Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas • Page 16

Business 4B Saturday, February 27, 1999, Longview News-Journal LIE Louisiana company to pay High 9,459.52 Net change J-J Low 9,177.54 Pet. change $38 million for KETK-TV 9,900 9,300 8,700 8,100 7,500 entrepreneurial atmosphere, and f. I I to I 1199 2199 3199 AP The following are the 250 rrwst active issues traded an the New York Stock Exchange (he previous day. UosV UCBfIS IrtrJWs MscoTtfl kum KH3X ktePal Moftrc MeMi MonT tM MagBfvt Mjlsji M3DM Mjiii MjuH MXida MO( Mr NsM Mc6 MnOr KrTe) OMQw Qmnn Otsm O'iuv PNC FadCp PartUb Patftn PAH Patn Paxjfn PepsiCo Paa3n Pr RtpsS RMH PtO PtraO RnM PUG Profs PSEQ Rfta 4797 2500 2398 1833 737 2398 3797 5336 8000 2802 2500 4297 1602 2393 2297 2602 899 1797 5000 1797 839 pe as CLSCHQ AfUCs 2M0 96B2 AMIS 703 1W1 310E 23369 46i' AM3 29154 177 -W A4M3S 2000 32373 25 -11 860) 23965 91" -1te AtaSl ZO: 8262 57 ras 1703 9109 40V! -S Ws 8S6 26626 37 ArOtBS 1770SB 8816 1 AEWNWn 9273 2 Artie 2297 23534 AGrea 1003 13753 4e ArtjmePs 3203 20134 AptCs 3203 275921131 ArHog 3703 18612 25" -2 ArtMS 3000 28964 76'' 1V AmOan 2603 8390 Wl AafCs 2297 26409 40 AucOBs 3797 13778 39 Aicns 4102 8172 41 -flu BB4TS 2203 9274 377H1V BPAnxo 2398 20591 85 BanOie 2102 34615 53fct1 ftNVs 2297 17012 BjAm 2297 34796 ffisl6 Mass 1500 18732 40'' -'I Brtb 3797 M586 29 ftnrJG 2203 1323B 17" ton 6600 6734 70 BbcCs 3602 15632 tetos 233 12222 BertS 1398 15303 8' Ba 6797 8873 68-37 Boaig 3102 33335 36 toBS 1297 12790 13 tV fiords 13113 SV5 am 1602 1150 16' BjNSFs 1396 16217 33V6 CBS 18801 36? "-V CHSff 398 39310 7 18S6 1936 26 t'V JCV5Cps 5398 19286 53 CarBlce 17172 2'-1 Ontis 4797 10730 721" CamCtJS 3203 11629 -IVi "Cn 1102 8951 45 -11 Certtrt 50117 'Crmpri 4703 6616 37 1 Ona1s 2102 34903 79 VI Cnftls 1797 7310 19 0B 1797 6618 29 CWs 1898 11816 17Ve Cn 97033 5B5 1 DCA '8782 -V 208 W0O 3000 1703 1398 1703 1339 1797 2833 4208 1797 4102 3102 3000 WOO 3297 5000 1333 2797 898 694 6 2839 3216 25 Pplfl 2297 1332 28 -fH 1797 628 2e PbsAbS 602 504 111V 2446 7e ftagwi' H538 2 1339 973 6 FttatRl 4237 1116 22 -18 651 12i Setae 764 3 V4 833 1206 4 -t Saeees 746 4 137B9 J6 i8 SOW 7592 2214 418 2289 1t2 96213123 44 2503 6328 37V -V SPW 7553 677 -V 1297 1009 2 -V SPFndn 949 24'32 7 1620 te V3! SPTeOW 23426 34V -1V 3333 593 15 SWMs 8303 2150 -114 703 670 6 -V TeDa 982 1014 Sit TerfttJl 1686 47 1203 743 -'74 TfrtoMm 846 4'4 16 563 1'6 TopSra 649 We -V 703 3192 476 Je. TWA.

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of America. Phil Hurley, general manager at the Tyler- and Longview-based station said details of the sale were released Friday. CCA has agreed to acquire for $36 million the non-license assets of KETK-TV and the right to program KETK-TV and KLSB-TV in the Longview-Tyler markets, he said. Included in the agreement is an option to acquire the license assets related to KETK-TV from Sinclair for an additional $2 million. Hurley said the sale is subject to Department of Justice approval and is expected to close during the second quarter of this year.

Hurley said no staffing or management changes are expected as a result of the sale. KETK has 62 full-time employees in Longview-Tyler and about 20 part-time workers. KLSB in Nacogdoches has 18 full-time and two part-time workers, he said. Meetings with department heads and employees were scheduled Friday to inform them of the 2 transaction, Hurley said. "CCA is a company we're very familiar with, and we're real excited about the opportunity to work with them," he said.

"It's a good fit for our market and a station our size. It should be a good partnership." While the East Texas stations were among the smallest in the Sinclair group and removed geographically from most of the rest of that company's other stations, they will be well-situated geographically and size-wise with CCA, Hurley said. CCA is headquartered in Lafayette, and operates Fox affiliate stations in Lafayette, Shreveport and Baton Rouge in Louisiana. In Texas, the company has NBC affiliate stations in El Paso and Har-lington and a Fox Btation in Odes-sa, he said. KETK is an NBC network affili- ate.

Hurley said he was relieved to have the actual sales announcement behind him. "Now we can put to rest four-month-old rumors that have been going around since Sinclair announced then it would be selling some of its assets," he said. "This move should bring on more of an Close 9,306.58 7596 71471 13533 2818 SIS 18644 8615 1044 23811 24582 25288 17166 3255S 33710 132893 10664 11227 24257 23852 7205 14754 32462 11385 14932 13603 10972 7855 11028 8301 7733 10199 11919 12253 247S 45 101 24111 4 17a TTja 2 -1 st -v 26 85 89 5 54i'j. -V 70 -1 76 57-8V 741 -IV 19 45 93V! t'V 111' -1V 351 '6 7014 -1 -V 10V! 4S 43 3 24 -V. 42Vz J6 17i -V! 14 S3'.

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The Dow Jones industrial average fell 59.76 points to 9,306.58, ending down 33.37 for the week. The blue-chip index now sits 336 points below its all-time closing high of 9,643.32 on Jan. 8. It is up 125.15, oij 1.36 percent, for the year. Broader stock indicators fell as well.

The Standard Poor's 500 index lost 6.69 to 1,238.33, and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index dropped 38.79 to 2,288.03. Stock investors ignored lower yields in the bond market a signal of declining interest rates and drove prices lower after Compaq Computer warned analysts that sales in its small- and medium- business market have slowed this quarter. Compaq's statement prompted Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston to cut first-quarter earnings projections for the company, whose shares declined 55s on the New York Stock Exchange to 35. Other computer-makers, including LBM, Gateway and Dell Computer, also fell sharply. Also bothering the technology sector was Intel, which fell sharply after PC Data reported that Advanced Micro Devices AMD-K6 processor-based computers outsold all Intel-based desktop PCs in the were excited about the possibilities." Management and employees have faced a lot of uncertainty hi recent months because of the anticipated sale, Hurley said.

Sinclair's properties are nearly all Fox or Warner Brother affiliates, and most are in much larger markets than East Texas, he said. Sinclair's president and chief executive officer, David Smith, said the station and its employees should be well taken care of by CCA r- Smith said in a written statement that the sale is an effort by Sinclair to strengthen its bottom line and balance sheet. "While the decision to sell these properties was a difficult one, ultimately the need to refocus our company on its core assets and reestablish our capacity for long-term growth was paramount," Smith said. "We wish the employees of KETK and KLSB well and believe we have left them in good hands with CCA." Hurley said Federal Communications Commission approval and other details of the transaction are expected to take between 90 and 150 days fourth day product, the nation's total output of goods and services, had been originally reported at 5.6 percent for the fourth quarter. While the report showed the economy growing at a faster pace than expected, it also showed that inflation rose just 1 percent last year, the slowest pace since a 0.9 percent rise in 1949.

Stocks might have moved higher on the news that the economy was strong and interest rates falling. But the bond market had been battered too hard, and long-term interest rates were still up nearly lA percentage point for the week. "For stocks, the key concern is interest rates," said Mark Vitner, an economist at First Union Capital Markets Group in Charlotte, N.C. Higher rates increase borrowing costs for companies and can put a damper on consumer spending, both bad for stocks. Declining issues edged out advancers on the New York Stock Exchange.

NYSE consolidated volume totaled 933.89 million shares, up from 891.57 million Thursday. The NYSE composite index fell 0.97 to 586.46, and the American Stock Exchange composite index rose 4.82 to 698.29. The Russell 2000 index fell 0.46 to 392.26. In overseas trading, the Nikkei index in Tokyo eased 0.71 percent. In Europe, the Frankfurt DAX index declined 0.94 percent, the FT-SE 100 in London lost 0.51 percent, and the CAC in Paris dropped 1.44 percent.

Gannett, Belo swapping TV stations ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Gannett Co. Inc. is swapping a television station in Texas for an AH. Belo station in northern California, under a deal announced Thursday.

In the transaction, which is subject to federal regulatory approval, Gannett would acquire KXTV-TV, which serves Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto, Calif. Belo would get KVUE-TV of Austin, Texas. Both are ABC affiliates. Gannett's broadcasting arm owns 21 TV stations in cities such as Cleveland, Minneapolis, Denver, St. Louis and little Rock, Ark.

Its holdings would cover 17.3 percent of the U.S. television market if the trade goes through. Dallas-based A.H. Belo owns 17 TV stations across the nation, including three others in Texas: WFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth; KENS in San Antonio; and KHOU in Houston. It also manages four other stations and owns three local cable news channels, including Dallas-based Texas Cable News, which signed on in January.

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Intel skidded 7 1316 to 119 1516 in Nasdaq trading. The decline in technology shares distracted investors from good economic news. The Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy grew at a blistering 6.1 percent annual rate in the final three months of 1998, the quickest pace in nearly 15 years. Growth in gross domestic that it possess monopoly power and argued that it fought tough but fairly.

In his opening arguments, Microsoft lawyer John Warden reminded the judge, "Antitrust laws are not a code of civility." The trial's outcome could dramatically affect the computer industry during a period when it is making huge technology strides and helping drive the nation's economy. And a verdict could come during a period of remarkable change: Weeks after the trial began, America Online agreed to buy Netscape for $4.2 billion in a deal that also included Sun Microsystems. Even the judge pondered publicly that it "might be a very significant change in the playing field." Jackson agreed to allow Microsoft to investigate the impact of the purchase during the lengthy upcoming recess. The final Microsoft witness Friday was Robert Muglia, a senior vice president who refuted earlier testimony that the company sought to undermine Sun Microsystems' rival Java technology, which allows software to run on a variety of computer operating systems. Muglia, however, acknowledged that Microsoft encouraged software developers to use Windows-only features that effectively prevent their Java programs from ninning with other operating systems.

WASHINGTON (AP) A judge hearing the Microsoft antitrust trial concluded the defense phase of the lengthy proceeding Friday, rebuking the software giant's last witness. U.S. District Judge Thomas Pen-field Jackson on Friday finished hearing 17 weeks of highly charged allegations from government attorneys, courtroom concessions and some extraordinary goofups, particularly by Microsoft's witnesses. After at least a six-week break, the trail is scheduled to resume in April with Microsoft and the government presenting rebuttal arguments. Each side then can use testimony from three more witnesses.

Jackson is expected to return a verdict over the summer. The central questions Friday were largely the same as outlined by the Justice Department and 19 states during the trial's opening days last October: Did Microsoft illegally use its influence in the technology industry to crush its software rivals and maintain its lucrative Windows dominance? The government has identified Microsoft's victims as Netscape Communications whose Internet software has fallen from prominence since 1995, as well as Intel Apple Computer Sun Microsystems America Online Inc. and others. Microsoft has steadfastly denied rtq-nXorui-iiolayajablB. Petroleum ngOUCB.

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