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frames- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 one holder who *T*-1 asked *-3 not to be named *-4 , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice [ARG0 bondholders] into *-7 [rel agreeing] to [ARG1-to a new swap] .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5] , [ARGM-ADV * angering many of the thousands of workers asked * *-4 to make pay concessions so the buy-out would be a success] .
- [ARG0 The Stamford , Conn. , concern] has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a buy-out by Bank of New York] [ARGM-LOC in a transaction with an indicated value of about $ 100 *U* a share that *T*-119 expires next August] .
- [ARG0 The Pennsylvania bank] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to be acquired *-2 in a merger with Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania for $ 25.50 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Integra] , which *T*-174 owns and operates hotels , said that Hallwood Group Inc. has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to exercise any rights that *T*-175 are n't exercised *-2 by other shareholders] .
- He also said that the group reduced its offer because [ARG0 it] was n't allowed *-1 to see Georgia Gulf 's confidential financial information without *-2 [rel agreeing] that [ARG1-PRD it would n't make an offer unless it had Georgia Gulf 's consent] .
- Dealers said 0 [ARG0 the market] [rel agreed] .
- [ARG0 The Finnish government and major creditors of bankrupt shipyard Waertsilae Marine Industries Oy] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to form a new company *-2 to complete most of the troubled shipyard 's backlog of 15 ships] .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp. of Norfolk , Va. ,] but the sale sputtered almost from the beginning and finally collapsed last week .
- In a surprise move , [ARG0 the British government] cleared the way for a bidding war for Jaguar PLC by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to remove an obstacle to a takeover of the auto maker] .
- Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley told the House of Commons yesterday that he will relinquish the government 's so-called golden share in the company as long as [ARG0 Jaguar shareholders] [rel agree] .
- [ARG0 People close to the GM-Jaguar talks] [rel agreed] that [ARG1-PRD Ford now may be able *-1 to shut out General Motors] .
- The statement emphasized that [ARG0 holders representing 75 % of the shares voting at a special shareholders ' meeting] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel agree] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to lift the takeover restrictions] .
- [ARG0 Armstrong World Industries Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell its carpet operations to Shaw Industries Inc] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Achenbaum , who *T*-292 had been considering *-1 paring down his firm or merging it with another small consulting outfit ,] [ARGM-TMP soon] [rel agreed] .
- First Security Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MNR tentatively] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire Deseret Bancorp. for stock valued * at about $ 18 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 QVC] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 19 *U* and one-eighth QVC share for each of CVN 's 20 million fully diluted shares] .
- It surged 2 3\/4 to 6 on volume of more than 1.7 million shares after [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to be acquired *-2 by Japan 's Chugai Pharmaceutical for about $ 110 million *U* -- almost double the market price of Gen-Probe 's stock] .
- Dycom Industries gained 3\/4 to 16 3\/4 after it said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy Ansco & Associates and two affiliates for cash and stock] .
- [ARG0 Shaw Industries] , which *T*-119 [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire Armstrong World Industries ' carpet operations for an undisclosed price] , rose 2 1\/4 to 26 1\/8 .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD definitively *-1 to be acquired *-2 by Ogden Corp. in a stock swap valued * at about $ 82.5 million *U*] .
- Cilcorp Inc. , Peoria , Ill. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire the environmental consulting and analytical service businesses of Hunter Environmental Services Inc. of Southport , Conn .]
- [ARG0 Chugai] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP then] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to fund certain associated research and development costs] .
- [ARG0 Chugai] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 6.25 *U* a share for Gen-Probe 's 17.6 million common shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis] .
- [ARGM-ADV As part of the transaction] , [ARG0 Edisto] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to give Mesa , an Amarillo , Texas , oil and gas partnership managed * by T. Boone Pickens Jr. , a seat on its board] .
- `` We were never going *-2 to get [ARG0 these insurance companies] to [rel agree] [ARGM-ADV again] , '' says *T*-1 John V. Trump , a San Francisco defense lawyer in the case .
- [ARGM-LOC Under a merger agreement reached * Sept. 14] , [ARG0 the UAL board] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to reimburse certain of the buy-out group 's expenses out of company funds even if the transaction was n't completed *-2] , provided 0 the group did n't breach the agreement .
- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 one holder who *T*-1 asked *-3 not to be named *-4 , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice [ARG0 bondholders] into *-7 [rel agreeing] to [ARG1-to a new swap] .
- [ARG0 Weisfield 's] surged 14 to 53 after *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a unit of Ratners Group for $ 50 *U* a share] .
- Yesterday , [ARG0 Quebecor Inc. , a Montreal printing , publishing and forest-products company 53%-owned by Mr. Peladeau ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire Maxwell Communication Corp. 's U.S. printing subsidiary , Maxwell Graphics Inc. , for $ 500 million *U* in cash and securities] .
- [ARGM-LOC In yesterday 's accord] , [ARG0 Quebecor] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 400 million *U* in cash for Maxwell Graphics , and to give Maxwell Communication a 20 % stake , valued * at $ 100 million *U* , in Quebecor 's new printing subsidiary] .
- In a separate matter , the Justice Department yesterday said 0 [ARG0 Boeing] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay the government $ 11 million *U* *-2 to settle claims that the company provided inaccurate cost information to the Air Force while *-3 negotiating contracts * to replace the aluminum skins on the KC-135 tanker aircraft] .
- [ARG0 The justices] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to decide whether federal insurers can require LTV to take back responsiblilty for * funding its $ 2.3 billion *U* pension shortfall] .
- [ARG0 Rockefeller Group] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell a 51 % interest to Mitsubishi Estate , a major Japanese developer and property owner , for $ 846 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Gen-Probe] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to be bought *-1 by Chugai Pharmaceutical for about $ 110 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Maxwell] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell its U.S. printing unit to Quebecor for $ 500 million *U* , * making Quebecor the No. 2 commercial printer in North America] .
- [ARG0 Ratners Group PLC 's U.S. subsidiary] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire jewelry retailer Weisfield 's Inc. for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 55 million *U*] .
- In a statement prepared * by lawyers for the university and Connaught , the parties said 0 [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] that [ARG1-PRD as a result of * reaching a C 415 million *U* research accord , `` It *EXP*-1 is unnecessary that there be a judgment on the merits -LCB- of the case -RCB- at this time] . ''
- [ARG0 Society Corp. , which *T*-1 is also a bank ,] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in June] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to buy Trustcorp for 12.4 million shares of stock with a market value of about $ 450 million *U*] .
- RJR Nabisco Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell its Baby Ruth , Butterfinger and Pearson candy businesses to Nestle S.A. 's Nestle Foods unit for $ 370 million *U*] .
- Since KKR bought RJR in February for $ 25 billion *U* of debt , [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell nearly $ 5 billion *U* of RJR assets] .
- Milton Roy disclosed in May that it was approached *-1 for a possible acquisition by [ARG0 Thermo Electron] , which *T*-2 [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to purchase Milton Roy 's liquid-chromatography line for $ 22 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in February] .
- *-1 To mollify shareholders concerned * about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement , [ARG0 BellSouth] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay as much as $ 10 *U* a share , or $ 540 million *U* , if , after five years , the trading value of the new cellular company is n't as high as the value that shareholders would have realized *T*-2 from the McCaw offer] .
- [ARG0 Joseph Hardiman , president of the National Association of Securities Dealers , which *T*-1 oversees trading on Nasdaq ,] [rel agrees] that [ARG1-PRD program trading is hurting the market 's efforts * to bring back small investors] .
- [ARG0 Montedison S.p.A.] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy all of the publicly held shares of Erbamont N.V. for $ 37 *U* each] .
- [ARG0 Jayark Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 4 million *U* in cash , $ 2 million *U* of 12 % convertible debentures , and 1.6 million common shares *-2 to acquire closely held Kofcoh Imports Inc] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell the extrusion division for $ 15 million *U* to R.D. Werner Co. , a closely held firm based * in Greenville , Pa] .
- [ARG0 RJR Nabisco] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $ 370 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Sansui Electric] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell a 51 % stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $ 110 million *U*] .
- Opinions *ICH*-3 vary about how important *PPA*-2 the UAL deal was *T*-1 to the market 's health , but [ARG0 analysts] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agree] that [ARG1-PRD the market gyrations created * as the UAL plan crumbled revealed a fundamental change in investor psychology] .
- [ARG0 Montedison , which *T*-1 owns about 72 % of the company 's common stock ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to buy the rest for $ 37 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV As * reported *-2] , [ARG0 CNW] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a group of investors led * by Blackstone Capital Partners Limited Partnership for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 950 million *U*] .
- Security said 0 it signed a letter of intent * to purchase La Jolla Bancorp , [ARG0 *] [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 15 *U* of its own stock for each share of La Jolla] .
- Ford is willing *-1 to bid for 100 % of Jaguar 's shares if [ARG0 both the government and Jaguar shareholders] [rel agree] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to relax the anti-takeover barrier prematurely] .
- That is due mostly to payments from Allianz for most of the 50 % stake 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire *T*-2] in Navigation Mixte 's insurance business .
- Diversified Investment Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to be acquired *-1 by Star States Corp. for stock valued * at $ 13.75 *U* a share , or about $ 24.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 MCA and Cineplex 's other major shareholder , Montreal-based financier Charles Bronfman and his associates ,] have [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to tender their holdings to an offer by Mr. Drabinsky unless a higher offer is made *-1 by another bidder] .
- `` All 0 this has really established *T*-2 is that [ARG0 MCA and the Bronfmans] have [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a price at which they can be bought *-1 out *T*-3] , '' said *T*-4 Jeffery Logsdon , an analyst with Crowell , Weedon in Los Angeles .
- The directors did n't indicate the source of financing for Mr. Drabinsky 's new proposal , but said 0 [ARG0 MCA and the Bronfman associates] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to buy for $ 57 million *U* *RNR*-1 and then lease back to Cineplex *RNR*-1 its 18-screen theater complex in Universal City , Calif. , if Mr. Drabinsky succeeds in an offer] .
- [ARG0 The unsecured creditors] [rel-PRD agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to support New Haven , Conn.-based United Illuminating 's new bid] .
- [ARG0 MGM Grand Inc.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 93 million *U* and nearly 1.8 million common shares *-2 to buy 117 acres of land along the Las Vegas , Nev. , Strip as a site for its planned movie-studio and theme-park resort] .
- One reason : banks -- likely * to react to any new UAL deal with even more caution than the first time around -- probably will insist on labor harmony before [ARG0 they] [rel agree] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to put up cash for any new bid or even a less-ambitious recapitalization plan] .
- It 's followed *-2 by [ARG0 Stroh Brewery Co.] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to sell its assets to Coors] .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care Corp.] , which *T*-2 has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp.] , reported a $ 4.7 million *U* loss for its Aug. 31 first quarter and said 0 it is negotiating an extension of senior bank debt past its Oct. 18 due date .
- It has been three years since [ARG0 Mr. Boesky] , * now in prison , [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay a $ 100 million *U* fine *-2 to settle the government 's charges that he had traded illegally *-3 using insider information] .
- [ARG0 Drexel] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-4 to plead guilty to six felony counts and pay $ 650 million *U* , of which $ 350 million *U* *T*-5 was set *-1 aside for shareholders and other plaintiffs , including the limited partners , who *T*-3 claim 0 they were injured *-2 by Drexel] .
- The offer is in limbo , however , because [ARG0 LIN] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to merge its cellular-phone businesses with BellSouth Corp] .
- ITT also said 0 [ARG0 its consumer finance unit] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in September] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to settle a civil suit *ICH*-2 with the California attorney general over alleged improper lending and sales practices] .
- Some speculate that [ARG0 Mr. Corry] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel agree] [ARGM-ADV if he could find a buyer at the right price] .
- `` Dave thought 0 the country needed a strong U.S. Steel and , while [ARG0 Chuck] [rel agreed] , he was more apt *-1 to say , ` Not at any cost to shareholders , ' '' a former executive says *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP In June] , [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to settle for $ 18 million *U* several lawsuits related * to its sales practices , without * admitting or denying the charges] .
- Citizens First Bancorp . Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy Lakeland First Financial Group Inc. , a Succasunna , N.J. , bank holding company , for about $ 50.6 million *U* in cash and stock] .
- Color Systems Technology Inc. , Los Angeles , said 0 [ARG0 its major creditor , General Electric Pension Trust ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to convert $ 11.8 million *U* of debt owed * into 25 % of Color System 's fully diluted common stock] .
- [ARG0 Nortek] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 not to acquire any securities of Federal-Mogul for 10 years and not to influence company affairs during that period] .
- In return for an ownership stake in the company , [ARG0 the pilots] were willing *-3 to [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a seven-year contract that *T*-1 included a no-strike clause and significant wage concessions and productivity gains 0 the union previously resisted *T*-2] .
- As a `` good-will measure , '' [ARG0 the pilots] had been working four extra hours a month and had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to fly UAL 's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft] .
- In September , [ARG0 Ashland] settled the long-simmering dispute by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to pay Iran $ 325 million *U*] .
- Spokesmen for Emerson and [ARG0 Vermont American] , which *T*-2 has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to be acquired *-1] , said 0 they do n't anticipate `` any problems '' with the completion of the transaction .
- In a last-ditch effort * to keep its sales force and customer base , Integrated Resources Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to transfer ownership of its broker-dealer subsidiary to two of its top executives] .
- Besides *-1 signing Mr. Aikman to a sizable contract , [ARG0 Mr. Jones] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay rookie quarterback Steve Walsh $ 4.1 million *U* over the next four years] .
- Dow Chemical Co. said 0 [ARG0 its Destec Energy Inc. unit] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy PSE Inc. , a Houston energy company , in a deal valued * at about $ 115 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 BanPonce] jumped 4 1\/2 to 47 3\/4 after *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARG1-PRD * to be acquired *-1 by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico for $ 56.25 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] [ARG0 Bond Corp.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell at least half its Australian brewing assets] .
- The offer is in limbo , however , because [ARG1 LIN] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to merge its cellular-phone businesses with BellSouth Corp] .
- [ARG0 Japan] [rel-PRD agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to enforce a decision *ICH*-2 by an international wildlife conference * to ban all trade in ivory] , a spokesman for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Investment bankers following UAL] [rel agree] that [ARG1-PRD the strongest impetus for an eventual deal is that the pilots have been attempting a buy-out for more than two years , and are n't likely *-1 to stop , *-1 having come so close to success] .
- [ARG0 Convex] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to use Posix , a standard for the computer language called * UNIX] .
- [ARG0 Eagle Financial Corp. and Webster Financial Corp. , two Connecticut savings bank-holding companies ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to merge in a tax-free stock transaction] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] [ARGM-TMP late last week] , [ARG0 UAL flight attendants] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to participate with the pilots in * crafting a revised offer] .
- One advantage 0 the buy-out group intends *-2 to press *T*-1 with the board is that [ARG0 pilots] have [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to make $ 200 million *U* in annual cost concessions *-4 to help *-5 finance a bid] .
- His client , Mr. Davis , used just such a letter from Citicorp in *-1 pursuing UAL ; [ARG0 Citicorp] [ARGM-TMP later] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to work with a competing UAL buy-out group] .
- [ARG0 The United flight-attendants union] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to negotiations that *T*-1 could lead to the flight attendants contributing concessions to a revived bid in exchange for an ownership stake] .
- Not only that , [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to give them a stake in Columbia 's future profits and buy their company , Guber Peters Entertainment Co. , for $ 200 million *U* , almost 40 % more than the market value of the company] .
- Universal Studios was working on a competing film , but [ARG0 the studio and its producers] [ARGM-ADV ultimately] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to co-produce the film with Guber Peters and Warner] .
- [ARGM-TMP In July] [ARGM-TMP a year later] , [ARG0 Warner] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to release the producers from their old contract when Messrs. Guber , Peters and Sugarman made a $ 100 million *U* offer * to buy 25 % of MGM\/UA *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to extend their Warner agreement with the new five-year exclusive contract] .
- [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to indemnify the producers against any liability to Warner] .
- Mr. Daly in his affidavit acknowledges that [ARG0 Warner] [rel-PRD agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to release the producers last year *-2 to take over MGM] but says 0 that situation was altogether different .
- That debt is part of the $ 2.1 billion *U* of Holiday debt that Bass PLC of Britain said 0 it would retire or assume *T*-1 when [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to buy the Holiday Inn business] [ARGM-TMP in August] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and BanPonce Corp.] -- [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to merge in a transaction valued * at $ 324 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 CML , Acton , Mass. ,] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell the unit to Reebok for about $ 42 million *U*] .
- MARK RESOURCES INC. , Calgary , Alberta , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell 75 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 63.9 million *U* -RRB- of 8 % convertible debentures to a group of securities dealers] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agreed] with [ARG2-with company expectations] that [ARG1-PRD operating profit will be down this year and in 1990] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agreed] with [ARG2-with company expectations] that [ARG1-PRD operating profit will be down this year and in 1990] .
- Pride Petroleum Services Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy well-servicing assets of two companies] and expects *-1 to report higher third-quarter revenue and earnings .
- Amdura Corp. said 0 [ARG0 its bank group , led * by Chicago-based Continental Bank ,] [rel-PRD agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to extend its $ 40 million *U* bridge loan until March 31 , 1990] , and gave it a new $ 30 million *U* credit line .
- [ARG0 LIN] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] with [ARG2-with BellSouth Corp.] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to merge their cellular-telephone businesses] , said then that it would n't take a position on McCaw 's revised tender offer .
- Affiliated Bankshares of Colorado Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell its 10 % interest in Rocky Mountain Bankcard Systems for $ 18.5 million *U* to Colorado National Bank of Denver and Central Bank of Denver] .
- Bank of New York Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire the credit-card business of Houston-based First City Bancorp. of Texas for between $ 130 million and $ 134 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just last month] , [ARG0 a Bank of New York subsidiary] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to buy the credit-card operation of Dreyfus Corp. 's Dreyfus Consumer Bank for $ 168 million *U* , a transaction that *T*-2 is expected *-4 to be completed *-1 by the end of the year] .
- [ARG0 First City , which *T*-1 issues both MasterCard and Visa cards ,] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to act as an agent bank] .
- [ARG0 UAL 's management] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to reduce the seniority of those pilots in exchange for the support of the United pilot union for the buy-out proposal] .
- [ARG0 Bally Manufacturing Corp. and New York developer Donald Trump] have [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] to [ARG1-to a $ 6.5 million *U* settlement of shareholder litigation stemming from Bally 's alleged greenmail payment to Mr. Trump] .
- In February 1987 , [ARG0 Bally] thwarted a possible hostile takeover bid from Mr. Trump by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to buy 2.6 million of Mr. Trump 's 3.1 million Bally shares for $ 83.7 million *U* -- more than $ 18 million *U* above market price] .
- The amount 0 Bally and Mr. Trump will pay *T*-1 *-2 to settle the class-action suit pales in comparison to the $ 45 million *U* 0 [ARG0 Walt Disney Co. and Saul Steinberg 's Reliance Group Holdings Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to pay *T*-4 *-5 to settle a similar suit] [ARGM-TMP in July] .
- [ARG0 International Proteins Corp.] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 49 million *U* and 2,850,000 of its shares for Hanson PLC 's Ground Round restaurant subsidiary] .
- Sir John noted that [ARG0 GM , a longtime Jaguar supplier ,] [rel agrees] `` 0 [ARG1-PRD we should remain an independent company] . ''
- [ARG0 If] no margin [rel agreed] , there is a fallback rate of Libor plus 0.75 point in years one to 15 , and Libor plus 1.25 point thereafter .
- In a separate announcement , Trinova said 0 [ARG0 the Aeroquip group] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell its spring-brake , piston-brake and related businesses to Midland Brake Inc. of Branford , Conn] .
- [ARG0 Prospect , a New York-based leveraged buy-out firm ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to invest $ 15 million *U* in Recognition , which *T*-1 in turn agreed *-3 to repurchase as much as $ 20 million *U* of its stock] .
- Prospect , a New York-based leveraged buy-out firm , also agreed *-2 to invest $ 15 million *U* in [ARG0 Recognition] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV in turn] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to repurchase as much as $ 20 million *U* of its stock] .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5] , [ARGM-ADV * angering many of the thousands of workers asked * *-4 to make pay concessions so the buy-out would be a success] .
- [ARGM-ADV While the U.S. share of the increase probably will not reach the $ 12 billion *U* or more implicit in the IMF 's request for a doubling of its $ 90 billion *U* capital] , [ARG0 the administration] [ARGM-ADV probably] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a multibillion-dollar increase] .
- Ford might challenge the proposal by *-2 offering a full bid if [ARG0 holders and the U.K. government] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to drop the anti-takeover barrier early] .
- [ARG0 Tele-Communications] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy half of Showtime Networks from Viacom for $ 225 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Hooker 's U.S. unit] is expected *-1 to [rel agree] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARG1-PRD * to sell its Merksamer Jewelers chain to management] , according to executives .
- Last week another potential buyer , [ARG0 Whitehall Financial Group] -- which *T*-1 had [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in August] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to purchase most of Integrated 's core companies for $ 310 million *U*] -- ended talks with Integrated .
- [ARG0 Victor Wiener , the executive director of the Appraisers Association of America ,] [ARG1-PRD agrees] that Mr. Paul paid very dearly for the Rubens and adds that * getting rid of it any time soon for a similar sum would be quite a feat .
- [ARG0 K mart Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire Pace Membership Warehouse Inc. for $ 23 *U* a share , or $ 322 million *U* ,] [ARGM-LOC in a move * to expand its presence in the rapidly growing warehouse-club business] .
- But some analysts contend 0 [ARG0 K mart] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay too much for Pace] .
- [ARG0 Citibank and Chase] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to commit $ 3 billion *U*] , and said 0 they were `` highly confident '' of * raising another $ 4.2 billion *U* .
- BancOklahoma Corp. said 0 it completed [ARG1-to a restructuring agreement] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel agreed] to * by [ARG0 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. , creditor banks and subordinated debenture holders] .
- [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire Columbia for $ 3.4 billion *U* , or $ 27 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 The Supreme Court] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to decide whether a federal court may dismantle a merger that *T*-1 has won regulatory approval but been ruled *-3 anticompetitive in a private suit] .
- [ARG0 K mart] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire Pace Membership Warehouse for $ 322 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 expanding its presence in the growing wholesale-store business] .
- Knight-Ridder said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with estimates that net income for all of 1989 would be around $ 2.86 *U* a share , compared with $ 2.59 *U* a share a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-ADV As * previously reported *-2] , [ARGM-ADV under the terms of a confidentiality agreement with Dunkin ' Donuts] , [ARG0 the partners] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to keep their offer open until Nov. 1 , and not to acquire any additional shares except through a tender offer expiring on that date] .
- But it said 0 [ARG0 Charles Johnston , ISI chairman and president ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell his 60 % stake in ISI to Memotec upon completion of the tender offer for a combination of cash , Memotec stock and debentures] .
- -- United Auto Workers Local 1069 , which *T*-1 represents 3,000 workers at Boeing 's helicopter unit in Delaware County , Pa. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to extend its contract on a day-by-day basis , with a 10-day notification * to cancel , while it continues *-3 bargaining] .
- Compaq 's announcement also spells trouble for [ARG0 Zenith] , which *T*-1 last year had 28 % of the U.S. laptop market but [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to sell its computer business to Cie. des Machines Bull , the French government-owned computer maker] .
- [ARGM-TMP Late last month] , [ARG0 the appeals court] [rel agreed] that [ARG1-PRD most of the case should be dismissed *-1] .
- [ARG0 A jury] [ARGM-TMP in 1986] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with the USFL 's claims that the NFL monopolized major league football] .
- Vitro S.A. , a major Mexican glass maker , said yesterday that [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to buy Anchor Glass Container in a tender offer for $ 21.25 *U* a share , sweetened * from the original $ 20-a-share *U* offer 0 Vitro launched *T*-1 two months ago] .
- [ARG0 Columbia Pictures Entertainment] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a friendly $ 27-a-share *U* bid from Sony of Japan] , fell only 1\/8 * to close at 26 5\/8 .
- Shares of [ARG0 American Medical International] , which *T*-1 [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to accept a lower price from a buy-out group that *T*-2 includes First Boston Corp. and the Pritzker family of Chicago] , fell 15.8 % on Friday * to close at 20 .
- [ARG0 The Stamford , Conn. , concern] has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a buy-out by Bank of New York] [ARGM-LOC in a transaction with an indicated value of about $ 100 *U* a share that *T*-119 expires next August] .
- [ARG0 The Pennsylvania bank] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to be acquired *-2 in a merger with Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania for $ 25.50 *U* a share] .
- Integra , which *T*-174 owns and operates hotels , said that [ARG0 Hallwood Group Inc.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to exercise any rights that *T*-175 are n't exercised *-2 by other shareholders] .
- He also said that the group reduced its offer because [ARG0 it] was n't allowed *-1 to see Georgia Gulf 's confidential financial information without *-2 [rel agreeing] that [ARG1 it would n't make an offer unless it had Georgia Gulf 's consent] .
- Dealers said 0 [ARG0 the market] [rel agreed] .
- [ARG0 The Finnish government and major creditors of bankrupt shipyard Waertsilae Marine Industries Oy] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to form a new company *-2 to complete most of the troubled shipyard 's backlog of 15 ships] .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp. of Norfolk , Va. ,] but the sale sputtered almost from the beginning and finally collapsed last week .
- In a surprise move , [ARG0 the British government] cleared the way for a bidding war for Jaguar PLC by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to remove an obstacle to a takeover of the auto maker] .
- Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley told the House of Commons yesterday that he will relinquish the government 's so-called golden share in the company as long as [ARG0 Jaguar shareholders] [rel agree] .
- [ARG0 People close to the GM-Jaguar talks] [rel agreed] that [ARG1 Ford now may be able *-1 to shut out General Motors] .
- The statement emphasized that [ARG0 holders representing 75 % of the shares voting at a special shareholders ' meeting] [ARGM must] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to lift the takeover restrictions] .
- [ARG0 Armstrong World Industries Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARGM in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its carpet operations to Shaw Industries Inc] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Achenbaum , who *T*-292 had been considering *-1 paring down his firm or merging it with another small consulting outfit ,] [ARGM-TMP soon] [rel agreed] .
- First Security Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MNR tentatively] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Deseret Bancorp. for stock valued * at about $ 18 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 QVC] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 19 *U* and one-eighth QVC share for each of CVN 's 20 million fully diluted shares] .
- It surged 2 3\/4 to 6 on volume of more than 1.7 million shares after [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to be acquired *-2 by Japan 's Chugai Pharmaceutical for about $ 110 million *U* -- almost double the market price of Gen-Probe 's stock] .
- Dycom Industries gained 3\/4 to 16 3\/4 after it said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Ansco & Associates and two affiliates for cash and stock] .
- [ARG0 Shaw Industries] , which *T*-119 [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Armstrong World Industries ' carpet operations for an undisclosed price] , rose 2 1\/4 to 26 1\/8 .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 definitively *-1 to be acquired *-2 by Ogden Corp. in a stock swap valued * at about $ 82.5 million *U*] .
- Cilcorp Inc. , Peoria , Ill. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire the environmental consulting and analytical service businesses of Hunter Environmental Services Inc. of Southport , Conn .]
- [ARG0 Chugai] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP then] [ARG1 *-1 to fund certain associated research and development costs] .
- [ARG0 Chugai] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 6.25 *U* a share for Gen-Probe 's 17.6 million common shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis] .
- [ARGM As part of the transaction] , [ARG0 Edisto] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to give Mesa , an Amarillo , Texas , oil and gas partnership managed * by T. Boone Pickens Jr. , a seat on its board] .
- `` We were never going *-2 to get [ARG0 these insurance companies] to [rel agree] [ARGM again] , '' says *T*-1 John V. Trump , a San Francisco defense lawyer in the case .
- [ARGM-LOC Under a merger agreement reached * Sept. 14] , [ARG0 the UAL board] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to reimburse certain of the buy-out group 's expenses out of company funds even if the transaction was n't completed *-2] , provided 0 the group did n't breach the agreement .
- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 one holder who *T*-1 asked *-3 not to be named *-4 , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice [ARG0 bondholders] into *-7 [rel agreeing] to [ARG1-to a new swap] .
- [ARG0 Weisfield 's] surged 14 to 53 after *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a unit of Ratners Group for $ 50 *U* a share] .
- Yesterday , [ARG0 Quebecor Inc. , a Montreal printing , publishing and forest-products company 53%-owned by Mr. Peladeau ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Maxwell Communication Corp. 's U.S. printing subsidiary , Maxwell Graphics Inc. , for $ 500 million *U* in cash and securities] .
- [ARGM-LOC In yesterday 's accord] , [ARG0 Quebecor] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 400 million *U* in cash for Maxwell Graphics , and to give Maxwell Communication a 20 % stake , valued * at $ 100 million *U* , in Quebecor 's new printing subsidiary] .
- In a separate matter , the Justice Department yesterday said 0 [ARG0 Boeing] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay the government $ 11 million *U* *-2 to settle claims that the company provided inaccurate cost information to the Air Force while *-3 negotiating contracts * to replace the aluminum skins on the KC-135 tanker aircraft] .
- [ARG0 The justices] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to decide whether federal insurers can require LTV to take back responsiblilty for * funding its $ 2.3 billion *U* pension shortfall] .
- [ARG0 Rockefeller Group] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell a 51 % interest to Mitsubishi Estate , a major Japanese developer and property owner , for $ 846 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Gen-Probe] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to be bought *-1 by Chugai Pharmaceutical for about $ 110 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Maxwell] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its U.S. printing unit to Quebecor for $ 500 million *U* , * making Quebecor the No. 2 commercial printer in North America] .
- [ARG0 Ratners Group PLC 's U.S. subsidiary] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire jewelry retailer Weisfield 's Inc. for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 55 million *U*] .
- In a statement prepared * by lawyers for the university and Connaught , the parties said 0 [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] that [ARG1 as a result of * reaching a C 415 million *U* research accord , `` It *EXP*-1 is unnecessary that there be a judgment on the merits -LCB- of the case -RCB- at this time] . ''
- [ARG0 Society Corp. , which *T*-1 is also a bank ,] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in June] [ARG1 *-2 to buy Trustcorp for 12.4 million shares of stock with a market value of about $ 450 million *U*] .
- RJR Nabisco Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its Baby Ruth , Butterfinger and Pearson candy businesses to Nestle S.A. 's Nestle Foods unit for $ 370 million *U*] .
- Since KKR bought RJR in February for $ 25 billion *U* of debt , [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell nearly $ 5 billion *U* of RJR assets] .
- Milton Roy disclosed in May that it was approached *-1 for a possible acquisition by [ARG0 Thermo Electron] , which *T*-2 [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to purchase Milton Roy 's liquid-chromatography line for $ 22 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in February] .
- *-1 To mollify shareholders concerned * about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement , [ARG0 BellSouth] [ARGM also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay as much as $ 10 *U* a share , or $ 540 million *U* , if , after five years , the trading value of the new cellular company is n't as high as the value that shareholders would have realized *T*-2 from the McCaw offer] .
- [ARG0 Joseph Hardiman , president of the National Association of Securities Dealers , which *T*-1 oversees trading on Nasdaq ,] [rel agrees] that [ARG1 program trading is hurting the market 's efforts * to bring back small investors] .
- [ARG0 Montedison S.p.A.] definitively [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy all of the publicly held shares of Erbamont N.V. for $ 37 *U* each] .
- [ARG0 Jayark Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 4 million *U* in cash , $ 2 million *U* of 12 % convertible debentures , and 1.6 million common shares *-2 to acquire closely held Kofcoh Imports Inc] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell the extrusion division for $ 15 million *U* to R.D. Werner Co. , a closely held firm based * in Greenville , Pa] .
- [ARG0 RJR Nabisco] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $ 370 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Sansui Electric] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell a 51 % stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $ 110 million *U*] .
- Opinions *ICH*-3 vary about how important *PPA*-2 the UAL deal was *T*-1 to the market 's health , but [ARG0 analysts] [ARGM generally] [rel agree] that [ARG1 the market gyrations created * as the UAL plan crumbled revealed a fundamental change in investor psychology] .
- [ARG0 Montedison , which *T*-1 owns about 72 % of the company 's common stock ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy the rest for $ 37 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV As * reported *-2] , [ARG0 CNW] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a group of investors led * by Blackstone Capital Partners Limited Partnership for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 950 million *U*] .
- Security said 0 it signed a letter of intent * to purchase La Jolla Bancorp , [ARG0 *] [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 15 *U* of its own stock for each share of La Jolla] .
- Ford is willing *-1 to bid for 100 % of Jaguar 's shares if [ARG0 both the government and Jaguar shareholders] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to relax the anti-takeover barrier prematurely] .
- That is due mostly to payments from Allianz for most of the 50 % stake 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to acquire *T*-2] in Navigation Mixte 's insurance business .
- Diversified Investment Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to be acquired *-1 by Star States Corp. for stock valued * at $ 13.75 *U* a share , or about $ 24.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 MCA and Cineplex 's other major shareholder , Montreal-based financier Charles Bronfman and his associates ,] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to tender their holdings to an offer by Mr. Drabinsky unless a higher offer is made *-1 by another bidder] .
- `` All 0 this has really established *T*-2 is that [ARG0 MCA and the Bronfmans] have [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a price at which they can be bought *-1 out *T*-3] , '' said *T*-4 Jeffery Logsdon , an analyst with Crowell , Weedon in Los Angeles .
- The directors did n't indicate the source of financing for Mr. Drabinsky 's new proposal , but said 0 [ARG0 MCA and the Bronfman associates] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-2 to buy for $ 57 million *U* *RNR*-1 and then lease back to Cineplex *RNR*-1 its 18-screen theater complex in Universal City , Calif. , if Mr. Drabinsky succeeds in an offer] .
- [ARG0 The unsecured creditors] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to support New Haven , Conn.-based United Illuminating 's new bid] .
- [ARG0 MGM Grand Inc.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay $ 93 million *U* and nearly 1.8 million common shares *-2 to buy 117 acres of land along the Las Vegas , Nev. , Strip as a site for its planned movie-studio and theme-park resort] .
- One reason : banks -- likely * to react to any new UAL deal with even more caution than the first time around -- probably will insist on labor harmony before [ARG0 they] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to put up cash for any new bid or even a less-ambitious recapitalization plan] .
- It 's followed *-2 by [ARG0 Stroh Brewery Co.] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to sell its assets to Coors] .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care Corp.] , which *T*-2 has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp.] , reported a $ 4.7 million *U* loss for its Aug. 31 first quarter and said 0 it is negotiating an extension of senior bank debt past its Oct. 18 due date .
- It has been three years since [ARG0 Mr. Boesky] , * now in prison , [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay a $ 100 million *U* fine *-2 to settle the government 's charges that he had traded illegally *-3 using insider information] .
- [ARG0 Drexel] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-4 to plead guilty to six felony counts and pay $ 650 million *U* , of which $ 350 million *U* *T*-5 was set *-1 aside for shareholders and other plaintiffs , including the limited partners , who *T*-3 claim 0 they were injured *-2 by Drexel] .
- The offer is in limbo , however , because [ARG0 LIN] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to merge its cellular-phone businesses with BellSouth Corp] .
- ITT also said 0 [ARG0 its consumer finance unit] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in September] [ARG1 *-1 to settle a civil suit *ICH*-2 with the California attorney general over alleged improper lending and sales practices] .
- Some speculate that [ARG0 Mr. Corry] would [rel agree] [ARGM-ADV if he could find a buyer at the right price] .
- `` Dave thought 0 the country needed a strong U.S. Steel and , while [ARG0 Chuck] [rel agreed] , he was more apt *-1 to say , ` Not at any cost to shareholders , ' '' a former executive says *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP In June] , [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to settle for $ 18 million *U* several lawsuits related * to its sales practices , without * admitting or denying the charges] .
- Citizens First Bancorp . Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Lakeland First Financial Group Inc. , a Succasunna , N.J. , bank holding company , for about $ 50.6 million *U* in cash and stock] .
- Color Systems Technology Inc. , Los Angeles , said 0 [ARG0 its major creditor , General Electric Pension Trust ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to convert $ 11.8 million *U* of debt owed * into 25 % of Color System 's fully diluted common stock] .
- [ARG0 Nortek] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 not to acquire any securities of Federal-Mogul for 10 years and not to influence company affairs during that period] .
- In return for an ownership stake in the company , [ARG0 the pilots] were willing *-3 to [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a seven-year contract that *T*-1 included a no-strike clause and significant wage concessions and productivity gains 0 the union previously resisted *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-ADV As a `` good-will measure , ''] [ARG0 the pilots] had been working four extra hours a month and had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to fly UAL 's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft] .
- In September , [ARG0 Ashland] settled the long-simmering dispute by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to pay Iran $ 325 million *U*] .
- Spokesmen for Emerson and [ARG0 Vermont American] , which *T*-2 has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to be acquired *-1] , said 0 they do n't anticipate `` any problems '' with the completion of the transaction .
- In a last-ditch effort * to keep its sales force and customer base , Integrated Resources Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to transfer ownership of its broker-dealer subsidiary to two of its top executives] .
- Besides *-1 signing Mr. Aikman to a sizable contract , [ARG0 Mr. Jones] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay rookie quarterback Steve Walsh $ 4.1 million *U* over the next four years] .
- Dow Chemical Co. said 0 [ARG0 its Destec Energy Inc. unit] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to buy PSE Inc. , a Houston energy company , in a deal valued * at about $ 115 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 BanPonce] jumped 4 1\/2 to 47 3\/4 after *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 * to be acquired *-1 by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico for $ 56.25 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] [ARG0 Bond Corp.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell at least half its Australian brewing assets] .
- The offer is in limbo , however , because [ARG0 LIN] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to merge its cellular-phone businesses with BellSouth Corp] .
- [ARG0 Japan] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to enforce a decision *ICH*-2 by an international wildlife conference * to ban all trade in ivory] , a spokesman for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Investment bankers following UAL] [rel agree] that [ARG1 the strongest impetus for an eventual deal is that the pilots have been attempting a buy-out for more than two years , and are n't likely *-1 to stop , *-1 having come so close to success] .
- [ARG0 Convex] [ARGM also] recently [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to use Posix , a standard for the computer language called * UNIX] .
- [ARG0 Eagle Financial Corp. and Webster Financial Corp. , two Connecticut savings bank-holding companies ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to merge in a tax-free stock transaction] .
- [ARGM Also] [ARGM-TMP late last week] , [ARG0 UAL flight attendants] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to participate with the pilots in * crafting a revised offer] .
- One advantage 0 the buy-out group intends *-2 to press *T*-1 with the board is that [ARG0 pilots] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to make $ 200 million *U* in annual cost concessions *-4 to help *-5 finance a bid] .
- His client , Mr. Davis , used just such a letter from Citicorp in *-1 pursuing UAL ; [ARG0 Citicorp] later [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to work with a competing UAL buy-out group] .
- [ARG0 The United flight-attendants union] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to negotiations that *T*-1 could lead to the flight attendants contributing concessions to a revived bid in exchange for an ownership stake] .
- Not only that , [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to give them a stake in Columbia 's future profits and buy their company , Guber Peters Entertainment Co. , for $ 200 million *U* , almost 40 % more than the market value of the company] .
- Universal Studios was working on a competing film , but [ARG0 the studio and its producers] [ARGM ultimately] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to co-produce the film with Guber Peters and Warner] .
- [ARGM-TMP In July] a year later , [ARG0 Warner] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to release the producers from their old contract when Messrs. Guber , Peters and Sugarman made a $ 100 million *U* offer * to buy 25 % of MGM\/UA *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-DIS Meanwhile] , [ARG0 Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to extend their Warner agreement with the new five-year exclusive contract] .
- [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to indemnify the producers against any liability to Warner] .
- Mr. Daly in his affidavit acknowledges that [ARG0 Warner] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to release the producers last year *-2 to take over MGM] but says 0 that situation was altogether different .
- That debt is part of the $ 2.1 billion *U* of Holiday debt that Bass PLC of Britain said 0 it would retire or assume *T*-1 when [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy the Holiday Inn business] [ARGM-TMP in August] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and BanPonce Corp.] -- [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to merge in a transaction valued * at $ 324 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 CML , Acton , Mass. ,] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell the unit to Reebok for about $ 42 million *U*] .
- MARK RESOURCES INC. , Calgary , Alberta , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell 75 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 63.9 million *U* -RRB- of 8 % convertible debentures to a group of securities dealers] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agreed] with company expectations that [ARG1 operating profit will be down this year and in 1990] .
- Pride Petroleum Services Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy well-servicing assets of two companies] and expects *-1 to report higher third-quarter revenue and earnings .
- Amdura Corp. said 0 [ARG0 its bank group , led * by Chicago-based Continental Bank ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to extend its $ 40 million *U* bridge loan until March 31 , 1990] , and gave it a new $ 30 million *U* credit line .
- [ARG0 LIN] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] with [ARG3-with BellSouth Corp.] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to merge their cellular-telephone businesses] , said then that it would n't take a position on McCaw 's revised tender offer .
- Affiliated Bankshares of Colorado Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its 10 % interest in Rocky Mountain Bankcard Systems for $ 18.5 million *U* to Colorado National Bank of Denver and Central Bank of Denver] .
- Bank of New York Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire the credit-card business of Houston-based First City Bancorp. of Texas for between $ 130 million and $ 134 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just last month] , [ARG0 a Bank of New York subsidiary] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to buy the credit-card operation of Dreyfus Corp. 's Dreyfus Consumer Bank for $ 168 million *U* , a transaction that *T*-2 is expected *-4 to be completed *-1 by the end of the year] .
- [ARG0 First City , which *T*-1 issues both MasterCard and Visa cards ,] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to act as an agent bank] .
- [ARG0 UAL 's management] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to reduce the seniority of those pilots in exchange for the support of the United pilot union for the buy-out proposal] .
- [ARG0 Bally Manufacturing Corp. and New York developer Donald Trump] have [rel agreed] [ARGM in principle] to [ARG1-to a $ 6.5 million *U* settlement of shareholder litigation stemming from Bally 's alleged greenmail payment to Mr. Trump] .
- In February 1987 , [ARG0 Bally] thwarted a possible hostile takeover bid from Mr. Trump by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to buy 2.6 million of Mr. Trump 's 3.1 million Bally shares for $ 83.7 million *U* -- more than $ 18 million *U* above market price] .
- The amount 0 Bally and Mr. Trump will pay *T*-1 *-2 to settle the class-action suit pales in comparison to the $ 45 million *U* 0 [ARG0 Walt Disney Co. and Saul Steinberg 's Reliance Group Holdings Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to pay *T*-4 *-5 to settle a similar suit] [ARGM-TMP in July] .
- [ARG0 International Proteins Corp.] definitively [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 49 million *U* and 2,850,000 of its shares for Hanson PLC 's Ground Round restaurant subsidiary] .
- Sir John noted that [ARG0 GM , a longtime Jaguar supplier ,] [rel agrees] `` 0 [ARG1 we should remain an independent company] . ''
- If [ARG0 no margin] [rel agreed] , there is a fallback rate of Libor plus 0.75 point in years one to 15 , and Libor plus 1.25 point thereafter .
- In a separate announcement , Trinova said 0 [ARG0 the Aeroquip group] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sell its spring-brake , piston-brake and related businesses to Midland Brake Inc. of Branford , Conn] .
- [ARG0 Prospect , a New York-based leveraged buy-out firm ,] [ARGM also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to invest $ 15 million *U* in Recognition , which *T*-1 in turn agreed *-3 to repurchase as much as $ 20 million *U* of its stock] .
- Prospect , a New York-based leveraged buy-out firm , also agreed *-2 to invest $ 15 million *U* in [ARG0 Recognition] , which *T*-1 [ARGM in turn] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to repurchase as much as $ 20 million *U* of its stock] .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5] , [ARGM-ADV * angering many of the thousands of workers asked * *-4 to make pay concessions so the buy-out would be a success] .
- [ARGM-ADV While the U.S. share of the increase probably will not reach the $ 12 billion *U* or more implicit in the IMF 's request for a doubling of its $ 90 billion *U* capital] , [ARG0 the administration] [ARGM probably] [ARGM will] [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a multibillion-dollar increase] .
- Ford might challenge the proposal by *-2 offering a full bid if [ARG0 holders and the U.K. government] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to drop the anti-takeover barrier early] .
- [ARG0 Tele-Communications] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy half of Showtime Networks from Viacom for $ 225 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Hooker 's U.S. unit] is expected *-1 to [rel agree] [ARGM in principle] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARG1 * to sell its Merksamer Jewelers chain to management] , according to executives .
- Last week another potential buyer , [ARG0 Whitehall Financial Group] -- which *T*-1 had [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in August] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to purchase most of Integrated 's core companies for $ 310 million *U*] -- ended talks with Integrated .
- [ARG0 Victor Wiener , the executive director of the Appraisers Association of America ,] [rel agrees] that [ARG1 Mr. Paul paid very dearly for the Rubens] and adds that * getting rid of it any time soon for a similar sum would be quite a feat .
- [ARG0 K mart Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Pace Membership Warehouse Inc. for $ 23 *U* a share , or $ 322 million *U* ,] [ARGM-LOC in a move * to expand its presence in the rapidly growing warehouse-club business] .
- But some analysts contend 0 [ARG0 K mart] has [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to pay too much for Pace] .
- [ARG0 Citibank and Chase] had [rel agreed] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to commit $ 3 billion *U*] , and said 0 they were `` highly confident '' of * raising another $ 4.2 billion *U* .
- BancOklahoma Corp. said 0 it completed [ARG1-to a restructuring agreement] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel agreed] to * by [ARG0 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. , creditor banks and subordinated debenture holders] .
- [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Columbia for $ 3.4 billion *U* , or $ 27 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 The Supreme Court] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to decide whether a federal court may dismantle a merger that *T*-1 has won regulatory approval but been ruled *-3 anticompetitive in a private suit] .
- [ARG0 K mart] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Pace Membership Warehouse for $ 322 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 expanding its presence in the growing wholesale-store business] .