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Date: 05 April 2000
By David M. Herszenhorn
David
Lawyer David Fein, representing six news organizations, asks Connecticut Juvenile Court Judge Maureen Dennis to unseal all of court documents related to case against Michael C Skakel, who is charged with killing his next door neighbor, Martha Moxley, in Greenwich in 1975 (M)
Date: 05 April 2000
By Stephanie Strom
Stephanie Strom
Japanese public barely shrugs in reaction to dramatic news of Prime Min Keizo Obuchi's stroke and coma, and their elected representatives' initial lies about his condition; outrage in press about deliberate obfuscation and backroom decisions about succession is not shared by Japanese interviewed on street; some are clearly pleased that stability and process are being protected, while others say they are accustomed to such matters being hidden (M)
Date: 04 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Power-One Inc agrees to buy Powec AS of Norway and unit of Crane Co for $93 million in cash and stock to enter market for telecommunications power supplies in Europe and Asia; Power-One will pay $70 million and 140,340 shares of its stock for Powec; will also assume $8 million of Powec debt; will also buy telecommunications product line from Crane for $14 million (S)
Date: 04 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lucent Technologies Inc sells part of office-phone business it plans to spin off this year to NorthWestern Corp unit for $259 million in cash and securities; Expanets, networking arm of NorthWestern, acquires 1,800 employees (S)
Date: 05 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Solectron Corp, number 1 contract maker of electronics, agrees to buy Nortel Networks' plants in North America and Europe for $900 million and to supply more than $10 billion in parts and services to company; Solectron plans to keep all 4,190 workers at operations it is buying (S)
Date: 04 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stock of Legato Systems Inc plunges after company says it might reduce fourth-quarter and 1999 revenue after audit of financial results; stock falls 55 percent, dropping $24.75 each, to $19.875, erasing more than $2 billion of market capitalization (S)
Date: 05 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
VDI Multimedia says Bain Capital Inc has canceled plan to acquire it for $200 million; says Bain canceled purchase because its senior lender would not finance transaction, citing amount of debt as too high (S)
Date: 05 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Peapod Inc, whose shares plunged after company failed to get $120 million in financing last month, says it is negotiating with undisclosed party for 'substantial investment'; company's shares have fallen about 58 percent since March 16, when its chief executive Bill Malloy resigned (S)
Date: 05 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Energizer Holdings Inc rise on their first day of trading after spinoff by Ralston Purina Co; Energizer rises 6.25 cents a share, to $21.3125, valuing company at $2.1 billion, about 25 percent less than analysts had expected (S)
Date: 04 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cross Timbers Oil Co acquires remaining 50 percent stake in natural gas fields in Arkansas and Oklahoma from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc for $111 million; two companies bought fields from Ocean Energy Inc in September for $231 million (S)