Jennings Contract Seen as a Bellwether for ABC News
Date: 08 March 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Next sign of how serious Walt Disney Co is about cuts at ABC News division will come during contract talks with anchor Peter Jennings; question is whether Disney will hold tough line against Jennings, who is said to earn more than $10 million per year and sits atop pay scale at ABC News; his contract is up in midsummer (M)
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Residential Real Estate; Printing Plant Is Transformed to a Condo Building
Date: 08 March 2002
By Nadine Brozan
Nadine Brozan
Residential Real Estate column on transformation of old Daily news printing plant in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, into high-end condominium; photo (S)
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WILLIAMS REPORTS A LOSS OF $1.24 BILLION
Date: 08 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Williams Companies reports fourth-quarter loss of $1.24 billion that includes charges from former communications unit that may file for bankruptcy (S)
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NATIONAL STEEL SEEKS BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
Date: 07 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National Steel Corp files for bankruptcy protection because of low prices and weak economy; National Steel is majority owned by NKK Corp of Tokyo (S)
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LIMITED RAISES OFFER FOR REMAINDER OF INTIMATE BRANDS
Date: 08 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Limited Inc raises its offer to buy remaining 16 percent of Intimate Brands, parent of Victoria's Secret; deal is valued at $1.56 billion (S)
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EXIDE, A BATTERY MAKER, PLANS TO CLOSE 2 PLANTS
Date: 08 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Exide Technologies, which makes automobile batteries, will close two plastics plants in Mississippi and lay off more than 200 workers (S)
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F.D.A. EXPEDITES REVIEW OF AMERICAN HOME'S CANCER DRUG
Date: 07 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Home Products Corp says Food and Drug Administration will give expedited review to its experimental treatment for kidney cancer; FDA will review experimental drug, known as CCI-779, as treatment for renal-cell carcinoma after initial therapy has failed (S)
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GENCORP RESTATES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR LAST 3 YEARS
Date: 07 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GenCorp Inc restates financial results for last three fiscal years after company completes review of accounting items and costs at two auto parts plants; figures noted (S)
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GLAMIS TO BUY FRANCISCO GOLD FOR $121 MILLION IN STOCK
Date: 07 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Glamis Gold Ltd agrees to buy Francisco Gold Corp for 192.2 million Canadian dollars ($121.5 million) in stock to expand in Latin America (S)
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TYCO FINANCE UNIT RAISES $1 BILLION IN DEBT SALE
Date: 07 March 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CIT Group, finance unit of Tyco International, sells $1 billion in securities backed by home equity loans, part of its pledge to raise $3 billion to pay off maturing debt (S)
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