Trumpeting vs. Whispering The News About an Arrest
Date: 04 November 2000
By Peter Marks
Peter Marks
News media struggles over how much weight to give disclosure that Gov George W Bush was fined for drunken driving 24 years ago; some major newspapers play report on Page 1, while others run it small and inside; there is little dispute that Bush campaign has vexing public-relations problem; breaking of drunken-driving story is all-consuming detour at critical juncture of close race; photo (M)
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Newspaper Pulls Magazine Because of Democratic Spin
Date: 04 November 2000
By Evelyn Nieves
Evelyn Nieves
San Jose Mercury News pulls its Nov 5 Sunday magazine out of circulation because cover story, personal essay by David Early, pondered how anyone he likes or admires could be a Republican; Jim Romenesko, executive editor of newspaper, says he pulled magazine because it would appear two days before election and lacks balancing, opposing point of view; Early, staff writer for paper's magazine, says he is sure of fairness of his article, and that he interviewed dozens of Republicans, including Condoleezza Rice, adviser to Gov George W Bush (M)
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Bush Acknowledges an Arrest for Drunken Driving in 1976
Date: 03 November 2000
By Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell
Gov George W Bush confirms reports on two TV stations in Maine that 24 years ago, in Sept 1976, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, during visit to his family's vacation home in Maine; says he admitted his mistake to police officer who pulled him over, then paid fine; says he stopped drinking in 1986; Bush does not explicitly blame Gore campaign or Democrats for revealing incident, but says 'I've got my suspicions'; Erin Fehlau, television reporter, describes how she tracked down story and says she is confident she was not set up by any campaign operative (M)
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RESUMPTION OF PERSONAL COMPUTER SALES IS PLANNED
Date: 04 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kmart Corp will return to selling personal computers for first time in 20 years by introducing low-priced private-label personal computer called BlueLight True Blue, to be sold through company's BlueLight.com Web site and at 1,600 of Kmart's 2,163 stores; basic computer, with 633-megahertz Intel processor, will sell for $499 (S)
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SOLECTRON WARNS PROFITS WILL NOT MEET ESTIMATE
Date: 04 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Solectron Corp says profits in fiscal 2001 will not meet its estimate because of effects of recent acquisitions (S)
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CENDANT IS BUYING FAIRFIELD FOR $728 MILLION
Date: 03 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cendant Corp agrees buy Fairfield Communities, largest independent time-share operator, for $728.5 million (S)
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CYTEC INDUSTRIES IS PLANNING ANOTHER STOCK BUYBACK
Date: 03 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cytec Industries, specialty chemical maker, plans to buy back as much as $100 million more ofits common stock, or about 14 percent of shares outstanding, in open market; company has bought back about $310 million of its stock since 1996 (S)
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PORTAL SOFTWARE IN DEAL TO ACQUIRE SOLUTION 42
Date: 04 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Portal Software Inc acquires Solution 42, a German rival, for about $300 million in stock (S)
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ALCOA SAYS IT IS CLOSING REFINERY IN VIRGIN ISLANDS
Date: 03 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alcoa Inc will close refinery in St Croix, Virgin Islands, because of falling demand; says all but handful of its 350 employees will be laid off (S)
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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY IS BUYING REST OF A REIT
Date: 03 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Developers Diversified Realty, which owns 54 percent of American Industrial Properties, real estate investment trust specializing in warehouses, agrees to acquire remainder of trust's shares for about $156 million (S)
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