Static Screens of Czech TV Mirror Deep Political Problem
Date: 29 December 2000
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Dispute over new director blacks out state television this week and brings thousands of demonstrators into streets, drags in Pres Vaclav Havel and raises serious questions about Czech Republic's politics as it pushes to join European Union; photo (M)
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PUBLISHER OF PENGUIN GETS MARKETWATCH.COM STAKE
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pearson PLC buys 34.4 percent stake in MarketWatch.com Inc from Pearson's Data Broadcasting Corp unit to cut Data Broadcasting's losses (S)
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U.S. VISION TO BE BOUGHT BY NORCROSS ROBERTS
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Vision agrees to be bought by Norcross Roberts Group for $4.50 a share, or $35 million, based on the company's 7.79 million outstanding shares (S)
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A. H. BELO WILL DO AWAY WITH ITS INITIALS ON MONDAY
Date: 29 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
A H Belo Corp says that it will change its name on Jan 1 to remove initials of its founder, Alfred Horatio Belo (S)
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CORDIANT COMMUNICATIONS AGREES TO BUY MICROARTS
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cordiant Communications Group agrees to buy MicroArts Corp, an Internet brand consultant, for as much as $88.1 million in stock to expand its United States marketing business (S)
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DENTSPLY IS BUYING ONE BUSINESS AND SELLING ANOTHER
Date: 29 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dentsply International, leading make of false teeth, announces that it agreed to buy Friadent GmbH of Germany for about $100 million, and separately that it agreed to sell InfoSoft to InfoCure for $32 million (S)
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HUNT OIL OF TEXAS IN BID FOR BERKLEY PETROLEUM
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hunt Oil Co offers to buy the natural gas producer Berkley Petroleum Corp for 1.4 billion Canadian dollars ($927 million) (S)
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HUMANA AGREES TO SELL PARTS OF ITS H.M.O. BUSINESS
Date: 29 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Humana Inc says it agreed to sell parts of its Medicaid health maintenance orgn business in Wisconsin and Texas; subsidiary of Centene Corp will take over coverage of 40,000 customers (S)
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AMERICAN STANDARD TO CUT 1,200 JOBS AND CLOSE A PLANT
Date: 29 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Standard Companies says it will cut costs by eliminating 1,200 jobs, or about 2 percent of its work force (S)
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LTV SAYS IT MAY FILE FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION
Date: 29 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
LTV Corp says it is close to decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it had nearly run out of money (S)
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