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Date: 03 October 1997
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston says color photographs purporting to show two of Rembrandt paintings stolen from museum in 1990 have been obtained by Boston Herald and ABC News; museum director Anne Hawley rejects offer to view photos in exchange for exclusive coverage by two organizations (S)
Date: 03 October 1997
By John H. Cushman Jr
John Cushman
Cable News Network tells coalition of industrial companies that it will no longer broadcast group's advertisements criticizing Clinton Administration's negotiating stance in international talks on controlling global warming; says it is no longer appropriate for network to carry ads because it is devoting considerable news coverage to debate (M)
Date: 02 October 1997
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Pres Clinton invites over 100 national and local television forecasters to White House for chat with him and Vice Pres Al Gore and for briefings on climate change from Government experts; Administration hopes that forecasters will influence public opinion on climate change more than journalists on evening news; playing host to nation's television weather forecasters is innovative step in White House campaign to rally public support for new binding global targets for restricting greenhouse gases; broad coalition of industry and labor groups is spending some $13 million on advertising opposing such targets, which may be adopted at international conference in Kyoto, Japan, in Dec; photo (M)
Date: 02 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Manitowoc Co agrees to buy Servend International for $65 million to $75 million in cash (S)
Date: 02 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Westell Technologies Inc will buy Amati Communications Corp for $394 million in stock (S)
Date: 03 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Motorola Inc has reportedly hired Goldman Sachs & Co to seek buyers for its struggling Transmission Products division (S)
Date: 03 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Geon Co says it has agreed to buy Synergistics Industries Ltd of Canada for about $76 million (US) (S)
Date: 02 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
St Joe Corp agrees to buy Arvida Co, Florida residential developer, as part of St Joe's plan to transform itself from paper company into a developer; terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 03 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co says it plans to spend up to $1 billion to build factory in southern Brazil (S)
Date: 03 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lazard Freres & Co's Prometheus Senior Quarters LLC fund agrees to buy Kapson Senior Quarters Corp, a nursing home owner, for $250 million (S)