CBS to Give Clinton and Dole Free Air Time on Radio and TV
Date: 28 September 1996
By LAWRIE MIFFLIN
Lawrie MIFFLIN
CBS to give free television time to Pres Clinton and Bob Dole for 'unfiltered' campaign statements; will also offer free radio time to try to reach disaffected voters; two candidates will be given four topics in advance, to be determined by CBS News poll; position statements will be broadcast on CBS Evening News, one statement a night, and rebroadcast on other programs (S)
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DU PONT SAYS THIRD-QUARTER EARNINGS ARE HIGHER
Date: 27 September 1996
E I du Pont de Nemours & Co says it expects its third-quarter earnings to exceed Wall Street's expectations by at least 10 percent, excluding $50 million expense related to recall of its Belate fungicide (S)
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INNKEEPERS USA TRUST TO BUY RESIDENCE INN HOTELS
Date: 28 September 1996
Innkeepers USA Trust says that it will buy nine Residence Inn Hotels for about $132 million (S)
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COLEMAN STOCK DROPS ON REPORT OF DEFICIT
Date: 28 September 1996
Stock of Coleman Co drops more than 16%, day after company, maker of outdoors equipment, says it will report small third-quarter loss (S)
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PEGASUS GOLD ENDS DAYTON MINING BID
Date: 28 September 1996
Pegasus Gold Inc and Dayton Mining Corp say that they had called off plans for Pegasus to acquire Dayton in share swap valued at $390 million (S)ï
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PFIZER PLANS TO BUY BACK UP TO $2 BILLION OF STOCK
Date: 27 September 1996
Pfizer Inc says it will buy back as much as $2 billion of common stock in next two years (S)
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SANDOZ TO SELL UNIT IN THE U.S. TO BASF
Date: 28 September 1996
Sandoz AG of Switzerland says it plans to sell its North American corn herbicide business to German chemical maker BASF AG for $778 million (S)ï
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FOXMEYER HEALTH IN TALKS TO SELL UNIT TO MCKESSON
Date: 28 September 1996
FoxMeyer Health Corp says that it is in discussions to sell its ailing drug-distribution unit to a rival, McKesson Corp (S)
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CONSECO MAKES ITS SIXTH ACQUISITION OF YEAR
Date: 27 September 1996
Conseco Inc is buying Transport Holdings Inc for $311 million, including $83 million to retire Transport Holdings' bank debt and preferred stock (S)
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BURLINGTON SHARES DROP ON POOR EARNINGS FORECAST
Date: 27 September 1996
Burlington Industries' shares fall 21 percent after company says earnings for its fourth quarter this year and first half of 1997 will be hurt by excess inventory of denim among companies it supplies (S)
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