Yankees Consider Hoopla Hot Air
Date: 16 June 2002
By Tyler Kepner
Tyler Kepner
New York Yankees players insist that controversy over game against New York Mets, during which Mets pitcher Shawn Estes throws warning pitch close to Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens while he is at bat, is caused mostly by media and affected Yankees very little; photo (M)
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9/11 Bridged the Racial Divide, New Yorkers Say, Gingerly
Date: 16 June 2002
By Dean E. Murphy and David M. Halbfinger
Dean Murphy
Poll by New York Times and CBS News finds growing number of New Yorkers say they have seen remarkable change in race relations since Sept 11 terror attacks on World Trade Center; say people are more tolerant of different ethnic and racial groups, and less likely to overreact to perceived injustices or prejudices; graphs show poll findings; photos (M)
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COURT APPROVES LIQUIDATION PLAN FOR T.W.A.
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Trans World Airlines, bankrupt carrier bought last year by AMR Corp, wins court approval of its liquidation plan to pay creditors (S)
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WITH OUTLOOK WEAK, SPRINT SHARES DROP 18%
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sprint Corp says customer growth at its PCS Group wireless division will be 10 percent to 15 percent below previous forecasts; announcement sets off 18 percent decline in share price, to $11.75 a share (S)
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MOODY'S DOWNGRADES DEBT OF HEWLETT-PACKARD
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Moody's Investors Service reduces Hewlett-Packard Co's debt ratings, citing challenges in integrating $18.9 billion purchase of Compaq Computer Corp (S)
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ROCKWELL COLLINS WILL ACQUIRE A UNIT FROM ACTERNA
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rockwell Collins Inc, maker of aircraft cockpit instruments, agrees to buy Acterna Corp subsidiary Airshow Inc for $160 million to gain electronic-control products for business jet passenger cabins (M)
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CARDINAL HEALTH TO BUY SYNCOR FOR $900 MILLION
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cardinal Health Inc to buy Syncor International Corp, radioactive diagnostic materials maker, for about $900 million in stock; will also assume $202 million in Syncor debt (M)
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WORLDCOM, SEEKING LOANS, INTENDS TO CUT 16,000 JOBS
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WorldCom Inc seeks $5 billion in new loans; receives $450 million in commitments from its top three banking creditors; will eliminate about 16,000 jobs, or 20 percent of its staff, sell or shut down one wireless operation and sell real estate it owns (M)
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World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Pulp Mill Spinoff
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc to spin off pulp mill to raise as much as $259 million (S)
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World Business Briefing | Asia: Cellphone Subsidies Hurt Vodafone
Date: 15 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese unit of Vodafone Group, J-Phone, starts providing subsidies to retailers for its wireless handsets, reversing earlier pledge to parent company that it would increase profits by reducing subsidies; action sets off sharp decline in Vodafone's share price; stock price graph (S)
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