MAYTAG REACHES AGREEMENT WITH STRIKING WORKERS
Date: 02 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Maytag Corp reaches tentative agreement with United Automobile Workers local representing 1,500 striking workers at company's washer and dryer plant in Newton, Iowa; workers walked off job June 10 (S)
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FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES TO OPEN PLANT IN GEORGIA
Date: 02 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fleetwood Enterprises, maker of motor homes and travel trailers, plans to open manufacturing plant in Georgia because of rising demand in Southeast (S)
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ALLIANCE GAMING NAMES BOARD MEMBER TO BE CHIEF
Date: 02 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alliance Gaming Group says Richard Haddrill will succeed Robert Miodunski as president and chief executive, effective Oct 1; Miodunski will join newly created office of chairman and continue to advise board (S)
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CORCORAN BUYS ANOTHER BROKERAGE FIRM IN FLORIDA
Date: 01 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corcoran Group, largest residential brokerage firm in Manhattan, acquires McCann Coyner Clarke Real Estate Inc in Palm Beach, Fla, to expand in vacation-home market popular with New Yorkers (S)
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BUCKEYE PARTNERS BUYS PIPELINES FROM SHELL OIL
Date: 02 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fuel transporter Buckeye Partners acquires five petroleum-product pipelines and 25 terminals from unit of Shell Oil Co division of Royal Dutch/Shell; $530 million deal will give Buckeye shipments to Chicago, St Louis and other Midwest cities (S)
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DUPONT SAYS IT BOUGHT BIOSENTRY'S ANIMAL HEALTH UNIT
Date: 01 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DuPont Co acquires animal health business of BioSentry (S)
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TXU SPENDS $797 MILLION TO REPURCHASE SHARES
Date: 01 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TXU Corp, largest power producer in Texas, buys back 20 million shares at price of $39.86 each in step toward reducing its debt by $4 billion this year (S)
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JUDGE DENIES UNIVISION SUIT TO STOP NEW NIELSEN RATINGS
Date: 02 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nielsen Media Research may proceed with its plans to introduce new local television ratings system in Los Angeles next week after California Superior Court Judge J Stephen Czuleger denies Univision Television Group's bid for delay (S)
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Sundae News
Date: 01 July 2004
By Michelle Sale and Javaid Khan
Michelle Sale
In this lesson, students research topics related to ice cream and create a news magazine program based on their research. Then students develop public service announcements promoting ice cream consumption.
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Factory Index Strong, but Job Claims Increase
Date: 02 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Institute for Supply Management's factory index was 61.1 in June after reading 62.89 in May; economists expected factory index of 61; Commerce Department reports construction spending rose 0.3 percent in May, pushing construction spending to record annual pace of $988.5 billion in May; Labor Department says number of Americans filing initial claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, up 1,000, to 351,000; graph on construction spending (M)
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