St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 37

BUSINESS ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1996 7C BY THE NUMBERS 24-Hour TV Shopping Ordered Economy Moving In Fits And Starts WAVE TECHNOLOGIES INTL INC. Symbol: WAVT NASD Pet chg. 21.85 Exchange: 3 mot.

to 3 mo, to 103196 103195 $7 36 $6 04 Channel 46 Must Air Full HSN Broadcast station went on the air in 1989. The contract between Roberts and Home Shopping runs until 2003. The network had reserved five By Tim Bryant 01 the Post-Dispatch Staff Viewers of WHSL, Channel 46 in St. Louis, will see a little more of the Sales (millions) Net income in millions Per share $0 34 $0.09 6 mot. to 6 mo, to 103196 103195 NM NM Pet chg.

17.42 NM NM $14.02 $1194 Sales (millions) Net income in millions Per share $-0 25 $0.55 $0.14 gears, that doesn't necessarily happen in a linear fashion," said Kathleen Stephansen, senior economist at Donaldson, Lufkin Jenrette Securities Corp. in New York. "There will be a lot of back and forth," she said. "One needs to look at these numbers with a trend in mind over a period of time." Tuesday's reports did come amid other recent signs of moderating economic growth such as flat personal incomes in October. Wall Street has welcomed hints of slow growth, which would likely prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates.

Stock and bond prices initially rose Tuesday on the reports, before a late-day selloff due to profit-taking and a weakened dollar. By The Associated Press NEW YORK New signs of a moderating economy came Tuesday on the heels of reports showing strong growth, leading some economists to conclude the economy's pace is slowing in fits and starts. The Conference Board's Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose by a scant 0.1 percent in October, although it was the ninth straight monthly gain. The board is a private business group. Separately, the Commerce Department said new home sales plunged 8.7 percent in October to the lowest level in seven months.

Those figures followed reports Monday of brisk holiday retail sales and a strong gain in U.S. manufacturing last month. "When the economy is shifting minutes of every hour for the local stations, time that they could sell to any advertiser. Last December, Home Shopping proposed reducing that time to two minutes. In return, the network offered the affiliates a block of three hours on Saturday mornings.

Most affiliates accepted the deal, which was effective April 1, the suit states. Roberts did not. In a letter written in May, Mike Roberts called the plan unfair and said Home Shopping had breached its contract with WHSL. He said the station would begin to gradually reduce Home Shopping's air time. Dierker said Home Shopping has "demonstrated the likelihood of irreparable harm." "If plaintiff is in the business of hawking merchandise to St.

Louis television viewers 24 hours a day, and is suddenly cut out of 3 or 4 of those hours, it is inevitable that there will be a loss of customers," he wrote in his order. Home Shopping pays Roberts $190 an hour to air its programming in St. Louis. It says in its suit it has paid Roberts an average of 1 .6 million a year. Home Shopping Network as a result of a judge's order Tuesday in a dispute between the network and the station's owner.

St, Louis Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. enjoined the owner, Roberts Broadcasting from broadcasting any programming other than that supplied by Home Shopping Club Inc. during designated times. Dierker's order includes four more hours of Home Shopping Network on Saturdays and Sundays.

Channel 46 has been airing "infomercials" during those hours. Dierker's order remains in effect pending trial of the dispute, set to begin Feb. 3 in St. Louis Circuit Court. At issue is whether Roberts Broadcasting breached its contract with Home Shopping Club by pre-empting Home Shopping Network programming with more profitable infomercials.

The pre-emptions began this year after Home Shopping Club sought to increase its broadcast time on Channel 46. WHSL-TV is owned by brothers Mike and Steve Roberts1. The station had carried Home Shopping 24 hours a day," except for four hours on Sunday morning, since the GM Again Reports Dismal Sales While Others Announce Gains State Office Says Post Flier Violates Law Wave Rebound Hailed As A Milestone Wave Technologies International Inc. Tuesday reported a profit for its second quarter, continuing a profitable trend for the this year. The company, which develops and sells training programs for information technology, reported quarterly earnings of $335,000, or 9 cents a share, for the quarter ending Oct.

31. Last year, the company posted a loss of $447,000, or 12 cents a share, in the second quarter. Michael Bowles, chief financial officer, said the quarter was a company milestone: Revenue grew in all business segments; the company is seeing results from its investment in new curriculum; publishing rebounded, and again represents 50 percent of revenue; and the custom consulting end of the business also showed strong growth. For the first six months of the fiscal year, the company earned $553,000 on revenue of $14.02 million. The second quarter increase in publishing revenue includes the October launch of a new self-study program for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

two months have been larger than the rest. GM's October sales fell .7.8 percent from a year earlier. GM's stock lost 75 centsafter the announcement, but later recovered to close up 50 cents at $58.37 Vz on the New York Stock Exchange. Still, the GM results apparently helped pull down the stock market overall, GM said sales were likely to improve as redesigned 1997 models reach showrooms. On Monday, Chrysler Corp.

said its sales rose 1.4 percent. Analysts expected Ford Motor sales 16 be down about 5 percent when they are announced today, 1996 N.Y. Times News Service DETROIT General Motors Corp. reported dismal auto sales Tuesday for the second month in succession, even as many other automakers announced gains in their November sales. GM, the world's largest automaker, said its sales last month dropped to 336,815, down 11.9 percent from November 1995.

Car sales dropped 22.5 percent, while sales of pickup trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles rose 4.2 percent. Since May, GM's monthly sales have been lower than the comparable 1995 month, but the drops in the last solicitation." State regulations say it is improper to bill people for a product they didn't order. "In our opinion, the flier is a negative option solicitation," said Mary Still, spokeswoman for the attorney general. "It would violate section 407.020 of the Missouri Revised Statutes." Subscribers who take only the Sunday edition of the newspaper have been receiving the new Saturday tabloid edition as a "bonus," for the past month. The flier told those subscribers that they should call their carrier or the Post-Dispatch if they do not want to continue receiving the Saturday paper.

If no call was made, the flier said, customers would continue receiving the Saturday paper and "future invoices will include both the Saturday Sunday deliveries." The newspaper never intended to require Sunday-only customers to pay for the Saturday paper unless they want it, said Terrance C.Z. Egger, Post-Dispatch general manager. Sunday-only customers will receive bills giving them a choice, Egger said. They can pay one price to receive the Sunday paper alone, or pay another price for the Saturday-Sunday combination. Hoemeke, lawyer for the Post-Dispatch, said no legal violation occurred.

"No customer had been billed." He said the attorney general's office never told him that the flier was a violation. "They said it appears as if it could be a problem and they would like to work it out with us." Still said about 10 subscribers had complained about the fliers. Lawyers from the attorney general's office met with the newspapers' lawyers in late November. Still said Nixon's office feels that the matter has been resolved and plans to take no action against the newspaper. By Jim Gallagher Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The; Missouri attorney general's office says a flier distributed to some subscribers of the St.

Louis Post-Dispatch violated the state Fair Merchandise Practices Act; lawyer for the Post-Dispatch says there was no violation, because subscribers were never billed for papers they didn't want to receive. "In our view, the law has not been violated by the Post-Dispatch," lawyer Robert Hoemeke said. The situation involves the issue of "negative option MCI, British Telecom Seeking U.S. Approval Of Their Merger By The Associated Press WASHINGTON Holding out the promise of lower telephone rates, British Telecom and MCI asked federal regulators Tuesday to approve their planned $20.8 billion merger. It would be the biggest-ever foreign takeover of a llS.xompany.

The companies announced agreement Nov. 3 to create a combined company called Concert to provide communications services worldwide. They filed the proposal with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, starting a process in which consumers and competitors will be given a chance to comment. The FCC could act by March or April. The proposal also must be cleared by the Justice Department, more than 30 state regulatory commissions, British regulators and the European Union.

MCI hopes to close the deal by the fall of 1997. ADM million fine for its part in the lysine conspiracy. A federal court must approve that plea agreement. Acting Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein, head of the antitrust division, said the government is continuing its investigation into price-fixing of lysine, citric acid and high fructose corn syrup.

Lysine, a $600 million a year product, is used by farmers for livestock growth. Citric acid is added to food and detergents. Corn syrup is a sweetener. From page one $100 million, the largest criminal antitrust fine in history, Also indicted was Kazutoshi Ya-mada, managing director of Ajino-moto Co. which pleaded guilty last month in the lysine case.

Cheil Jedang Ltd. of Seoul agreed to plead guilty Tuesday and pay the $1.25 The grand jury said the defendants conspired with four companies that previously pleaded guilty ADM, Ajinomoto Co. Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd. and Sewon America Inc.

and other unnamed corporations and executives. The scheme was intended to reduce competition in the lysine market here and abroad by fixing prices and allocating sales volumes from mid-1992 through mid-1995. The indictment said the conspirators met and agreed to raise prices, for lysine, decided how much each company would sell, traded price quotations and price announcements and monitored compliance with their agreements. All those previously pleading guilty have agreed to cooperate with the continuing government investigation by providing documents and witnesses, said James B. Burns, U.S.

attorney in Chicago. ADM in a statement said it would not comment on the charges against the individuals, although company attorney Roy Erickson praised Andreas and Wilson for their work. 3 Pension PRODUCE Hard Wheat 4.44-4.47 area who are being sought worked at three companies, none of which is still in operation here. The companies and names of workers are: Diversified Industries: Willie Beck-with, Roosevelt Gauss, Robert Hal-brook, Roosevelt Lewis, Henry Lock-ett, Roberta Mahoney and Clarence Williams. BBC Manufactured Bldg.

James M. Coley. Town and Country Shoes Inc. PP: Jo Anne Haynes. steady, off sorghum off 4-7.

Soybeans Kansas City 6.99-6.92 St. Louis 7.12-7.16 N.E. Mo. Rail 6 N.E. Mo.

Barge 7.04-7.07 S.E. Mo. Rail 6.99-7.03 S.E. Mo. Barge 7.13 N.

Central Mo. 6.72-6.87 Central Mo. Soft Wheat Kansas City 3.94-3.95 St. Louis 3.67-3.82 N.E. Mo.

Rail 3.51 N.E. Mo. Barge 3.60 S.E. Mo. Rail 3.55-3.68 S.E.

Mo. Barge 3.80 N. Central Mo. 3.22-3.64 Central Mo. 3.28-3.67 From page one Reich indicated that no other government agency such as the IRS would be waiting in the wings to take away what the Labor Department gives.

The pension benefits owed range from $10 to more than $66,000. The nine people from the St. Louis Corn 2.63-2.66 2.73-2.76 2.50- 2.54 2.63-2.65 2.51- 265 2.66-2.71 2.34-2.48 2.50-2.52 Collosal Jbo Med White IOOR Jbo Med CO Jbo Red 25 lb sacks Jbo CO IDOR Ml ORANGES -Cartons CA Navel 88s 10.00-1300; 113s 9.50-11.00; choice 88s 8.00-11.00; 113s 800-1000; FL Navel 8.50-9.00; 80s 7.50-8.00; Hamlin 100s 7.00-9.00; 125s 7.00-8 00; TX Mars 100s 7.50. PEPPERS, BELL- 1 19 bu ctns according to aualltv FL xlge 10.00-13.00; loe 8.50-9.50; med TX med 7.504.00. POTATOES- 100 lb sks US 1 size A Round Reds MN 9.50-10.50; 50 lb sks 5.754.25; Size MN 10.50-12.50; Russets 100 lb sks non-size A CO 7.50-8.50 MN 7.25-7.50; 50 lb ctn 10 oz min ID 7.50-8.25.

SQUASH- 12-59 bu Ctnscrts FL Zucchini sml-med 6.00-7.00; Yellow Straightneck sml-med 6.50-7.50; MX ctnslugs Zucchini sml-med 7.00-8.00; med-Ige 4.75-5.00; Yellow Straightneck med 9.00-9.50; mediae 4.75-5.00. SWEET POTATOES- 40 lb cartonscrates AL med 11.50-12.00; MO med 7.00-9.00; fair cond lower; LA med 10.00-14.50; bo 9.00-10.00. TOMATOES according to qual 25 lb ctns FL xlae 9 50-12 50; Ige 8.00-10.00; ctnsflats 2 layer MX 4x5s 1250; 5x5s 9.50-10.50; 5x6s 7.50-10.00. GRAIN MISSOURI cash truck bids to producers Tuesday: soybeans off 1-7C; wheat off 3-6; corn APPLES- ctns 12-3 lb filmbogs Ml USFcv 2 12 up Red Delicious 10.00-12.00; Golden Delicious 10.00-12 00; Jonathan 2 12 up 10.00-12.00. BANANAS 40 lb cartons Imports according to size aual 8.80-11.50.

BEANS- Bu containers Round Green Type FL 10.50-12 00; MX 11.50-12.00. CABBAGE 50 lbs Round Green ctns ILMO 5.25-6.00; GA 7 50-600; TX 5.50-8.50, sks ILMO med 4.50-4.75; tge 3.50. CAULIFLOWER-CA ctns film wrapped 12s 6.75-8 50, MO jacket pack 12s 7.00-8,00. CELERY Cartons crates CA 2 12 dozen 8.50-14.00; 3 dozen 8.50-14.00. CORN-crtctns 4 doz mln Yellow FL 8.50-9.00; White 11.00-12.00.

CUCUMBERS 1 19 bu cartonscrates according to qua! FL med 8 25, fair aual 7 loe 7.50-10.00; MX med 10.75-12.00; loe 7.50-10.00. GRAPEFRUIT Ctns Red FL 36s $7-10; TX $7-9. GREENS Ctns or crts bunched 18-24s CA Kale GA Collards 6.00-9.00; Mustard Turnip Tops 5 LEMONS-CA ctns 140s $21-25; choice LETTUCE Cartons 24s Iceberg according to aual weight CA 6.00-8.00. ONIONS 50 lb Yellow CO Jbo 7.25-7.75; IDOR LIVESTOCK Rale Mat Dale Asked Bid On VM Rale Mat. Dak fM Aslred MOD YW Rate Mat Dale Bid Asked Btd Chg YW Rale Mat Dale Bid Asked NATIONAL STOCKYARDS, III.

(AP) Hogs: 800 head barrows and gilts are .75 lower. 1-3 230-260 lb 57.25, 2-3 260-310 lb 53.00-57.00; 200-230 lb 51.00-53.00. Sows: are steady to 1.00 higher; 300-500 lb 45.00-52.00; 500-600 lb 55.00-40 00, over 600 lb 57.00-60.00. Boars: are .50 higher; all weights are 45.00. Cattle and calves: none.

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