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1998Year Mattel Inc plans to acquire Learning Co in $3.8 billion stock deal that would position company as leader in high-growth market for software
warns investors to expect disappointing financial results for fourth quarter and the year, sending its shares tumbling 27 percent, or $8.125, to $22; stock analyst says merger will mean more selection, better distribution and more traditional toys delivered via software; acquisition would also give Mattel $1 billion in software sales and an edge in electronic products over Hasbro Inc, No. 2 toy maker; Mattel's chief executive Jill E Barad comments; photo (M) Mattel's Mixed Day: A Deal and Falling Profits
1969Year SEC to allow trading in common stock to resume Apr 15
warns investors to obtain full information before making transactions; had suspended trading on ground that financial data about acquisition of 5 cos had been lacking DYNA RAY TRADING CAN RESUME APRIL 15
1948Year M S Eccles sees econ security dependent on peace ECCLES SEES CRISIS AS ECONOMIC PERIL
Warns Iowa Bankers on Rising Costs of Our Military and Foreign Aid Programs
2004Year Pres Jacques Chirac of France criticizes Iran for failing to comply fully with international inspections of its nuclear sites, suggesting that it violated spirit of agreement with France, Germany and Britain to curtail its nuclear programs
warns Iranian Foreign Min Kamal Kharazi to meet demands of United Nations' weapons inspection agency before group gathers in June or run risk of eroding international goodwill; Chirac's tough remarks are result of mounting suspicion in Europe and United States that Iran is determined to develop nuclear weapons and is cheating on much-heralded agreement last Oct to allow stricter inspections and to suspend production of enriched uranium (M) Speaking for Europe, Chirac Warns Iran on Inspections
2003Year Deputy Sec Paul Wolfowitz says Pentagon will recruit Iraqi-Americans to serve in military reserves and to be translators and other temporary civilian employees in Iraq when Saddam Hussein is ousted
warns Iraqi community in Dearborn there is only 'small chance' of averting war and asks their support; photo (M) U.S. Suggests Iraqi-Americans Will Help in Recovery Process
2002Year Former Pres Jimmy Carter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo and uses platform to try to steer events away from armed conflict in Iraq
warns Iraqi government that it must meet United Nations Security Council's demand for elimination of weapons of mass destruction, but he also appears to warn Bush administration against acting against Iraq without backing of United Nations; Gunnar Berge, chairman of prize committee, goes further, saying choice of Carter, who has been publicly critical of Bush administration's aggressive posture toward Iraq, should be interpreted as criticism of administration's line; prize gives Carter and closest aides cause for hope that his years in White House, dragged down by Iranian hostage crisis and runaway inflation, will be viewed more favorably over time; photos (M) Carter Accepts Nobel and Gives Message on Iraq