NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING FACES NAVY PENALTY
Date: 14 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Navy says profit for Newport News Shipbuilding Inc from building aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan may by cut by as much as $18 million because of cost overruns; higher labor costs after strike last year and delay in other shipyard work that lowered productivity have pushed expenses $89 million above original $2.31 billion cost estimate, and contract between Newport News and Navy calls for company to absorb part of overruns (S)
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'And the Winner Is . . . '
Date: 15 November 2000
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Never-ending story of 2000 election boosts ratings for television news (S)
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Election Furor Prompts Fox To Review Role Of Bush Cousin
Date: 15 November 2000
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Fox News is reviewing status of John Ellis, executive who is a cousin of Gov George W Bush and who played a central role in the first network call of a Bush victory in Nov 7 election (S)
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Americans Patiently Awaiting Election Outcome
Date: 14 November 2000
By Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder
Richard Berke
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds Americans are polarized along party lines over whether Gov George W Bush or Vice Pres Al Gore should rightfully claim presidency, but are not panicked over uncertainty and expect battling to continue for days if not for month; finds public is not gripped by sense of urgency that has marked statements from some campaign officials, lawyers and academics, as well as in news media; six out of 10 Americans say lack of resolution is not colossal problem for country at moment; most are confident that own votes were counted properly; sentiment regarding outcome of election is as divided along party lines as in polls before election and on Election Day itself; other findings of poll discussed; photos; charts (M)
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Putin Critic Yields Control of His Media Empire to the Kremlin
Date: 14 November 2000
By Sabrina Tavernise
Sabrina Tavernise
Russian media mogul Vladimir V Gusinsky, fierce critic of government and deeply in debt, tentatively agrees to give up control of publishing and broadcasting empire to country's natural gas monopoly Gazprom, which is controlled by Russian government; agreement, subject to court review, raises questions about level of independence Gusinsky's company, Media-Most, will retain after gas company becomes its largest shareholder; Gusinksy is wanted for questioning by prosecutors in criminal case; left country in July after brief imprisonment for fraud, and warrant has been issued for arrest; he is perhaps single biggest target in campaign of legal and political pressure by Pres Vladimir Putin against prominent Russian businessmen who influenced politics in 1990's; is only one among Putin's opponents required to give up property; lawyers say he will not return to Russia to face questioning (M)
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GRIM REGIME: A special report.; For Burmese, Repression, AIDS and Denial
Date: 14 November 2000
By Blaine Harden
Blaine Harden
Generals who run Myanmar open new political fronts in ongoing efforts to ward off rise in democratic sentiment and to win popular support, special report, Grim Regime; junta has imprisoned nearly all political opponents, and is trying to woo Buddhist majority by sprucing up old pagodas and building new ones; has doubled size of armed forces to more than 400,000, even though country, with population estimated at 50 million, faces no serious foreign threat and has made peace with most of its armed ethnic minorities; in last five years, it has forcibly resettled tens of thousands of potentially restive poor people from city centers to distant slums; has closed most urban universities and sent students off to remote rural campuses; labor unions and private civic associations are banned; government has made it crime to own computer modem, to send e-mail, sign on to Internet, or to invite foreigner into private home; has stopped allowing foreign journalists into country
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ICG COMMUNICATIONS FILES FOR PROTECTION
Date: 15 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ICG Communications Inc files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection from its creditors and obtains $350 million loan from Chase Manhattan Bank to keep operating while it reorganizes (S)
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OPPONENTS SEEK REFERENDUM ON CISCO COMPLEX
Date: 14 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
San Jose Mercury News reports group of environmentalists and advocates for homeless are seeking ballot referendum to kill Cisco Sytems plan for $1.3 billion campus in Coyote Valley; hope to force Cisco to halt construction until election is held, probably in second quarter of 2001; City Council votes unanimously to approve Cisco's plan to tranform 688-acre site, among last stretches of undeveloped farmland in Silicon Valley, into complex for 20,000 workers (S)
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DIAL TALKING WITH LENDERS TO AMEND CREDIT AGREEMENT
Date: 15 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dial Corp begins talks with its lenders to ease terms after third-quarter loss; Dial, which is considering whether to sell some businesses or whole company, says in regulatory filing that its earnings this year might fall short of amount required by its loan agreements and put it in default on Dec 31 (S)
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RADIAN GROUP TO ACQUIRE ENHANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES
Date: 15 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Radian Group acquires Enhance Financial Services Group for about $558 million in stock (S)
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