Monsanto to restrict gene altered corn production
Washington AP report notes Monsanto will limit next year’s planting of a Roundup resistant corn and delay another genetically modified variety until 2002 to protect export markets, citing StarLink recalls and imports concerns in Japan and Europe. The move aims to prevent unapproved crops entering food supplies while continuing tech development.
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Monsanto Co
U.S
Hendrik Verfaillie
Monsanto
Verfaillie
United States
Japan
Europe
Santo
National Corn Growers Association
Susan Keith
Growers Group
StarLink
Aventis CropScience
Star- Link
Biotech
Environmental Protection Agency
Aventis
Microsoft claims judge is biased in breakup fight
Microsoft filed legal briefs with the U S Court of Appeals alleging U S District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson biased. The brief accuses Jackson of improper public comments and seeks overturning his June order to split Microsoft into two. Government officials defend the trial record and outcome as well supported.
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Microsoft
Jackson
Washington Post
New York
At&t
Vivek Varma
Justice Department
Gina Talamona
Court of Appeals
Netscape
Supreme Court to hear Penry death penalty appeal again
The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of mentally deficient Texas killer Johnny Paul Penry to clarify how much juries may consider a defendant's intelligence in death penalty cases. Penry has an IQ of 50 to 60 and his lawyers argue the 1990 jury instructions unfairly limited mental capacity mitigation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Johnny Paul Penry
Sam Gross
University of Michigan
Penry
Cornyn
Pamela Moseley Carpenter
Washington Redskins
Mark Moseley
Carpenter
George W. Bush
Bush
Mike Jones
IRS Boosts Quarterly Tax Deposits For Small Firms
About 1 million small businesses soon can make quarterly tax deposits instead of monthly under new IRS rules. The threshold rises to 2500 dollars, reducing paperwork, notices, and cash flow strain while easing compliance for small firms and raising the quarterly duty from earlier limits.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Charles Rossetti
Rossetti
Joseph Kehoe
Senate
Small Business Committee
Christopher Bond
R-Mo
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