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6th of January 2000 News
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NEWS OF ABBOTT OPTION SENDS SUPERGEN SHARES UP
Date: 07 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of the biotechnology company SuperGen Inc. rose yesterday after Abbott Laboratories said it held an option to buy 49 percent of SuperGen for as much as $85 a share, almost triple the closing price on Wednesday. Shares of SuperGen rose $3.3125, to $33.25. Abbott said in a federal filing that it would buy $81.5 million of SuperGen stock at market prices. Abbott also holds an option to raise its stake to 49 percent of the outstanding common stock at $85 a share, making the total investment about $2 billion. The option is part of an agreement between the companies, announced in December, for the sale and distribution of SuperGen's cancer drug rubitecan.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY SELLS GENOMICS CENTER STAKE
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. sold its stake in the Hoechst-Ariad Genomics Center to Aventis S.A. in exchange for rights to drugs and technologies developed by the center and $40 million in cash. Shares in Ariad, a biotechnology company, rose 75 cents, to close at $3.75 in Nasdaq trading. Ariad, based in Cambridge, Mass., said in October it would sell its 50 percent stake in the center. Completion of the agreement was announced on Tuesday. Ariad founded the center with Hoechst A.G., which later merged with Rhone-Poulenc S.A. to form Aventis. Ariad said it sold its stake to focus on its own products.
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KEEBLER SELLING TWO PLANTS TO CONSOLIDATED BISCUIT
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Keebler Foods Company agreed to sell two cookie plants and its Sunny and Gregs cookie brands for undisclosed terms to the Consolidated Biscuit Company as the last step in integrating a baking company bought in 1998. The plants in Birmingham, Ala., and North Little Rock, Ark., had revenue of $54 million in 1999. Keebler, the second-largest United States cookie and cracker maker, acquired the plants and the brands in September 1998 when it purchased the President Baking Company. Keebler is 55 percent-owned by Flowers Industries, a baked-goods company based in Thomasville, Ga.
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PEROT SYSTEMS SELLS STAKE IN SWISS SOFTWARE COMPANY
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Perot Systems Corporation, the computer services company founded by the billionaire Ross Perot, plans to sell its 40 percent stake in Systor A.G. for about $55 million to UBS A.G. of Zurich. UBS, which is Europe's No. 2 bank, already owns 60 percent of Systor. Perot Systems, of Dallas, expects to gain $40 million from the sale of its stake in Systor, a Swiss-based software maker. The sale enables Perot Systems to pursue plans to extend its presence with Internet-based businesses and invest in electronic-business ventures, said Mr. Perot, the company's chairman. Mr. Perot said in May the company planned to invest in technology start-ups.
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DUPONT SAYS IT HAS REJECTED SEVERAL DRUG VENTURES
Date: 07 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, the largest United States chemical company, said yesterday that it had rejected several large pharmaceutical joint ventures with other drug makers after it could not agree on financial terms. DuPont has been seeking ways to bolster its pharmaceutical unit, which is considered relatively small in the consolidating drug industry. Separately, DuPont named Kurt M. Landgraf chief executive of its DuPont Pharmaceutical unit. Mr. Landgraf had been executive vice president and chief operating officer of the parent company. Shares of DuPont rose $3.75, to $71.50.
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CARLYLE GROUP IN TALKS WITH GERMAN AUTO PARTS MAKER
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carlyle Group, a United States buyout firm, said yesterday that it was in takeover talks with Beru A.G., a German maker of car ignition systems, even though Beru had rejected an initial proposal valuing the company at $310 million. Carlyle bought 26.3 percent of Beru from family shareholders for 30 euros a share last month, and said it would make a similar offer for the rest of the outstanding shares in February. Beru rejected the proposed offer on Dec. 20, saying that, based on its earnings, it is worth as much as 40 euros a share.
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GOODYEAR SAYS IT WILL CUT 650 JOBS AT BRITISH TIRE PLANT
Date: 07 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company said yesterday that it would stop making Dunlop truck tires at one British plant and cut about 38 percent of the work force there as it seeks to reduce costs after forming joint ventures with Sumitomo Rubber Industries of Japan. Goodyear, the world's largest tire maker, said it would dismiss 650 workers at its Birmingham, England, plant, which employs 1,700. It said cost savings would be substantial, without providing details. Production of truck tires will move to other plants, though the Birmingham plant will keep making passenger and racing tires.
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S3 TO POST GAIN FROM BUYOUT OF INTEREST IN CHIP PLANT
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The S3 Corporation, the designer of fast graphics chips for personal computers, will post a first-quarter gain of $500 million after one of its partners bought out its share of a semiconductor plant in Taiwan. The United Microelectronics Corporation bought S3's stake in the United Semiconductor Corporation and completed the purchase of three other former joint-venture chip makers yesterday. S3, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif., invested $90 million in United Semiconductor in 1995.
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Metro Business; Plant May Not Close
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hercules Inc. has reported that it is talking to several companies interested in buying its nitrocellulose manufacturing operations in Parlin, N.J.
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GLOBAL ONE STAKE
Date: 06 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom plan to jointly buy the Sprint Corporation's share of Global One, an unprofitable venture. The two companies have not decided which will take control. Sprint is being acquired by MCI Worldcom.
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