Debates Little-Seen, but Influential
Date: 19 January 2000
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
Politicians and strategists say first round of more than dozen presidential debates, which attracted few television viewers, have been most crucial factor in framing political dynamic in run-up to January 24 Iowa caucuses; encounters have set tone for television news, which reaches far greater audiences and have highlighted substantive issues (M)
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ISRAEL AND SYRIA POSTPONING TALKS, THE U.S. REPORTS
Date: 18 January 2000
By Jane Perlez
Jane Perlez
Israel-Syrian peace talks suffer setback, set off by Syrian demand that return of Golan Heights, its chief point of contention, be settled immediately; Clinton administration announces postponement of further high-level talks; both sides will send experts to Washington to provide comments on draft peace treaty written by US; resumption of talks in Shepherdstown, Pa, unraveled after Syrian news media announced Israel must make withdrawal from Golan Heights first order of business--demand made in response to leaking in Israeli press of American draft, which delineated where both sides found areas of accord and where they remained apart; leak reportedly unsettled Syrians, who had never before disclosed to public what they were willing to give up; was interpreted in Arab world as Syria making big concessions without winning much in return; Syria is demanding re-establishment of border with Israel that existed before outbreak of 1967 war; photo (M)
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When Corporate Synergy Becomes Manifest Destiny
Date: 19 January 2000
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman lauds Jim Lehrer's interview, on his PBS program Newshour, with Stephen M Case of America Online and Gerald M Levin of Time Warner about AOL-Time Warner merger, and its implications for the television viewer (M)
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HEWLETT-PACKARD TO CLOSE A COLORADO PLANT
Date: 18 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hewlett-Packard Co will shut plant in Greeley, Colo, in next 18 to 24 months and move work and 640 employees to plant in Fort Collins, Colo; 165 Greeley-based employees will join Flextronics International Ltd; Flextronics is buying DII Group Inc, which ageed in November to buy Hewlett-Packard's tape-storage manufacturing business (S)
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BROADCOM WILL EXPAND CHIP BUSINESS THROUGH MERGER
Date: 19 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Broadcom Corp acquires BlueSteel Networks Inc for about $123.2 million in stock (S)
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SCANSOFT TO ACQUIRE CAERE, A DIGITAL IMAGING RIVAL
Date: 18 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ScanSoft Inc acquires Caere Corp for $143.4 million in cash and stock (S)
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GRETAG COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF U.S. PRINTER MAKER
Date: 18 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gretag Imaging Holding AG acquires rest of Sienna Imaging Inc it does not own for about $20.5 million to $29 million in cash, depending on Sienna's results in current fiscal year (S)
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SOFTWARE MAKERS AGREE TO MERGE IN $180 MILLION DEAL
Date: 19 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
OnDisplay Inc acquires Oberon Software Inc for about $180.7 million (S)
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LUCENT SELLING $100 MILLION IN LASER PARTS TO TYCO
Date: 18 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lucent Technologies Inc will sell at least $100 million in laser components to Tyco International Ltd's Submarine Systems unit to increase capacity on undersea communications network; Lucent's new laser modules, which are installed along fiber optic cable route, deliver almost double power of its previous products, allowing communications systems to carry more traffic; sales of new modules are expected to total at least $100 million in next 18 months (S)
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AKAMAI PLANS TO BUY CLOSELY HELD SOFTWARE COMPANY
Date: 19 January 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Akamai Technologies Inc acquires Network24 Communications for $200 million in stock and cash (S)
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