Sports
Arlington’s Merger With Churchill Downs Inc. Makes Owner Duchossois Key Player in Rivalry With Stronach’s Magna Empire
Aug. 19, 2000
World & Nation
A 13th century copy of the Magna Carta, a milestone of English freedom, will be offered for sale Dec. 10 in New York, Sotheby’s auction house said.
Sept. 26, 2007
California
Education: About 375 undergraduate and 160 graduate students are honored. Ambassador and House chaplain given special doctorates.
May 16, 1999
Yielding to American pressure, Pope John Paul II on Tuesday proclaimed new international standards for Roman Catholic colleges and universities, standards that demand fidelity to church teaching but guarantee academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
Sept. 26, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
Acquisitions: Deal will give the company, owner of Santa Anita Park, its seventh horse-racing track.
Aug. 31, 2000
Business
Deals: Canada’s Magna International buys the Arcadia horse racing track through its real estate unit for $126 million.
Dec. 15, 1998
McAlpine is out and Hodgson is in at Magna Entertainment, which operates Santa Anita and other facilities.
March 9, 2005
Technology and the Internet
Two years ago, an obscure publicly traded Thousand Oaks company called Magna Technologies was featured in “Investa-Line,” an investment newsletter published by a Florida company called “Big Bucks, Inc.”
May 12, 1987
The folks at Sound Advance Systems in Santa Ana say their “invisible” speakers are the best thing in consumer electronics since the woofer met the tweeter.
July 23, 1992
Autos
A Russian industrial conglomerate will invest $1.54 billion in auto parts supplier Magna International Inc., raising speculation that the Canadian company is generating cash for a bid to buy Chrysler Group.
May 11, 2007