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OTHER NEWS - Dec. 16, 1995

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Times Staff and Wire Reports

European Union leaders chose “Euro” as the name for their planned single currency, to be launched Jan. 1, 1999. . . . General Electric Co. increased its share buyback program 80% to $9 billion, placating investors concerned that the company wasn’t making use of its excess cash. . . . Trans World Airlines Inc. said it has withdrawn a lawsuit against financier Carl Icahn’s Las Vegas-based travel agencies over the sale of TWA tickets. The two sides are trying to negotiate a settlement, a TWA spokesman said.

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