UAL BOARD APPROVES TENTATIVE CONCESSION PLANS
Date: 13 November 2002
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UAL Corp approves tentative proposals by United Airlines pilots and flight attendants to reduce labor costs by $2.6 billion to help keep carrier out of bankruptcy (S)
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DANONE TO PURCHASE SPARKLING SPRING WATER OF CANADA
Date: 13 November 2002
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Groupe Danone agrees to buy Sparkling Spring Water Holdings of Canada (S)
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DEPOMED AND BRISTOL-MYERS SETTLE PATENT DISPUTE
Date: 12 November 2002
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co will pay $18 million to DepoMed to end patent dispute over time-release technology used in Bristol-Myers's Glucophage XR diabetes treatment (S)
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INCYTE TO CUT 37 PERCENT OF WORKERS AND CLOSE OFFICES
Date: 13 November 2002
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Incyte Genomics, provider of genetic information to pharmaceutical manufacturers, will lay off 37 percent of its 700 employees and close some offices to save $88 million annually (S)
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COMPANY THAT TREATS BLOOD DISEASE TO MAKE PURCHASE
Date: 12 November 2002
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Baxter International agrees to buy Epic Therapeutics for $50 million to $100 million in order to gain Epic's time-release technology for medicines (S)
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TECO ENERGY SAYS NEW LOANS AND BOND SALE ARE AHEAD
Date: 12 November 2002
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Teco Energy says it is close to obtaining $650 million in new loans and will go ahead with planned $234 million bond sale to reduce short-term debt(S)
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DRUG COMPANY BUYS ANOTHER FOR $55.9 MILLION IN STOCK
Date: 12 November 2002
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Hyseq Pharmaceuticals agrees to buy Variagenics for $55.9 million in stock to accelerate its development of products (S)
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DEAN FOODS TO SELL PUERTO RICAN UNITS TO PERUVIANS
Date: 12 November 2002
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Dean Foods Co agrees to sell its business in Puerto Rico to Peruvian conglomerate Grupo Gloria for $122 million (S)
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NORDSTROM SAYS ITS PROFIT ROSE LESS THAN FORECAST
Date: 13 November 2002
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Third-quarter earnings at Nordstrom rise to 13 cents to 14 cents a share, less than it predicted, because of higher costs and its switch to new inventory-management system (S)
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Technology Briefing | Hardware: I.B.M. And J. P. Morgan In Contract Talks
Date: 13 November 2002
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IBM negotiates with J P Morgan Chase & Co for computer outsourcing contract that could be worth several billion dollars (S)
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Utilities Acquire Generator
Date: 13 November 2002
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Electrabel and four Italian utilities agree to buy Interpower, Italian generation division of Enel, for 551 million euros ($557 million) and assumption of 323 million euros in debt (S)
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