OTHER NEWS - April 18, 1995
<i> Times Staff and Wire Reports</i>
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will redeem its poison pill anti-takeover defense by paying a one-cent-a-share dividend to its stockholders next month. . . . Merck & Co. said it won approval to begin marketing its new hypertension drug Cozaar. . . . Mobil Corp. said it has signed a joint venture with three companies owned by the Kazakhstan government to explore for oil and gas.