Florida Ballots Are Getting New Scrutiny, by Reporters
Date: 19 December 2000
By Dexter Filkins
Dexter Filkins
Representatives of several of country's largest news organizations meet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, to discuss feasibility of large-scale effort to examine tens of thousands of ballots across Florida that were not included in final tallies for 2000 presidential election; Wall Street Journal says it wants to count ballots and see whether George W Bush still beat Vice Pres Al Gore, but other news organizations say they have no intentin of going that far (M)
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THE 43rd PRESIDENT: THE POLLS; Poll Shows Americans Divided Over Election, Indicating That Bush Must Build Public Support
Date: 18 December 2000
By Janet Elder
Janet Elder
CBS News poll finds that George W Bush has emerged from presidential election with bare majority of support and Americans, while welcoming his tax cut proposal, have other priorities; public's confidence in Supreme Court has also eroded since it stopped vote count in Florida; 55 percent of respondents are satisfied with outcome, but 45 percent are not, leaving Bush with little political capital (M)
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A Time for Fairness and Ferocity
Date: 19 December 2000
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
Op-Ed article by Alex S Jones, former New York Times reporter and director of Shorenstein Center on the Press, says press should aggressively investigate what happened in presidential voting and vote counting in Florida, dismissing any concern about slowing nation's healing process (M)
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After 5 1/2 Years, a Labor War Ends at 2 Detroit Papers
Date: 19 December 2000
By Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse
Two Teamster's locals ratify new contracts with Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, ending bitter 5 1/2-year labor dispute and setting stage for period of reconciliation; hundreds of workers went without pay for several years, while walkout cost newspapers at least $200 million; photo (M)
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F.T.C. APPROVES MERGER OF GLAXO AND SMITHKLINE
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merger of Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham wins Federal Trade Commission approval (S)
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REGIONS FINANCIAL AGREES TO BUY MORGAN KEEGAN
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Regions Financial Corp acquires Morgan Keegan, securities brokerage firm, for $789 million in cash or stock at shareholder's option (S)
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VNU AGREES TO BUY ACNIELSEN FOR $2.3 BILLION
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
VNU NV acquires ACNielsen Corp, market research company, for $2.3 billion in cash; move will reunite ACNielsen with its former corporate sibling, Nielsen Media Research Inc; VNU bought Nielsen Media for $2.7 billion last year (S)
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SMITH BARNEY TAKES FULL CONTROL OF KOREAN UNIT
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Salomon Smith Barney unit of Citigroup takes full control of its Seoul-based securities unit, buying remaining 20 percent held by its partner, Korea Exchange Bank; financial terms undisclosed (S)
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G.M. TO PARE BACK VEHICLE LINES TO REDUCE ITS COSTS
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp to eliminate one-fifth of its car and light-truck models by 2004 to further reduce costs; plan will reduce GM's line to 63 to 67 vehicles; decade ago company offered 115 (S)
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SOLUTIA TO CUT 700 TO 800 JOBS BECAUSE OF FUEL COSTS
Date: 19 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Solutia Inc, St Louis-based chemicals maker, to eliminate 700 to 800 jobs, trim its senior management ranks by 20 percent and look for ways to cut costs; company warns of lower fourth-quarter earnings (S)
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