Boy's Death Underscores Britain's Urban Blight
Date: 27 December 2000
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
London's Peckham neighborhood has been focus of attention since Nov 27 murder of Damilola Taylor, 10, by group of youths at housing complex; Conservative leader, William Hague, has used case to attack government's approach to law enforcement, holding anti-racism policies bar police from doing their job in places with high minority populations, like Peckham; youth's family, who came from Nigeria four months ago, has denounced Hague's remarks; area residents are in shock, both from murder and from ensuing media onslaught; photo (M)
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PUBLISHER OF PENGUIN GETS MARKETWATCH.COM STAKE
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pearson PLC buys 34.4 percent stake in MarketWatch.com Inc from Pearson's Data Broadcasting Corp unit to cut Data Broadcasting's losses (S)
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U.S. VISION TO BE BOUGHT BY NORCROSS ROBERTS
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Vision agrees to be bought by Norcross Roberts Group for $4.50 a share, or $35 million, based on the company's 7.79 million outstanding shares (S)
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MARVELL TECHNOLOGY'S SHARES DROP SHARPLY
Date: 27 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Marvell Technology Group's shares fall sharply on first day that insiders are allowed to sell their shares (S)
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CORDIANT COMMUNICATIONS AGREES TO BUY MICROARTS
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cordiant Communications Group agrees to buy MicroArts Corp, an Internet brand consultant, for as much as $88.1 million in stock to expand its United States marketing business (S)
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HUNT OIL OF TEXAS IN BID FOR BERKLEY PETROLEUM
Date: 28 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hunt Oil Co offers to buy the natural gas producer Berkley Petroleum Corp for 1.4 billion Canadian dollars ($927 million) (S)
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IBP URGES SHAREHOLDERS TO AWAIT BETTER OFFER
Date: 27 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
IBP Inc, nation's largest beef processor, urges its shareholders to wait for a better offer before accepting an offer of stock worth $26 a share from Tyson Foods (S)
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GENENTECH CITED BY F.D.A. FOR QUALITY CONTROL LAPSES
Date: 27 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Genentech is cited by Food and Drug Administration for a series of lapses in quality control, most of them related to Pulmozyme, a drug used by cystic fibrosis patients (S)
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ALUMINUM SMELTER TO REDUCE OUTPUT AND SELL POWER
Date: 27 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Golden Northwest Aluminum plans to cut production at smelters in Dalles, Ore, and Goldendale, Wash, by 83 percent through October 2001 because of power shortages on the West Coast; Bonneville Power Administration will resell the electricity to California; Golden Northwest will use profits from electricity sales to keep all its 1,225 employees on its payroll or to supplement unemployment compensation to match their salaries (S)
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VISX WARNS ITS EARNINGS IN 4TH QUARTER WILL DISAPPOINT
Date: 27 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Visx, dominant maker of vision-correction lasers, says fourth-quarter results will be much worse than forecast because a slowing economy is sharply reducing demand for elective eye surgery, which for many patients is not covered by insurance (S)
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