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Abstracts: At NYNEX, dial N for nightmare. New York step asked on Nynex; a phone divestiture will be considered. A weak outlook for phone giants
Abstracts: At NYNEX, dial N for nightmare. Nynex denies '88 actions raised rates. Court bars F.C.C. rule on phones
Abstracts: A tobacco company comes up with a funny little jingle, but antismoking forces are not amused. Selling Caution Or Hedonism In a World Of No Smoking
Abstracts: A tolerant nation's hidden shame: a federal study suggests that thousands may be victims of hate crime. Kids and asthma
Abstracts: A toll collector on the information highway; Online Resources has a patent that may take it into every home. Facts to fit every fancy: custom textbooks are here
Abstracts: Atom by atom, scientists build 'invisible' machines of the future; molecular manufacturing could help clean the air, heal the sick and create novel materials
Abstracts: Atomic overreaction: a close look at plutonium's unearned reputation as the pre-eminent poison. Log me a river: as old-growth longleaf pine becomes scarce, thousands of valuable logs are being raised from riverbeds where they have lain for close to a century
Abstracts: A toned-down radical aims for Parliament. History's movable feast moves on. The 'give-away man' of the North moves on
Abstracts: A toolbox for Apple's Powerbook. Flexibility without complexity. Sit up and do Mac tricks, please
Abstracts: A top creative executive leaves Lowe Lintas as Burger King replaces it with McCann-Erickson. A change at TWBA illustrates concerns over a slow economy
Abstracts: A top Hewlett official is named Octel chief. Apple technologists forming new venture. Apple official says he will leave
Abstracts: A top I.B.M. executive is retiring early. At I.B.M., the new boss takes to electronic mail. Microsoft Shuffles Leadership
Abstracts: A tortured debate. Is this any time for a summit? No peace in the streets
Abstracts: A Tory map to the middle of the road: Jean Charest reins in the right wing. A tough sell: division rages about the Senate
Abstracts: A town called malice. Trans Tiwi express. Missing millions
Abstracts: At Polaroid, more than snapshots. A new image: Why pros go digital. 7 formats? Sorting out the camcorders
Abstracts: At Putnam, The Buck Stays Put In a Pocket. Market Timing: A Longtime Practice Comes Under New Scrutiny. S.E.C. Finding Fund Abuses, Official Says
Abstracts: At Putnam, The Buck Stays Put In a Pocket. Meet Roslyn Platt, a Customer Of Putnam. She's Not Amused. Insurance Scandal Jolts Industry but Devastates Workers
Abstracts: A trade deal in political limbo. Governments as saviors. Drawing a line: Clinton's new budget sets the stage for a battle with the Republican-controlled Congress
Abstracts: A trade in criminals: Canada's policy of deporting lawbreakers helps fuel Jamaica's soaring crime rate. A desperate homecoming
Abstracts: A trillion-dollar economy. Dollar surges to 65.64 cents on strong economic data. Economy gearing down: BOM
Abstracts: A troubadour's legacy: folk stars honor Stan Rogers in Nova Scotia. The one-woman stronghold of the Nova Scotia NDP
Abstracts: A troubled nuclear family: the big promise of atoms for peace causes a costly fallout. Sex offenders: is there a cure?
Abstracts: A troublesome deal: concern is growing about a CBC partnership. Minding the books: an entrepreneur indulges his love for literature
Abstracts: Attack and Parry as Tyco Arguments Open. At Tyco Trial No. 2, Similarities To No. 1. Prosecutors Rewrite Script In New Trial Of 2 at Tyco
Abstracts: Attack from the front. Islands at sea. Charmed & dangerous
Abstracts: Attacking a killer. A diplomatic parting for an Ottawa veteran. Beauty and the bush: a major show celebrates the Group of Seven's devotion to the rugged and the wild
Abstracts: Attacking spirit. Investment pros and cons. Riding the Asian scaremarket
Abstracts: Attack of the killer fees. Firing up the Coles. Board game
Abstracts: Attack on peace. The secrets of a mosque. Give peace a chance
Abstracts: Attack on public schools: has the education "crisis" been overstated? Is the reported decline in public education quality largely a myth?
Abstracts: Attacks by Arabs On Jews in France Revive Old Fears. CONGRESS PASSES NEW LEGAL SHIELD FOR GUN INDUSTRY. France Won't Meet Demand To Stop Ban on Head Scarves
Abstracts: AT&T adding surcharges; FCC furious. Sprint dials up nontraditional calling plan. AT&T makes bold, $3B stock repurchase
Abstracts: AT&T adds $1.50 fee for local, long-distance on 1 bill. AT&T backs off local phone plans. Despite competition, regional Bells still rule local lines
Abstracts: A.T.&T. admits alarms failed in cutoff. MCI preparing TV ads to question A.T.&T. reliability. MCI preparing TV ads to question A.T&T. reliability
Abstracts: A.T.&T. admits alarms failed in cutoff. Theories narrowed in phone inquiry. String of phone failures perplexes companies and U.S. investigators
Abstracts: A.T.& T. alters merger to win audit ruling. A.T.& T. is questioned on accounting for NCR. NCR and A.T.&T.: would the combination work? Skepticism over the merger abounds, but some see its logic
Abstracts: A.T.& T. and and IDB to use Soviet satellite on trial basis: an attempt to widen communications bottleneck. U.S. bars a Soviet phone deal; fiber-optic system by U S West called a risk to security
Abstracts: A.T.&T. and NCR hit snag; new round of talks seen. Harmony in AT&T-NCR tune. Banks pledge $6 billion to avoid bid by A.T.&T
Abstracts: A.T.& T. and NCR hold talks: no accord announced; no further meetings are said to be planned. U.S. jury indictment of Nynex: 'Baby Bell' accused of violating order on A.T.&.T. breakup
Abstracts: AT&T asks AOL Time Warner to alter cable deal. Seagram, Bertelsmann music venture joins medley on Web. Future still cloudy for EMI, Time Warner music venture
Abstracts: AT&T bets big on a new strategy. BioChem wins approval to sell hepatitis B treatment in Europe. Panel warns of Mackenzie pipeline damage: Report foresees hundreds of wells drilled in NWT
Abstracts: AT&T board said to meet on overhaul. WorldCom-Sprint deal in danger. WorldCom and Sprint look for ways to save deal
Abstracts: AT&T boss cables the future. GTE, Bell Atlantic boards tangle deal. For US West, size isn't everything
Abstracts: AT&T, British Telecom reported in global talks. AT&T, microsoft tap digital cable deal. Phone pacts: it's all on the line
Abstracts: AT&T, British Telecom union faces international scrutiny. New telecom strike jolts industry. AT&T, British Telecom reported in global talks
Abstracts: AT&T, British Telecom union faces international scrutiny. US West to slash price of speed Net service. Wireless carriers struggle to meet market demand
Abstracts: AT&T, BT plan global hookup valued at $10B. AT&T to test fiber technology. Telecom market prepars for unified messaging
Abstracts: AT&T, BT plan global hookup valued at $10B. High Court slams local carriers. GTE, Bell Atlantic discuss joining forces
Abstracts: AT&T Canada executives tout revamped business. Telus slashes quarterly dividend 57 percent. New Economy going on buying spree to load up on technology
Abstracts: AT&T Canada eyes e-commerce acquisition. BCE gets okay for Nortel spinoff. GT continues expansion with acquisition of C1
Abstracts: AT&T clears step in bid to purchase a cable TV giant; F.C.C. ruling still ahead; Justice Dept. backs MediaOne merger that would control a third of U.S. market
Abstracts: AT&T comcast reach truce. USDA approves irradiated meat. SEC completes review of IBP
Abstracts: A.T.&T. considers entering cellular service abroad. MCI, grown big, looks abroad. Head start on data superhighway
Abstracts: A.T.&T. deal may hinge on S.E.C. ruling; 'pool' treatment asked; NCR reappoints Exley and president to board. A.T.&T. now seeks computer maker with hostile bid; NCR spurns stock offer; cash deal put at $90 a share, but the target company seeks a price of $125
Abstracts: AT&T Digital One Rate connects. Iridium aims for quick bankruptcy resolution. GTE, Bell Atlantic boards tangle deal
Abstracts: A.T.&T. employees missed breakdown; power failure unnoticed for 6 hours, company says. Theories narrowed in phone inquiry
Abstracts: Attempts at reform. After the Cold War. Spy vs. spy: overkill in the U.S. intelligence community
Abstracts: Attempts at reform. Restructuring plan. The new CIA
Abstracts: Attention deficit disorder. Australia beware the unholy trinity. Back to the banana republic
Abstracts: Attention pays: it was a rocky year for investors but, as Peter Freeman reports, the lessons are there to be learned and the future needn't be bleak
Abstracts: Attention, shoppers: Wal-Mart's arrival has forced retailers to focus on customers. The clone crackdown: golf's big companies fight look-alike clubs
Abstracts: A.T.&T. expects profit drop; trouble in meeting '90 targets is seen. Earnings drop by 10% at Southwestern Bell
Abstracts: A.T.& T. forming alliances for wireless computing. State Dept. contract gives Wang a boost. AT&T's computer contract
Abstracts: AT&T goes on the attack: a U.S. phone giant targets Canada. Electric cars move closer to the showroom; for all but a few, the price will be out of reach
Abstracts: At the controls. Hope floats eternal. Go with the float
Abstracts: At the end of the line, a big pot of gold. Ghost of Holy Joe haunts Torstar. Torstar stresses Internet strategy
Abstracts: At the feet of the master of the universe. Urban cowboys and rural rituals. Urban nights and the bright lights
Abstracts: At the heart of the matter. Inheriting the storm. 'We are kidnapped'
Abstracts: At their bidding. Portrait of a leader. Black magic music
Abstracts: At the Luxury End, Holiday Sales Were Hopping. Retail in Review: More Bah Than Sis-Boom. Uninspired Shoppers May Wait for January
Abstracts: At the movies: full bar, prime rib, recliners. Video-on-demand comes of age. Satellite TV to bring local stations home
Abstracts: A.T.&T. in venture to lay cable to Japan. New fiber-optic cable will expand calls abroad, and defy sharks. The phone company untangles its lifelines
Abstracts: A.T.&T. links breakdown to failure to do routine check. Pacific Telesis: 2-headed thing. Cuba sharply reduces its overseas phone links
Abstracts: AT&T loss in NCR vote is expected. NCR chief reasserts view that A.T.&T. bid is too low. Chemical leads bank group aiding hostile A.T.&T. bid
Abstracts: AT&T makes bold, $3B stock repurchase. Rural calls at crossroads. Great rates chip away at dial-around
Abstracts: AT&T move means millions will face higher phone bill; low-volume callers hit; consumer groups say F.C.C. and company misled public by citing drop in fees
Abstracts: A.T.&T. net up 12.5%; MCI gains. A.T.&T. expects profit drop; trouble in meeting '90 targets is seen. Earnings decline 6% at A.T.&T.; four Bell regionals have mixed results
Abstracts: A.T.&T. net up 12.5%; MCI gains. A.T.&T.'s earnings up by 26%: big write-off seen before end of year; stock rises $1.625
Abstracts: A.T.& T. paying $12.6 billion for McCaw Cellular; giant in long distance would gain a vast wireless network. Baby Bells' $2.4 billion deal gains
Abstracts: A.T.& T. plans $7 billion charge for retiree health benefits. A.T.&T.'s earnings up by 26%: big write-off seen before end of year; stock rises $1.625
Abstracts: AT&T pressures Rogers for higher wireless bid. SEC probes trading in shares of hot Net firm. Rogers Wireless shares plunge 34%
Abstracts: AT&T puts a price on wireless offering; plans call for the stock sale to raise up to $13.2 billion. 2 phone giants said to be near deal to merge wireless units
Abstracts: A.T.&T. raises bid for NCR; computer maker will study offer of $110 a share in stock. A.T.&T. is offering $6 billion to buy a computer maker; bid is criticized by NCR; telecommunications leader tries yet again to become a force in computing
Abstracts: A.T.&T. reaches out (and grabs everyone); alliances replace self-reliance as the company stakes claims in a new world
Abstracts: AT&T ready to unload Rogers Wireless stake. Small firms lack governance: survey. Phoenix fires accused bond trader
Abstracts: AT&T rejects $1.51 billion Rogers bid: In no rush to divest 34-per-cent stake. AT&T increases Rogers Wireless stake
Abstracts: A.T.&T. reports $1 billion in fourth-quarter earnings. A. T. & T. and Sprint climb sharply. A.T.&T. net rises; GTE's declines
Abstracts: AT&T revamps long-distance rate hike plan. AT&T shuns tactic of additional tracking shares. Court to hear GTE subsidy protest
Abstracts: AT&T's acquisition of MediaOne wins approval by F.C.C.; asset sales are ordered; move causes angry reaction among consumer groups - threat of a lawsuit
Abstracts: AT&T says Liberty Media spinoff tax free. Sprint board backs MCI bid. Verizon to sell long-distance in Mass
Abstracts: A.T.&T. says tender offer for NCR stock yields 70%. NCR acquisition is giving Wall Street millions in fees. NCR to buy data company for $520 million
Abstracts: A.T.&T. sets long-call rate cuts. A.T.&T. seeking 1.1% cut in day long-distance rates. A.T.&T. plans to cut long-distance costs 2%
Abstracts: A.T.&T. settles bias suit for $66 million; a nationwide effect is seen for women in the workplace. 3 bids for Mexico phone company
Abstracts: AT&T strike looms as contract talks stall. Cable TV battling phone companies: technologies vie to control future of communication
Abstracts: A.T.&T.-Sun near end of a key software race. A.T&T. introduces server computer line. Sun Microsystems to battle rivals with new machines
Abstracts: AT&T taps back into residential phone market. Critics find flaws in Windows 2000. Real dealmakers weren't CEOs
Abstracts: AT&T targets Latin America. Ralston Purina trading netted $460,000. On-the-fly trading takes off with technology
Abstracts: AT&T-TCI 'good for Microsoft.' Microsoft e-mail praises subversion. Oracle finds way around Microsoft Windows
Abstracts: A.T. & T. to eliminate many operator jobs. Ruling on local phone service. A.T.&T. sees big charge to meet rule
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