Canada Arrests 15-Year-Old In Web Attack
Date: 20 April 2000
By Matt Richtel
Matt Richtel
Canadian law enforcement officials arrest Montreal high school student in one of computer attacks that crippled some of Internet's biggest sites in February, exposing deep vulnerabilities in fledgling world of electronic commerce; 15-year-old suspect, whom authorities identify only by online nickname Mafiaboy, is accused of conducting attack against Cable News Networks's Web site; he is first to face charges in onslaught that hindered access to Web sites of Yahoo, eBay and E*Trade, among others, and forced hundreds of other big-name sites to shore up their defenses against invisible and farflung threats; Canadian suspect is not charged in those other attacks and authorities in Canada and US say their investigations are continuing; photo (M)
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WISCONSIN ENERGY CHANGES THE TERMS FOR WICOR BUYOUT
Date: 20 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wisconsin Energy Corp, which had planned to buy Wicor Inc for $1.2 billion in cash and stock, says it will pay all cash (S)
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OPERATOR OF SENIOR COMMUNITIES REDUCES BID FOR REIT'S
Date: 19 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Capital Senior Living Corp cuts its bid for ILM Senior Living Inc and ILM II Senior Living Inc to $155 million in cash as more competition and higher interest rates have hurt Capital Senior Living's share price (S)
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SHAREHOLDER GROUP WITHDRAWS BID FOR HAYES LEMMERZ
Date: 20 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hayes Lemmerz International Inc says its majority shareholders withdrew their $131.3 million bid for company because sides cannot reach agreement on price; shareholder group led by Joseph Littlejohn & Levy in January offered $21 a share for 25 percent of common stock it does not already own (S)
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MAKER OF WEB SECURITY SOFTWARE TO BUY ENCOMMERCE
Date: 19 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Entrust Technologies Inc to acquire enCommerce Inc for about $586 million in stock (S)
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VIRTUALFUND AGREES TO SELL ITS DIGITAL-GRAPHICS UNIT
Date: 20 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
VirtualFund Inc sells its digital-graphics unit to MacDermid Inc for $50 million (S)
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L'OREAL AGREES TO ACQUIRE MATRIX FROM BRISTOL-MYERS
Date: 19 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
L'Oreal SA agrees to buy Matrix Essentials from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co for undisclosed price; L'Oreal will acquire Matrix through its New York-based Cosmair unit (S)
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RED HAT AGREES TO BUY CLOSELY HELD SOFTWARE COMPANY
Date: 20 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Red Hat Inc acquires software maker Bluecurve Inc for about $37.7 million in stock (S)
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PLX to Acquire Sebring
Date: 20 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PLX Technology, maker of computer chips for Internet routers and switches, acquires Sebring Networks for about $48 million in stock (S)
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Pulp Mill Being Sold
Date: 19 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Willamette Industries acquires paper mill in Port Wentworth, Ga, from Smurfit-Stone Container Corp for undisclosed price (S)
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