Bar Clarifies Conduct Rules For Lawyers In New York
Date: 16 July 1999
By Anthony Ramirez
Anthony Ramirez
New York State Bar Association announces changes in its code of conduct, clarifying rules on how aggressively lawyers can solicit clients, barring lawyers from coercing sex from clients, and liberalizing restrictions on when lawyers can talk to press (M)
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Reuters Says It Won't Face Federal Charges
Date: 16 July 1999
By Sholnn Freeman
Sholnn Freeman
Federal prosecutors will not charge Reuters Holdings PLC with improperly obtaining information from competitor, Bloomberg LP; grand jury has been investigating relationship between Reuters subsidiary, Reuters Analytics, and Cyberspace Research Associates Inc, company set up by former Bloomberg employee; prosecutors were looking into whether Cyberspace assisted Reuters Analytics in obtaining information about Bloomberg's operating code (S)
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Ads Enter Skirmish Over Health Care
Date: 15 July 1999
By Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
Health insurance companies and employers are crusading in television and newspaper advertisements against cost of Democratic health care bill, which they say would increase premiums and increase ranks of uninsured; coalition of managed-care companies plans to spend more than $5 million in 1999 on multilayered advertising and grassroots campaign; separate coalition of employers and insurance companies are mounting two-week, $1 million television, radio and newspaper advertising campaign that criticizes Democratic bill for raising premiums and swelling ranks of uninsured; some ads in television air war described; photo (M)
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ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS SELLING UNIT TO COMPASS
Date: 16 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Advanced Communications Group is selling its telecommunications operations to Compass Telecommunications Inc for $49.8 million in cash to focus on its yellow pages business; company is acquiring print directory company Yptel Corp, Web site production company Big Stuff Inc and Webyp Inc, which does business as Worldpages.com (S)
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BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES BUYING FINNISH OPERATIONS
Date: 16 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Buckeye Technologies Inc will buy most of assets of Walkisoft nonwovens business of Finnish company UPM-Kymmene for $120 million in cash (S)
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TLC BEATRICE NEARS FINAL LIQUIDATION WITH DISTRIBUTION
Date: 15 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc will distribute $30 a share, total of about $275 million, to stockholders as it nears final liquidation (S)
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ONSALE TO ACQUIRE EGGHEAD.COM, A RIVAL ON-LINE RETAILER
Date: 15 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Onsale Inc agrees to buy rival on-line retailer, Egghead.com Inc, for about $400 million in stock (S)
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KOHLBERG KRAVIS BUYS 49% STAKE IN BIRCH TELECOM
Date: 15 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co agrees to pay as much as $110 million for 49 percent of Birch Telecom Inc (S)
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WASTE MANAGEMENT WEIGHS PLANS TO BUY BACK SHARES
Date: 15 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Waste Management Inc says it might sell some assets and use proceeds to buy back shares to increase value of its depressed stock (S)
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LEAR STOCK RISES ON REPORTS OF MERGER TALKS WITH FORD
Date: 16 July 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stock of Lear Corp, biggest maker of car seats and interiors, rises on nenewed talks that company is discussing combination with Ford Motor Co's Visteon parts unit (S)
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