Online Coverage Fell Short of the Hype
Date: 19 August 2000
By Leslie Wayne
Leslie Wayne
Internet sites set up to cover presidential conventions fail to live up to expectations; technological problems cause many to crash or to abandon promised features; some sites find expenses so high and visitors so low at Republican convention that they drastically scale back operations at Democratic convention; even traffic to Web sites with brand names and long track records is disappointly low; photo (M)
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The Big City; The Apple And the Sins Of Journalists
Date: 18 August 2000
By John Tierney
John Tierney
John Tierney The Big City column on inaccuratge, misleading and sometimes sensational reporting about supposed dangers of pesticides in produce consumed by Americans; notes that John Stossell has apologized for erroneous report on ABC, and contrasts refusal of CBS and Ed Bradley to correct erroneous 1989 report on Alar-treated apples, which cost apple growers more than $100 million(M)
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Judge Admits Disclosure of Clinton Inquiry
Date: 19 August 2000
By David Johnston
David Johnston
Judge Richard D Cudahy of federal appeals court in Chicago says he was the source of a report that a new grand jury has been impaneled by Robert Ray, independent counsel investigating Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky; says he inadvertently mentioned the new grand jury to a reporter from Associated Press (M)
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SINGAPORE PHONE TO WELCOME FOREIGNERS
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd plans to lift restrictions for foreign shareholders and open itself to investors to help it expand outside of Singapore; company is 75 percent-owned by Singapore government (S)
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COHOES BANCORP HOLDERS REJECT HUDSON RIVER OFFER
Date: 19 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders of Cohoes Bancorp reject plan to merge with Hudson River Bancorp (S)
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FINOVA GROUP FALLS AFTER CREDIT RATING IS CUT
Date: 19 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks and bonds of Finova Group fall along with its credit ratings (S)
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AON IS BUYING ACCIDENT AND HEALTH UNIT FROM RELIANCE
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reliance Group Holdings, controlled by financier Saul P Steinberg, sells its accident and health business to unit of Aon Corp; sale price is still to be negotiated (S)
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UNITED RENTALS IN TALKS TO BUY W. R. CARPENTER UNIT
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Rentals, largest US equipment-rental company, is in talks to buy Horizon High Reach and Equipment, supplier of forklifts and hydraulic lifts for construction industry, for $90 million (S)
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WITH ITS STOCK DOWN, IVAX SAYS IT WILL BUY BACK SHARES
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ivax Corp, maker of generic drugs whose stock fell 42 percent this week on possible delay in popular cancer drug Taxol, will repurchase as many as 10 million shares (S)
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GLOBALNET TO ACQUIRE TELESCAN
Date: 18 August 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GlobalNet Financial.com Inc to buy Telescan Inc for about $115.4 million in stock (S)
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