Congressmen Seek Answers About Spill In Alaska Hearing
At a Valdez hearing the Coast Guard head urged Exxon to double its shoreline crew to finish cleanup before winter. Exxon, under scrutiny after the March 24 Exxon Valdez spill, reported 95 million dollars spent and less than 2 miles cleaned of 364 promised, while questions rise about causes and accountability.
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Valdez, Alaska
UPI
Coast Guard
Valdez
Exxon Corp
Alaska
Exxon
House
Subcommittee On Water, Power
Clyde Robbins
Robbins
Exxon U.S.A
Bill Stevens
Congressional
Exxon Valdez
Prince William Sound
Stevens
Joseph Hazelwood
Hazelwood
Rep
George Miller
D-Calif
Richard Durbin
D-Minn
Bruce Vento
Katmai
National Park
Vento
Dollar mostly higher overseas as yen suppression eyed
The dollar rose in Tokyo trading reaching an eight month high near 135 yen as Bank of Japan intervention and Finance Minister Murayama comments kept the greenback strong. It closed at 135.00 yen, up 0.48 from Monday, with gains seen across Europe and in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Tokyo
Bank of Japan
Japan
Tatsuro Murayama
Hong Kong
Europe
Frankfurt
Zurich
Paris
Bush hails small businessman of year
President Bush named Tad Bretting, head of C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co. in Ashland, Wisconsin, as 1989 Small Business Person of the Year. Bretting led a firm that grew from 11 employees and $120,000 in sales in 1958 to 260 workers and over $30 million in yearly revenue. First runner up was Richard Barlow of REMA Bakeware. tied for second were Carolyn Stradley of C S Paving and Chad Olson of Pro Image.
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Washington
UPI
Bush
Tad Bretting
Ashland
Wis
Tad
White House
Bretting
C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Co., Inc
U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA
Oil
Houston
America
C.G. Bretting
Richard Barlow
Rema Bakeware Inc
Salina
Kan
Carolyn Stradley
C&s Paving Inc
Marietta, Ga
Chad Olson
Pro Image Inc
Bountiful
Utah
Regulators release MCorp balance sheets for Bridge Bank
FDIC released the March 31 1989 balance sheet for 20 failed MCorp banks operating as the Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank. Total assets 13.09 billion with 8.55 billion in loans. Short term debt 2.51 billion plus 300 million provided by FDIC. About 10 to 12 bidders reportedly reviewing the books including NCNB Texas First City Texas Commerce Citicorp Wells Fargo.
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Dallas
UPS
McOrp
Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Bridge Bank
FDIC
George McCane
McOrp Bankholding Company
Federal Reserve Board
McCane
Fed
Federal Reserve
A&ls
Robert Rieke
Rauscher Pierce Reisnes Inc
Rieke
Frank Anderson
Stephens Inc
Little Rock
Ark
Ncnb Texas National Bank
Houston
First City Bancorporation of Texas Inc
Texas Commerce Bancshares Inc
Citicorp
Wells Fargo & Co
San Francisco
Avon Sues Amway Jacobs Over Share Purchase Tactics
Avon Pro ducts Inc seeks a federal injunction to bar Irwin Jacobs and Amway Corp from acquiring more Avon stock after a 10 percent stake. The suit accuses them of violating disclosure rules and asks for sale of the 53.8 million shares bought by A J Partnership for about 150.7 million. Jacobs is described as a raider. Amway labeled a pyramidal distributor.
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New York
Avon
A-J Partnership
Kimberly Bruyn
Amway
New York Stock Exchange
Jacobs
Altered bean test gains permit for field trials
Washington AP The Agriculture Department issued a permit for the first field testing of a genetically engineered soybean variety designed to tolerate glyphosate. Greenhouse tests suggest Roundup tolerance. Trials will be conducted by Monsanto Agricultural Co. at sites in Jerseyville Illinois Whiteville Tennessee and Stuttgart Arkansas.
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Washington
API
Agriculture Department
Monsanto Agricultural Co
Jerseyville
Ill
Whiteville
Tenn
Stuttgart
Ark
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Exxon and
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
trans-Alaska
Busch -Light
Clara Kelly
L.A.B
Don Vock
Dave Cain
Illinois
Busch Light
Vock
Cain
Brussels
Milan
U.S
London
UPI Photo
Nobuo Ikegaya
Mercury Marine
Shimizu
Mecury Marine
Brunswick Corporation
James Gardner
Mbank
Avon, Inc
Amway, Jacobs
Shaklee Corp
Mercy Health Care Professionals, Inc
E. 3Rd St
Sterling
Stilice
Dixon Radio Shack
Plaza North
Sterling Northland Mall
WSDR
Peter
Rockford
Cherry Vale Loves Park
Freeport
Dixon
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