Business
American Brands Inc. said Monday that it will pay $602 million in cash for Acco World Corp., a move that will almost double the office products revenue of the diversified packaged consumer goods company.
June 23, 1987
2 Clients Move Business to Maurice Saatchi: Becoming the first actual client defections since British advertising executive Maurice Saatchi’s stormy departure from Saatchi & Saatchi Co. in London, publisher Mirror Group and tobacco maker Gallaher Ltd. said they will move their business to Maurice’s new agency.
Feb. 16, 1995
California
Oxnard City Clerk Mabi Plisky has asked Dist. Atty. Michael D.
May 30, 1990
Politics
The effort to oust Sonoma County prosecutor Jill Ravitch failed. But it underscores the need for reform.
Sept. 23, 2021
As city residents see tile-roof houses and condominiums replacing citrus groves, the issue of growth has taken center stage among the candidates for City Council this November.
Sept. 24, 1992
With about a week to go before the filing deadline, one resident has submitted nomination papers to run for one of two open City Council seats on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Aug. 1, 1992
A group led by U.S. corporate financiers Wasserstein Perella & Co. said today it has made a friendly $3.48-billion cash offer for Gateway Corp.
July 10, 1989
Grand Metropolitan PLC, London, named Ian Martin, currently head of its Minneapolis-based Grand Metropolitan Food Sector that includes the Pillsbury Co. and Burger King, to the additional post of deputy group chief executive of Grand Metropolitan PLC.
March 6, 1991
The case of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with murder and other crimes in Iraq is in the hands of a jury.
July 1, 2019
An investor group led by financier Sir James Goldsmith today sold a 29.8% stake in Rank Hovis McDougall PLC for the equivalent of $594 million, a loss of $17 million, the group and its brokers said.
Jan. 31, 1991