Editor Takes Leap to Web, and Pets' World
Date: 07 July 2000
By Robin Finn
Robin Finn
Public Lives column profiles Arthur J Browne, who has resigned as Daily News senior managing editor to join PetPlace.com, Internet start-up dedicated to pet health; photo (M)
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ORANGE BUYS VIRTUAL NEWSCASTER
Date: 06 July 2000
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
Orange PLC, British mobile phone service operator, acquires sophisticated digital animated character called Ananova and its supporting software for $143.8 million from Press Association, British domestic news agency; Ananova acts as virtual newscaster with wide range of expressions, voice intonations and body movements; Orange's chief Hans Snook comments; photo (S)
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Starr's Ex-Spokesman Charged With Contempt in Case on Leaks
Date: 07 July 2000
By John M. Broder
John
Charles G Bakaly 3d, former spokesman for Kenneth W Starr, indepedendent counsel who recommended impeachment of Pres Clinton, is charged with criminal contempt in investigation of news leaks related to Monica Lewinsky inquiry; photo (M)
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Oldest Son's Revels Embarrass Blair
Date: 07 July 2000
Prime Min Tony Blair of Britain, who has made a point of keeping his four young children out of news, is embarrassed by front-page headlines reporting arrest of his 16-year-old son, Euan, for public drunkenness (S)
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Cambodia's 'Year Zero' Haunts a Photographer
Date: 06 July 2000
By Seth Mydans
Seth Mydans
Al Rockoff discusses his years as photographer in Cambodia, capturing images of country's tragic history which he is only now beginning to show; 55 photographs he took when Khmer Rouge's seized Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, are now on exhibit in city; photos (M)
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BORDERS SAYS IT HAS ENDED ACQUISITION TALKS
Date: 07 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Borders Group, No. 2 US book chain, ends acquisition talks and is exploring other alternatives, including stock buyback (S)
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REPUBLIC GROUP SAYS IT IS CONSIDERING SALE OR MERGER
Date: 07 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Republic Group, faced with declining profits because of lower prices and slowing sales of gypsum wallboard, hires J P Morgan Securities for advice on sale or merger of company (S)
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ENTRUST PROFIT WARNING LOWERS SECURITY SHARES
Date: 06 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Entrust Technologies lose more than half their value, dragging other makers of Internet-security software lower, after company says delays in closing sales caused its second-quarter earnings to miss estimates; Entrust's shares plunge $40.50, to $36.625, erasing more than $2 billion in market value (S)
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NEXTMEDIA GROUP TO ACQUIRE 11 RADIO STATIONS
Date: 06 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
NextMedia Group Inc agrees to buy 11 radio station in two transactions valued at $66.4 million to gain foothold in Chicago-area market; will pay about $57 million to Pride Communications LLC for six FM and three AM stations serving Joliet and Crystal Lake, Ill, and Kenosha and Racine, Wis; also plans to acquire AM and FM station in Waukegan, Ill, for $9.4 million from Belvidere Broadcasting, affiliate of Marathon Media (S)
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CONSECO SELLING BANK CARD UNIT FOR $400 MILLION
Date: 06 July 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Conseco Inc sells bank card unit to Wells Fargo & Co for approximately $400 million (S)
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