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Date: 08 February 1990
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
LEAD: ''Network News: Getting Better? Getting Worse?'' The question was addressed recently at the annual duPont-Columbia University conference on broadcast journalism. The answer from the panelists, who represented many years of association with the three major commercial networks, was yes and no. But the discussion, carried by C
Date: 08 February 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-19 Soviet Communist Party leaders agreed to surrender the party's historic monopoly of power and accept a program that recommends the creation of a Western-style presidency and cabinet system of government. Page A1
Date: 09 February 1990
Reuters
LEAD: Freeport-McMoran Resource Partners L.P., which is 62 percent owned by Freeport-McMoran Inc., said it had signed an agreement to sell its nitrogen fertilizer assets to the new Agricultural Minerals Corporation for about $230 million in cash and the assumption of liabilities. Freeport-McMoran Resource said it would realize about $275 million from the transaction.
Date: 08 February 1990
AP
LEAD: The Georgia-Pacific Corporation, still battling to acquire the Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, extended its $3.8 billion tender offer another two weeks. The $63-a-share bid for the Norwalk, Conn., paper products company will expire on Feb. 21. The previous extension of the offer, first made Oct.
Date: 09 February 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Bank of New England Corporation said it had revised its agreement to sell its Banc New England Leasing Group unit and $500 million of the unit's lease portfolio to Bank of Tokyo for $92.5 million. The company said $30 million would be paid in a two-year promissory note, with principal payments of $15 million each scheduled for Dec.
Date: 08 February 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Hewlett-Packard Company and the Oki Electric Industry Company of Tokyo agreed to build and operate jointly a printed circuit board manufacturing plant in Aguadilla, P.R. The partners will jointly invest $40 million in building the plant, 50 percent of which will be owned by each company. Hewlett-Packard will use its portion of the boards in computer products made in Puerto Rico, while Oki will sell its portion on the open market.
Date: 09 February 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The closely watched computer copyright lawsuit filed by Apple Computer Inc. against the Microsoft Corporation and the Hewlett-Packard Company may be delayed by the departure of the judge presiding over the case. Federal District Judge William W. Schwarzer in San Francisco said he will take a five-year leave to direct the Federal Judicial Center in Washington.
Date: 09 February 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Turning up the pressure on Avon Products Inc., an investment partnership said today that it planned to wage a proxy fight to gain four of the 11 seats on the board of the door-to-door cosmetics company.
Date: 09 February 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Choctaw Securities L.P., an investment partnership based in Kansas City, Mo., said it would ''seek to negotiate a mutually agreeable acquisition'' with the management of Justin Industries. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Choctaw said it had held discussions with financing sources for a possible bid.
Date: 08 February 1990
LEAD: Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Trans World Airlines said they had completed their agreement to form a new company that will own and market a computer reservation system. T.W.A. and Northwest will contribute their Pars system to the joint venture, while Delta will contribute its Datas II system.