Washington Talk; The Time Looked Right To Say Time Was Up
Date: 23 May 2003
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Washington Talk column on what appears to be quitting season at White House known for buttoned-up loyalty and discipline; press secretary Ari Fleischer, EPA Admr Christine Whitman and budget director Mitchell E Daniels Jr all say timing is personal for them (M)
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Technology Briefing | Hardware: Photronics Shares Surge On Profit News
Date: 22 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Photronics Inc, maker of quartz plates used to build computer chips, rise 13 percent after company says it will have profit before some costs this quarter; stock gains $1.71, to $14.83; graph (S)
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FEDEX TO BEGIN DELIVERING PACKAGES TO AFGHANISTAN
Date: 22 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FedEx Corp will start delivering parcels to Afghanistan because business in country has recovered since US removed Taliban regime (S)
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDER INVESTS MORE
Date: 23 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mark Cuban increases his investment in cable operator Charter Communications to 6.5 percent (S)
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PRUDENTIAL SELLING TWO INSURANCE UNITS
Date: 23 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Prudential Financial Inc sells its auto and homeowners' insurance businesses to Liberty Mutual Insurance Group and Palisades Safety and Insurance Assocition for $673 million; Palisades is buying Prudential's New Jersey business for $260 million; Liberty Mutual is buying operations in 47 other states and District of Columbia for $413 million in notes (S)
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G.M. RAISES REBATES ON SOME MODELS IN THE MIDWEST
Date: 22 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp raises rebates on some models in parts of Midwest (S)
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AMGEN PAYS $125 MILLION FOR STAKE IN TULARIK
Date: 22 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Amgen Inc will spend at least $125 million to buy more than 20 percent of Tularik Inc and gain rights to some of company's experimental cancer drugs (S)
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BIG HOSPITAL CHAIN REDUCES PROFIT FORECAST
Date: 23 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
HCA Inc says second-quarter pretax profit will be reduced by $110 million to $130 million as company abandons work on new billing system (S)
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AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS SUPPLIER TO BUY BRITISH UNIT
Date: 23 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Esterline Technologies Corp, maker of electronic components for Boeing Co, acquires Roxboro Group's Weston aerospace-sensors unit for $88 million to expand in Britain (S)
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TECHNITROL REVISES FORECAST, CITING WEAK DEMAND
Date: 22 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electronic components maker Technitrol Inc lowers its forecasts for profit for 2003, citing weak demand (S)
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