CNN Goes Courting
Date: 08 August 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN is negotiating with ABC and CBS about potential, presumably exclusive partnership that could help both sides save money by allowing stations' news personalities to report on CNN (S)
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Metro Business Briefing | Manhattan Media Buys 4 Papers
Date: 08 August 2001
By Jayson Blair (NYT)
Jayson NYT
Manhattan Media, publisher of weekly newspapers in New York City, announces that it is acquiring four weekly newspapers--Our Town, The West Side Spirit, The Westsider and The Chelsea Clinton News--from News Communications Inc (S)
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EchoStar Makes Headway In Its Effort to Buy Hughes
Date: 08 August 2001
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
General Motors board agrees to weigh EchoStar Communications's unsolicited $30 billion bid for its satellite television unit, Hughes Electronics, while pressing ahead with talks to merge unit with News Corp's satellite business; EchoStar chairman Charles Ergen tries to convince large fund managers with stock in Hughes to back deal (M)
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THOMSON TO BUY NEWSEDGE TO IMPROVE ONLINE SERVICES
Date: 08 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Thomson Corp will buy NewsEdge Corp for about $43 million, to bolster its online news and information services (S)
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GENZYME TO BUY COMPANY TO HELP IT DEVELOP DRUGS
Date: 08 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Genzyme Corp will buy closely held Novazyme Pharmaceuticals for $137.5 million in stock to broaden its pipeline of treatments for rare genetic diseases (S)
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MOTION FILED IN SALE OF RAYTHEON CONSTRUCTION UNIT
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Motion Filed In Sale of Raytheon Constrï
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DISCOUNT AUTO AGREES TO BE ACQUIRED BY ADVANCE AUTO
Date: 08 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Discount Auto Parts agrees to be acquired by Advance Auto Parts; combined company will operate 2,420 stores in 38 states (S)
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DUTCH PUBLISHER VNU IS SELLING EDUCATIONAL UNIT
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dutch publisher VNU sells its educational publishing unit to 3i Group of Britain and unit's management for about 195 million euros ($172 million) (S)
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY UNIT IN BRITISH ENERGY DEAL
Date: 07 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MidAmerican Energy Holdings
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