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Date: 08 January 2004
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
Staten Island University Hospital doctor Gilbert Lederman offers to donate to charity guitar he allegedly coerced former Beatle George Harrison into autographing; estate of late Harrison is suing Lederman for breach of privacy and accuses him of making inappropriate comments to press while Harrison was under his care (M)
Date: 08 January 2004
By Joseph Kahn
Joseph Kahn
Chinese police storm offices of newspaper in Guangzhou that reported new SARS case (M)
Date: 08 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Behrman Capital acquires Hunter Defense Technologies Inc, maker of air filters for military and nuclear, biological and chemical filtration systems, for about $90 million (S)
Date: 09 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Footstar shareholder Chapman Capital is interested in leading group to buy company for $8 per share, valuing Footstar at $161 million; Chapman also wants Footstar to replace its chief executive Neele E Stearns Jr (S)
Date: 09 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Barnes & Noble acquires remaining shares of its Internet unit Barnes & Noble.com for about $150 million in cash, raising previous offer by $35 million; unit will become subsidiary of Barnes & Noble (S)
Date: 09 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Biopure, unprofitable biotechnology company developing human blood substitute Hemopure, says Food and Drug Administration has asked for more testing before product can be approved (S)
Date: 09 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MedImmune's chief financial officer Gregory S Patrick resigns; controller Lota S Zoth will be acting chief financial officer (S)
Date: 09 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electronic stock brokerage firm Instinet Group will lay off 185 employees, or 15 percent of its work force, and reduce office space because of its decision to split company's operations (S)
Date: 08 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Monsanto Co says its net loss widened to $97 million in fiscal first quarter ended Nov 30 compared with loss of $18 million year earlier; revenue rose 22 percent, to $1.03 billion (S)
Date: 09 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The America Online unit of Time Warner is selling a dial-up service for $9.95 a month, less than its flagship AOL product, to compete with cheaper Internet providers.