Firestone Refocuses on Tire Design Amid Massive Recall
Bridgestone Firestone reports surpassing 4.8 million recall of 6.5 million tires tied to 119 deaths linked to Ford Explorer rollover. The company analyzes design and Decatur plant manufacturing, studying 1991 to 2000 models and inter belt materials while UC Berkeley Govindjee pursues independent inquiry.
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Bridgestone
Firestone
Decatur
Nashville, Tenn
Ford
ATX
Wilderness
Tires
Greer Tidwell
Manufactur
Ing
Bridgestone/Firestone
Wilson
N.C
Joliette
Quebec
la Vergne
Tenn
Wilderness AT
University of California
Sanjay Govindjee
Northwest to relinquish control in Continental alliance
Northwest Airlines agrees to sell controlling stake in Continental Airlines reducing voting rights from over 30 percent to 7 percent while preserving veto power on mergers. Alliance extends to 2025, with Northwest to sell about 14 shares for 4130 million and keep 2.6 million Class B shares. The deal ends the antitrust suit pending in Detroit federal court.
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Northwest Airlines
Continental Airlines
U.S Justice Departments
Northwest
Oecur
Justice Department
Detroit
Denise Page Hood
A Couglas Melamed
Justi
Antitrust
Richard Friedman
University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor
Continental
Northw
Delta Air Lines Inc
Air Partners LP
Houston
Continental Aarlis
Stores scramble to hire holiday help
Retailers begin early hiring efforts for seasonal staff amid low unemployment. Executives note demand may exceed supply as stores from Sears to Holiday's Fashions seek incentives, bonuses, and extended labor pools to fill thousand of holiday positions across multiple states.
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Bob Mulligan
Holiday's Fashions
Memphis
Peggy Polter
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears
Holiday'’s
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mulligan
Joanna Treas
SkillPath Seminars
Kansas
Dow stalls after near 11 000 as tech leads slip
Pre election rally lifts the Dow to 10 977.21 with a 159 point gain while technology shares lag. Cisco earnings jitters weigh on tech, Oracle JDS Uniphase slide. Broad gains in Merck Enron Lockheed Morgan contrast with mixed volume and cautious tone ahead of the election.
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Money Fund
Foic
New York
Dow Jones
Cisco Systems
Dow
Wall Street
Larry Wachtel
Prudential Securities
Standard & Poor
Jack Shaughnessy
Advest Inc
Cisco
John Forel
Independence Investment Associates
Oracle
JDS
Merck
Enron
Lockheed Martin
J.P Morgan
New York Stock Exchange
Japan
Germany
Britain
France
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ATK
Ridder
Stephen Calkins
Wayne State University Law School
Federal Trade Commission
Calkins
FirstMerit Business Market Index
HirstMere
Firstmeritcom
Firstmerit. Bank
Ayy
Mehmet Emin Polat
Konya Sanayi Holding
Mult-Millon
Konya
Turkey
Anatolia
Scripps Howard
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