French coal executive to head Groupe Bull

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Groupe Bull has appointed Bernard Pache to head the company after the dismissal of Francis Lorentz. Groupe Bull has amassed losses of $2 billion from 1990 to 1992 and recently allied itself with IBM. Pache is 57 years old and attended the Polytechnique engineering school before working for Pechiney and Charbonnages. Pache has no computer experience which has led some analysts to question his appointment and wonder how great his leadership will be. Pache does have a record of making significant cutbacks without arousing the unrest of workers. Bull's reorganization has already shut down 8 of 13 plants and has involved a work force reduction of 10,000 jobs.

Electronic computers, Management, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Employee selection, Corporate reorganizations, Compagnie des Machines Bull, Reorganization, Hiring, Losses, Work Force Reduction, Pache, Bernard

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Software issue kills bill to ease copyright laws; computer groups win a battle with writers

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A campaign by writers and publishers for a bill in Congress that would allow authors to quote from letters, diaries and other unpublished materials has collapsed just as a compromise seemed to be near. The legislation apparently was destroyed by concerns in the computer industry. The legislation, which was introduced in the Senate by Paul Simon (D-IL) and in the House by Robert W. Kastenmeier (D-WI), apparently aroused opposition because representatives of the computer industry feared that because computer programs are unpublished materials, like letters or diaries, the proposed law might make it easier for people to improperly copy software.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Copyright, Copyrights, Patents, Computer Industry, Patent/Copyright Issue, Legal Issues, Simon, Paul (American politician), Kastenmeier, Robert

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Satellite TV battle ends in Britain; Murdoch's system merging with rival

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Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television PLC and British Satellite Broadcasting end their bitter battle over the new British television market and merge. Terms of the merger are not disclosed. The merger of the five-channel British Satellite and four-channel Sky Television ends a fight that generated losses of more than $1.5 billion. Industry analysts say that the deal included a cash payment to Murdoch, which could help him alleviate a severe cash squeeze on the $8.7 billion indebted News Corp. The new company, tentatively called British Sky Broadcasting, will have five channels, including two movie channels.

COMMUNICATION, United Kingdom, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Investments, Murdoch, Rupert, Sky Television PLC, Acquisition, Merger, British Satellite Broadcasting

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