Windows 95 launches amid worldwide hype and brisk sales
Microsoft rolls out Windows 95 with high hopes for brisk global sales including the Pacific Rim. The launch features Gates and a global party, plus a $12 million ad push using Rolling Stones Start Me Up. Times of London gives away 1.5 million free copies, while analysts warn optimism may outpace early demand.
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Pacific Rim
States
Microsoft Corp
Australia
New Zealand
Gerry Harvey
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd
Harvey
Rupert Murdoch
News Corp
Times of London
Times
Bill Gates
Midland Theater
Kansas City
Windows 95 live power and caveats for home users
Windows 95 improves stability and ease of use while auto detecting hardware and handling multitasking. For home users it works now with precautions, backups and potential glitches on underpowered PCs, suggesting wait for some updates for business use.
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Medrad agreed to be acquired by Schering AG for 180 million
Medical production company Medrad Inc. will be bought by Schering AG of Berlin for about 180 million dollars, or 28 dollars per share. Schering says Medrad shareholders should accept the offer by next week, boosting its diagnostic products unit. Medrad last year posted 78.3 million in revenue.
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Schering AG
Medrad Inc
Pennsylvania
Berlin
Medrad
Donut shop plans beer sales at Mass location
Alan and Janet O'Rear, owners of J's on Mass at 729 Mass, seek to shift from doughnuts to a dining concept with beer and microbrewery at the site. They hold a drinking establishment license and expect months of exterior changes as they convert the daytime donut shop into a food driven venue, with food to revenue projected at 67 percent.
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Mass
Alan
Janet O’rear
O’rears
J's On
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Alan O’rear
O’bears
Jennings Daylight Donuts
Peggy Johnson
I’s On
Ordi
Nance
Tire makers face antitrust probe in industry wide inquiry
The U S Department of Justice is probing possible anti competitive practices in the tire industry. Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone are among companies subpoenaed as part of an industry wide investigation led from Cleveland. Shares traded lower amid the news.
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Akron
Goodyear Tie & Rubber Co
Nashville
Department
Goodyear
John Perduyn
Perduyn
Bridgestone/Firestone
Bridgestone
Alan Halbert
Firestone
Halbert
SEC
Cleveland
Ohio
Antitrust Division
United States Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Michelin North America
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co
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