News Archives
(November 28, 1999 thru December 4, 1999)
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SCMR Sycamore Networks Appoints Kevin Oye VP, Business Development
RAD Rite Aid Reports 7.9 % Same Store Sales Increase for November
BJICA Ben & Jerry's Says It Has Received "Indications of Interest"
MDT Medtronic Gets Okay to Market Coronary Stent System in Japan
NOC Northrop Grumman To Upgrade Egypt Air Force's E-2C Fleet
ESL Esterline Technologies to Acquire Advanced Input Devices
CMB Chase Announces Approval for the Acquisition of Hambrecht & Quist
AVNT Avant! to Acquire Analogy
REEL Reel.com Files Registration Statement for Proposed IPO
SO Southern Company Names Klappa Chief Marketing Officer
EMN Eastman Appoints Lee General Counsel
BA Boeing Selects Lockheed Martin to Provide CALCM Hard-Target Warhead
ATHM Sun Helps Earthbound NASA Scientists Explore Mars
REL Reliance Unveils New E-Commerce Product, Umbrella Online
MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Acquires Graystone Partners
EMN Eastman Board Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
CRDS Crossroads Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
NOK Nokia Expects Increased Mobile Growth - Raises Subscriber Estimates
CRDS Crossroads Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
PTIX Performance Technologies to Acquire MicoLegend Telecom
TAN Radioshack's November Total Sales Soar 22%
CGRM Centigram Communications Reports Fourth Quarter 1999 Results
MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Acquires Graystone Partners
WMT Wal-Mart Reports November Sales
MHP Standard & Poor's Reports November Index Returns
MCD Cantalupo Named President of McDonald's Corp.
LCOS Lycos and Ericsson to Deliver Wireless Internet Services
EMC EMC Says Court Makes Injunction Permanent Against Hewlett-Packard
ELF Elf Begins Production of Virgo Field in the Gulf of Mexico
ISLD Digital Island Announces New Data Centers in Tokyo and Silicon Valley
FWC Foster Wheeler and Group Get $667 Million Repowering Contract
EXDS Exodus Announces Pricing of $900 Million of Notes in Private Offerings
NAVI NaviSite Reports Record First Quarter Results
INKT Inktomi Announces 2-For-1 Stock Split
MXWL Maxwell Technologies Reports First Quarter Results - Plans Changes
BBRC Burr-Brown Corp. Announces 3-for-2 Stock Split
ATHM Excite Shopping Channel More Than Triples Visitors from Last Year
SGP Schering-Plough Gets Marketing Approval of Nasal Spray for Children
SGP Schering/Key Issues Nationwide Recall of 5 Lots of Asthma Drug
CSK Chesapeake Begins $17.25/Share Offer for Shorewood
PFE Pfizer Responds to Warner-Lambert Letter to Shareholders
AOL AOL Announces Telephony Agreement With Net2Phone
BTH Blyth Industries: Earnings News Release
BHI Baker Hughes Announces Actions in Response to Revised Outlook
HI Household International to Purchase Renaissance Holdings
UTX United Technologies Completes Acquisition of Dallas Aerospace
UK Union Carbide Shareholders Approve Plan for Merger with Dow Chemical
T AT&T Completes Acquisition of IBM Global Network in Taiwan
T Charter Communications, AT&T BIS Intend To Exchange Cable Systems
SPC St. Paul Pays Second Largest Dividend to ICBA Members
SEBL Siebel Systems Completes Acquisition of OnTarget
SE Tropicana Selects Sterling Commerce to Provide E-business Solution
SE Sterling Commerce Completes Acquisition of Cedex Services
SBH SmithKline CEO Leschly to Retire; Garnier Named Successor
RMBS Schlumberger Achieves Market Leadership
NOVL Hitachi Partners with Novell on Internet Caching Appliances
NOC Northrop Grumman, U.S. Air Force Agree on Joint Stars Settlement
QWST Qwest Communications and Microage Technology Announce Pact
QWST Qwest Communications and U S WEST Appoint New EVP
PPOD Peapod Names New VP of Marketing
PPOD Peapod Names New SVP of Business Ops and Development
PPL PP&L Names New Power Production Vice President
CONV Convergent Communications Acquires Classic Datacom Assets
JDEC J.D. Edwards Reports Sales and Earnings
HRB H&R Block Completes Acquisition of Olde Financial Corp.
FRE Freddie Mac Reports Home Values Rose 7.2% in Third Quarter 1999
INTC Microsoft, Lucent, Motorola, 3Com, Join Bluetooth Wireless Group
GM GM Reports November Sales
CAL Continental Airlines Reports Record November Load Factor
AOL AOL & Monster.com Announce Exclusive Career-Search Relationship
ARC ARCO Chairman Responds to Press Reports on FTC Probe
AZPN Aspen Technology Announces New Relationship with IBM
LCOS Lycos Launches Jointly Branded AOL Instant Messenger
AFS Associates First Capital Closes Sale of Balboa Insurance to Countrywide
UTX Sandy Weill, Chairman, Citigroup, Elected to UTC Board
U US Airways Welcomes CWA Contract Ratification
TYC Tyco Completes Tender Offer for Praegitzer Industries
REL Reliance Group Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock
LU Lucent and Sun Ally to Spur Internet Commerce
LU Lucent, Sun Ally to Create Infrastructure for Net Economy
LMT Lockheed Martin Announces Sale of Hanford Corp.
BOL Bausch & Lomb Announces Share Repurchase Authorization
BOL Bausch & Lomb to Consolidate Contact Lens Manufacturing
IFMX Informix to Acquire Ardent Software
HRS Harris Corporation Acquires Audio Broadcast Group
TECD Tech Data Reports Third-Quarter Results
MER Merrill Lynch Launches Merrill Lynch Direct
MCD Boston Market To Be Acquired By McDonald's
DD DuPont Forms E-Business Alliance with CheMatch.com
CONV Convergent Communications Selects Brian R. Ervine as CFO
BA Boeing Reduces F-22 Program Costs With New Wing Process
AET Trial Lawyer Suit Against Aetna Chairman Huber Dismissed with Prejudice
AOL AOL Acquires Tegic Communications
ABS Albertson's Reports 1999 Third Quarter Results
HRS Harris Corp. to Acquire Louth Automation
FDC First Data Processes Record 1 Billion Debit Transactions
EK Kodak Allies with Tiffen Co. to Expand Distribution
INSP InfoSpace.com Announces 2-for-1 Stock Split
CAL Continental Air Names Gerald Laderman SVP, Finance
HWP Hewlett-Packard, Amazon Announce Infrastructure, Retail Deal
AOL AOL and Riffage.com Announce Digital Music Distribution Agreement
BA Boeing Controller to Assume Responsibility for Insurance Organization
AES AES Completes $3 Billion Acquisition of Drax
ABT Abbott Labs Says FDA Approves Vascular Device for Marketing
AHP American Home Products Responds to Warner-Lambert Counterclaim
N/A FTC Outlines Conditions for Approving Exxon-Mobil Merger
NBCI NBC Launches NBC Internet on Nasdaq
GD General Dynamics President James E. Turner Jr. to Retire
NRRD Norstan Announces Management Changes, Second Quarter Results
NEON Microsoft and NEON form Strategic Relationship
MGIC Magic Software to Call Special Meeting to Approve Stock Split
FRE Freddie Mac Announces Year 2000 Loan Purchase Limits
CAL Continental Airlines Announces Increase in Stock Repurchase Program
ABS Albertson's Reports 1999 Third Quarter Results
WCOM ITXC Corp Acquires OzEmail Internet Telephony Business
WCOM BP Amoco and MCI WorldCom Sign $650 Million Agreement
PRD 3M Acquires Polaroid Anti-Glare Filter Business
UCL Unocal Abandons McKinley Discovery Delineation Well
BKS Barnes & Noble Announces $250 Million Share Repurchase Program
TX Texaco Discontinues Appraisal Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
TX Texaco and Shell Complete Retail Asset Swap in Poland and the UK
TTEC Teletech Names Michael E. Foss as CFO and President
TIBX Compaq Chooses TIBCO
T AT&T Awarded Contract from General Motors
T Delphi Automotive Selects AT&T for Global Networking
T AT&T Provides Secured Virtual Private Networks on the Internet
SNPS Synopsys and Actel Extend Partnership Agreement
RHAT AutoZone Chooses Red Hat Services for Support
REL Reliance National Licensed in Brazil
QWST Qwest Communications Awarded Contract From Passport New Media
QWST KPNQwest Signs Local Access Master Services Agreement with COLT
PHG Philips Semiconductors Opens 250 Million Euro Expansion
PHG Philips Consumer Communications Gives Overview of Present Business
PFE Pfizer Says Warner-Lambert Actions Represent "A Desperate Act"
PECX Photoelectron Announces Approval for Listing on AMEX
ORB Orbital Awarded $30 Million Transportation Management Systems Contract
NT Nortel Networks Awarded Orders by Bouygues Telecom
NT Nortel Networks Plans Wireless Technology Trials in Canada
NETO RMI.NET Partners with NetObjects
ITCD ITC^DeltaCom Revises Fourth Quarter Estimates
GOJO GraphOn and Parallel Join Forces
CZN Rudy Graf, Scott Schneider Elected to Board of Electric Lightwave
CMB Chase Extends Tender Offer for Hambrecht & Quist Common Stock
CLKS click2learn.com Partners with Knowledge Quest
BYND Beyond.com™ Adds Ingram Entertainment as Distributor
BK BONY Selected as Trustee by Merrill Lynch for Biotech HOLDRsSM Trust
AHI Allied Holdings Names Poole CEO, West President
BEL GTE, Bell Atlantic Applaud Virginia Merger Ruling
ELY Callaway Golf Announces Resignation of Head of International Sales
ELN Elan Exercises Option to Acquire Axogen Limited
ELN Elan Exercises Option to Acquire Neuralab Limited
CNC Conseco Announces Investment by Thomas H. Lee Co.; Cuts Dividend
AOL AOL to Offer $1.25 Billion of Convertible Suboridinated Notes
CSK Chesapeake Corp. to Acquire 14.9% of Shorewood Packaging
AOL AOL Reports Strong Holiday Shopping Momentum
CMLS Cumulus to Acquire 35 Radio Stations from Connoisseur Group
EXDS Exodus Communications Announces Proposed Private Offerings of Notes
DCLK DoubleClick Unveils E-mail Strategy
CSCO Comcast and Cisco Extend Strategic Alliance
YHOO Yahoo! Reports Record Shopping on Day After Thanksgiving
CMRC Walker and Commerce One Form Strategic Alliance
IQIQ Vialink Declares 2-for-1 Stock Split
IQIQ Lewis B. Kilbourne Named Chairman of viaLink
AZPN Aspen Technology Sells Process System to Formosa Petrochemical
AOL Hewlett-Packard and AOL Announce Marketing Alliance
HAN Hanson plc to Acquire Pioneer International
SPAR Spartan Motors Expects a Charge to Earnings in Fourth Quarter
ENT Equant Files Registration Statement with SEC
RLSOF Royal Bank of Scotland Reports Results for Year to Sept. 30, 1999
RLSOF Text of Royal Bank of Scotland's Offer for NatWest (PDF Format)
AMD Advanced Micro Announces 750MHz Athlon Processor
RBAK Redback Networks and Siara Systems to Merge
NT Nortel Networks Acquires 5.0 % of Radiotronica S.A.
HOE Hoechst Says More Than 96 % of Shares Tendered in Exchange Offer
ALA NTL Begins Major ADSL Trial with Alcatel
ERICY Southwest China Expands Communications with Ericsson Mobile Network
AXA AXA Acquires Controlling Interest in Nippon Dantai Life Insurance
DD DuPont Chairman Sees Sustainability as Main Challenge of New Century
PSIX PSInet Announces $750 Million Rule 144a Offering
NXTL Akerson to Remain Chairman of Nextel Board of Directors