SUITORS PROTEST IN FIGHT FOR TAUBMAN CENTERS
Date: 01 May 2003
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Simon Property Group and Westfield America Inc, seeking to amend suit they filed in connection with their hostile bid for Taubman Centers Inc, charge Taubman improperly uses share repurchase program to thwart bid (S)
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KOHLBERG & CO. WILL ACQUIRE OWNER OF CAMPGROUNDS
Date: 01 May 2003
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Kohlberg & Co to buy campground owner Thousand Trails Inc for $113 million (S)
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TIVO NAMES FORMER NBC EXECUTIVE AS PRESIDENT
Date: 01 May 2003
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TiVo Inc names Martin Yudkovitz president, succeeding Morgan Guenther, who resigned (S)
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LONGTIME CHIEF AT APPLIED MATERIALS STEPS DOWN
Date: 01 May 2003
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Jim Morgan to retire as Applied Materials Inc chief executive and remain chairman; will be succeeded by Mike Splinter, who will also become president and join board (S)
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DRUG TO TREAT RARE GENETIC DISORDER IS APPROVED
Date: 01 May 2003
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc wins Food and Drug Administration approval for its first drug, Aldurazyme, for rare genetic disorder called MPS 1, also known as Hurler and Hurler-Scheie disease; drug, which Genzyme Corp helped develop, is for people who lack enzyme to clean out cellular debris (S)
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$55 MILLION TO McCORMICK SETTLES OVERPAYMENT CLAIM
Date: 01 May 2003
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McCormick & Co reports getting $55 million to resolve its arbitration claim that it overpaid when it bought Ducros spice business from Cereol SA for $379 million in Aug 2000 (S)
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SUNOCO AGREES TO PURCHASE REFINERY IN NEW JERSEY
Date: 01 May 2003
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Sunoco Inc to buy Eagle Point refinery, Westville, NJ, from El Paso Corp for at least $130 million (S)
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OMNICOM'S EARNINGS STEADY DESPITE SALES INCREASE
Date: 30 April 2003
By Bloomberg News
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Omnicom Group, world's largest advertising agency company, says first-quarter earnings were little changed; sales increased 12 percent, to $107 million; net income was $128.58 million compared with $128.5 million year earlier; revenue climbed to $1.94 billion from $1.73 billion (S)
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K2, NEW OWNER OF RAWLINGS, TO BUY ABC HELMET
Date: 01 May 2003
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K2 Inc to buy ABC Helmet Co, which makes protective batting helmets for Major League Baseball; as part of deal, ABC Helmet's contract with league is extended to 2008 (S)
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CANDIE'S, A SHOE COMPANY, SETTLES S.E.C. FRAUD CLAIMS
Date: 01 May 2003
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Candie's Inc and chairman Neil Cole settle Securities and Exchange Commission claims that shoe manufacturer misstated revenue from 1997 to 1999; Cole will pay $75,000; Candies agrees to stop violating securities laws; is not fined (S)
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