China Admits Banned Sect Is Continuing Its Protest
Date: 21 April 2000
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
China's state-controlled media for first time acknowledges government's persistent difficulty in stamping out banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, even as fresh allegations emerge about police brutality toward its practitioners under detention; human rights groups report that three more jailed members of group have died in last month as result of beatings or hunger strikes; this brings total reported deaths to 15; official New China News Agency's admission that Falun Gong members are holding silent protests in Tiananmen Square almost daily is stunning news (M)
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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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AMERICAN GREETINGS SAYS IT IS IN TALKS WITH EGREETINGS
Date: 21 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Greetings Corp and Egreetings Network have been discussing ways to merge their online businesses (S)
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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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WARWICK OFFERS TO BUY THE REST OF GSB FINANCIAL
Date: 21 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Warwick Community Bancorp is prepared to pay $18 apiece for 1.8 million shares of GSB Financial Corp it does not already own (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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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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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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FUNCO SAYS ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE HAS RAISED ITS BID
Date: 21 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Funco Inc says Electronics Boutique Holdings has raised its bid for company to $21 a share, or $135 million, matching offer by Barnes & Noble (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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