Free Press Is Battered in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Date: 07 December 2000
By Douglas Frantz
Douglas Frantz
Western diplomats and local and foreign journalists say repression of news media is increasing and indiscriminate in former Soviet lands of Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan; say journalists there face arrests, visits from tax inspectors and sometimes authorities with padlocks; say there have been some extreme cases where journalists were beaten, and several have been killed; many of those watching governments say actions reflect way Central Asia's authoritarian leaders have consolidated power; but officials in region say they do not advocate violance, but that tough restrictions are necessary because what appears to be independent press is often aligned with insurgents trying to overthrow government; photo; map (M)
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TEXTRON TO BUY TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANUFACTURER
Date: 07 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Textron, conglomerate, agrees to buy Tempo Research Corp, maker of testing equipment for telecommunications industry; terms not disclosed (S)
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ELECTRIC COMPANY IN PENNSYLVANIA LOOKING FOR BUYER
Date: 07 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DQE, parent of Duquesne Light Co, electric utility in Pennsylvania, says it might sell all or part of company; DQE earlier sold its power plants to Orion Power Holding for $1.7 billion (S)
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CIRCUIT CITY SAYS QUARTERLY LOSS WILL BE LARGER
Date: 07 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Circuit City Group says it expects to report loss for quarter that ended Nov 30 that will be about four times what analysts had forecast (S)
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AGILENT IS SELLING AUTOMATION SOFTWARE UNIT TO VERANO
Date: 08 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Agilent Technologies will sell its automation software business to Verano (S)
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HASBRO ISSUES 4TH-QUARTER EARNINGS WARNING
Date: 07 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hasbro warns that its earnings for fourth quarter would be far below expectations, and that it would break even or lose money for fiscal 2000; cites sluggish sales (S)
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ARMSTRONG WORLD SEEKS CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION
Date: 07 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Armstrong World Industries unit of Armstrong Holdings files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; company says it has become financially overwhelmed by asbestos-related personal injury claims that might reach $1.36 billion by 2006 (S)
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HONDA SAYS IT WILL REPLACE ACURA INTEGRA NEXT YEAR
Date: 08 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honda Motor will replace Acura Integra with new car, RS-X sports coupe, in July 2001 (S)
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NEWSLETTER SAYS BAYER HAS HIRED STRATEGIC ADVISERS
Date: 08 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bayer AG reportedly hires Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank to devise strategy to fend off hostile takeover bid (S)
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ANGLO AMERICAN TO ACQUIRE STAKES IN 2 MINING RIVALS
Date: 07 December 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
anglo american to acquire stakes in 2 mining rivals**Anglo American, one of world's largest mining companies, agrees to trade $863 million in nonmining assets for minority stakes in two competitors; it will turn over its stake in FirstRand to Remgro, and get 7.1 percent of Billiton and 11.3 percent of Gold Fields (S)
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