Short Reports

Sat., March 18, 2000

From Staff

The Hearst Corp. agreed Friday to sell the flagship of its media empire, the San Francisco Examiner, to a company led by the publishers of the San Francisco Independent, a free newspaper published three times a week.

President Clinton appealed Friday to oil-producing countries for a “substantial production increase” - big enough to rebuild depleted reserves and bring down high prices.

Tandy Corp. is changing its name to RadioShack Corp. in what the company called a sign of confidence in the future of its electronics stores.

Intel Corp. acknowledged Friday that some components it supplied are causing Toshiba laptop computers to heat up so much that they break down. The flaw, which first appeared in Toshiba’s Satellite 4100 models, affects certain laptops containing 400-MHz Pentium II and Celeron processors. Toshiba Tecra 8000 computers also could be affected, as could laptops of other brands.

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