News Organizations Ask White House to Veto Secrecy Measure
Date: 01 November 2000
By Raymond Bonner
Raymond Bonner
CNN chairman Tom Johnson, Washington Post publisher Boisfeuillet Jones Jr, Newspaper Association of America president John F Strum and New York Times publisher Arthur O Sulzberger Jr urge veto of bill that would make it felony for government official to disclose classified data, letter to Pres Clinton; cite threat to flow of information to public; four also expressed concerns in conference call with White House; 'antileak' law was sought by Central Intelligence Agency officials and members of House and Senate Intelligence committees (M)
Full Article
4 New Polls Show Bush With Advantage, and Nader as a Factor
Date: 02 November 2000
By Janet Elder
Janet Elder
Four polls just released give Gov George W Bush edge over Vice Pres Al Gore; one poll suggests half of Ralph Nader's supporters may yet back Gore, which would considerably change dynamics of race; polls show Bush's supporters are more enthusiastic about him than Gore's are about Gore; polls are from ABC News, CBS News, CNN/USA Today/Gallup, and Pew Research Center; chart (M)
Full Article
Reckonings; Bait and Switch
Date: 01 November 2000
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Gov George W Bush has gotten away with saying things that are demonstrably untrue regarding spending, but that his exercise in double counting has caused remarkably few problems for campaign promising to bring honor and integrity back to White House; says he has prevailed because voters cannot relate to big numbers, and because media have not helped them make sense of it; says if he is elected he will likely try to govern as he has campaigned, by fudging accounts until financial markets deliver message that cannot be ignored (M)
Full Article
EMC ACQUIRES CROSSTOR FOR $300 MILLION
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
EMC Corp acquires CrosStor Software Inc for about $300 million in stock (S)
Full Article
VIACOM ADJUSTS OFFER FOR INFINITY BROADCASTING
Date: 01 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom will issue more Class B stock and will increase number of those shares that it will exchange for 36 percent stake of Infinity Broadcasting Co in order to compensate for slide of 20 percent in value of its stock since August; new offer values acquisition at $12.5 billion, $3 billion more than old offer's current value but below $14.9 billion deal was worth based on stock prices of Aug 15, when deal was announced (S)
Full Article
TELENOR, NORWEGIAN PHONE COMPANY, TO SELL STOCK
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Norwegian government plans to sell about 25 percent of Telenor AS, country's largest phone company, in initial public offering valued at $9.7 billion or more (S)
Full Article
COMERICA AND IMPERIAL BANCORP IN $1.3 BILLION DEAL
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comerica Inc, Michigan's largest bank, acquires Imperial Bancorp for $1.3 billion in stock (S)
Full Article
QUEBECOR SAYS IT WANTS TO REPLACE ABITIBI CHAIRMAN
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Quebecor Inc wants to remove chief executive of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc, John Weaver, and replace him with Michel Desbiens, who was chairman of Abitibi before his resignation; Quebecor is Abitibi's largest shareholder, with 11 percent stake (S)
Full Article
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK WILL LAY OFF 1,851 WORKERS
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Truck and Engine Corp, unit of Navistar International, expects to eliminate 1,851 jobs, or nearly 40 percent of work force, at its plant in Springfield, Ohio, by end of 2003; plant will be retooled to produce company's next-generation medium-duty truck model and cab assemblies, and fewer workers will be needed to meet company's sales forecasts for truck (S)
Full Article
CHIQUITA INVESTOR IS PUSHING FOR HIGHER STOCK PRICE
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Consolidated Fruit Corp, Panamanian company that owns 9.9 percent of Chiquita Brands, is seeking talks about 'a possible transaction' or other ways to increase Chiquita's stock price (S)
Full Article