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[ { "title": "e3342_p48", "sents": [ "\"It would have passed with or without Antonio,\" Perata says.", "PARKS BONDS (AB 18): This 1999 bill, the largest successful parks bond in United States history, was mainly the product of a long legislative effort by Boulder City Democratic Assemblyman Fred Keeley to improve state parks.", "But Villaraigosa added the urban element with funding for city parks and forcefully powered it through the Assembly.", "Now part of the statute requires that signs at park construction sites identify it as \"Paid for by the Villaraigosa-Keeley Act.\"", "GRAPHIC: PHOTO: Antonio Villaraigosa admits he's not a detail person, but says he hires aides who are.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: LAWRENCE K. HO Los Angeles Times PHOTO: State Sen. Kevin Murray hugs Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa after the Assembly passed a racial-profiling bill in August.", "In the Capitol, Villaraigosa took advantage of his formidable schmoozing skills.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: Associated Press PHOTO: (Orange County Edition, B6) Antonio Villaraigosa, with state Sen. Kevin Murray, turned his skills as a bipartisan schmoozer into a record of constructive compromise." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "Antonio Villaraigosa", "sents": [ "Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa ( ; born Antonio Ramón Villar Jr.; January 23, 1953) is an American politician who was the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, from 2005 to 2013.", "Before becoming mayor, he was a member of the California State Assembly (1994–2000), where he served as the Democratic leader of the Assembly (1996–98), and the Speaker of the California State Assembly (1998–2000)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3552_p8", "sents": [ "Quake plans to increase its workforce from 70 to about 90 before the end of the year by expanding its operations and sales force.", "The company has raised $48 million in venture capital to date.", "Chris DePuy, a general partner at Bowman Capital and newly appointed Quake director, said his firm first learned about Quake from a referral from Mohr Davidow.", "While he declined to discuss valuation, Mr. DePuy said pricing was influenced by the current performance of fabless semiconductor companies in the stock market, other recent private transactions in the industry, and Quake's progress since it closed its first round.", "Mr. Trepanier said Quake' s valuation increased in this round, but declined to comment further.", "Quake h as no plans at present to raise a third round.", "http: www.quaketech.com new money Biotech Firm Arexis Raises $4.5 Million First Round mail?", "top GOTHENBURG, Sweden (VENTUREWIRE) -- Arexis, a biotechnology company focusing on discovering genetic components of metabolic and inflammatory diseases, said it closed its first round of financing at SEK 48 million ($4.5 million at the end of March." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3049_p20", "sents": [ "http: www.wellogix.com EXP Systems Names New CEO mail?", "top MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- EXP Systems, a provider of enter prise software, said it named Mark Wright as president and CEO.", "Mr. Wright replac es company founder, Mark Benning, in the role of CEO.", "Mr. Wright comes to the company from IBM, where he served as VP of software sales and marketing.", "He also served as executive vice president of worldwide sales for OneChem, an application service provider in the chemical industry.", "Mr. Benning will continue to serve as chairman of the company.", "EXP's product enables custome rs to connect in real time with company agents or industry professionals who c an answer questions and deliver services.", "In March, the company laid off about 25% of its staff, or about 24 employees.", "Before this most recent round of cuts, it laid off 17 people.", "The company is backed by Ask Jeeves, Bessmer Venture Partners, Bowman Capital, CMGI@Ventures, J. & W. Seligman, Maveron, meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Oracle." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3579_p12", "sents": [ "New investor Comdisco and previous investors BancBoston Ventures, Berkshire Partners, and Mayfield Fund, which remains the single largest investor in Clareon, also participated in the financing.", "Clareon also said Technology Crossover Ventures general partner Jake Reynolds has joined its board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for further development of its payment network and for marketing.", "The latest round brings Clareon's total venture capital funding to $45 million.", "http: www.clareon.net o Consumer Behavior Monitor ComScore Raises $30.6 Million RESTON, Va. -- comScore, which monitors and reports on consumer behavior on the Internet, said it raised its second round of funding for $30.6 million.", "The latest round brings the company's total funding to approximately $40 million.", "New investor Lehman Brothers led the round, which includes other new investors Brinson Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Forrester Research, Institutional Venture Partners, and Siebel Systems, as well as previous investors Accel Partners, divine interVentures, and Flatiron Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] }, { "title": "Brinson Partners", "sents": [ "Brinson Partners (later known as UBS Brinson) was an asset management firm focused on providing access for U.S. institutions to global markets.", "The firm was founded by noted investor Gary P. Brinson in the 1980s and established as an independent firm in 1989.", "Brinson was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1994 and became the core of the Swiss bank's asset management business in the U.S." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6231_p27", "sents": [ "React.com shut down in June and retained no staff members.", "Along with Yahoo!, JP Kids is jointly developing Yahooligans!", "as a multiple media franchise for television, film, books and the Internet.", "JP Kids is backed by outside individual investors.", "http: www.jpkids.com http: www.react.com Online Chemical Exchange ChemConnect Buys Chem Brokerage UCB SAN FRANCISCO -- ChemConnect, an Internet exchange for chemicals, plastics, and industrial gases, said it has acquired United States petrochemical broker Universal Chemical Brokerage (UCB).", "UCB brokers may now provide online and offline brokering services through ChemConnect's exchange, while UCB clients will have the option of posting their own buy and sell offers.", "ChemConnect is funded by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Weiss, Peck & Greer, CMEA Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, and Vulcan Ventures.", "UCB is self-financed.", "http: www.chemconnect.com PentaSafe Acquires Security Policy Firm Baseline Software HOUSTON -- PentaSafe Security Technologies, which provides software for IT auditing and security management companies, said it will acquire Baseline Software, publisher of an information security policy guide, for an undisclosed sum." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Highland Capital Partners", "sents": [ "Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai.", "Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies.", "Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Handy, Lululemon Athletica, Lycos, Malwarebytes, MapQuest, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, VistaPrint, Turbonomic, and WePay.", "Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level.", "They also help run a program for early stage security companies to explore their ideas and obtain customers called Cybersecurity Factory." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19423_p5", "sents": [ "+Media Convergence: When Will it Really be Available to the Masses?", "+Data Storage: Startups and VCs on the Hype versus the Real Opportunity +Birth, Life, Death, and the Afterlife in Biotechnology Participants will also be able to see innovation in action at the EdgeXpo Technology Fair, which will provide hands-on access to some of the newest technologies on the market today.", "The gadgets include the wireless technology currently being used at Giants games; MEMS technology; and interactive webcast technology.", "The current exhibitors list for EdgeXpo are: +C Technologies +Candescent Technologies +Identix +Motorola +Motion Sense +Wideray +Xora, Inc.", "Participants are encouraged to bring their handhelds to the event because the conference will be using WideRay's patented wireless technology to broadcast conference details to attendees.", "- THE SECOND OF SIX NEW FACULTY PROFILES: CHRIS HENNESSY JOINS FINANCE GROUP Christopher Hennessy joined the Finance faculty this fall fresh from Princeton University where he received his Ph.D. and served as a lecturer in Fall 2000. His research interests include how businesses are financed and how that affects decision making." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Princeton University", "sents": [ "Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.", "Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.", "The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later, where it was renamed Princeton University in 1896." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2855_p22", "sents": [ "Saudi Arabia invited international oil companies in October 1998 to participate in proposals for downstream gas projects and upstream gas enhancement.", "-By Dyala Sabbagh; Dow Jones Newswires; 9714 3314260; dyala.sabbagh@dowjones.com -0- 16 05 01 07-07G Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA: Lenders to vote Wed on cancelling Enron India deal-paper.", "05 16 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, May 16 (Reuters) - Lenders to U.S.-based Enron Corp's troubled Dabhol Power Company (DPC) will vote on Wednesday on whether the company should issue a notice to cancel its contract to sell electricity to India's Maharashtra state, a business daily said.", "Business Standard said the 25 lenders to DPC will most probably back the proposal to terminate the agreement, which has spoiled relations between India and its largest foreign investor and cast a shadow over future foreign investment in India's power sector.", "\"It is almost a foregone conclusion that DPC will be asked to issue its termination notice,\" the paper said in an unsourced report." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p64", "sents": [ "The two consultants, Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani, both veterans of the Clinton-Gore White House and political campaigns, had been hired in May und er a $30,000-a month state contract.", "Republicans complained that Davis was using state money to finance politica l operatives.", "Fabiani left the payroll earlier under pressure; Lehane left th is month.", "Power firms amp up lobbying Politics: Edison spends $5.5 million to gain support for bailout to prevent bankruptcy.", "July 31, 2001 By KIMBERLY KINDY and HANH KIM QUACH The Orange County Register SACRAMENTO Edison International has spent more than $5.5 million this year to enlist residents and stockholders to lobby the Legislature to bail out its subsidiary Southern California Edison and save it from bankruptcy, reports released Monday show.", "The latest financial disclosure statements show that energy companies continue to spend millions of dollars to influence the Legislature.", "Meals, campaign contributions and tickets to sporting events continue to flow to lawmakers and their staffs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Chris Lehane", "sents": [ "Christopher Stephen \"Chris\" Lehane (born June 2, 1967) is an American political consultant and crisis communications expert who has served as a lawyer, spokesperson and expert in opposition research for the Clinton White House, Democratic candidates for public office and various business, Labor, entertainment and professional sports organizations.", "A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, he was a lawyer and spokesperson in the Clinton White House where he and his current business partner Mark Fabiani were called the \"Masters of Disaster\" by Newsweek magazine for their part in a \"rapid-response\" team employed to respond to the increasing number of investigations of the Clinton Administration.", "In 2012, Lehane co-authored a book on damage control titled \"Masters of Disaster\" published by Palgrave, MacMillan's academic imprint.", "He also wrote and produced the film \"Knife Fight\", a political satire acquired by IFC and released in January 2013.", "As of August 2015, Lehane serves as the Head of Global Policy and Public Affairs for home-sharing startup Airbnb." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26636_p7", "sents": [ "In addition, Enron entered into share settled costless collar arrangements with the Ent ities on the 12 million shares of Enron common stock.", "Such transactions wil l be accounted for as equity transactions when settled.", "Enron received a $6 .5 million note receivable from the Entities to terminate share-settled opt ions on 7.1 million shares of Enron common stock.", "The transactions resulted in noncash increases to noncurrent assets and equity.\"", "Reading Enron's financial statements can make \"you kind of step back and sa y, `What?'\"", "says Jeff Dietert, the analyst at Simmons.", "Enron faces challenges beyond just financial opaqueness.", "It is owed $500 mi llion for power delivered to California's troubled utilities -- a much bigg er unpaid tab than analysts originally believed.", "In India, Enron is having difficulty getting paid for electricity from its 65%-owned, $3-billion Dabh ol power project because of a dispute with government officials over power prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3787_p4", "sents": [ "The new firm is raising a new fund of $100 million.", "According to Veijo Huusko, vice president of RPI's Stockholm wireless division, the merger between the firms took place about three weeks ago.", "Th e new firm, which has offices in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, will offer executive search, management consulting, and investme nt and advisory services as well as venture capital financing to startups in such areas as wireless communications.", "The firm is also opening an office in the San Francisco area, Mr. Huusko said.", "Mr. Huusko also said the firm is raising a new venture fund on the order of $100 million.", "The fund is expect ed to close by the end of the year, with the initial closing taking place arou nd September.", "inVentures has traditionally invested in early-stage companies in the business-to-business and wireless applications spaces.", "http: www.redwoodpartners.com Design Chain Firm ChipData Seals $23M in Second Round RICHARDSON, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- ChipData, which develops electron ic design automation software, said it closed its second round at $23 million with funding from Trinity Ventures, EDS Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners, and Sevin Rosen Funds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p6", "sents": [ "ChipData also said it has signed business alliances with Cadence, Tibco, Mentor Graphics, and Nissei Sanyo, among others.", "In April 2000, ChipData raised $10 million in first-round funding from CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest, and Sevin Rosen.", "http: www.chipdata.com Crosspoint's Lisbonne Joins Matrix Partners MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Matrix Partners, a venture capit al firm, said it named Bob Lisbonne as a general partner.", "Mr. Lisbonne, a partner wi th Crosspoint Venture Partners since 1999, will join Matrix later this month.", "Last November, Crosspoint Venture Partners said it postponed its ninth fund which had commitments totaling over $1 billion, citing market conditions.", "A t the time, Crosspoint said it had enough money in its $854 million 2000 fund to finance a few new companies, but would mainly focus on bringing its existing portfolio companies to profitability.", "Earlier this week, VentureWi re reported that Matrix has closed its seventh fund with $1 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10584_p12", "sents": [ "He pointed to one San Diego-area agency, the Valley Center Municipal Water District, that plans to increase its water rates 25% on Feb. 1, and another 25% on April 1. The district mainly supplies water to avocado growers, some of whom are saying them may be forced out of business because of the rate increases, Smith said.", "ACWA also is looking at reducing power costs to its members by picking a new wholesale supplier of electricity to replace AES Corp. (AES).", "Finalists are said to include Enron Corp. (ENE) and a joint consortium of Coral Energy, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell (RD) and New West, an energy service supplier owned by Salt River Project, one of the nation's largest publicly owned energy businesses.", "Microturbines are primarily fueled by natural gas and can generate from 25 kilowatts to 600 kilowatts of electricity a day.", "They also run on propane, diesel fuel, kerosene, landfill gas and waste and water treatment gases." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Salt River Project", "sents": [ "The Salt River Project (SRP) is the umbrella name for two separate entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an agency of the state of Arizona that serves as an electrical utility for the Phoenix metropolitan area, and the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, a utility cooperative that serves as the primary water provider for much of central Arizona.", "It is one of the primary public utility companies in Arizona." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5091_p2", "sents": [ "The firm also expects to bring on additional personnel and invest in several more satellite funds over the next two months.", "http: www.stpaulvc.com Incubator Idealab!", "Pulls Initial Public Offering PASADENA, Calif. -- idealab!, which develops and funds online businesses, said it will postpone its initial public offering.", "The company cited market volatility as the deciding factor in pulling the IPO.", "Idealab!", "chairman and CEO Bill Gross said in a statement, \"We have a solid financial foundation.", "We understand the measurements and criteria that the public markets demand.\"", "A number of idealab!", "portfolio companies have had difficulties recently, including fundraising problems and layoffs.", "Shortly before it filed for its IPO, idealab!", "raised a $1 billion Series D round in March.", "Investors in the firm include BancBoston Capital, Dell Computer, Hikari Tsushin, Ignition Corp., Investor AB, Kline Hawkes & Co., Petersen Properties, Sumitomo, T. Rowe Price Associates,24 7 Media, and entities affiliated with Moore Capital Management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 11 ] }, { "title": "Moore Capital Management", "sents": [ "Moore Capital Management LLC is an American hedge fund sponsor-owned by its employees.", "It was founded in 1989 by American billionaire Louis Moore Bacon.", "In 2011, MCM's largest funds were the $7.4 billion Moore Global Investment Fund, and the $4.6 billion Moore Macro Managers Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Doncaster", "sents": [ "Doncaster ( or ), is a large market town in South Yorkshire, England.", "Together with its surrounding suburbs and settlements, the town forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which had a mid-2016 est.", "population of 306,400 .", "The town itself has a population of 109,805.", "Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Doncaster is about 17 mi north-east of Sheffield, with which it is served jointly by an international airport, Doncaster Sheffield Airport in Finningley.", "In recent years, it was also discovered that Doncaster belongs to Scotland by technicality in light of ancient agreements laid out in the Treaty of Durham, but this is not formally administered.", "The Doncaster Urban Area had a population of 158,141 in 2011 and includes Doncaster and neighbouring small villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e27021_p52", "sents": [ "Chief Executive Dietmar Kuhnt, whose Thames Water purchase last year was the No.", "2 cross-border European utilities takeover, wants to take the company beyond the German power market, where growth is limited and increasing competition hurt earnings.", "Enron May Buy U.K. Coal Mine From Liquidator, FT Reports 2001-08-24 01:34 (New York) London, Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp. of the U.S., the top energy trader, may buy Hatfield colliery, near Doncaster, northern England, which went into liquidation on Aug. 13, the Financial Times reported, citing an unidentified person close to the situation.", "The mine was due to be capped and abandoned on Tuesday, but on Wednesday the U.K. government agreed to provide a 200,000- pound ($290,000) grant to keep the shafts ventilated and drained for four weeks, the newspaper said.", "Hatfield Coal Co., the private company that owned the mine, went into liquidation after failing to obtain loans needed to increase output, the FT said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Barclays", "sents": [ "Barclays PLC is a British multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in London.", "It is a universal bank with global reach, offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management.", "It has operations in over 40 countries and employs approximately 120,000 people.", "Barclays is organised into four core businesses: Personal & Corporate (Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Wealth & Investment Management), Barclaycard, Investment Banking and Africa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e19601_p35", "sents": [ "If the company fails to complete a deal ahead of Friday's crucial meeting, it will need to persuade the banks to extend credit lines, as it battles to shore up confidence among investors and its trading counterparties.", "The banks with the greatest exposure to Enron include Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Barclays.", "Off-balance sheet vehicles affiliated to Enron have $8-$9bn in debt.", "Enron itself is carrying $12.8bn in debt.", "The company has been under increasing pressure since October 16, when it disclosed a surprise balance sheet adjustment that only exacerbated concerns about a lack of transparency at the energy trading group.", "Enron is the principal in a quarter of all electricity and natural gas trades in the US.", "On Wednesday, the company did not immediately return calls seeking comment.", "Enron's share price had lost 21.92 per cent of its value by midday on Wednesday, and was trading at $7.55, drastically down from a 52-week high of $84.87. \"What we have here is a run on the bank by equity investors,\" said John Olson, vice-president of research at Sanders Morris Harris, an investment banking and securities firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6692_p30", "sents": [ "\"What we have found is that the deeper you dig into this deal, the worse it looks.", "It's beginning to be pattern.\"", "Casey Gwinn, the San Diego city attorney, also criticized the belated revelation that SDG&E stands to earn substantial sums under the contracts.", "Gwinn had said that SDG&E's customers should receive the benefit s from the deals.", "\"All of this should have been disclosed,\" said Gwinn, who added that it was impossible to determine the full profit SDG&E had made fr om certain power purchase agreements.", "Ed Van Herik, a spokesman for SDG&E, reiterated the position yesterday that profit from the contracts belongs to the company's shareholders.", "Van Herik declined to comment about terms of th e power sales to the state.", "The contracts, which were signed several years ago, allow SDG&E to buy relatively low-priced power.", "The utility has made money by reselling that power at a higher price." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5, 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e2319_p2", "sents": [ "But participation in those programs has dropped sharply because of repeated power interruptions.", "SDG&E's \"interruptible\" program represents 49 megawatts of demand, half of what it was in October, spokesman Ed Van Herik said.", "The new SDG&E program, which must be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, would kick in whenever Cal-ISO declares a Stage 3 emergency, indicating that power reserves are down to 1.5% of demand and that rolling blackouts are imminent.", "SDG&E hopes to sign up 50 megawatts of backup generation, representing about 40 large commercial and industrial customers, but believes customers capable of generating a total of 200 megawatts may be eligible for the program, Van Herik said.", "\"We found a lot of customers are interested in this program,\" he said.", "\"This is an opportunity for San Diego to become involved.\"", "During a Stage 3 order, program participants would be asked to start their backup generators and then reduce the electricity they receive from SDG&E by the same amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dennis Hollingsworth", "sents": [ "Dennis Clark Hollingsworth (born January 12, 1967 in Hemet, California) is an American politician who represented California's 36th State Senate district, which includes portions of San Diego and Riverside County, from 2002 to 2010.", "In 2000, Hollingsworth was elected to the Legislature as a member of the Assembly, and in 2002, Hollingsworth was elected to the Senate.", "Hollingsworth served as the California State Senate Minority Leader from 2008 until he termed out of the Senate in 2010.", "Hollingsworth's political focus included advancing conservative principles and transparency." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2665_p40", "sents": [ "You'll see it again and again.\"", "In coming months, politics may further complicate the debate.", "In Washington, the task force developing a national energy strategy--headed by Vice President Dick Cheney--is reportedly weighing a mo ve to give federal authorities the power of eminent domain to acquire private land for new electrical transmission lines.", "And in Sacramento, Assemblyman Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta) has proposed a bill that would require state energy officials and utilities to use public land for transmission lines before they would be allowed to acquire private property.", "That bill, which awaits votes in two Assembly committees in coming weeks, targets not only future transmission lines but the proposed line in southern Riverside County, Hollingsworth said.", "\"I object to the fact that private property is looked at as the path of least resistance,\" he said.", "In Riverside County, community leaders say they have a series of concerns about the SDG&E proposal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20247_p58", "sents": [ "California took over purchasing power for customers of the utilities in January as plunging credit ratings made it impossible for them to buy power in the wholesale market.", "The state has been seeking to make SCE creditworthy again so it can resume purchasing power on behalf of its customers.", "SCE, based in Rosemead, Calif., has some 11 million customers while San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric has around 13 million.", "Enron must give documents to Calif. lawmakers-judge.", "09 06 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Enron Corp. must turn over sensitive financial documents to a state Senate committee probing charges of price gouging during the state's energy crisis, a California judge ruled on Thursday.", "But Sacramento Superior Court Judge Charles Kobayashi also ruled lawmakers must provide Enron with a confidentiality agreement, saying he was not convinced the committee would respect the firm's right to maintain proprietary secrets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e826_p5", "sents": [ "Timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries, which operates four biomass plants that produce power for PG&E, obtained a temporary restraining order in Sacramento Superior Court that says Sierra Pacific is not required to sell its power to PG&E.", "The ruling means PG&E and Southern Edison could lose power as alternative energy generators, fed up with months of nonpayment, sue to be able to sell their comparatively cheap product elsewhere, including outside the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9403_p12", "sents": [ "Telephone 212-741-5106 x21. o IP Unity Raise $12 Million in Series B from Kleiner Perkins MILIPITAS, Calif. -- IP Unity, which develops voice infrastructure technologies for networks, said it raised $12 million in its Series B round of funding from sole investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.", "The company had raised its initial funding from Battery Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.", "The two initial investors did not invest in the second round in order for Kleiner Perkins to take an equivalent 20% equity stake in the company.", "The investment gives IP Unity a valuation of $60 million.", "Battery Ventures and New Enterprise Associates, who had each received a 30% stake, now hold 20% of IP Unity.", "Vinod Khosla, a general partner with Kleiner Perkins and board member of Juniper Networks, Redback, and QWEST Communications, will take a seat on the company's board of directors as a result of the Kleiner Perkins investment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "Vinod Khosla", "sents": [ "Vinod Khosla (Gurmukhi: ਵਿਨੋਦ ਖੋਸਲਾ; born 28 January 1955) is an Indian American engineer and businessman.", "Khosla is listed by Forbes magazine as a billionaire.", "Khosla made his early fortune as one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems, where he was the founding CEO and chairman in the early 1980s.", "In 2010, Khosla became involved in a legal dispute after preventing public access to Martins Beach over his property." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11260_p2", "sents": [ "Two legislators, Sen. Jim Battin, R-Palm Desert, and Assemblyman Fred Keeley, D-Boulder Creek, said they introduced legislation that sharply reduces the prices paid to small generators after weeks of difficult negotiations.", "\"Ultimately, this bill will reduce the cost of energy to the state and its ratepayers by billions of dollars,\" said Battin, who represents eastern San Diego County.", "About half of the small generators use \"renewable\" technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal and biomass.", "The rest is \"co-generation,\" when fuel is used for industrial purposes and electricity is generated as a by-product.", "The small generators have grown to produce nearly a third of California's power under a two-decade-old federal \"qualifying facilities\" program, which requires utilities to buy their power.", "Battin and Keeley said that under the bill, SB 47X, the average price for these QF contracts could drop from the current 17 cents per kilowatt-hour to about 8 to 8.5 cents per kilowatt-hour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Jim Battin", "sents": [ "James Franklin Battin (born July 28, 1962 in Billings, Montana) is a former California State Senator for District 37, which includes much of Riverside County in the inland part of Southern California.", "Prior to serving in the State Senate, Battin served in the California State Assembly from 1994 until 2000.", "Battin was term limited from the Senate in 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9245_p3", "sents": [ "The round was co-led by Reuters Venture Capital, the investment arm of Reuters Group, and Atlas Venture Partners.", "Other investors in the round include Wit Capital Group, and Advance.Net, an investment arm of Advanced Publications, parent company of Conde Nast.", "The company said the funding will be used to further develop technology, fund deals with search engines, develop multilingual products, and expand the company's US office.", "David Lockwood, co-chief executive officer of Reuters Venture Capital, Ed Sim, of Wit Capital Group, and Jeff Jarvis, of Advance.Net, will all take seats on the company's board of directors as a result of the funding.", "The company raised its seed funding from investors including Atlas Venture Partners, Richard Carter, of Chase Capital Partners, and executives from Amazon.com.", "http: www.moreover.com eToys Acquires eParties For $1.6 Million in Stock SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- eParties, a party-goods and planning site, was acquired by eToys in a stock acquisition valued at $1.6 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p4", "sents": [ "New investors in the round include Deutsce Bank eVentures, GIC Special Investments, the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, and Compagnie Financiere Saint Honore, the holding company for the Benamin de Rothschild Group in France.", "The investments by these three firms comprise over 50% of the most recent round of funding.", "Previous investors who participated in the round include Apax Partners, Bridgemont, Europ@web, GE Equity, Intel Capital, Moran Stanley Dean Witter, Reuters Venture Capital, and Viventures.", "The company said it will use the funding for expansion in the United States and Europe and to explore market opportunities in the Pacific Rim.", "http: www.imediation.com Spirent Acquires Voice Testing Developer For $403 Million CRAWLEY, England -- Spirent, a publicly-traded developer and provider of network infrastructure and testing technologies, said it acquired Zarak Systems, a Sunnyvale, California-based company, for GBP 284 million ($403 million).", "Zarak Systems designs and manufactures communications test equipment focused on the generation and switching of voice traffic." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4485_p7", "sents": [ "A 700-megawatt plant proposed for a desert area is mired down in a regulatory morass.", "However, Duke Energy North America, which purchased several state power plants in 1998, expects to invest more than $1 billion to build and expand power plants in California over the next four years.", "Sempra's Plans Sempra has its own view of the escalating imbroglio.", "Baum wants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to determine if the power market is being manipulated and then step in if necessary and set wholesale energy prices.", "He also believes utilities, with Public Utility Commission approval, should install time-of-use meters throughout the state so customers could control their own power load.", "Baum also suggests that the Public Utility Commission allow SDGOto purchase futures contracts for its customers.", "Baum wants the authority to aggregate SDGOcustomers (if they choose) into one \"market\" to get a better price.", "Meanwhile, he's hoping the controversy won't derail Sempra's business plans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p241", "sents": [ "Zeller of the Blue Ridge group said it's unlikely the Savannah River project, if completed, can be confined to the two North Carolina plants Duke says it now has in mind for MOX fuel.", "\"It's absurd for anyone to believe this plutonium factory at Savannah River is for just those reactors,\" she said.", "\"These are the first phase.", "Others will be slated for weapons-grade plutonium.", "Where?", "Nobody knows.", "Every state with a nuclear power plant better be interested.\"", "-- Duke Exerts Energy in Business and Politics -- About the company: Duke Energy is a multinational energy company composed of 14 operating units.", "It entered California July 1, 1998, with Duke Energy North America's purchase of 2,645 megawatts of production from PG&E.", "Duke generates 3,450 megawatts in Oakland, Moss Landing (Monterey County), Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo County) and Chula Vista (San Diego County), accounting for about 5 percent of the state's electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27953_p3", "sents": [ "Other investors included new investor Wheatley Partners, and previous investors Star, Austin Ventures, Rho Management Trust, Crown Advisors International, Azure Capital Partners, Sycamore, Bowman Capital Management, and J. & W. Seligman.", "The round, a down round, was completed in September.", "No new board members were added to the seven member board.", "The company is in negotiations about filling open seats as well as the possibility of raising a fifth round targeting $10 million.", "The company will use the funds to develop its existing products and begin producing new products.", "The company said the funding, combined with existing capital, will last more than two years.", "<http: www.chorumtech.com * Encorp Closes $38.1 Million Series D, Names New CEO By Michelle Tsai <mailto:tsai@venturewire.com top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QLPMJQPMII WINDSOR, COLO. -- Encorp, a provider of products and services for the power-technology sector, has closed $38.1 million in Series D financing and appointed Dennis Orwig as chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 6 ] }, { "title": "e3228_p6", "sents": [ "Additionally, Mr. Murphy joins as the ninth member of th e company's board, which includes Vinod Khosla and Raymond J. Lane of Kleiner Perkins and Matthew Cowan of Bowman Capital.", "To date, Asera has raised approximately $175 million in funding from investors including AC Ventures, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Bowman Capital Management, BP Amoco, Capital Research Management, Cisco Systems, Crescendo Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Eastman Chemical, GE Capital Equity Group, Integral Capital Partners, Intel Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and others.", "http: www.asera.com Groove Networks Cuts 8%; Will Target Larger Clients mail?", "top BEVERLY, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Groove Networks, which provides peer-to-peer and peer-to-Web software and services, said it cut 19 people, or 8% of its staff, on Monday as the company restructures to focus more on direct sales opportunities.", "Groove also said it was going to be targeting more large enterprise clients and moving away from focusing on small- and medium-sized business clients." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4540_p2", "sents": [ "\"It's only going to get better and better and more refined.\"", "11 19 1999 Daily Variety Page 6 Copyright 1999 Variety, Inc.", "The first streaming Webisode of ABC laffer \"The Drew Carey Show\" from Warner Bros. Online attracted nearly 2 million visits, capturing more viewers online Wednesday night than most cable programming.", "Warner Bros. Online also said Thursday it has inked a pact with actor Chris O'Donnell to begin producing original content for its upcoming entertainment hub Entertaindom, sometime in the next year.", "While watching \"Carey's\" regularly scheduled TV show on ABC, Netizens also used Microsoft's Windows Media Player to watch what happens inside Carey's house when he's at work, including Ed McMahon failing to find Carey to hand him a $1 million check, and dogs and ghosts throwing a bash inside the house.", "Warner Bros. is using the Webcast to tease its new online streaming video venture Entertaindom, which officially bows Nov. 29. Its event slate includes a weeklong Netcast of the new Metallica album." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Warner Bros.", "sents": [ "Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (previously incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. and colloquially known as Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Pictures) is an American entertainment company that is a division of Time Warner and is headquartered in Burbank, California.", "It is one of the \"Big Six\" major American film studios." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pacific News Service", "sents": [ "Pacific News Service (PNS) is an American nonprofit media organization founded in 1969 by historian and sociologist Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell, author, journalist and former Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, located in Berkeley, California.", "It is an alternative-news source." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3153_p69", "sents": [ "And most of those polled said Bush is not doing enough to address those problems.", "At the same time, most said energy companies have too much influence over the administration's energy polices, an argument Democrats raise.", "One in five said the Bush administration deserves a great deal of blame for the energy problems; 28% put a great deal of that blame on the Clinton administration.", "LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2001 22 of 85 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 News World Communications, Inc.", "The Washington Times May 22, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition SECTION: PART A; NATION; INSIDE POLITICS; Pg.", "A6 LENGTH: 1242 words BYLINE: Greg Pierce; THE WASHINGTON TIMES BODY: FIRST HISPANIC PRESIDENT \"Some years ago, the novelist Toni Morrison, in a Time essay, proclaimed Bill Clinton America's first black president,\" Richard Rodriguez writes in an op-ed piece in the New York Times.", "\"Leaving aside the affront to American blacks that Ms. Morrison's conceit carries today, it might be useful to regard George Bush as America's first Hispanic president,\" said Mr. Rodriguez, an editor with Pacific News Service." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2074_p0", "sents": [ "'UK: UPDATE 1-Scot Power in talks to buy Portland-sources Reuters, 04 30 01 India State Panel Set Up To Rework Dahbol Power Pact Dow Jones, 04 30 01 SURVEY - ENERGY & UTILITY REVIEW: US edges closer to new energy policy Financial Times, 04 30 01 SURVEY - ENERGY & UTILITY REVIEW: Move to build a stronger base on alternative cleaner power Financial Times, 4 30 01 BRAZIL: UPDATE 1-Petrobras to buy Enron stakes in Brazil gas firms Reuters, 04 30 01 Petrobras to Buy Enron's Stake in CEG, CEG-Rio Gas Distributors Bloomberg, 04 30 01 Brazil Petrobras CEG -2: Price Tag Seen About $200 Mln Bloomberg, 04 30 01 Brazil Petrobras Seen Paying $240M For CEG Stake Dow Jones, 04 30 01 Brazil's Petrobras Agrees to Buy Enron's Stake in Natural Gas Distributor CEG Dow Jones, 04 30 01 Brazil Petrobras To Buy Enron's Stake In Gas Co CEG Dow Jones, 04 30 01 Foreign bids for Saudi gas projects passed on to Fahd's petroleum council Agence France-Presse, 04 30 01 UK: FACTBOX-LME membership changes over last 15 years Reuters, 04 30 01 GOLDEN TRIANGLE RESOURCES NL: Progress Report - Other (Part B Section 02 Of 02) Australian Stock Exchange Company Announcements, 04 30 01 eZoka adds up for SMEs M2 Presswire, 04 30 01 Atlantic Quay Watch Bloomberg, 04 30 01 UK: UPDATE 1-Scot Power in talks to buy Portland-sources By Andrew Callus 04 30 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Scottish Power Plc has held talks with Enron Corp about buying its Portland, Oregon-based power utility Portland General, a good geographic fit for the British group's existing United States arm PacifiCorp, industry sources said on Monday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5031_p9", "sents": [ "Wendy was a pastry chef for ten years before coming to Haas.", "She also worked for the Boston New York AIDS ride from 1997 to 2000. On the home front, she reports that she has a dog named Ethel.", "She can be reached at 510-642-3235 or via e-mail at wpeter@haas.berkeley.edu.", "Her office is in S520. HAAS IN THE NEWS Severin Borenstein, the E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration and the director of University of California Energy Institute, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on October 16. In \"Apparent Deal for Chevron to Buy Texaco,\" Borenstein commented that the increased consolidation in the refining business should raise alarm bells at the Federal Trade Commission.", "Borenstein was on KRON TV on October 15. He discussed oil gasoline and the electricity deregulation situation.?", "Borenstein said that California electricity markets are not as competitive as they need to be.", "He also dispelled the myth that the growth in electricity demand is being driven by Internet or computer use (which accounts for only about 2% of electricity demand, not the 8-13% that the media sometimes report)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e490_p8", "sents": [ "After raking in billions of dollars for their companies last year, the energy traders are emerging as the first business hotshots of the new millennium.", "\"They are extremely good at what they do,\" said Severin Borenstein, director of the University of California at Berkeley's energy institute.", "\"There are guys on Wall Street that spend all their time doing extremely complex calculations on bond yields and figuring out how to make the most money on the spreads.", "These traders (at the power companies) are doing the same thing with the energy market.\"", "As they become more sophisticated, the power marketers are moving much of their muscle online, where they are proving more adept at e-business than most of Silicon Valley's fallen Internet companies.", "Enron handles much of its trading business on a Web site launched in November 1999. The company describes Enrononline.com as the world's biggest e-commerce site, based on the completion of 548,000 transactions, totaling $336 billion, with 3,000 customers in 2000. Following Enron's lead, Duke, Reliant and another major California generator, Mirant Corp., banded together with Wall Street investment banks Goldman Sachs and Dean Witter Morgan Stanley to launch IntercontinentalExchange.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alaska Airlines", "sents": [ "Alaska Airlines is an American airline based in the Seattle metropolitan area of the state of Washington.", "The company was founded in 1932 as McGee Airways, offering flights from Anchorage, Alaska.", "Alaska Airlines has flights to more than one hundred destinations in the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba and Mexico.", "The airline is a major air carrier and, along with its sister airlines Horizon Air and Virgin America, is part of the Alaska Air Group.", "The airline has been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for ten consecutive years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10632_p2", "sents": [ "Baggage may be checked at the ticket counter, or, where available, via an Instant Travel Machine or at curbside.", "Please have this document or your confirmation code available.", "Check in at an Instant Travel Machine and we will add 500 bonus miles to your Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan account.", "It's fast and easy!", "For locations and to learn more visit http: www2.alaskaair.com it IT.asp.", "Reserved seats will be held for you until 20 minutes before departure time (40 minutes for international flights).", "To accommodate everyone wishing to travel on your flight, you must be in your confirmed seat at least 10 minutes before scheduled departure (30 minutes for international flights).", "This will ensure that your reservations are not canceled.", "Picture identification, such as a drivers license or passport, is required to board the aircraft.", "For Canada and Mexico, proof of citizenship is required.", "CHANGE OF PLANS We're available 24 hours a day to assist you; simply give us a call at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522) for Alaska Airlines or at 1-800-547-9308 for Horizon Air." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Natural Resources Defense Council", "sents": [ "The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit international environmental pressure group, with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing, China.", "Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 2.4 million members, online activities nationwide, and a staff of about 500 lawyers, scientists and other policy experts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6082_p27", "sents": [ "The state's new energy purchasing department has spent zero on renewable generation.", "David Freeman, the governor's energy czar, giving lip service to alternatives, has negotiated close to $50 billion in long-term contracts with fossil fuel generators.", "By comparison, the governor has authorized investment of only $13 million in expanding solar generation.", "Photovoltaic cells produce electricity directly from the sun's energy, offering a clean, efficient solution to the state's future peak energy demand.", "While the governor talks a lot about energy efficiency, the state's funding of demand programs is about 1 percent of the funding for supply.", "Most egregious, the vast majority of state energy efficiency money is funneled back to the utilities.", "While environmentalists deride the Bush administration proposals, in California organizations such as the Natural Resources Defense Council actively support Davis' fossil fuel energy policy.", "The Davis energy policy has stuck California with the same old electric system for at least the next decade." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tribolet", "sents": [ "Tribolet was an obscure troubadour, known only for one song, the obscene \"Us fotaires que no fo amoros\".", "The song's rubric was read as \"t'bolet\" by , who identified its composer as Tremoleta, but Alfred Jeanroy suggested the reading \"Tribolet\", which is widely accepted.", "He also suggested that the composition attributed to him is a parody of a piece now lost.", "The song is preserved in one chansonnier (\"G\", folio 128) dating from the final third of the thirteenth century, the same period in which the song may have been written." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e24897_p0", "sents": [ "'I'll give you a call and fax you some materials that Edison uses to justify their position.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Belden, Tim Sent: Wed 10 24 2001 8:38 AM To: Dasovich, Jeff Cc: Subject: RE: Conversation with Edison re: Getting Negative CTC Paid I don't understand the netting that you are referring to.", "Does it mean that they will pay negative ctc's up to some just and reasonable amount and anything above the j&r level will be paid out when all of the other people are paid.", "How do they define the \"ESP's share of the undercollection?\"", "--Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:02 PM To: Shapiro, Richard; Steffes, James D.; Mellencamp, Lisa; Tribolet, Michael; Sanders, Richard B.; Kean, Steven J.; Sharp, Vicki; Smith, Mike; Williams, Robert C.; Curry, Wanda; Swain, Steve; Huddleson, Diann; Calger, Christopher F.; Belden, Tim; Dietrich, Janet Subject: Conversation with Edison re: Getting Negative CTC Paid I talked to John Fielder (SVP Edison) about setting up a meeting for Barry Tycholiz with Edison's CFO about hedging Edison's QF price risk." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9027_p31", "sents": [ "Mr. Bay is a private venture capital investor and advisor to early stage technology companies.", "He most recently served as vice president of Microsoft's digital media division.", "Mr. Bay also served as general manager of Microsoft's commercial systems division.", "BroadStream provides real-time reports for the streaming media industry.", "The company's investors include Change Technology and Eastwest.", "http: www.broadstream.com Capital Marketplace Firm Round1 Names its Leadership mail this story?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Round1, a financial marketplace services provider, named its top management.", "Company co-founder James A. Cohan will serve as the chairman of the company's board of directors.", "Mr. Cohan previously co-founded and was CFO of Andromedia and held positions with Chase Securities and JP Morgan Securities.", "The company said James A. Casella is its chief executive officer and vice chairman of the board.", "Mr. Cascella is the former CEO of PennNet, where he remains a director, and was an executive with International Data Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 9, 10 ] }, { "title": "International Data Group", "sents": [ "International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) is a Chinese-owned, American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization.", "IDG evolved from International Data Corporation (IDC) which was founded in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts, by Patrick Joseph McGovern.", "IDC provides market research and advisory services and is now a subsidiary of IDG." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Crocker Art Museum", "sents": [ "The Crocker Art Museum, formerly the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery is the longest continuously-operating art museum in the West.", "Located in Sacramento, California, the Museum hosts one of the state’s premier collections of Californian art.", "The collection contains works dating from the Gold Rush to the present day, a collection of master drawings, European paintings, one of the largest international ceramics collections in the U.S. and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11062_p8", "sents": [ "But their work was at times interrupted by discussions about the energy crisis.", "That night, Mr. Lindsey arrived and briefed the president on his meeting with Mr Sperling.", "On Inauguration Day, Mr. Bush received a congratulatory call from Californi a Gov.", "Gray Davis, who had stayed in Sacramento because of the crisis.", "In tha t call, Davis aides say, the Democratic governor made his first direct pitch to Mr. Bush for an extension of the Clinton executive order forcing energy sal es to California utilities.", "While the two men diverge politically, they had worked together on issues affecting border states.", "Last June, Mr. Bush was one of three United States governors who joined six Mexican governors at a dinner hosted by Mr. Davis in Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum.", "Their shared experiences as state leaders made Mr. Bush sympathetic to Mr. Davis's reque st for extra time to get a recovery bill through the state legislature." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dallas", "sents": [ "Dallas ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.", "It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.", "The city's population ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio.", "The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines.", "The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat; however, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.", "According to the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 1,197,816.", "The United States Census Bureau's estimate for the city's population increased to 1,317,929 as of July 1, 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e538_p29", "sents": [ "The Independent System Operator said 10,500 megawatts of power were offline due to maintenance Tuesday and another 2,900 of QF generation remained unavailable.", "The CPUC also ordered Tuesday that the utilities hand over the money they've collected for power through retail rates in order to cover the costs of the state's Department of Water Resources, which has been buying power on their behalf since early this year.", "The commission will discuss the details of the issue at its continuation meeting next Tuesday, Lynch said.", "Myra P. Saefong is a reporter for CBS.MarketWatch.com in San Francisco.", "Hefty payday for Enron's top execs $7 mln bonus for chairman, $5.6 mln to CEO for 2000 By Lisa Sanders, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 5:22 PM ET Mar 27, 2001 DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Enron's ability to continually transform itself has generated strong results for the Houston-based energy company, CEO and President Jeffrey Skilling said Tuesday.", "His remarks, made to members of the Dallas business community attending Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business management briefing series, came on the same day that Enron (ENE: news, msgs, alerts) filed its annual proxy statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sovereign Capital", "sents": [ "Established in 2001, Sovereign Capital Partners LLP is a UK-based private equity specialist, investing in the support service companies in the healthcare services and education & training sectors.", "Sovereign has £650m of funds under management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5050_p31", "sents": [ "http: www.velocitygroup.com Nash, Sells & Partners Changes Name and Raises New Fund LONDON -- Nash, Sells, and Partners, an English venture capital firm, said it is changing its name.", "The company said that the new name of the firm will be Sovereign Capital, beginning November 1. The firm also said it is raising a new fund.", "http: www.nashsells.co.uk VC Personnel o Ignition Names Former NextLink CEO As Managing Director KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Ignition, an investment company designed to fund, mentor, and build wireless startups, said it named Steve Hooper joined the firm full time as managing director and partner.", "Mr. Hooper, who helped found Ignition earlier this year, formerly served as chief executive officer of NextLink Communications, Teledesic, McCaw Cellular Communications, and AT&amp;T Wireless Services.", "Ignition has made three investments in etrieve, UIEvolution, and Avogadro.", "Ignition has also, through its Ignition Venture Fund, made more passive investments in companies including TellMe, Everypath, Nimble, and mDiversity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fred Upton", "sents": [ "Frederick Stephen Upton (born April 23, 1953) is the U.S. Representative for Michigan 's 6 congressional district , serving since 1987.", "He is a member of the Republican Party and former Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.", "The district stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10491_p144", "sents": [ "House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman W.J.", "(Billy) Tauzin (R., La.)", "called the move one of President Bush 's \"best and most exciting selections for his new administration. And new House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R., Mich.) said Mr. Powell was his \"first and only choice to be FCC chairman.", "The Minnesota House Commerce Committee has scheduled a Jan. 29 hearing on Gov.", "Jesse Ventura 's (Ind.)", "telecom legislative proposals, which include imposing a telecom excise tax to subsidize service in \"high-cost and unserved areas of the state.", "Among the efforts the excise tax would fund a re the deployment of high-speed services and creation of a $100 million revolving loan fund to help competitive carriers roll out services.", "The Minnesota Association for Rural Telecommunications says Gov.", "Ventura 's proposals would lead to \"drastically higher rates and stalled technologi cal advancements. The group of independent telcos objects to the governor 's proposals for reducing intrastate access charges." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27514_p10", "sents": [ "Of the 26 people in this group, 20 were required to fill out disclosure forms, but not until roughly four months after they were hired.", "Five of those people owned stock in Calpine -- Constantine Louie, William Mead, Elaine Griffin, Peggy Cheng and Herman Leung.", "After complying with orders to sell their stock, four were dismissed anyway.", "The fifth, Griffin, resigned to take a new job.", "The state also terminated its contract with one long-term negotiator, retired Sacramento municipal utility executive Richard Ferreira, who had purchased Calpine stock the previous year.", "One other trader, Bernard Barretto, reported owning Enron stock but was not terminated because the state wasn't buying from Enron on the spot market, Maviglio said.", "''We had reason to believe from our review that the five who were asked not to return had violated the Political Reform Act or were close to it,'' Maviglio said.", "Department of Water Resources spokesman Oscar Hidalgo went further, saying the department terminated contracts with those traders who appeared to have been involved in official transactions with Calpine." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 6 ] }, { "title": "e6980_p52", "sents": [ "Ferreira could not be reached for comment.", "The governor's office identified the other four as traders William F. Mead, Herman Leung, Constantine Louie and Peggy Cheng, most of whom could not be reached Friday by The Times.", "All of them formerly worked as energy schedulers at the Power Exchange, a now-defunct energy market similar to a stock exchange created in the early days of California's electricity deregulation.", "Hired by the state in February and March, the four signed temporary contracts calling for maximum payments of between $15,000 and $21,000 a month, including living expenses in Sacramento and flights home to Southern California.", "Mead, 55, a former Edison engineer, said state officials never warned him that owning energy stock was a problem until they demanded that he sell the stock a week ago.", "He said he bought nearly all of his shares 2 1 2 years ago for $12,000 and saw its value skyrocket as the stock split three times, doubling in value each time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20092_p0", "sents": [ "'Companies: BG Group Buys Assets in India From Enron U.K. Company Extends Reach at a Bargain Price The Wall Street Journal Europe, 10 04 01 World Watch The Wall Street Journal, 10 04 01 World Business Briefing Europe: Britain: Petroleum Purchase The New York Times, 10 04 01 COMPANIES & FINANCE UK - BG to expand assets in India.", "Financial Times (U.K. edition), 10 04 01 Cisco, Extreme Networks Surge As Technology Stocks Lead Rally The Wall Street Journal, 10 04 01 Enron to sell assets in oil, gas off India Houston Chronicle, 10 04 01 Edison rates to remain high under utility's deal with state Associated Press Newswires, 10 04 01 INDIA PRESS: Enron Unit Defaults On Interest Payment Dow Jones International News, 10 04 01 BG pays Enron pounds 263m for Indian oil and gas The Independent - London, 10 04 01 India: BG India to buy Enron's gas, oil assets Business Line (The Hindu), 10 04 01 Former Enron executive to head homeland security Houston Chronicle, 10 04 01 British Gas to buy Enron's oil, gas assets for $388 m Business Standard, 10 04 01 Companies: BG Group Buys Assets in India From Enron U.K. Company Extends Reach at a Bargain Price By Michael Wang and Sri Jegarajah Dow Jones Newswires 10 04 2001 The Wall Street Journal Europe 5 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LONDON -- BG Group PLC extended its reach in the Indian subcontinent and expanded its exploration and production portfolio with the purchase of the offshore Indian assets of United States energy group Enron Corp. for $388 million (422 million euros)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e6660_p14", "sents": [ "Waxman is also pressing for a Justice Department investigation of Karl Rove over the Bush political strategist's energy-related meetings.", "The White House has acknowledged that Rove participated in meetings on the administration's energy policy while he owned stock in energy companies such as Texas-based Enron Corp.", "The White House has supplied no details on Rove's meetings.", "On the Net: GAO: http: www.gao.gov Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron's Azurix blocks construction of Argentina-Uruguay gas pipeline - report 07 18 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd LA PLATA, Argentina (AFX) - Enron Corp water and sewage unit Azurix Buenos Aires SA has obtained a restraining order against the construction of the Cruz del Sur pipeline under the River Plate from Argentina to Uruguay, the daily El Dia reported.", "Works were paralyzed BG Group PLC, BP Amoco PLC and Bridas Corp joint venture Pan American Energy LLC, BASF AG's Wintershall and Enron Corp and Perez Companc SA's Transportadora Gas del Sur venture Gasoducto Cruz del Sur SA from Punta Lara in Argentina to Colonia, Uruguay, it said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Warner Bros.", "sents": [ "Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (previously incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. and colloquially known as Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Pictures) is an American entertainment company that is a division of Time Warner and is headquartered in Burbank, California.", "It is one of the \"Big Six\" major American film studios." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4540_p4", "sents": [ "O'Donnell has 57,000 fansites on Yahoo!", "GeoCities, alone.", "Warner Bros. will also help steer the official Web presence of O'Donnell's George Street Pictures, which produced \"Bachelor\" and the upcoming CBS telepic \"Miracle on the 17th Green.\"", "O'Donnell said he will produce yet-to-be-determined programming for Entertaindom in the coming year.", "\"I want to begin building a core audience of Internet-based fans today because producing entertainment programming (online) will mean a lot more than making movies in the future,\" O'Donnell said.'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3248_p14", "sents": [ "Yodlee is backed by Accel Partners, AOL Time Warner, Chase Venture Capital Associates, E*Trade Group, GE Capital, Inktomi, Intel, Merrill Lynch, Sequel Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital.", "TECHNOLOGY Pixo Names Noosh Exec Larry Slotnick as Senior Eng.", "VP mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pixo, a developer of software and applications for wireless phones, said it named Larry Slotnick as senior vi ce president of engineering, managing all engineering, product development, an d architecture development.", "Mr. Slotnick previously served as vice president of engineering at Noosh.", "Pixo is backed by Altos Ventures, Bay Partners, ComVentures, and Hikari Tsushin Capital.", "http: www.pixo.com Kasenna Names ON24 Exec Rajiv Puranik Eng.", "VP mail?", "top MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Kasenna, a provider of broadband infrastructure software that enables network service providers, content providers and enterprises to build streaming media networks and application s, said it named Rajiv Puranik vice president of engineering and product development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Pixo", "sents": [ "Pixo was a company that developed infrastructure for hand-held devices.", "It was founded in 1994 when Paul Mercer, a software developer at Apple, left to form his own company.", "The company developed a system software toolkit in C++ for use on cell phones and other hand-held devices.", "They were acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2003." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6026_p46", "sents": [ "Barring Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), all other constituents of the DF are pressing for institution of a judicial inquiry into all the aspects of the agreement signed with Enron.", "NCP has clarified its stance saying it would support a judicial probe into the matter if the Cabinet unanimously takes a decision in this regard.", "However, the Congress is yet to make public its position over the demand for a judicial inquiry.", "The smaller constituents like Peasants' and Workers' Party, Janata Dal-Secular, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and Samajwadi Party, have already threatened to withdraw from the government if their demand for a judicial probe was turned down.", "Meanwhile DPC Wednesday received one week extension from the Mumbai High Court, for the June 26 stay order, which allowed the multinational to move the Supreme Court till July 10. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) 04-07 2001 DPC receives one week extension over HC's July 10 deadline 07 04 2001 Press Trust of India Limited (c) 2001 PTI Ltd. Mumbai, Jul 4 (PTI) US energy major Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) has received one week extension from the Mumbai High Court, for the June 26 stay order, which allowed the multinational to move the Supreme Court of India till July 10. +DPC applied for the extension on Monday on the grounds that it had received the court order copy only that very day (July two) and hence prayed for a two-week extension+, state government sources told PTI here Wednesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Nationalist Congress Party", "sents": [ "The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a centrist nationalist political party in India.", "Its youth wing is the Nationalist Youth Congress." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Leland Yee", "sents": [ "Leland Yin Yee (, born November 20, 1948) is a former Democratic California State Senator for District 8, which when he was elected, covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.", "In 2015, Yee pleaded guilty to felony racketeering charges for money laundering, public corruption and bribery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1332_p89", "sents": [ "JAMES W. HAAS San Francisco -- IGNORED HEROES Editor -- While it's wonderful to see the recognition and heroes' welcome given for our service men and women at Whidbey Island, I can't help think of what our Vietnam veterans must feel when they see such displays.", "No one can minimize the trauma that the crew of that plane experienced after the collision and emergency landing on Chinese territory.", "But in many ways it pales in comparison to the horrors our Vietnam vets endured for so much longer.", "It breaks your heart that similar homecomings were never given for these heroes.", "PAUL FORREST Danville -- YEE'S FISCAL CLAIM Editor -- When Supervisor Leland Yee called for a probe of the San Francisco Unified School District's finances -- over which the Board of Supervisors has no authority -- he did not mention having spent eight years on the Board of Education, which is supposed to monitor those very finances." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27627_p0", "sents": [ "'Please respond to SchwabAlerts.MarketUpdatesCharles Schwab & Co., Inc. Internet Daily for Tuesday, July 24, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com -- Napster taps Bertelsmann exec as CEO Konrad Hilbers, former executive at Bertelsmann AG's music division, has been named chief executive of Napster, replacing interim CEO Hank Barry.", "\"Konrad's extensive experience in the technology sector and the music business, in both the United States and Europe, makes him uniquely qualified to lead Napster into the future,'' said Barry, who held the CEO slot for 13 months.", "In a statement, Hilbers said he looks forward to challenges at Napster.", "\"The next step is to complete the task of transforming this phenomenon into a business that respects copyrights and rewards creators,\" he said.", "-- Disney seeks control of online promos Access to movie trailers online will be less available if the Walt Disney Co. has its way.", "The promos are used by many Web sites to promote video sales and rentals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Napster", "sents": [ "Napster was the name given to two music-focused online services.", "It was founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing digital audio files, typically audio songs, encoded in MP3 format.", "The company ran into legal difficulties over copyright infringement.", "It ceased operations and was eventually acquired by Roxio.", "In its second incarnation, Napster became an online music store until it was acquired by Rhapsody from Best Buy on December 1, 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6406_p54", "sents": [ "The Senate Select Committee to Investigate Market Manipulation, which is probing allegations of price gouging in California's power crisis, voted 6-0 to move against the Houston-based energy giant after an angry hearing in which Enron representatives repeatedly questioned the committee's authority.", "If passed by the full Senate, the contempt citation would be the first imposed by California's state senate since 1929. While deciding to move against Enron, the committee voted to terminate contempt proceedings against generator Mirant Corp. saying that company was now cooperating with its investigation.", "According to state law, California's senators must now decide whether to slap sanctions on Enron.", "They also have the option of fining or imprisoning the company's senior officers.", "To make sure things don't go that far, Enron just a few hours earlier launched a preemptive strike, filing a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court challenging the investigative committee's authority to subpoena company documents.", "\"Today Enron has filed suit against the Select Committee seeking to have an impartial neutral court determine Enron's rights and obligations under the Select Committee subpoena,\" Enron said in a statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e826_p5", "sents": [ "Timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries, which operates four biomass plants that produce power for PG&E, obtained a temporary restraining order in Sacramento Superior Court that says Sierra Pacific is not required to sell its power to PG&E.", "The ruling means PG&E and Southern Edison could lose power as alternative energy generators, fed up with months of nonpayment, sue to be able to sell their comparatively cheap product elsewhere, including outside the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10617_p26", "sents": [ "\", and \"Politicos Promise Power, and the People Will Pay.\"?", "The dinner costs $45, and you need to make reservations with Barb Ennis, our event coordinator at 402-468-4966. Or e-mail Barb at baennis@earthlink.net The all member meeting is also on Thursday, at 3:30 p.m.?", "We expect at leas t one representative of all 30 members to be present.?", "Friday morning, Februa ry 9, we will have three guest speakers: John Underhill of SRP, Bill Meroney of FERC, and Phil Sharp of the Kennedy School and the Bush Energy Policy Transition Team.?", "Also, the ISO's Don Fuller will brief us on the ISO's Demand Side Response program for the summer, and we will all have a chance to share with one another what we really would like to do after the ratepayer revolt demolishes our clubhouse.", "Lunch on Friday will be provided by WPTF.", "Golf is on the agenda Thursday morning.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e7166_p18", "sents": [ "How should state federal concerns be addressed?", "What are the causes of the price increases?", "Are anticompeititve practices causing some of the price increases?", "Are there mechanisms the Commission can employ to make ratepayers whole?", "Odds & Ends (_!_) As promised last week, I have a message from our event coordinator, Barb Ennis, regarding the upcoming WPTF General Meeting on October 5 and 6. Listen up!", "She writes: Hi Folks Well it is almost that time again .WPTF's October General Meeting will be held at the Inn at Morro Bay, Sixty State Park Road, Morro Bay, California 93442. Their phone numbers are: 800-321-9566 or 805 772-5651. The dates are October 5th and 6th, Thursday and Friday.", "The Inn at Morro Bay will also honor the same room prices if you choose to also stay Wednesday,Friday or Saturday.", "We have blocked 24 rooms for October 5th.", "Which range in prices: Petite Room with Queen Bed $89. (16 rooms) Pool and Garden View with King Bed and Private Hot Tub $152. (4 rooms) View of Bay rooms with two (2) Double Beds $152. (4 rooms) All these rooms are on a First come basis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p40", "sents": [ "HubStorm, Intel, JuniorNet, KnowledgePlanet.com, Law.com, LiveInsurance.com MacroThink, Medschool.com, MetroPartners, Mobile-Mind, Mountain View Data, Mysportsguru.com, MyTeam.com, Nokia Venture Partners, Oxygen Media, Packexpo.com, Partech International, PhoneDomain.com, Pixology, Planet Payment, ProAct Technologies, QuinStreet, RealNames, Resonext Communications, RunMoney.com, Seafood.com, SeventhView, SmartPipes, SpectraSwitch, St. Paul Venture Capital, Sun Microsystems, Tachion Networks, Tempest Software, TerraWired, The Thread, ThingWorld.com, Tradia, Tradiant, TradingProduce.com, Vividence, W-Phone, Xdrive ComputerLetter For 15 years, the best analysis of trends and companies in digital technology.", "Sample issue available at:http: technologicpartners.com tp cl investor index top 3i Group, 3i Group, Aether Systems, AIG Horizon Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Angel Investors LP, Aurora Funds, Berger Funds, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management, Buckeye Investments, Capital Partners, Cardinal Health Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners, Cascade Investment, Catterton-Simon Partners, Celerity Partners, Centennial, Daleen Technologies, Dentsu.com, DHM Arcadia Partners, Digital Island, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DWS Investments, EDB Ventures, Emigrant Capital, EnerTech Capital Partners, First Union Capital Partners, GE Capital, GE Equity, Givaudan, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Grupo Pegaso, HarbourVest Partners, Hickory Venture Capital, idealab!, Insight Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Interliant, Investor AB, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seli!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p32", "sents": [ "The AV Labs portfolio includes Covasoft, InStreamTV, Terrace Mountain Systems, newgistics, onecard, and WebTaggers.", "http: www.avlabs.com EnerTech Capital Partners Names Ex-Varidigm CEO as Partner WAYNE, Pa. -- Private equity firm EnerTech Capital Partners said it named Kenneth Kazmer a venture partner.", "Mr. Kazmer was recently president of DeltaDigm, a product development consulting firm.", "He also founded and served as director and CEO of Varidigm, a speed motor technology company.", "EnerTech manages $285 million and focuses on technology, service and infrastructure investment in the energy, utility, and communications markets.", "http: www.enertechcapital.com Advertisement Where's the money in free software?", "Is Linux, at last, about to become important to commercial users with IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, and others teaming up to offer an open-software suite to compete with Windows?", "Or is there a lesson for us all in the disappointing stock market performance of the pure-play Linux companies?", "Join us for an open-software roundtable, featuring Miguel de Icaza the 27-year-old Mexican programmer who has devised alternatives to key Microsoft products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5850_p37", "sents": [ "THE COST OF WIND While governor of Texas, President George W. Bush signed a law mandating utilities to buy more power from alternative energy sources.", "Texas now has the fourth largest installed windpower capacity in the United States, and can deliver wind power at a competitive 5 cents per megawatt hour.", "But Robert Beningson, chief executive of York Research Corp., an alternative energy developer based in New York City, said wind only achieves such competitive prices with the crutch of tax subsidies for developers.", "What the United States wind industry needs now to catch up with Europe's wind power craze, Beningson said, is an extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC), a move mentioned but not mandated in the Bush administration's new proposed energy policy.", "Lyn Harrison, editor of industry magazine Windpower Monthly agrees.", "\"Wind is Bush's chance to marry his big business stance and the environmental messages in his proposed energy plan,\" said Harrison, whose magazine has offices in wind-rich Denmark and California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Windpower Monthly", "sents": [ "Windpower Monthly is a monthly business magazine owned by the Haymarket Media Group reporting on events in the global wind power sector.", "Publication began in 1985 and the magazine is regarded as a \"veteran player\" in the wind energy sector." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5805_p6", "sents": [ "\"We are going to Washington with one goal, and that is to bring back $9 billion,\" Gov.", "Gray Davis told reporters yesterday.", "\"The fact is that people have taken advantage of the market, gamed the system and ripped people off.\"", "But Davis' crusade may be dampened by challenges to the study the state used to arrive at the $9 billion figure and by a FERC mediator's prediction that California will walk away with less than it is demanding.", "The Democratic governor's figure is based on an update of a March study by the California Independent System Operator, which manages the sate's power grid.", "Some energy experts argue the study is flawed, but the ISO stood firm behind its methodology yesterday.", "Curtis L. Wagner Jr., the FERC administrative law judge who will oversee the meeting, said in an interview with The Chronicle yesterday that he was optimistic a settlement would be reached." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e2750_p48", "sents": [ "All shippers were trying to move as much gas as they could into the state.", "The problem is you can't get all that much gas into the state.\"", "The issue of market share appeared to loom large in the administrative hearing, which has become the closest thing to a trial arising from California's energy crisis.", "A company that controls a large portion of any market enhances its ability to dictate prices and other conditions.", "El Paso Merchant has argued that its market share should be computed as a proportion of the statewide natural gas market, in which case it would fa ll below 20% and would not raise anti-competitive concerns.", "But the PUC counters that, because of difficulties in shipping gas fro m north to south within the state, El Paso's true market is limited to Southe rn California.", "\"The question of the geographic market makes a tremendous difference in how El Paso Merchant's market share will be measured and the results,\" acknowledged Judge Curtis L. Wagner Jr. in an opening statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4207_p12", "sents": [ "http: www.toolwire.com $15 Million Round Three for Sharing Technologies PARIS -- Sharing Technologies, the developer of knowledge management applications, said it has secured $15 million led by Siparex Ventures.", "NIF Ventures of Tokyo's Daiwa Securities Group, Montreal's Investissement Desjardins, SG Asset Management, Woodside Fund, Sofinnova, Innovacom, CIC, and Trinova all participated in the round.", "Sharing said it will use the funds to expand its worldwide sales, marketing and professional services organizations, as well as to support product development.", "The company said it also received $6 million in financing from IBM Global Financing.", "http: www.sharing.com Net Services Firm Digital Focus Gets $7 Million Round Two HERNDON, Va. -- Digital Focus, an Internet business integrator specializing in strategy development, Web site design and construction, and interactive system deployment, said it received $7 million in its second round, led by the Winston Thayer Partners Fund.", "Previous investor Blue Water Capital Partners also participated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2942_p9", "sents": [ "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- ePartners, a provider of technical and consulting resources to online businesses, said it named Jeff House as sales executive reporting to vice president of sales Tom Harle.", "Prior to joining the compan y, Mr. House held senior positions at EPIQ Systems, Ernst & Young, and Guardsmark.", "ePartners is backed by Austin Ventures, Liberty Mutual, and Tex as Growth Fund.", "http: www.epartnersolutions.com Intelligent Markets Adds Bridge Information Systems Exec mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Intelligent Markets, a developer of trading platforms for financial institutions, said it appointed William E. Holmberg as executive vice president of sales and marketing.", "Mr. Holmberg formerly served as senior vice president of sales for the Americas at Bridge Information Systems.", "Intelligent Markets is backed by Oak Hill Venture Partners, Pacific Venture Group, and Woodside Fund.", "http: www.intelligentmarkets.com Middle3 Lineo Adds WindRiver Exec Raj Sidana as Senior Director mail?", "top LINDON, Utah (VENTUREWIRE) -- Lineo, a provider of embedded systems, real-time, and high availability technology and services, said it appointed Raj Sidana as senior director of customer services reporting to Richard Larsen, senior vice president of sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3256_p1", "sents": [ "All Direct Access Supporters From: Mark Seetin Subject:?", "Urgent need to contact California Members of Congress to urge the ir support for direct access legislation in the Barton &emergency 8 bill H.R.", "1647 Scheduled for Markup tomorrow, May 24 Please call or contact one or all of the attached members of congress, all of whom have indicated an interest in supporting direct access.?", "As of today, while all have been supportive, we have not gotten a commitment to sponsor.", "The two most likely, who are members of the Commerce and Energy Committee a re George Radanovich and Chris Cox.?", "Mary Bono is also a member of the committee.?", "Doug Ose, a supporter of DA is on the Government Reform.?", "David Dreier has just been elected to head the California Republican caucus, so is also a critical link.", "Subcommittee chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) supports DA, but needs a Californian to sponsor the amendment.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 8 ] }, { "title": "Joe Barton", "sents": [ "Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing 's 6 congressional district () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.", "The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.", "Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.", "Barton came to national prominence after telling a citizen at a town hall meeting to \"shut up\", although the citizen later claimed he deserved it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6463_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Fri, 7 13: Lawmakers vow a vote on Edison Sac Bee, Fri, 7 13: No outcry to ease clean-air process Sac Bee, Fri, 7 13: State lawmakers lobby for refund on energy purchases Sac Bee, Fri, 7 13: Energy conflicts revealed SD Union, Thurs, 7 12: Judge says California owed 'hundreds of millions of dollars' not billions SD Union, Thurs, 7 12: Southern California gas fights FERC over routine decision that may cost millions LA Times, Fri, 7 13: Options Debated in Edison Rescue LA Times, Fri, 7 13: Developer Pulls Plug on Power Plant in Chula Vista LA Times, Fri, 7 13: Some State Energy Consultants Own Generators' Stock LA Times, Fri, 7 13: Plan Uses Public in Refund Demand SF Chron, Fri, 7 13: 2 sides face off at EPA hearing on regulating energy plant emissions SF Chron, Fri, 7 13: 7 California advisers own energy stocks Secretary of state calls for investigation SF Chron, Fri, 7 13: PG&E customers get a payback for conservation Nearly one-third earn rebates for cutting electricity use 20% SF Chron, Fri, 7 13: Judge spells out opposition to power refund claim Opinion says $8.9 billion in alleged overcharges for electricity 'cannot be substantiated' SF Chron, Fri, 7 13: News briefs on the California power crisis SF Chron, Fri, 7 13: Wholesale prices drop by largest amount in 28 months Mercury News, Fri, 7 13: Power rebate generates shockingly high interest Mercury News, Fri, 7 13: Settlement talks unsuccessful OC Register, Fri, 7 13: Rate hike may hit businesses Wash. Post, Fri, 7 13: Judge Rejects Power Refunds For California WSJ, Fri, 7 13: Mediator Questions California 's Claims To Power Refunds - Lawmakers vow a vote on Edison By Kevin Yamamura and Emily Bazar Bee Capitol Bureau (Published July 13, 2001) Facing a looming deadline and pressure from the governor, legislative leade rs said Thursday they will push for a vote next week on a revised plan to save Southern California Edison from bankruptcy court." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"$13.4 billion bond bill clears split Assembly\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Dan Walters: Summer-like heat brings blackouts, partisan fingerpointing\" Sac Bee, Sun, 5 6: \"How Californians got burned\" (Jeff Skilli ng quoted) SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Heat wave spawns statewide blackouts\" SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Bond clears Assembly with a partisan twist\" (Enron mentioned) SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Refinery merger could raise California gas pric es\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Enron could supply universities with state-subsidized power\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Edison's agony For CEO, Life in 'Foxhole' Means Little Sleep, Peace\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Power Cut to Parts of State\" LA Times,Tues, 5 8: \"Landlords, Janitors Join in Plan to Save Energy\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Effort to Repay State for Power Is Delayed\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts Mean More Than Inconvenience for Disabled\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"In 1st Hearing, PUC Urged to Lift Rate Hike\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"An Oilman's Dream\" (Commentary) LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Cheney's an Oaf on Conservation\" (Commentary) SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Secret power deals contain hidden costs THE CLAUSE: A link to natural gas prices SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Bush won't budge on fuel prices Despite fears of a $3 gallon, he will oppose controls\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot weather sparks new round of blackouts SUPPLIES LOW: Usage keeps climbing as temperatures surpass 90 degrees SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts hit California as spring heat wave se ts in\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Scorching heat sparks rolling blackouts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"More than 100,000 customers hit by power blackou ts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Carmaker Says Outages Could Damage Equipment, Harm Efficiency\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"SF Airport plans to run extra generators\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"EXEMPT FROM BLACKOUTSThe state Public Utilities Commission exempts the following energy users from rolling\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts back, businesses cope\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Shortage somewhat a surprise\" OC Register (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Energy notebook Gas pipeline expansion OKd to benefit Southwest\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Energy borrowing OKd Democrats in Assembly support the $13.4 billion bond over GOP opposition\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Jones has bright ideas on electricity\" (Commentary) Individual.com (Businesswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Power Scramble A Forbes.com Special Report\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Tues, 5 8: \"[B] Calif. ISO says power blackouts this evening unlikely\" Individual.com (PRnewswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Stage 2 Electrical Emergency Declared; SCE to Curtail 'Load' for Some Customers\" Individual.com (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Rolling Blackouts Hit California\" Energy Insighty, Tues, 5 8: \"Hearts, minds, & pocketbooks\" - Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9403_p11", "sents": [ "Participating investors in this round included new investor Boston University Community Technology Fund, and previous investors Columbia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates.", "The funding will be used for company growth and continued product development.", "http: www.coriolisnet.com FeedRoom News Network Raises $30 Million in Second Round NEW YORK -- The FeedRoom, a personalized Web-based interactive news network, said it has raised $30 million in its second round of funding led by Warbug and Pincus Equity Partners.", "Existing investors Tribune, NBC, Bear Sterns Constellation Ventures, Ridgewood Capital, I-Hatch Ventures, New York City Investment Fund, Angel Investors, and Telesoft Partners also contributed.", "The company said the new funds will be used to launch its national site, www.feedroom.com, and the co-branded Tribune and NBC sites.", "The company will also use the funds to add additional content partners and expand its convergence technology.", "Warbug Pinus will hold two seats on the Feedroom's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p15", "sents": [ "The funding follows a recent announcement that NewMonics had expanded its management team.", "http: www.newmonics.com Online Marketer Dynamic Trade Raises $7 Million Round Two CHICAGO -- Dynamic Trade, a provider of performance-based online marketing, said it has raised $7 million in its second round funding from lead investor Tribune, along with KB Partners, Portage Venture's Greystone Venture Fund and Nelson Capital Corporation.", "Dynamic Trade plans to use the new funding to support the sales and marketing of its services, expand its current suite of performance marketing services and for new product development.", "Dynamic Trade raised its previous round of funding from KB Partners, Potage Venture's Greystone Venture Fund, and Blumenstein Thorne Information Partners.", "http: www.dynamictrade.com Pharmaceutical Firm OnSite Rx Secures $12 Million Round Two LA JOLLA, Calf.", "-- OnSite Rx, which provides pharmaceutical electronic commerce management and automated medication dispensing systems, said it received $12 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "PricewaterhouseCoopers", "sents": [ "PricewaterhouseCoopers (doing business as PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom.", "It is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG.", "Vault Accounting 50 has ranked PwC as the most prestigious accounting firm in the world for seven consecutive years, as well as the top firm to work for in North America for three consecutive years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5974_p38", "sents": [ "\"It's not the way we were intending to renovate the Arena Theater, but we're moving forward with it,\" Tetreault said.", "Houston Symphony was hardest hit of the performing-arts groups.", "Its headquarters was under 28 feet of water for four days.", "In addition to losing offices, floodwaters destroyed valuable music scores and irreplaceable instruments.", "Part of the staff is temporarily working at Three Allen Center in space donated by Enron, with office supplies provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers.", "In a written statement, Houston Symphony executive director and CEO Ann Kennedy said, \"Houston Symphony is currently sorting through a myriad of offers from artists around the world who want to help us.", "Houston will be very excited when we announce our plans.\"", "Pianist Andre Watts is one who has offered services.", "Leslie Bennett, 2002 symphony ball chair, has upped the ante for her event next March, saying, \"It would make sense to put forth a superhuman effort for this once-in-a-lifetime tragedy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2173_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron Mandates SSSB For Credit-Linked Note Issue Capital Markets Report, 05 02 01 UK: Enron plans multi-currency credit-linked bonds Reuters, 05 02 01 Enron to Sell Credit-Linked Notes in Several Currencies Bloomberg, 05 02 01 Saudi Gas Proj Consortia Seen Selected 2H May -Sources Dow Jones, 05 02 01 USA: Enron says no plans to sell Dabhol stake Reuters, 05 02 01 Centre spikes plan to fix Enron The Times of India, 05 02 01 India's Dabhol Pwr Co: Naphtha Supply Remains Regular Dow Jones, 05 02 01 Maharashtra Electricity Board unamused by new Enron demand The Hindu, 05 02 01 Sinha hopes sanctions will be lifted soon The Hindu, 05 02 01 Neither State nor MSEB has defaulted on agreement with Enron Press Trust of India Limited 05 01 01 Sanctions hurt US interests more than India: Sinha Press Trust of India Limited, 05 01 01 Sinha confident US will lift sanctions in its own interest Press Trust of India Limited 05 01 01 Sinha urges U.S., EU, Japan to boost growth AFX (AP), 05 01 01 U. Houston: U. Houston forum focuses on minority education U-Wire, 05 01 01 Prebon Yamane Hires Former RCN Executive to Run Bandwidth Unit Bloomberg, 05 01 01 Enron's Lay Discusses India's Dabhol Power Project: Comment Bloomberg, 05 01 01 Enron Mandates SSSB For Credit-Linked Note Issue 05 02 2001 Capital Markets Report (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- United States energy group Enron has mandated Schroder Salomon Smith Barney as bookrunner for a multi-currency credit-linked notes trust transaction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3023_p6", "sents": [ "\"The week's condition in the market place helped.", "We were able to procure some energy for June through September,\" said state spokesman Oscar Hidalgo.", "And, hey, there were no blackouts this week.", "-By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4604; mark.golden@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Options Report: Investors Sell Options As Flat Mkt Looms By Kopin Tan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 05 18 2001 Capital Markets Report (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Options volatility, already at its lowest level in some months, edged down further amid the busy trading of Expiration Friday.", "But while lower volatility typically means reduced and more attractive premium for option buyers, many investors continued to sell options.", "With market observers expecting stocks to be flat or range-bound for a while as the economy gropes toward a recovery, these investors were selling options to generate income upfront and hoping the sold contracts will expire unexercised." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4530_p5", "sents": [ "In response to disclosures earlier this year that some public broadcast stations had exchanged donor lists with political parties -- and primarily with Democratic Party units -- negotiators included a provision to prohibit such stations from sharing their donor lists with political parties.", "It also would bar disclosure of its donors to any non-affiliated group without the donor's consent.", "Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., had introduced legislation (HR2791) earlier this year to prohibit the list-sharing, but the bill did not advance." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Cliff Stearns", "sents": [ "Clifford Bundy \"Cliff\" Stearns, Sr. (born April 16, 1941) was the U.S. Representative for 's 6 congressional district from 1989 to 2013.", "He is a member of the Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7007_p93", "sents": [ "\"His single largest contributor is the one corporation that his most recent legislation would directly bail out.\"", "There is no suggestion that these contributions are illegal; all of them were duly reported by Wright and Edison.", "But Jim Knox, director of the government watchdog group California Common Cause, said such close ties cause people to worry the energy crisis is being resolved on the basis of campaign contributions.", "Wright makes no apologies, saying he will take money from anyone who can give it legally.", "But he refused to say whether he still takes energy contributions, which many elected officials have declined as too hot to handle since the energy crisis started.", "Brian Bennett, Edison vice president of external affairs, said it is standard for a committee chairman such as Wright to get larger contributions from a utility.", "Wright is \"a bright, capable member of the Legislature who is interested in promoting sound public policy,\" Bennett said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Brian Bennett", "sents": [ "Brian Laurence Bennett OBE (born 9 February 1940 in Palmers Green, North London, England) is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music.", "He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group, the Shadows.", "He is father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Office of Management and Budget", "sents": [ "The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).", "OMB's most prominent function is to produce the President's Budget, but OMB also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures to see if they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10642_p156", "sents": [ "Replies are due March 12 in Common Carrier docket 96-45. 26 -Comments are due to the FCC on the MAG (multiassociation group) propo sal for overhauling interstate access and universal service support mechanisms (TR, 1 29 01 p.35).", "Replies are due March 12. Comments on those aspects of the MAG proposal that would increase or modify data-reporting requirements are due to the Office of Management and Budget by March 26. 27 -28 -Lucent Technologies, Inc., and the Association for Local Telecommunications Services sponsor a competitive carrier regulatory summit in Washington.", "For more information, call 800 765-9222. MARCH 1 -2 -Credit Suisse First Boston holds a wireless Internet conference in Tokyo.", "For more information, go to http: www.csfb.com conferences.", "5 -6 -Law Seminars International holds a \"Local Telecommunications Infrastructure conference in Atlanta.", "For more information, call 206 621-1938 or 800 854-8009. Executive Briefings Verizon Wireless Bidding - The buzz on Wall Street in the wake of th e FCC 's reauction of 422 \"C and \"F block PCS licenses focuses on the aggressiveness of Verizon Wireless." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5806_p12", "sents": [ "Lonely Planet also offers global voice mail and CitySync, a digital download of guides to major cities.", "It has undertaken the ambitious job of converting all its guides, maps and detailed research to accessible digital form.", "Even on this solid base, e-business raises tough questions for Lonely Planet.", "How can it make money from the two million fans of its Web site?", "Should it try?", "How should it handle ''channel conflict'' and balance sales from the Internet with its traditional retailers' interests?", "As its rule of thumb, Lonely Planet looks for some assurance that it will get a 50 percent gross margin before embarking on a new guide.", "The authors ask whether e-business ideas are ever firm enough to meet that hurdle.", "And most intriguing, the authors write that Lonely Planet has ''a huge opportunity'' to reinvent the travel guide by customizing digital guides to a traveler's itinerary and tastes, with digital updates delivered along the way." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Lonely Planet", "sents": [ "Lonely Planet is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world.", "The company is owned by American billionaire Brad Kelley's NC2 Media, which bought it in 2013 from BBC Worldwide for US$77 million (the equivalent of £45.5 million in May 2014) after it was valued at US$250 million in 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Marion Jones", "sents": [ "Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.", "She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of the titles after admitting to steroid use.", "Jones did retain her three gold medals as a world champion from 1997 and 1999." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3714_p1", "sents": [ "Virgin Radio was ranked second, followed by 3WK, RadioMargaritaville.com and Cablemusic.com.", "MeasureCast's latest weekly report also showed that the total number of hours streamed by online broadcasters has increased almost 50% since January.", "-- WorldNet to offer users free trial video e-mail WorldNet, the Internet service operated by AT&amp;T, is offering a free trial of video e-mail.", "The company said no additional software is necessary to create and send the files, but users do need a Pentium-class computer, a Web camera and a microphone.", "\"It's a great way to really 'see' your college kids while they're away at school, send video greetings to parents and grandparents and, if you're [Olympics champion] Marion Jones, display your medals and trophies,\" said WorldNet Vice President Ed Chatlos.", "Fremont, Calif.-based Talkway Communications, a multimedia delivery content service provider, delivers the streaming capability and hosts the video content on its servers.", "The trial will run into July, during which time AT&amp;T WorldNet Service will offer subscribers up to 60 free minutes a month per account of video e-mail." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4740_p5", "sents": [ "http: www.impresse.com Gateway Firm CyberPath Raises $21 Million Round One PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- CyberPath, which provides multiservice, multifunction gateway products, said it raised $21 million in its first round of funding.", "Investors were Acorn Angels 2000, H&Q GAI Incubation Fund, VenGlobal, Technology Associates Management, TechAsia Partners, and Trident Microsystems.", "The company will use the funds for product and technology development, and to launch its first product, ZX2000-L, a multiservice gateway.", "http: www.cyberpathinc.com ISP E-xpedient CAVU Secures $55 Million in Series B Funding ORLANDO -- E-xpedient CAVU, an Internet service provider, said it has secured $55 million in its Series B round of funding led by Invesco Private Capital.", "The round also included new investor Keyspan Energy and previous investors Adams Capital Management, Advent International, Dolphin Communications, and Patricof & Co. Ventures.", "The company said the funding enables it to extend its market reach to Charlotte, N.C., Columbus, Ohio, and Jacksonville and Orlando, Fla., this year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2972_p10", "sents": [ "T he company said it plans to use the new funds for product development.", "As a result of this financing, Ken Howery of Thiel Capital Management has been granted a seat on the company's three-member board.", "FierceWireless plans to officially launch its flagship product, a monthly publication geared toward the mobile Internet-related markets, this June.", "http: www.fiercewireless.com Pryor Resources Closes $18 Million Round Two mail?", "top OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pryor Resources, a business sk ills training company, said it has raised $18 million in second-round financing from co-leading existing investors Thayer Capital Partners, Patricof & Co. Ventures.", "The company said that it expects funds from this round to carry it through the fourth quarter, near the time the company expects to reach profitability.", "The company has raised a total of $126 million from Thayer a nd Patricof.", "The company formed after the acquisition of CareerTrack by Fred Pryor Seminars and later acquired e-learning company, e-train.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6247_p10", "sents": [ "Representatives for Calpine and the governor's office, when pressed for details, acknowledged that the plant was not running at full tilt but said they did not know how much electricity was actually produced Monday.", "Calpine, which will bill someone for whatever electricity it sells from Los Medanos, is keeping track of the production but the figure wasn't immediate ly available for the media, spokeswoman Katherine Potter said.", "\"Even if it was two megawatts, that's two more megawatts that we didn't hav e yesterday,\" said Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio.", "He said the opening was \"largely ceremonial,\" timed for the convenience of the governor and Calpine's top executive.", "But consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield called the media event \"a deception .\"", "It was the third highly publicized power plant launch the governor has attended in the past two weeks.", "\"It's the governor trying to convince people he's hard at work solving the problem when it's all for show,\" Rosenfield said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p76", "sents": [ "The geothermal decline comes as California already faces short supplies of hydroelectricity from the drought-ridden Pacific Northwest and growing competition for megawatts from other power-starved states.", "State power grid managers estimate they're losing about 900 megawatts of geothermal electricity due to the gradual depletion of the steam fields.", "That's enough power for roughly 675,000 homes.", "''They just overproduced.", "It is a renewable source of power, but it's renewable over geologic time,'' says Katherine Potter, a spokeswoman for Calpine Energy, which owns 19 of the 21 geothermal power plants in The Geysers region, which incidentally has no geysers.", "The first electricity produced by tapping into pockets of steam trapped in the earth made its debut in 1904 in Larderello, Italy.", "That plant, rebuilt due to World War II damage, is still operating.", "The first United States geothermal plant was a small operation at The Geysers built in 1962. Steam fields are created when water flows through fissures in the rock deep in the earth and is heated by hot magma." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3898_p6", "sents": [ "While these actions should provide short-term rate predictability and longer-term benefits to customers in terms of improved supplies, the fundamental problem of exorbitant wholesale prices still exists and remains the responsibility of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to address.", "No combination of state actions can substitute for federal action to ameliorate the problems in California's wholesale markets.", "A joint report submitted to me on August 2nd by the Chairman of the California Electricity Oversight Board and the President of the California Public Utilities Commission concluded that exorbitant wholesale prices in California result from wholesale market dysfunction and the exercise of market power by sellers.", "Subsequent reports by the Market Analysis Department and the Market Surveillance Committee of the California Independent System Operator reach the same conclusions.", "Subsequent behavior of wholesale electric prices during August confirms their conclusions, and subjects California to further economic damage.", "While I remain hopeful that California wholesale markets may ultimately become competitive and become capable of serving the interests of consumers and the public, I cannot and will not accept the liabilities to California that result from the current situation for even a short period." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3126_p9", "sents": [ "AGENCY: PUC and California Independent System Operator INVESTIGATION: Whether generation plants were shut down for spurious reasons in order to create supply shortages and, thus, to raise electricity prices.", "AGENCY: California Electricity Oversight Board INVESTIGATION: Whether patterns of bidding and pricing in California's electricity auction indicate collusive or otherwise illegal behavior.", "Sources: state and federal agencies Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Business Financial Desk; Section W Enron Unit Moves to End India Contract For Power By SARITHA RAI 05 22 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 6 c. 2001 New York Times Company BANGALORE, India, May 21 -- Fed up with its main customer's refusal to pay its bills, the Enron Corporation's Indian power-generating venture served formal notice on Saturday that it would terminate its power supply contract and pull out.", "The move by the Dabhol Power Company, 65 percent owned by Enron, starts the clock ticking on a six-month notice period before the contract is voided, during which negotiations to settle the dispute are expected." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3022_p3", "sents": [ "One problem is that even if the Plan Bs worked out for both SoCal Edison and PG&E, what happens with the other 64% of their power needs?", "One legislator notes, \"even the good Plan B from SoCal's perspective makes them essentially a vessel of the state and if we are still talking about eminent domain with the other plants in California how do you add new capacity -- which is the ultimate solution -- when everybody who has come in has their assets seized?\"", "The real issue still remains for any Plan B is: who pays for it and how much more does it cost taxpayers.", "Rate payers in California are already looking forward to a future where their electricity rates will be paying not only for the colossally high cost of the power itself, but also the coupons and ultimately the principal on the $13 billion in bonds just authorized, on the \"rate reduction\" bonds already outstanding and -- if the Plan B advocates get their way -- on bailout debt issues for SoCal Edison and PG&E." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e529_p31", "sents": [ "In San Francisco on Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved electricity rate increases of up to 46 percent to try to head off blackouts this summer by keeping the state's two biggest utilities from going under.", "When California officials set up deregulation they allowed the price of wholesale electricity to rise but capped the amount companies could charge customers, Skilling said.", "SoCal Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric say they have lost more than $13 billion since last summer because they haven't been able to pass on the high cost of wholesale electricity.", "Skilling said Texans are in a much better position and shouldn't worry that their state's deregulation would be like the California experience.", "\"California, they just put together a crazy system,\" Skilling said in his first public comments since becoming the Houston-based company's chief executive officer in February.", "\"The markets in California are the most regulated markets in North America today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1420_p59", "sents": [ "A3 LENGTH: 888 words HEADLINE: Davis backs San Jose power plant; He also acknowledges bailout for Edison will be uphill fight SOURCE: Chronicle Sacramento Bureau BYLINE: Lynda Gledhill DATELINE: Sacramento BODY: Gov.", "Gray Davis urged the state Energy Commission yesterday to approve a controversial power plant in San Jose, saying California needs every megawatt it can harness.", "Davis' recommendation runs counter to the wishes of the San Jose City Council and Mayor Ron Gonzales, who have come out against the 600-megawatt Metcalf Energy Center in south San Jose's Coyote Valley.", "It also puts the governor at odds with one of his political allies, Cisco Systems chief John Chambers, whose company opposes the plant because it would be built near the tech firm's proposed new campus.", "Davis' announcement came the same day he all but admitted he lacks the support he needs in the state Senate for the deal he reached with Southern California Edison to restore the utility to financial health." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Ron Gonzales", "sents": [ "Ronald R. Gonzales (born 1951) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California.", "Gonzales was the first Hispanic Mayor of San Jose since California became a U.S. state in 1850." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e894_p96", "sents": [ "Kilowatt Hour's Average Cost Rising Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Electric Co. got the go-ahead to charge 270,000 residential customers an additional 23%.", "Statewide, analysts say, the average price of a kilowatt hour is probably edging up from its already high October figure, the last available, of 11.2 cents.", "In New York, the average cost of a kilowatt hour statewide was 14.1 cents in October.", "However, even under a deregulation plan that won't fully free the utilities from price controls until 2002, some New York City residents have seen their rates rise by nearly 20%, to 13.9 cents a kilowatt hour, in recent months.", "Still, Cornell University economist Tim Mount said he would be surprised and \"very disappointed if we mess things up in the East as badly as they messed it up in California.", "I think the regulators thought that it would be easy to run a market, and they didn't allow for very much malfeasance\" on the part of newly untethered utilities or private power generators." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Cornell University", "sents": [ "Cornell University ( ) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.", "Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied.", "These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: \"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19866_p4", "sents": [ "Dynegy will fill its network by going after wholesale customers, Stubbe said.", "But that field will be wider than traditional telecoms might have thought.", "Big banks in New York need considerable capacity, he said.", "\"They almost look like a small city.", "So (we) would go after those types of enterprises.\"", "-By Michael Rieke, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9207; michael.rieke@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA: Enron Indian unit defaults on interest dues-source.", "By Sriram Ramakrishnan 09 21 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Indian unit of United States energy major Enron Corp has defaulted on interest payments to international lenders, an industry source said on Friday.", "Citibank, Bank of America, United States Exim Bank and Japan's Overseas Private Investment Corporation are among the international lenders to Dabhol Power Company's $2.9 billion Indian plant.", "\"The default happened early this week,\" the source, who declined to be identified, told Reuters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p0", "sents": [ "'BANDWIDTH BEAT: Master Trading Agreement 3.0 Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 16 01 Sierra Pacific Shares Slump After Utility Suspends Dividend Dow Jones Business News, 04 16 01 Energy Traders Raise Ante In Power-hungry California Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 16 01 Independent Power Producers Expect to Meet or Exceed Forecasts Dow Jones Business News, 04 16 01 Seattle City Utility Racks Up $92 Million in Power Purchases in March KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Seattle Times - Washington, 04 16 01 Sierra Pacific Shares Fall After Dividend Canceled (Update2) Bloomberg, 04 16 01 BANDWIDTH BEAT: Master Trading Agreement 3.0 04 16 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) By Michael Rieke A Dow Jones Newswires Column HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Carriers and trading companies worked for more than nine months last year, missed four deadlines and couldn't produce a master bandwidth trading agreement.", "Now they seem to be coming out with something new every other month or so." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6980_p38", "sents": [ "Friday, Renegotiations Committee chairman Madhav Godbole had said Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh were ready to draw power from DPC's 1,444 MW phase-II at an average of Rs two to Rs 2.25 per unit.", "Meanwhile, the DPC's foreign lenders including Bank of America, ABN Amro Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston and Citibank also joined the US energy major in its special leave petition in the Supreme Court.", "However, DPC's Indian lenders led by Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) have not yet taken a decision over participating in DPC's petition with their foreign counterparts.", "DPC has approached the apex court challenging Mumbai High Court's order directing it to go back to Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commision (MERC) and also allow the multinational to activate the escrow account and a green signal for pursuing international arbitration.", "MSEB has stopped drawing power from DPC since May 28 and has also rescinded the PPA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e880_p13", "sents": [ "He said talks with the ex-President centered around the management of the post-quake situation in Gujarat.", "Breaking his silence over the controversial issue of payment to Enron's Dabhol Power Company by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mr Pawar said ,\" We have to wait and see what the Madhav Godbole committee has to suggest in this regard.''", "The state government has referred the issue to an expert panel led by retired bureaucrat Madhav Godbole.", "Mr Pawar had approved the first phase of the controversial power project.", "He said differences between Enron, MSEB and the state government should be resolved amicably through negotiations.", "``The second phase of the Enron power project is not affordable.", "But we have no option since the previous Shiv Sena-BJP alliance which talked of drowning the entire project in the Arabian Sea entered into an agreement with Enron and approved phase II also.", "Now, we have to ensure that Enron's burden on consumers is minimal,\" Mr Pawar said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e619_p43", "sents": [ "Spectranet promoter Atul Punj has decided to withdraw from the fibre optic network business and concentrate on the family's core businesses of construction and pipelines.", "Say top sources in the firm, the decision follows from the realisation that the \"business would be dominated by large groups and multinationals\".", "Analysts, too, opine that after a frenzied start, the broadband market will settle down with fewer players.", "Reliance, Bharti Enterprises, BPL, Zee and a few others are left in the fray.", "Last fortnight, Enron also decided to exit from its broadband ventures in the country.", "Along with MSEB and Global Telesystems, the company had proposed to build a high-speed network in India to enable ISPs and corporate houses to carry out their business efficiently.", "It had plans to build a Rs 600 crore optical fibre cable network, covering 5,000 kms across Maharashtra.", "Strategies to Cope Why has broadband failed to take off in India?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 7 ] }, { "title": "Bharti Enterprises", "sents": [ "Bharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India.", "It was founded in 1976 by Sunil Bharti Mittal and it operates in 17 countries across Asia and Africa.", "Bharti Enterprises owns businesses spanning across telecommunications, agri business, financial services and manufacturing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vilasrao Deshmukh", "sents": [ "Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra.", "He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1816_p2", "sents": [ "The state electricity board has said the December and January bills should be offset against a fine of four billion rupees that it had levied against Enron for nonsupply of power in that period.", "Meanwhile, the state's chief minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, said a panel will be formed in two days to renegotiate a power-purchase agreement, or the rate at which the state buys power from Enron.", "Enron has been under fire from Bombay politicians, who say costs have increased sharply from the four cents per unit agreed on in 1995 for the two-year-old, 740-megawatt naphtha plant.", "Prices shot up to 15 cents a unit after the world-wide fluctuation of oil prices and depreciation of the rupee.", "Enron says a 1,444-megawatt liquefied natural-gas plant to be commissioned later this year will lower tariffs.", "Also yesterday, Indian newspapers reported that a proposal by the Enron board to issue a termination notice to the state electricity board had been temporarily shelved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hal Varian", "sents": [ "Hal Ronald Varian (born March 18, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio) is an economist specializing in microeconomics and information economics.", "He is the chief economist at Google and he holds the title of emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he was founding dean of the School of Information.", "He has written two bestselling textbooks: \"Intermediate Microeconomics\", an undergraduate microeconomics text, and \"Microeconomic Analysis\", an advanced text aimed primarily at first-year graduate students in economics.", "Together with Carl Shapiro, he co-authored \"Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy\" and \"The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e28008_p11", "sents": [ "Hanna was previously a library assistant II in the Engineering Library.", "She is currently working towards her masters degree in public administration and public policy at Cal State University, Hayward.", "She holds a bachelors in psychobiology from UC Riverside.", "In her spare time, Hanna enjoys reading, running, and shopping.", "Hanna's desk is located in the dean's suite.", "She can be reached via e-mail at hanna@haas.berkeley.edu.", "Her phone number is 510-642-4917. __ HAAS IN THE NEWS The Contra Costa Times quoted Severin Borenstein, the E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration, in an article about the continuation plans for California's power industry restructure.", "Read the whole story here: <http: www.contracostatimes.com biztech stories_business 0roadmap_20011019.htm Hal Varian, the dean of the School of Information Management and Systems and professor in the Haas Operations and Information Technology Management group, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on October 22 in a piece that shows how some of the tech companies in Silicon Valley are dealing with anthrax scares." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "CalPERS", "sents": [ "The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is an agency in the California executive branch that \"manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.6 million California public employees, retirees, and their families\".", "In fiscal year 2012–13, CalPERS paid over $12.7 billion in retirement benefits, and in fiscal year 2013 it is estimated that CalPERS will pay over $7.5 billion in health benefits." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e19506_p18", "sents": [ "On Thursday, a major credit agency, Standard & Poor's, lowered its ratings on Enron, dealing the company another financial blow.", "\"It is clear that the events surrounding Enron have created a serious lack of confidence in the judgment of Enron's management team,\" Peace wrote Tuesday in a letter to CalPERS Chief Executive James E. Burton.", "\"It is, therefore, incumbent on CalPERS, as trustee of public employees' ownership rights and as founder of the corporate governance movement, to improve Enron's corporate governance to increase share value.\"", "In an interview, Peace said CalPERS should consider a shareholder lawsuit or join with other shareholders to force out Enron's management.", "CalPERS provides retirement and health benefits to more than 1.2 million state and local public employees and their families.", "Enron officials did not respond to a request for comment on Peace's letter.", "CalPERS officials said they were considering the letter.", "Peace has clashed repeatedly with Enron since the early 1990s, when the company was trying to influence the utility regulators and lawmakers forging a plan to turn California's regulated electricity industry into a competitive market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e752_p8", "sents": [ "That puts the summer burden primarily on gas-fired plants.", "Gas prices skyrocketed last year because of increased demand for the power-plant fuel.", "``If we have a warm summer this summer, I think natural gas has a lot of escalation left to do,'' Skilling said in a recent speech in Dallas.", "The power shortage in California, the most populous state, may impact energy prices across the country, analysts said.", "``There are going to be good earnings for people who have plants across the country and for people marketing gas across the country,'' Salomon Smith Barney analyst Raymond Niles said.", "Company 1st-Qtr Year-ago Number of Estimate EPS analysts AES Corp. $0.43 $0.42 6 Avista Corp.+ $0.30-$0.35 $0.20 2 Calpine Corp. $0.20-$0.25 $0.07 Duke Energy Corp. $0.58 $0.49 4 Dynegy Inc. $0.40 $0.26 Edison International N A $0.32 N A Enron Corp. $0.45 $0.40 13 Mirant Corp. $0.46-$0.48 $0.28 PG&E Corp. N A $0.78 N A Reliant Energy Inc. $0.66 $0.47 1 Sempra Energy $0.49 $0.49 3 Williams Cos. $0.65-$0.75 $0.30 Estimates based on surveys by First Call Thomson Financial and IBES International Inc. Year-ago numbers supplied by First Call." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1368_p35", "sents": [ "While Edison was finally acknowledging the losses it suffered last year as a result of the situation in California, Houston-based Dynegy, a power producer that co-owns almost 3,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the state, reported that its first quarter earnings jumped 73 percent.", "The news sent the company's shares surging 5.27 percent, or $2.80, to $55.95. Dynegy, of course, is one of 13 companies that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says overcharged the state's grid operator $69 million last December and January.", "The FERC has ordered the companies to either justify the prices or refund the money.", "Also Tuesday: Enron Corp., another Houston-based energy trading company that's made a killing in California, said recurring income rose 18 percent, beating estimates, and confidently raised its projections for the rest of 2001. The earnings news lifted Enron's shares about 1 percent on Wall Street and prompted Salomon Smith Barney analyst Raymond Niles to raise his estimate on the company's 2001 earnings even though PG&E, the state's other distressed utility, owes Enron more than half a billion dollars." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6341_p14", "sents": [ "The Legislature is scheduled to recess July 20. One factor complicating efforts to rescue the utility is the recent failure in settlement talks between the state and power generators.", "In a hearing before a federal administrative law judge in Washington, state officials and power generators argued over $8.9 million in disputed charges without reaching an agreement.", "Settling the dispute may take months, and the judge indicated Monday that California probably will recoup less than $1 billion.", "\"The delay doesn't help the odds of getting the Legislature to move,\" said Brian Youngberg, an analyst at Edward Jones in St. Louis.", "\"A big refund in hand would have made things simpler for the Legislature.\"", "The agreement with Davis calls for the state to purchase SCE's transmission lines for $2.8 billion and for SCE to issue bonds to repay as much as $3.5 billion in debts that accrued from selling power at a loss when prices spiked." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e880_p35", "sents": [ "\"The bottom line for the shareholders is that the stock isn't going to get anywhere near its previous highs for a long time, in our view,\" said Brian Youngberg, senior utility analyst with Edward Jones brokerage in St. Louis, Mo.", "The stock's most recent high was $31.81 in September.", "It closed Friday at $7.20, down $4.18 on the New York Stock Exchange, after trading was halted for several hours because of the bankruptcy filing.", "Still, moving into the bankrupcty court arena has benefits, and PG&E executives decided those benefits outweighed the uncertainty and the ballooning deficits they otherwise faced.", "\"The issue for PG&E Company is to get costs and revenues brought into line,\" chairman Robert D. Glynn Jr. said Friday.", "\"The political process has been able to negotiate but not close the deal.", "We think the federal bankruptcy court will be a better venue to be able to close the deal.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5901_p63", "sents": [ "Gov.", "Gray Davis at noon will flip the switch at the 320-megawatt Sunrise Cogeneration and Power Project near Bakersfield, unleashing enough electricity for some 240,000 homes.", "It is the first of three power plants to come online in the next two weeks.", "``This really is a red-letter day,'' said Steve Larson, executive director of the California Energy Commission.", "``This is the first of the major power plants to come online that we've been planning for.''", "On the heels of the Sunrise plant are two major Calpine projects.", "The 500-megawatt Sutter Power Plant in Yuba City begins operation early next week, followed the week after by the company's 559-megawatt Los Medanos Energy Center in Pittsburg.", "California's failure to build enough new power plants for its needs has been the core of the state's deregulation failure, spawning an energy crisis and national ridicule.", "Davis, elected in 1998, has been quick to point out to critics that the new plants put more power online than all the plants approved during the previous administration." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e5995_p87", "sents": [ "Sutter is the first major combined-cycle facility built in California in over a decade.", "This new high ly efficient facility is providing 540 megawatts of affordable electricity to California on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week availability.", "Governor Gray Davis and Calpine CEO Peter Cartwright will hold a press conference Monday afternoon to note the importance of the Sutter Energy Center in alleviating the shortage of generation in California and the support of the local community, the construction and trades people, and numerous groups that helped make the project a reality.", "Cartwright said, \"Sutter is the first of eleven announced modern, highly efficient energy centers Calpine is building in the State.", "As a California company, we are committed to providing affordable, reliable electricity, an d we're pleased to announce a second Calpine project, the Los Medanos Energy Center, will begin operations later this month.", "Three more Calpine projects are under construction, and our California initiative will yield 12,000 megawatts of needed electricity by the end of 2005.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "CNNfn", "sents": [ "CNNfn (fn = financial news) was formerly a U.S. cable television news network operated by the CNN subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner from November 29, 1995, and of AOL-Time Warner until December 15, 2004.", "The network was dedicated to covering financial markets and business news, similar to CNBC." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e850_p5", "sents": [ "\"We project Dynegy's long-term earnings growth rate at 22 percent,\" he added.", "The analyst attributed Dynegy's \"retreat from the $57 level to the California power crisis, which has been a major stumbling block for the stock and should hinder near-term performance.", "It casts doubt on the very dynamic that Dynegy is a play on, and usurps management time and talent.", "\"Although fundamentally we see it as more of a nuisance - a few credit collection issues (with) little to no earnings risk, and a delay, not a derailment of the deregulation process - the resolution of the Golden State debacle is to us the key catalyst for an upgrade.\"", "Dynegy shares were off 94 cents at $49.98 in early New York Stock Exchange trading.", "Business NYMEX Analysis Jack Cafferty 04 06 2001 CNNfn: Before Hours (c) Copyright Federal Document Clearing House.", "All Rights Reserved.", "JACK CAFFERTY, CNNfn ANCHOR, BEFORE HOURS: On March 20, Vincent Viola was voted in as the new chairman of the New Mercantile Exchange." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p37", "sents": [ "But under the terms of approval recommended by Energy Commission Chairman William Keese, CalPeak's plant would be able to operate \"up to 8,760 hours per year, typically when the demand for electricity is high.\"", "That number equals 24 hours a day.", "The actual number of hours would depend on the requirements of the state's Independent System Operator, which manages the energy grid.", "\"We certainly want to have the flexibility to run whenever we're needed,\" said Mark Lyons, CalPeak's development director.", "\"Exactly how often we will run is anybody's guess.\"", "Escondido Councilwoman June Rady said she was frustrated by the possibility of the plant running full time.", "In Ramco's case, the city and the county Ai r Pollution Control District made it clear how often the plant could operate.", "CalPeak chose to bypass the city's permitting process and went through the state Energy Commission, which offers an expedited 21-day approval put in place by Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e7601_p3", "sents": [ "\"We'll build the damn power plants if we have to,\" Peace said.", "\"This is going to end up in a lawsuit no matter what you do,\" Peace said, urging the commission to be sued by power providers, rather than state consumers.", "\"We're playing by the rules,\" said William Hall, asset management vice president for Duke Energy North America's Western region (DUK).", "\"We're not doing anything wrong and we're confident we can't be ordered to provide refunds,\" Hall said.", "The state officials rejected arguments against price caps and re-regulation of the market voiced earlier in the day by power marketers and generators, who warned that price controls will only worsen the state's power supply problems by serving as a disincentive for investment in new power plants.", "New generation is coming on line in California despite existing price caps, the state officials said.", "Five power plants are set to go on line next year, and another three are in the pipeline for 2002, said William Keese, California Energy Commission chairman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10632_p2", "sents": [ "Baggage may be checked at the ticket counter, or, where available, via an Instant Travel Machine or at curbside.", "Please have this document or your confirmation code available.", "Check in at an Instant Travel Machine and we will add 500 bonus miles to your Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan account.", "It's fast and easy!", "For locations and to learn more visit http: www2.alaskaair.com it IT.asp.", "Reserved seats will be held for you until 20 minutes before departure time (40 minutes for international flights).", "To accommodate everyone wishing to travel on your flight, you must be in your confirmed seat at least 10 minutes before scheduled departure (30 minutes for international flights).", "This will ensure that your reservations are not canceled.", "Picture identification, such as a drivers license or passport, is required to board the aircraft.", "For Canada and Mexico, proof of citizenship is required.", "CHANGE OF PLANS We're available 24 hours a day to assist you; simply give us a call at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522) for Alaska Airlines or at 1-800-547-9308 for Horizon Air." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10 ] }, { "title": "Alaska Airlines", "sents": [ "Alaska Airlines is an American airline based in the Seattle metropolitan area of the state of Washington.", "The company was founded in 1932 as McGee Airways, offering flights from Anchorage, Alaska.", "Alaska Airlines has flights to more than one hundred destinations in the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba and Mexico.", "The airline is a major air carrier and, along with its sister airlines Horizon Air and Virgin America, is part of the Alaska Air Group.", "The airline has been ranked by J. D. Power and Associates as having the highest customer satisfaction of the traditional airlines for ten consecutive years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5201_p8", "sents": [ "The round was led by new investor 3i.", "Additional investors in the company's latest round included Merrill Lynch, DRW Venture Partners, and Tamir Fishman.", "Previous investors Jerusalem Venture Partners, Siemens Mustang Ventures, and Ze'evi Computers Technologies also participated in the round.", "The company said it will use the funding to continue development of new products and technologies and expand its sales and marketing in the United States and Europe.", "The TeleKnowledge product automates revenue sharing and commission arrangements between providers and channel partners.", "Nelson Stacks, of 3i, will take a seat on the TeleKnowledge board of directors.", "http: www.teleknowledge.com Web Video Delivery Firm Vividon Gets $15 Million Round Two SUDBURY, Mass.", "-- Vividon, an Internet infrastructure company focused on improving video delivery on the Web, said it completed its second round of financing for $15 million.", "Venrock Associates led the round and was joined by previous investors Atlas Venture; Carlyle Venture Partners, an affiliate of the Carlyle Group; and individual investor James Dow." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "Jerusalem Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is an international venture capital firm founded in 1993.", "The fund specializes in investments in startup companies, focusing on Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, Storage and Cyber Security, having raised close to a billion US Dollars across nine funds.", "JVP is headquartered in the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem with offices in Be'er Sheva, New York City and Paris." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27391_p10", "sents": [ "Admiration for Enron went beyond the trading floors and research departments of Wall Street.", "As recently as a year ago, top financial executives admitted privately to envy of the former pipeline company's elevated stock rating and to frustration that their more traditional employers would not support pioneering experiments in new markets.", "The last year has seen a more sober assessment of those prospects, even though many analysts still believe Enron's push into different areas will be rewarded.", "Mr Lay repeated yesterday that he believed the company was fundamentally strong.", "The irony is that having been punished by the markets as the technology sector declined, Enron may not benefit if the economic cycle turns because it is now associated with its peers in the energy sector.", "As one analyst put it yesterday: \"You don't buy energy stocks at the beginning of a new cycle - you buy tech stocks.\"", "Copyright: The Financial Times Limited COMPANIES & FINANCE THE AMERICAS: Enron chief takes back key positions ENERGY LAY VOWS THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE AFTER SURPRISE DEPARTURE OF SKILLING: Financial Times; Aug 16, 2001 By Sheila McNulty in Houston Kenneth Lay, Enron chairman, yesterday reassumed the positions of chief executive officer and president of the Texas energy giant following the surprise departure of Jeff Skilling." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e20130_p21", "sents": [ "Enron declined to c omment.", "Houston-based Enron is also trying to dispose of $4.5bn-$5bn in other asset s. They are primarily international infrastructure projects in developing c ountries where Enron believes there is little chance of developing its whol esale and retail business around those assets.", "While the company has been generally doing well in Europe, Enron has said it will cut up to 500 jobs from its European division in the first sign of s lowing growth since it started operating in Europe in 1989. The division em ploys 5,000 people in 10 offices across the continent.", "Analysts said liberalisation of European energy markets had been slower and more patchy than some energy trading companies had envisaged.", "Newly traded products such as credit risk and carbon emissions were also developing les s rapidly than expected.", "Sheila McNulty, Houston, and Matthew Jones, London (c) Copyright Financial Times All rights reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Marty Katz", "sents": [ "Marty Katz has been involved in the motion picture and television industries for over three decades and has served in a variety of producing and executive positions in charge of production.", "In October 1992, following an eight year association with The Walt Disney Studios that included the position as Executive Vice President, Motion Pictures and Television Production, he formed his own independent production banner, Marty Katz Productions, which was based at Disney and had an exclusive overall arrangement with the studio.", "Under his banner, Mr. Katz produced the comedy hits “Man Of The House” starring Chevy Chase and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and “Mr.", "Wrong” starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman.", "Concurrently with this exclusive production agreement with Disney, he continued to serve the studio as a Production Consultant in connection with various film and television projects and new technology issues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e19731_p17", "sents": [ "Nevertheless, Ms. Vital said, for the long term, energy will probably be in short supply, and new sources must be developed.", "So she also likes the pro spects of two drilling companies, Noble Drilling and Nabors Industries.", "Bot h took a beating last week, along with the oil companies, so again she sees buying opportunities.", "Bern Fleming, portfolio manager of the AXP Utilities Income fund in Minneap olis, who has stakes in Dynegy, Duke Energy and Dominion Resources, said al l three had good prospects for growth, thanks to a mix of assets, ''managem ent I respect and solid business plans.''", "Photo: Workers at an oil well near Lafayette, La.", "Although oil prices have plunged, analysts say there is still good long-term potential for the stock s of energy companies.", "(Marty Katz for The New York Times) Chart: ''Power P lay'' Energy stocks have generally outperformed the overall market since th e beginning of 2000. Graph shows CONOCO SHARES, S. & P. ENERGY COMPOSITE, a nd the S.& P. 500 INDEX since January 2000. (Source: Bloomberg Financial Ma rkets) Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2658_p36", "sents": [ "It will kind of resemble that three-tiered wooden box he brought home from school years ago, Lober says.", "And he's going to live at the top.", "Photos: 1-2. Left: Star Gazer, first of the Star Fleet Entertainment Yachts, launched in 1993, sets sail for Southshore Harbor earlier this month.", "From left to right are bartender Bridget Byous, server Leona Clark, Cruise Director Edith Mitchell and President Tom Lober.", "Below: Cruise Director Edith Mitchell unties the Star Gazer's bow line (color); 3. Star Fleet Entertainment yachts President Tom Lober watches server Leona Clark polish silverware for a buffet dinner aboard the Star Gazer.", "Last year, the company booked more than 400 cruises, generating $2.3 million (color, p. 4) Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "More power to reform agenda Soma Banerjee 05 13 2001 The Economic Times Copyright (C) 2001 The Economic Times; Source: World Reporter (TM) THE electricity industry is often identified as the black sheep in the infrastructure sector which has continued to lag behind despite an overdose of government support." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "The Economic Times", "sents": [ "The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. First published in 1961, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the \"Wall Street Journal\", with a readership of over 800,000.", "\"The Economic Times\" is published simultaneously from 12 cities—Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5289_p17", "sents": [ "Other individual investors, all of whom participated in both first and second rounds, include Don Burton of South Atlantic Capital, Don Weber, former CEO of Contel, T. Forcht Dagi, chairman of Cordova Ventures, Charlie Paparelli of Paparelli Ventures, James Davis, the former president of Harbinger, Rod Knowles, the former CEO of Chattahoochee Bank, and Tom Wylly, executive vice president of SmallBusiness.com.", "http: www.fitability.com Mobile ASP Wapmagic Raises Additional $10 million AMSTERDAM -- Wapmagic, a wireless application service provider, said it received $10 million in additional financing from ABN AMRO Corporate Investments, Advent International, and previous investor Glide IT Fund.", "The company will use the funds to expand its staff and technology.", "The company has raised $12.5 million to date.", "http: www.wapmagic.com Internet Infrastructure Firm eMikolo Secures $4.5 Million NEW YORK -- eMikolo, an Internet infrastructure provider that offiers end-to-end network services, said it has secured $4.5 million from Israel Seed Partners and previous individual investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p31", "sents": [ "Mr. Hinton was most recently with Motorola, where he worked in executive positions including director of international business development, general manager of the company's greater China network solutions division, and assistant general manager of the Asia Pacific network systems business.", "He also worked as an executive with AT&amp;T and BellSouth.", "Mr. Hinton succeeds former chief executive officer Ofer Ronen, who remains with the company as president and COO.", "Foxcom Wireless is backed by 3Com, APAX, AIG Orion, CDB WebTech, Eurofund, Genesis Partners, Global Crossing, Israel Seed Partners, KTB, Microsoft, STI Ventures, and Unico.", "http: www.foxcomwireless.com MEI Software Systems Promotes VP to President and Acting CEO RESTON, Va. -- MEI Software Systems, a provider of software and services for associations, said it promoted James Dennis to president and acting CEO.", "Mr. Dennis is a nine-year veteran of the company, most recently serving as vice president for consulting and technical services.", "He succeeds Henry S. Firey, who resigned from the company in early August." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10642_p95", "sents": [ "Former National Telecommunications and Information Administrator Gregory L. Rohde also is under consideration, sources say.", "Meanwhile, Mr. Furchtgott-Roth says he 'll remain on the Commission until a mutually agreeable departure date is worked out with the Bush administration.", "Mr. Furchtgott-Roth 's term expired last June; he can continue at the agency until the end of the first session of the 107th Congress, which is expected to occur this fall.", "In a Jan. 31 statement announcing his decision, Mr. Furchtgott-Roth gave fe w clues about his next move, saying only that \"there comes a time when eve ry free market advocate in government must fulfill his dream by returning to t he private sector.", "For me, that time has arrived. His tenure at the Commission drew praise from two House telecom Republicans Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman W.J.", "(Billy) Tauzin (La.)", "says Mr. Furchtgott-Roth will be \"greatly missed, and Rep. Charles (Chip) Pic kering (R., Miss.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10178_p3", "sents": [ "Under one scenario floated by a GOP insider, President Bush would name Mr. Powell interim chairman and then, later on, nominate Mr. Wood as permanent chairman and a new Democrat to replace Ms. Ness.", "Ms. Ness term expired in June 1999; she currently is serving under a recess appointment that then-President Clinton made late last month (TR, Dec. 25, 2000).", "She may continue in her position until a replacement is nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate, or until the end of the current congressional session.", "L. Ari Fleischer, a Bush transition team spokesman who was slated to become White House spokesman after the inauguration, gave few clues during a Jan. 19 press briefing about where the incoming administration stood on naming new agency heads.", "Asked by TR whether a timetable had been developed for appointing a new FCC chairman, Mr. Fleischer replied, \"That will happen in due order as those announcements are ready. A spokesman at the Commerce Department 's NTIA said former Administrator Gregory L. Rohde hadn 't made any decisions about his future plans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Smithsonian Institution", "sents": [ "The Smithsonian Institution ( ), established on August 10, 1846 \"for the increase and diffusion of knowledge\", is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.", "The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson.", "Originally organized as the \"United States National Museum\", that name ceased to exist as an administrative entity in 1967." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e27924_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Thursday, October 25, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Web 'Wayback machine' switched on An archive of 10 billion Web pages, dating back to 1996, has been launched at web.archive.org.", "\"We created the archive in 1996 because we felt it was critical to preserve a permanent record of this historically significant new medium for the public,\" said founder Brewster Kahle.", "The project, developed in conjunction with the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, made its official debut Wednesday night at the University of California at Berkeley.", "It will assist researchers and people \"who just want to see how the media and our culture marked important historical events,\" said Paul Grabowicz, an assistant dean at the university.", "-- Anthrax attacks see Web use boost The president of America Online told a suburban Washington, D.C., audience that anthrax attacks against the United States postal system are likely to boost Internet use." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3514_p2", "sents": [ "Everyone's also trying to don the collaboration mantle as they vie for attention from customers and investors.", "Enterprise Outlook will cut through the hype.", "Learn about fundamental technologies and issues that must be ironed out before businesses can work together.", "See which applications truly merit being called \"collaborative.\"", "Discover how the supply chain takes on new power when companies can talk machine-to-machine, application-to-application, and person-to-person.", "Register and reserve your place today:http: www.enterpriseoutlook.com register.asp top stories NotifyMe Networks Fails to Close Series D, Shuts Down mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- NotifyMe Networks, which distribu ted customizable interactive alerting services that enable real-time, two-way communication across phones, pagers, and e-mail platforms, has shut down, according to CEO Chuck Dietrick.", "Mr. Dietrick said that despite securing a lead investor and raising half of the approximately $15 million Series D financing, the company was unable to close the round and thus shut down.", "Th e company employed a staff of 50. NotifyMe Networks now looks to sell off its business assets through assignment company DSI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e3514_p35", "sents": [ "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Partech International, a venture capi tal firm, announced that Kevin Carrington has joined the firm as a portfolio manager for its $130 million AXA United States Growth Fund.", "Prior to joining Partech Mr. Carrington was a vice president at Pequot Capital Management, where he focused on enterprise software and technology services.", "Partech focuses on expansion and later-stage investments in Web services, e-business infrastructure software and services, communications software and services, and collaborative vertical services and products.", "http: www.partechvc.com company index top Asimba, Asimba, Axerra Networks, Bernina Biosystems, Bernina Biosyste ms, BitFlash, Boxerjam, ChipData.com, Chordiant Software, CommerceFlow, Converg e, Core Networks, Core SDI, Core SDI, Corechange, Corechange, cPower, cPower, CryoCor, Delphi Communication Systems, DigitalMoJo, eKit.com, Elagent, Encelle, Esterel Technologies, Esterel Technologies, Exteriority, focusCORE focusCORE, Gluon Networks, Gluon Networks, Gluon Networks, Hookt.com, Hookt.com, InfoImage, InfoImage, InfoTalk, InfoTalk, iSovia, IT Factory, IT Factory, KASB TechVentures, Koch Ventures Group, Metastorm, Metastorm, Nallatech, Nerve Wireless, NetByTel, NETdelivery, NetSales, Newtek Capital, Newtek Capital, NotifyMe Networks, octopus.com, Optimight Communications, Outstart, Partech International, Partech International, Partech International, Pelago Networks, Platform.net, Platform.net, Proteus, PurpleYogi, QED Solutions, QED Solutions, Real Media, Real Media, Real Medi a, Riptech, Seek Communications, Seek Communications, Solsoft, Solsoft, Solsof t, Sonik Technologies, South Capital Ventures, South Capital Ventures, Spotwav e Wireless, Spotwave Wireless, StarCite, StockHouse Media, Trendium, vSimplif y, vSimplify, Vytek Wireless, Woodside Fund, World Wide Packets Around-the-clock global trading is almost here." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Independent Newspapers", "sents": [ "Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) was a newspaper publisher in New Zealand.", "Started as the Wellington Publishing Company in 1906 to publish \"The Dominion\", it began taking over other newspapers in the 1970s and was renamed Independent Newspapers in 1972.", "It accumulated over 80 publications before selling them all to Fairfax in 2003.", "INL then merged into Sky Network Television in 2005." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27402_p2", "sents": [ "\"The plant remains offline and no decision on future operations will take place for several days,\" it added.", "Following an investigation, Enron will have to submit a safety case for approval before any portion of the plant may be brought back online, the Health and Safety Executive has said.", "The process may be complicated by the fact that there has been one previous fatal incident at Teesside.", "Business Electric storm: Mild summer and US slowdown stave off Californian crisis Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 08 10 2001 The Independent - London FOREIGN 19 (Copyright 2001 Independent Newspapers (UK) Limited) NOTHING ABOUT California's electricity crisis is turning out as expected.", "This was supposed to be the summer of sky-high wholesale prices and non- stop rolling blackouts, but they haven't happened.", "In fact, if you were to take a tour of the Golden State now you would be hard pressed to notice there was a crisis at all: The lights are on, and everyone is still here." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Texas Lottery", "sents": [ "The Texas Lottery is the government-operated lottery available throughout Texas.", "It is operated by the Texas Lottery Commission, headquartered in downtown Austin." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e11062_p76", "sents": [ "Service will begin June 1 and serve as a test for the broader electricity deregulation that begins next year.", "Supporters say deregulation say it will provide more competition and lower prices for consumers.", "Utilities are already jostling for position and consumers' attention.", "An official with New Power Co. - a joint venture of Enron, IBM and America Online - said the company might offer one or two months free to some residential customers.", "Houston-based Shell Energy, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Group, said it woul d give a year's worth of electricity free to Don Gallagher of Houston, the first residential customer to sign up for its service.", "\"I've only won piddling things - I had a close miss on the Texas Lottery once.", "This is pretty neat,\" said Gallagher, a self-employed contractor who spent $3,337 on electricity for his 2,900-square-foot house last year.", "Gallagher said the money he'll save might go for a car for one of his teen-age daughters or for new carpeting." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10642_p25", "sents": [ "USTR Delays Plea for WTO Probe Of Mexico, Keeps Options Open The Office of the United States Trade Representative still may ask the World Trade Organization to investigate Mexico 's compliance with a WTO agreement to give foreign carriers access to its telecom market.", "But first USTR wants to give Mexico more time to address United States concerns before pressing its case.", "USTR declined last week to ask the WTO to convene a \"dispute-settlement panel to address claims that Mexico has failed to implement its market-opening commitments under the WTO 's basic telecom service agreeme nt.", "USTR asked the WTO in December 2000 to convene such a panel.", "But Mexico blocked the initial request, as a WTO member country has the right to do.", "A second such request cannot be blocked.", "USTR didn 't make a second request for a dispute-settlement panel when WT O officials convened Feb. 1, but that does not mean USTR has \"dropped the case, a USTR spokeswoman said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "World Trade Organization", "sents": [ "The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.", "The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.", "It is the largest international economic organization in the world.", "The WTO deals with regulation of trade between participating countries by providing a framework for negotiating trade agreements and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments.", "Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round (1986–1994)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5050_p5", "sents": [ "Of the $50 million, $20 million is contingent upon Phobos achieving certain revenue targets.", "Phobos has received funding from Millennium Technology Ventures and Blackstone Group Holdings and its affiliates.", "http: www.sonicwall.com Broadband Firm Edgix Gets $50 Million Round Two NEW YORK -- Edgix, which provides infrastructure services to broadband access providers, said Chase Capital Partners led its $50 million Series B financing.", "Existing investors Battery Ventures and Venrock Associates contributed to the funding.", "The company also announced the launch of edgeMedia, its flagship managed caching service.", "http: www.edgix.com New Money o Customer Feedback Technology Firm Gets $15 Million Round One PALO ALTO, Calif. -- BetaSphere, a provider of Web-based customer feedback software for marketers and developers, said it received $15 million in its first round of funding.", "Chase Equity Partners and GE Equity participated in this round.", "The company will use the funds to expand into new markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2044_p111", "sents": [ "Meanwhile, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 5.33% from 5.19%.", "(Times Staff Writer) * 3. Power Crisis Zaps State Bond Rating; Price Controls OKd: The mounting cost to the state general fund of buying electricity for California consumers prompted Standard & Poor's Corp. to downgrade $ 25 billion of California's general obligation bonds.", "S&P lowered California's bond rating by two notches, to A-plus from AA.", "The move could add hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's borrowing costs, bond experts said.", "Separately, federal regulators approved a plan to control electricity prices in California during times of supply shortages.", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tied prices during power emergencies to the cost of natural gas and emission controls, among other things, with the least efficient generator setting the market price.", "Critics said the order contains loopholes that will allow market manipulation.", "(Nancy Rivera Brooks) * 4. FTC Pans Music Industry Marketing: A much-anticipated sequel to last year's Federal Trade Commission report on the marketing of violent entertainment to children slammed the record industry for failing to heed regulators' recommendations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 7 ] }, { "title": "e234_p5", "sents": [ "Nelson said his company's inability to fully pay the producers it has contracts with is caused by the rate freeze that bars PG&E from passing the true cost of electricity on to customers.", "* * * Times staff writers Miguel Bustillo, Nancy Rivera Brooks, Dan Morain and Nancy Vogel contributed to this story.", "Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times steven k. says the la times is closer to correct (going forward costs but not payables) Bob At 12:46 PM 3 20 01 -0800, you wrote: Bob, If you learn anything more than what's in the papers, send it my way.", "Thanks.", "Alan cc: Subject: Dow Jones says CPUC will \"Order\" utiltities to pay QFs $1 bil Here's the link: http: quicken.excite.com investments news_center article printer.dcg?story news stories dj 20010320 ON20010320000069.htm Sue Mara Enron Corp. Tel: (415) 782-7802 Fax:(415) 782-7854" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Abe Pollin", "sents": [ "Abraham Pollin (December 3, 1923 – November 24, 2009) was the owner of a number of professional sports teams including the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Washington Wizards in the National Basketball Association (NBA).", "Pollin was the longest-tenured owner of an NBA team, holding the Packers/Zephyrs/Bullets/Wizards franchise for 46 years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5050_p17", "sents": [ "The company cited several reasons for the change: Ecards conflicted with another Web site called E-cards, so the companies settled on \"amicable\" terms, agreeing that Ecard visitors will be redirected to Blab.com.", "The company said that in addition to offering cards, it has added new features to its Web site such as trivia games and services that enable customers to make their own invitations and award certificates.", "Blab.com is funded by individual investors.", "http: www.blab.com The Carmen Group Launches B2G Incubator DCVentureNet WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Carmen Group, a professional advocacy and government relations firm, said it launched DCVentureNet.", "A wholly owned subsidiary of The Carmen Group, DCVentureNet will provide business-to-government office facilities, financial backing, and technical support.", "Stephen Goldsmith, former Mayor of Indianapolis, will act as managing director of DCVentureNet.", "The subsidiary's board includes Raul J. Fernandez, president and CEO of Proxicom; Abe Pollin, chairman of Washington Sports & Entertainment; Joe Wright, vice chairman of Terremark Worldwide; Carol Anderson, managing director of TSG International; and H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rod Wright", "sents": [ "Rod Wright (born in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league player, a lock forward with the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League competition.", "He later taught as a rugby league coach and as a behavioural teacher at Coombabah State High School." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7231_p2", "sents": [ "His administration will \"participate fully\" in the FERC hearing on Nov 9. The Governor believes that the state lost control of its transmission system when it passed 1890. So, I could conceive of some legislation or a federal push to \"give it back.\"", "I don't think that would be ultimately successful, but it would likely create some wild times.", "FEDERAL: The press reported that United States Sen Feinstein will introduce a measure in the next few days to give FERC retroactive refund authority.", "STATE LEGISLATURE: State Sen Bowen has said she plans to hold a hearing in mid-month and will draft a \"legislative response to the FERC proposal.\"", "Assemblyman Rod Wright met with about 30 people today (suppliers and utilities) to explore some issues.", "He wants to take leadership of the issue and is supported by the Speaker of the House.", "He plans legislative action.", "CONSUMER ADVOCATES: Press reports state that several consumer organizations are considering court action to get the refunds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9431_p6", "sents": [ "The company announced its first investment last month with the launch of the German-language sports site Sportgate.", "Venturepark has offices in Berlin, Madrid, and Paris, and intends to continue its expansion across Europe.", "http: www.venturepark.com New Money o Web Recruiter Brainhunter.com Has $12 Million First Round TORONTO -- Brainhunter.com, a full service Web-based recruitment agency, said it secured $12 million in its first round of funding led by Hollinger Capital.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its North American market share.", "Other investors involved in the round include McLean Watson, the Business Development Bank of Canada, and Crossbow.", "http: www.brainhunter.com Content and Publishing Firm Closes on $8 Million First Round MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NetPost, a provider of Internet content services that enable the integration and publication of content, said it raised $8 million in its first round of funding.", "Bay Partners led the round, which also included Israel-based Koor Corporate Venture Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p10", "sents": [ "http: www.envectra.com B2B Wireless ASP Terion Announces $50 Million Funding MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Terion, a business-to-business wireless application service provider that utilizes two-way wireless communications, said it received $50 million in funding from SCP Private Equity Partners II, Northwestern, ING Barings, Crossbow, and ACI Capital America Fund.", "Previous investors Penske Capital Partners, Delphi Automotive Systems, Detroit Diesel, KteCom, HVFM-II, and Madison Venture also contributed to the round.", "The funds will be used to increase production capacity and for marketing.", "Terion's patents and other intellectual properties include digital high-frequency technologies originally developed under contract by Harris Corporation as a nationwide backup communication system.", "http: www.terion.com Open-Source Firm Wasabi Systems Closes $500,000 Round One NEW YORK -- Wasabi Systems, which develops and supports open-source NetBSD operating systems, said it raised just over $500,000 in its first round of funding from a range of institutional and individual investors.", "The company would not disclose the names of its investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Steve Papermaster", "sents": [ "Steve Papermaster is the chairman and co-CEO of Appconomy.", "He is also the co-founder and current board member of Moxie Software, where he served as chairman and CEO from 2007 until March 2010.", "Papermaster has also served, or is currently serving as chairman, CEO and/or board member for numerous public and private companies including Powershift Ventures, Agillion, BSG Corporation, Technology Network Texas (TechNet), Perficient, Vignette Corporation, Per Se Technologies, Tipping Point Technologies, LabNow Inc. and ROME Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7688_p32", "sents": [ "http: www.lendx.com Agillion Names New Chief Executive Officer AUSTIN, Texas -- Agillion, which provides online customer acquisition and retention services, named James M. Travers as its president and CEO and also added him to the company's board of directors.", "Co-founder Steve Papermaster will continue as chairman.", "Mr. Travers was formerly president and CEO of Atlanta-based Harbinger.", "Agillion's backers include Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs, Hambrecht & Quist, Integral Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley, MSD Capital, Austin Ventures, Comdisco Ventures, Insight, and Watershed Capital Pivotal Asset Management.", "http: www.agillion.com e-Commerce Software Firm Solution.com Names New CEO MALVERN, Pa. -- Solution.com, a software technology company for Internet marketplaces and e-commerce infrastructures, said it appointed Stephen Zarrilli as chief executive officer, replacing Christopher Dallas-Feeney, who is no longer with the company.", "Mr. Zarrilli formerly served as head of United States Interactive, an Internet business professional services company.", "Solution.com is backed by Emerging Growth Equities and individual investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p33", "sents": [ "Formus also said that Mathias Weber, the chairman of the managing board for the Callino Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Formus, has been appointed president and chief operating officer.", "The company said former president and chief development officer, Vernon Kenley, has retired.", "Formus is backed by Citizen's Capital, CRI Media, Janco Partners, PartCom, BancBoston, Baring Communications, the Centennial Funds, Chase Capital Partners, CIBC Wood Gundy, Crescendo Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, MC Partners, Northwood Ventures, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Telecom Partners.", "http: www.formus.net o Bloodhound Software, Insurance Firm Protector, Names Execs RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Bloodhound Software, an application service provider focused on claims overpayment protection services, said it named William F. Chastain, Jr. as president and chief executive officer, and Robert McKenzie as chief financial officer.", "Mr. Chastain previously served as executive vice president, market development for FCCI Mutual Insurance.", "Mr. McKenzie was most recently CFO of Teksell.com, an online IT auction site." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "CIBC Wood Gundy", "sents": [ "CIBC Wood Gundy is the Canadian full-service retail brokerage division of CIBC World Markets Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).", "Through its network of over 1,000 investment advisors working in 80 locations across Canada, CIBC Wood Gundy offers an array of investment and insurance products and services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20092_p18", "sents": [ "John Bryson, Edison International president and chief executive officer, said the settlement would help the utility restore its good credit and repay its creditors.", "Edison owes nearly $4 billion to hundreds of power companies, ranging from energy marketing giant Enron Corp. to the state Independent System Operator, manager of the state's power grid.", "\"The agreement means stability, predictability,\" he said during a conference call with reporters Wednesday.", "\"It means preserving and enhancing the infrastructure of electricity that makes the economy of our region work.\"", "The PUC said the agreement would help the state begin pulling away from its role as a power-buyer.", "Commission President Loretta Lynch said the agency had little choice in figuring a way to let Edison repay its debts and avoid bankruptcy.", "\"I think that this is a balanced compromise, but clearly it does allow ratepayers to pay off some of the back debt,\" she said.", "The state Department of Water Resources so far has spent $9 billion buying electricity for customers of Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and San Diego Gas and Electric Co." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "John Bryson", "sents": [ "John E. Bryson (born July 24, 1943) is the former United States Secretary of Commerce, the 37th person to hold the post since its establishment in 1913.", "Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison and as director of The Boeing Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6960_p16", "sents": [ "The report is a summary of what Cal-ISO calls possible anti-competitive behavior by Duke Energy, Williams Cos., Mirant Corp., Reliant Energy and Dynegy Corp. \"In a truly competitive market we would expect these suppliers to bid very close to their actual operating cost,\" said Greg Cook, senior policy analyst with Cal-ISO's Department of Market Analysis.", "The state did not necessarily purchase any power at the high prices being demanded.", "Instead, the significance of the bids is that they show how California could find itself paying exorbitant prices for electricity again if hot weather returns and conservation slackens, said Frank Wolak, a Stanford University economist who studies the California electricity market.", "\"The bottom line is that the generators are putting out these bids in expectation of high demand,\" he said.", "\"If weather all of a sudden gets really hot from Southern to Northern California, the bids submitted by generators could be very costly to California.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e490_p44", "sents": [ "The ISO studied transactions involving 21 generating companies.", "It did not release the names of any of them.", "Leading suppliers in California include Dynegy Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Reliant Energy Inc., Williams Cos. and Enron Corp. \"The prices were above a normally competitive market,\" said Anjali Sherrin, author of the ISO's analysis.", "The $6.8 billion includes $562 million in alleged overcharges during December and January.", "Of those, FERC has proposed refunding $69 million for January.", "The power generators accused of the overcharges have until the end of today to give tell FERC why they believe those charges were justified.", "The ISO wants federal regulators to step in and stabilize the wholesale electricity prices that have pushed Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to the brink of insolvency.", "Power companies that sell to the ISO and the utilities said they were confident an independent examination will find that they did nothing wrong." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1217_p0", "sents": [ "\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Wednesday, September 6, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Ridgewood Capital to Raise $400 Million Venture Capital Fund o Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post o Numerical to Buy Cadabra Design Automation for $130 Million o CityReach International Raises $155 Million Third Round o Report: Pop.com Closes Following Failed Acquisition Talks Advertisement Spend an afternoon with VC Heidi Roizen.", "The Montclare Web Team invites you to join us to hear SOFTBANK VC Heidi Roizen talk about the 'new' New Economy at the Montclare Speaker Series, Sept. 13. http: www.montclare.com speakerseries Want to improve your Web site?", "Ask the experts!", "Meet us tonight at Zibibbo, in Palo Alto: http: www.montclare.com webteam Also in This Issue: New Money: o MEMS Manufacturer AMS Secures $8 Million in Series A Funding o Millennia Vision Raises $27 Million In First Funding Round o Software Developer 2Ce Raises $2.75 Million in Series A o Travel Search Engine TripAdvisor Gets $2 Million First Round o U.K." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Thursday, September 7, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Network Firm QoS Secures $100 Million in First Round o Report: Chase Raising $5 Billion For Private Equity Fund o Palm Forms Venture Unit and Earmarks $50 Million o Metawave Buys Smart Antenna Firm Adaptive for $107 Million o Sterling Venture Partners Secures $150 Million for New Fund o NBC VP Named Partner and Director of NeoCarta Ventures Advertisement AristaSoft is the only service provider focused exclusively on the high-tech equipment industry.", "The company provides integrated business process services--operations and finance, collaborative manufacturing commerce and customer service management--based on deep, industry-focused domain expertise and a portfolio of relevant enterprise-class applications delivered on a secure, scalable and reliable ASP infrastructure.", "Through AristaSoft's solution, emerging, hyper-growth high-tech equipment companies can grow their businesses faster.", "Find out more at www.aristasoft.com.", "Also in This Issue: New Money: o Broadband Firm Net to Net Secures $15 Million in Round One o Property Management Firm Realeum Has $15 Million Series A o Fabless Semiconductor Firm Secures $8.2 Million in Round One o Management App Firm Gets $5 Million of $8 Million Round One o Net Insurance Firm InsuranceNoodle Gets $10 Million Series A o Net Sports Technology Firm FitSense Gets Round One Funding o Wireless Firm Vettro Raises $10 Million in First Round o Wireless Technology Developer Has $1.5 Milllion First Round o Auction Site for Travel Booking Gets $2.5 Million Round One o B2B Security Firm NetCertainty Gets $3.8 Million Series A o CRM Firm PackagingSlip.com Closes Series A Round o Education Site iKnowthat.com Closes $2 Million Round One o Efoodmanager Gets $1.3 Million More in First Round Funding o Wirless Tech Firm Equinox Raises $4.4 Million in First Round o Chip Firm SigmaTel Secures $24 Million in Funding o Software Firm Sheer Networks Has $30 Million Second Round o E-Services Firm eHotHouse Launches, Gets Over $20 Million o Israeli Optical Firm Native Networks Gets $18 Million o Mercari Technologies Closes $20 Million in Series C o Applied Biosystems Invests $3 Million in Genomica o B2B Healthcare Data Provider Raises $725,000 Mezz Round o Harmonix Secures $3.5 Million Second Round from Softbank o Internet Indirect Invests $3 Million in Broadband Firm Kast o PC Maker Acer Invests in Electronics Marketplace e2open.com TechSys Takes Minority Stake in Technology Keiretsu o VentureWorx Takes Stake in Search Engine SearchGenie.com Wireless Data Software Firm Netverk Scores $9.5 Million New Products: o Giga Information's French Unit Goes Private with $4 Million o Software Testing and Monitoring Firm Empirix Launches o KnowToday Becomes Clerity Knowledge Exchanges New Deals: o Pop.com Confirms Deal with Ifilm Off, Small Staff Retained M&A: o Earful of Books Takes Majority Stake In Audiobookcafe.com BuildNet Acquires Home Plan Resource Company HomeStyles o American Greetings Buys Information-by-e-mail Service Firm o Digital Scent Developer, DigiScents, Buys SenseIT o AmeriNet Group.com To Acquire WeCU.com for $1.5 Million New Directors: o Two Ericsson Execs Join Wireless Firm TrustLink's Board o INNX Picks Media Analyst Harold Vogel To Join Company Board o Venture Capital Institution MerchantBanc Adds Three to Board o Two Join Board of Equity Execution Services Firm NeoNet o ZuluSports.com Names Former Nike Division Head to Board o Telecom Entrepreneur Joins Clearwire Technologies Board New People: o Ex-Hamilton Management Partner Now CEO & President of DIVA o Peppers and Rogers Pick Former McKinsey Partner as Leader o BenefitPort Names Healtheon WebMD Exec To CEO Post o Digital Content Firm WAM!NET Appoints President VC Fund News: o Italian VC MyQube Opens Silicon Valley Office VC Personnel: o AV Labs Names Former onQ Technology CEO as Venture Fellow o EnerTech Capital Partners Names Ex-Varidigm CEO as Partner Advertisement Spend an afternoon with VC Heidi Roizen." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4473_p5", "sents": [ "\"Edison ought to focus on getting money back from the generators and suppliers ,\" Wood said.", "Meanwhile, consumer advocates in San Diego and San Francisco requested that candidates for state or federal office sign a Ratepayer Protection Pledge to protect consumers from \"unfair and unreasonable electric rates.\"", "The pledge, developed by TURN (The Utility Reform Network), The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and Consumers Union, was mailed to all candidates Tuesday.", "\"Utility-style deregulation has obviously failed, and lawmakers must act now to prevent the entire state from being thrown into a financial crisis,\" said Nettie Hoge, executive director of San Francisco-based TURN.", "The consumer groups said that if politicians sign the pledge, they commit to oppose any legislation or efforts to force ratepayers to pay Edison, PGOor SDGOretrospectively for this summer's high wholesale energy costs.", "They also would agree to \"not allow for rate increases for PGOor Edison ratepayers during the rate freeze period and beyond until such time as rates are just and reasonable.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e119_p2", "sents": [ "The situation creates the potential for a troublesome compounding effect: The higher electricity prices grow, the more is set aside in the balancing accounts -- and the greater the wallop to customer wallets when the accounts come due.", "Based upon prices now paid for future electric deliveries, Sempra Energy estimates customers will owe $664 million by 2003. IOUs of that magnitude, said SDG&E, will require that customers pay a surcharge of $40 monthly for a year on top of whatever they are already paying for their power bills.", "Keep in mind that typical residential bills at this time last year were about $55; they now stand at about $130. Consumer advocates say it's likely power prices will remain at levels that will lead to huge debts for customers under the Davis proposal.", "\"The generators have shown themselves to be unconscionable in extorting profits,\" said Nettie Hoge, executive director of TURN, a San Francisco-based consumer group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8977_p7", "sents": [ "Michael Shames (Consumer Advocate): They could have immediately put--reinstated a price cap.", "They could have immediately said, hold on a second folks.", "We're not going to tolerate this.", "We're not going to see a region like San Diego thrust into a depression.", "Michaels: But Michael Shames says some legislators and regulators were ruled by their uncompromising belief in a free-market ideology.", "Shames: There were a number of people, well-placed people, who were so ideologically driven to force competition to work in a market such as energy that they didn't want to look at the signs when they saw that the experiment wasn't working.", "They didn't want to acknowledge it wasn't working, and they were prepared to sacrifice a city, San Diego, a state, California, and possibly a country, in order to see their ideologically driven vision--vision work.", "(Clip from a TV commercial) Michaels: Shames' consumer group was so outraged at the price increases they bought TV ads and urged civil disobedience." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e119_p3", "sents": [ "Hoge said the bills that emerged \"seemed the best a corrupt system could spit out.\"", "She added that TURN and other groups will shift their focus to pressuring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to restrain the electric generating companies and wholesale power markets.", "FERC, she said, must legally determine if charges from generating companies are reasonable.", "TURN and other groups will also press for re-regulation of the industry and will begin to explore municipally owned generating plants.", "Michael Shames of the Utility Consumers' Action Network supports the Davis bill, although he said it won't fix \"the almost irreparably broken California energy system.\"", "\"The problem is that California's electricity customers have been subjected to market prices in a dysfunctional energy market,\" Shames said.", "\"It's a market controlled by the sellers of power and their cronies.\"", "But Shames said the Davis bill provides at least temporary protection against further rate shocks, and he expects taxpayers across the state will ultimately assist SDG&E's customers in paying their electricity bills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Marketing Arm", "sents": [ "The Marketing Arm is a marketing and promotion agency owned by Omnicom Group.", "With offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and London.", "The agency specializes in entertainment, sports, cause, event and digital marketing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4084_p25", "sents": [ "http: www.webcapitalventures.com New Directors o Online Bank CompuBank Appoints Stark CEO to Board HOUSTON -- CompuBank, an online bank, said it has appointed George Stark to its board of directors.", "Mr. Stark is the president and chief executive officer of Stark Management and senior managing director of Burnham Securities.", "CompuBank recently closed its first round of financing at $36 million.", "Its investors include Softbank Finance, GE Financial Assurance, Goldman Sachs, and Marsh & McLennan Capital.", "http: www.compubank.com Sports Commerce Firm eFANshop Names Board Member DALLAS -- eFANshop, which operates commerce sites for the sale of sports-related merchandise in partnership with established Web sites, said it has appointed Ray Clark, the founder and CEO of the Dallas-based sports marketing agency The Marketing Arm (TMA) to its board of directors.", "Mr. Clark, who sold TMA last year to Omnicom, will be the eighth member on the board.", "eFANshop is backed by i2b Ventures and Icarus Investments." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1970_p0", "sents": [ "'Santa Clara County, Calif., Joins Lawsuit against Electric Suppliers San Jose Mercury News, 4 27 01 Huge increase in Calpine earnings San Jose power supplier rakes in $94.8 million San Francisco Chronicle, 4 27 01 Creek Seeks Hearing on Power Plant Plan South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 4 27 01 Oil People Energy Compass, 4 27 01 Venezuela Moving On Plans To Build Up Natural Gas Indus Dow Jones Energy Service, 4 27 01 Prospects dim for Enron's India power project.", "Energy Compass, 4 27 01 Report Out on Indian Power Project AP Online, 4 27 01 Enron, India in dispute over future of gas-fired power plant Associated Press Newswires, 4 27 01 Enron Offl Given Authority To End India Pwr Proj -Report Dow Jones International News, 4 27 01 German trade sees strong aluminium, copper demand.", "Reuters, 4 27 01 Enron India MD authorised to terminate PPA Business Standard, 4 27 01 Gas hub blues Energy Compass, 4 27 01 Might is right Energy Compass, 4 27 01 Venezuela Moving On Plans To Build Up Natural Gas Indus Bloomberg, 4 27 01 Enron Offl Given Authority To End India Pwr Proj -Report Bloomberg, 4 27 01 O'Brien and Bauman's Hot Stocks: YHOO ENE SFA YUM Bloomberg, 4 27 01 Santa Clara County, Calif., Joins Lawsuit against Electric Suppliers John Woolfolk 04 27 2001 KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: San Jose Mercury News - California Copyright (C) 2001 KRTBN Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Source: World Reporter (TM) Santa Clara County agreed Thursday to join a lawsuit against power suppliers, alleging they conspired to raise prices and boost profits while subjecting consumers to higher bills and rolling blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1970_p36", "sents": [ "Brazilian regulators, eager to open up the gas market, decided that BG should have access, at least through 2003. Petrobras has threatened to sue.", "Some gas pipeline projects in the region have already been delayed or killed because Brazilian demand hasn't grown as quickly as planners expected, or because of demand and financing problems in other countries.", "It certainly won't help investor confidence if Bolivia's economic and political woes linger.", "By Peter Gall, New York.", "Might is right 04 27 2001 Energy Compass (c) 2001 Energy Intelligence Group.", "All rights reserved As the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the Big Oil-backed IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) look set to go head-to-head in the online energy trading business, dozens of smaller internet exchanges are likely to collapse under the pressure.", "Seeing the way the market was headed - where web-based transactions replace old-style ways of making deals - London's International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) started searching earlier this year for a partner that could give it an internet trading capability." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11083_p4", "sents": [ "-- The Senate Energy committee also held an informational hearing this wee k on the state ,s audit of the CPUC ,s audits of SCE and PG&E.", "This is t he link to the State Auditor ,s review: http: www.senate.ca.gov ftp SEN COMMITTEE STANDING ENERGY _home Audit.htm.", "From my initial review it appears as if the State Auditor believes there were several major issues not handled in the CPUC audits.", "Surprised?", "-- This week ,s ECA committee hearing on interruptible programs was cance led.", "-- The proposed ECA committee hearing next Tuesday to address Asm.", "Wright ,s repower bill, AB 36x, may also be cancelled.", "E+M is currently researching what permitted, current and proposed repower projects would be able to meet the definition currently outlined in the bill.", "If you have knowledge of an y of these projects and can assist with this research, please call me.", "Wrigh t ,s office is asking for specific examples to help justify the amendments we are requesting.. -- McNally Temple provided a report on this week ,s energy briefing for t he Assembly Republican caucus which went very well." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 9 ] }, { "title": "e11592_p0", "sents": [ "'Map of the counties that comprise the service territories for PG&E, Southern Cal Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and various others.", "http: www.energy.ca.gov maps map_electric_utility.html Also Attached below is the database that McNally Temple put together for IEP.", "It includes power plants by Legislative district -- however it should also have utilities and counties listed.", "A search can be conducted to pull specific information More Within the link below you will find the latest and greatest tidbits from McNally Temple and other organizations on California http: www.turnonthetruth.com main.html IF I HAVE MISSED SOMEONE ELSE ON THE LIST - PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL ON" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]