Manchester Journal; The Spice Girl and the Soccer Idol: What a Team!
Date: 18 December 2001
By Warren Hoge
Warren Hoge
Victoria Adams, known as Posh Spice, and David Beckham, England's leading soccer player, are iconic husband and wife team of modern-day flash Britain; their union has received imprimatur of pop culture pre-eminence: book by Andrew Morton, biographer to Princess Diana; couple's every move is followed breathlessly in press and recorded on more than 60,000 Web sites devoted to them; photo; map (M)
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MYLAN LABORATORIES RAISES PROFIT ESTIMATE
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mylan Laboratories increases fiscal third-quarter profit projections (S)
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CENDANT IS ACQUIRING MARKETER OF TIME SHARES
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cendant Corp acquires Equivest Finance, operator of 29 resort facilities, for about $98 million to expand its time share business (S)
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CATERPILLAR IS SELLING TRACTOR LINE TO AGCO
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Agco Corp, farm equipment maker, will take over assembly and marketing of Caterpillar's Challenger tractor line (S)
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FLUOR NAMES ITS PRESIDENT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fluor Corp names Alan Boeckmann as chairman and chief executive, succeeding Philip Carroll Jr (S)
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KINDER MORGAN ENERGY TO PURCHASE TEJAS GAS
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP will buy Tejas Gas LLC for $750 million to expand its natural gas delivery system in Texas (S)
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LONE STAR SAYS IT CANNOT COMPLETE DEAL WITH CARGILL
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lone Star Technologies Inc says it is unable to find financing for its $430 million purchase of Cargill division that makes steel tubes used to drill for oil (S)
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Technology Briefing | Software: Symantec Plans Stock Split
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Symantec Corp, whose shares have doubled in price since September, plans 2-for-1 stock split, increasing number of shares outstanding to 140.4 million (S)
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Technology Briefing | Telecommunications: Citizens Ends Purchase Plans
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citizens Communications ends talks with Verizon Communications to buy about 63,000 phone lines in Arizona and California for $233 million (S)
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Technology Briefing | Hardware: Parts Maker Lays Off 1,600
Date: 18 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kemet Corp, maker of electronic parts for cellphones and hand-held computers, will lay off 1,600 workers, its second job reduction of 2001; sales are down by two-thirds (S)
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