17 januari 2001 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♑. Het was de 16e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 18 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Italian authorities block takeover of Telemontecarlo television network by Seat Pagine Gialle, country's largest Internet company; say deal would violate laws blocking telecommunications companies from directly or indirectly controlling commercial broadcasters (S)
Date: 17 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Verizon Communications resubmits application to sell long-distance phone service in Massachusetts after compiling new data for Federal Communications Commission (S)
Date: 18 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Trader.com, classified advertising publisher, says president and chief executive, John MacBain, will forgo all compensation, including stock options, in 2001 and 2002 as part of company's plan to reduce costs and preserve cash (S)
Date: 17 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Fleming Companies and Supervalu Inc, grocery distributors, says Kmart will cancel their supply agreements on June 30 because it plans to consolidate to single supplier; Supervalu's contract is worth $2.3 billion annually; Fleming's says it had $1.3 billion in sales attributable to Kmart in 2000; both will bid to become sole supplier; group, including Yucaipa Investment and billionaire investor Ronald Burkle, acquires 6 percent stake in Kmart (S)
Date: 18 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Northwest Airlines Corp decides to divide $5 billion order for new aircraft between Airbus Industrie and Boeing Co; to replace 44 aging DC-10's, Northwest will buy 24 wide-bodied A330-300 jets and 6 smaller A319's from Airbus, while Boeing will supply 20 single-aisle 757-300s and 2 of its 747-400 jumbo jet (S)
Date: 18 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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General DataComm Industries will cut 200 jobs, about 22 percent of its work force, to reduce costs (S)
Date: 18 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Eastman Kodak Co says fourth-quarter profit fell 50 percent; profit from operations dropped to $200 million compared with $403 million in year-earlier period; sales fell 6.3 percent, to $3.56 billion, from $3.8 billion (S)
Date: 17 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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United Parcel Service acquires First International Bancorp Inc for about $78 million in stock (S)
Date: 17 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Imperial Sugar Co, largest sugar producer in US, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection from creditors, listing $1.09 billion in assets and $775 million in debt; company cites glut of refined sugar, low prices and high energy costs as causes of widening losses in domestic sugar industry (S)
Date: 17 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
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Park Place Entertainment Corp says Ed Roski, real estate developer, violated his agreement to buy Las Vegas Hilton for $365 million when he failed to appear at scheduled closing; says it will stop trying to sell property and will pursue legal remedies (S)