PURCHASE, N.Y. — PepsiCo Inc. said today that its profits plunged 85 percent in the fourth quarter as its international beverage business suffered dramatic losses.The giant...
BETHESDA, Md. — Defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. says it is forming a new independent company out of 10 non-core high-technology business units with nearly 5,000...
WASHINGTON — Suddenly handed the campaign spotlight, Ross Perot on Thursday rejected Bob Dole’s entreaty to quit the presidential race and said he was in “to...
TORONTO — On the brink of a deal to end a costly strike, the Canadian Auto Workers and General Motors ignored a deadline and worked into...
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Anheuser-Busch visited Pottsville. Miller did too.They climbed D.G. Yuengling and Sons’ mountainside brewery, America’s oldest. They tasted the old porters, the newfangled...
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. reported better-than-expected profits for the latest quarter as strong demand for its Windows 95 and Windows NT computer operating systems helped fuel...
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — MCA Inc.’s and Viacom Inc.’s trial over their joint cable venture, USA Network, was suspended Monday amid settlement negotiations.Sources for both sides...
CAIRO — Egypt has sent a British-based consortium led by Sony Broadcast and Professional an invitation to start negotiations on a contract likely to be worth...
The mayor of this small, quiet town resigned after a rifle bullet with a threat written on it was sent to her at City Hall.The nature...
President Clinton’s summit meeting this week with Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Helsinki will be delayed by one day because of Clinton’s knee surgery, the White...
