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• Tribune announces special shareholder meeting.

  - 2007-07-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 July 2007-Tribune Company: Tribune announces special shareholder meetingC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02072007 CHICAGO - Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB) today announced that a special shareholders meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 21, to consider approval of the merger agreement entered...

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• Tribune Announces Preliminary Results of Tender Offer.

  - 2007-05-25

  M2 PRESSWIRE-25 May 2007-Tribune Company: Tribune Announces Preliminary Results of Tender OfferC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25052007 CHICAGO - Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today announced the preliminary results of its stock tender offer which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,...

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• Tribune Revenues Down 3.6% in April Publishing Advertising Revenues Decline 10.3% Television Revenues Down 1.1%.

  - 2007-05-14

  M2 PRESSWIRE-14 May 2007-Tribune Company: Tribune Revenues Down 3.6 in April Publishing Advertising Revenues Decline 10.3 Television Revenues Down 1.1C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14052007 CHICAGO - Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today reported its summary of revenues and newspaper advertising...

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• Tribune To Repurchase Up To 126 Million Common Shares For $34 Per Share In Cash; Represents over 50% of Shares Outstanding; Value of Approximately $4.3 Billion; Initial $250 Million Investment by Sam Zell Completed.

  - 2007-04-25

  M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2007-Tribune Company: Tribune To Repurchase Up To 126 Million Common Shares For $34 Per Share In Cash; Represents over 50 of Shares Outstanding; Value of Approximately $4.3 Billion; Initial $250 Million Investment by Sam Zell CompletedC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25042007...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, merger, Sam, SEC, Tribune Co.

• Tribune Reports 2007 First Quarter Results.

  - 2007-04-19

  M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 2007-Tribune Company: Tribune Reports 2007 First Quarter ResultsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19042007 CHICAGO - Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today reported first quarter 2007 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $.08 compared with $.32 in the first...

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• Tribune Co. settles circulation charges

  - 2006-05-31

  WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Tuesday charged big media group Tribune Co. with reporting falsified circulation figures for two of its newspapers in New York as it settled the case without a fine. The settlement comes as nine former employees and contractors of the two papers have now...

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• Former officials of Florida-based defense instrument supplier face charges.

  - 2004-10-21

  By Ted Jackovics, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 21--CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges Monday against the former chief executive and former chief financial officer of Aerosonic Corp., alleging the company overstated earnings...

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• False profits lead corporate insiders to riches.

  - 2004-09-05

  By Andrew Countryman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 5--Quarter after quarter, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. went to great lengths to make its numbers, and the stock soared. Then reality hit. Early last year, the drugmaker restated results for ...

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• False profits lead corporate insiders to riches.

  - 2004-09-05

  By Andrew Countryman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 5--Quarter after quarter, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. went to great lengths to make its numbers, and the stock soared. Then reality hit. Early last year, the drugmaker restated results for ...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, restatement, SEC, stock, Tribune Co.

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues to overturn chairmen rule for mutual funds.

  - 2004-09-03

  By Andrew Countryman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed suit Thursday to overturn federal regulators' controversial new rule that mutual funds have independent chairmen. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the requirement...

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