ONLINE DIARY
Date: 27 November 2003
By Pamela Licalzi O'Connell
Pamela O'Connell
Online Diary column; Web searches for Thanksgiving recipes reveal changes in American culinary tastes; several sites cater to users searching for positive news; more than 26,000 people have signed up to write novels online during National Novel Writing Month; miscellaneous Web sites noted; drawings (M)
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London Journal; Palace Snoop Reveals All, Down to (Gasp!) Tupperware
Date: 27 November 2003
By Lizette Alvarez
Lizette Alvarez
London Journal on Daily Mirror's undercover look at royal family's domestic life in Buckingham Palace, as observed by reporter Ryan Parry, who worked there as footman for eight weeks; photo; revelations, such as description of queen eating breakfast from Tupperware containers and dining from tray in front of television, brings royal lawsuit; paper agrees not to publish any more photos and to pay queen's legal fees; photo (M)
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ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS DEBT IS DOWNGRADED
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's Corp cuts debt rating of Enterprise Products Partners, pipeline company, and warns that further cut is possible; partnership says it plans to sell $100 million of Class B nonvoting limited units to affiliate in December and use proceeds to cut debt (S)
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J.P. MORGAN CHASE TO PURCHASE CITIGROUP UNIT
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
J P Morgan Chase & Co will buy Citicorp Electronic Financial Services, which sells prepaid payment cards used in place of food stamps, for $380 million (S)
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4 MILITARY CONTRACTORS TO STUDY HYPERSONIC WEAPONS
Date: 26 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Four military contractors receive federal contracts to study hypersonic weapons, including unmanned bomber; they are Northrop Grumman Corp, Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co and Andrews Space (S)
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BERKSHIRE ACQUIRES A 2ND MOBILE HOME MAKER
Date: 26 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway Inc agrees to buy Oakwood Homes Corp out of bankruptcy for $373 million and combine it with Clayton Homes Inc to create nation's biggest mobile home maker (S)
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CONSUMER LENDER SEEKS TO SETTLE BORROWERS' LAWSUIT
Date: 26 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Household International Inc proposes settling lawsuit brought by borrowers and community groups over its lending practices in US (S)
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NORDSTROM FAMILY WILL SELL UP TO 5.4 MILLION SHARES
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nordstrom department store chain says Elmer and Katherine Nordstrom Family Interests will sell up to 5.4 million of its 8.2 million Nordstrom shares to diversify its holdings; partnership holds about 6 percent of Nordstrom shares (S)
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TENET SAYS COURT CUTS EXECUTIVE'S DAMAGES AWARD
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenet Health Corp says California appeals court cut to $148 million from $253 million damages it must pay former executive John C Bedrosian by cutting interest portion of award (S)
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K2 TO BUY FOTOBALL USA FOR $17.2 MILLION
Date: 27 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
K2 will buy Fotoball USA, sports souvenir maker, for $17.2 million in stock and assumption of undetermined amount of debt (S)
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