BRIEFCASE GILBERT ELECTED TO LABOR COUNCIL.Byline: - From Staff and Wire Services Screen Actors Guild President Melissa Gilbert was elected to the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. during the labor organization's annual convention in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. this week. The Executive Council is the governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he of the AFL-CIO and is authorized to enforce provisions of the organization's constitution. It comprises three national officers and 51 vice presidents from various sectors of the labor community. ``I'm honored to be appointed,'' Gilbert said in a statement. ``I look forward to working with President (John J.) Sweeney to focus on the interests and concerns of all SAG members as well as those of our brother and sister unions.'' Gilbert, who lives in Calabasas, was nominated to the council by John Connolly John Connolly is the name of:
AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. will acquire General Cinema NEWTON, Mass. - AMC Entertainment said Friday that it has agreed to buy General Cinema as part of that company's Chapter 11 reorganization plan A scheme authorized by federal law and promulgated by the president whereby he or she alters the structure of federal agencies to promote government efficiency and economy through a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition of functions. . Under the agreement, AMC would pay GC Companies Inc.'s creditors an estimated $175 million to $195 million in cash and stock. The final amount depends on a bankruptcy court's determination of claim amounts. AMC operates 177 cinemas with 2,836 screens worldwide. The deal, which requires bankruptcy court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. approval, would expand those totals with GC's 73 theaters with 677 screens, and a 50 percent stake in 17 theaters with 160 screens. Halliburton value falls on verdicts DALLAS - Shares of Halliburton Co. plunged more than 40 percent Friday after the oil field-services company revealed that a jury ruled against it in an asbestos-related lawsuit. A six-member state court jury in Baltimore found a former subsidiary of Halliburton's Dresser Industries Dresser Industries was a multinational corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which provided a wide range of technology, products, and services used for developing energy and natural resources. unit and other companies responsible for the asbestos exposure of five people and awarded them $40 million. Halliburton said its portion of the verdict against Dresser, which Halliburton acquired in 1998, totaled $30 million. Trade panel urges steel import fees WASHINGTON - A federal trade panel recommended a range of tariffs and quotas on imported steel Friday to boost the battered domestic industry. Foreign producers and U.S. companies that use imported steel condemned the move as protectionism that will drive up prices for American consumers. The International Trade Commission recommended the tariffs, ranging from 5 percent to 40 percent, for 16 steel product lines. |
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