Daily News Is to Expand Distribution Of Free Paper
Date: 20 December 2000
By Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
The Daily News announces plans to continue publishing its three-month-old free afternoon newspaper, Daily News Express, next year, increasing its circulation and adding pages of employment advertising in coming months (M)
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Florida Ballots Are Getting New Scrutiny, by Reporters
Date: 19 December 2000
By Dexter Filkins
Dexter Filkins
Representatives of several of country's largest news organizations meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, to discuss feasibility of large-scale effort to examine tens of thousands of ballots across Florida that were not included in final tallies for 2000 presidential election; Wall Street Journal says it wants to count ballots and see whether George W Bush still beat Vice Pres Al Gore, but other news organizations say they have no intentin of going that far (M)
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A Time for Fairness and Ferocity
Date: 19 December 2000
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
Op-Ed article by Alex S Jones, former New York Times reporter and director of Shorenstein Center on the Press, says press should aggressively investigate what happened in presidential voting and vote counting in Florida, dismissing any concern about slowing nation's healing process (M)
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After 5 1/2 Years, a Labor War Ends at 2 Detroit Papers
Date: 19 December 2000
By Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse
Two Teamster's locals ratify new contracts with Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, ending bitter 5 1/2-year labor dispute and setting stage for period of reconciliation; hundreds of workers went without pay for several years, while walkout cost newspapers at least $200 million; photo (M)
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F.T.C. APPROVES MERGER OF GLAXO AND SMITHKLINE
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merger of Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham wins Federal Trade Commission approval (S)
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A TOP EXECUTIVE LEAVING PACIFIC CENTURY CYBERWORKS
Date: 20 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hong Kong's Pacific Century CyberWorks says its deputy chief executive Norman Yuen will leave at end of February (S)
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REGIONS FINANCIAL AGREES TO BUY MORGAN KEEGAN
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Regions Financial Corp acquires Morgan Keegan, securities brokerage firm, for $789 million in cash or stock at shareholder's option (S)
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BP AMOCO AND SOLVAY TO SWAP PLASTICS BUSINESSES
Date: 20 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BP Amoco and Solvay, giant Belgian chemical maker, agree to exchange plastics businesses with about 2.9 billion euros ($2.6 billion) in sales; BP Amoco will get Solvay's polypropylene unit to add to its petrochemicals business, while Solvay will get BP's engineering polymers business; two companies will form American and European joint ventures to make high-density polypropylene; financial terms undisclosed (S)
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VNU AGREES TO BUY ACNIELSEN FOR $2.3 BILLION
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
VNU NV acquires ACNielsen Corp, market research company, for $2.3 billion in cash; move will reunite ACNielsen with its former corporate sibling, Nielsen Media Research Inc; VNU bought Nielsen Media for $2.7 billion last year (S)
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AVENTIS MAY SELL CONTROLLING STAKE IN DADE BEHRING
Date: 20 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aventis may sell its controlling stake in Dade Behring, diagnostic test manufactuer, sometime next year (S)
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