Business
Texas Instruments Inc. agreed to buy modem maker Amati Communications Corp. for $395 million in cash, the companies said.
Nov. 20, 1997
Santa Barbara-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. said its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 21%, matching estimates, to $116 million, or 38 cents a share, from $96 million, or 32 cents, in the year-earlier period. . . .
Oct. 2, 1997
Stocks rose modestly Monday, but investors were reluctant to place any big bets before today’s Federal Reserve Board meeting on interest rate policy, making it the slowest day of the year on Wall Street.
May 20, 1997
Westel Communications, located at 48 Tangerine in Irvine, has changed its name to WITCOM Business Telephone Systems.
Jan. 30, 1986
The Dow Jones industrial average moved briefly over the 6,000 mark on Monday before falling back, while other stock measures--including the Nasdaq composite index--hit new highs.
Oct. 8, 1996
AT&T; Accused of Racketeering: A Venezuelan company said it has filed a $90-million lawsuit against American Telephone & Telegraph Co., charging it with racketeering and antitrust violations.
Oct. 18, 1990
Technology and the Internet
Borland International Inc. named Delbert Yocam chairman and chief executive to fill positions left empty after the software company’s founder and another executive resigned amid disappointing sales.
Nov. 26, 1996
World & Nation
Post-Communist era brings service to thousands for the first time. But fear of Big Brother lingers, and mobile units raise social and etiquette questions.
Aug. 28, 1997
Blue-chip stocks posted modest gains Friday as long-term bond interest rates took another drop, but the Nasdaq market sank under the weight of falling technology shares.
Dec. 2, 1995
Blue-chip stocks posted modest gains Friday as long-term bond interest rates fell again, but the Nasdaq market sank under the weight of falling technology shares.