Sharpton Is Unlikely Ally of Klan in Suit Against City on Rally
Date: 21 October 1999
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
Amsterdam News and Rev Al Sharpton file legal papers supporting right of Ku Klux Klan group to demonstrate in lower Manhattan; say Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani was wrong to block rally (M)
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FERROFLUIDICS AGREES TO TAKEOVER BY JAPANESE
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ferrofluidics Corp to be acquired by Ferrotec of Tokyo for about $40.4 million (S)
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ZHONE TO ACQUIRE PREMISYS FOR $248 MILLION
Date: 22 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Premisys Communications Inc, telecommunications-equipment maker, acquires Zhone Technologies Inc for about $248 million in cash (S)
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CITADEL PLANNING TO ACQUIRE MORE RADIO STATIONS
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citadel Communications expects to spend at least $250 million to acquire radio stations in next six months; at least some of purchases are likely to come from Clear Channel Communications, which intends to sell as many as 125 stations, worth as much as $4 billion, as part of proposed purchase of AMFM Inc (S)
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HICKS, MUSE IN $67.8 MILLION DEAL IN MEXICO
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst will buy one-third of Grupo Minsa, large Mexican corn flour maker, for $67.8 million from controlling shareholder, Promotora Empresarial del Occidente; Hicks Muse will also buy stakes in other Promotora Empresarial subsidiaries for undisclosed amount (S)
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BIG WHOLESALE GROCERY OPERATION TO ELIMINATE JOBS
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fleming Companies, one of biggest US wholesale grocery operations, plans to cut 700 jobs, or almost 2 percent of its work force, to cut costs (M)
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WYNN'S TO BUY GOSHEN RUBBER FOR $85 MILLION
Date: 22 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wynn's International Inc acquires rival Goshen Rubber Companies for $85 million in cash and debt (S)
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LIBERTY MEDIA GROUP TO BUY ASCENT FOR $513.6 MILLION
Date: 22 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Liberty Media Group, the AT&T Corp's cable television programming company, agrees to buy Ascent Entertainment Group for about $513.6 million in stock; sale excludes Colorado Avalanche hockey team, Denver Nuggets basketball franchise and Pepsi Center, all of which Ascent is selling to billionaire Donald Sturm (S)
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WIND RIVER MAKES STOCK DEAL FOR INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
Date: 22 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wind River Systems Inc plans to acquire rival Integrated Systems for $437 million in stock; plans to keep all 700 employees of Integrated Systems (S)
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PG&E ANNOUNCES BUYBACK AFTER A REGULATORY SETBACK
Date: 21 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PG&E Corp, owner of California's largest utility, says it will buy back as much as $500 million of its shares; announcement comes a day after California Public Utilities Commission judge proposed raising PG&E's rates $243 million; company, which serves 8.3 million California customers, says increase will not be enough (S)
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