WEBMD AGREES TO PURCHASE DAKOTA IMAGING
Date: 07 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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WebMD Corp, which operates health-information Web sites, acquires Dakota Imaging Inc for as much as $65 million in cash to expand its business that manages transactions between doctors and insurers (S)
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LENNOX TO SELL SERVICE CENTERS IN A REVAMPING
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Lennox International, which makes heating and air-conditioning products, will sell 47 of its dealer service centers and take at least $205 million in pretax charges to turn around its business; 47 centers will be organized under new entity and classified as discontinued business (S)
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BLACK & DECKER SAYS PROFIT WILL TOP FORECAST
Date: 07 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Black & Decker Corp says first-quarter profit rose to as much as 93 cents per share, third more than its forecast, because of increased sales in North America; sales rose about 16 percent (S)
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F.D.A. AGREES TO SPEED APPLICATION FOR A CANCER DRUG
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Bayer Group and Onyx Pharmaceuticals says Food and Drug Administration regulators agree to work with them to hasten approval of experimental drug to treat kidney cancer (S)
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LAS VEGAS CASINO OWNER EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Mandalay Resort Group says first-quarter net income will exceed analysts' expectations; full results for quater ended April 30 will be issued June 3 (S)
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MGM TO RECOMMEND TO ITS BOARD AN $8-A-SHARE DIVIDEND
Date: 07 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will recommend to its board that it declare one-time dividend of $8 per share (S)
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END OF OLDSMOBILE ALERO WILL COST 1,500 G.M. JOBS
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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General Motors plans to cut about 1,500 more jobs at Lansing, Mich, factory on June 7 by eliminating shfit when it ends production of Oldsmobile Alero; laid-off workers will be eligible for other jobs within company, including as many as 2,600 openings at new vehicle plant scheduled to open in 2006 in Delta Township, Mich (S)
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FORD SEDAN, NO LONGER FUTURA, NEEDS A NEW NAME
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Ford Motor drops Futura name for new sedan after Pep Boys--Manny, Moe & Jack, auto parts and service chain, objects because it uses name for tires (S)
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MILWAUKEE SIGN MAKER TO BUY SIMILAR COMPANY IN BUFFALO
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Brady Corp agrees to buy EMED Co, maker of various types of signs, from Summit Partners for about $190 million (S)
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TITAN TO GET MOST ASSETS OF ITS SPINOFF, NOW BANKRUPT
Date: 06 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Titan Corp will take over most of assets of SureBeam Corp, maker of food irradiation systems and subsidiary it spun off in 2002, to satisfy $25 million senior secured note owed to its by SureBeam; plna is approved by US bankruptcy court; Titan, which agreed in September to be acquired by Lockheed Martin , plans to dispose of assets (S)
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