Metro Business Briefing; WCBS-TV NEWS PARTNERSHIP
Date: 27 October 2000
WCBS-TV in New York will introduce partnership with television, radio and online media outlets on Oct 30 that pools organizations' resources to provide news coverage; WCBS-TV, channel 2, will broadcast reports from the news consortium, which will be called CBS 2 Information Network (S)
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Anti-U.S. Fever: Arab Bitterness and Boycott Talk
Date: 27 October 2000
By Susan Sachs
Susan Sachs
Militant tone of unalloyed hostility toward Israel and deep distrust of US policy continues in state-controlled media of Arab countries, mirroring flood of public sympathy and political activity in support of Palestinians; reminders of the conflict are everywhere, stirring sense of pan-Arab solidarity, and impact on regional politics could be substantial; attitudes toward United States are also hardening, and there is talk of boycotting US products (M)
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In Rural China, a Steep Price Of Poverty: Dying of AIDS
Date: 28 October 2000
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Doctors say that small towns in Henan Province are experiencing AIDS epidemic; Chinese officials deny there is AIDS in Henan; prohibit news media and government health workers from discussing issue and block outside researchers from studying it; covert studies suggest that Henan has some of highest localized rates of HIV infection in world; doctors say that poor farmers have illegally sold their blood to people whose unsterile collection methods have left many infected with HIV virus; map; photo (M)
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AIRLINES AND SUPPLIERS TO MERGE INTERNET EXCHANGES
Date: 27 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nine airlines and three aerospace parts suppliers will merge their Internet-purchasing exchanges, AirNewco and MyAircraft, to create single venture with wider participation; combined site is expected to start in March (S)
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NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO LINK BERLIN AND WASHINGTON
Date: 28 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Deutsche Lufthansa will begin nonstop flights in March between Berlin and Washington (S)
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HOMESTORE.COM SHARES SURGE ON DEAL FOR MOVE.COM
Date: 28 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Homestore.com's shares surge after it agrees to buy its main rival, Move.com, unit of Cendant Corp, for $761 million in stock, linking top two residential sites on Internet (S)
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WHOLE FOODS WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR AMRION UNIT
Date: 27 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Whole Foods Market hires investment banker Dain Rauscher Wessels to advise it on options for its unprofitable Amrion nutritional-supplement unit; company will take pretax charge of $10 million in its fourth quarter to write off its preferred stock investment in American WholeHealth (S)
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JOINT VENTURE TO SELL MOLSON BRANDS IN U.S.
Date: 27 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Adolph Coors Co agrees to pay Molson Inc $65 million for 49.9 percent stake in joint venture to sell Molson brands in US; Molson will own rest of venture and retain ownership of its brands in US; Coors agrees to use some of Molson's Canadian breweries to make its own beers (S)
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CONSOLIDATED SERVICE BOUGHT BY ABN-AMRO UNIT
Date: 27 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ABN-Amro Lease Holding acquires Consolidated Service Corp for undisclosed sum to become world's largest auto-fleet management company (S)
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FEDERAL-MOGUL WINS $400 MILLION PARTS CONTRACT
Date: 28 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal-Mogul Corp wins engine-parts contract valued at about $400 million from undisclosed North American automaker (S)
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