CHAIRMAN IS STEPPING DOWN AT CHIQUITA BRANDS
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chiquita Brands International Inc says Cyrus Freidheim Jr will retire as chairman in May; chief executive Fernando Aguirre will add chairman title (S)
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Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chiquita Brands International Inc says Cyrus Freidheim Jr will retire as chairman in May; chief executive Fernando Aguirre will add chairman title (S)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Mellon Financial Corp, manager of Dreyfus mutual funds group, acquires Safeco Corp's trust unit for undisclosed amount (S)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Abbott Laboratories will give stockholders one share of its Hospira hospital-products unit for every 10 Abbott share they own when business is spun off this month; special dividend will be paid on April 30 to shareholders of record as of April 22 (S)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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DuPont Co will lay off 3,000 workers, eliminate 950 other jobs and shut down spandex plant in Canada as part of plan to trim annual costs by $900 million; job cuts will be completed by Dec 31; about 70 percent of cuts will be in North Amercia, and most of rest will be in Western Europe (S)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Georgia-Pacific Corp acquires paperboard and packaging operations of Temple-Inland Inc in California and Delaware for undisclosed amount (S)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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World Business Briefing: Canada: Television Acquisition*
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Quovadx, software developer that announced restatement in March of third-quarter 2003 results, says Securities and Exchange Commission is formally investigating revenue recorded in third quarter of 2002; restatement will reduce 2003 revenue by $11.3 million; company names Harvey Wagner as acting chief executive and president effective May 1, succeeding Lorine Sweeney, who resigned; graph (M)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Russell W Sprague pleads guilty to federal charges related to Internet posting of copies of first-run movies supplied by Academy Award voter; admits to pirating promotional copies of videos, known as screeners, that are sent to Oscar voters and film critics (S)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Adelphia Communications former treasury supervisor James Helms testifies that former finance chief Timothy Rigas signed receipt that falsely showed his family used cash to buy $400 million in company debt in January 2002; says receipt said family business paid $395 million in 'immediately available funds' for 3.25 percent covertible subordinated notes (M)
Date: 13 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gains 5.88 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,145.20; Dow Jones industrial average increases 73.53 points, or 0.7 percent, to 10,515.56; Nasdaq composite index rises 12.60 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,065.48; graph; chart (M)