Czech Television Leader Quits; Parliamentary Debate Goes On
Date: 12 January 2001
Jiri Hodac resigns as director of Czech Television after weeks of protest about his appointment; despite his departure, crisis at Czech Television, and political struggles that feed it, are far from over; tens of thousands of people converge on Wenceslas Square, determined that more heads should roll and law be changed to ensure independence of state television (M)
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AT&T PAYS COX AND COMCAST FOR AT HOME STAKES
Date: 13 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AT&T Corp, satisfying options it granted last year, agrees to buy out two partners in At Home high-speed Internet service by paying Cox Communications Inc and Comcast Corp about $2.9 billion of AT&T stock; At Home stock has fallen 77 percent since AT&T granted options; deal will bring AT&T's At Home stake to 38 percent of common shares and 79 percent of voting rights (S)
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LEVI STRAUSS REVIVES A BOND SALE IT SHELVED IN OCTOBER
Date: 12 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Levi Strauss & Co revives plan to sell $500 million of bonds (S)
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USG CUTS 500 JOBS AND PLANS MILLIONS IN CHARGES
Date: 12 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
USG Corp eliminates about 500 jobs and will take fourth-quarter charges of $557 million after taxes, most of them for settling asbestos-liability claims pending against company's United States Gypsum subsidiary (S)
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E*TRADE AGREES TO ACQUIRE ONLINE MORTGAGE LENDER
Date: 12 January 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
E*Trade Group acquires LoansDirect, mortgage lender that markets loans on Internet (S)
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