UNILEVER SEEKS BUYER FOR A BESTFOODS UNIT
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unilever is seeking buyer for United States baked-goods unit of Bestfoods because unit does not fit with Unilever's other businesses (S)
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LODGIAN IS TARGET OF TAKEOVER BID BY SHAREHOLDER
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lodgian, which owns and operates Marriott, Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels, receives $140.6 million hostile takeover bid from its largest shareholder, Edgecliff Holdings LLC; William Yung, president of Edgecliff, offers to buy all shares outstanding for $5 each, financed through combination of cash and debt from Edgecliff, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and Lehman Brothers (S)
HORIZON PHARMACIES REPORTS ELIMINATING 260 JOBS
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Horizon Pharmacies Inc reduces its work force by 26 percent, or 260 employees, as part of its plan to cut costs (S)
KELLOGG REORGANIZES DIVISIONS TO TRY TO INCREASE SALES
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kellogg Co will cut its operating divisions to two from four as it tries to bolster sluggish cereal sales (S)
CALPINE TO BUY TRIGAS, CANADIAN ENERGY PRODUCER
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Calpine Corp, builder of steam-fed power plants, agrees to buy TriGas Exploration for 156 million Canadian dollars ($103 million) in cash and assumed debt to secure fuel for its Alberta electricity plant (S)
FAST NEW I.B.M. SERVER
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
IBM will sell new server computer that may give company at least temporary advantage over rivals; server, pSeries 680, part of IBM's new eServer line of business computers, is most powerful server using popular Unix operating system; it is first such server able to process more than 200,000 transactions a minute (S)
VENEZUELAN OIL SHAKE-UP
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pres Hugo Chavez announces reorganization of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela; fires its president, Hector Ciavaldini, and names Guaicaipuro Lameda Montero as new chief; photo (S)
Court Might Review a Unocal Patent
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Supreme Court indicates that it may review Unocal Corp patent for cleaner-burning gasoline, asking Justice Department for input on an appeal by five rival oil companies; Exxon Mobil Corp and four other companies say Unocal's patent is invalid because it is designed to mirror California clean-fuel requirements, forcing other refiners to pay simply for abiding by state's rules (S)
Briggs & Stratton Lowers Expectations
Date: 17 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Briggs & Stratton Corp reports loss of $6.3 million in fiscal first-quarter ended Sept 30 compared to net income of $25.7 million a year ago; sales fell 40 percent, to $180.8 million, from $298.9 million (S)
Handspring Stresses Color and Fast Chip In New Products
Date: 16 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Handspring Inc., which makes electronic organizers that run on Palm Inc.'s operating system, said it has introduced two products with added features to appeal to higher-income users. The Visor Prism has a color screen, and the Visor Platinum advertises faster processing power. At about $450 for the Prism and $300 for the Platinum, the products are more expensive than other Handspring organizers, which run from $150 to $250.