Commission Urges Overhaul of Election System
Date: 31 July 2001
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Commission headed by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford will recommend major overhaul of nation's election system in response to electoral turmoil in Florida during 2000 Presidential Election; recommends legislation, if necessary, to bar news organizations from projecting winners until polls close in all contiguous 48 states; proposes that Election Day be made national holiday (M)
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PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY FILES FOR CHAPTER 11
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
HA-LO Industries, distributor of promotional products, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (S)
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FUEL EQUIPMENT COMPANY BUYING DANISH MANUFACTURER
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Roper Industries to buy Struers Holdings, maker of testing equipment, for $139 million (S)
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JOINT VENTURE IS FORMED TO MAKE SWISS ARMY WATCHES
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Victorinox, maker of Swiss Army Knife, and Swiss Army Brands form Victorinox Swiss Army Watch to sell Swiss Army brand of watches outside United States, Canada and Caribbean (S)
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MGM MIRAGE TRYING TO ACQUIRE ILLINOIS CASINO COMPANY
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MGM Mirage says it negotiates to buy Emerald Casino, which seeks to build casino near Chicago (S)
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HOME DEPOT CHANGING THE WAY IT PICKS AND BUYS GOODS
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Home Depot is revising way it selects and buys merchandise to get better prices and improve efficiency; says its store-support center will buy many of items sold in stores, based on advice from company's divisional offices (S)
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BORDEN SELLS MOST OF ITS PASTA BUSINESS TO NEW WORLD
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
New World Pasta Co to acquire most of Borden Foods Corp's pasta business in United States, Canada and Italy for $43.1 million; will offer jobs to 1,000 Borden workers at six sites (S)
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Technology Briefing | Internet: Quarter Loss For Terra Lycos
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Terra Lycos reports its second-quarter loss narrowed to 65 million euros ($57 million) from 69 million euros in year-earlier period (S)
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World Business Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Paper Maker's Loss
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sappi Ltd reports fiscal third-quarter net income, before one-time loss, fell 41 percent, to $55 million, down from year-earlier $95 million (S)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Cap Gemini Profit
Date: 31 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cap Gemini reports first-half net income rose to 110 million euros ($97 million), up 15 percent from 96 million euros a year earlier (S)
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