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Date: 18 August 1997
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis Op-Ed column deplores immigration nightmare of Cable News Network journalist John Psaropoulos, who was mistakenly deported under new immigration law that requires expedited removal of aliens ineligible to live in US, with ban on their returning for five years; law eliminates or severely restricts right to court review of orders by Immigration and Naturalization Service officials (M)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Circon Corp rejects fourth bid by US Surgical Corp, calling offer of $16.50 a share, or $235 million, too low (S)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Affiliated Managers Group to buy about 70 percent of Tweedy, Browne Co for more than $100 million (S)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chicago Miniature Lamp Inc agrees to buy Sylvania Lighting International BV for about $165 million (S)
Date: 18 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nikkei index of 225 Japanese stock issues is down 391.74 points, over 2 percent, at midday at 18,934.29 (Aug 18) (S)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Julius Baer Holding AG says first-half profit rose 62 percent; profit rose to 107.5 million Swiss francs ($72 million), from 66.5 million francs a year ago; operating income rose 43 percent, to 419.3 million francs, as commission income, biggest contributor, rose 45 percent, to 216.1 million francs (S)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fresenius AG indicates its second-quarter net income almost doubled; profit rose to 65 million marks ($35.9 million) in three months ended June 30, from 33 million marks a year earlier (S)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Germany's Economics Min Gunter Rexrodt says nation's economy expanded by 'up to 1 percent' in second quarter, as exports continued to fuel growth while domestic recovery remained modest; says annual growth rate was 2.5 percent to 3 percent in quarter (S)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gasoline futures prices fall on market expectations that Tosco Corp's refinery in Linden, NJ, largest on East Coast, will restore full production early, after almost three weeks of maintenance (M)
Date: 19 August 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Malaysian stocks tumble, driving benchmark index to 31-month low, after Standard & Poor's Corp cut Malaysia's long-term credit rating outlook; Kuala Lumpur Composite Index falls 29.73 points, or 3.27 percent, to 880.45, its lowest since January 1995 (S)