A Broadcasting Daily Double: Getting It First, as Well as Getting It Right
Date: 09 December 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
Television network analysts were almost uniformly wrong in forecasting how Florida Supreme Court would rule; were stunned at decision ordering recount of ballots (M)
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London Journal; At Lunch, Prince Philip Outwits the Yankee Press
Date: 09 December 2000
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is brusque and even dismissive at times during a lunch with American reporters in Britain, but he deftly thwarts all their efforts to get him to say something ill considered; photo (M)
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SUNOCO AGREES TO PURCHASE OF COASTAL STATIONS
Date: 09 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sunoco agrees to buy 103 gasoline stations from Coastal Corp, and to supply another 150 stations with fuel (S)
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GETTY REBUFFS THIRD OFFER BY UNITED REFINING
Date: 09 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Getty Petroleum Marketing refuses third buyout offer from United Refining Co and urges shareholders to back a bid by Lukoil Holding, of Russia (S)
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SHELL AND RUSSIA'S GAS MONOPOLY POSTPONE VENTURE
Date: 09 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Gazprom, Russian natural gas monopoly, postpone joint venture to produce natural gas in Russian Arctic (S)
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AGILENT IS SELLING AUTOMATION SOFTWARE UNIT TO VERANO
Date: 08 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Agilent Technologies will sell its automation software business to Verano (S)
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BEAR STEARNS AND HICKS HALT MANVILLE BUYOUT
Date: 09 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bear Stearns Companies and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc abandon proposed buyout of Johns Manville Corp (S)
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COPPER PRODUCER MAY SELL WIRE AND CABLE UNITS
Date: 09 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phelps Dodge Corp considers sale of its wire and cable and carbon-black units (S)
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HONDA SAYS IT WILL REPLACE ACURA INTEGRA NEXT YEAR
Date: 08 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honda Motor will replace Acura Integra with new car, RS-X sports coupe, in July 2001 (S)
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NEWSLETTER SAYS BAYER HAS HIRED STRATEGIC ADVISERS
Date: 08 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bayer AG reportedly hires Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank to devise strategy to fend off hostile takeover bid (S)
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