Fox Reacts Angrily to Move By Time Warner on Cable
Date: 21 September 1996
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Decision by Time Warner's cable television company to carry NBC's news channel and not one being started by News Corp's Fox Inc enrages Fox executives, who accuse Time-Warner chairman, Gerald Levin, of breaking fully negotiated agreement; Fox executive says Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, is so angry over decision that Fox may retaliate against Time Warner; Time Warner executive suggests that Murdoch is too experienced in business to believe that deal is final until contract has been signed (M)
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What's Looking Up in Collector Cars
Date: 22 September 1996
By Charles McEwen
Charles McEwen
Dave Brownell, editor of publications Hemmings Motor News and Special Interest Autos, lists collectible cars he sees as good buys at the moment; graphs; photos (L)
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Inquiries Into Report That Contra Rebels Sold Cocaine in U.S.
Date: 21 September 1996
By Steven Lee Myers
Steven Myers
Central Intelligence Agency and US Justice Department have opened investigations into reports by San Jose Mercury News that contra rebels supported by CIA sold drugs in Los Angeles, Calif, in 1980's and used profits in their war against Nicaragua's Communist Government; CIA Director John M Deutch insists there is no evidence that CIA ever aided drug trafficking by contra rebels; articles have provoked strong reaction, particularly from civil rights groups and black members of Congress; Justice Department's Inspector General Michael R Bromwich notes issue had been referred to Attorney General Janet Reno by Repr Maxine Waters and Sen Dianne Feinstein, both from California; Bromwich, who served with independent prosecutor who investigated Iran-contra affair under Pres Reagan in 1980's, says his office will coordinate its inquiry with CIA's (L)
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An Olympian Injustice
Date: 22 September 1996
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel Word & Image column deplores media's behavior in case of Richard Jewell, security guard who first called attention to suspicious satchel that subsequently exploded in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park; notes that Jewell has been dangling in 'hellish limbo' to which 'media lynch mob' consigned him nearly eight weeks ago, on no evidence (M)
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Below the Beltway
Date: 22 September 1996
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column on exciting news that The National Enquirer is opening bureau inside Washington Beltway (S)
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They Decide Which Sports Get Headlines
Date: 22 September 1996
By Andrea Kannapell
Andrea Kannapell
Kevin Whitmer of Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ, and Neil Amdur of The New York Times comment on how it is decided which college sports are covered in news media; photo (M)
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ACQUISITION REPORT ADVANCES LEHMAN BROTHERS STOCK
Date: 21 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Lehman Brothers Inc rise after Business Week reports that firm is in talks to be acquired by New York bank (S)
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BATON BROADCASTING IS ADDING BUSINESS OF ELECTROHOME
Date: 21 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Baton Broadcasting Inc to acquire television broadcasting business of Electrohome Ltd in stock-and-cash deal valued at almost $79 milllion (S)
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AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS IN DEAL TO BUY SOLVAY
Date: 21 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Home Products Corp to buy Solvay SA's animal health unit for about $450 million to expand overseas (S)
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COKE SHARES FALL AFTER 3D-QUARTER FORECAST
Date: 21 September 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Coca-Cola Co fall in heavy trading after company says third-quarter sales will fall short of expectations, mainly because of sluggish sales in Europe (S)
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