4 New Polls Show Bush With Advantage, and Nader as a Factor
Date: 02 November 2000
By Janet Elder
Janet Elder
Four polls just released give Gov George W Bush edge over Vice Pres Al Gore; one poll suggests half of Ralph Nader's supporters may yet back Gore, which would considerably change dynamics of race; polls show Bush's supporters are more enthusiastic about him than Gore's are about Gore; polls are from ABC News, CBS News, CNN/USA Today/Gallup, and Pew Research Center; chart (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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EMC ACQUIRES CROSSTOR FOR $300 MILLION
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
EMC Corp acquires CrosStor Software Inc for about $300 million in stock (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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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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TELENOR, NORWEGIAN PHONE COMPANY, TO SELL STOCK
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Norwegian government plans to sell about 25 percent of Telenor AS, country's largest phone company, in initial public offering valued at $9.7 billion or more (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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COMERICA AND IMPERIAL BANCORP IN $1.3 BILLION DEAL
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Comerica Inc, Michigan's largest bank, acquires Imperial Bancorp for $1.3 billion in stock (S)
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QUEBECOR SAYS IT WANTS TO REPLACE ABITIBI CHAIRMAN
Date: 02 November 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Quebecor Inc wants to remove chief executive of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc, John Weaver, and replace him with Michel Desbiens, who was chairman of Abitibi before his resignation; Quebecor is Abitibi's largest shareholder, with 11 percent stake (S)
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