OTHER NEWS - June 1, 1996
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Alameda-based Ascend Communications said it will acquire NetStar, a maker of high-speed computer switches, for $300 million. . . . Oakland-based Safeway said it closed 86 stores in British Columbia because of a dispute with the United Food and Commercial Workers over a plan to lower wages for some workers.
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