Somber anti smoking ads emerge in Super Bowl broadcast
Two bleak spots aired in the game by the American Legacy Foundation spotlighted smoking dangers. One featured Rick Stoddard and his dying wife with the line cigarettes don’t care we do. The other depicted a hospital patient with an electronic voice box as tobacco firms face settlements and limits.
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Amazon to lay off 1300 as losses widen in 2000
Amazon.com announces 1300 job cuts representing 15 percent of staff as it reports a 1.4 billion dollar loss for the year and quarterly losses of 545 million. McDonough Georgia distribution center will close affecting 450 workers and Seattle center 400 more within 60 to 90 days.
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Opening Stocks and Market Codes From Unreadable Ledger
A dense OCR snippet lists numerous stock tickers and numeric figures, resembling opening stock quotations and financial codes. Names include BEIT, BestBuy, Bank of America, and various brokerages, with figures that appear to be prices or indexes. The fragmentary text lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
Antwerp reports record 2000 diamond sales at 25.8 billion
The Diamond High Council of Antwerp says 2000 diamond sales reached a record 25.8 billion dollars, up 9 percent from 1999, with exports at 13.2 billion and imports at 12.6 billion, yielding a 527 million dollar surplus. Britain remains top supplier of uncut diamonds, India leads as largest importer, and prices rose driven by lower cheap-diamond supply.
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Chiquita Names James B Riley as Chief Financial Officer
Chiquita Brands International appointed James B Riley 49 to be chief financial officer and senior vice president overseeing treasury accounting IT risk management and auditing. He succeeds Warren J Ligan and reports to Steven G Warshaw. The move comes as Chiquita battles a multimillion debt and European Union banana quotas.
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GM plant in Moraine idled by parts shortage
GM says a parts shortage halted production at the Moraine Ohio SUV plant, forcing temporary layoffs for 2,000 workers with a potential third shift of 1,000 if stalled into Wednesday. The plant makes the 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada GMC Envoy and Chevrolet TrailBlazer. Most workers will receive 95 percent pay during the layoff.
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