You Hear That Sigh? It Sounds Like Relief
Date: 04 August 2000
By Rick Lyman
Rick Lyman
News media pack up as Republican National Convention comes to a close, amid reports that neither television nor Internet coverage galvanized much public interest (M)
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IVAX TO PURCHASE WAKEFIELD PHARMACEUTICALS
Date: 05 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ivax Corp agrees to buy Wakefield Pharmaceuticals Inc for undisclosed sum (S)
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AGILENT AGREES TO BUY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
Date: 05 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Agilent Technologies agrees to buy Digital Technology Inc for undisclosed sum (S)
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DSM TO ACQUIRE CATALYTICA FOR $800 MILLION
Date: 04 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DSM NV of Netherlands will acquire Catalytica Inc for about $800 million in cash and debt to strengthen its position as world's biggest supplier of high-profit pharmaceutical ingredients (S)
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TOYOTA DISAGREES WITH ORDER CONFIRMATION BY G.M.
Date: 04 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Toyota Motor Corp says General Motors was premature in announcing that it will use GM's OnStar communications system in its vehicles (S)
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HOMECOM COMMUNICATIONS SELLING INSURERATE UNIT
Date: 05 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Internet-software maker HomeCom Communications will sell its InsureRate unit to investor group (S)
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TEXTRON'S AUTOMOTIVE UNIT TAKES EUROPEAN PARTNER
Date: 05 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Automotive unit of Textron Inc and Valeo SA agree to jointly make dashboards and related parts (S)
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WILLIAMS TO BUY DOW STAKE IN COCHIN PIPELINE
Date: 04 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Williams Companies, No. 2 United States natural gas pipeline operator, will acquire Dow Chemical's 32.5 percent stake in pipeline that delivers fuels like propane and butane to the Midwest and Ontario (S)terms not disclosed (S)
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ALCOA BUYS BACO CONSUMER PRODUCTS OF LONDON
Date: 05 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alcoa Inc, world's biggest maker of aluminum products, buys London-based Baco Consumer Products Ltd; price is not disclosed (S)
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AEP INDUSTRIES TO CLOSE BRITISH MANUFACTURING PLANT
Date: 04 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AEP Industries Inc, world's largest maker of plastic stretch packaging film, will close its plant in North Baddesley, England, resulting in loss of 32 manufacturing jobs (S)
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