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Date: 27 October 1999
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Fox News hires Newt Gingrich in exclusive deal to provide political commentary; photo; bleak fall season for Fox broadcast network turns into one of most sweeping setbacks in network television with Fox's decision to cancel its entire Friday night lineup (M)
Date: 26 October 1999
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Los Angeles Times Magazine and owners of Staples Center sports arena share $2 billion in advertising revenue from newspaper's Oct 10 issue of its magazine, which was devoted to the arena; it is unusual for newspaper to share profits with institution that is focus of continuing news coverage; officials of Los Angeles Times and arena decline comment; center is owned by Philip Anschutz, Denver billionaire and large shareholder of Qwest Communications; Ed Roski Jr, wealthy real estate executive, and News Corp, which holds 40 percent stake; arena, which cost about $400 million to build, is home to Lakers and Clippers professional basketball teams and professional hockey team the Kings (M)
Date: 26 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stamps.com acquires Iship.com for about $305 million in stock (S)
Date: 27 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Burlington Resources Inc agrees to buy oil and natural gas fields in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru from ARCO for $304 million (S)
Date: 27 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
IBM authorizes buyback of as much as $3.5 billion of its stock, as profit warnings for fourth and first quarters have sent its shares tumbling (S)
Date: 27 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GTE Corp, which is being acquired by Bell Atlantic Corp, agrees to sell 129,029 local telephone lines in Oklahoma to DBA Communications LLC; sale includes 27 telephone exchanges, and 140 GTE employees will transfer to DBA; financial terms undisclosed (S)
Date: 26 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Topps Co says sales of candy and trading cards featuring Nintendo Co's Pokemon video-game characters might exceed $80 million in its fiscal year 2000, sending shares as much as 23 percent higher (S)
Date: 27 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cisco Systems Inc acquires Tasmania Network Systems Inc for $25 million in stock (S)
Date: 26 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Estee Lauder Companies acquires beauty-product maker Jo Malone Ltd (S)
Date: 27 October 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Properties starts seeking tenants for $545 million office tower it is building in Times Square(M)