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31st of December 1992 News
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Paris Journal; The Face That Charms France: Is That Egg on It?
Date: 31 December 1992
By Roger Cohen
Roger Cohen
Through a combination of scandal and seductiveness, a somewhat disheveled news anchor named Patrick Poivre d'Arvor has become the most talked-about personality in France and the focus of what is being widely described as a moral crisis affecting the nation and its news outlets. Embroiled in the dubious financial affairs of an indicted Lyons businessman and accused of faking an interview with President Fidel Castro of Cuba, Mr. Poivre d'Arvor, who presents the nightly news on France's most popular television channel, is now making more headlines than he reads.
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Bush Criticizes Press Treatment Of His Pardons
Date: 31 December 1992
By Adam Clymer
Adam Clymer
President Bush today sharply attacked as "stupid" and "frivolous" news reporting and commentary on his Christmas Eve pardons of six Iran-contra defendants. He said his pardons of Caspar W. Weinberger, the former Defense Secretary, and five others should not give anyone the impression that Government officials were above the law. He said his own record of serving the nation "honorably, decently and with my integrity intact" should quell any such concern.
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INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA IS LIQUIDATED
Date: 31 December 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Insurance Company of Florida has been ordered liquidated, becoming the ninth small Florida property and casualty insurance company to become insolvent in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. The action by Leon County Circuit Judge Kevin Davey on Tuesday left 16,800 policyholders from 22 states and Puerto Rico without mobile-home coverage. About half these policyholders are from Florida, said Karen Chandler, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Insurance.
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CYTOGEN GETS APPROVAL FOR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT
Date: 31 December 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Cytogen Corporation said yesterday that it received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell its first product, Oncoscint, in the United States market. Oncoscint is a diagnostic product that detects colorectal and ovarian cancer through the use of proteins that link with cancer cells and make them visible to a camera sensitive to radioactivity. Analysts expect Oncoscint sales to reach $26 million in 1993. The company's share price jumped $3.25 yesterday, to $22.25, in over-the-counter trading.
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SMITHKLINE BEECHAM WINS APPROVAL FOR DRUG
Date: 31 December 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SmithKline Beechman's Paxil received approval yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration, making it the third advanced drug available to the 12 million clinically depressed patients in America. Paxil will be on the market in early 1993, according to SmithKline, and will be priced below Eli Lilly's Prozac and Pfizer's recently introduced Zoloft.
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British Drug Shares Get Lift
Date: 01 January 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British pharmaceutical shares got a big year-end lift from decisions this week by the United States Food and Drug Administration to approve various drugs for sale in the world's biggest health-care market. Glaxo jumped the equivalent of 68 cents, or 6 percent, a share this week, to $11.97, after the F.D.A. gave it permission Tuesday to sell an injectable form of its Imitrex migraine drug.
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Ross Cosmetics Chief Under Investigation
Date: 31 December 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viren Sheth, the new president and chief executive of Ross Cosmetics Distribution Centers Inc., is under investigation on charges of failing to disclose his family's control of the company, the South Carolina Securities Commission said today. The commission's announcement was the first evidence that a top executive still with the troubled fragrance company was under investigation.
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BETHLEHEM STEEL SELLS COAL RESERVES AND A MINE
Date: 01 January 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation said yesterday that it sold most of its coal reserves and a coal mine to the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company for $56 million, as it continues to focus on making steel. Rochester and Pittsburgh bought Bethlehem's coal mine near Washington, Pa., with 175 million tons of high quality metallurgical and steam coal reserves. The mine shipped 1.7 million tons of coal in 1991. Bethlehem said last year it wanted to limit its business to making rolled steel used in cars and appliances and making other profitable steel products. The companies agreed on the deal in July.
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Yamaha's 90's Player Piano a Hit
Date: 31 December 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Six weeks after it started shipping the grand-piano version of its computerized piano line, theYamaha Corporation of America says it has tapped a new market: middle-aged music lovers, mostly male and decidedly affluent, who had never dreamed of playing an instrument. The company says buyers are snapping up the $40,000 pianos faster than it can build them. It has already sold more than $3 million Mark II Disklavier pianos and has an order backlog of more than $4 million.
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LECHTER'S SHARES UP 11% ON STRONG DECEMBER SALES
Date: 01 January 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lechter's Inc. shares vaulted more than 11% yesterday, after the household-products retailer reported stronger-than-expected December sales. Sales at stores open at least a year, called same-store sales, rose 6.4 percent. The company had expected same-store sales to rise 1 percent to 2 percent during the month, Dana Telsey, an analyst with C. J. Lawrence, said. In December, sales rose 29 percent, to $70.4 million, from $54.5 million in the year-earlier month. Lechter's rose $2.125, to $19.875, on volume of 324,100 shares, nearly quadruple the daily average for the last three months. Ms. Telsey, who rates the stock a "hold," is maintaining her earnings estimates of 65 cents to 67 cents a share for the fourth quarter and 85 cents to 90 cents for fiscal 1993, ending in January.
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