Daily News Error: $100,000 Dreams Turn to Nightmare
Date: 06 November 1999
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
Production error results in incorrect numbers on New York Daily News 'Scratch 'N' Match' lottery game and leads thousands to believe they were winners of $100,000 or other prizes offered in promotional contest; newspaper says it will not honor tickets but will hold special drawing to choose winners; photos (M)
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IDEAS & TRENDS: Next to Mom and Dad; It's a Hard Life (or Not)
Date: 07 November 1999
By Tamar Lewin
Tamar Lewin
New York Times/CBS News Poll surveys children on how they feel about their lives, and those from upper-income families are more likely than those less well off to say they feel burdened; some social scientists believe gap is a measure of what parents tell their children and how the information is conveyed; photo (M);
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COMMERCE ONE BUYS COMMERCEBID FOR STOCK AND CASH
Date: 06 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Commerce One acquires CommerceBid.com for $4.5 million and 785,000 new shares of Commerce One (S)
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TENNECO AUTO AND PACKAGING UNITS BECOME INDEPENDENT
Date: 06 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenneco Inc separates its final two businesses as Tenneco Automotive and Pactiv Corp become independent companies (S)
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STARWOOD TO SELL KANSAS CITY HOTEL FOR $61 MILLION
Date: 06 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide sells Ritz Carlton Kansas City Hotel to private investment group Maritz, Wolff & Co for $61 million (S)
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MOTOROLA STOCK RISES 7%, REACHING A RECORD HIGH
Date: 06 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Motorola Inc rise 7 percent to a record after company tells analysts that it is controlling production costs and expects to exceed industry growth forecasts (S)
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SBC In Wireless Purchase
Date: 06 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SBC Communications acquires Radiofone Inc, adding 200,000 wireless-telephone companies in Louisiana and Michigan (S)
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BUSINESS SENTIMENT IMPROVES
Date: 06 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's index of economic sentiment at businesses rose in July-September quarter to its highest in more than two year as companies cut inventories and excess production capacity (S)
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And Not a Penny More
Date: 07 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
New York Stock Exchange is considering proposal that would make a penny the minimum increment on trades when securities industry converts stock prices to decimals from fractions in 2000 (S)
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Small Firms Resisting Nasdaq Conversion Plan
Date: 07 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Small brokerages, worried that their interests would be overlooked, oppose Nasdaq plan to become for-profit concern (S)
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