Business
Philip Morris Cos. said Monday that it will buy the U.S. and Canadian ready-to-eat cold cereal businesses of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. for $450 million in cash.
Nov. 17, 1992
World & Nation
Economy: Rescue plan, worth up to $45 billion, aims to boost currency and investor confidence.
Nov. 9, 1998
California
County businessman Kent Rogers has been handed a $25-million income tax bill, most of it for money he is accused of embezzling in a fraud on the Bank of America, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
June 24, 1988
Bank of America Corp. can be sued in state court for charging fees to cash paychecks drawn on its accounts, a federal judge has ruled, dealing a setback to big national banks in their battle to escape state banking laws.
July 28, 2004
Oakland-based Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical and the United Steelworkers of America announced a tentative contract agreement believed to incorporate concessions by the union . . .
Feb. 27, 1985
I used to strut around town feeling prosperous and important because I had my own corporation, thanks to a sudden, but brief, influx of cash from writing television pilots and movies.
Aug. 6, 2004
The courtship began in February when BankAmerica chief executive Richard M.
Aug. 13, 1991
Prudential Securities said it has acquired Volpe Brown Whelan & Co., among one of the few remaining independent investment banks, as it seeks a piece of the lucrative business of helping technology companies sell stock to the public.
Dec. 14, 1999
Everybody knows doctors often don’t make good business operators. That’s one reason there are HMOs.
Dec. 13, 1991
Air Force One today will ferry George Bush and his advisers on a rare trip to the south--a week-long tour of five crisis-ridden Latin American nations.
Dec. 2, 1990