Hewlett-Packard aims infrared printers and Pentium PCs
HP Institute extends wireless infrared printing for LaserJet models and unveils low cost Pentium based Vec tra PCs starting under 1500 dollars. Infrared printers will pair with portable computers for direct print without cards, promising convenience and space savings while prices for LaserJet 5P and 1 100. Ben & Jerry s records its first quarterly and annual loss due to plant issues and marketing costs. IMF prepares framework for Argentina reform and potential 400 million dollar support. NY Times considers selling five small dailies and two weeklies totaling 71 600 in circulation.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Hewlett-Packard Co
Intel Corp
Carolyn M. Ticknor
Hewlett-Packard
Montpelier
Ben & Jerry’s
Homemade Inc
Vermont
Ben Cohen
Robert Holland
St. Albans
Ben & Jerry
Livestock Prices Across Markets in Panhandle and Midwest
Texas Panhandle feedsot activity slows with slaughter steers at 1175 pounds 73.00 and slaughter heifers at 1050 pounds 71.00. National stockyards hogs steady to 50 cents higher with varying 220 to 700 pound ranges. Omaha quotes show hogs firm to higher with mixed weights. weekly receipts decline from prior week. Cattle and calves report none. San Antonio no report.
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U.S
Oil prices close up Friday in mixed energy rally
In New York oil futures rose as crude oil surged ahead 28 cents to 18.63 per barrel for April on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas fell to 1.448 per 1000 cubic feet, heating oil rose to 47.41 cents per gallon, and unleaded gasoline finished higher at 55.94 cents. Brent crude in London settled at 16.87 per barrel, up 24 cents on the IPE.
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New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
London
North Sea
International Petroleum Exchange
Peso falls to all time low amid Mexico crisis
The peso closed at a record low near 6.305 per dollar as Mexico's economy links with political turmoil deepen. Regulators seized Grupo Financiero Asemex Banpais after unspecified irregularities while the stock market barely rose. President Zedillo deferred wage and price controls pending a $20 billion IMF credit line, with Congress to begin review Monday. Salinas pressed a hunger fast to clear his name amid political upheaval.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Clinton
Treasury Department
Grupo Financiero Asemex- Banpais
Asemex-Banpais
Ernesto Zedillo
Washington
Congress
Zedillo
Salinas
Monterrey
Colosio
Sidential
Alane
Apollo Sanchez
Valores Finamex
FTC probes Home Shopping Network sprays claims
The FTC charges Home Shopping Network Inc. with unsubstantiated claims about four Life Way vitamin sprays and a Smoke-Less Nutrient 7 product used on its Home Shopping Club. The network says the action is unwarranted and that forced testing would hurt customers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Home Shopping Network Inc
FTC
Home Shopping Network
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gerald F. Hogan
Federal Court of Appeals
Weekly count of rigs drilling for oil and gas
The weekly tally records the number of active drilling rigs exploring for oil and natural gas. It reflects changes in exploration activity across regions and tracks shifts in industry investment and output potential.
General Mills to Sell Gorton's Seafood Unit
General Mills Inc. will sell its Gorton's frozen and canned seafood division to Unilever's U.S. unit for an undisclosed cash amount. Gorton's, based in Gloucester Massachusetts, sells seafood in the United States and Canada. The sale follows a corporate restructuring and includes the 1968 acquisition by General Mills.
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General Mills Inc
Gorton’s
Unilever
U.S
Gloucester
Mass
United States
Canada
General Mills
Houston and Fort Worth Grain and Commodity Markets Mixed
A dense wrap covers grain, oil, and agricultural futures with open high low and settle figures for corn soybeans wheat sorghum milo and related markets. Prices span cash bids and futures across Houston Fort Worth Chicago and Southwest regions with quarterly and monthly contracts noted.
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