In Poll, Mrs. Clinton Makes Gain Among Women From the Suburbs
Date: 21 September 2000
By Adam Nagourney With Marjorie Connelly
Adam With
New York Times/CBS News poll finds voter attitudes toward Rick A Lazio have turned markedly more negative since June, with suburban women now moving solidly toward Hillary Rodham Clinton and many New Yorkers saying Lazio came across as harsh and inexperienced in his debate with Clinton, his Senate rival; finds Clinton leads Lazio 48 percent to 39 percent, up from 5 point lead in June; suburban women favor Clinton, 54 percent to 38 percent; had favored Lazio, 43 percent to 36 percent in June; table; graphs; photos (M)
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CITIBANK TO OPEN RETAIL BRANCHES IN ISRAEL
Date: 21 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citibank will open retail branches in Israel by July and may invest in or buy an Israeli bank; also plans to increase investment in Israeli venture capital funds and issue credit cards in Israel (S)
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COVANCE TO SELL DRUG-PACKAGING AND BIOTECH UNITS
Date: 22 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Covance Inc, leading manager of clinical drug studies, says its third-quarter earnings will probably fall below analysts' estimates and that it plans to sell its drug-packaging and biotechnology units (S)
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CYTOCLONAL GETS PATENT RELATED TO CANCER DRUG
Date: 21 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cytoclonal Pharmaceuticals Inc receives patent for gene that codes enzyme paclitaxel used in producing key ingredient in cancer drug Taxol sold by Bristol-Myers Squibb (S)
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UNION PLANTERS TO ACQUIRE JEFFERSON SAVINGS BANCORP
Date: 22 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Union Planters Corp acquires Jefferson Savings Bancorp Inc for about $140 million in stock (S)
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NEWELL WARNS PROFIT WILL FALL BELOW EXPECTATIONS
Date: 22 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Newell Rubbermaid Inc, maker of Levolor blinds and Calphalon cookware, says second-half profit will fall below expectations because of lower sales and higher costs (S)
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JOB LOSS IN CHASE-MORGAN MERGER PUT AT 3,000
Date: 21 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chase Manhattan chairman William B Harrison says fewer than 3,000 jobs worldwide will be lost because of its $33 billion purchase of J P Morgan & Co; Harrison and Morgan chief executive Douglas Warner 3d say overlap between two bank is minimal (S)
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SCHOLASTIC TO SET UP SHOP IN TOYS 'R' US
Date: 21 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Scholastic Corp will set up boutiques in 1,215 Toys 'R' Us Inc stores worldwide to sell Scholastic-branded crafts, games and toys; financial terms undisclosed (S)
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CNF 3RD-QUARTER PROFITS MAY MISS ESTIMATES BY 24%
Date: 21 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CNF Inc, owner of Emery Worldwide, says third-quarter earnings could be as much as 24 percent below analysts' estimates (S)
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BEAR STEARNS LOSES FIGHT TO PREVENT CLASS-ACTION SUIT
Date: 22 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bear Stearns Companies and its former senior managing director, Richard Harriton, have lost bid to stop Federal Judge John Sprizzo from certifying a case against them as class action that was brought on behalf of investors who bought stock in companies through defunct brokerage firm A R Baron; Bear Stearns acted as Baron's clearing broker from July 1995 to June 1996, when Baron went out of business; suit asserts that Harriton and A R Baron artificially inflated price of 10 securities (S)
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