The Delegates: Where Image Meets Reality
Date: 12 August 1996
By James Bennet
James Bennet
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds that almost one in five delegates to Republican convention in San Diego is millionaire; delegates are also more likely to call themselves 'very conservative' than were delegates to Republican convention eight years ago; they are even more conservative than their own candidate, Bob Dole; survey points up problem Dole has wrestled with all summer: how to sustain enthusiasm of party's core conservative activists, while still appealing to moderate Republicans, Democrats and independents to get enough votes to win in Nov (M)
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Photographer Found Guilty In Wiretapping
Date: 13 August 1996
By Adam Nossiter
Adam Nossiter
Photographer Carlos Hugo Arriazu Sanchez is found guilty, NYC, of eavesdropping on conversations of Giselle Howard, American woman said to be girlfriend of Crown Prince of Spain (S)
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CINERGY SAYS IT IS IN TALKS ON A POSSIBLE MERGER
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cinergy Corp says it is in preliminary merger talks with undisclosed natural-gas pipeline companies; companies reportedly are Williams Cos and Panenergy Corp (S)
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FIRST BRANDS STOCK HIT BY RUBBERMAID PLAN TO COMPETE
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of First Brands Inc, maker of Glad trash bags, fall 10 percent after Rubbermaid Inc says it enters trash-bag business (S)
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EVERGREEN TO BUY 4 STATIONS IN 2 CITIES
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Evergreen Media Corp to buy three Detroit radio stations and one Philadelphia station from Secret Communications LP for $237.8 million; will swap one of Detroit stations, WQRS-FM, for Greater Media Inc's WWRC-AM in Washington plus $9.5 million in cash; swap modifies June accord under which Evergreen was to buy Washington station (S)
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Japanese Stocks Off a Bit
Date: 12 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nikkei index of 225 Japanese stock issues is down 9.35 points, at 20,541.7, at midday (Mon, 8/12) (S)
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Avantel of Mexico Entering Long-Distance
Date: 12 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Avantel SA to open new fiber-optic phone lines for public use as Mexico opens long-distance phone market to competition; Avantel is owned by MCI Communications and Grupo Financiero Banamex Accival (S)
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Machine Tools Get New Report
Date: 12 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Association for Manufacturing Technology and American Machine Tool Distributors' Association estimate United States orders for machine tools totaled $643.1 million, June; figure cannot be compared with previous months because it includes for first time imported tools distributed by American firms (S)
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Final U.S. Approval for Big Rail Merger
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Surface Transportation Board gives final regulatory approval to Union Pacific Corp's proposed $5.4 billion acquisition of Southern Pacific Rail Corp (S)
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American Express Names Financial Chief
Date: 13 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Express Co names Richard K Goeltz vice chairman and chief financial officer, succeeding Michael P Monaco, who resigned in Apr (S)
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