ETrade to Acquire Telebanc Financial
Trade house ETrade plans to acquire Telebanc Financial in a deal reported by STRIENE UOMs, signaling a consolidation in financial services. Telebanc shareholders and executives were not immediately available for comment.
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FTC to Oppose Barnes & Noble Ingram Merger
The FTC plans to oppose a proposed merger between Barnes & Noble and Ingram to prevent dominance in the U.S. book market. FTC lawyers argued the deal could give the combined entity control over competitors’ access to books, harming competition.
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U.S
Barnes & Nobie
Amazon.com
Ingram
Cuban rum stirs trade tensions
Cuban Havana Club rum has sparked U S trade friction as Cuba cannot sell the brand in the United States. Fidel Castro threatens his own Coca Cola style brand while Pernod Ricard executives react to the dispute. Trade talks touch on bananas aircraft engines and hormone beef.
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Fidel Castro
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Showdown Over Steel Dumping Rolls On
Steelmakers brace for another confrontation with Washington as S. steel mulls a new round of anti dumping complaints against Japanese and other foreign steel producers. Industry executives deny dumping cold rolled steel in the United States.
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S. Steel Mulls
United States
Realigning Talent Moves Across Advertising and Law Firms
Michael E. Haines joined Mark Russell & Associates as a designer, bringing print and collateral expertise from Eric Mower and Fay's Inc. Bob Cote and Karen Sheard joined Bond Schoeneck & King as associates in public finance and estate planning. John Bouck, Bouck Real Estate president, earned Florida real estate broker licensure expanding cross-state practice.
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Clay
Mark Russell & Associates
Haines
Eric Mower and Associates
Fay's Inc
Mark Russell
Robert M. Cote
Syracuse University College of Law
Bond, Schoeneck & King Law Firm
Cote
Hiscock & Barclay Law Firm
Karen Veronica Sheard
Hinman, Straub, Pigots and Manning P.C
Albany
John F. Bouck
Bouck Real Estate
Auburn
Florda
Bouck
New York State
Massachusetts
Florida
Indoor Air Quality Center could boost Central New York economy
A coalition of firms and a local business group plan an indoor air quality research center linked to the Institute of Human Performance at Syracuse University Health Science Center. It aims to attract environmental firms, create thousands of jobs, and set national indoor air standards while benefiting area hospitals and engineering firms. Funding sought from state, federal governments and private partners to cover a $3 million startup.
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New York
State University Health Lence Center
Syracuse
David Mankiewicz
Metropolitan Develo Association
MDA
Central New York
Carrier Corp
Ant Hollman Alrery Yornminn Aa Creere
McQuay International
Auburn
O'Brien & Gere
Robson & Woese Inc
Lemut
Stan
Anc
Federe
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ob Cocsagresi Cient
Anlo
Mankiewicz
Two-for-one homes languish on market in Syracuse
Ten years after two family houses flooded the market they now languish as prices fall 25 to 30 percent since 1990. Real estate brokers say bargains exist but buyers avoid tenants while non profits note demand for single family homes. Local agents foresee a possible rebound as buyers seek affordable living.
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Syracuse
Tom Francis
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp
Nastri
Chris Good
Little Gem
Good
Northeast Hawley Development Association
Barbara Locke
NEHDA
Oncenter
Rich Puchalski
Syracuse United Neighbors
Puchalski
Francis
Europe
Dick Mulrooney
Mather Street
Liverpool
Mulrooney
Syracuse University
Gioria Barbano Weyl
Longley- Jones Associates
Worai
Dan Hartnett
Coldwell Banker
First Properties
Microsoft trial resumes as final testimony begins
In Washington final testimony starts in the Microsoft antitrust case. Government lawyers urge focus on past aggressive behavior and current dominance while Microsoft seeks to downplay the need for federal intervention. IBM’s Garry Norris to testify on pressure to drop OS/2 and on pricing disputes tied to rivals.
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Microsoft Corp
Microsoft
Franklin Fisher
Garry Norris
IBM Corp
IBM
Norris
TBM
Compaq Computer Corp
Compaq
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