Another Clinton War Room, Ready for Battle
Date: 15 September 2000
By Adam Nagourney
Adam Nagourney
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for Senate includes political boiler room teeming with dozen people who research Rep Rick A Lazio's background and record, write her policy pronouncements and, most important, seek to influence news coverage of her campaign through insistent barrage of e-mail messages; Clinton and James Carville, longtime adviser to her and Pres Clinton, asked that so-called war room be created in July, after her aides took days to decide how to publicize her denial of charge that she voiced anti-Semitic slur in 1974; operation is run by Howard Wolfson, advocate of aggressive and fast-paced politicking; Clinton advisers are wary of drawing too much attention to operation, for fear it would underline Clintons' reputation of being bellicose; photos (M)
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Clinton Doubts Scientist's Race Influenced Case
Date: 16 September 2000
By Marc Lacey
Marc Lacey
Pres Clinton says he does not think Wen Ho Lee was singled out for prosecution because he is Chinese-American; says he will talk with Atty Gen Janet Reno about concerns that Los Alamos nuclear scientist was not treated properly by prosecutors; holds it would have been wrong to raise concerns with Reno while charges were pending; stresses seriousness of charges against Lee; his aides blame news media, especially New York Times, and members of Congress for pressures that spurred prosecutors (M)
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BCE and Thomson Form Canadian Media Giant
Date: 16 September 2000
By Timothy Pritchard
Timothy Pritchard
Thomson Corp, owner of The Globe and Mail newspaper, and BCE Inc, whose subsidiaries include television and Internet units, form joint venture, that will be 70.1 percent-owned by BCE and 20 percent-owned by Thomson (M)
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SINGER REORGANIZES AND EMERGES FROM BANKRUPTCY
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Singer Co completes reorganization and emerges from bankruptcy protection (S)
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FORMER KODAK EXECUTIVE NAMED PRESIDENT AT GOODYEAR
Date: 15 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goodyear Tire and Rubber names Robert J Keegan, former Eastman Kodak executive, as its president and chief operating officer; will assume posts on Oct 1; chairman-chief executive Samir F Gibara will give up titles of president and chief operating officer (S)
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ALTAVISTA TO CUT A QUARTER OF ITS WORK FORCE
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AltaVista--search engine unit of CMGI Inc--will eliminate 225 jobs, 25 percent of its workforce (S)
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BOISE CASCADE ADDING UNITS OF U.S. OFFICE PRODUCTS
Date: 16 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boise Cascade Corp plans to buy Australian and New Zealand units of US Office Products Co (S)
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WELLS FARGO AND FIRST SECURITY AGREE TO SELL 37 OFFICES
Date: 15 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wells Fargo & Co and First Security Corp agree to sell 37b branch offices to win Justice Department approval of Wells Fargo's $2.9 billion purchase of First Security; merger still requires approval by Federal Reserve System's board of governors (S)
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Murdoch Reduces Stake in EchoStar
Date: 15 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SEC filing shows Rupert Murdoch sold seven million EchoStar Communications Corp shares worth $343 million on Sept 6 (S)
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NEW WINDOWS VERSION RELEASED
Date: 15 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Microsoft Corp begins selling new Windows operating system for consumers called Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me; new operating system replaces Windows 98 (S)
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