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12th of February 1992 News
A New York Times címlapján megjelent hírek 1992. február 12.
CHRONICLE
Date: 13 February 1992
By Nadine Brozan
Nadine Brozan
MEREDITH VIEIRA, whose departure from "60 Minutes" last summer caused a tempest about the situation of mothers with careers, will return to the airwaves on "CBS Morning News" in the next few weeks, ERIC OBER, president of CBS News, announced yesterday. Ms. Vieira will be an anchor, with CHARLES OSGOOD, of the news program that is broadcast weekdays between 6 and 7 A.M. She will also contribute to the "Eye on America" segment of the "CBS Evening News." GISELLE FERNANDEZ, who has been an anchor of the morning program, will become a correspondent for the evening program.
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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Campaign Journal; New Hampshire Voters Taking the High Road
Date: 12 February 1992
By John Tierney
John Tierney
Voters have kept telling pollsters that they care about substantive issues, not tabloid sex stories. But the experts have been skeptical, because people often give falsely virtuous answers on delicate subjects. This "social-desirability effect," as pollsters call it, prompts people in surveys to hide their racial animosities, exaggerate how regularly they vote, and underreport their interest in pornography. From what people tell interviewers, you might conclude that one peculiar recluse somewhere is buying all 1.6 million copies of Penthouse magazine every month.
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Leaks Nobody Needs to Find
Date: 13 February 1992
The Senate today plunges blindly into a showdown with journalists over leaks from its Judiciary and Ethics committees. Reporters have been subpoenaed for testimony they will not give to senators who don't need it. It's almost too late to pull back from this senseless and dangerous incursion on First Amendment rights. Timothy Phelps of Newsday has been summoned to appear today and Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio to appear next week before the Senate Rules Committee. They're wanted for questioning about their reports last fall that Anita Hill had complained of sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court nominee. Their reports forced an embarrassed Judiciary Committee to reopen confirmation hearings.
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European Delay For Monsanto
Date: 12 February 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Monsanto Company will not be allowed to market its BST protein in the countries of the European Community until after 1993, a company spokesman said.
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Baldness Drug's Licensing Pact
Date: 13 February 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation said it had received an exclusive worldwide license to market and distribute a hair-loss treatment. Kimberly Minarovich, a spokeswoman, said the company had obtained the license from Pharmaceutical Quality Associates, a closely held concern. She declined to disclose terms of the license.
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T.W.A. Lease Plans Are Set
Date: 12 February 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Trans World Airlines completed talks to lease 40 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft. A spokesman for the airline said T.W.A., which filed for Federal bankruptcy protection last month, expects to make a formal announcement within two weeks. The aircraft were previously leased to Midway Airlines, which has ceased operations.
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Software Lawsuit Is Thrown Out
Date: 12 February 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
A multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Ashton-Tate Corporation was dismissed in Federal District Court here the day before the trial was to begin. The suit was filed by investors in Ann Arbor Software, creator of Fullwrite Professional, a word-processing software package for Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh computer.
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Appointment at Daiwa
Date: 13 February 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Daiwa Securities America Inc. said yesterday that it had named Jack Kugler executive vice president in the fixed-income sales department. Mr. Kugler has held senior positions at Salomon Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Drexel Burnham Lambert, Daiwa said. He will help Daiwa "deepen its penetration of the U.S. institutional market for debt securities," the firm, a unit of the Daiwa Securities Company of Japan, said.
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Accounting Board Issues Income Tax Rule
Date: 12 February 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a new set of rules yesterday for accounting for income taxes that might help earnings for many companies. Some are expected to begin using the new rule immediately, providing a quick lift to reported profits for last year. The rule replaces an older one that had been criticized by corporations as too complex and too restrictive. The new regulation simplifies the way companies record tax benefits for losses, said Raymond Simpson, the organization's project manager. Higher Earnings Seen The regulation may have the effect of increasing reported corporate earnings, or reducing losses, Mr. Simpson said. It will make it easy for companies with large losses to reduce them by reflecting tax savings from the losses, even if it is not certain that the tax benefit will be realized.
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For Press Conferences
Date: 13 February 1992
To the Editor: Whatever happened to the Presidential press conference? It has quietly disappeared. Instead we have brief Presidential appearances with rehearsed statements on limited subjects, and quick, often unsatisfactory responses to shouted questions as the President dashes for his plane or comes back from jogging.
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