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The same old stories.(The Providence Journal)
WASHINGTON _ In the midst of the dot.com financial adjustment, the collapse of synergy in certain media mergers, and the sagas of Enron, WorldCom and Qwest, two stories seemed to float into the present from the past.
First was a train derailment in my hometown, Kensington, Md., near where I used to go bicycling as a boy _ and still do, on occasion. The wreck seems to have been caused by a "heat kink" in the continuous welded rail (it was 96 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday) causing the track to heave and throwing six cars on their side. Passengers were tossed out of their seats and bunks as the train rocked back and forth; after it went over, most scrambled out of windows and doors to safety. Ninety-seven people were injured, six seriously; but as one local cop remarked, surveying the wreckage, "To get out ...
- Continental and Providence Journal to merge cable systems.
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 22, 1994 700+ words
...Continental Cablevision Inc. and the Providence Journal Co. announced today the signing...Continental will acquire all of the Providence Journal Co.'s owned and operated cable...cable television company, and the Providence Journal Co. is 16th in the nation in size...
- Providence Journal Co. Shareholders Approve Sale to A.H. Belo Corp.(Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Downing, Neil February 20, 1997 700+ words
...PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Feb. 20--Providence Journal Co. shareholders yesterday voted...keep the Journal Company and its Providence Journal-Bulletin newspaper independent...Company, of Providence, publishes the Providence Journal-Bulletin and owns television stations...
- In Rhode Island, Providence Journal-Bulletin Posts Rise in Revenues.(Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Downing, Neil May 19, 1997 700+ words
...quarter revenues at the Providence Providence Journal-Bulletin rose nearly 4 percent...publishes the Dallas Morning News, the Providence Journal-Bulletin and other newspapers...certain sources of revenue at the Providence Journal-Bulletin. For example, according...
- Belo Announces Stephen Hamblett's Retirement as Publisher and CEO of The...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 3, 1999 700+ words
...and chief executive officer of The Providence Journal Company, will retire effective April...and chairman of the board of The Providence Journal Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary...and chief executive officer of The Providence Journal Company is Howard G. Sutton, a...
- FLOYD COLLINS.(Bridewell Theater, London)(Review)
- Magazine article from: Variety WOLF, MATT July 19, 1999 700+ words
...Running time: 2 HOURS, 40 MIN. Floyd Collins Nigel Richards Lee Collins Ian Burford...Musical numbers: "The Ballad of Floyd Collins," "The Call," "Where a Man Belongs...Goes." There's glory a plenty in "Floyd Collins," but it's mostly in the score...
- Providence Journal joins IVI Publishing as a major investor in America's Health...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 24, 1995 700+ words
...Monday announced that Providence Journal Company, a diversified...the exact amount of the Providence Journal investment has not been...separate announcement, Providence Journal and America's Health...
- Providence Journal, R.I., Peter Phipps Column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 17, 2001 700+ words
By Peter Phipps, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune...Appointment due early next year. Providence Journal, January 3, 2001: Eustis interviews with Yale. Providence Journal, January 12, 2001: "To leave...
- Providence Journal and Infonautics Launch projo.com News Archive on the Web.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 18, 1999 700+ words
...Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Providence Journal, an A.H. Belo company, and Infonautics...today announced the launch of The Providence Journal Archives on the newspaper's award...organization and corporations. "With the Providence Journal Archives, Infonautics has helped...
- Reflecting on Olympic lessons.(The Providence Journal)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Patinkin, Mark February 27, 2002 700+ words
...Patinkin is a columnist for the Providence Journal. Readers may write to him at the Providence Journal, 75 Fountain St., Providence...com, the online service of The Providence Journal at http://www.projo.com...
- Providence Journal, R.I., People in Business Column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 4, 2002 700+ words
Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 4--PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: Barbara J. Farrand, of East Providence...named human resources director for The Providence Journal Co. She will be responsible for support...
Source: HighBeam Research, The same old stories.(The Providence Journal)