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15th of November 1993 News
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Press
Date: 15 November 1993
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
THE strategies of the three New York City tabloid newspapers have begun to emerge. Forever, it seems, the preoccupying questions were whether The Daily News or The New York Post would survive. With that resolved, at least for now, the next question is this: How will The Post, The Daily News, and New York Newsday try to distinguish themselves from one another?
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Newspapers' Coverage of Gay March
Date: 16 November 1993
"Front Page," a documentary exhibition in SoHo, measures the visibility of gay issues in the news by examining newspaper coverage of the gay-rights march in Washington in April. The show puts on display the front pages of more than 150 newspapers from Monday, April 26, the day after the march, which was attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Of the newspapers displayed, 87 percent had front-page articles on the march and 6 percent had front-page headlines or photographs referring to articles on inside pages.
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Bishops Assail Press on Sex Charges
Date: 16 November 1993
By Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops gave a rousing show of support for Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago today as the group's president castigated national news organizations for their reporting on the Cardinal and on the Catholic Church generally. Speaking to Roman Catholic bishops gathered here for a semiannual meeting, the president of the group, Archbishop William H. Keeler of Baltimore, cited the reporting of accusations against Cardinal Bernardin as an example of press sensationalism.
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The Free Trade Accord: The Mood; Americans Split on Free Trade Pact, Survey Finds
Date: 16 November 1993
By Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill
Americans are evenly split over the North American Free Trade Agreement and are uncertain about whether it would create jobs or cost them, a stance that closely mirrors the predicament facing Congress as it prepares to vote on the pact this week, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. The telephone poll, conducted Nov. 11-14 among 1,334 adults nationwide, showed 41 percent opposed and 37 percent in favor of the pact, which would gradually erase trade barriers between the United States, Canada and Mexico. The difference fell within the poll's margin of sampling error, which was plus or minus three percentage points.
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On My Mind; Nafta Hits Intellectuals
Date: 16 November 1993
By A. M. Rosenthal
A.
No need to worry. Nafta will not cost the job of a single American factory or agricultural worker. No plant or farm will be put out of business. However, because of various complicated Nafta tax and anti-subsidy provisions, some other Americans will experience inconvenience.
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AEGON BUYING MONY'S PENSION UNIT
Date: 16 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
To broaden its presence in the pension market, Aegon U.S.A., the American arm of Aegon N.V. of the Netherlands, said yesterday that it had agreed to buy the group pension operations of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York for an undisclosed sum. Aegon will acquire $6.3 billion in assets and liabilities from Mutual of New York, known as MONY. Aegon said it would assume responsibility for the operations and staff of the acquired pension business in Purchase, N.Y. The acquired pension business will operate under the name Diversified Investment Advisers.
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TRAVELERS SELLS 11 PROPERTIES FOR $256 MILLION
Date: 16 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Travelers Corporation said yesterday that it had sold 11 properties to two real estate companies controlled by the Chicago investor Sam Zell for $256 million. Zell-Merrill Lynch Real Estate Opportunity Partners L.P. 2 acquired 10 of the properties. They include office buildings mainly in the South and Southwest. Another Zell company, Equity Residential Property Trust, acquired an apartment complex in Texas. With these transactions, Travelers has now sold real estate and nonperforming mortgage loans with a book value of more than $1.4 billion so far this year.
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CHARGE TO CUT CHRYSLER'S 4TH-QUARTER EARNINGS
Date: 16 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Chrysler Corporation said that instituting a new accounting rule for post-employment benefits would reduce its net earnings and shareholder's equity by between $250 million and $350 million in the fourth quarter of 1993. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, Chrysler outlined the effect of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Standard No. 112. The rule requires the accrual of benefits provided to former or inactive employees after employment but prior to retirement.
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F.D.A. APPROVES BLOOD-PRESSURE DRUG FOR WIDER USE
Date: 16 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merck & Company said yesterday that as expected the Food and Drug Administration had given its blood-pressure drug Vasotec clearance for preventive use in people who could have heart problems. The drug can now be marketed as a treatment for high blood pressure and for patients who have already suffered from heart failure. Under the latest F.D.A. decision, Merck can sell the drug to prevent heart failure in at-risk patients and to reduce the hospitalization of people who suffer from a weakening of the heart's main pumping chamber. Vasotec is the leading branded heart drug, with sales of about $2 billion a year.
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GTE UNIT TO SELL 90,000 TELEPHONE LINES IN NEW ENGLAND
Date: 16 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GTE Telephone Operations, a unit of the GTE Corporation, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 90,000 telephone lines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to a group of local carriers and private investors. Terms were not disclosed. The GTE unit, based in Irving, Tex., said the sale completed its previously announced plan to trade or sell "a small percentage" of local exchanges, which are central offices into which lines are hooked.
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