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yesterday carnival said a new company has been formed in finland that will carry on waertsilae 's shipbuilding operations
carnival said it will be an N N shareholder in the new company
carnival said the fantasy a <unk> ship that was slated to be delivered this month will be delivered in january
a second ship is now expected to be delivered late next year or early in N
carnival had expected that ship to be delivered next fall
a planned third ship still may be built in the finnish shipyard or may be built elsewhere carnival said
valley federal savings & loan association took an $ N million charge as it reported a third-quarter loss of $ N million or $ N a share
the van <unk> calif. thrift had net income of $ N or three cents a share a year ago
the bulk of the pretax charge is a $ N million write-off of capitalized <unk> at the mobile home financing subsidiary which the company said had been a big drain on earnings
the company said the one-time provision would substantially eliminate all future losses at the unit
valley federal also added $ N million to <unk> loan reserves and eliminated $ N million of good will
the thrift said that after these charges and assuming no dramatic <unk> in interest rates the association expects to achieve near record earnings in N
valley federal is currently being examined by regulators
new loans continue to slow they were $ N million in the quarter compared with $ N million a year ago
the thrift has assets of $ N billion
first of america bank corp. said it completed its acquisition of midwest financial group inc. for about $ N million
first of america which now has N banks and $ N billion in assets announced an agreement to acquire the <unk> ill. bank holding company in january
midwest financial has $ N billion in assets and eight banks
the midwest financial subsidiary banks will continue to operate under their current names until early N when each will adopt the first of america name
<unk> <unk> first of america said it will eliminate the N management positions of the former midwest financial parent company
first of america said some of the managers will take other jobs with first of america
but it said that severance payments to those executives not staying with the company will reduce first of america 's operating results for N by $ N million to $ N million or N cents to N cents a share
<unk> industries inc. a once <unk> toy maker whose stock peaked at $ N a share in the early 1980s filed a chapter N reorganization plan that provides just N cents a share for common stockholders
under the plan unsecured creditors who are owed about $ N million would receive about $ N million or N cents for each dollar they are owed
in addition they will receive stock in the <unk> company which will be named <unk> industries inc
after these payments about $ N will be available for the N million common shares outstanding
the avon conn. company 's stock hit a high in N after it unveiled its <unk> home computer but the product was plagued with <unk> and the company 's fortunes plunged
but <unk> bounced back with the introduction of the <unk> patch <unk> whose sales hit $ N million in N
but as the craze died <unk> failed to come up with another winner and filed for bankruptcy-law protection in july N
the plan was filed jointly with unsecured creditors in federal bankruptcy court in new york and must be approved by the court
ortega ended a truce with the contras and said elections were threatened
the nicaraguan president citing attacks by the <unk> rebels suspended a <unk> cease-fire and accused bush of promoting death
while he <unk> support for the country 's feb. N elections ortega indicated that renewed u.s. military aid to the contras could thwart the balloting
he said u.s. assistance should be used to <unk> the rebels
a white house spokesman <unk> the truce suspension as <unk> but brushed off talk of renewing military funding for the <unk>
the contra military command in a statement from honduras said sandinista troops had launched a major offensive against the rebel forces
east german leader krenz called the protests in his country a good sign saying that many of those <unk> for democratic freedoms were showing support for the <unk> for socialism
the communist party chief in moscow for talks with soviet officials also said east germany would follow gorbachev 's restructuring plans
thousands of east germans fled to czechoslovakia after the east berlin government lifted travel restrictions
the ban on cross-border movement was imposed last month after a massive exodus of <unk> to west germany
also a communist official for the first time said the future of the berlin wall could be open to discussion
health officials plan to extend a <unk> on federal funding of research involving fetal-tissue transplants
the assistant hhs secretary said the ban should be continued indefinitely
while researchers believe such transplants could help treat diseases like <unk> 's anti-abortionists oppose the research
rep. dingell of michigan plans to unveil today a proposal that would break with bush 's clean-air bill on the issue of emissions that lead to acid rain
the democrat 's proposal is described by government sources and lobbyists as significantly weaker than the president 's plan to cut utility emissions
house-senate conferees approved major portions of a package for more than $ N million in economic aid for poland
the plan relies heavily on $ N million in credit and loan guarantees in fiscal N in hopes of <unk> future trade and investment
south africa accused armed <unk> <unk> guerrillas of crossing from bases in neighboring <unk> violating <unk> peace plans for the territory 's independence from pretoria
south african troops were placed on alert
guerrilla leaders said pretoria was attempting to sabotage next week 's elections in namibia
<unk> in lebanon <unk> a saudi <unk> embassy employee and the <unk> <unk> <unk> took responsibility for the <unk> to <unk> the <unk> of N <unk> by <unk> 's government in september
also in <unk> a <unk> group vowed to kill americans if the u.s. <unk> a policy to seize suspects abroad
nixon concluded five days of private talks with chinese leaders in beijing but apparently failed to ease <unk> in <unk> ties caused by china 's crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in june
beijing 's <unk> complained to the former president about u.s. <unk> in china 's domestic affairs
mexico 's president salinas said the country 's recession had ended and the economy was growing again
in his first state of the nation address salinas pledged to continue his program of modernization and warned opposition politicians that <unk> progress could cost them popular support
pakistan 's <unk> defeated the first <unk> motion in the nation 's <unk> history surviving the vote that could have brought down her <unk> government
the prime minister 's opponents claimed the balloting N votes short of a majority in <unk> 's <unk> assembly was <unk>
the white house said the <unk> meetings next month between bush and soviet leader gorbachev will take place in the waters off <unk>
the location was disclosed as the u.s. began planning the issues to be discussed at the dec. N <unk>
bush unveiled a package of trade initiatives to help establish economic alternatives to drug trafficking in the <unk> nations of south america
the president 's plan includes a commitment to help negotiate a new international coffee agreement
pan am has <unk> several government agencies including the cia and fbi to determine whether they were warned that a bomb had been planted aboard a jet that exploded over scotland last december killing N people
the airline is attempting to show that israel and west germany warned the u.s. about the impending attack
died james a. <unk> N retired chairman and president of mutual life insurance co. of new york tuesday in new york city of an <unk> <unk> condition
sony corp. completed its tender offer for columbia pictures entertainment inc. with columbia shareholders <unk> N N of all common shares outstanding by the tuesday deadline
sony columbia acquisition corp. formed for the columbia deal will formally take ownership of the movie studio later this month a spokesman said
sony is paying $ N a share or $ N billion cash and is assuming $ N billion of long-term debt
still <unk> is sony 's effort to hire producers jon peters and peter guber to run the studio
sony 's planned acquisition of <unk> entertainment co. for $ N million is scheduled to close monday
<unk> has been locked in litigation with warner communications inc. in an attempt to get out of an exclusive production contract with warner
both sides are in talks to settle the dispute
xerox corp. has told employees in its <unk> & <unk> personal insurance operations that it is laying off about N people or N N of the staff
a spokeswoman for <unk> & <unk> said employees were told early this week that numerous staff functions for the personal insurance lines were going to be <unk> as a cost-cutting move
she said the move would result in a after-tax charge of less than $ N million to be spread over the next three quarters
by comparison for the first nine months xerox earned $ N million or $ N a share on revenue of $ N billion
earnings at xerox 's financial-services operations actually rose slightly but that was largely because capital gains at <unk> & <unk> offset hurricane hugo payments and the reserves set up to cover future payments
property\/casualty insurance has been a tough business in recent quarters as pricing has been <unk> and natural disasters such as hurricane hugo and the california earthquake have resulted in huge payments
<unk> ltd. a large integrated maker of construction machinery posted a N N unconsolidated gain in first-half pretax profit
for the period ended <unk> it earned N billion yen us$ N million up from N billion yen the year before
sales rose N N to N billion yen from N billion yen
net income surged N N to N billion yen from N billion yen
per-share net rose to N yen from N yen
brisk domestic demand due to increasing capital investment pushed up sales sharply in construction and industrial machinery divisions
domestic sales of construction machinery such as power <unk> and <unk> rose to N billion yen from N billion yen
demand from europe and southeast asia also grew but due to increasing production at local plants overseas sales edged down N N
<unk> predicted that for the fiscal year ending march N sales will climb to N billion yen from N billion yen pretax profit was forecast at N billion yen up from N billion yen in fiscal N
net is expected to rise to N billion yen from N billion yen a year earlier
economic growth appears to be <unk> off latest reports suggest
factory orders and construction outlays were largely flat in september while purchasing agents said manufacturing shrank further in october
still many economists are n't predicting a recession anytime soon
the fed is coming under pressure to cut short-term interest rates due to the apparent slowing of the economy
but it is n't clear yet whether the central bank will make such a move
campbell soup forced out its president and chief executive r. gordon mcgovern the strongest indication yet that the dorrance family plans to take charge of <unk> the troubled food company
campbell 's stock rose $ N to $ N in reaction
the chicago merc plans an additional circuit breaker to stem sharp drops in the market
also big board chairman phelan said he would support sec halts of program trading during market crises but not any revival of a collar on trading
georgia gulf received a new takeover bid from investor harold simmons and nl industries of $ N a share or about $ N billion
the offer which follows a $ <unk> bid that was rejected in september steps up pressure on the chemicals concern