Photo of Youth Held In Japan Beheading Sets Off Ethics Furor
Date: 03 July 1997
By Nicholas D. Kristof
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Japanese magazine Focus publishes photo of 14-year-old boy charged with strangling and beheading neighbor, Jun Hase, 11; move sets off furor over journalistic ethics in nation protective of children's rights to privacy; Prime Min Ryutaro Hashimoto scores magazine; Government opens probe (S)
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Judge Dismisses Lawyer For Accused Teen-Ager
Date: 04 July 1997
Delaware Judge Henry duPont Ridgely dismisses Robert C Gottlieb as lawyer for Amy Grossberg, New Jersey teen-ager charged in death of her newborn son; cites Gottlieb's comments on ABC television program 20/20 (S)
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Eurotunnel Stocks Gain On News of Extension
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks of Eurotunnel PLC and Eurotunnel SA jump after France and Britain offer to extend its right to operate English Channel tunnel, allowing debt reorganization to save companies from bankruptcy (S)
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PATRICK INDUSTRIES SAYS IT RECEIVED A TAKEOVER OFFER
Date: 04 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Patrick Industries receives takeover proposal from unidentified company that its board is considering (S)
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PHILIP MORRIS'S KRAFT UNIT SELLS ITS SYRUP BUSINESS
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Companies' Kraft Foods unit sells its Log Cabin syrup business to Aurora Foods Inc for $220 million in cash (S)
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INSO STOCK PLUMMETS AFTER WARNING ON REDUCED PROFIT
Date: 04 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Inso Corp lose nearly half their value after company says it expects second-quarter earnings to be less than a third of what analysts expect; shares fall $9.6875, to $11.0625 (S)
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY TO ACQUIRE REST OF QUINTA
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Seagate Technology Inc will buy remaining part of Quinta Corp that it does not own for as much as $325 million (S)
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TIME WARNER IN TV RIGHTS DEAL WITH SPAIN'S SOGECABLE
Date: 04 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Time Warner Inc's Warner Brothers studio will sell long-term television rights to Space Jam, The Bridges of Madison County and other films in Spain to Sogecable; agreement is said to be worth about $1 billion (S)
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WESTERN RESOURCES WITHDRAWS TENDER OFFER FOR ADT
Date: 03 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Western Resources Inc withdraws its tender offer for ADT Ltd and stands to gain $710 million on its ADT shares (S)
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Household Spending Slips in Japan
Date: 04 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese household spending fell 2.2 percent in May from year earlier, to 312.345 yen ($2,716), eighth decline in twelve months (S)
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