Ashland will record $57 million in charges for fiscal 4th period
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Ashland Inc says it will record one-time after-tax charges of approximately $57 million in its fiscal 4th qtr 1998. The charges will be $93 million before taxes, and $50 million of those will reflect staff restructuring caused by the relocation of its headquarters to Covington, KY. Another $43 million of the pretax charges will reflect environmental costs associated with properties it now holds in a joint venture with USX/Marathon Group. $32.7 of the environmental charges are for settling allegations of illegally discharging pollutants at Kentucky, Minnesota, and Ohio refineries.
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Will take a one-time after tax-charge of roughly $57 million for its 4th qtr FY 1998
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Who needs college? Three students sell stake in Web site to CMG Information
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CMG Information Services Inc. has purchased a 40% share of the Raging Bull website, a stock-talk service on the Internet. Raging Bull is a fairly new site in the online financial message board industry. Its main competitors are Yahoo! Finance, Silicon Investor, and Motley Fool. Co-founders William Martin, Greg Wright, and Rusty Szurek, are college students. They sold a 40% share in Raging Bull to CMG for an estimated $1 million to $3 million.
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Purchases 40% share of the Raging Bull website, a stock-talk service on the Internet, from three college students
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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