Justices Question the Presence of News Crews at Police Searches and Arrests
Date: 25 March 1999
By Linda Greenhouse
Linda Greenhouse
Supreme Court Justices across ideological spectrum voice sharp misgivings about police practice of allowing reporters and photographers to accompany officers as they search homes for evidence and suspects; question before court was whether media 'ride-alongs' violate constitutional rights of people whose encounters with law-enforcement authorities turn into unwelcomed photo opportunities; cases before court, involving defendants in Montana and Maryland, discussed (M)
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Serbs Hold Foreign Reporters
Date: 25 March 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Serbian military authorities begin to crack down on foreign journalists who are reporting news of NATO air strikes from Yugoslavia; briefly detain Washington Post correspondent Peter Finn, shut down all television transmission complexes and threaten CNN crew in Pristina (M)
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War Minus Pictures Puts Crimp In Reports
Date: 25 March 1999
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James article on television coverage of NATO bombing of Serbia; says after Yugoslav authorities shut down site that Western news organizations had used to transmit their stories, viewers were tossed back to pre-satellite era of television; says reporters in Belgrade and Pristina talked on phone while television screen showed still photograph of that correspondent alongside map marked with his or her location (M)
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COMDISCO PLANS TO QUIT MAINFRAME COMPUTER BUSINESS
Date: 25 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comdisco Inc to sell its mainframe computer leasing and vendor leasing businesses; buys Prism Communications Services Inc; will tax pretax revamping charge of $150 million in fiscal second quarter ending Mar 31 (S)
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CITIGROUP TO BUY PITTSBURGH BANK'S CREDIT CARDS
Date: 24 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citigroup Inc to buy Mellon Bank Corp's credit card business (S)
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WARBURG PINCUS LEADS A $424 MILLION OFFER FOR KNOLL
Date: 25 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Knoll Inc management and Warburg Pincus Ventures LP offer to acquire 40 percent of company Warburg does not already own for $25 a share; Knoll says it is unlikely to dismiss any workers (S)
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WASTE MANAGEMENT'S DANISH UNIT MAKES OFFER TO MERGE
Date: 24 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WM Miljoe Service AS, Waste Management Inc unit, offers to buy traded B shares of Marius Pedersen AS for 484 million Danish kroner ($71 million); foundation that owns company's A shares, Entreprenoer Marius Pedersens Fond, backs offer (S)
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SHARES OF GEOSCIENCE PLUMMET AFTER BUYER PULLS OUT
Date: 25 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Geoscience Corp shares plunge as much as 32 percent after Core Laboratories NV cancels $214 million purchase of company; Tech-Sym Corp owns 80 percent of Geoscience (S)
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CARLYLE GROUP TO ACQUIRE HONSEL-WERKE FOR $66 MILLION
Date: 25 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carlyle Group to buy Honsel-Werke AG for about 60.4 million euros ($66 million); has bought 72 percent stake from controlling family and will offer 117.6 euros a share for remaining shares (S)
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CELANESE CANADA IN TALKS TO SELL ITS POLYESTER BUSINESS
Date: 25 March 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Celanese Canada Inc is in talks to sell its polyester business to Kosa, joint venture of Koch Industries and IMASAB SA; discusses with its 56 percent majority shareholder, Hoechst AG, strategies for reshuffling businesses and increasing share value (S)
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