 million for 75 percent stake in Mexico's state-owned satellite company, Satellites Mexicanos SA; company hopes to use Samtex's three satellites to increase its presence in the region (S)a
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PIONEER HI-BRED BUYBACK PUT AT $92.50 TO $94 A SHARE
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc says prices at which it will buy back 16.4 million shares, or 20 percent of its total outstanding, will be somewhere in range of $92.50 to $94 a share, under Dutch auction that expired on Oct 23; auction is part of transaction announced in August under which E I du Pont de Nemours & Co agreed to acquire 20 percent stake in Pioneer for $1.7 billion (S)
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Milken Probation Is Extended Yet Again
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Judge Kimba M Wood extends probation of Michael R Milken for sixth time while regulators consider whether he is complying with court-ordered ban from securities industry (S)
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DETROIT
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Detroit Pistons forward Grant Hill will miss rest of preseason after undergoing toe surgery (S)
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Polaroid in Stock Buyback
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Polaroid Corp is planning to buy back as much as 11 percent of its stock, or as many as 5 million of 45.6 million shares outstanding, in next three years (S)
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Fixed-Rate Mortgages Rise
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp says rates on 30-year fixed-rate home mortgage rose to 7.35 percent, from 7.34 percent last week (S)
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KLM Forms an Alliance With Japan Air System
Date: 25 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines agrees to form alliance with Japan Air System Co, Japan's third-largest airline (S)
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