Photo of Youth Held In Japan Beheading Sets Off Ethics Furor
Date: 03 July 1997
By Nicholas D. Kristof
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Japanese magazine Focus publishes photo of 14-year-old boy charged with strangling and beheading neighbor, Jun Hase, 11; move sets off furor over journalistic ethics in nation protective of children's rights to privacy; Prime Min Ryutaro Hashimoto scores magazine; Government opens probe (S)
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Eurotunnel Stocks Gain On News of Extension
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks of Eurotunnel PLC and Eurotunnel SA jump after France and Britain offer to extend its right to operate English Channel tunnel, allowing debt reorganization to save companies from bankruptcy (S)
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PHILIP MORRIS'S KRAFT UNIT SELLS ITS SYRUP BUSINESS
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Companies' Kraft Foods unit sells its Log Cabin syrup business to Aurora Foods Inc for $220 million in cash (S)
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UROHEALTH EXPECTS REVENUE WILL NOT MEET ESTIMATES
Date: 02 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Urohealth Systems, maker of medical supplies, says revenue in its first quarter will be less than estimates; Urohealth shares fall 92.1875 cents, to $5.0625 (S)
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REXALL SUNDOWN IN $779 MILLION BID FOR TWINLAB
Date: 02 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rexall Sundown Inc is in discussions to acquire Twinlab Corp for about $779 million (S)
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY TO ACQUIRE REST OF QUINTA
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Seagate Technology Inc will buy remaining part of Quinta Corp that it does not own for as much as $325 million (S)
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BELL SOUTH AGREES TO DROP STAKE IN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY
Date: 02 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BellSouth Corp agrees to sell its 24.5 percent stake in Optus Communications Pty of Australia to Cable and Wireless PLC for $735 million (S)
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AT&T AND STET SPA PLAN TO ANNOUNCE AN ALLIANCE TODAY
Date: 02 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T Corp and Stet SpA, Italy's state phone company, plan to announce alliance to offer phone and data services to companies worldwide (S)
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CAROLINA FIRST OFFERS $65 MILLION FOR FIRST SOUTHEAST
Date: 02 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carolina First Corp will buy First Southeast Financial Corp for $65 million in stock, making it largest independent bank in South Carolina (S)
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WESTERN RESOURCES WITHDRAWS TENDER OFFER FOR ADT
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Western Resources Inc withdraws its tender offer for ADT Ltd and stands to gain $710 million on its ADT shares (S)
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