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30th of June 1993 News
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Murdoch Gets Waiver From the F.C.C. to Buy The New York Post
Date: 30 June 1993
By Edmund L. Andrews
Edmund Andrews
The Federal Communications Commission voted, 2 to 1, today to give Rupert Murdoch the permanent waiver he needs to acquire The New York Post, a day before his management agreement with a bankruptcy court to operate the newspaper was scheduled to expire. The vote, which came after weeks of wrangling within the F.C.C., sets the stage for Mr. Murdoch to re-acquire the tabloid that he was forced to sell five years ago in order to satisfy Federal regulations that bar a company from owning a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
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Meca, Chipsoft Cancel Merger
Date: 01 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Meca Software Inc. and Chipsoft Inc. said today that they had abandoned plans to merge because the Justice Department might challenge the deal on antitrust grounds. In April, Meca and Chipsoft, the leaders in tax software with Taxcut and Turbotax, respectively, announced that Chipsoft would buy most of Meca's stock outstanding for $58 million, which would have given it about 75 percent of the market.
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SALE OF CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT IS APPROVED
Date: 01 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, based in San Jose, Calif., said yesterday that the Federal Government had approved the proposed sale of its Ross Technology unit to Fujitsu Ltd., Japan's biggest computer maker and fourth-largest semiconductor manufacturer. Cypress said the United States Treasury Department had notified the company that its review had found "no issues of national security sufficient to warrant a further investigation." Other Government agencies concerned with potential antitrust issues also found no problem with the transaction, the company said.
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APPLE INTRODUCES I.B.M.-COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS
Date: 30 June 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Apple Computer Inc., increasingly merging its operating world with that of I.B.M.-compatible computers, introduced two products yesterday that help its machines talk to I.B.M.-based systems. Apple said the first product, now being shipped, would also be sold by the International Business Machines Corporation. The SNA.ps 5250 software package was developed under the Apple/I.B.M. Enterprising Network Initiative. It allows users of Apple's Macintosh computers to work with applications on I.B.M.'s AS/400 family of midrange computers. Apple also introduced the Newton Connection Kit, which enables data to flow between a Newton device and a personal computer or a Macintosh computer. Newton, Apple's long-delayed hand-held "personal digital assistant," is scheduled to come to market in August.
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MARATHON OIL TO IDLE INDIANA REFINERY TEMPORARILY
Date: 01 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Marathon Oil Company said yesterday that it would temporarily stop production at its unprofitable 50,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Indianapolis beginning Oct. 1. The company, a subsidiary of the USX Corporation, said it would idle the refinery because of "unfavorable plant economics" and the growing expense of meeting environmental standards. The refinery is Marathon's smallest, producing about 8 percent of the company's refined products.
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PEPSI UNIT FORMS JOINT VENTURE IN CHINA
Date: 30 June 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pepsi-Cola International, a unit of Pepsico, said yesterday that it had formed a joint venture with China's Asia Beverage Company to expand the Chinese soft drink maker's distribution. The venture, with about $12.5 million in capital, will draw on Pepsi's technical and management expertise to market Asia Beverage's locally distributed soft drinks on a national scale. Pepsi will own 60 percent and Asia Beverage 40 percent of the joint venture. The venture could also set up a distribution network that would allow Pepsi to market its own products in regions it does not reach yet, Ken Ross, a Pepsico spokesman, said.
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Japanese Give Boeing $820 Million Order
Date: 30 June 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Boeing Company said today that it had received an order from the Japan Air System Company for seven 777 wide-body airliners, valued at $820 million including spare parts and support. Deliveries are to begin in the third quarter of 1996. Boeing said the Japanese carrier had not yet chosen an engine for the 300-seat planes.
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ENRON AND CALIFORNIA PENSION FUND IN ENERGY VENTURE
Date: 01 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The nation's largest public pension fund, the California Public Employees Retirement System, has joined forces with the Enron Corporation in a $500 million energy partnership. Enron, the largest United States natural gas company, and the pension fund, known as Calpers, will each invest $250 million in the Joint Energy Development Investments Limited Partnership run by Enron. The partnership will invest in natural gas pipelines, storage facilities and undeveloped reserves for the Enron Gas Services Corporation. Half the fund will be used to buy Enron common or preferred stock.
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SHAWMUT NATIONAL SELLS A THIRD OF ITS PROBLEM ASSETS
Date: 30 June 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Shawmut National Corporation said yesterday that it had sold about one-third of its problem assets for 65.5 cents on the dollar, completing a sale proposed in April. The Boston company sold commercial and residential real estate that it had carried on its books for $309.8 million to three finance companies for $203 million. The bulk of the assets, $289.9 million of commercial real estate, was sold to J. E. Robert Companies of Alexandria, Va., and to a partnership controlled by Goldman, Sachs & Company. The portfolio sale, mainly of assets in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, reduced the company's problem holdings to 4.01 percent of total loans and foreclosed properties, from 5.12 percent, based on March 31 figures.
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A.T.& T. SIGNS SERVICE AGREEMENTS WORTH $250 MILLION
Date: 01 July 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company said yesterday that it had signed agreements worth more than $250 million to provide telecommunications services to Northwest Airlines, Cargill Inc. and Honeywell Inc. The agreements are extensions of current contracts for A.T.& T.'s integrated network services, including toll-free services. Under a Federal Communications Commission ruling, toll-free service customers are able to switch their long-distance carriers through July 29 without paying a penalty.
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