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Zuckerman and Guild Battle as Sale of The News Nears

Date: 02 December 1992

By William Glaberson

William Glaberson

Mortimer Zuckerman's path to take over The Daily News grew rockier yesterday as negotiations with one of the newspaper's unions fell apart and Mr. Zuckerman said he would offer individual contracts to some of the newspaper's writers and editors. "We were unable to close the gap between their position and ours," Mr. Zuckerman said after a negotiating session yesterday with the New York Newspaper Guild, which represents editorial, advertising and circulation employees.

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Guild Members Assail Tactics Of Zuckerman

Date: 03 December 1992

By William Glaberson

William Glaberson

Members of a Daily News union that is battling Mortimer B. Zuckerman as he tries to take over the ailing tabloid voted last night to condemn his tactics against them. But they also decided to encourage union members to apply "under protest" for their own jobs at a Zuckerman-owned Daily News. The vote essentially postponed a showdown with Mr. Zuckerman and eased an immediate crisis that threatened to disrupt his first days as owner of The News later this month. After talks over a new contract with the union, the New York Newspaper Guild, failed Tuesday, Mr. Zuckerman said he would begin sending current employees job applications because they would no longer be working under a union contract.

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Clinton Seeks to Expand Presidential Privacy

Date: 02 December 1992

By Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly

Bill Clinton, determined to have in the White House some measure of the freedom and privacy he enjoyed in Little Rock, has begun a systematic effort to push the edges of "the bubble," the constricting cocoon of bodyguards and journalists that is every President's shadow. Since at least the days of Harry S. Truman, Presidents have complained of the great sacrifice in movement and privacy the office has come to entail, and many have tried to do something about it. Mostly, they have failed, and the bubble has grown tighter. George Bush lives almost completely within it.

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INSIDE

Date: 02 December 1992

Clinton Ethics Rules Delayed The President-elect's aides said they were having trouble writing his Administration's ethics rules. Page B10. Act Now or Pay Later Two Disney executives sidestepped possible changes in the tax laws with a $200 million stock deal. Page D1. 13 Die in Air Force Crashes At least 13 crew members died in the collision of two Air Force planes and the crash of a third. Page B11. DNA Tests in Rape Cases A rape conviction was overturned in a case that experts say reflects the growing use of DNA testing. Page B6. Battle Over a Schoolhouse A black school's move into a white neighborhood in Detroit has led to racial strife. Education, page B12.

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Upturn Is Seen In Media Spending

Date: 03 December 1992

By Stuart Elliott

Stuart Elliott

A prediction for media spending in 1993 foresees noticeable upturns after two disappointing years. Myers Reports in Parsippany, N.J., an advertising, marketing and media consulting company, made what it described as a bullish forecast in predicting that media spending next year will grow 2 to 3 percent after inflation, or 7 to 8 percent factoring in inflation.

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ISRAEL REPRIMANDS FOREIGN REPORTERS

Date: 02 December 1992

The Israeli Government indefinitely suspended the press credentials of two foreign correspondents and reprimanded four others today, charging them with having violated censorship laws in their reporting on a fatal army training accident last month. A Government statement accused the reporters, two Americans and four Britons, of having created "a threat to the security of the state of Israel," a charge the journalists denied.

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Bell Industries' Layoffs

Date: 03 December 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Bell Industries said it had completed its previously announced restructuring program by laying off 120 workers in a move to save $3.5 million a year. The wholesale distributor of electronic components, building materials and computer graphics products said it expects to save an additional $1.2 million through a four-month "flexible work program" that will require employees to take some time off.

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Prudential's President Is Retiring

Date: 03 December 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Ronald D. Barbaro, an insurance executive who was instrumental in developing living benefits for the terminally ill, will retire as president of the Prudential Insurance Company of America at the end of the year, Prudential said today. Prudential, the nation's largest insurer, said it would not immediately name a successor to Mr. Barbaro, who is also chairman of the Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance subsidiary.

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PILLSBURY WILL SELL UNIT TO EXECUTIVES

Date: 02 December 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Grand Metropolitan P.L.C. said Pillsbury, its United States unit, would sell 90 percent of its stake in its special commodities division to a management group led by Pillsbury executives.

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MACY IS CLEARED TO ASSUME 15 LICENSING AGREEMENTS

Date: 03 December 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

R. H. Macy & Company was cleared yesterday to assume 15 licensing agreements and reject 11 others, documents filed in Federal Bankruptcy Court in New York said. Under the agreements, outside companies operate businesses with, or in conjunction with, Macy's department stores. The licensees generally operate departments or stores within Macy's outlets, and sell such items as food, shoes, women's apparel, and domestic items. Licensees pay fees to Macy ranging from 10 percent to 28 percent of net sales or service revenue. Macy will pay $1.71 million to reimburse the companies whose licensing agreements it assumed. It will not reimburse companies whose agreements were rejected.

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