From Almost Famous to Ordinary in 3 Days
Date: 10 March 2001
By Sara Rimer
Sara Rimer
Santana High School junior John Schardt's life begins to return to normal following three days of media celebrity after he witnessed, and videotaped, shooting rampage by fellow student at Santee, Calif, school; Schardt's experience exemplifies what has become part of ritualized aftermath of school shootings: the students who appear all over television, coming across as poised, articulate and strikingly media savvy; photos (M)
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Cheering in the Press Box, Meteorologically Speaking
Date: 10 March 2001
By Carey Goldberg
Carey Goldberg
Public Lives profile of Joe Joyce, television weatherman for New England Cable News; photo (M)
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AMERITRADE EXPECTS LOSS AS INVESTORS BALK
Date: 10 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ameritrade Holding Corporation expects to lose from three to six cents per share from brokerage operations in second quarter, as individuals shun online stock trading (S)
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LOUDCLOUD, INTERNET CONSULTANT, GAINS ON DEBUT DAY
Date: 10 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Loudcloud Inc rise on their first trading day; asking price was reduced twice prior to initial offering (S)
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JERSEY'S LARGEST UTILITY AGREES TO CHILE DEAL
Date: 10 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Public Service Enterprise Group agrees to pay $460 million for stakes in two Chilean power distributors, Sociedad Austral de Electricidad SA and Empresa Electrica de la Frontera; these two companies serve 3.6 million customers (S)
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USFREIGHTWAYS PLANS TO MAKE DEEP JOB CUTS
Date: 10 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
USFreightways plans significant job cuts and expects first-quarter profits below analysts' forecasts; blames economic slowdown and poor weather; its shares fall 11 percent (S)
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SUEZ GIVES UP ON LIQUIDE
Date: 10 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux abandons attempts to combine with Air Liquide Group after second rejection of merger proposal (S)
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VIVENDI'S PROFIT GROWS
Date: 10 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vivendi Universal announces profit growth of 60 percent in 2000, to $2.15 billion, bolstered by gains in phone services and utilities divisions (S)
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Fatal Crashes Causing Insurance Rates to Rise
Date: 11 March 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MOORESVILLE, N.C., March 10 — Travis Kvapil, a pickup truck racer on Nascar's minor league circuit, is bracing for a hit — to his pocketbook.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 March 2001
INTERNATIONAL 3-20 Quietly, Some Palestinians Debate Price of Violence Some Palestinians are beginning to ask gingerly if their leaders have a strategy that justifies the devastating loss of life, property, mobility and income after months of clashes. It is hardly an uprising against the uprising, but it is the start of an internal Palestinian debate. 1 Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, reaffirmed his commitment to the ''strategic path of peace'' but stopped short of calling for an end to violence as a component of the Palestinian uprising. 20
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