Drug Exposes Tied to Death Of a Mexican
Date: 17 July 1997
By Sam Dillon
Sam Dillon
Mexican authorities suspect newspaper publisher Benjamin Flores Gonzalez was shot to death in San Luis Rio Colorado by drug traffickers angered by his vigorous reporting on narcotics trade; paper often printed reports documenting drug corruption among police and other officials (S)
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Key Officials Quit in Peru As Fujimori Faces Protests
Date: 18 July 1997
By Calvin Sims
Calvin Sims
Government of Peruvian Pres Alberto K Fujimori falls deeper into turmoil with resignations of Defense Min Tomas Castillo Meza and Justice Min Carlos Hermoza over scandal involving wiretapping and respression of press freedoms (M)
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TRIQUINT STOCK DROPS 20% ON EARNINGS OUTLOOK
Date: 18 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Triquint Semiconductor Inc stock tumbles 20 percent amid concern that its earnings would not increase as quickly as expected for rest of year (S)
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ASPECT STOCK DROPS 24% ON PROFIT EXPECTATIONS
Date: 18 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Aspect Telecommunications Corp falls 24 percent after analysts cut their earnings estimates because of worries over lagging growth (S)
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U.S. SURGICAL OFFERS $57.5 MILLION FOR IMAGYN MEDICAL
Date: 17 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Surgical Corp offers to buy Imagyn Medical Inc for $57.5 million in cash or stock (S)
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DIGITAL LOWERS THE PRICES OF ITS PERSONAL COMPUTERS
Date: 18 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Digital Equipment Corp says that it has lowered prices of its personal computers by up to 21 percent (S)
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GPU PLANS TO TAKE THIRD-QUARTER CHARGE OF $110 MILLION
Date: 18 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GPU Inc reports it plans to take third-quarter charge of $110 million; company reports net income for second quarter was $70.3 million, compared to $73.6 million a year earlier (S)
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DYERSBURG TO BUY WESTPOINT STEVENS'S FABRICS UNIT
Date: 17 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dyersburg Corp will buy Westpoint Stevens Inc's knit-fabrics unit for $126 million in cash and assumption of $10 million in debt (S)
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TEL-SAVE AGREES TO BUY SHARED TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 18 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tel-Save Holdings Inc to buy Shared Technologies Fairchild Inc for about $511 million (S)
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REYNOLDS METALS CONSIDERING SALE OR SPINOFF OF UNITS
Date: 17 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reynolds Metals Co chairman-chief executive Jeremiah J Sheehan says company will sell or spin off at least part of either its US can or packaging businesses (S)
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