UNION PLANTERS ISSUES WARNING ON PROFITS
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tennessee's Union Planters Corp says profit might fall as much as 10 percent in 2004 and will lay off workers as fewer customers take out mortgages (S)
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EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES TO BUY VALVE COMPANY
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Edwards Lifesciences Corp, biggest maker of artificial valves, agrees to buy Percutaneous Valve Technologies for $125 million to gain technology used to implant valves without opening chest (S)
DEVON ENERGY TO SELL PROJECT TO QUEST RESOURCE
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Devon Energy Corp sells its coal-bed methane project in Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma to Quest Resource Corp for $126 million to focus on exploration in other areas like Gulf of Mexico (S)
DILLARD'S INCREASES ITS REVOLVING CREDIT LINE
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dillard's says it has more than doubled its senior revolving credit line to $1 billion as it tries to halt sales declines (S)
AUSTRALIAN BANK TO BUY EXELON UNIT FOR $135 MILLION
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Macquarie Bank of Australia acquires Exelon Thermal Technologies, unit of Exelon Corp, for 182 million Australian dollars ($135 million) (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 December 2003
INTERNATIONAL A3-27 Iraqi People Will Decide Fate of Hussein, Bush Says President Bush said he would leave it to the Iraqi people to determine if Saddam Hussein should be executed, and reaffirmed that his capture was not prompting the White House to contemplate a speedier U.S. exit from Iraq. A1 Mr. Hussein has denied playing any direct role in commanding Iraqi insurgents or in planning attacks after he went into hiding, and said that his government possessed no prohibited weapons, according to United States government officials. A1
Technology Briefing | Hardware: Lehman Chip Analyst Gets New Position
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Technology Briefing Hardware: Lehman Chip Analyst Gets New Position** Daniel T Niles, top semiconductor analyst at Lehman Brothers Holdings, will move to company's asset-management business to lead new unit called Neuberger Berman Technology Management that focuses on technology shares (S)
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Trade Center Leaseholder Loses Court Fight
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
New York State appellate panel denies Larry Silverstein's petition to require that Sept 11 attacks on World Trade Center be seen as two separate incidents for insurance purposes, each requiring Travelers Indemnity Co to pay leaseholder $3.5 billion (S)
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Executive Salary Revised
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
World
Interior Designer Sent Bills to Tyco, Witness Says
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shannon Green, office manager at interior design firm Seldom Scene Interiors used by Tyco International's former chief executive L Dennis Kozlowski, testifies that all bills went to Tyco, including at least $33,000 in limousine charges; tells jurors at fraud trial of Kozlowski and former chief financial officer Mark H Swartz that firm did about 10 projects for Kozlowski at several homes (M)
Technology Briefing | Software: Corning Sells Software Business To Workers
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corning sells software business Corning IntelliSense to unit's workers; financial terms undisclosed; Sandeep Akkaraju, chief executive of newly formed IntelliSense Software Corp, comments (S)
Illinois Tool Raises Its Profit Forecasts
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Illinois Tool Works raises its profit forecasts for fourth quarter and full year because of higher sales and lower taxes (S)
World Business Briefing | Asia: Hong Kong: New Phone Service
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
World Business Briefing: Hong Kong: New
WorldCom Loss Is $194 Million
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WorldCom Inc had net loss of $194 million in October on little-changed sales and higher costs; sales were $1.98 billion (S)
Mondavi Founder Resigns
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Robert Mondavi Corp's founder Robert Mondavi resigns from company's board and will remain chairman emeritus; company has no plans to fill seat (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 15 December 2003
INTERNATIONAL A3-23 Saddam Hussein Captured; Iraqis Rejoice at His Fall Saddam Hussein, once the all-powerful leader of Iraq, was arrested without a fight by American soldiers who found him crouching in an eight-foot hole at an isolated farm near Tikrit, haggard, dirty and disoriented. News of the arrest sent joyous Iraqis into the streets. A1
World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Bank Executive Resigns
Date: 16 December 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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