World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Acquittal Denounced
Date: 11 August 2001
By Ginger Thompson (NYT)
Ginger NYT
Robert Rivard, editor of San Antonio Express-News, denounces acquittal of two Mexican suspects in murder of Philip True, correspondent for newspaper who was found dead after disappearing during 100-mile hike in state of Jalisco (S)
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World Briefing | Middle East: Turkey: Broadcast Ban
Date: 10 August 2001
By Douglas Frantz (NYT)
Douglas NYT
Turkish government's broadcasting watchdog orders Germany's Deutsche Welle and Britain's BBC to stop their Turkish-language radio broadcasts into country (S)
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MERGING OF LUXURY-VEHICLE OPERATIONS IS PLANNED
Date: 11 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co will merge North American operations of its Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover brands in effort to raise sales of luxury vehicles (S)
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KIDS HOLDINGS TO BUY CHILDREN'S COMPREHENSIVE
Date: 10 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Children's Comprehensive Services Inc, juvenile-justice services provider, will be acquired by Kids Holdings for about $43.3 million (S)
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PERFORMANCE FOOD TO PURCHASE FRESH EXPRESS
Date: 11 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Performance Food Group will buy Fresh Express for $290 million, Performance's third acquisition in 2001 (S)
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EXIDE LOWERS EARNINGS ESTIMATE AND TRIMS JOBS
Date: 10 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Exide Technologies, leading maker of automotive batteries, will cut 1,300 jobs; says earnings for second-quarter and for fiscal-year will be lower than expected because of decline in orders (S)
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O'REILLY TO BUY MID-STATE AUTOMOTIVE FOR $46.2 MILLION
Date: 10 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
O'Reilly Automotive Inc, auto-parts retailer, will acquire Mid-State Automotive Distributors Inc, US parts retailing unit of London-based Mid-States PLC, for $19.5 million (S)
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SUMITOMO MITSUI SELLING SOME OF ITS STAKE IN GOLDMAN
Date: 10 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp will sell about $500 million worth of shares in Goldman Sachs Group to raise funds to write off bad loans and cope with slowing business in its home market (S)
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WHOLE FOODS TO BUY ASSETS OF HARRY'S FARMERS MARKET
Date: 10 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Whole Foods Market Inc, leading natural-foods grocer, will acquire most assets of Harry's Farmers Market Inc, operator of fresh-food stores based in Roswell, Ga, for about $35 million (S)
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Dictaphone to Be an Independent Company
Date: 11 August 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products will create new company out of its Dictaphone subsidiary and give shares to creditors (S)
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