Carefully, Molinari To Meet the Press
Date: 13 March 1998
By James Barron With Phoebe Hoban and Norimitsu Onishi
James With
CBS News anchor Susan Molinari denies that network has advised her not to appear on television programs that might question her about her lack of experience in journalism when she promotes her autobiography, A Woman in High Places; photo (S)
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2 Polk Awards for Journalism To New York Times Reporters
Date: 13 March 1998
By Charlie Leduff
Charlie Leduff
Long Island University announces winners of 1997 George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism; Kurt Eichenwald and Martin Gottlieb of New York Times win award for business reporting for their series on allegations of fraud, overcharging and other practices at Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp; Keith Bradsher of New York Times wins award for national reporting for his investigation into human and financial toll sport utility vehicles and light trucks take on nation's roadways; journalists from 13 American news organizations are recipients of awards; Pittsburgh Courier is given career award; it is first time that career award is being presented to publication rather than individual; other winners listed (M)
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Mayor Lays Down the Law On the Steps of City Hall
Date: 12 March 1998
By Dan Barry
Dan Barry
Mayor Lays Down the Law On the Steps of City Hall**New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani administration says it will begin to enforce long-standing but little known rule about number of people allowed at news conferences on steps of City Hall; notes that events that attract more than 30 spectators can be held in City Hall Park (S)
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Let Us Entertain You
Date: 12 March 1998
By Richard Norton Smith
Richard Smith
Author Richard Norton Smith Op-Ed article praises late pioneering newsman Fred Friendly, but deplores way today's electronic journalism has been reduced to soap opera and entertainment; drawing (M)
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The Vietnam War's Costs, Shown Fearlessly by a Gentle Casualty
Date: 13 March 1998
By Margarett Loke
Margarett Loke
Margarett Loke reviews Vietnam War photos taken by Larry Burrows, British-born news photographer who was killed in Vietnam in 1971, at age 44; show is at Lawrence Miller Gallery; photo (M)
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XEROX TO SELL CRUM & FORSTER UNIT
Date: 12 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Xerox Corp agrees to sell Crum & Forster Holdings Inc to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd for $565 million in cash (S)
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CMG INFORMATION ACQUIRES ACCIPITER FOR $35 MILLION
Date: 13 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CMG Information Services Inc buys Accipiter Inc for $35 million in stock (S)
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CENTURY TELEPHONE TO BUY 19 AMERITECH EXCHANGES
Date: 13 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Century Telephone Enterprises Inc agrees to buy 19 local telephone exchanges and directory publishing operations in Wisconsin from Ameritech Corp for $225 million in cash (S)
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JUSTICE DEPT. APPROVES MERGER OF 2 ACCOUNTING GIANTS
Date: 13 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Justice Department clears merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand LLP, and two accounting giants say they hope for approval soon by European antitrust regulators (S)
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COLUMBUS MCKINNON TO BUY LICO INC. FOR $155 MILLION
Date: 12 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Columbus McKinnon Corp acquires Lico Inc for $155 million in cash (S)
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