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Date: 26 December 1998
By Dan Barry
Dan Barry
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, wearing Santa Claus costume, bearing sack of gag gifts, and holding lists of the naughty and nice, holds annual party at Gracie Mansion for City Hall press corps (M)
Date: 27 December 1998
By Marian Burros
Marian Burros
Marion Burros article on disappointing White House Christmas Party, formerly exclusive and elegant event for press corps that was transformed this year into huge, casual, outdoor event (M)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
Federal Government is taking extraordinary security measures in prosecution of embassy bombings in Africa, drawing protest from defense lawyers and some news organizations; has filed secret charges, isolated defendants in high-security cells with virtually no communication to outside world, and closed courtrooms where certain sensitive matters arise; 14 people have been charged in conspiracy; eight of them, including Osama bin Laden, remain at large and six are being held in custody in New York (M)
Date: 27 December 1998
By Richard Weir
Richard Weir
Ordinary people who somehow made headlines in New York in recent years tell how their lives were affected by their instant and short-lived celebrity; among them are Harvey Weinstein, 'tuxedo man' who was held captive in cramped pit in Manhattan for 13 days, Keron Thomas, teen-ager who commandeered a subway train in Inwood, Frank Spangenberg, transit police officer from Queens who became a hit on Jeopardy, and Annette Sorensen, Danish actress who left her child in a stroller outside a Lower East Side restaurant while she died inside; photos (L)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sean P Brennan, former vice president for CS First Boston Investment Management Group, Credit Suisse Group affiliate, agrees to pay $50,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charge that he distributed misleading marketing materials about the fund; is barred from industry but has right to reapply in five years (S)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Central bank reports Thailand's foreign currency reserves rose 1 percent in week ended Dec 18, reaching $30 billion level for first time since October 1997 (S)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Indian Government, in effort to raise fuel production, to offer 48 sites to domestic and foreign companies for oil and natural gas exploration (S)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Samuel Heyman, chief executive of International Specialty Products Inc and his affiliates raise their stake in Life Technologies Inc to 26.2 percent from 20.42 percent of common shares; the investors had previously refused to sell their Life Technology shares under tender offer by Dexter Corp, which is acquiring Life Technologies (S)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fuel and Energy Ministry official says Russian oil production fell 1 percent this year, less than expected, as ruble's decline offset low world oil prices and gave producers needed cash to maintain output; puts output at 2.2 million barrels in 1998 (S)
Date: 26 December 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Financial Supervisory Agency says Japan's 17 biggest banks had $427 billion in problem loans as of March, 12 percent more than they had reported; securities analyst says audit is warning to banks; other analysts have said takeover of Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd and Nippon Credit Bank Ltd is sign that authorities are becoming more serious about cleaning up bad loans and closing weakest lenders (M)