News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

N.C. is leader in interstate banking acquisitions (UNC-C study) - Ja 1 87 9B
Branch merger was act of survival, analysts say - Ja 4 87 1I
Phone equipment firm (Lewis Kaye ROF) bought by another - Ja 6 87 1D
Organon buys plants from Cooper Technicon - Ja 9 87 5C
Piedmont may face buy-out bid - Ja 28 87 1
Mount Airy (Quality) mill buys Wrangler sewing plant - Fe 3 87 1D
Railroad's move could spell end to Piedmont's days of flying solo - Fe 3 87 1D
N.C. Products Corp., Adams Products sold - Fe 4 87 6B
Rail firm (Norfolk Southern) offers to buy Piedmont - Fe 18 87 1

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Research company (Radian) buys TRW division - De 22 83 8B
Sale of Global Software offers major advantages, president says - De 27 83 1D
Carroll's broiler unit will be sold - De 28 83 2C

Corporations - Acquisitions and mergers

Town residents upset as company sold, police chief charged on gambling
count - Jy 27 84 16D
State Bank, UCB merger approved - Jy 29 84 9D
Proposal would merge Sunstates with Fla.-based company - Au 2 84 16C
Food stores acquired (by Hillco) - Au 7 84 7D
Shareholders OK merger of 2 banks (County - and - Peoples) - Au 22 84 5B
Blue Bell directors accept takeover bid - Au 24 84 6B
First-Citizens buys Surry County bank (Farmers) - Au 30 84 8B
Atlantic to merge with First Fincorp - Se 19 84 5B
Baltimore company to buy WLFL-TV - Se 19 84 8B
RJR plans to sell energy subsidiaries to Phillips - Se 21 84 6B
Jeansmaker offers to buy knitting firm with N.C., Va. plants - Oc 2 84 6D
Raleigh and Charlotte law firms merge - Oc 4 84 12B
Northwestern agrees to sell Sanford bank - Oc 12 84 18D
Equitable agrees to buy leading investment firm (Donaldson Lufkin - and
Jenrette) - No 6 84 1D
New firm to revitalize Mepco-Electra plant - No 18 84 40A
Reynolds buys Sunkist - No 21 84 8B
N. C. bankers say acquisitions unlikely - De 4 84 1D
Merger plans announced (Piedmont Natural Gas and Tenn. Natural
Resources) - De 12 84 8B

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

N.C. Natural Gas agrees to be bought - Ja 29 91 1
Engineering firm (Mckim & Creed) merges with Smithfield company (Ragsdale Consultants) - Fe 7 91 6C
Farm lenders to merge; Union to streamline land, equipment units (Federal Land Band & Production Credit) - Fe 14 91 6C
United plans to buy banks from Barclays - Fe 20 91 6C
Developer to buy assets of Lincoln; N.Y. firm (Jack Parker Corp.) seeks foothold in state - Fe 22 91 6C
Centura to merge S&L with main subsidiary - Fe 28 91 6C
Ala. firm (South Trust) to buy Barclays branches - Mr 12 91 1D
Dillard agrees to sale - Mr 12 91 1D
SouthTrust buying Barclays' branch - Mr 22 91 10C
New East plans to buy 2 banks from Barclays - Mr 23 91 10C
Raleigh shopping plaza (Ashton Square) sold to (Mutual Life) insurance firm - Mr 27 91 6C
Communication Cable buys rival Ga. company - Ap 12 91 10C
New East to buy Rocky Mount S&L (Citizens Savings) - Ap 17 91 6C
NCNB considers buying ailing Fla. bank; Tar Heel firm also plans $350 million stock sale - Ap 23 91 1D
VSD Communications adds apartment guide - Ap 30 91 1D
Pioneer sells insurance, real estate units; Wilkinson, Bullock takes both operations - My 2 91 6C
Revco strikes deal for People's stores - My 9 91 6C
Franklin Times in Louisburg is sold (to Franklin County Newspapers Inc.) - My 10 91 6C
EDS expected to buy rest of Infocel Inc. - My 26 91 1F
First Federal Sale (CCB and Southern National interested) - My 26 91 1F
Durham Corp. accepts merger - Jn 4 91 1
WACHOVIA, S.C. (National Corp.) bank consider merging - Jn 21 91 6C
A. E. Finley's son buys real estate company - Jn 22 91 10C
NCNB merger offer (C&S/Sovran) would create 2nd-largest U.S. bank - Jn 27 91 1
Bank buyout sewed up; Triangle Bank takes in Enterprise in Raleigh - Jy 3 91 6C
Cushman & Wakefield to sell N.C. offices to Raleigh director (Sineath) - Jy 9 91 1D
Seeking insurance (Morell wants to buy assets of Twentieth Century Life) - Jy 14 91 1F
Dutch firm's division to buy Black Industries in Durham - Jy 16 91 3D
Smaller banks on the sidelines in merger mania - Jy 21 91 1F
Axiom Research to buy 3 small Triangle companies - Jy 23 91 1D
Woodplay Inc. in Raleigh sold; Investment firm, Sanford man buy playground equipment maker - Jy 27 91 10C
Investors buy Greensboro travel agency (Lucas Travel Inc.) - Jy 30 91 1D
Qualex Inc. in Durham to buy opponent in antitrust suit - Jy 31 91 9C
Oakwood to buy firm in Henderson (Foster's Housing Center) - Au 7 91 12C
BB&T buys two more S&Ls, continuing expansion in state - Au 9 91 6C
Raleigh investors (First Travelcorp) agree to buy Durham travel agency (McDonald) - Au 13 91 1D
SouthTrust winds up purchase of three Barclays Bank branches - Au 18 91 2F
Unity Bank to buy Citizens Savings - Au 21 91 9C
BB&T Financial Corp. plans to buy (Peoples Federal) S&L in Thomasville - Au 28 91 10C
Winston ad agency (Long, Haymes & Carr) to be sold - Se 7 91 10C
BB&T makes deal to buy Asheville insurance agency (Wright, Dobbins, Farnam) - Se 10 91 2D
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Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

First Union completes factoring division sale - Ja 4 89 5B
Two real estate firms expected to join forces (FONVILLE MORISEY and Realmark) - Ja 4 89 5B
Cabarrus Savings signs merger agreement - Ja 5 89 6B
Royal Group Inc. buys Maccabees Life - Ja 5 89 6B
ADMIRAL TRANSPORTATION to merge with Florida ocean cargo firm - Ja 10 89 1D
Carolina Builders agrees to buy Virginia building supply firm - Ja 18 89 5B
RALEIGH FEDERAL to buy Rocky Mount S&L - Ja 20 89 5B
Spangler tried bid for RJR; Attempt preceded big buyout battle - Ja 20 89 1
RALEIGH FEDERAL to buy Sanford-based savings institution - Ja 21 89 8B
Texas company buys Wake engineering firm (Bigger & Agnew) - Ja 24 89 1D
Panel said to recommend sale of silicon wafer maker (Monsanto) - Ja 26 89 7B
Hardee's licensee agrees to be bought out by group - Ja 31 89 2D
Acton Corp. agrees to sell cable system - Fe 3 89 5B
Cape buys Terate resin business - Fe 9 89 5B
Sara Lee to buy Champion (Products Inc.) - Fe 14 89 1D
Southern National agrees to buy High Point bank (American Bank & Trust) - Fe 25 89 5B
Buyouts changing face of textile industry - Fe 28 89 3D
Raleigh company buys two radio stations (WEQR-FM; WGBR) - Mr 1 89 5B
Emhart files complaint over proposed buyout (of Medic Computer Systems) - Mr 2 89 7B
Firm that runs UPI could be target of takeover - Mr 4 89 8B
McM Corp. agrees to sell 2 subsidiaries to Denver firm - Mr 4 89 8B
First Union agrees to buy Florida bank - Mr 8 89 5B
Radio station to be sold; Pa. firm agrees to buy WQOK for $7.5 million - Mr 10 89 5B
Furniture makers to merge (Masco Corp. & Universal Furniture) - Mr 14 89 1D
Planters to buy NCNB branches - Mr 17 89 6B
Ownership could change (Edmont plant) - Mr 19 89 1I
Floral supply business (Hanford's) purchase is completed - Mr 21 89 1D
Raleigh Federal to buy Builders - Mr 22 89 5B
Triad Life in Winston-Salem to be bought by Liberty Life - Mr 28 89 3D
Executives urge approval of (Business Corporation) act - Mr 31 89 7B
C&S board to meet Monday on $2.4 billion NCNB offer - Ap 1 89 5B
GoodMark Foods purchases Pensylvania brownie maker - Ap 6 89 7B
BB&T division buys Charlotte agency (Westbrook, Norton, Keesler and Stanley) - Ap 11 89 4D
Carolina Bancorp talking with possible buyer for High Point S&L - Ap 12 89 6B
High Point S&L sought by BB&T - Ap 13 89 8B
U.S., British drug makers to merge (SmithKline Beckman & Beecham) - Ap 13 89 8B
Personnel firms plan to merge (Victory Temporaries & VIP Personnel) - Ap 18 89 5D
McM signs agreement to sell subsidiaries - Ap 20 89 10B
Carolco agrees to buy DEG - Ap 22 89 8B
Acton selling Maryland cable system for $80.4 million - Ap 25 89 4D
Tarmac-Lonestar buys 4 concrete operations - Ap 25 89 3D
MCorp might be NCNB's next target - Ap 27 89 7B
Law firms (SMITH HELMS MULLISS & MOORE; BLANCHFIELD & MOORE) announce
plans for merger - My 5 89 5B
General Electric might sell RTP center, but no layoffs expected - My 12 89 6B
Rocky Mount textile maker (Texfi) buys plant in Graham - My 13 89 7B
A more familiar name (Alcatel NV) - My 14 89 1I
(First Citizens) Bank has tentative deal to sell title insurance subsidiary - My 18 89 7B
SOUTHERN NATIONAL planning to buy Ga. bank company (Allied Bankshares) - My 19 89 6B
Firms not saying what changes possible in N.C. (Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young merger) - My 20 89 8B

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Harris-Teeter Properties OKs sale plan - Ja 1 88 8B
Mobile home maker (Sterling) bought by Texas firm - Ja 9 88 5B
Downtown complex sold (Hydra bldg. complex) - Ja 10 88 1I
Raleigh software firm (Medic Computer) acquires Texas company - Ja 13 88 6B
Company (Fiber Industries Inc.) buys polyester fiber plants (in Fayetteville and Darlington) - Ja 29 88 8B
GOODMARK completes purchase (of Fleetwood Snacks) - Ja 29 88 8B
Merrill Lynch Realty buys small Cary agency (Sevier) - Fe 6 88 5B
SARA LEE to acquire ADAMS-MILLIS - Fe 9 88 6D
Dillon Supply buys Durham motor company (Triangle Electric Motor) - Fe 11 88 8B
N.Y. firm (U.S. Oil) to buy out owner of N.C. refinery (City Gas & Transmission) - Fe 11 88 8B
Elkin manufacturer (CHATHAM) considers buyout bid - Fe 17 88 7B
CAROLINA SECURITIES to merge - Fe 19 88 6B
Park Communications acquires 8 N.C. papers - Fe 19 88 7B
Garland Norris Co. sells unit - Fe 24 88 7B
GE to sell division to managers group - Fe 25 88 7B
Legal battle may kill Duke's interest in sale (NANTAHALA) - Mr 2 88 3C
Rival set to buy 52 BIG STARs; HARRIS-TEETER will put 2,000 jobs up for grabs - Mr 2 88 1
Raleigh electronics firm to sell lighting division - Mr 3 88 6B
Mount Airy company (EXPOSAIC) selling concrete unit - Mr 8 88 1D
High Point company (CULP) completes acquisition (of Quaker Fabric) - Mr 16 88 6B
Corporate takeover fights criticized by candidate - Mr 23 88 6D
RTP division of NORTHROP CORP. reportedly sold - Mr 24 88 5B
Takeover rumors spur rise in CAROLINA FREIGHT's stock - Mr 25 88 7B
Ohio company buying Oxford plastics plant (NC Plastics) - Mr 29 88 8D
Ailing insurer (MCM) gets British takeover bid - Ap 12 88 1D
Developer (Jones) involved in takeover (for Media General) - Ap 19 88 2D
Planters Bank to buy Raleigh leasing firm (Investors Equipment Leasing) - Ap 20 88 5B
Rocky Mount leaf processing firm sold (Thorpe & Ricks) - Ap 21 88 5B
DURHAM LIFE to buy unit of Md. Company (Sun Life) - Ap 26 88 1D

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Keane buys RTP office of rival software firm (Broadway & Seymour) - Se 12 91 6C
Travel agency acquired; First Travelcorp buys Patterson - Se 17 91 1D
First Union reportedly wins bid to buy Southeast - Se 19 91 6C
Atlanta contractor (Hardin Construction) guys Durham builder (George W. Kane Co.) - Se 25 91 8C
Yancey Insurance buys another Raleigh agency (Gilliam, Barbour & Barefoot) - Se 26 91 6C
Charlotte publisher (American City Business Journals) plans to purchase Triangle Business - Se 28 91 8C
Leading office equipment maker (Steelcase) buys Storr Office Environments - Se 28 91 12C
HealthInfusion buys firm (Cumberland Home Therapeutics) in Fayetteville - Oc 1 91 1D
Wellspring Grocery to merge (with Whole Foods Markets) this year - Oc 1 91 1D
S&L owned by First Federal to be sold - Oc 2 91 9C
Chapel Hill real-estate firms merge (Coldwell Banker Househunters; Vermilya-Waud) - Oc 5 91 6C
Smithfield gets rebuke for stepping off its turf (bought Ed Kelly Inc.) - Oc 15 91 1D
R. I. pension fund buys Old Stone Savings Bank - Oc 18 91 12C
Piedmont-Olsen to buy Tenn. firm (Hensley-Schmidt) - Oc 25 91 7C
Wachovia gets Fed OK to purchase S.C. bank - Oc 31 91 6C
(First Union) Mortgage company reaps windfall - No 6 91 8C
Coca-Cola bottler's deal would make it 2nd largest No 12 91 1D
Southern National to buy Mount Airy S&L (Workmen's) No 15 91 6C
Centura gets OK to buy (Citizens Federal) S&L in Rutherfordton No 19 91 1D
Roche to buy out CompuChem; Deal will create a major player in drug testing No 26 91 1D
Coca-Cola Consolidated buys Tennessee bottler No 27 91 9C
First Citizens to buy First Hanover branch No 28 91 13C
Greenville computer firm (Specialized Data Systems) selling operations No 28 91 13C
Managing firms to merge (Southlantic; Ross Taylor) - De 8 91 1F
Calif. company buys T3 Technologies - De 12 91 7C
Dillon buys Norfolk firm - De 22 91 1F
Data General to buy Datasouth printers - De 31 91 1D

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

New Bern TV station (WCTI-TV) to be sold - Ja 1 86 6B
NCNB, Bankers Trust to merge - Ja 3 86 5C
N.Y. company buys Teer's RTP property - Ja 7 86 2D
Investors exchange Shadow Ridge property - Ja 8 86 5B
Real estate firm (Ferrell Realty) offers to buy Globe furniture showroom - Ja 12 86 35A
Burlington to sell division to Stevens - Ja 14 86 1D
Fla. trucking firm bids for McLean terminals - Ja 16 86 9B
Va. cooperative agrees to buy FCX assets in N.C. - Ja 21 86 1D
Fieldcrest-Cannon probe ends - Ja 22 86 6B
United Globe plant sale approved (to Dixie Furniture) - Ja 23 86 6B
Radio company (Voyager Communications) buys 2 out-of-town stations (WXIK-FM; WSVS-FM) - Fe 5 86 8B
Leaf firm (Standard Commercial Tobacco) continuing move into wool trade - Fe 6 86 7B
Record Bar to sell 2 grocery shops - Fe 7 86 5B
Capitol Ford buys dealership in Durham - Fe 14 86 4B
WLFL-TV sale approved by FCC - Fe 14 86 4B
R. I. company (Old Stone Corp.) to buy Shelby savings bank (First Federal) - Fe 15 86 9B
Two Raleigh men (Curtis; Campbell) purchasing series of N.C. radio stations - Fe 27 86 8B
American Ecology buys N.C. firm (Associated Technology) - Mr 5 86 2C
Carolina Telephone sells system - Mr 6 86 6B
Firstcorp to buy First Federal of Durham - Mr 7 86 5B
Sallie Mae to sell Southern Pines thrift - Mr 15 86 8B
Raleigh firm (Capitol Broadcasting) may buy Gaston television station (WMHU) - Mr 25 86 18C
United Carolina to buy S.C. bank - Mr 29 86 7B
First Union completes 2 purchases - Ap 1 86 1D
Southern National buys S.C. bank - Ap 2 86 6B
Raleigh firm (Infocel) buys software maker - Ap 3 86 7B
First Union buying Georgia bank; analysts call purchase a good deal - Ap 10 86 7B
Cleveland group buys 2 Raleigh radio stations (WYLT-FM; WKIX-AM) - Ap 12 86 8B
Kendall to sell division with N.C. plants - Ap 15 86 7D
Ky. company (City Gas) buys Wilmington refinery (Pace) - Ap 16 86 6B
Peoples Bank to buy Wilson (Atlantic) savings and loan - Ap 18 86 4B
Washington, N.C., radio station (WWGN) sold - Ap 19 86 8B
Record Bar to sell Calif. chain, 26 stores - Ap 24 86 8B
Empire's identity crumbles as Piedmont takes over - Ap 29 86 7D
NCNB, CentraBank to merge - My 2 86 5C
Roscoe Griffin joins Brown Group - My 6 86 7D
N.J. company offers to buy Globe plant - My 8 86 11B
CCB Corp. agrees to buy Charlotte's Republic Bank - My 21 86 8B
Wachovia to buy North Wilkesboro thrift - My 22 86 7B
Company (Summit Radio) based in N.C. sells 2 Mo. radio stations - Jn 3 86 3D
RJR to sell Cadbury Schweppes its Canada Dry, Sunkist units - Jn 3 86 3D
Faucet maker (Masco) buys Henredon Furniture - Jn 5 86 12B
Southern National to buy S.C. bank - Jn 10 86 1D
First Union agrees to buy First Railroad bank in Ga. - Jn 12 86 9B
Southern National to buy S.C. bank, sell mortgage unit - Jn 13 86 7C
Burlington, Masland sign merger pact - Jn 17 86 9D
Storr office center buys Durham company (David's Office Interiors) - Jn 19 86 7B
RJR Archer sells part of company - Jy 3 86 10B
Smithfield bank OKs acquisition by Planters - Jy 3 86 14B
Watson electrical firm sold to president - Jy 4 86 7C
NCNB Corp. agrees to buy D.C.-area savings and loan - Jy 8 86 3D
Bank-saving bill quickly OK'd (Barclays-American acquiring North State S&L) - Jy 9 86 5A
CCB approves bank purchase (Republic Bank and Trust) - Jy 18 86 8C
MacGregor president (Buxton) buys firm from chairman - Jy 19 86 5B
R. I. firm (Old Stone) OKs N.C. bank deal (acquisition of First Federal Savings) - Jy 19 86 5B
LADD makes bid to buy American - Jy 20 86 13D
Carbide to sell farm products division - Jy 23 86 5B
Stackpole division sold to group of investors - Au 2 86 8B
Asheboro knitwear company (Stedman) to be sold to investor group - Au 5 86 5D
Peoples to acquire Mid-South but let bank keep its name - Au 6 86 12B
Robins to sell Greensboro stations (WPET-AM; WKSI-FM) - Au 6 86 9B
Long-distance company (Business Telecom) buys competitor (TMC) - Au 7 86 12B
Family-owned (Mount Airy) furniture firm sold - Au 15 86 5C
Holiday Inn North to be sold to Md. company - Au 22 86 4B
Best to suspend dividends, sell Ashby's chain - Au 27 86 8B
Texfi to buy (Marion) fabric company's division - Au 29 86 7C
Workers to buy textile company (Ragan-Thornton Mills) - Se 2 18C
Buffalo Tank unit sold by Bethlehem Steel - Se 4 86 10B
Capitol buying 2 radio stations - Se 9 86 7D
2 law firms to join in Oct. (Powe, Porter and Aphin; Moore, Van Allen, Allen & Thigpen) - Se 10 86 6B
Republic shareholders agree to takeover by CCB - Se 10 86 7B
Va. firm to buy, renovate 3 (NC) shopping centers (Wellons Village; Rose Manor; Floral Gardens) - Se 11 86 28A
Takeovers benefit both parties involved, according to study - Se 16 86 3D
Atlanta company buys Chapel Hill apparel firm (Mainsail) - Se 19 86 5B
1986 adds up to year of merger for law offices - Se 23 86 1D
Haig says N.J. thrift looking at N.C. - Se 23 86 4D
Holiday Inn North sold to Md. company - Se 23 86 1D
Fed OKs First Union acquisition (First Railroad & Banking) - Se 26 86 4B
Cherokees buy Carolina Mirror Corp. - Oc 2 86 9B
Mobile home parks sold by Oakwood to Mich. firm - Oc 2 86 8B
Whisper Knits buys (Blue Bell) Angier plant - Oc 2 86 8B
Revlon agrees to buy Raleigh lens maker (CTL) - Oc 3 86 5B
UCB completes S.C. bank merger - Oc 4 86 8B
Republic Bank purchase approved, CCB says - Oc 7 86 7D
Pilot Mountain bank OKs merger (with Planters National) - Oc 8 86 6B
First Union to buy Fla., Ga. banks - Oc 10 86 4B
Firm (Centrum Business Systems), N.C. computer chain (Computer Stores of Carolina) merge - Oc 14 86 1D
2 Raleigh ad agencies merge (Alexander Group; Gemini Creative Services) - Oc 16 86 7B
3 companies forming city's biggest design firm (Tolson Ellinwood and Quick) - Oc 21 86 9D
First Citizens Corp. merges into new firm (First Citizens Bancshares) - Oc 23 86 31A
2 ad agencies (Venters; Imageworks) to join to form specialized firm - Oc 24 86 8B
First Union agrees to buy two more banks in Florida - Oc 29 86 8B
N.Y. investor buys Liggett for $137 million - Oc 29 86 7B
S.C. firm to buy Southern Life - Oc 29 86 7B
First Union completes bank deal (acquiring First Railroad & Banking) - No 5 86 6B
Conn. firm buys Siler City Mills - No 6 86 8B
Fieldcrest to buy Bigelow-Sanford - No 7 86 4B
Gospel radio station (WSES) sold to Carrboro firm (Norina Instrument) - No 7 86 4B
Stereo Sound electronics retailer buys Woofer & Tweeter store - No 11 86 4D
Wilson Daily Times sold - No 12 86 6B
Union Carbide to sell division to French firm - No 14 86 8B
Kenan Transport to buy Ga. trucking company (Turner Transport) - No 15 86 7B
Parent company sells Alert Cable TV of N.C. - No 18 86 1D
Eye-care firm (Ocular Technologies) buys technical assets (of CTL) - No 22 86 8B
Merger to make Poyner & Spruill biggest in Triangle - No 25 86 1D
Two real estate companies to merge to serve Triangle (Allenton; Finley) - No 26 86 6B
Some N.C. takeovers lead to insider trading allegations - De 2 86 5D
Peoples Bancorporation merges with Mid-South in stock swap - De 5 86 6C
Firm (Phillips Colleges Inc.) buys Hardbarger Junior College - De 7 86 42A
Oklahoma firm agrees to buy Warsaw grocery wholesaler (Quinn Wholesale) - De 9 86 4D
Japanese furniture maker (Fuji Steel) buys N.C. firm's assets (High Point Woodworking) - De 10 86 6B
N.J. chain to buy Asheboro paper (Courier-Tribune) - De 11 86 7B
Acme Spinning directors OK sale (to Parkdale) - De 17 86 9B
As mergers go on, bank personalities show through - De 21 86 1I
Alfred McAlpine buys Blythe Industries - De 23 86 3D
Brunswick buys boat maker (Bayliner Marine) that has three plants in N.C. - De 23 86 3D
Two N.C. accounting firms to merge (Williams, Overman; Pierce, Strange) - De 23 86 5D
Firm buys brokerage that serves thrifts (Capital Brokerage Services) - De 24 86 5B
Hanes Printables buys former furniture plant (GF Furniture Systems) - De 27 86 5B
Owners of Helmold Ford purchase Harmon Nissan - De 27 86 5B
Sale of 2 radio stations(WYLT-FM; WKIX-AM) believed to set record - De 30 86 3D

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Realty firms to merge (HOWARD PERRY AND WALSTON/BETTER HOMES AND
GARDENS with Allenton Residential) - Au 24 88 1
Exide move, name change completes sale - Au 30 88 3D
Investor group buys Panther's Rand subsidiary - Au 31 88 7B
Raleigh brokerage offices to consolidate operations (Shearson Lehman Hutton and The Robinson-
Humphrey Co.) - Se 1 88 8B
Lowe's enacts plan against takeover - Se 13 88 1D
DURHAM CORP. directors adopt anti-takeover plan - Se 14 88 6B
Edenton peanut processor (Jimbo's Jumbos) to be sold - Se 17 88 7B
BB&T takeover rumors cause stock to jump in heavy trading - Se 21 88 7B
Joyner Communications buys Virginia station - Se 21 88 7B
Computer Task Group agrees to buy Applied Management - Se 28 88 10B
Software maker Infocel buys Geobased Systems - Se 28 88 7B
Realty concerns to merge; Raleigh firms plan expansion in Triangle (Myrick; Womble) - Se 30 88 8B
Bid for HOLLY FARMS likely to cause fight - Oc 13 88 8B
Air-Lift Associates, Air Carolina merge operations - Oc 15 88 10B
3 Garner real estate companies merge (George White Realty; Tim Upchurch Realty; Holland-
Gypsy Associates) - Oc 18 88 5D
Editorial: Corporate feeding frenzy - Oc 22 88 12A
Firm (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) enters $20 billion bid for RJR - Oc 25 88 1
Morrisville fiber optics company breaks into two separate firms (Fiberlan; T3 Technologies) - Oc 26 88 6B
Intermark to acquire major stake in Fuqua - Oc 28 88 6B
Old Stone buys Durham S&L - Oc 29 88 8B
Voyager buys 2 Greenville, S.C., radio stations - Oc 29 88 8B
Ernst & Whinney buys Durham accounting firm (Dougherty) - No 1 88 2D
Cherokee Sanford Group is repurchased No 4 88 10B
Buyouts leave N.C. firms with big debts No 6 88 1I
Biomedical company (Labsystems OY) buys another firm (Elkay Products) No 8 88 1D
Raleigh, Pittsburg engineering firms merge (EMA and Affiliated GAI) No 8 88 3D
Editorial: Rules condone takeovers No 12 88 14A
Sanford brick maker (Cherokee Sanford) to buy Borden Brick and Tile Co. No 15 88 3D
Mergers bringing change to workers, families, cities No 20 88 3I
Tractor companies form partnership (Tulloss & Lee) No 22 88 1D
Admiral Transportation to buy Georgia trucking company No 23 88 5B
Myrick agrees to join forces with Coldwell Banker (name changed to Coldwell Banker-Myrick
Real Estate) No 23 88 5B
Raleigh contact lens maker (OcuTec) agrees to be sold to N.Y. investment firm No 30 88 5B
Southland Associates joins Florida relocation company (AmeriNet) No 30 88 5B
Journal Broadcasting buys television station (WPCQ) - De 1 88 7B
Purchase of Kidde completed (by Pilgrim House Group) - De 1 88 10B
Gulf & Western buys Raleigh software firm (Financial Audit Systems) - De 6 88 3D
York residential division merging with The Real Estate Center in Cary - De 6 88 3D
Dillon Supply buys Tennessee firm (Industrial Tools and Abrasives Co.) - De 7 88 8B
Rockwell to sell (Measurement and Flow Control) division - De 8 88 7B
National Security buys Charlotte company (Signal Sales and Service) - De 13 88 1D
Vantage ending part ownership in Gateway Centre office park - De 13 88 1D
Wilmington Pepsi-Cola bottler sold - De 15 88 10B
Buyouts are hopeful sign for U.S. business - De 20 88 15A
BB&T plans to buy insurance company (Ervin Haywood Ranking) - De 21 88 6B
Rhone-Poulenc Ag buys seed producer (Callahan Enterprises) - De 21 88 7B
Consolidated to buy West Virginia Coke bottler - De 24 88 8B
Pilot Freight Carriers sold to U.S.Truck Lines - De 29 88 6B

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Biggest banks in Ga., Va. plan to merge - Se 27 89 6B
Kyocera to buy AVX; Stock-swap deal is worth $550 million - Se 29 89 6B
LADD Furniture to sell subsidiary for $34 million - Oc 3 89 3D
Belgian company (Super Club) will buy Record Bar - Oc 4 89 5B
NCNB to buy bank (Carolina Mountain Holding); Southern National to buy (Mutual Federal)
S&L - Oc 6 89 7B
Southland to purchase Chapel Hill Insurance - Oc 6 89 7B
Buyers look at television station (WPTF-TV) - Oc 8 89 1I
2 S&Ls in state to merge; Durham, Greensboro companies will join (Mutual; American Federal) - Oc 10 89 1D
French firm (Bidermann) will buy units of Cluett Peabody - Oc 17 89 1D
N.J. machine maker (Ingersoll-Rand) buys Greensboro firm (Pressure Systems) - Oc 19 89 7B
Standard Trucking buys Reliable Express - Oc 20 89 6B
BB&T set to buy S&L in Greenville (First Federal of Pitt Co.) - Oc 24 89 1D
N.Y. insurer buys Windsor Group Ltd. - Oc 25 89 6B
Garner paper courted - Oc 29 89 1I
(Bailey Financial) Group may seek control of Durham Corp. - Oc 31 89 1D
Outer Banks paper (Outer Banks Current) is among 30 sold - No 2 89 7B
Courting rituals unfold for Durham Corp., Integon, McM No 5 89 8I
Ga. company to buy WKFT-TV No 10 89 8B
Square D Co. sells Yates Industries (to Arbed) No 10 89 8B
Carolina Builders mulls acquisition (Carolina Components) No 12 89 1I
Prospective buyer's capital called key to Durham S&L deal No 12 89 2I
Video giant to buy Blockbusters in Triangle No 15 89 8B
Charlotte home builder (American Family Homes) to be sold to Md. firm No 18 89 9B
American Cynamid wraps up Praxis buy No 21 89 3D
CompuChem Corp. agrees to buy Lifedata Medical No 21 89 3D
Pa. company (Tuscarora Plastics) buys Durham firm's plant (Horizon Foam Products) - No 22 89 5B
Great American officer (Curtis) agrees to buy stations (WPCM-FM and WBBB-AM) - No 25 89 7B
Primerica agrees to buy Barclays unit No 25 89 7B
2 of state's largest law firms plan merger No 26 89 1I
CCB targets S&Ls to buy No 26 89 1I
Planters plans to buy (Columbus) bank in Whiteville No 30 89 7B
Raleigh Federal gets approval to buy S&Ls - De 1 89 7C
Va. investment group buys Elizabeth City S&L (Essex Savings) - De 6 89 5C
Guest Quarters taking over Pickett Suite hotels - De 7 89 6C
Real estate group in Wake Forest merges (Vicki Berry Realty and Howard Perry) - De 14 89 5C
Aviation Group accepts sale to Kansas Company - De 21 89 5C
Planters National Bank plans to buy NCNB unit (Hobbsville branch) - De 23 89 8C
HJC Software in Durham sold to Mass. firm (Microcom) - De 27 89 7C
Olsen Associates in Raleigh agrees to merge with S.C. engineering firm - De 28 89 7C

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