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12th of November 1993 News
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No Rest for Weary on L.I.: Joey 'n' Amy Show Is Back
Date: 12 November 1993
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
ROLF V. MAHLER cannot pinpoint precisely when he became overJoeyed. It might have been the first time he peered out the window of his real-estate office, across the street from Joseph Buttafuoco's auto body shop, to watch a car stop and its occupants shout, "Hey, Joey, Joey, Joey!" Or it might have been the day he arrived at work to find his tiny parking lot commandeered by a fleet of television trucks. Or maybe, just maybe, it is a psychological threshold Mr. Mahler continues to cross every time he turns on the set or picks up a paper or flips open a magazine and sees that face, that now-famous face.
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Northwest Recalls 315
Date: 12 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northwest Airlines said today that it was recalling 315 laid-off flight attendants to serve holiday travelers. Of the total, 115 are being recalled for the period Dec. 15 to Jan. 15 only. The rest will be rehired indefinitely, though Northwest does not expect the total number of active flight attendants to increase because it plans to offer voluntary leaves of absence to senior members of its 9,000 flight attendants.
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EXXON CONSIDERS SALE OF CHEMICAL BUSINESSES
Date: 12 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Exxon Chemical Company said yesterday that it had hired Wertheim Schroder & Company to help it consider the sale of two specialty chemical businesses. Exxon Chemical, a unit of the the Exxon Corporation, the nation's largest oil company, said it might sell the Callaway Chemical Company and Tomah Products. Exxon's Canadian affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd., said it would offer Comcor Chemicals Ltd. for sale at the same time. Together, the three units have 1993 projected revenue of $110 million, about 1.1 percent of Exxon Chemical's $10 billion annual revenue, said Vin Hoey, spokesman for the division. The Exxon Corporation had 1992 revenues of $117.1 billion.
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S.A.S. ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CUT COSTS
Date: 12 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Scandinavian Airlines System said yesterday that it would cut costs by up to 2.5 billion kronor ($304 million) to stem crippling losses in its operations. On Wednesday, S.A.S. reported a 1.13 billion kronor ($137 million) pretax loss for the first nine months of 1993. Jan Reinas, president of S.A.S., said the company would cut 12 domestic and international routes, sell 17 aircraft, cut workers and arrange lease-back deals on remaining planes.
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CYPRUS MINERALS-AMAX HOLDERS BACK MERGER
Date: 13 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders of the Cyprus Minerals Company and of Amax Inc. voted yesterday to approve the companies' proposed merger. The merger creates the biggest United States-based mining company and the nation's second-largest producer of coal and copper. The new company, with assets of more than $5 billion, will also have significant holdings in oil and gas, gold and lithium. The two companies had combined 1992 revenue of $2.8 billion. The new concern is named the Cyprus Amax Minerals Company. A new co-chairman, Milton Ward, said a primary goal of the merger was to cut costs. He said the merger would save at least $120 million a year in general and administrative expenses. The companies hope to complete the merger on Monday. The merger involves the exchange of a half share of Cyprus for each Amax share.
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BELL CANADA SEEKS A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK
Date: 13 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bell Canada said yesterday that it was asking employees to work four days a week instead of five to avoid layoffs while slashing costs. "We're essentially asking them to take a 20 percent wage cut," said Francine Giguere, a spokeswoman for Bell Canada, the country's largest telephone company. "Bell hopes that the number of employees who choose to take advantage of these measures will be sufficient to reduce the work force by the equivalent of 5,000 employees in 1994," the company said. Bell Canada, a subsidiary of BCE Inc., will also freeze management salaries and cut vacation pay. The company employs more than 46,000 people.
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PENSLER CONFIRMS WITHDRAWAL OF KATY INDUSTRIES BID
Date: 13 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Pensler Capital Corporation confirmed yesterday that it had pulled out of a joint bid for Katy Industries and said it was considering making an independent bid for Katy. Pensler's former partner in the Katy matter, Rosecliff Inc., said on Thursday that it had pulled out of the joint bid. As a result, the two companies may now find themselves rival bidders for Katy, an industrial holding company based in Elgin, Ill. In a statement, Pensler said it believed the company was worth "significantly more" than the $25.75 a share offered by the Carroll family of Colorado, which owns 52 percent of Katy's shares outstanding.
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SEAGRAM ADDS TO ITS TIME WARNER STAKE
Date: 13 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Seagram Company has purchased 4.76 million shares of Time Warner Inc. on the open market to increase its stake in the company to 8.1 percent from 6.8 percent. Seagram bought its shares in Time Warner between Oct. 27 and yesterday at prices ranging from $44 to $45 a share, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Seagram, one of Canada's leading beverage and spirits makers, with brands like Chivas Regal and Tropicana orange juice, now holds about 30.5 million shares of Time Warner, the filing said. In May, Seagram bought a 5.7 percent stake of Time Warner and said it planned to increase its stake to as much as 15 percent. Seagram shares closed at $27.375, down 12.5 cents, while Time Warner shares closed up 37.5 cents at $44.375.
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FIRST CHICAGO RAISES DIVIDEND AND BUYS BACK SHARES
Date: 13 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The board of the First Chicago Corporation approved an increase in the quarterly dividend to 40 cents a share from 30 cents and also approved the repurchase of up to 2.5 million shares. First Chicago is the latest of the large banks to increase dividends and announce share buybacks this year. Edward Herlihy, a banking lawyer with the New York law firm of Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, said in a recent study that about 20 percent of the 50 largest bank holding companies in the United States had announced buybacks. First Chicago's shares were up $1.50, at $44.75, on the New York Stock Exchange. The increased dividend is payable on Jan. 1 to shareholders of record on Dec. 3.
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Big Board Seat: $750,000
Date: 13 November 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
A seat on the New York Stock Exchange was sold yesterday for $750,000, the exchange said. The price was down $20,000 from the previous sale, which was recorded on Oct. 5. The identities of the buyer and seller in the latest sale were not disclosed.
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