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25th of September 1991 News
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News Media's Libel Costs Rising, Study Says
Date: 26 September 1991
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
News organizations are increasingly likely to lose libel suits that go to a jury, and if they lose they are increasingly likely to face multimillion-dollar damage judgments, according to a new study by a New York-based organization that tracks libel law. The organization, the Libel Defense Resource Center, said in a report to be released today that news organizations lost two-thirds of the libel trials in which they were involved in 1989 and 1990, and that the average award was just under $4.5 million. That was a tenfold increase from the average award of $432,000 in 1987-88, when defendants won half of such trials.
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Cut at New Jersey Paper
Date: 26 September 1991
By Ap
Hurt by high debts and low revenues, the company that owns The Record in Hackensack and The News Tribune in Woodbridge laid off 195 people today. The cuts by Macromedia Inc. affected 12 percent of the papers' total work force, or 59 full-time and 79 part-time employees at The Record and 30 full-time and 27 part-time ones at The News Tribune. Newsroom layoffs totaled 16 full-time and 11 part-time workers at The Record, and 12 full- and part-time workers each at The News Tribune.
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Networks Seek Presidential Debate Overhaul
Date: 26 September 1991
By B. Drummond Ayres Jr
Saying they wanted to improve the quality of televised Presidential campaign debates, the four major broadcast networks proposed today a new format that would involve head-to-head confrontations between candidates rather than question-and-answer sessions with panels of reporters. The proposal, offered by ABC, NBC, CNN and CBS, was the latest of several modfications suggested for a feature of Presidential campaigns that has been a major factor in several elections but more often has been criticized as including more political grandstanding than substance.
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Health Benefits Found to Deter Switches in Jobs
Date: 26 September 1991
By Erik Eckholm
Erik Eckholm
Three in 10 Americans say they or someone in their household have at some time stayed in a job they wanted to leave mainly to keep the health benefits, according to a New York Times/CBS News Poll. The survey provides some of the strongest evidence yet of pervasive concern about the costs of medical insurance and care. The phenomenon becoming known around the country as "job lock" was most prevalent in middle-income households, suggesting the rising potency of health care as a political issue.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 September 1991
International A3-17 A Salvadoran accord on political and economic issues was signed at the United Nations by President Alfredo Cristiani and five guerrilla commanders. The agreement may help break a deadlock in negotiations to settle the country's 11-year-old civil war. Page A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 September 1991
INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Iraq said it would allow helicopters to be flown by U.N. inspectors looking for evidence of nuclear weapon development. But Iraq detained those inspectors in Baghdad while they were copying documents related to the Iraqi nuclear programs. Page A1 More American missiles will be sent to Saudi Arabia as a prelude to the deployment of about 50 combat aircraft to take part in escorting U.N. inspectors inside Iraq, Adminstration officials said. A14 A British hostage in Beirut was freed by pro-Iranian kidnappers, the fourth Western captive to be released in Lebanon in the last six weeks. Jack Mann, 77 years old, appeared gaunt and tired as he was handed over to British officials. A3
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BRIEFS
Date: 26 September 1991
* Abbey National P.L.C., London, has agreed to buy the Scottish Mutual Assurance Society, an insurance and pension-fund company, for about $493 million in cash. * American Equine Products Inc., Wilmington, Mass., parent of Docktor Pet Centers Inc., a pet store franchisor, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors.
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A Bit of France Even in the Ads
Date: 26 September 1991
The advertising campaign for the opening of the first Galeries Lafayette store in the United States heralds the retailer's Parisian roots. The store has bought advertisement space in Vogue, Elle and other magazines and in The New York Times. One ad describes the store as the "Paris fashion rendezvous," specializing in women's clothing from both classic and avant-garde French designers.
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Armco Resurrects Deal With Cyclops
Date: 25 September 1991
Armco Inc., the nation's fifth-largest steel producer, said it had resurrected its plan to acquire Cyclops Industries, a Pittsburgh-based specialty steelmaker. The companies said their boards had approved a definitive agreement, under which Armco would pay $22 in cash and common stock, or about $156 million. Officials close to the talks said that with the assumption of debt and unfinanced pension liabilities, they valued the deal at about $300 million.
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New American Express Plan
Date: 25 September 1991
In trying to increase the allure of its troubled charge card business, the American Express Company yesterday announced a new service of plush, prepackaged events for holders of its platinum cards. The new service -- "By Invitation Only" -- offers events ranging from a film festival at Robert Redford's ranch in Utah, to front-row seats at Knicks basketball games, to a concert and dinner party with the violinist Isaac Stern and the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Miami.
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