Republicans Seeking Parity In TV Convention Coverage
Date: 11 August 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Republican Natinal Committee demands that three major television networks devote 'not a minute more' air time to Democratic national convention than they did to Republican convention; officials of ABC, NBC and CBS say that alhough they plan to devote same prime time coverage to both conventions, they reject idea that Republicans can dictate to them what is news and what is not` particularly in regard to coverage of Pres Clinton's convention speech (M)
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WEB SITE IS SUED
Date: 10 August 2000
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Several news media concerns sue GoSMS.com, Web site based in Israel that sends subscribers headlines via cell phone, saying much of content offered by company is being taken without permission from their Web sites; include CNN unit of Time Warner Inc, Washington Post Co, Gannett Inc and New York Times (S)
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National News Briefs; Executive Is Sentenced In Internet Sex Sting
Date: 10 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Patrick J Naughton, former Internet executive arrested in Internet sex sting after arranging to meet girl he believed to be 13, is sentenced to five years probation, including nine months of home detention and fined $20,000 (S)
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TARGETED GENETICS TO ACQUIRE GENOVO, A RIVAL
Date: 10 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Targeted Genetics Corp will acquire rival Genovo Inc for $67 million in stock (S)
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DUPONT SAYS IT IS EXPANDING INTO MONEY MANAGEMENT
Date: 11 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
E I du Pont de Nemours & Co, world's largest chemicals company, is diversifying into money management, following lead of other industrial companies (S)
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AMERICAN FIBER GETS INVESTMENT FROM LUCENT
Date: 10 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Fiber Systems Inc, closely held designer and maker of fiber optic networks, receives investment of an undisclosed amount from Lucent Technologies Inc (S)
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INFORMIX TO CUT WORK FORCE AND TAKE A CHARGE
Date: 10 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Informix Corp, database-software maker, will dismiss about 430 employees and take third-quarter charge as part of reorganization; job cuts account for about 10 percent of work force (S)
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AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS TO CUT IMMUNEX STAKE
Date: 10 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Immunex says American Home Products Corp will reduce its 55 percent ownership by selling as much as $2.7 billion of Immunex stock (S)
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SAPIENT TO BUY HUMAN CODE, A MEDIA DEVELOPER
Date: 10 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sapient Corp, Internet-commerce consulting company, will acquire closely held Human Code Inc for $103.8 million in stock (S)
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DIMAC TO CUT JOBS AT ONE OPERATION AND ADD AT ANOTHER
Date: 11 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dimac Corp, which filed for bankruptcy protection in April, will cut about 370 jobs at direct-marketing operation in St Louis and move all production to Central Islip on Long Island, NY (S)
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