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Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goodrich Corp says Northrop Grumman Corp will pay it $99 million to settle claims related to its 2002 purchase of Northrop's aeronautical-systems business (S)
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ashford Hospitality Trust agrees to buy 21 hotels from sellers including George Soros for $250 million to gain more upscale properties (S)
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
El Paso Corp will provide $3.4 million in grants to Arizona and make $43 million in gas pipeline investments in state to settle claims it manipulated energy prices during Western energy crisis in 2000 and 2001 (S)
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MTC Technologies, which provides electronics, engineering and other services for the military, agreed yesterday to acquire Manufacturing Technology for $61 million. MTC, based in Dayton, Ohio, said it expected the purchase to add to earnings immediately. Manufacturing Technology, based in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., specializes in electronics and engineering for the military and had an estimated $50 million in revenue in 2004. Shares of MTC fell 94 cents, or 2.8 percent, to $33.03.
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
West Pharmaceutical Services said yesterday that it had agreed to sell most of its drug-delivery unit to a new company formed by the buyout firm Warburg Pincus for $7.1 million in cash. Warburg will own a majority of the new company, while West would own 14 percent and be entitled to as much as $19 million in royalties, Julie Huang, a West Pharmaceutical spokeswoman, said. West, based in Lionville, Pa., said it was selling the unit to focus on its main business of making syringe components.
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Corn Products International, which makes a sweetener used in soft drinks, agreed yesterday to buy the remaining minority interest in its Korean business from the Doosan Corporation for about $65 million. The unit, to be called Corn Products Korea, will be run as a wholly owned subsidiary as of Jan. 1. Corn Products, based in Westchester, Ill., said Doosan had the right to sell the stake back to the company in 2005. The deal is expected to be completed Dec. 29, Corn Products said.
Date: 28 December 2004
By Francis X. Clines
Francis Clines
Editorial Notebook column by Francis X Clines says Sen Charles Schumer is such an acknowledged success at garnering publicity, campaign funds and votes that it is no surprise that colleagues have chosen him to supervise their Democratic Senate re-election campaign in 2006; notes that he is already teaching one of his most sure-fire techniques, mastering hometown press conference on drowsy Sundays (M)
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg News.
Date: 28 December 2004
INTERNATIONAL A3-17 Death Toll From Quake Climbs Past 25,000 Survivors of the gigantic undersea earthquake that swallowed coastlines from Indonesia to Africa hurriedly arranged for mass burials, recovered bodies and searched for tens of thousands of the missing. The death toll, which climbed past 25,000, came into sharper relief as it became clear that at least a third of the dead were children, according to estimates by aid officials. A1 Relief organizations from around the globe struggled to deploy emergency supplies and personnel, even as the list of communities scarred by the disaster continued to balloon. Relief officials were predicting that the cost of recovery efforts would easily reach into the billions of dollars. A12 The World Health Organization and other international agencies have begun rushing medical teams, generators and other equipment to provide safe drinking water and sanitation and to reduce threats of infectious disease outbreaks. A17 Bomber Kills 9 in Iraq A suicide car bomber set off a huge explosion outside the Baghdad headquarters of the nation's largest Shiite political party, killing nine guards and visitors, the Interior Ministry said. The largest of the Sunni Arab parties with a slate of candidates announced it was withdrawing from the national elections scheduled for next month, saying security conditions would not permit fair elections. A9 Ukraine Opposition Leader Wins With virtually all votes counted, Viktor A. Yushchenko, the opposition leader, was Ukraine's presumptive president-elect. But his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, refused to accept the results and said he would challenge them in court. A3 Israel Frees Some Palestinians Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners in a move the Palestinian leadership welcomed while calling for the releases of thousands more who remain jailed. A3 NATIONAL A18-19 Military Seeks Exemption From Environmental Laws The Defense Department, which controls 28 million acres of land across the nation that it uses for combat exercises and weapons testing, has been moving to reduce requirements that it safeguard the environment on that land. In Congress, the Pentagon has in the past two years won exemptions from portions of the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. A18 Rats Threaten Alaska Islands Hours after a freighter ran aground a few hundred miles from a small island in the middle of the Bering Sea, the scientists stationed in St. Paul, Alaska, began to worry: not so much about the oil spill, as about the possibility of a rat spill. Scientists say rats present new problems in the farthest reaches of Alaska where rats do not belong in the food chain and birds are defenseless. A18 Free Calling Cards for Soldiers Starting with $14, two children from a Boston suburb founded an organization that in nine months has provided $250,000 worth of prepaid calling cards to American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. A19 EDUCATION Author's Library to Shut Doors Facing record deficits, the City Council of Salinas, Calif., voted to shut all three of the city's library branches, including those named for John Steinbeck, author of ''The Grapes of Wrath,'' and the labor leader Cesar Chavez. A19 OBITUARIES B6 Sir Angus Ogilvy Sir Angus Ogilvy, a British businessman tied to the royal family by friendship and by marriage to Princess Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth's popular first cousin, he was 76. B6 NEW YORK/REGION B1-5 Connecticut Governor Undergoes Mastectomy Gov. M. Jodi Rell underwent surgery to remove cancer from one of her breasts. The mastectomy, followed by reconstructive surgery, came after what her office said was a final diagnosis of an early stage cancer. B1 Ex-Senator Returns to Jail Former New York State Senator Guy J. Velella gave himself up to the authorities, ending three months of freedom that began when a little-known mayoral panel granted him an early release from jail. B1 Ruling May Save Landmark On the verge of catastrophic deterioration, the Skidmore House, an official city landmark on the Lower East Side, may be saved by a ruling in which a State Supreme Court justice said that the owner must restore it to a state of ''good repair.'' And keep it that way. B1 Neediest Cases B3 SCIENCE TIMES F1-10 Predicting Earthquakes Scientists can describe where large earthquakes are likely to occur. But exactly when and where a major one will strike remain unpredictable. F1 Health & Fitness F5 FASHION B7 SPORTSTUESDAY D1-7 ARTS E1-12 New Radio Proves Lucrative Royalties earned from satellite and Internet radio are becoming a growing source of revenue that many recording artists and record labels are just beginning to notice. E1 BUSINESS DAY C1-10 Review of Chief's Benefits Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, said its regulator would review the benefits the company planned to pay its former top two officers after their ouster last week. C1 Holiday Travel Inquiry The federal government said it would investigate air travel disruptions over the holiday weekend that left thousands of people stranded. C1 Loss for Chinese TV Maker The Sichuan Changhong Electric Company announced major losses stemming in part from an unfolding financial scandal involving its biggest American customer. C1 A Return to Big Bonuses While this year's Wall Street bonuses do not quite reach the heights of the late 1990's technology bubble, they are rich enough to persuade many of Wall Street's elite to rediscover conspicuous consumption. A1 Business Digest C1 World Business W1 EDITORIAL A20-21 Editorials: President Viktor Yushchenko; sounding the alarm; prescription for confusion; Francis X. Clines on Senator Schumer's spreading the news. Column: David Brooks. Crossword E5 Public Lives B2 TV Listings E11 Weather D8
Date: 28 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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