DELACO HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
Date: 14 February 2004
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Delaco Co, successor to company that created appetite suppressant Dexatrim, files for bankruptcy protection to deal with hundreds of personal-injury and wrongful-death suits; suits claim phenylpropanolamine, ingredient that was used in appetite-suppressant products including Dexatrim, is linked to hemorrhagic strokes; Thompson Medical Co, which created Dexatrim and later merged with Delaco, sold brand in 1998 to Chattem; neither Delaco nor Thompson have made products containing phenylpropanolamine since 1998 (S)
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XO BUYS MOST OF ALLEGIANCE FOR $628 MILLION
Date: 14 February 2004
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XO Communications, controlled by fina
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VERIZON WIRELESS AND NEXTEL AGREE TO END LAWSUITS
Date: 14 February 2004
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Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications end two lawsuits over walkie-talkie telephones and advertising; Verizon agrees to drop claims that Nextl misused prototypes of its new telephones and Nextel agrees to drop suit that said Verizon Wireless's advertising was misleading; still pending is Verizon Wireless's lawsuit challenging Nextel's right to trademark phrase 'Push to Talk' (S)
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BPB, A GYPSUM MAKER, IS PLANNING A PLANT IN U.S.
Date: 14 February 2004
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BPB plans to build $100 million plant in Roxboro, NC, to expand wallboard production (S)
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MOODY'S LOWERS AMERADA HESS'S UNSECURED DEBT RATING
Date: 14 February 2004
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Amerada Hess Cor's senior unsecured debt rating is cut below investment grade by Moody's Investors Service (S)
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HOME DEPOT WILL CUT 100 JOBS IN ATLANTA BY APRIL
Date: 14 February 2004
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Home Depot Will Cut 100 Jobs in Atlant
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XO Buys Most of Allegiance for $628 Million
Date: 14 February 2004
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XO BUYS MOST OF ALLEGIANCE FOR $628 MILLION.
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Swift & Company Cuts the Production Of Beef at 2 Plants
Date: 15 February 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Swift & Co, third-largest American beef-producer, will cut production in Colorado and Nebraska because of slow-down in business following discovery of mad cow disease in United States and Canada; export bans have kept company from importing cheaper Canadian cattle and hurt international sales; Agriculture Dept has cut projection of beef exports for year by over 90 percent (S)
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