Instant Media Analysis Often Proves at Odds With Public Opinion
Date: 13 October 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Rapidity with which consensus developed among many commentators and news organizations that Gov George W Bush 'won' second presidential with Gov Al Gore raises questions about whether pundits' views are shared widely by people outside insular circle of media and politics; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, news media expert, advised viewers to avoid post-debate commentary as meaningless and dangerous (M)
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Gay Officer Gets $20,000 In Bias Case
Date: 13 October 2000
By Benjamin Weiser
Benjamin Weiser
New York City will pay $20,000 settlement to Elizabeth Bryant, former police officer who claimed in lawsuit that she was discriminated against for being gay; Federal Judge Lewis A Kaplan orders terms of settlement made public at request of New York Times, Daily News and New York Post (M)
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S.E.C. LOOKS AT PRICEWATERHOUSE AUDIT OF PINNACLE
Date: 12 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission begins inquiry into whether PricewaterhouseCoopers had conflict of interest when it audited Pinnacle Holdings Inc; says Pinnacle may have committed fraud, filed untrue annual and periodic reports and failed to keep its books and maintain system of internal accounting controls properly (S)
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ENGLE HOMES IS BEING ACQUIRED BY TECHNICAL OLYMPIC
Date: 13 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Engle Homes, builder of single-family homes and condominiums, agrees to sell itself for $465 million in cash and assumed debt to Technical Olympic USA (S)
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MOTOROLA FALLS 19% AFTER EARNINGS WARNING
Date: 12 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Motorola Inc shares fall 19 percent after company says fourth-quarter and 2001 earnings will lag forecasts (S)
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PHILLIPS SELLS ITS COAL OPERATIONS FOR $191 MILLION
Date: 13 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phillips Petroleum Co sells its coal business in three separate transactions for $191 million; Phillips sells its 50 percent stake in Walnut Creek Mining Co to Kiewit Construction Co and 50 percent stake in Dry Fork coal assets in Wyoming to Western Fuels-Wyoming Inc; sells other coal interests in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to North American Coal Corp; says it will have gains of $48 million from sales (S)
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INGERSOLL-RAND UNIT TO SELL SMALL POWER GENERATORS
Date: 12 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ingersoll-Rand Co forms unit to sell small power-generation equipment (S)
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U.S. CHECKS POSSIBLE ILLEGAL TRADING OF BRISTOL-MYERS
Date: 12 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co were traded illegally on basis of advance knowledge of unfavorable test results on Vanlev blood pressure drug (S)
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FORD SAYS IT WILL INCREASE FOURTH-QUARTER DIVIDEND 5%
Date: 13 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co will increase dividend on common and Class B shares 5 percent, to 30 cents; declares dividend of 51.5625 cents a share on depository shares representing Series B cumulative preferred stock (S)
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NISOURCE TO CUT 800 JOBS AFTER COLUMBIA ACQUISITION
Date: 13 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
NiSource Inc, owner of Indiana's largest utility, will eliminate about 800 jobs to cut costs after it completes its $8.5 billion purchase of natural gas supplier Columbia Energy Group; cuts, which wil be made beginning Dec 1, represent about 5 percent of combined work force (S)
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