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[ { "title": "e894_p128", "sents": [ "Davis still hasn't ruled out the possibility, but he says it's not high on his list of tactics.", "Generators say they would fight tooth and nail against such a grab, and state GOP lawmakers oppose condemnation, saying it smacks of underdeveloped countries' nationalizing key industries.", "But Burton and other Democrats, including state Senators Don Perata, D-Oakland, and Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, say the governor's strategy so far has left giant energy firms holding all the cards -- and a mounting pile of the state's cash.", "Davis had been trying to restore the financial stability of PG&E and Southern California Edison after their combined $14 billion debt for electricity purchases so damaged their creditworthiness that the state had to take over buying power.", "But now that PG&E has sought bankruptcy protection rather than accept Davis' plan to buy its transmission lines, the state may be stuck with the role of power buyer for years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Don Perata", "sents": [ "Don Richard Perata (born April 30, 1945) is a California Democratic politician, who was President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008.", "He came in second place in the November 2010 ballot for Mayor of Oakland.", "Perata now runs a political consultancy company" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3342_p41", "sents": [ "State Sen. Don Perata (D-Alameda) said Villaraigosa would need an equally strong team to succeed at City Hall.", "A \"very strong chief of staff\" would free Villaraigosa to deal with the City Council, said Perata, who served with the candidate in the Assembly.", "For all his efforts to translate personal charisma into political advantage, Villaraigosa has come under some virulent criticism, largely from Democrats in the highly fractious Latino Caucus who are loyal to state Sen. Richard Polanco of Los Angeles.", "Villaraigosa defeated Polanco's candidate to reach the Assembly.", "Polanco ally Martha Escutia, now a state senator from Whittier, accuses Villaraigosa of hijacking her 1997 bill to create the Healthy Families program, which provides medical coverage for children in low-income households.", "Villaraigosa lists the Healthy Families legislation as one of his four key accomplishments in Sacramento, along with the school and parks bond measures and his participation in a 1999 assault weapons ban." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Richard Polanco", "sents": [ "Richard G. Polanco (born 4 March 1951) is a former California State Senate Majority leader and member of the California State Assembly.", "He is known for his significant efforts in increasing Latino representation in the California Legislature." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hiroshi Mikitani", "sents": [ "Hiroshi Mikitani (三木谷浩史 , Mikitani Hiroshi ) (born March 11, 1965) is a Japanese billionaire businessman and the founder, chairman and CEO of Rakuten, Inc.", "He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Rakuten Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft.", "According to \"Bloomberg Businessweek\", as of August 2017, Mikitani is worth $7.1 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3975_p7", "sents": [ "BHS Holding and the Kampsax group of companies funded the round along with individual investors including Heather Hazard, a business professor at the Copenhagen School of Management; Hiroshi Mikitani, founder and CEO of Rakuten; and Oliwer Samwer, co-founder of of Alando.", "The company plans to expand its operations into Germany and Japan.", "http: www.mobli.com Online Bond Marketplace eBond Raises $1 Million Seed Round NEW YORK -- eBond Securities, which provides individual and small institutional investors with proprietary methods to trade fixed income securities online, said it has secured $1 million in funding from individual investors.", "The company said proceeds of the round will be used for the launch of additional products.", "http: www.ebond.com SIP Software Firm Indigo Software Gets $4 Million Round One ATLANTA -- Indigo Software, which develops software based on session initiation protocol (SIP), said it raised $4 million in its first round of funding.", "The round was led by Sofinnova Ventures and included an investment from Belgian investor GIMV." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9403_p20", "sents": [ "http: www.riverstoneinc.com Online Customer Support Firm Nuasis Raises $25 Million SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nuasis, which provides an Internet customer contact center deployed as a hosted service, said it received $25 million in a third round of funding led by Menlo Ventures with Tudor Ventures, Oracle, Brentwood Venture Capital, and Grove Street Advisors participating.", "Tom Bredt, general partner and managing director at Menlo Ventures, joined the company's board of directors.", "http: www.nuasis.com Sports Site Asimbia Raises $18.5 Million Series C REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Asimbia, a sports and fitness lifestyle site, said it raised $18.5 million in its Series C round of funding led by McCown De Leeuw & Co. I-Hatch Ventures and existing investors CMGI@Ventures, Global Retail Partners, and Fayez Sarofim & Co also participated.", "The company said the funds will be used to develop and launch new products.", "http: www.asimba.com U.K. Net Clothier 9Feet.com Secures $4 Million Second Round LONDON -- 9Feet.com, which sells clothing online, said it raised $4 million in its second round of funding from sole investor William Baird, a clothing retail company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3910_p5", "sents": [ "iArtisan will invest up to $50 million in companies that provide tools and enabling technology for rich media content development and delivery.", "The new unit will lead or co-lead investments in Series A and Series B rounds in both seed and institutional rounds of funding.", "The new division is backed by Audax, Grove Street Advisors, and other unnamed investors.", "http: www.artisanent.com Credit Security Firm Privista Has $17 Million First Round ATLANTA -- Privista, creators of Web-based privacy and credit management tools, said it raised $17 million in its first round of funding led by 2M Technology Ventures.", "Warburg Pincus Equity Partners and Vector Development, an Internet accelerator, also participated in the round.", "The company said it will use the funds to hire additional staff, develop its technology, and increase sales and marketing.", "Warburg, Vector, and 2M Technology Ventures will each take a seat on the company's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9245_p20", "sents": [ "HipHip Software has received one $600,000 bridge loan from individuals.", "The company is seeking a $10 million round of funding from individuals that it expects to close within the next two months.", "http: www.hiphip.com Broadband Firm Nupremis Appoints Company Co-founder as CEO BOULDER, Colo. -- Nupremis, which develops broadband applications, said it named Charles Cadle as chief executive officer.", "Mr. Cadle, a co-founder of the company, was previously the project leader for Callahan Associates International's non-cable and Internet business development activities.", "Last week, the company raised $25 million in its first round of funding.", "The round was raised from Angelo Gordon & Co., The Edward P. Bass Group, Callahan Associates, Compaq Computer, and Investcorp.", "Callahan Associates led the round.", "http: www.nupremis.com VC Fund News o eSouk Confirms Elimination of 15 Member Incubation Staff LONDON -- eSouk, an incubator and investor in Internet companies, confirmed reports that it is cutting its staff from 22 to 7. The company said it will no longer incubate companies and that the 15 eliminated jobs comprised the firm's incubation staff." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e9243_p5", "sents": [ "The acquired companies were Cenera, an electronic business integrator and Web services company; Interware, a Hungarian ASP and the country's fourth largest ISP; and NewEraCom, which operates a broadband network in the Southeastern United States The acquired companies will act as offices of Nupremis in their respective regions.", "All senior management of the acquired companies will take management positions with Nupremis.", "The company's board consists of Douglas K. Bratton of The Edward P. Bass Group, David Roberts of Angelo Gordon & Co., Rick Dakin, formerly of Centera and president and COO of Nupremis, Chuck Cadle, chief executive officer of Nupremis, and three representatives of Callahan Associates including Bill Barker, company founder Richard Callahan, and another representative to be determined.", "http: www.nupremis.com B2B Market Software Developer Gets $6 Million Series A NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- CommerceScout, which develops software for business-to-business Internet markets, said it raised $6 million in its Series A round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2852_p37", "sents": [ "To date, Gu ru has raised $63 million in financing from investors including American Express, August Capital, CS First Boston, Greylock, Investor AB, Texas Pacific Group, and WR Hambrecht.", "http: www.guru.com Training Products Firm Cognitive Arts Appoints New CEO mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Cognitive Arts, a developer of Internet-ba sed products and services for educational and corporate training, said it has appointed Robert C. Daugherty as CEO.", "Mr. Daugherty replaces Russell C. White, who has left the company to pursue other interests.", "Prior to joining Cognitive Arts, Mr. Daugherty served as president and COO of inaQuest.com, a provider of commercial commercial printing software until its July 2000 merger with ProForma.", "He also joins as the eighth director on the company' s board, which includes Rob Bernstein of Leeds Weld, Brian Friedman of FS Private investments, and Elliot Royce of GE Equity.", "To date, the company ha s raised $33 million in three rounds of financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p38", "sents": [ "Backers include Catterton Partners, FS Private investments, GE Equity, Leeds Equity Partners, and Regent.", "http: www.cognitivearts.com Online Digital Printing Firm Mimeo Appoints New CEO mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Mimeo, which provides Internet-based digit al printing services for the production and delivery of business documents, announced the appointment of John F. Lyons as its new CEO.", "Mr. Lyons replac es founder Jeff Stewart, who will serve as chief strategist and will remain on the company's board of directors.", "Prior to joining Mimeo, Mr. Lyons served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Impact Venture Partners.", "He joins as the fourt h member of the board, which includes Ross Goldstein, managing partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham.", "In February 2000 Mimeo raised $21 million in a first round of funding.", "Investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham, Hewlett-Packard, and unnamed individuals.", "http: www.mimeo.com E-Commerce Firm Callbutton Names First President & CEO mail?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Callbutton, a provider of e-commerce technol ogy that aims to enable businesses to interact one-on-one with potential and current online customers, announced the appointment of Michael Markette as the company's new president and CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5091_p8", "sents": [ "The company will use the funding for expansion and marketing.", "http: www.eesis.com Video ASP Oediv Closes Round One with Softbank Funds LOS ANGELES -- Oediv, a video application service provider, said it closed its first round with an undisclosed amount of funding from Softbank Venture Capital.", "The company will use the funds to continue technology development for its ASP.", "Monica Dodi, an MTV Europe co-founder, is chief executive officer of the company, which is expected to launch in November.", "http: www.oediv.com E-Commerce Site Creator Propel Raises $38.3 Million Series B SAN FRANCISCO -- Propel, which provides software and services for building electronic commerce Web sites, said it has raised $38.3 million in its Series B round of funding from several individual investors, including Oracle's chief operating officer Ray Lane.", "Previous investors in the round also participated, including Ohana Holdings, on behalf of Pierre Omidyar; Marc Andreessen, Colin Powell, Michael Dell, Alfred Chuang, founder and President of BEA; Mark Hurst, founder and president of Creative Good; and Frank Quattrone, managing director and head of Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Alfred Chuang", "sents": [ "Alfred S. Chuang () was part of the original Executive for BEA Systems founded by Bill Coleman, he later served as chairman, CEO and president of BEA Systems until it was purchased by Oracle in April 2008.", "Prior to founding BEA, Chuang worked at Sun Microsystems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27973_p10", "sents": [ "Mr. Carr joins from iPlanet, where he most recently served as director of sales.", "Vericept, formerly eSniff, is backed by Sequel Venture Partners.", "<http: www.vericept.com * FirstRain Expands Management Team top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IHHPNHNMII NEW YORK -- FirstRain, a developer of infrastructure software products for enterprise decision support, said it named several new members to its management team.", "Robert Wilson, former director of consulting at Proxicom, was named vice president of strategic alliances.", "Mike Brzezinski, former director of sales for the New York region at Exodus Communications, was named managing director of Northeast sales.", "And Chun Lee, who previously worked at SPL WorldGroup, Comsat, NYNEX, and Johnson & Johnson, was named director of finance and administration.", "FirstRain is backed by Allegra Partners, Diamondhead Ventures, Myriad Investments, St. Paul Venture Capital, as well as individuals including Rajat Gupta, CEO of McKinsey & Co.; John Hennessy, president of Stanford University; and Greg Papadopoulos, chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Rajat Gupta", "sents": [ "Rajat Kumar Gupta (] ; born 2 December 1948) is an American businessman and philanthropist who served a two-year term in U.S. federal prison for insider trading.", "He was the first foreign-born Managing Director (chief executive) of management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2003.", "He was also a board member of corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, and American Airlines, as well as an advisor to non-profits such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.", "Additionally, he is the co-founder of the Indian School of Business, American India Foundation, New Silk Route and Scandent Solutions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2697_p1", "sents": [ "We've noticed over the weekend that the situation in the Assembly is improving.\"", "The proposal by Assemblyman Joe Nation, D-San Rafael and Assemblyman John Dutra, D-Fremont, has gained the interest of some members of the Assembly Republican Caucus, all of whom have resisted previous attempts at rescuing SoCal Ed from near bankruptcy.", "Consumer groups have been resistant to any form of what they call a utility \"bailout.\"", "But a spokesman at The Utility Reform Network in San Francisco said the group is studying the 'Plan B' proposal.", "On Friday, a spokesman to Gov.", "Gray Davis said state Sen. Richard Polanco, the Senate Majority Leader, would introduce legislation this week enacting the agreement the governor reached with SoCal Ed exactly one month ago that would allow the utility to issue about $3 billion in bonds to recoup its unrecovered power costs and sell its power lines to the state for $2.76 billion to pay off its debt." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "e538_p28", "sents": [ "The order directs the utilities to resume payments to QFs within 15 days of end of billing period, Commissioner Carl Wood said.", "If they don't comply, the utilities will suffer from penalties equal to the amount owed to the QFs, he said.", "Wood withdrew, on Monday, his idea for a fixed price payment of $79 per megawatt hour.", "During a conference call to note holders late Tuesday, Edison's CFO Ted Craver, Jr. said SoCal Edison plans to make interest payments on some of its defaulted debts, with the first payment on some commercial paper outstanding made around the end of next week.", "Craver also said that with the utility's planned payments and its commitment to make interest payments, starting this week, as they come due, SoCal Ed will become current on all outstanding interest rate payments.", "Meanwhile, the CPUC's order regarding payments to QFs came just as the state's power grid operator issued a \"Stage Two\" power alert throughout California, calling for increased consumer conservation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2044_p23", "sents": [ "\"We just closed out their account because they owed us $ 29,\" said office manager Lisa Giordano.", "\"It's a hassle to get anyone over there.", "I just wrote it off.\"", "The utility bought $ 38 worth of plants from Forest Nursery in Los Osos, west of San Luis Obispo.", "\"It's nothing to go to court about, especially since they paid it,\" said bookkeeper Lori Parsons.", "A wine wholesaler, an ice cream company and a coastal hotel are listed.", "So is Sing A Long Productions in Burlingame, which supples disc jockeys and karaoke.", "\"I am sure we have done business with PG&E and other companies that have parties from time to time,\" said owner Nick Foster.", "\"Maybe somebody forgot that we did not get paid.\"", "PG&E spokesman Ron Low said the list includes everyone to whom the utility wrote a check in the last two years, such as homeowners who received energy conservation rebates and retirees who received checks related to benefits." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "Nick Foster", "sents": [ "Nick Foster is a multiple BAFTA-winning British TV composer and music producer who has worked extensively over the past fifteen years.", "He is best known for composing music for television shows in the UK and US, such as The Cube, the Derren Brown programmes, Hank Zipzer, Penn & Teller,and for commercials.", "In his early career he was known for his work as a record producer and songwriter for acts including Gary Barlow, East 17, Toploader and S Club 7." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1368_p52", "sents": [ "\"Our success is linked to efficient markets, not higher prices in California, or anywhere else for that matter,\" Steve Kean, an Enron executive vice president, said in January testimony before the United States Senate.", "\"What we are interested in is competitive and well-functioning markets.", "Our financial success is not built on California's back.\"", "End advance for release Wednesday, April 18 AP Photo FX101 of April 16, AP Graphic POWER PLAYERS Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Nigeria's electricity firm 'anxious' for US power project 04 18 2001 Agence France-Presse (Copyright 2001) LAGOS, April 18 (AFP) - Nigeria's state-run electricity company NEPA is anxiously awaiting the launch of a US power project in the economic capital Lagos, officials said Wednesday.", "The US firm Enron was due to have begun supplying electricity to the city grid in December, but the project has yet to take off.", "Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, had blamed the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) for the delay, saying the company was \"frustrating\" the independent power project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e490_p0", "sents": [ "'Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook The Washington Post, 03 25 01 Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis Associated Press Newswires, 03 25 01 India: Centre's interest liability on dues to Enron starts Business Line (The Hindu), 03 25 01 Victoria Station's pounds 250m facelift The Independent - London, 03 25 01 Standoff may delay renegotiation on Enron project The Times of India, 03 25 01 Deal to sell PGE may fall through Associated Press Newswires, 03 24 01 Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 683 crore The Economic Times, 03 24 01 Nigeria blames US firm for delay in power project: report Agence France-Presse, 03 24 01 Enron deal with Sierra likely a bust Buyer of Portland General having trouble raising cash Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Market rebounds, but not stability Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Midwest to face high gas prices again Supply of anti-smog component already one-quarter below last year Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 COMPANY NEWS ENRON SALE OF UNIT TO SIERRA PACIFIC IS DOUBTED The New York Times, 03 24 01 Operators of California Power Grid Testify of System Abuses KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 03 24 01 Santa Clara Plans for More Power Generators to be built on existing plant sites San Francisco Chronicle, 03 24 01 Calif. Crisis, M&A, Gas To Dominate Talk At Howard Weil Dow Jones News Service, 03 23 01 A Section Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 03 25 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A05 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Few businesses placed as big a bet on Republicans in the last election as the coal industry, which gave 88 cents out of every dollar in campaign contributions to GOP candidates or organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6937_p8", "sents": [ "Lucio said there should be enough capacity to get the Northwest through the winter, barring abnormalities like a long, extended freeze.", "Construction of dozens of peaking plants in the West is going forward in cases where developers sold supply contracts in advance.", "TransAlta is continuing construction of a 154-megawatt peaking plant in Washington, because much of the plant's capacity was sold months ago.", "\"The number of announced projects is far and away more than what is needed within the time frame we're talking about,\" said Dick Watson, a director with the Northwest Power Planning Council.", "Still, several western utilities have asked the FERC to raise the price cap.", "Puget Sound Energy (PSD) told the FERC the cap \"undercuts the Commission's efforts to ensure adequate supplies of electricity.\"", "As previously reported, some small oil-fired generators, which are even more expensive to operate than the permanent, gas-fired peaking plants, have even been taken off line permanently after being installed over the past six months." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Puget Sound Energy", "sents": [ "Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is a Washington state energy utility providing electrical power and natural gas primarily in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States.", "The utility serves electricity to more than 1.1 million customers in Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties; and provides natural gas to 750,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties.", "The company has a 6,000 sqmi electric and natural gas service area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2943_p123", "sents": [ "In a cogeneration plant, the waste heat is used to warm buildings or run air conditioners.", "``We use two fires when we could use one,'' said Tom Casten, president of Private Power LLC, a Chicago-area combined heat company, and the chair of t he International Cogeneration Alliance, based in Brussels, Belgium.", "United States cogeneration has been growing in recent years, but it isn't as popular as it is in Europe, Casten said.", "The United States gets 7 to 9 percent of i ts power from cogeneration plants, he said.", "Mainly, heavy industries, college campuses and downtown sections of older cities such as New York and Philadelphia use it.", "Denmark gets 59 percent of its electricity from cogeneration; the Netherlan ds gets 42 percent.", "Finland hasn't built a new central power plant in 20 years and China in the past decade hooked up a system to heat 55 million families through cogeneration plants, Casten said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Tom Casten", "sents": [ "Thomas R. Casten, known as Tom Casten, is an American businessman, author, and activist known for his work on industrial energy recycling.", "Since 1977, Casten has founded and managed numerous companies and organizations associated with combined heat and power (also called cogeneration), decentralized energy, and waste energy recovery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1465_p13", "sents": [ "Enron is expected to select a bank within a few days.", "Enron holds 65% stake in Dabhol Power, while Maharashtra State Electricity Board holds 15% and United States companies Bechtel Group Inc. and General Electric Co. (GE) each hold 10%.", "Enron officials declined to comment, the newspaper said.", "Newspaper Web Site: http: www.economictimes.com -By New Delhi Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9427; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron plans to sell majority stake in Indian power venture 04 20 2001 Agence France-Presse (Copyright 2001) BOMBAY, April 20 (AFP) - US-based energy company Enron Power Corp is putting in place plans to sell its majority stake in the troubled Dabhol Power Co. in western India, reports said Friday.", "\"Enron is believed to be in the process of appointing a merchant banker to sell its majority stake in the Dabhol Power Co (DPC),\" The Economic Times said, quoting unnamed sources." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e529_p47", "sents": [ "Growing Concern Concern about the budget ``only magnifies the other concerns that exporters have with respect to ensuring that the agency is competitive,'' said Mary Irace, vice president at National Foreign Trade Council.", "``Without money, who can be competitive?''", "The trade council represents 500 companies, including engineering company Bechtel Group Inc. and Enron, the world's largest energy trader, and United States units of foreign companies such as Asea Brown Boveri AG, the world's biggest electrical-engineering company.", "If Ex-Im used market-window financing as much as Canada and Germany, which use the practice most, the agency could increase the scale of its operations by more than 50 percent to about $20 billion, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, a Washington research group.", "Market window financing wouldn't cost the United States government more money, yet current law would require additional funding in case some of the loans need to be written off, Hufbauer said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e858_p0", "sents": [ "'USA: UPDATE 1-Calif. bankruptcy ripples through utilities shares.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 06 2001 Pacific Gas and Electric Company Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization Business Wire, 04 06 2001 USA: UPDATE 1-Calif. bankruptcy ripples through utilities shares.", "04 06 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - Shares of utilities companies paused, plummeted then pared losses after news on Friday that Pacific Gas & Electric, California's largest investor-owned utility, filed for voluntary bankruptcy, a victim the state's flawed deregulation law.", "Trade in shares of parent company PG&E Corp. were halted before the filing.", "When trading resumed, they fell 37.96 percent to $7.06, off $4.32, below its modern stock low of $8.50. Shares in Edison International California's other financially strapped utility, lost almost 30 percent of its value to trade down $3.72 at $8.92. Stocks of wholesale power suppliers with money owed to them at risk as a result of the California power crisis also fell sharply on the news but recovered slightly in later trade." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e407_p0", "sents": [ "'Electricity Trading Builds Oh-So Slowly In France Dow Jones Energy Service, 03 23 01 India: Dabhol guarantee: Govt awaiting Law Ministry view Business Line (The Hindu), 03 23 01 India: Foreign companies facing tax harassment: Japanese envoy Business Line (The Hindu), 03 23 01 'Panel to clear Tannir Bhavi project deal' The Times of India, 03 23 01 Enron comfortable with profit projection Houston Chronicle, 03 23 01 USA: Transmission Texas' only dereg hurdle-state grid manager.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 Despite Talk, Bandwidth-Trading Cos Say They're Hiring Dow Jones Energy Service, 03 22 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Bush accused of protecting oil firms in power crisis.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 USA: Enron stock slides despite earnings reassurance.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 STOCKWATCH Enron lower amid market deterioration after reaffirming guidance AFX News, 03 22 01 Enron `comfortable' with earnings estimates, but shares slide Associated Press Newswires, 03 22 01 Energy Researcher Says California Not Fixing Power Problems Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Enron Reaffirms 2001 Forecast After Stock Price Falls (Update1) Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Enron Corp.'s India Unit Faces $88.2 Mln Penalty, Paper Says Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Electricity Trading Builds Oh-So Slowly In France By Sarah Wachter Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 03 23 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Although electricity trading volumes are creeping higher in France, activity will probably remain subdued and irregular until a satisfactory regulatory regime is put in place." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9373_p9", "sents": [ "Telephone 44-122-345-1034. o Net-Based Health Data Firm ican Raises $4 Million Series A EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- ican, a provider of Internet-based information and tools for health professionals, said it completed a reissuing of the Series A round from last September, raising a total of $4 million.", "EDF Ventures led the round with a $2 million investment.", "Other backers for this round include Salix Ventures, Delphi, and Affinity Capital Management, which collectively contributed $1.6 million.", "The remaining $400,000 came from individual investors.", "The funding will be used for ongoing growth and development.", "http: www.icaninc.net o Ensera Announces Launch and $20 Million Funding Round REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Ensera, which provides automated repair claims processes for the auto collision repair industry, announced its launch after operating in stealth for eight months under the name EngineRoar.com.", "Ensera secured $20 million additional funding in a private placement round.", "Backing came from CMGI @Ventures, Wand Partners, and other undisclosed investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3049_p15", "sents": [ "inCube has invested SGP7 million ($3.9 million) in eGurkha, a monitoring software company based in Singapore with subsidiaries in India and the United States inCube h as also invested $1.1 million in Bijitec, which d!", "evelops software that enabl es handwritten messages to be edited and transmitted.", "Telephone 65-320-0771 new products Medschool.com Changes Name to Medsn mail?", "top CULVER CITY, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Medschool.com, a provider of on line training for healthcare organizations and professionals, announced that it has changed its name to Medsn.", "The company, whose services are deployed by companies in the pharmeceutical, medical device, healthcare communications fields as well as healthcare risk management companies for corporate training and professional medical education, said that it will relaunch its Web site in accord with the new corporate identity.", "To date, Medsn has rais ed approximately $38 million from Delphi, GE Equity, Leeds Equity Partners, and Patricof & Co. Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "William E. Simon", "sents": [ "William Edward Simon (November 27, 1927 – June 3, 2000) was an American businessman, a Secretary of Treasury of the U.S. for three years, and a philanthropist.", "He became the 63rd Secretary of the Treasury on May 9, 1974, during the Nixon administration.", "After Nixon resigned, Simon was reappointed by President Ford and served until 1977 under President Carter.", "Outside of government, he was a successful businessman and philanthropist.", "The William E. Simon Foundation carries on this legacy.", "He was a strong advocate of laissez-faire capitalism.", "He wrote, \"There is only one social system that reflects the sovereignty of the individual: the free-market, or capitalist, system\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3127_p35", "sents": [ "Drinker, Biddle, and Shanley advised Control Commerce, and Business Development helped the acquired com!", "pany find a buyer.", "Control Commerce had raised $5.5 million from ColumbusNewport, Guthy-Renker, Hudson Venture Partners, MacAndrews and Forbes, Millennium Hanson, Waterview Partners, and William E. Simon and Sons.", "http: www.controlcommerce.com new directors iVita Names Landmark Graphics President and CEO to Board mail?", "top HOUSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- iVita, which provides applications for perf ormance management of fixed-asset portfolios, said John Gibson, current president a nd CEO of Landmark Graphics, has become the sixth member of its board of directors.", "Other board members include Vic Mahadevan, chairman and CEO; Andrew W. Kahn, managing director and partner of Access Technology Partners Robert W. Stearns, managing director of Sternhill Partners; Ken DeAngelis, general partner of Austin Ventures; and Somesh Singh, president and COO of iVita.", "Investors in iVita are Austin Ventures, Information Access Technolog y, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity, and Sternhill Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Coradiant", "sents": [ "Coradiant provides Web Application Performance Management products which enable organizations to better manage and troubleshoot Web Applications.", "BMC Software, Inc acquired Coradiant on 28 April 2011 for $130 million in cash." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7455_p3", "sents": [ "The cuts came due to the company's inability to raise additional capital, according to company president and CEO Jeff Lamb.", "BizBlast.com, which raised a $4 million first round of funding at the beginning of the year, was not able to find a lead investor for its second round.", "Company backers Access Venture Partners, Quest International Management, and Softbank Venture Capital were willing to reinvest provided there was a new lead investor, the company said.", "Softbank led the company's first round of funding but would not lead again.", "The company said it hopes either to receive additional funding or to be acquired, with acquisition the more likely option.", "BizBlast.com has enough funding to last until January of 2001. The company's products enable users to create, set up, and maintain online stores.", "http: www.bizblast.com Managed Service Firm Coradiant Gets $20 Million Round One SAN JOSE, California -- Coradiant, a managed service provider, said it closed a $20 million first round of funding led by Doll Capital Management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9692_p4", "sents": [ "Mr. Fram, who is relocating from New Jersey to Silicon Valley, is former president of Net2Phone.", "In January, eVoice received a $38 million round of funding from idealab!, Worldview Technology Partners, Nokia, and Oak Investment Partners.", "http: www.evoice.com MobileQ Appoints Prodigy COO and WAP Chair to Board NEW YORK -- MobileQ, a developer of server software for mobilizing business applications, said it appointed Gregory G. Williams, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Prodigy Communications, to its board of directors.", "Mr. Williams is chairman of the Wireless Application Protocol Forum board of directors.", "Previous investors for MobileQ include Samsung Venture, Pequot Capital Management, Clarity Capital, and Bell Mobility.", "http: www.mobileq.com Wireless Tech Firm Isochron Data Gets $12 Million Round One AUSTIN, Texas -- Isochron Data, a provider of application services using wireless technology, said it closed its first round of funding at $12 million.", "The investment was led by TL Ventures, and included WR Hambrecht + Co, SAP Ventures, Arkoma Venture Partners, Sanchez Capital Partners, Convergent Investors, and previous investor Sagebrook Technology Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e4084_p4", "sents": [ "The company previously argued that the \"not\" in its name clearly distinguished it from Harvard University.", "The company said it will officially take the new name in about 60 days.", "notHarvard, which enables companies to offer free online courses to their clients, is backed by Austin Ventures, Barnes & Noble.com, CenterPoint Venture Partners, Impact Venture Partners, Merrill Lynch Kecalp, Sanchez Capital Partners, and TL Ventures.", "http: www.powered.com Ex-Lucent Exec To Head Content Delivery Firm XOsoft MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- XOsoft, which provides content delivery technology, said it named Lance Boxer, who previously served as group president of Lucent Technologies' Communications Software Group, as the company's new president and chief executive officer.", "Mr. Boxer replaces company founder Leonid Shrilman, who remains chairman and chief technology officer.", "The company is backed by JK&B Capital, Goldman Sachs, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham, Neurone Venture Capital, Seed Capital, ComVerse, and Janney Montgomery Scott.", "http: www.xosoft.com Individuals & St. Paul VC Form Sixth Satellite Fund Quatris MINNEAPOLIS -- St. Paul Venture Capital, along with four individual investors, announced the formation of the Quatris Fund, which will create and seed early stage companies in the IT, software and Web service industries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "United States Environmental Protection Agency", "sents": [ "The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes U.S. EPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.", "President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order.", "The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.", "The agency is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the President and approved by Congress.", "The current Administrator is Scott Pruitt.", "The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the Administrator is normally given cabinet rank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6568_p39", "sents": [ "The cost of delayed cleanup is prolonged damage to human lungs, spoiled forests and crops, and the pervasive pall of dirty air.", "In the San Joaquin Valley, so little progress has been made recently that t he United States Environmental Protection Agency is poised to declare the 25,000-square-mile area a \"severe\" smog zone, a status shared by only 10 other United States regions.", "Cities such as Bakersfield and Fresno are beginning to challenge the Los Angeles region--where air quality has shown steady improvement--and Houston for the nation's air pollution crown.", "Sequoia National Park, which is immediately downwind of the valley, has the worst smog of any national park more days of unhealthy ozone were recorded there last year than in Los Angeles and New York City combined.", "The valley has the most lackluster reco rd against air pollution of any California region.", "The San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Management District blames the Bay Area for much of its pollution, but the EPA says the smog increasingly is home-grown." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mitsubishi", "sents": [ "The Mitsubishi Group (三菱グループ , Mitsubishi Gurūpu , also known as the Mitsubishi Group of Companies or Mitsubishi Companies, and informally as the Mitsubishi \"Keiretsu\") is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.", "Its total revenue is about 1.4% of Japan's GDP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e9431_p18", "sents": [ "Avstar said it changed it name to reflect the broadcast industry's current state of flux as various outputs for news broadcasting converge.", "iNEWS is backed by the Grass Valley Group and Avid Technologies.", "http: www.inewsroom.com New Deals o AOL Takes Minority Stake in Content Distribution Firm Adero BOSTON -- Adero, a provider of Internet content and application distribution services, said America Online took a minority stake in the company.", "The equity stake is part of a larger strategic agreement between the two companies and Inktomi.", "The three companies are developing a platform enabling content providers to supply participating ISPs with content.", "Adero is also backed by Bowman Capital, Fidelity Ventures, Hikari Tsushin, ING Barings, Inktomi, Intel Capital, M C Venture Partners, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Osborn Capital, Reuters, and Spectrum Equity.", "Adero has raised $105 million to date.", "http: www.aol.com http: www.adero.com M&A o Human Resource Servicer Peopleclick Acquires PRI Associates RALEIGH, N.C. -- Peopleclick, a provider of online human resources management tools, said it has acquired PRI Associates, a software development and statistical consulting firm that specializes in employment discrimination litigation, computer related intellectual property suits, and affirmative action issues, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28015_p0", "sents": [ "\"What are we doing re this?", "CAn we get Hanson to help?", "--Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:02 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff; Kean, Steven J.; Shapiro, Richard; Steffes, James D.; Kaufman, Paul; Mara, Susan; Calger, Christopher F.; Tycholiz, Barry; Richter, Jeff; Belden, Tim; Comnes, Alan; Swain, Steve; Sharp, Vicki; Blachman, Jeremy; Dietrich, Janet; Delainey, David; Leff, Dan; Hughes, Evan; Herod, Brenda F.; Parquet, David; Frazier, Lamar; Denne, Karen; O'Neil, Murray P.; Huddleson, Diann Cc: Alamo, Joseph Subject: California Treasurers Calls on Lynch to Immediately Set DA Suspension Date Back to July 1 The state treasurer sent a letter this afternoon to Loretta Lynch.", "The treasurer claims in the letter that, by extending DA through Sept. 20th, the PUC could have shifted more than $8 billion to small customers.", "He urges Lynch to immediately roll back the date to July 1. We have started working with large customers to refute the letter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e5635_p1", "sents": [ "Bev has already asked for some input.", "I told her we would have an initial view on Tuesday for our California call.", "--Original Message -- From: Steffes, James Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:39 AM To: Kean, Steven; Shapiro, Richard; Kaufman, Paul; Dasovich, Jeff; Mara, Susan; Comnes, Alan; Alvarez, Ray; Robertson, Linda; Palmer, Mark; Denne, Karen; Sharma, Ban; Fraser, Jennifer; Tribolet, Michael; Thome, Jennifer; Linnell, Elizabeth; Guerrero, Janel Subject: CDWR Contract Analysis Jennifer Thome will be coordinating the review of CDWR's contracts beginning this morning.", "If anyone has any issues that need to be considered in the review, please make sure that Jennifer understands the issues.", "Jennifer Fraser has volunteered someone from her team to help.", "We will be working with ENA Legal in Portland (through Alan Comnes) to help with the review.", "Please call Jennifer Thome if there are any questions.", "Jennifer will provide an update on timing etc.", "at the end of the day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "New Enterprise Associates", "sents": [ "New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is an American-based venture capital firm.", "NEA focuses investment stages ranging from seed stage through growth stage.", "NEA invests across a broad array of industry sectors.", "With over $18 billion in assets under management, NEA was the world's largest venture capital firm in 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4810_p11", "sents": [ "The investment came from Comstellar Technologies.", "Zenfinity will use the funds for growth, to add to its staff, and to expand its service offerings.", "The company focuses its services on telecommunication providers offering integrated voice, video, and data services.", "Paras Shah and Sandesh Shetty, founders of Zen & Art Client Server Computing, provided seed funding for Zenfinity.", "Comstellar, an investor in telecommunications startups, has raised more than $140 million in investment capital, led by Accel Partners and New Enterprise Associates.", "Paul Shaneck of Comestellar joins Zenfinity's board, bringing the total number of directors to five.", "http: www.comstellar.com http: www.zenfinityinc.com Consultants AV Labs Engineering Lands $600,000 Seed Funding AUSTIN, Texas -- AV Labs, an early stage venture fund focused on seed and first round investments, said it invested $600,000 in seed round funding in AV Labs Engineering, a new venture engineering firm that is a stand-alone company.", "The new company will provide product designers, software architects, software developers, and engineering management exclusively to AV Labs portfolio companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26708_p2", "sents": [ "Redpoint Ventures led the round with participation from CMEA Ventures, Liberty Associated Group, Mission Ventures, and Revolution Ventures.<i - By <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" John Fuller< ai font td tr table td tr table <br <blockquote <b <font face=\"verdana, verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" SIZE=2 color=\"black\" The complete text of the stories below, as well as 16 additional venture-capital and private-company stories, are available today exclusively to subscribers to our new, premium service, VentureWire Professional.", "<a href=\"http: professional.venturewire.com m2_professional.asp\" Find out more.< a font b blockquote td <td width=\"168\" align=left vAlign=top BGCOLOR=\"#eeeeee\" rowspan=\"2\" <br <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" color=red <b Pervasive Computing Outlook< b font <br <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"1\" San Francisco Airport Marriott<br Burlingame, CA<br December 4 & 5<br <br font <a href=\"http: pervasivecomputingoutlook.com home.asp\" <img border=\"0\" height=\"110\" width=\"82\" align=left src=\"http: venturewire.com ads 110x82ads Saffo.jpg\" alt=\"Pervasive Computing Outlook\" a <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"1\" <b Paul Saffo< b <br Director,<br Institute for the Future<br <br clear=\"all\" <br To help us with the big picture and what it means for pervasive computing, we&#39;re delighted that Paul Saffo is one of the panelists on Day 1 of Pervasive Computing Outlook." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p5", "sents": [ "Cadabra will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Numerical.", "Faysal Sohail, president and CEO of Cadabra, will remain president of the Cadabra subsidiary and will become senior vice president of Numerical.", "Cadabra's backers include CMEA Ventures, Synopsys, Access Technology Partners, and individual investors Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Atiq Raza, former president and COO at AMD, Rajeev Madhavan, co-founder, president and CEO of Magma Design Automation, and Kurt Keutzer, former CTO and senior vice president of research at Synopsys.", "http: www.cadabradesign.com http: www.numeritech.com CityReach International Raises $155 Million Third Round LONDON -- CityReach International, a European provider of network management and services, said it raised $155 million in its third round of funding led by new investor Investcorp.", "Additional investors in the round included Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, Merrill Lynch, and Vulcan Ventures.", "The company said the latest round of funding will be used for the European expansion of the company's operations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11765_p7", "sents": [ "The new company will have three divisions: an incubator, KPN's pre-existing venture capital unit KPN, and a division that concentrates on merging markets, services and technologies.", "The new company will incubate and invest in dot-com companies and develop new services.", "http: www.kpn.com New Money o Semiconductor Firm MathStar to Close $18 Million First Round MINNEAPOLIS -- MathStar, a developer of high-speed semiconductors, said it expects to announce the close of its $18 million first institutional round within the next three weeks.", "The round is being funded by both institutional and individual investors.", "The company will use the funding for product development, and expects to launch its first product by the late Summer 2001. MathStar is a fabless semiconductor company that has received United States Defense Department grants of approximately $1 million for technology development.", "http: www.mathstar.com App Integration Firm Foresight Gets $6 Million First Round COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Foresight, a provider of Internet application integration services that enable companies to extend their Web applications and enterprise business systems, said it completed its first round of funding for $6 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "KPN", "sents": [ "KPN (in full Koninklijke KPN N.V., also Royal KPN N.V.) is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company.", "KPN started as a public telecommunications company and is based in The Hague, Netherlands." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e19778_p7", "sents": [ "RESTORE CREDIT-WORTHINESS Rebuilding a financial base for utilities is key to putting California's power market back on track.", "One way to do this, some experts say, is to let the utilities sell bonds to help them pay off debts and recoup the billions of dollars they've lost buying power at prices they couldn't afford.", "This would then allow the utilities to get investment-grade ratings.", "\"All California has to do is to ensure the utilities are credit-worthy again\" via the bond sale, says John Bryson, president and chief executive officer of Edison International, the Rosemead, Calif., parent of Southern California Edison Co.", "So far, the California Assembly and Senate have proposed that Southern California Edison sell $2.9 billion in revenue bonds, backed by a surcharge tacked onto the bills of the state's largest businesses, to pay off its commercial paper holders and alternative-power producers, such as wind and solar generators.", "The utility has a contract with the alternative-power producers, and the price it pays for power is fixed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27310_p1", "sents": [ "Skyline plans to invest as much as $10 million to $12 million per portfolio company over the course of several venture rounds through Skyline III, with typical initial investments ranging from $4 million to $5 million.", "Skyline III will focus on early-stage investments in drug discovery tools, biotechnology, medical devices, and healthcare information technology.", "The Skyline Expansion fund will focus on mezzanine-stage investments.<br <br Monday was a quiet day for fundraising went with nine companies raising $60 million, but IronPort Systems, an Internet messaging technology firm, is expected to announce its launch today with backing from investors including Hotmail founders, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.", "The company has also entered into a partnership with Dell Computer.", "IronPort, which raised a $3.9-million seed round in February, was founded a year ago by CEO Scott Weiss, a former executive with Microsoft and Hotmail, and chief product officer Scott Banister, founder of Listbot, an e-mail list hosting service acquired by Microsoft.<br <br Meanwhile, there were more shakeups at Mahi Netowrks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Scott Banister", "sents": [ "Scott Banister (born 1975 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American entrepreneur and angel investor.", "He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ernest Gellhorn", "sents": [ "Ernest Gellhorn (1935–2005) was an American academic and legal scholar.", "He graduated from the University of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Law School, and was a Guggenheim fellow.", "An expert on administrative and antitrust law, Gellhorn held a number of academic appointments, including dean of law in three universities: (Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Washington).", "Additionally, he was Boyd Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University, and professor of law at" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "e19680_p23", "sents": [ "Dynegy and Enron have insisted the merger, which will combine the largest energy trading company in the world with one of its largest competitors, will be approved by federal regulators without significant conditions or divestitures.", "But competition lawyers said this week that because the market for energy trading is so new - indeed, it was all but created by Enron in the 1990s - that federal agencies will have to spend months finding out how rivals compete in order to develop guidelines to measure the merger's impact.", "\"We don't have any track record here,\" said Ernest Gellhorn, an antitrust expert at George Mason University.", "The deal will be reviewed by state and federal agencies, but the most critical approvals will come from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and US antitrust agencies.", "Central to the antitrust review will be how competition authorities define the market - how big it is, which companies are included as competitors, and how the market share is divided up." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20385_p41", "sents": [ "\"Every time he'd speak, I'd believe everything he' d say,\" one loyalist says.", "And why not?", "By 1995 Enron had become North America's largest natural-gas m erchant, controlling 20 percent of the market.", "But at a company where the b uzzword was \"aggressive,\" that was no place to stop: Skilling and Lay belie ved the Gas Bank model could easily be applied to the electricity business.", "Firmly committed to the notion that a deregulated market meant better serv ice at lower prices for consumers (and untold profits for Enron), they bega n barnstorming the country, pressing their case with entrenched power compa ny presidents (who, with their multimillion-dollar salaries and monopoly se rvice areas, had little incentive to change) and energy regulators (who wer e somewhat more receptive, thanks in part to Enron's generous lobbying effo rts).", "But the biggest winner of all was probably Jeff Skilling.", "In 1997 Ken Lay m ade him the president and chief operating officer of the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p13", "sents": [ "When Houston Natural Gas was bought by InterNorth, creating Enron, it formed the first nationwide interstate natural gas pipeline system.", "The company created the first futures market for natural gas with its Gas Bank - allowing users to buy and sell gas for future delivery - years ahead of the first futures contract to trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.", "It also developed many of the methods of hedging natural gas costs that are used today to reduce the risk of price swings.", "Enron's pipeline was the first system to offer its interstate pipeline to transport anyone's gas for a fee.", "Now, all interstate pipelines are run in that fashion.", "The company's $2 billion power plant project in India is the largest single outside investment ever made in that country.", "The company moved quickly to become a player when California lawmakers voted to open that state to electricity supplier competition, and soon changed its plans to limits its risks there." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10164_p0", "sents": [ "\"Dean Tyson: It was a pleasure to see you again today.", "Phil, it was a pleasure to meet y ou and I look forward to working together.", "Since time is of the essence, I wanted to summarize where we left off at today ,s meeting regarding Calif ornia s energy crisis.", "That summary is attached.", "I've also attached three articles from the business section of today's Chronicle that arguably bolst er our arguments for adopting the approach that we discussed at today's meetin g. Given the fact that the legislative process is moving rapidly, bankruptcy is a daily threat, and Dean Tyson will be attending the meetings in Davos, it appears that our window of opportunity is very small.", "It seems that succes s requires a meeting of the principals by the end of the week, if not sooner.", "The chances of success are obviously limited, but I think that we agreed th at all concerned have nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking a shot." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e643_p1", "sents": [ "The Raffle: The show at Zellerbach concludes with a raffle of two Pen Cams (a PC camera a digital camera, and a digital camcorder in one -- courtesy of AT Kearney) and Haas Gear.", "Please make sure that an usher takes your ticket stub before the show and hold on to your tickets for the raffle.", "The Reception: Please join Dean Tyson, the speakers, Jeff Greenfield, and the CEO of AT Kearney, Dietmar Ostermann, at a catered reception at the Club Room of the new Haas Pavilion following the show.", "Haas Pavilion is the new stadium just west of Zellerbach Hall.", "The event is free and open to all Haas students.", "However you will need a ticket for admission to the show and to the reception.", "Location: Zellerbach Hall is located near Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue, a five-minute walk from Haas.", "Parking will be tight just before the show, so please leave your cars at Haas, if you can, or use other forms of transportation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lanzhou", "sents": [ "Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China.", "The prefecture-level city, located on the banks of the Yellow River, is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country.", "Historically, it has been a major link on the Northern Silk Road.", "The city is also a center for heavy industry and petrochemical industry.", "Lanzhou was previously ranked as one of the cities with the worst air quality in the world, due to industrial pollution and its situation in a narrow river valley.", "Significant recent earthworks, removing parts of the sand and soil mountains surrounding the city, have succeeded in ventilating the city and allowing the displacement of air pollution.", "In 2015 the city was awarded China's climate progress title." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11016_p24", "sents": [ "The city of Lanzhou, on the Worl d Health Organization's list of the world's 10 worst-polluted cities, is working with Siemens of Germany to co-finance and retrofit its existing coa l plant with gas turbines and to build a new gas-fired plant.", "Hangzhou city, with Japanese financing, is building a 100-megawatt, gas-fired co-generatio n plant that will save 200,000 tons of coal a year and eliminate dozens of th e city's inefficient industrial boilers.", "Already, five major Chinese cities have built their own natural gas networks to promote private investment in gas-fired power plants.", "While Canada partners with China's aging monopolists to push outdated, money-losing technologies -- Team Canada is expected to announce another Three Gorges Dam contract today -- China's newly privatized power companies are mostly turning to United States and European energy know-how.", "\"Gas is the quickest way to get a turnaround in pollution levels,\" says Bri an Anderson, chairman of Shell Companies, Northeast Asia, who saw China's citi es begin the switch from coal to gas in 1998. With only 2% of China's energy needs currently met by gas (coal still provides 70%), there is plenty of ro om for growth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Washington Times", "sents": [ "The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper.", "It is published as a broadsheet at 3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington, D.C..", "The paper covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on American politics.", "Its slogan is \"America's Newspaper\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3523_p94", "sents": [ "They credit the state's energy crunch, the plunging popularity of Democratic Gov.", "Gray Davis and the growing approval of President Bush with reviving Republican hopes in California.", "As recently as six months ago, Mr. Davis was considered nearly invulnerable for re-election in 2002. He had trounced his Republican opponent, Dan Lungren, for the governorship in 1998, with the Democrats sweeping all but two statewide offices - the secretary of state and the insurance commissioner.", "But California's energy brownouts have given Mr. Davis a black eye.", "\"Six months ago, people would have said this guy is Superman,\" Jim Camp, the California Republican Party political director, told The Washington Times.", "\"Now, people aren't impressed that he is blaming everyone else for the energy problem and has hired two former Clinton political hit men, at taxpayers' expense, to try to fix his political problem.\"", "California Secretary of State Bill Jones, a Republican, agreed, noting that Mr. Davis' \"approval rating is dropping very dramatically in the California Field poll." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8286_p22", "sents": [ "38. Market participants used their trade organization, the WSCC, to share access to and use real time information, notwithstanding the fact that its publication and use violated the ISO's operating procedures, as set forth in tariffs and protocols that were filed with and approved by FERC, and by adoption made part of the contracts by which defendants were authorized to sell electricity to the PX.", "Those tariffs and protocols required that such data be kept confidential to prevent gaming the market and not be used by market participants to engage in anti-competitive behavior.", "39. It has been reported in the Dow Jones Work.", "Com Newswire on October 19, 2000, that: \"Electricity generators may have used real-time plant activity reports from the state's grid operator to their advantage in California's wholesale electricity market, according to an official with the Western Systems Coordinating Council.", "* * * * * * * \"At issue is real-time information the California Independent System Operator provided the Western systems Coordinating Council, a governmental [sic] organization that monitors electricity reliability in the western U.S., about power plant activity in the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e57_p3", "sents": [ "This was coupled with a requirement that the utilities dives t themselves of their generating capacity and buy most of their electricity on the spot market, where prices have escalated dramatically.", "In hindsight all of this came together in a catastrophic scenario, so that today, California buys electricity at astronomical prices.", "We believe that FERC needs to act to help restore reasonable costs and stability to this marketplace. 8 &Additionally, this agreement addresses the escalation of natural gas transportation costs.", "Last February, FERC began a two-year experiment to li ft the cap on these costs and since that time we have seen the price of natura l gas climb 400 percent higher in Southern California. 8 Senator Feinstein added.", "Specifically, the compromise legislation would accomplish the following goa ls: Directs FERC to impose a just and reasonable wholesale rate cap, which can be load-differentiated based on supply and demand, or cost-of-service-based rates in the Western energy market (Western Systems Coordinating Council, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1473_p1", "sents": [ "MUST STEP IN TO PROTECT STATE FROM MANIPULATION BY SUPPLIERS., MITCHELL LANDSBERG and MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS The Orange County Register, April 20, 2001, Friday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS ?, K497, 846 words, Federal energy commission considers price fix for state energy market, By Dena Bunis San Jose Mercury News, April 20, 2001, Friday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K512, 696 words, In response to power woes, rating agencies have California on credit watch, By Jennifer Bjorhus San Jose Mercury News, April 20, 2001, Friday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K520, 1069 words, Issues still remain on what power consumers will eventually pay, By John Woolfolk and Michael Bazeley San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 20, 2001, FRIDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A4, 765 words, Edison pushes lawmakers to accept deal, David Lazarus The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 20, 2001, Friday, BC cycle, 7:04 AM Eastern Time, State and Regional, 438 words, Most Edison executives going without bonuses, By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer, LOS ANGELES The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, State and Regional, 901 words, Top political aide discusses Bush's low-key style, By RON FOURNIER, AP White House Correspondent, WASHINGTON The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, State and Regional, 727 words, Utility commission staff says parent company profiting from energy sales, BOISE, Idaho The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, State and Regional, 820 words, Legislators probe possible power, natural gas collusion, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online April 20, 2001; Friday 7:57 AM, Eastern Time SECTION: Financial pages LENGTH: 238 words HEADLINE: Power Company Executives Lose Bonuses DATELINE: LOS ANGELES BODY: Senior executives at Southern California Edison and its parent company went without hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses in 2000 because of California's power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1473_p21", "sents": [ "But he said some producers did not purchase the necessary equipment because PG&E and Edison have failed to pay them in full for earlier electricity deliveries.", "\"It's not a huge amount,\" he said of the anticipated production shortfall, \"but every little bit helps.\"", "* Landsberg reported from Los Angeles, Bustillo from Sacramento.", "Times staff writers Nancy Rivera Brooks in Los Angeles, Carl Ingram and Julie Tamaki in Sacramento and Tim Reiterman in San Francisco contributed to this story.", "LOAD-DATE: April 20, 2001 16 of 78 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service The Orange County Register April 20, 2001, Friday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K497 LENGTH: 846 words HEADLINE: Federal energy commission considers price fix for state energy market BYLINE: By Dena Bunis BODY: WASHINGTON _ Californians who see federal re-regulation of the state's crisis-bound energy market as an answer to the impending summer emergency better look for some other solution." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7688_p28", "sents": [ "The acquisition brings USBX's listings to more than 13,000. USBX is funded by Carlyle Venture Partners, Evercore Venture Partners, eCompanies Venture Group, Jolson Merchant Partners, and Sunflower Capital.", "BizQuest was self-funded.", "http: www.usbx.com New Directors o Network Security Firm Names Ex-NSA Director to Board GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Computer network security company KnowledgeSentry said it named Hamilton J.M.", "(Mike) McConnell, former National Security Agency director and current vice president of Booz-Allen, to the company's board of directors.", "Mr. McConnell spent twenty-five years in the United States Navy and also served as intelligence officer for the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Operation Desert Storm.", "KnowledgeSentry is an outsourced security services provider of real-time network monitoring, IT security consulting, and electronic private investigation and forensic evidence collection.", "The company is backed by individual investors and is currently raising its first round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3975_p9", "sents": [ "Telia Business Innovation now holds a 20% stake in the company, which operates an online service that pairs companies and high-level project workers.", "The U.S.-based eWork Exchange is backed by eCompanies Venture Group, ETF Group, Storie Partners, and funds associated with DeutscheBanc Alex.", "Brown.", "In November, the company plans to open a U.K. branch.", "http: www.ework.se o Waveguide Developer Teem Photonics Gets $31 Million GRENOBLE, France -- Teem Photonics, a developer and manufacturer of active and passive optical waveguide components, said it received $31 million in funding from Baker and Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.", "The company plans to use the funds for product development and to open a United States subsidiary by the end of the year.", "Previous investors are Banexi, Innovacom, Sudinnova, Schneider Electric, Radiall, and National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble.", "http: www.teemphotonics.com Cogency Semiconductor Takes $20 Million in Round Two OTTAWA -- Cogency Semiconductor, a provider of semiconductors for the home networking market, said it raised $20 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e617_p26", "sents": [ "54 from No.", "112. San Francisco-based Chevron agreed to buy Texaco last October for $35.1-billion in stock, plus assumed debt of $7.5-billion.", "The deal is expected to close this summer pending review by the United States Federal Trade Commission.", "The Internet slowdown and economic uncertainty hurt a number of firms, particularly telecom firms that slid in the rankings.", "AT&T Corp. fell from No.", "8 to No.", "9. But a merger helped Verizon Communications Inc., formed when Bell Atlantic and GTE combined in May, leapfrog from No.", "33 past rivals WorldCom Inc., No.", "32, and SBC Communications, No.", "14, to the No.", "10 spot.", "America Online Inc., which became the first purely Internet company to break into the list last year at No.", "337, rose to No.", "271. Since then, it has become AOL Time Warner Inc. by dint of its acquisition of Time Warner.", "The combined company's revenue of $36.2-billion would have made it No." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "GTE", "sents": [ "GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System.", "The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than that, until 2000, when it got acquired by Bell Atlantic; the combined company took the name Verizon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "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, 2 ] }, { "title": "e11502_p1", "sents": [ "To date, 24 states and the District of Columbia have set dates when customers will be allowed to choose their electric power supplier.", "Recently, however, substantial price increases and reliability problems in some areas undergoing this transition have raised questions about the best way this restructuring can be designed to benefit retail customers.", "In light of recent price increases and reliability problems in California and western states generally, some states have delayed, or are considering delaying, implementation of retail competition plans.", "The Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee of the United States House of Representatives, W.J.", "\"Billy\" Tauzin, and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Joe Barton, have requested that the Commission examine various state retail competition programs and describe those features that appear to have resulted in consumer benefits and those that have not yielded consumer benefits.", "In addition, the Commission has been asked to examine possible jurisdictional limitations on the states' authority to design successful retail competition plans and whether there is a need for federal legislative or regulatory action." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jaswant Singh", "sents": [ "Jaswant Singh (born 3 January 1938) is an Indian politician.", "He earlier belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party and has held many portfolios in the national cabinet including Finance, External Affairs and Defence during the NDA regime (1998 to 2004).", "He was also the Leader of Opposition from 2004 to 2009 in the Rajya Sabha and the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India(1998–99).", "He is known for his rigid political views." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e27513_p5", "sents": [ "The ruling is a victory for Enron, whose Dabhol Power Co. unit in May began proceedings to end the seven-year-old power supply contract with Maharashtra, its sole customer, because of the debt.", "The state's electricity board, in response, stopped buying Dabhol's power, saying it's too expensive, prompting the generator to halt production.", "The ruling is ``favorable,'' said Enron in a statement.", "Dabhol has argued that the board didn't have the right to cancel the contract, and the board referred the dispute to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission.", "Dabhol argued the regulator was created in 1999, after the power purchase contract was signed, and therefore didn't have the authority to decide the dispute.", "Dabhol's $3 billion plant, India's biggest foreign direct investment, can generate 740 megawatts of power and the company had planned to add another 2,184 megawatts of capacity this year.", "INDIAN FM ADMITS MISTAKES OVER UNIT TRUST OF INDIA 08 06 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, Aug 6 Asia Pulse - Federal External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh on Friday regretted the muddle caused in Unit Trust of India (UTI), but said it would not affect investor confidence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3625_p35", "sents": [ "The important thing is to be there.\"", "Additional reporting by Robin Allen in Dubai Copyright: The Financial Times Limited FITCH PLACES INDIA ON NEGATIVE RATING OUTLOOK ON FISCAL CONCERNS 06 01 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Fitch has changed the Rating Outlook on India's sovereign ratings from Stable to Negative, citing well-flagged concerns about fiscal policy, privatization and the deterioration in the foreign investment climate.", "Fitch currently rates the foreign and local currency obligations of India at BB+ and BBB- respectively.", "The negative rating outlook reflects the slow progress of the government in implementing privatization and addressing the weaknesses in public finances.", "The fiscal-monetary policy mix in India remains unfavorable, resulting in relatively high real interest rates and crowding out of private sector investment.", "Until the authorities display a concerted willingness to address fiscal imbalances, India will remain locked in a stop-go cycle of growth and the sovereign could slip into a debt trap, Fitch said in a press statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e489_p62", "sents": [ "He said the company can acquire much of the telecommunications capacity it needs to expand its businesses through contracts with other owners rather than by building additional network capacity itself.", "Despite the fact California's utilities aren't paying their bills, Enron's credit exposure in that state is declining, he added.", "vh jfr For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE 03 26 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, March 26 Asia Pulse - Essar Group is considering pulling out of the Royal Dutch Shell promoted Rs 23 billion (US$493.7 million) Hazira Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal project in the western state of Gujarat due to \"overcrowding\" of gas projects on the western coast.", "\"We are having a rethink on the venture as the region may not be able to absorb the amount of gas coming by way of proposed projects,\" Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia told PTI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6539_p1", "sents": [ "With the help of a subcommittee of the Energy Committee and Energy coordinator Alex Leupp we submitted an outline and information package to Kathleen Cha of ABAG for the energy section.", "Some excellent analysis from Peter Evans is attached.", "Annual Bar-be-que - Last Thursday evening SVMG CEOs and over 50 members of the State Legislature were in attendance the annual SVMG Board BBQ includin g Governor Davis, Speaker pro tem Sen. John Burton, Assembly Minority leader Dave Cox, Majority Speaker of the Assembly Robert Hertzberg, and Secretary of State Bill Jones.", "We were fortunate to be able to have a 90-minute pre-meeting with Speaker Hertzberg and Speaker Pro Tem Keeley with a select group of leaders focusing on several topics including energy.", "Dr. Woody ably represented SVMG on the topic.", "Had discussion with many of our representatives on the energy topic including Sen. John Vasconcellos (who related that Sen. Bowen wants to meet again with our leadership on SB27XX Direct Access on Friday the 20th), Sen. Bruce McPherson, Speaker Hertzberg, and Assy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Bruce McPherson", "sents": [ "Bruce A. McPherson (born January 7, 1944) is an American politician who was the 30th California Secretary of State, sworn in March 30, 2005.", "He was nominated to replace former Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, who resigned on March 4.", "McPherson, a Republican from Santa Cruz County, served his term as Secretary until January 8, 2007.", "He was confirmed unanimously by both Democratic-controlled houses of the California State Legislature after being nominated to replace Shelley, a Democrat, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.", "He lost his bid for a full term to Democrat Debra Bowen in November 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3322_p0", "sents": [ "'Assemblywoman Ellen Corbett took up AB 2xx this morning in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.?", "Although it raises revenue and is not subject to the Suspense File rule, Migden sent the bill to Suspense (to be voted upon next Wednesday, May 30).", "Corbett said that Californians \"have suffered long enough from greedy energy sellers.\"?", "She explained the bill and the 3-tier structure of the profits tax.?", "She said that \"excessively greedy profits will be returned to the people through the General Fund.\"?", "She said that the results of this greed is that budget cuts are being forced to be made.?", "She argues that California is a good place for the generators to do business.?", "According to Department of Finance, this bill could raise $6 billion.", "Lenny Goldberg, on behalf of TURN, UCAN, and CTRA, spoke in support of the bill.", "Speaking in opposition were Fred Main (California Chamber) and Carrie Lee Coke (CMTA)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 8 ] }, { "title": "e293_p7", "sents": [ "The bond refinances some long-term utility debt at a lower interest rate.", "Peace said ratepayers save $1.2 billion on the amount that would be paid on the debt if there had been no refinancing.", "Furthermore, said Peace, the bonds allowed the deregulation legislation to include a 10 percent rate reduction that took effect last January.", "He said the lower rates not only benefit customers, but also thwart unscrupulous competitors.", "\"I didn't want a bunch of fly-by-night operators coming in here with all of the rip-offs that we saw during the deregulation of telephones,\" said Peace.", "But the consumer advocates say that the bond payments will offset most of the rate reduction, making the alleged short-term savings from the deregulation little more than a shell game.", "\"What they did was deny the 10 percent rate reduction,\" said Lenny Goldberg, a lobbyist for The Utility Reform Network, or TURN.", "\"We ended up with a rate reduction of 2 to 3 percent by financing the entire thing and making us pay for 10 years.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Marc Rich", "sents": [ "Marc Rich (born Marcell David Reich; December 18, 1934 – June 26, 2013) was an international commodities trader, hedge fund manager, financier and businessman.", "He was best known for founding the commodities company Glencore and for being indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion and making controversial oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis.", "He was in Switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the United States.", "He received a controversial presidential pardon from U.S. President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001, Clinton's last day in office." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10771_p6", "sents": [ "Four foreign companies have already pulled out of power projects in India, citing bureaucratic and legal problems.", "All the money owed is for electricity produced by a power plant built and largely owned by Enron, and supplied to the cash-strapped electricity board.", "The Maharashtra government has also written to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee appealing to him \"to help bail the state out from the (payment) crises\", the chief minister said.", "The Enron power project's first 740 MW phase is already running while the second 1,444 MW phase is expected to be commissioned next year.", "The state has announced plans for a new committee to review the Enron project and make recommendations to the government.", "UK: Russian energy trader Crown covets Marc Rich jewels.", "By Jonathan Leff and Amanda Cooper 02 07 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Billionaire and former fugitive Marc Rich is in talks to sell his commodities trading business to Russian-owned Crown Resources, an aggressive trading house seeking to grow its energy unit and branch into metals, industry sources said on Wednesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dana Rohrabacher", "sents": [ "Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher (born June 21, 1947) is a member of the U.S House of Representatives representing California 's 48 congressional district .", "A Republican, he served as a speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1988." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2259_p89", "sents": [ "The Bush administration said its move was more extensiv e because it directs all facilities nationwide to conserve and requires agencies to report back their actions within 30 days.", "Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, said he and others at Tuesday's meeting urged that Bush travel to California.", "Bush has yet to visit the sta te despite traveling extensively through the country during his first three months.", "``We suggested the president come out, the vice president come out, and any members of the administration come out so that the people know we're engaged,'' Rohrabacher said.", "California clearly was the main impetus for the Bush directive, and the president dispatched Abraham to California on Thursday to discuss the plan with Davis and the regional heads of federal agencies.", "Dan Schnur, a Republican consultant, said that was a good move for the White House.", "``Substantively, the Bush administration has been doing the right things, b ut because they haven't been out here making their case in person, it makes it much tougher for their case to be heard.,'' Schnur said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chris Beutler", "sents": [ "Chris Beutler (born November 14, 1944) is the 51st and current Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, serving since 2007.", "He previously served in the Nebraska Legislature from 1979 to 1986 and from 1991 to 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10192_p9", "sents": [ "The measure has been referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.", "Earlier this month another measure was introduced in the House to restrict the use of mobile telephones while driving.", "(1 16 01 p.m.) HB 1446 would make driving while using a mobile telephone a class D infraction.", "Reps. Matthew D. Whetsone (R., District 40), Jeff Thompson (R., District 28), and Clyde Kersey (D., District 43) sponsored the measure.", "It has been referred to the House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.", "CUSTOMER-AFFECTING NEBRASKA Legislators aim to prevent unsolicited telemarketing calls, faxes Sens.", "Mike Foley (Ind., District 29) and Chris Beutler (Ind., District 28) have introduced LB 839 to require all local exchange carriers (LECs) to provide to residential subscribers annually information about unsolicited telemarketing calls and faxes.", "The LECs would have to provide the information either as an insert in the residential subscriber's billing statement or as a separate written communication." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Richard Burr", "sents": [ "Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina, having served since 2005.", "A member of the Republican Party, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2005.", "Prior to his political career, he worked for seventeen years in private business with Carswell Distributing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p3", "sents": [ "In Washington, D.C., GOP congressional leaders vowed to speed key parts of the energy package to Bush's desk.", "But the strong and conflicting response to the 163-page report, crafted over four months by a task force led by Vice President Dick Cheney, presaged an extensive debate on Capitol Hill.", "\"We're going to have a crisis on our hands in the next two or three months, said Rep. Robert Matsui, a Sacramento Democrat.", "\"I just wish the president had attempted to address that.", "If he doesn't like our idea of rate caps and price stability, then at least he should come up with an alternative to try to get us through the next 18 months.\"", "But Republicans like North Carolina Rep. Richard Burr, vice chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, were quick to praise the package.", "\"This is the most aggressive, long-term energy policy our country has seen from an administration in a generation,\" Burr said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20035_p11", "sents": [ "She also served as program director for several of Wharton's international MBA programs, traveling to southeast Asia, China, South America, and Europe with groups of MBA students.", "Jane holds a MS from the University of Pennsylvania in organizational dynamics and an MA from Pennsylvania State University in education.", "\"I have always been focused on enhancing the MBA experience,\" says Thompson.", "\"I am thrilled to be at Haas.\"", "All Evening MBA students will have the opportunity to meet Jane at the upcoming pizza dinners.", "The dates are: October 17 and 18 for first-year EvMBA students October 22, 23, 24, and 25 for second- and third-year EvMBA students Thompson occupies Diane Dimeff's former office in S460. Her e-mail address is [email protected] and her phone number is 643-0434. - THE HAAS SCHOOL HONORS LOYAL STAFF WITH SERVICE AWARDS The Haas School is proud to announce the recent service award recipients -- Pat Murphy (30 years), Josef Chytry (20 years), Walda Thompson (20 years), Teresa Costantinidis (15 years), Serena Joe (15 years), and Mike Matthews (10 years)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e8146_p0", "sents": [ "\"Dear Evening MBA Students, It is once again time to plan for the EMBA Seminar in International Business.", "For those of you unfamiliar with this course, please see http: www.haas.berkeley.edu groups HaasGlobal NGcourseoutline.htm for the 2000 version that looked at Ghana, Belgium and the Netherlands or http: www.haas.berkeley.edu groups HaasGlobal JVcourseoutline.htm for the 1999 version that included Japan and Vietnam.", "For 2001 we are going to try something slightly different.", "We will have two distinct programs - one will be a repeat of last year's and the other will venture into new territory.", "The details are as follows.", "Please note that everything mentioned below is still tentative and subject to change or cancellation.", "PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS Both programs will commence with a series of classes, at Haas, in June.", "Program A, led by Diane Dimeff will retrace the itinerary of the 2000 program to Ghana, the Netherlands and Belgium.", "The approximate dates for the travel portion will be Saturday, July 7 through Saturday, July 21. Program B, led by Sebastian Teunissen will consist of one of two possible itineraries, depending on student demand: itinerary 1: Cuba, Panama and Venezuela (or Costa Rica.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 7, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27973_p11", "sents": [ "<http: www.firstrain.com OPERATIONS * Yantra Adds Jeffrey Murphy as SVP, North American Operations top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IJIPLONMII TEWKSBURY, MASS.", "-- Yantra, which provides management technology for the manufacturing and retail industries, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Murphy as senior vice president of North American operations.", "Mr. Murphy has worked in sales and operations for companies including Storage Networks, SAP America, and Oracle.", "Yantra is backed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Broadvision, VerticalNet, Amerindo, Eastman Chemical, Charles River Ventures, Hambrecht & Quist, One Liberty, RHO Management, Draper International, and Boston Millennia Partners.", "<http: www.yantra.com * Pihana Pacific Names Vincent Madsen as VP of Operations top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=LNHLLMNMII HONOLULU -- Pihana Pacific, which provides managed e-infrastructure services and builds and manages neutral Internet exchange data centers in the Asia Pacific region, said it appointed Vincent Madsen as vice president of operations, responsible for field operations, network operations, provisioning, IT, and engineering organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p22", "sents": [ "http: www.internetconnect.net o Buisness Service Provider Adaytum Gets $10 Million Series E MINNEAPOLIS -- Adaytum, a provider of enterprise business and planning services, said it has secured a $10 million in Series E funding from American Express Financial.", "The funds are going to be used for general corporate purposes, including expansion of its sales force, consulting practices, and marketing.", "Adaytum is backed by, AC Ventures, St. Paul Venture Capital, 3i, and Chase H&Q.", "http: www.adaytum.com E-Services Firm Extraprise Raises $21.7 Million Fifth Round BOSTON -- Extraprise, a provider of electronic services, announced it has raised $21.7 million in its fifth round of funding led by London-based Candover Investments and previous investor First Analysis Venture Capital.", "Other investors in the round included First Union Investors and previous investors Weiss, Peck and Greer; Meritech Capital Partners; RedPoint Ventures; Bessemer Venture Partners; One Liberty and Commonwealth.", "Extraprise said it will use the funds to accelerate staff development and worldwide growth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6431_p71", "sents": [ "``It's a significant expansion of the market in a very short time.''", "California Crisis California's two biggest utilities have racked up about $14 billion in debt because power prices surged after the state deregulated its market, and the utilities weren't allowed to pass higher prices on to customers.", "The state began buying power on the utilities' behalf in January.", "A power shortage led to blackouts for millions of Californians this year.", "Politics and different market rules are the major obstacles to consolidating the transmission organizations that utilities proposed, Winter said.", "The commission wants the transmission systems of New England, New York and the mid-Atlantic states to combine.", "``New York is not on the same page'' as New England's grid operator, which based its rules on those of PJM Interconnection LLC, the grid manager for Pennsylvania, Delaware, and eastern Maryland and New Jersey, Winter said.", "Enron shares rose 45 cents $49.55. They have fallen 31 percent in the past year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "New England", "sents": [ "New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.", "It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively.", "The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south.", "Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city.", "The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3787_p36", "sents": [ "http: www.dvcworldwide.com http: www.mediadesigns.com Investment News Firm HedgeWorld Acquires HedgeCall WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (VENTUREWIRE) -- HedgeWorld, which provides news, resources, and free secure communications platforms for investors, investme nt managers, and service providers in the hedge fund industry, announced it ha s acquired the assets of HedgeCall, a unit of Investor Broadcast Network (IBN that provides audio and video streaming capabilities to the hedge fund and alternate investment industries.", "The value of the transaction was not disclosed.", "IBN announced in March it was looking to sell Hedgecall, after which it planned to operate as a holding company.", "Over the next 90 days, HedgeWorld will integrate HedgeCall's audio and video streaming services in to the HedgeWorld.com site, especially presentations by hedge fund managers.", "T he company said Hunt Taylor, host of Hedge Radio Network, will continue to hol d interviews on HedgeCall.com.", "IBN is funded by Intel Capital, Momentum Investments, Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners, VerticalNet, and White Rock Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3871_p27", "sents": [ "Dr. Nash is the founding director of the Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes at Jefferson University Hospital and associate professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College.", "DoctorQuality is funded by Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners and Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds.", "http: www.doctorquality.com Streaming Software Provider TeVeo Elects New Board Member MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- TeVeo, a developer of real-time streaming software and Internet video services, said it has appointed Peter Liu, an investor in the company, to its board of directors.", "Mr. Liu is the founder of WI Harper Group and is the third member of TeVeo's board, which also consists of founder and chief executive officer Michael Kuehn and chief technology officer Klaus Schmidt.", "TeVeo recently secured $3 million in Series A funding from WI Harper and individual investors.", "http: www.teveo.com SupplyLinks Names Ex-Consolidated Freightways CEO to Board SAN FRANCISCO -- SupplyLinks, a global supply chain network and logistics service provider, said it has appointed W. Roger Curry to its board of Directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1465_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron, and on, and on: Enron's Indian troubles: The world's biggest power trader cannot shake off its Indian headache The Economist, 04 21 01 Hines will add to skyline Houston Chronicle, 04 20 01 EDP in Talks to Buy Brazil's Elektro From Enron, Diario Says Bloomberg, 04 20 01 PORTUGUESE PRESS: EDP In Talks to Buy Brazil's Elektro Dow Jones International News, 04 20 01 INDIA: Enron may sell majority stake in India unit - paper.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 20 01 INDIA PRESS: Enron May Sell Majority Stake In Dabhol Dow Jones Asian Equities Report, 04 20 01 Enron plans to sell majority stake in Indian power venture Agence France-Presse, 04 20 01 Enron plans to shed majority DPC stake Business Standard, 04 20 01 Gas Diversification: Long-term Contracts are not the Best Polish News Bulletin, 04 20 01 Enron Dumps Romania Venture.", "The Oil Daily, 04 20 01 Energy Services Firms, Utilities Continue to Log BigQuarterly Earnings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e490_p0", "sents": [ "'Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook The Washington Post, 03 25 01 Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis Associated Press Newswires, 03 25 01 India: Centre's interest liability on dues to Enron starts Business Line (The Hindu), 03 25 01 Victoria Station's pounds 250m facelift The Independent - London, 03 25 01 Standoff may delay renegotiation on Enron project The Times of India, 03 25 01 Deal to sell PGE may fall through Associated Press Newswires, 03 24 01 Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 683 crore The Economic Times, 03 24 01 Nigeria blames US firm for delay in power project: report Agence France-Presse, 03 24 01 Enron deal with Sierra likely a bust Buyer of Portland General having trouble raising cash Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Market rebounds, but not stability Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Midwest to face high gas prices again Supply of anti-smog component already one-quarter below last year Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 COMPANY NEWS ENRON SALE OF UNIT TO SIERRA PACIFIC IS DOUBTED The New York Times, 03 24 01 Operators of California Power Grid Testify of System Abuses KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 03 24 01 Santa Clara Plans for More Power Generators to be built on existing plant sites San Francisco Chronicle, 03 24 01 Calif. Crisis, M&A, Gas To Dominate Talk At Howard Weil Dow Jones News Service, 03 23 01 A Section Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 03 25 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A05 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Few businesses placed as big a bet on Republicans in the last election as the coal industry, which gave 88 cents out of every dollar in campaign contributions to GOP candidates or organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4594_p12", "sents": [ "In addition to the cash investment, The Technology and Internet Fund intends to assist Fiera in its regional e-commerce operations.", "Fiera is also backed by the Advent Group, Latin America Enterprise Fund and individual investors.", "http: www.fiera.com Silicon Access Raises $56 Million in Third Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Silicon Access Networks, a provider of network processing products to the terabit router market, said it raised $56 million in its third round.", "New investors Soros Private Equity Partners led the round, which also included Pivotal Asset Management, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and previous investors Comdisco Ventures, Intel Communication Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Raza Venture Fund, Sprout Group, the venture capital affiliate of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Synopsys, and Tallwood Venture Capital.", "Jonathan Bilzin, a partner with Soros Private Equity Partners, joined the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funds to develop its iFlow chipset product.", "http: www.siliconaccess.com Wireless Access Firm BridgeWave Gets $26.5 Million Series C SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- BridgeWave Communications, a provider of wireless access technologies that extend the reach of broadband networks, said it has received $26.5 million in a Series C financing round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e4073_p42", "sents": [ "Telephone +972-3-620-8434. http: www.eastwestvg.com VC Personnel o Oracle Exec Karen White Joins Pequot Capital As Principal SAN FRANCISCO -- Pequot Capital Management, an investment group, announced Karen White has joined the firm as principal in the Pequot Private Equity Group.", "Ms. White, who was most recently senior vice president of worldwide business development for Oracle, will run the Pequot's West Coast Internet business private equity and venture efforts.", "Before she joined Oracle, Ms. White was CEO of EGIS, a high-tech consulting company.", "Pequot Capital Management has over $10 billion under management.", "The company invests in start-ups in technology infrastructure, Internet business, telecommunications and health care.", "http: www.pequotcapital.com General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer Joins Sprout Group MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Sprout Group, which provides venture capital to datacom, telecom, Internet commerce, software, and healthcare companies, said it appointed Jeani Delagardelle to the position of venture partner.", "Ms. Delagardelle will be responsible for healthcare technology investments, including health-related sites, genomics, and medical products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3075_p116", "sents": [ "Peter Navarro, a University of California, Irvine, economics professor, released a report last month with a consumer group that recommends the stat e set a price limit on what they'll pay for power.", "And if generators don't lower the price, the state should schedule blackouts to cut consumption, he said.", "The report by Navarro and the Utility Consumers' Action Network says the state's current method of ``highly disruptive random rolling blackouts'' needs to be revamped.", "UCAN suggests that the state be divided into blackout zones that utilities could notify ahead of time that power would be cut at a specific time and f or a certain duration.", "Scheduling blackouts could attract criminals to outage areas, Keeley acknowledged, and possibly could subject the state to legal liability for traffic accidents or other incidents if power is deliberately shut off.", "``That is a genuine problem and genuine concern,'' Keeley said.", "``I think we would have to work with local governments so they could have a sufficient advance notice to be able to foresee that and try to deploy their resources appropriately.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e293_p9", "sents": [ "If ratepayers are charged for the bond payments, the initiative has a fallback provision that is intended to require utilities to reduce their rates to offset the bond payments made by ratepayers.", "Consumer groups drop support California and other states began to move toward deregulation after a 1992 federal law removed restrictions on the ownership of power-generating facilities and made it easier for independent power generators to use existing transmission lines.", "Consumer groups and some legislators said that a California Public Utilities Commission decision on deregulation guaranteed full recovery of stranded costs and was skewed toward businesses and big customers at the expense of residential users.", "At first, consumer groups welcomed the legislation put together by Peace and others as an improvement over the PUC's plan.", "A four-page letter from TURN and the San Diego-based Utility Consumers' Action Network expressed some reservations about the plan, but concluded with these words: \"However, we will not oppose a bill which, under difficult circumstances, has successfully incorporated a number of the concerns of residential and small-business customers.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1607_p12", "sents": [ "Severin Borenstein, the E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration and the director of the University of California Energy Institute was quoted on the California energy crisis in the San Antonio Express-News on April 22; the Dayton Daily News on April 18; the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on April 18; the San Jose Mercury News on April 17 http: cgi.mercurycenter.com premium local docs power041701.htm); and the Los Angeles Times on April 17 http: www.latimes.com news state 20010417 t000032503.html).", "Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration, was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News on April 19 on the state of the economy.", "Read the full text of \"Whether the Stock Market and the Economy are Really in Recovery in Hotly Debated,\" at http: cgi.mercurycenter.com premium front docs economy19.htm.", "Rosen was also quoted in the Los Angeles Times on April 19 on the possible effect of the rate change on the economy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Janet Yellen", "sents": [ "Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist.", "She is the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, previously serving as Vice Chairwoman from 2010 to 2014.", "Previously, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton; and business professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19763_p9", "sents": [ "This draft report is available online at http: www.energy.ca.gov reports www.cmta.net California Manufacturers & Technology Association 980 9th Street, Suite 2200 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 441-5420 phone (916) 447-9401 fax You are receiving this message today because your company is a valued member of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA).", "While we'd be pleased to continue to tell you about CMTA's efforts to make California a better place for manufacturing you can unsubscribe by e-mailing a message to [email protected]\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1048_p2", "sents": [ "Yet, the more power DWR doesn't need to buy because large users have done it for themselves, the less financial exposure the state incurs.?", "Last week, for the first time, Governor Davis suggested that he may be supportive of letting businesses shop for their own power, but it is unclear at this time how solid his support may be.?", "Meanwhile, the Legislature continues to run in circles and do everything it can to avoid meaningful action on this issue.?", "Direct access was one issue at the center of the fissure between Assembly Republicans when they replaced their leadership two weeks ago.?", "Senator Bowen's much-awaited \"clean-up\" bill, SB 27x, has been more than a disappointment-in fact it's perceived as ensuring there will be no customer choice.", "But don't take my word.", "Edelman can arrange interviews with the California Chamber of Commerce, California Retailers Association, California Manufacturers & Technology Association, Calpine and other organizations fighting to preserve direct access as well as individual businesses organizations who have chosen to bypass their local utilities and cut their own power deals in order to reap huge savings and or gain certainty about their energy budgets.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p72", "sents": [ "C1) LOAD-DATE: May 11, 2001 20 of 106 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service San Jose Mercury News May 11, 2001, Friday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K0884 LENGTH: 669 words HEADLINE: House panel votes down price cap legislation BYLINE: By Jim Puzzanghera BODY: WASHINGTON _ Legislation to limit wholesale electricity prices in California and the West was defeated in a congressional subcommittee Thursday, with Democratic backers vowing to press forward and warning that Republicans who opposed it could face the wrath of the voters.", "\"I think what the Republican-dominated committee has said is, 'California, drop dead,'\" said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the sponsor of the plan, which failed by a 20-12 vote in the House of Representatives Energy and Air Quality subcommittee.", "The proposal was an amendment to the Electricity Emergency Relief Act, a measure that tries to ease the crisis in California by, among other things, providing federal money to relieve transmission constraints and allowing the governor to waive federal environmental regulations so power plants can continue operation during emergencies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Henry Waxman", "sents": [ "Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California 's 33 congressional district from 1975 until 2015.", "Waxman is a member of the Democratic Party.", "His district included much of the western part of the city of Los Angeles, as well as West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and was numbered the 24th district from 1975 to 1993, the 29th district from 1993 to 2003, and the 30th district from 2003 to 2013, changing due to redistricting after the 1990, 2000 and 2010 censuses.", "He now serves as Chairman at Waxman Strategies, a DC-based communications and lobbying firm, working on issues like health care, environment, energy, technology and telecommunications.", "In addition, he serves as a Regent Lecturer for University of California, Los Angeles, and as an advisor and lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.", "Waxman is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19722_p4", "sents": [ "If you have customers intersted in signing on, please let me know.", "The customer may contact me or the attorneys directly.", "Here is contact info: Sue Mara, Enron Government Affairs, (415) 782-7802 Dan Douglass, outside attorney (formerly with Arter & Hadden), preparing CPUC filing (818) 596-2201 Ed Duncan, Arter & Hadden, preparing court case (818) 596-2291 << File: Joint Petition Sept 10 Draft.doc" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e97_p0", "sents": [ "'We have set up a conference call for today's meeting for those of you interested in calling in.", "It is 1-800-486-2460 The pass code is 120895 Thanks!", "Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:26 PM To: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Rina Venturini; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Chuck Cole; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Fred Pownall; Mark Nobili Cc: Jean Munoz; Greg Blue; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Kassandra Gough; kent Palmerton; Larrea, John; Lynn Lednicky; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Roger Pelote; Sandi McCubbin; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Sue Mara; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan; Chris Ellison; Doug Kerner; Andy Brown; Nam Nguyen Subject: Action Items from Today's Lobbyist Call ACTION ITEMS from today's IEP member company lobbyist conference call: AB 60x (Hertzberg) - Calpine will attempt to get a meeting with the Speaker on Monday regarding his interest in other \"California First\" avenues, and report the results to IEP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3787_p27", "sents": [ "Term s of the deal were not disclosed.", "Mitsubishi currently uses GlobalEnglish's corporate learning service to train its employees.", "It also sells the same product through its subsidiary, Human Link, in Japan.", "Mitsubishi will not take a seat on the board as a result of this investment.", "Fred Grainger serv es as president and CEO for GlobalEnglish, which was founded in 1997. Investor s in the company include The Investment Group of Santa Barbara, Mayfield Fund and SPO Partners & Co. http: www.globalenglish.com new products Materials Product Incubator Triton Spins Off Three Companies CHELMSFORD, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Triton Systems, a materials-based product incubator, announced it has spun off three new companies with a first round of equity financing: Elecon, which manufactures conductive polymers for th e electronics marketplace; Tribond, a developer of temperature-controlled sealing technology; and Sensera, which provides real-time electronic biosensors.", "Millennium Materials Fund and Triton provided $4.5 million for Elecon, $3.5 million for Tribond, and $1.75 million for Sensera." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Triton Systems", "sents": [ "Triton Systems LLC is a manufacturer of automated teller machines (ATMs).", "Triton ATMs are built in Long Beach, Mississippi.", "Triton has been in business since 1979, and has nearly 200,000 installations in over 24 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Marc Andreessen", "sents": [ "Marc Lowell Andreessen ( ; born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer.", "He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used Web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.", "He founded and later sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard.", "Andreessen is also a co-founder of Ning, a company that provides a platform for social networking websites.", "He sits on the board of directors of Facebook, eBay, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, among others.", "A frequent keynote speaker and guest at Silicon Valley conferences, Andreessen was one of only six inductees in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame announced at the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web in 1994." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5916_p6", "sents": [ "The round was led by Shelter Capital Partners and included investments from Accretive Technology Partners, BEA Systems, MC Capital, MC Silicon Valley, Mitsubishi International, and Tibco Software.", "The company said it will use the funding for the deployment of its mobile commerce software.", "http: www.mobileum.com Network Service Firm Bang Networks Has $18 Million Series A SAN FRANCISCO -- Bang Networks, which provides real-time network services, said it raised $18 million in its Series A funding.", "The round was led by Sequoia Capital and included investments from Western Technology Investment, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Angel Investors.", "Individual investors Netscape Communications co-founder Marc Andreessen, Network Appliance CEO Dan Warmenhoven, MIT Media Lab chairman Nicholas Negroponte, First Call founder Jeff Parker, and Goldman Sachs managing director Randall Blumenthal also participated in the funding.", "The company's management includes former executives from Sony, Lucent, Intel, and News Corp.", "The company said Mark Kvamme from Sequoia Capital, and Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance, will take seats on the its board of directors as a result of the financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25650_p0", "sents": [ "'No problem here.", "That price is making DWR's contracts look worse and worse every day.", "Poor California.", "Jeff, if you have questions or want to discuss further, don't hesitate to call me or Sue, though Paul can likely answer most questions.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Kaufman, Paul Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:34 AM To: Shields, Jeff Cc: Dasovich, Jeff; Mara, Susan Subject: RE: Notional NP15 5-year Price I don't see an issue with this.", "I've cc'd Jeff Dasovich and Sue Mara to check in with them (while I can see California's pulse on the monitor, they actually have their hand on California's throat)!!!", "--Original Message -- From: Shields, Jeff Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:44 PM To: Kaufman, Paul Cc: Calger, Christopher F. Subject: FW: Notional NP15 5-year Price Mike & Paul, I have been asked by a consultant to the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission to provide a notional number for a 400 MW power supply at NP-15 starting 01-01-02 for 5 years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e97_p0", "sents": [ "'We have set up a conference call for today's meeting for those of you interested in calling in.", "It is 1-800-486-2460 The pass code is 120895 Thanks!", "Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:26 PM To: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Rina Venturini; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Chuck Cole; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Fred Pownall; Mark Nobili Cc: Jean Munoz; Greg Blue; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Kassandra Gough; kent Palmerton; Larrea, John; Lynn Lednicky; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Roger Pelote; Sandi McCubbin; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Sue Mara; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan; Chris Ellison; Doug Kerner; Andy Brown; Nam Nguyen Subject: Action Items from Today's Lobbyist Call ACTION ITEMS from today's IEP member company lobbyist conference call: AB 60x (Hertzberg) - Calpine will attempt to get a meeting with the Speaker on Monday regarding his interest in other \"California First\" avenues, and report the results to IEP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10961_p22", "sents": [ "The Purchase, N.Y.-based company reported a net loss of $57.5 million, or $1.02 per share for the quarter.", "Analysts expected a loss of 99 cents, according to First Call Thomson Financial.", "NewPower Holdings, formed by Houston-based Enron Corp (ENE.N) in 1999 to take advantage of utility deregulation in United States energy markets, said it expected to reach 1.2 million customers in 2001, and that net revenues would be between $530 million and $540 million.", "Customer count reached 368,000, ahead of the 340,000 the company had projected in an earlier plan.", "NewPower's shares added 20 cents to $8.40 on Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange.", "Shares are off 52-week highs of $28.69, and above 52-week lows of $4.63. GERMANY: INTERVIEW-Enron lauds Germany's open power market resolve.", "02 14 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. ESSEN, Germany, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Germany's cartel office and economics ministry have shown an encouraging commitment to clamping down on energy network owners who blocked access for newcomers, United States energy giant Enron said on Wednesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e407_p12", "sents": [ "March 23, 2001 Briefs: Houston & state Enron comfortable with profit projection Enron Corp. assured investors Thursday it \"remains very comfortable\" with a previously announced 2001 earnings estimate of between $1.70 and $1.75 per share.", "According to First Call Thomson Financial, the average estimate of 2001 earnings among industry analysts is $1.74 per share.", "The Houston-based energy giant also said it would bring investors up to date today with a conference call.", "USA: Transmission Texas' only dereg hurdle-state grid manager.", "By C. Bryson Hull 03 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Improving power transmission capacity is the biggest challenge Texas faces heading into deregulation next year, the manager of the state's power grid said on Thursday.", "California's Achilles' heel, a lack of generating capacity, is not Texas' problem, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) chief executive officer Tom Noel said.", "\"Capacity is not the only issue." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p5", "sents": [ "Last week, Mr. Garwood announced his intention to resign as Commerx COO for a chief executive position with another company.", "He has agreed to remain at Commerx through a transitionary period.", "Commerx's electronic business networks enable manufacturing companies and their trading partners to optimize their supply chains.", "The company's investors include Capital Research and Management, divine interVentures, MC Capital, Mitsui & Co., Palantir Associates, Pivotal Asset Management, Ashland Distribution, Eastman Chemical, EP Partners, Huntsman, Mitsubishi International, MSC Industrial Direct, H. Nuehlstein & Co., Internet Capital Group, and individual investors.", "http: www.commerx.com New Money o News Firm Gannett Buys Stake in Media Company Space.com NEW YORK -- News and information company Gannett said it took an equity stake in Space.com, a media company dedicated to outer space and space related content.", "The equity exchange is part of a strategic partnership between the two companies.", "Space.com has acquired Space News newspaper and other media properties of Gannett." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Space.com", "sents": [ "Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.", "Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo!, and USA Today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Priceline.com", "sents": [ "Priceline.com is an American company and a commercial website that helps users find discount rates for travel-related purchases such as airline tickets and hotel stays.", "The company is not a direct supplier of these services; instead it facilitates the provision of travel services by its suppliers to its customers.", "It is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States.", "Priceline.com is wholly owned by The Priceline Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e8814_p20", "sents": [ "@Viso, a $344.5 million-joint venture fund between Softbank and Vivendi, a global utilities and communications company, has also halted its investments plans.", "http: www.softbank.com vc personnel Former Univ.", "of Waterloo President Joins Pinetree Board mail this story?", "top TORONTO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pinetree Capital, a strategic investment company, said Douglas T. Wright has joined the company's board of directors.", "MMr.", "Wright is president emeritus of the University of Waterloo, and holds board seats on a number of companies including Ontario Research & Development Challenge Fund, Meloche Monnex, and Glenmount International.", "Pinetree targets investments primarily in the electronic business sector.", "http: www.pinetreecapital.com vw corrections CraniaMania mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An item in Friday's VentureWire about teen quiz site CraniaMania's Series B round of financing incorrectly identifiied the company as CraniaMedia.", "The company's correct URL is http: www.craniamania.com.", "company index top Active.com, BigSoftE, Branders.com, Cameron Associates, CheMatch.com, Compression Science, Conning Capital Partners, eCal, Eteamz, Global Sight, HighWired.com, HotOffice Technologies, INEA, Information Technology University, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Motivation Online, Pinetree Capital, Portera Systems, Priceline.com, Qualcomm, QuickArrow, SingleSourceIT, SnapNames, Softbank, StarVest Partners, TranslationWave.com, Vcommerce, Venimex, Ventures West Management, VISTA Information Technologies Where will you find the world's leaders in the optical communications industry discussing the latest trends, developments, and future direction of the field?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8533_p7", "sents": [ "Doug Duncan sits on the board of Hetairia Communications along with Michael Cowpland, CEO of Corel, a graphic arts and word processing applications firm.", "http: www.fastcamel.com?", "Warner Music Group to Take Stake in Echo Networks?", "SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Echo Networks, which provides interactive streaming music, said it has entered into an agreement with Warner Music Group (WMG) that permits Echo to include WMG-controlled recordings in its community-based streaming music service.", "As part of the agreement, WMG will have the right to acquire a small equity stake in Echo, which is backed by eBay co-founder, Jeff Skoll; former president of Disney's Hollywood Records Peter Paterno; and Wish.com CEO Michael Mo.", "The company has also secured funding from Revolution Ventures and Fundamental Capital.", "http: www.echo.com bad news Walker Digital May Have Violated Labor Rules in Layoffs NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Walker Digital, the investment and inc ubation firm run by Jay Walker, the founder of priceline.com, may have vio lated a federal law after it laid off about a hundred employees the week of Thanksgiving." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Hollywood Records", "sents": [ "Hollywood Records, Inc. is an American record label of the Disney Music Group, distributed by the Universal Music Group.", "The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records label.", "Founded in 1989, its current roster includes artists such as Jordan Fisher, Zella Day, Queen, Zendaya, Ocean Park Standoff, Dreamers, Bea Miller, Demi Lovato, Martina Stoessel, Breaking Benjamin, Jorge Blanco, Sabrina Carpenter, R5, Olivia Holt, Sofia Carson, Forever in Your Mind, Boy Epic, New Hope Club, Joywave and In Real Life.", "The label also releases Marvel Studios's soundtrack and compilation albums in conjunction with Marvel Music." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1698_p32", "sents": [ "\"We hope DPC would not take precipitate legal actions since the Government of India and Maharahstra are fully seized of the problem and are exploring ways to solve the dispute,\" Deshmukh said.", "Deshmukh had an hour long meeting with the Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, on Monday where it was decided to renegotiate the PPA with DPC.", "Stating that the state cannot absorb all the power generated from 740 MW Phase-I of DPC, the Chief Minister said the 1,444 MW Phase-II, scheduled for commissioning by January 2002 was not needed by the state.", "\"Alternative solution of wheeling the Phase-II power out to energy deficit states needs to be worked out,\" he added.", "(PTI) 25-04 1750 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "InPlay Enron mum on Indian project sale reports 04 25 2001 The Daily Deal Copyright (c) 2001 The Deal LLC Bechtel Group Inc. - General Electric Co. - Enron Corp. Houston energy giant Enron Corp. wouldn't comment Tuesday on reports it would consider selling its 65% stake in a $2.9 billion Indian power project at Wednesday's board meeting in London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e529_p47", "sents": [ "Growing Concern Concern about the budget ``only magnifies the other concerns that exporters have with respect to ensuring that the agency is competitive,'' said Mary Irace, vice president at National Foreign Trade Council.", "``Without money, who can be competitive?''", "The trade council represents 500 companies, including engineering company Bechtel Group Inc. and Enron, the world's largest energy trader, and United States units of foreign companies such as Asea Brown Boveri AG, the world's biggest electrical-engineering company.", "If Ex-Im used market-window financing as much as Canada and Germany, which use the practice most, the agency could increase the scale of its operations by more than 50 percent to about $20 billion, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, a Washington research group.", "Market window financing wouldn't cost the United States government more money, yet current law would require additional funding in case some of the loans need to be written off, Hufbauer said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26576_p11", "sents": [ "Chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of Maharashtra state, where the plant is l ocated, criticized what he called \"the strong-arm tactics of Enron.\"", "The plant stopped production in May after its sole customer, the Maharashtr a State Electricity Board, canceled a 7-year-old power purchase agreement.", "Enron says the board had no right to cancel.", "Federal representatives and officials of the Dabhol Power Corp., an Enron s ubsidiary, are trying to resolve differences that have threatened to shut d own the $3-billion project.", "The two-phase project was to be the world's biggest natural gas-fired power plant, able to generate 2,184 megawatts once completed.", "In a letter to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Lay said, \"I have not a sked anyone in the United States government to consider sanctions.", "I did not say tha t the Dabhol Power issue had been expropriated.\"", "An Enron official in Bomba y read excerpts of the letter to Associated Press on condition that he not be identified by name." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "RWE", "sents": [ "RWE AG, until 1990: \"Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG\" (Rhenish-Westphalian Power Plant), is a German electric utilities company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.", "Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company supplies electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe.", "RWE is the second largest electricity producer in Germany, and has increased renewable energy production in recent years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e20158_p21", "sents": [ "4 power company, said it's setting up an energy trading unit in Texas, bidding to take on Enron Corp. on its home turf.", "RWE Trading Americas will be run by Bill Coorsh, the German company said in a faxed statement.", "As in Europe, RWE will trade electricity, gas, coal and oil in the Americas, the company said.", "Chief Executive Dietmar Kuhnt has repeatedly said the Essen- based company wants to expand its trading operations, and in June singled out the United States market as one of the main expansion areas.", "``We want to take advantage of the extremely attractive opportunities in the United States energy trading market,'' RWE said.", "RWE will compete with Enron, the biggest energy trader that's also based in Houston.", "RWE Trading has said it wants to become one of Europe's top traders.", "The United States unit will be built up ``in parallel'' with the European expansion, RWE said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3140_p120", "sents": [ "Put another way, excluding Chernobyl, nuclear power plants have never harmed the public Irrational fears Contributing to the anti-nuclear atmosphere were such films as 1979's \"The China Syndrome,\" starring Jane Fonda and 1983's \"Silkwood,\" starring Meryl Streep.", "And let's not forget one of the funnier skits on \"Saturday Night Live\" in 1979, in which Dan Aykroyd played President Jimmy Carter, who becomes irradiated touring \"Two Mile Island\" after an accident and grows in to The Amazing Colossal President.", "In California, sentiment was set by then-Gov.", "Jerry Brown, whose chief of staff was Gray Davis, now California's governor.", "\"Well, it's not completely clear to me what a reasonably scientific position is on nuclear power - except to say that where there are other potentially less destructive alternatives, it doesn't make much sense to rush to increase dependency on nuclear power plants.", "In California there are alternatives such as conservation, cogeneration combined cycle, geothermal and solar energy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "The China Syndrome", "sents": [ "The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook.", "It tells the story of a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant.", "It stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and Michael Douglas, with Douglas also serving as the film's producer.", "The cast also features Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, and Wilford Brimley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19428_p0", "sents": [ "\"Join Ford Motor Company for an informal pre-game BBQ this Saturday, September 8. Come meet representatives from diverse functions including IT, Finance, Manufacturing Leadership and Engineering and see select products from our stable of automotive brands: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and Austin Martin.", "With our new offices for the Premier Automotive Group in Irvine, California and our numerous e-business and joint venture initiatives, our opportunities continue to grow throughout the country and the world as we expand in emerging markets such as China, India, Russia and Southeast Asia.", "This is a casual event to kick-off the 2001-2002 academic year and celebrate the continued close relationship between the Haas School of Business and Ford Motor Company, so stop by, see some cars and grab some food & drink.", "Time: Noon, prior to the 2:30 kick-off Location: Haas Courtyard If you are unable to attend and would like to learn more about opportunities at Ford Motor Company, please visit us on the web at www.mycareer.ford.com or feel free to contact me directly (Matt Field, Haas MBA00 - contact details below)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Premier Automotive Group", "sents": [ "The Premier Automotive Group (PAG) was an organizational division within the Ford Motor Company formed in 1999 to oversee the business operations of Ford's high-end automotive marques.", "The PAG was gradually dismantled from 2006 to 2010 with the divestiture of its constituent brands." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5922_p1", "sents": [ "Fox News: The O'Reilly Factor, 06 27 01 Senators Ask Army Chief to Step Away From Energy Issue Dow Jones Business News, 06 27 01 UK: Companies prepare European gas trading contract.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 27 01 International AES Expresses Interest in Enron's India Project By Daniel Pearl Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 06 28 2001 The Wall Street Journal A13 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) BOMBAY, India -- Power giant AES Corp. said it \"would consider getting involved\" with rival Enron Corp.'s $3 billion Dabhol Power Co. project in India, but Dabhol's backers so far don't see AES as a serious contender to buy out the troubled electricity venture.", "The 740-megawatt Dabhol project hasn't produced power for more than a month, because of a payment and tariff dispute between the company and its sole customer, the western industrial state of Maharashtra.", "Enron officials have said it's unlikely any buyer would step in now, with Maharashtra insisting on renegotiation of the project's 1,444-megawatt second phase and contractors delaying its completion because of unpaid bills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Fox News", "sents": [ "Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.", "The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10759_p67", "sents": [ "Next on our list of plant-stoppers: the neighbors.", "Sunlaw's proposal to bui ld a 550-megawatt, $350 million plant in southeast Los Angeles county hasn't h it any snags with the CEC or the South Coast Air Quality Management District.", "Indeed, the plant would produce less toxic waste than the steady stream of diesel trucks at the industrial warehouse now at the site.", "Yet residents of the mostly blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood are crying environmental racis m and will put the plant up to a vote in March.", "\"There is nothing that a loca l community cannot defeat,\" says Michael Zenker, a director for Cambridge Energy Research Associates.", "The CEC can overrule local jurisdiction, but tries to avoid that whenever possible-it has acted only twice in the last 2 0 years.", "Will the commission now flex its muscles?", "Maybe not, if that means stepping on some big toes.", "Keep an eye on Calpine's plan to build a 600-megawatt pla nt in Silicon Valley, where demand has shot up 33% since 1996. The powerful opponent: Cisco Systems, which is building a 20,000-employee campus nearby." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e1454_p0", "sents": [ "Jeff: Are you aware of this roundtable?", "A friend who works at the CERA office in Cambridge just got me in touch with Michael Zenker (who is leading this roundtable) and he mentioned it.", "Were you planning on going?", "Do you think it is worth me looking into go ing?", "Jennifer Western Energy Roundtable April 26, 2001 San Francisco CERA is pleased to announce a Member Executive Roundtable session in San Francisco on April 26, 2001. These meetings will feature presentations and interactive discussions with experts from CERA's Western Energy team.", "Enrollment Form PDF Enrollment Form Schedule 12:30 )1:30 pm Luncheon 1:30 )5:30 pm Session Topics Western Power and Gas Markets Outlook?", "Power and Gas Infrastructure:?When will Relief Come?", "A Look Ahead Throug h 2005?", "California's Power Crisis: Update, Implications, and Market Outcomes Speakers Michael Zenker, Director, Western Energy Ed Small, Director, North American Gas Jennifer Snyder, Director, North American Gas Peter Moritzburke, Associate, Western Energy Bryan Sanderson, Associate, North American Gas Location and Accomodations The Parc 55 Hotel 55 Cyril Magnin Street Market at Fifth San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "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": [ 0, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5725_p62", "sents": [ "Davis' spinmeisters draw heat from watchdogs State controller refuses to pay energy advisers Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Wednesday, June 20, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 06 20 M N230757.DTL&type=3Dnews Gov.", "Gray Davis' decision to hire the \"Masters of Disaster\" -- two former Clinton-Gore spin doctors -- has led to a lawsuit by an anti-tax group and a refusal by the state controller to pay the two political strategists.", "Since the energy crisis began, Davis has hired several nationally known experts to advise him.", "But the recent contract for Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani has opened a political wound, in part because the two men are considered fiercely partisan and politically ruthless.", "State Controller Kathleen Connell, a Democrat who continually fights with Davis, said yesterday that she will refuse to pay Lehane and Fabiani with state funds.", "Their contract is worth $180,000 for six months." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e478_p7", "sents": [ "And the New York Times has reported that rates paid by consumers have increased a whopping 40 percent just since 1999. Those who would allow the market to work (let the darkness reign) know well that if the market \"works\" to produce New York-style rate increases in California, the consequences to the public would be dire.", "Compare this to Gov.", "Davis' well-structured plan for effective energy conservation and stabilization of the state's electricity market and his expedited program to bring clean, efficient new power plants on line quickly.", "Robert Kennedy would understand Gov.", "Davis' approach and his critics' perspective.", "Michael Kahn is a member of the state Independent System Operator's board of governors.", ",2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 25 Bombshell Warning on Power Cost Spending may double and rates skyrocket, governor's office tells Legislature Greg Lucas, Lynda Gledhill, Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, March 24, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 03 24 M N176940.DTL Top Davis administration officials told lawmakers yesterday that the state may have to spend twice as much as expected on electricity purchases over the next two years - requiring rate increases of as much as 100 percent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Advanced Technology Ventures", "sents": [ "Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management.", "The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies.", "ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p33", "sents": [ "Mr. Tyrsing is vice president of Ericsson Business Innovation, Ericsson's start-up development company, and Mr. Liliegren is the chairman of two Swedish game development companies, Digital Illusions and Synergenix Interactive.", "Red Jade is backed by Ericsson.", "http: www.redjade.com ASP Linx Communications Makes Interim Head President and CEO NEWTON, Mass.", "-- Linx Communications, a communications applications service provider, said it has appointed Alice Hsin as its president and chief executive officer.", "Ms. Hsin, the president of Hsin Investments, which has invested in Linx, has been interim president and CEO of Linx since August, when she took over the helm from Joe Gately.", "She is the founder of Integral Communications, a global telecommunications and IT services provider.", "In addition to Hsin Investments, Linx is backed by Advanced Technology Ventures, OneLiberty Ventures, Tredegar Investments, and MF Private Capital.", "http: www.linxcom.com Ex-Sensormatic Exec.", "Becomes CEO of RemoteVideo.com SANTA ANA, Calif. -- RemoteVideo.com, a remote video service provider that enables users to monitor numerous remote locations throughout the world at the same time from a personal computer, said it appointed Ron Nieman as the company's first CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5812_p98", "sents": [ "That means fewer plants built for the same money.", "It's the undertold story of the electricity crisis.", "\"In 1997 a consortium of plumbers, electricians, boilermakers and othe rs formed California Unions for Reliable Energy to target the approval process of powerplants,\" wrote San Francisco labor attorney Mark R. Thierman in a January column in Engineering News Record.", "\"CURE has filed environmental objections against projects by Sempra Energy, Occidental Petroleum and PG&E National Energy Group.\"", "As the article explains, the unions give up their environmental claims against the project once the builders agree to give nonunion workers the boot.", "\"Since the exclusion of nonunion constructors, powerplants have becom e more expensive to build and less likely to be built.\"", "This isn't just one man's opinion.", "Other sources have uncovered the same blackmail techniques.", "The Bakersfield Californian reported in December 2000 that \"Labor unions have intervened in every new electrical power plant proposed in energy-starved California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Occidental Petroleum", "sents": [ "Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is an American multinational oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America.", "Headquartered in Houston, Texas, it is one of the largest American oil and gas companies based on 2015 year-end market capitalization.", "Often abbreviated as \"Oxy\", in reference to its ticker symbol, the company is ranked on the \"Forbes\" Global 2000 and Fortune 500 list.", "In 2015, it was the 16th largest gas producer and 3rd largest oil producer in Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7794_p22", "sents": [ "Mr. Bagshaw previously served as chief operating officer at ILOG.", "He replaces Dev Khare, who served as acting CEO since co-founding the company in 1999. Mr. Khare will become vice president of products.", "Covigo is funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Nokia Venture Partners.", "http: www.covigo.com Take-Out Firm Food.com Names MarchFirst Exec.", "as CEO SAN FRANCISCO -- Food.com, an online order processing firm for restaurants on the Web, said it appointed Trevor S. Fagerskog, former executive in the technology division at marchFirst, an Internet consulting and development firm, as president and CEO.", "He replaces former president and CEO Richard Frank, who will retain his position as chairman.", "Food.com raised $80 million in its Series E round in March of this year, with investments from McDonald's, Kraft, Blockbuster, Clear Channel, Liberty Digital, and TV Guide.", "http: www.food.com ASP CustomerLink Systems Taps E-Commerce Exec as Pres, CEO ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- CustomerLink Systems, a customer management and marketing applications firm for the automotive industry, said it has appointed Jeff Cooke, former executive at e-commerce applications company onQuo and vice president of global customer care at Apple, as president and CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "ILOG", "sents": [ "ILOG was an international software company purchased and incorporated into IBM announced in January, 2009.", "It created enterprise software products for supply chain, business rule management, visualization and optimization.", "The main product line for Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS) has been rebranded as IBM Operational Decision Manager (ODM).", "Many of the related components retain the ILOG brand as a part of their name.", "See IBM Corporate link below for more details.", "The software developed by the ILOG software company supports several software platforms, including COBOL, C++, C#, .NET, Java, AJAX and Adobe Flex / AIR." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5916_p19", "sents": [ "The company is backed by Mr. DuCoin and is currently seeking Series A venture financing.", "http: www.avidlearn.com New People o Integral Access Appoints Former Lucent Manager As CEO CHELMSFORD, Mass.", "-- Integral Access, which provides intellgient IP-based systems for integrated communications service providers, said it named Jack Cicon as president and CEO.", "Mr. Cicon most recently served as manager for Lucent Technology's multi-service access products business unit.", "Integral Access is backed by investors including Star Capital Group, Ascent Venture Partners, BancBoston Ventures, Canaan, Coral, Prism Venture Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital, and Singapore-based Ssang Yong and Technology Fund.", "http: www.integralaccess.com NotifyMe Networks Names Former Microsoft Executive as CEO SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- NotifyMe Networks, a developer of interactive alerting platforms, said it named Chuck Dietrick as chief executive officer.", "Mr. Dietrick previously served as a general manager for Microsoft and is chairman of the board at Cerebellum Software." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p6", "sents": [ "The company had previously received $7 million in funding from its founding consortium for product design, architecture, software development, and testing.", "The company's initial product, Jvelon, is a Web-based leasing, property management, and asset optimization application that manages the relationship between landlord and tenant.", "Telephone 703-317-4736. o Fabless Semiconductor Firm Secures $8.2 Million in Round One AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- Internet Machines, a fabless semiconductor company that develops software and services for data communications markets, said it secured $8.2 million in its first round of funding.", "Redpoint Ventures led the round, which included other institutional and individual investors.", "Redpoint Ventures founding partner John Walecka will join the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for product development.", "http: www.internetmachines.com Management App Firm Gets $5 Million of $8 Million Round One CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "-- Bluesocket, which develops management software for Bluetooth-enabled networks, said it secured $5 million of its expected $8 million first round of funding from St. Paul Venture Capital and Osborn Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: Bush may back some price caps Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: TV ads to pin blame on Davis for power woes Sac Bee, Sun, 5 17: Dan Walters: Political war between Sacramento and Washington is escalating Sac Bee, Sat, 5 16: Veil is lifted on pacts SD Union, Mon, 5 18: Deal would let SDG&E clients off the hook SD Union, Mon, 5 18: State officials to hold hearings on proposed high-voltage line SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Power grid operators issue blackout warnings for first time SD Union, Sun, 5 17: High energy prices to continue long term, experts say SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Ad criticizing Davis expected as officials consider price caps SD Union, Sat, 5 16: Energy deals rest on unsteady markets LA Times, Mon, 5 18: Bush Says FERC Plan Is Not Price Controls LA Times, Mon, 5 18: United States May Hike Aid for Poor's Utilities LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Power Debate Heats Up as Davis Reveals Contracts LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Ad Will Blame Davis for Crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Blackout alert for next 2 days State's first advance warning puts PG&E's Block 1 on notice SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: California's path to energy independence (by Gray Dav is) SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Federal panel considering ways to rein in Western ener gy prices SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Tougher price caps prompt controversy Consumer boon or bane?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2484_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"PUC sweats $4.8 billion rate raise\" Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"PG&E wants panel to get boot\" Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"Major job losses predicted; governor presses generators\" Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"Bond-sale bill goes to Davis Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"State revenue outlook shrinks SD Union, Thurs, 5 10: \"No blackouts despite dip in supplies\" SD Union (AP), Wed, 5 9: \"Biggest users face huge rate hikes under PUC pla n\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"Rate Hikes Up to 60\" Proposed by PUC Chief\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"Bush Energy Stance Begins to Worry Some in GOP\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"In Office Buildings, the Lights Are On, But Nobody 's Home\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"Power Shifts to Congress\" (Commentary) SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Proud state forced to knees in power hunt\" SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Power bills set to skyrocket for heavy users Graduated rate increase would take effect in June SF Chron (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"PG&E says fewer small power plants offline SF Chron (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"A look at two rate designs before power regulators\" SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Lights stay on despite failure of big plant\" SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"PG&E fights consumer committee Obstruction feared in bankruptcy case SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Generators silent on Davis plan He offers lower compensation to stave off Edison bankruptcy Mercury News, Thurs, 5 10: \"Rate plans shield most households\" Mercury News, Thurs, 5 10: \"Energy bond plan gets final legislative OK, faces delay\" Mercury News, Thurs, 5 10: \"Fusion research gets a boost\" OC Register, Thurs, 5 10: \"Power is Money PUC details plan to raise Edison rates up to 34%." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Occidental Petroleum", "sents": [ "Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is an American multinational oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America.", "Headquartered in Houston, Texas, it is one of the largest American oil and gas companies based on 2015 year-end market capitalization.", "Often abbreviated as \"Oxy\", in reference to its ticker symbol, the company is ranked on the \"Forbes\" Global 2000 and Fortune 500 list.", "In 2015, it was the 16th largest gas producer and 3rd largest oil producer in Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3408_p3", "sents": [ "During the first quarter of this year, Enron's revenues increased 281 percent to $50.1 billion.", "Asked about the purpose of the meeting, Karen Denne, a spokeswoman for Enron, said she would \"look into that\" and then did not return repeated telephone calls seeking comment.", "One participant said Denne was present at the meeting.", "D.C.", "CONNECTIONS Meanwhile, Lay's power in Washington is reported to have reached unprecedented heights.", "According to a story in yesterday's New York Times, Lay supplied the Bush administration with a list of candidates for jobs regulating the power industry and even interviewed one of them.", "The story also said Lay essentially threatened to seek the removal of the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Curt Hebert, if he does not support Lay's desire to further deregulate the nation's electricity system.", "Lay denied the allegation.", "Also in attendance at this week's meeting were Bruce Karatz, chief executive of home builder Kaufman & Broad; Ray Irani, chief executive of Occidental Petroleum; and Kevin Sharer, chief executive of biotech giant Amgen." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5922_p29", "sents": [ "\"It's impossible to say at the moment whether the (investor-owned) utilities will revive,\" he warned.", "If they do, he said their corporate boards may opt to chase the higher profits of the open market while shedding their transmission and distribution systems to state control.", "Yet Freeman and California Energy Commission Chairman Bill Keese predicted residential and business consumers may soon see the sort of freedom of choice they now could only dream about, once fuel cells, photovoltaic generation and micro-turbines become commonplace.", "\"The future perhaps belongs to a whole new set of competitors,\" Freeman said.", "\"These central station power generators are not going to have it all to themselves.\"", "AP Photos SC108-109. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "News; Domestic Impact: Why Won't Vice President Cheney Say Who He Got Advice From on the Energy Crisis?", "Bill O'Reilly 06 27 2001 Fox News: The O'Reilly Factor (c) Copyright Federal Document Clearing House." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Fox News", "sents": [ "Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.", "The channel broadcasts primarily from studios at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4594_p2", "sents": [ "Oppenheim jr. & CIE o Tellme Networks Confirms $125 Million Funding New Products: o GNAC Changes Name To Certainty Solutions, Names New CEO o Interpersonal Communication Tech Provider Commtag Founded o Travel Writer's Web Site Travel Intelligence Launches M&A: o Sensory To Acquire Speech Technology Firm Fluent o ShareMax Acquires Freight Forwarding Firm CargoStream o U.K.-Based Easi to Buy Canadian Travel Firm Coventus o Xilinx Acquires Fabless Semiconductor Firm RocketChips New Directors: o Voice Over Broadband Provider Woodwind Adds Three To Board o Cyota Taps Former Citigroup Exec as Chairman of the Board o Former Schwab Exec Joins Board of Finance Site Pure Markets o InstallShield Exec Joins Board of ASP Firm Thinter.net New People: o Event Planning Software Maker Certain Names CEO, President o Ex-PRWT ComServ Exec Joins Braxtel as Chairman and CEO o Interstar Tech Names Ex-Omtool Exec as President and CEO o NetScaler Names Exodus Co-Founder President and CEO o 3D Graphic Firm Hypercosm Names Ex-IVN CEO As President, CEO VC Fund News: o New $20 Million Fund Targets Emerging Imaging Technology VC Personnel: o Boston Ventures Management Names New Managing Director o Pivotal Asset Promotes Kevin Linker to General Partner o Ex-PaeTec Exec Joins Camelot Ventures' Technology Team o NewSpring Names Former Maxwell Systems Chairman as Partner VW Corrections: o Promia o Drivewire Advertisement Imagine the power of knowing today what will happen tomorrow." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p1", "sents": [ "Newspaper Software Firm Raises $3 Million First Round o Waste Management ASP Envectra Has $4.9 Million Seed Round o B2B Wireless ASP Terion Announces $50 Million Funding o Open-Source Firm Wasabi Systems Closes $500,000 Round One o Science Communications Secures Pre-Series A Funding o Airslide Systems Closes $35 Million Second Round of Funding o B2B Service Firm SupplySolutions Has $20 Million Round Two o Behavioral Technology Firm Gets $11.2 Million in Series B o Communications Firm Brainshark Has $14 Million Second Round o Evant Solutions Raises $12 Million in Second Round o French Mobile Location Service Provider Raises $15.1 Million o Image Sensor Tech Firm Y Media Gets $7.5 Million Series B o Net Advertising Tech Firm iWeb Closes $8.6 Million Series B o SpinCircuit and Avet Form Partnership, Avnet Takes Stake o TimesTen Performance Software Closes $21.5 Million Mezzanine o Advent Leads $4 Million Round for Shipping Site NETlogistiK o ArrayComm Raises $34 Million in Series F Funding Round o B2B Software Firm Sienna Secures $4 Million in Second Round o Deutsche Bank Takes Stake in Securities Software Firm Lewtan o Mobile Platform Firm Synchrologic Gets $22 Million D Round o ASP Reasoning Gets $15 Million Series D New Products: o Online College Student Advisor PureAdvice.com Launches o Universal Wireless Infrastructure Firm Sentica Launches o Christianity.com Launches, Ex-Pepperdine President Named CEO o Incubator Brainspark Launches Digital Design Firm EC1 Media New Deals: o Failure of Investment Talks Leads to Clickmango.com Closure o Scour Lays Off 52 Following Dissolution of Investment Talks o Ad Firms OneMediaPlace and iMediaPoint Enter Alliance o E-Security Firm iDefense in $10 Million Venture with Itochu o Silicon Peak Takes Stake in Information Firm for Physicians M&A: o Intersil Buys Wireless Component Firm SiCOM for $196 Million o ICG Increases Stake in PaperExchange.com from 20% to 83% o Network Appliance to Acquire WebManage for $75 Million o Heyde Group Acquires European VC Firm Value Partner New Directors: o Acta Technology Adds Network Appliance CFO to Board o DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board o incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board o Irish XML App Firm Vordel Adds Corporate Financier to Board o RedEnvelope Names Prophet Brand CEO to Its Board New People: o Net Video Firm Vividon Makes Ex-Vignette VP President, CEO o Former Motorola Executive is New CEO for Foxcom Wireless o MEI Software Systems Promotes VP to President and Acting CEO VC Fund News: o Brazil's Banco Pactual Launches BRR $75 Million Tech Fund o KPN and VNU Launch $30 Million Fund For European Tech Firms o Draper Laboratory Launches $15 Million Venture Subsidiary VC Personnel: o High Tech Venture Firm YankeeTek Ventures Gets New Partner o NIF Ventures Promotes Partner to Run Silicon Valley Office VW Corrections: o Rtime Advertisement Healthcare Outlook: Where Medicine Meets the Internet Will e-health complement traditional healthcare systems or create new markets?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mitch McConnell", "sents": [ "Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Kentucky.", "A member of the Republican Party, he has been the Majority Leader of the Senate since January 3, 2015.", "He is the 15th Republican and the second Kentuckian to lead his party in the Senate.", "McConnell is the longest-serving U.S.", "Senator in Kentucky history." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e490_p6", "sents": [ "Along with Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has advanced legislation providing billions of dollars in tax credits for utilities, and indirectly benefiting contributors to GOP campaign committees he has headed.", "In the debate over global warming, coal interests have prevailed over environmental organizations and corporations that have been moving toward acceptance of the threat of carbon dioxide emissions.", "This small but growing group now includes BP Amoco PLC, Enron Corp., Entergy Corp. and American Electric Power, an Ohio-based coal-burning utility.", "Enron's chief executive, Kenneth Lay, one of Bush's most generous campaign supporters, has urged the president to create a trading system for carbon as a way of limiting emissions into the atmosphere.", "But Lay was not given advance notice of Bush's decision ruling out mandatory carbon controls, sources said.", "A spokesman said Lay was \"somewhat disappointed that we don't have a process in place to deal with what he thinks is going to be a significant issue.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e850_p21", "sents": [ "The plant cannot be built without a zoning change for the 28-acre site from industrial to public utility.", "The Pompano Beach Planning and Zoning Board has already approved the rezoning.", "City commissioners should keep their eye on the big picture and ratify that decision, for the good of Pompano Beach and all of South Florida.", "Notices Haleywest L.L.C., et al.", "Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings 04 06 2001 Federal Register 18239 Copyright (c) 2001 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. All rights reserved March 30, 2001. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. Haleywest L.L.C.", "Docket No.", "EG01-161-000] Take notice that on March 28, 2001, 2001, Haleywest L.L.C.", "(Applicant), an Idaho limited liability company, whose address is P.O.", "Box 171, Laclede, Idaho 83851 filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's regulations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "South Florida", "sents": [ "South Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southernmost part of the state.", "It is one of Florida's three most common \"directional\" regions, the others being Central Florida and North Florida.", "It includes the populous Miami metropolitan area, the Florida Keys, and other localities.", "South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "State Bank of India", "sents": [ "State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company.", "It is a government-owned corporation with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra.", "On 1st April, 2017, State Bank of India, which is India's largest Bank merged with five of its Associate Banks (State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself.", "This is the first ever large scale consolidation in the Indian Banking Industry.", "With the merger, State Bank of India will enter the league of top 50 global banks with a balance sheet size of ₹33 trillion, 278,000 employees, 420 million customers, and more than 24,000 branches and 59,000 ATMs.", "SBI's market share will increase to 22 percent from 17 per cent.", "It has 198 offices in 37 countries; 301 correspondents in 72 countries.", "The company is ranked 232nd on the \"Fortune Global 500\" list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3418_p35", "sents": [ "For the first time, the Indian lenders today disclosed their exact exposure to DPC, which stood at Rs 66 billion.", "Chakrabarti said adding other domestic lenders were ICICI, State Bank of India and Canara Bank.", "(PTI) 29-05 1609 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "ENRON'S DABHOL POWER CO REJECTS STATE BOARD'S LEGAL NOTICE 05 29 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. MUMBAI, May 29 Asia Pulse - Enron's Dabhol Power Company (DPC) has rejected the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's (MSEB) legal notice for \"rescinding\" the PPA, saying \"it did not have the right to do so,\" as the two partners get ready to plead their case before the state Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) tomorrow.", "In a three-page response to the MSEB's May 24 legal notice, Enron India managing director K Wade Cline has said \"The legal notice is not acceptable to us, as according to the PPA, MSEB does not have the right to rescind the agreement,\" the state government sources told PTI here today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20425_p81", "sents": [ "``McMahon was ma de famous under Skilling by going to him and?objecting to the partnerships, '' Feygin said.", "``For that, he was?transferred out of the treasurer functio n into Enron Net Works,''?which oversees Enron's Internet trading system.", "`An Outstanding Job' Fastow, 39 years old, ran LJM Cayman and LJM2 Co-Investment,?two partnerships created by Enron to bu y company assets.", "Enron's?involvement in the financing vehicles cost the co mpany $35 million?in third-quarter losses.", "Enron also bought back 62 millio n shares?from LJM2 at a cost of $1.2 billion to unwind its investment.", "On a conference call yesterday, Lay said that ``I and Enron's?board of di rectors continue to have the highest faith and?confidence in Andy and think he's doing an outstanding job as?CFO.''", "Enron announced that Fastow would leave after its stock?closed down $3.38, or 17 percent, to $16.41 in today's trading.", "The SEC began an inquiry into Enron's partnerships Monday.", "Spokeswoman Karen Denne said it is an informal inquiry that Enron?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p28", "sents": [ "Karen Denne, an Enron spokeswoman, said it's unfair to fault the company for selling power at prices dictated by the free market.", "\"Enron is providing electricity to a market that needs it,\" Denne said.", "\"It's unfortunate when regulators are pointing fingers, looking to fix blame, when this is a problem of supply and demand.\"", "The company hails from President George W. Bush's home state of Texas, and is one of the top \"soft money\" donors to political campaigns.", "Enron and its executives gave $435,000 to the Democrats and $1.2 million to Republicans last year, according to Common Cause.", "Its chairman, Kenneth Lay, has consistently been one of the top donors to Bush's presidential and gubernatorial campaigns.", "Enron doesn't own a lot of dams or power plants.", "Instead, the company makes money as a middleman -- buying power from utilities and then reselling it for a profit.", "The company, formed in 1985 from the merger of two pipeline companies, has become the largest trader of wholesale electricity in North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6247_p93", "sents": [ "John H. Stout, senior vice president for Reliant Energy Wholesale Group, sa id the state used faulty methodology to arrive at the $8.9 billion figure.", "California officials and several suppliers said they would continue to negotiate separately, and an official with San Jose-based Calpine said his company is close to a settlement with the state.", "Power suppliers urged Wagner not to calculate refunds by applying the energ y commissions' June price-limits plan retroactively.", "But that's what Wagner said he will do.", "It was a victory for California officials, who had pushed for it.", "Wagner, however, also made some changes to the price-limit plan tha t power suppliers had wanted.", "He applied it only back to Oct. 2, 2000. State officials wanted it to cover up to May 2000. $3 billion difference The state's $8.9 billion figure comes from May 2000 through May 2001. Factoring refunds beginning with Oct. 2, 2000, eliminates about $3 billion in overcharges the state says occurred in the earlier period." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e804_p12", "sents": [ "Agriculture and airlines have long employed meteorologists, but the advent of power trading in the past decade has made it particularly true in the energy business.", "Utilities have discovered that shifts in weather can quickly turn into millions of dollars in profits or losses.", "\"In the financial community, utilities are thought of as the old, staid, secure, dividend-paying stocks that you like to own,\" said Guy Dicciani, a weather derivatives trader with Reliant Energy Wholesale Group, an unregulated unit of Reliant Energy \"But in the new deregulated world, a lot of energy companies are now subject to wild swings in revenue.", "And the shareholders and institutions don't like to be told that revenue is highly influenced by weather.\"", "That, experts say, has made a good meteorologist a hot ticket.", "BRIEFING FOR TRADERS As California has shown, the stakes can be sky-high when it comes to forecasting.", "The state's failed deregulation plan has pushed it into a power crisis, causing rolling blackouts and threatening Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison, units of PG&E Corp. and Edison International with bankruptcy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8774_p1", "sents": [ "First, the federal Supreme Court refused to uphold (or reject) the decision of the Florida Supreme Court to extend the deadline for hand recounts, and sent th e case back for the court to explain its reasons.", "The next day, a Florida circuit court upheld the state ,s results, giving George W. Bush a winnin g margin of 537 votes.", "Mr Gore appealed against the ruling.", "Mr Gore was encouraged by a federal appeals-court ruling that rejected Mr Bush ,s req uest to throw out the results of manual recounts in Florida.", "See article: The fight for the presidencyE+ Meanwhile, Mr Bush tried to consolidate his probable position as president-elect.", "For the first time, he received an intelligence briefing from the CIA.", "He told his aides in Texas, however, that they should continu e calling him &Mr Governor 8. See article: George Bush ,s awkward transition There were rows in Chile over General Augusto Pinochet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Augusto Pinochet", "sents": [ "Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (] or ] ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general, politician and the dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990; he remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army until 1998.", "He was also president of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981.", "His rule of Chile was a dictatorship." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5876_p1", "sents": [ "There are also concerns that federally supervised talks, begun yesterday, designed to address allegations that electricity sellers overcharged California for power, may result in a 9 bln usd bill, they said.", "Power marketers involved in the negotiations with utilities and state legislatures include Enron Corp, Calpine Corp, Duke Energy Corp, Williams Companies Inc, Reliant Energy and Dynegy Inc New.", "Fulcrum Global Partners analyst Mike Barbis said that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) proceedings to mediate between California's power buyers and sellers will end \"unfavourably for the sellers.\"", "California Governor Gray Davis is seeking a 9.0 bln usd refund from western utility groups it claims inflated power bills.", "\"In our view, the political playing field for power generators and marketers has shifted,\" said Barbis.", "\"We would avoid those companies with the largest exposure to California including Mirant, Reliant Resources and Dynegy,\" said Barbis.", "Negotiators have 15 days starting yesterday to come to an agreement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p84", "sents": [ "RECENT employment numbers reflect the trend.", "Over the last three years, the fastest rate of job growth in Houston has been concentrated in business services, as well as engineering, accounting, research and management services.", "In contrast, the traditional energy sector, which includes oil companies and businesses directly engaged in mining, gained only 10,000 jobs last year, well below historical highs.", "''Houston's energy economy is increasingly high tech,'' Mr. Smith said.", "''It's white collar, not blue collar.''", "Other evidence of a white-collar expansion can be seen in the office market.", "New office towers, including headquarters for energy businesses like Enron and Reliant Resources, have been rising downtown.", "Vacancy rates in the central core, as high as 30 percent in the late 1980's, have dropped into the single digits.", "Once a ghost town after hours, downtown is starting to become a more popular destination, and increasingly a residential hub, for young professionals.", "The surge in technology-related employment is also spreading across the vast greater Houston area, which is larger than all of New Jersey." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Staples Inc.", "sents": [ "Staples, Inc. is an American multinational office supply retailing corporation, with over 1,500 stores in North America.", "Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, Staples also does business extensively with enterprises in the United States and Canada, and as Staples Business Advantage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3160_p3", "sents": [ "The SEC has subpoenaed Citibank for its records on Xerox's Brazil division regarding the transactions.", "A former Xerox employee charges that Xerox improperly booked erroneously inflated revenue of roughly $140 million and pretax profits of $80 million.", "According to the article, Citibank does not appear to have done anything wrong by arranging the transactions for Xerox.", "Neither company would comment on the matter.", "Office product retailing giant Staples Inc. (SPLS: 16.26, + 0.74) reported fiscal first-quarter profits that were in line with expectations.", "Staples also stated that while its second quarter will be weak, the company still believes that it is on target to meet full-year estimates with stronger third- and fourth-quarter results.", "Staples reported earning $40 million, or $0.09 per share in the fiscal first quarter, which was just slightly below the $44.2 million, or $0.10 per share earned in the same quarter last year.", "Revenues increased 4% to $2.7 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11002_p4", "sents": [ "\"California had made a big investment in the power exchange,\" said Sen. Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, who was one of probably just a handful of legislators who knew about the provision before it became law.", "\"The PUC decision would have put that investment at risk.\"", "Which is another way of saying that the power exchange wasn't working and had to be protected from competition.", "Richard Bilas, the PUC commissioner who was pushing the hardest for the reform the Legislature overturned, said he never liked the idea of mandating a single exchange in which the utilities would have to buy all their power.", "Bilas wasn't a member of the commission when the PUC restructured California's electricity industry.", "But he said the result reminded him of the former Soviet Union, where leaders declared that they were going to move to a market economy and then appointed a group of central planners to figure out how those markets should function." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Soviet Union", "sents": [ "The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Russian: СССР), was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.", "Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.", "The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.", "The Russian nation had constitutionally equal status among the many nations of the union but exerted de facto dominance in various respects.", "Other major urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk.", "The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.", "It was a founding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the leading member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and the Warsaw Pact." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6600_p0", "sents": [ "\"July 17, 2001 To: CMTA Members From: Jack M. Stewart, President Date: July 16, 2001 Re: FERC Commissioners to Keynote CMTA Energy Conference http: www.cmta.net archive 2001_tahoe_conference.shtml For all manufacturers who will ultimately pay the price for California's energy crisis and for all those individuals involved with energy policy, the only place to be from August 1-3 will be the CMTA Energy Conference at Harvey's Hotel-Casino in South Lake Tahoe.", "Headlining the Conference as Keynote Speakers are two of the five Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioners (FERC).", "Commissioner Nora Brownell will keynote the Thursday, August 2 session and Commissioner Bill Massey will open the Friday session.", "Commissioner Nora Brownell was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 30, 2001 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 25. Prior to joining the Commission, Ms. Brownell served as a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1060_p66", "sents": [ "Commissioner Linda Breathitt said she wants to hear what advice the state regulators might have and ''hear their views on how FERC can assist them'' in addressing power shortages and likely soaring prices this summer.", "Breathitt has sided with Hebert on the price cap issue.", "Another commissioner, William Massey, has argued strongly for price caps, but has been overruled.", "To fill two vacancies on the FERC, President Bush recently named two new commissioners, both state utility regulators, who like Hebert are strong supporters of electricity deregulation.", "The two nominees, Pat Wood of Texas and Nora Brownell of Pennsylvania, have not yet been confirmed by the Senate.", "LOAD-DATE: April 10, 2001 45 of 100 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online April 10, 2001; Tuesday SECTION: Domestic, non-Washington, general news item LENGTH: 585 words HEADLINE: Calif.", "Gov.", "To Buy Power Lines BYLINE: LESLIE GORNSTEIN DATELINE: LOS ANGELES BODY: Southern California Edison's customers will get a break from surging electricity rates thanks to the cash-starved utility's agreement to a $2.76 billion deal allowing the state to buy its transmission lines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5031_p5", "sents": [ "The event is open to the entire Haas School community.", "Since his change in positions, Lane has been quoted extensively that he believes the venture business is going to shift from just funding companies to playing an even larger role in building those companies.", "He told the Associated Press that KPCB will help to create the survivors in the impending dot-com shakeout.", "Lane has stated that the changes at Oracle announced by founder Larry Ellison sped up his departure, which he announced just before the July 4th weekend.", "Lane left Oracle with no severance package and had to give up $300 million in unvested stock options.", "Lane originally joined Oracle as president of Oracle USA after working as a senior partner in the consulting firm of Booz Allen & Hamilton.", "Lane has also stressed that his leaving Oracle was part of trying to create balance in his life, noting that the KPCB offices are just 5 minutes from his house." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Larry Ellison", "sents": [ "Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is co-founder, executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation.", "As of August 2017, he was listed by \"Forbes\" magazine as the fifth-wealthiest person in America and as the seventh-wealthiest in the world, with a fortune of $60.6 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Power Finance Corporation", "sents": [ "Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (, ) is an Indian financial institution.", "Established in 1986, it is the financial back bone of Indian Power Sector.", "Net worth of the company in the year 2007-2008 was 8688 Crore Indian Rupees.", "Initially wholly owned by the Govt.", "of India, the company issued an IPO in January, 2007.", "The issue was oversubscribed by over 76 times, which is the largest for an IPO of any Indian Company in recent times.", "PFC is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).", "The company has been conferred with many prestigious awards, the latest of which is \"KPMG-Infrastructure Today Award 2008\" for its contribution in development of power sector.", "It is also an certified company and enjoys the status of Navratna Company in India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e11016_p40", "sents": [ "Observers assert that even after ensuring a reasonable profit for Enron, th e tariffs can be cut.", "K K Govil, director projects, Power Finance Corporation insists, ``The present PPA is heavily in favour of Enron.", "The PPA should be re-negotiated to get capital costs and rate of return calculated in rupees and not dollars.''", "According to Govil, pegging the costs and tariffs to foreign exchange is unheard of.", "``The capacity related incentive should also go.", "Ideally, the cost of a gas-based plant should be half that of a coal-fired plant.", "But in Enron's case it is not so.", "This too has to be rectified,'' said Govi l. The government is tight-lipped, but sources say the government may palm off the burden to utlilities like National Thermal Power Corporation, Power Trading Corporation or Power Grid.", "That will end the public scrutiny of the project, contrary to what is happening in Maharashtra now, and the account will be shared by central utilities, state electricity boar ds and others." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8917_p4", "sents": [ "Frontenac Company, a Chicago-based private equity firm, provided the funds, which will be used to hire executives in the consulting, marketing, and technology fields.", "Seurat has some 230 employees and eight office locations to date.", "http: www.seurat.com new money Entertainment Site LivePlanet Closes $12 Million First Round mail this story?", "top LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- LivePlanet, an Internet entertainment company, said it closed its first round of funding with $12 million.", "Redpoint Ventures invested $10 million and Accel Partners invested $2 million.", "The company, whose co-founders include actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, produces both television and Web-based reality series, including \"The Runner\" in which a single contestant will cross the country while trying to avoid being identified by viewers.", "http: www.liveplanet.com Fatshoe Incentive Systems Lands $6.25 Million Round One mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Fatshoe Incentive Systems, a relationship management technology company, said it received $6.25 in its first round of funding led by publicly traded Espirito Santo Financial Group through its subsidiaries BES.com, SGPS, and Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento (BESI)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Ben Affleck", "sents": [ "Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer.", "His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.", "He began his career as a child and starred in the PBS educational series \"The Voyage of the Mimi\" in 1984, before a second run in 1988.", "He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy \"Dazed and Confused\" (1993) and various Kevin Smith films including \"Chasing Amy\" (1997) and \"Dogma\" (1999).", "Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for \"Good Will Hunting\" (1997).", "He then established himself as a leading man in studio films including the disaster drama \"Armageddon\" (1998), the romantic comedy \"Forces of Nature\" (1999), the war drama \"Pearl Harbor\" (2001) and the thriller \"Changing Lanes\" (2002)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Wed, 6 6: Businesses vie for blackout exemptions: The PUC must decide who should be spared, and the applicant list is very lo ng Sac Bee, Wed, 6 6: PG&E, ISO agree to court order on power bills Sac Bee, Wed, 6 6: Peter Schrag: Turning up the heat in Houston and Washington (Editorial) SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Is trading an insider's game?", "SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Daily energy costs for state fall in past weeks SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Five tiers sought in proposed rate boost SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Port budget large, but power bills loom SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Continuous use urged for planned power plant SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Rising energy prices threaten Poway troupe SD Union, Wed, 6 6: Fair to use generators for midway attractions LA Times, Wed, 6 6: 'Hi, My Name Isn't Justice, Honey,' and Shame on Lockye r (Editorial) LA Times, Wed, 6 6: United States Probes Alleged Pact Not to Build New Plants Power: Justice officials focus on Southland operations of two firms, which deny wrongdoing LA Times, Wed, 6 6: Natural Gas, Power Prices Drop Sharply Energy: More conservation, mild weather are among factors keeping costs down, exper ts say LA Times, Wed, 6 6: The State Utility Averts $1 Billion in Costs Courts: PG&E and Cal-ISO agree to recognize Department of Water Resources as purchaser of the power SF Chron, Wed, 6 6: Dramatic drop in cost of electricity LOWER BILLS: Cheaper fuel, milder weather credited SF Chron, Wed, 6 6: San Jose council gives green light to generating plant VOTE REVERSAL: Officials pressured to OK project SF Chron, Wed, 6 6: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Wed, 6 6: California conserves SF Chron, Wed, 6 6: L.A. power customers awash in cheap energy SF Chron, Wed, 6 6: PG&E doesn't want to pay for energy to avert blackouts Mercury News, Wed, 6 6: Metcalf plant gets preliminary approval OC Register, Wed, 6 6: Feds probe AES, Williams Individual.com (PRnewswire), Wed, 6 6: Calpine Begins Construction of Peaking Energy Center in Gilroy, Calif. Individual.com (PRnewsire), Wed, 6 6: Reliant Urges FERC to Drop or Amend California Price Caps to Avoid Additional Shortages and More Blackouts Energy Insight, Wed, 6 6: Farm-fresh biopower Businesses vie for blackout exemptions: The PUC must decide who should be spared, and the applicant list is very long." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2259_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"Expect prices to shoot up, analysts say\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"GOP: Shrink plan for bonds\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"FERC chief defends plan for state\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"PG&E to judge: ISO, $1 billion tab will drain us\" Sac Bee, Fri, 5 4: \"Jack Sirard: PG&E's woes a warning to utility investor s\" SD Union (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"Legislature sends power authority bill to govern or\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"GOP Tries to Force Its Dramatically Different Energy Plan on Governor\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"Secretary of Energy, Davis Meet on United States Plan to Boost Conservation\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"PG&E Seeks Relief From High-Priced Power Purchases\" LA Times, Fri, 5 4: \"SDG&E Blackout Plan Would Pay Firms to Use Generators SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Been there, done that Bay Area finds little new in Bush's ideas SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Bush calls power supply the solution He says conservation useful but secondary SF Chron (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"SDG&E unveils plan to contend with rolling blackouts\" SF Chron (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"California crisis brings new talk of energy conservation\" SF Chron (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Energy at a glance\" SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"Ships would help during blackouts Ready reserve fleet has power to provide\" SF Chron, Fri, 5 4: \"PG&E chairman wants to keep power lines\" Mercury News, Fri, 5 4: \"Bush shifts policy on conservation after meeting with GOP\" Mercury News, Fri, 5 4: \"Senate plans public power\" Mercury News, Fri, 5 4: \"All Caps Hed\" OC Register, Fri, 5 4: \"Energy notebook Vote delayed on $12 billion state bond for power\" OC Register, Fri, 5 4: \"US conservation order called Bush's best effort\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Fri, 5 4: \"[B] POWER UPDATE Bush directs fed s to save energy in California\" Individual.com (AP), Fri, 5 4: \"Judge Dismisses $10B PG&E Suit\" Individual.com (Business wire), Fri, 5 4: \"Bankruptcy Update PG&E Files Motion to Require CAISO to Follow Federal Law\" - Expect prices to shoot up, analysts say By Dale Kasler Bee Staff Writer (Published May 4, 2001) Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19438_p16", "sents": [ "Steve Currall, associate professor of management and psychology at the Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University, said he immediately told his assistant to take care of her family responsibilities.", "It's the least a manager can do, Currall said.", "It's also important for managers to give employees a choice because people deal with stress in different ways.", "Some would rather stay at work and not deviate from their schedules.", "Others want to sit at home and watch the television coverage.", "Downtown Houston was virtually vacant by late afternoon.", "Empty buses moved along traffic-free downtown streets at 5 p.m. Cabdriver Raed Alwqfi said he had waited two hours outside the Chase Tower without getting a rider.", "\"We're still waiting,\" he said.", "\"There's nobody here.\"", "By Ralph Bivins and L.M.", "Sixel Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Energy Cos Reviewing S Asia Ops Security After US Attack By Sri Jegarajah Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 09 12 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Foreign energy companies active in South Asia's power, oil and natural gas sectors are reviewing security arrangements in the wake of terrorist attacks against the United States and possible repercussions in the subcontinent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Rice University", "sents": [ "Rice University, officially William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university located on a 295-acre campus in Houston, Texas, United States.", "The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.", "Rice is generally considered the top university and the most selective institution of higher education in the state of Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3517_p13", "sents": [ "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- OptiMight Communications, which develops coherence division multiplexing optical transport systems for sale to carriers, said it added Josephine Yuen and P. 'Ramki' Ramakrishnan to its operations division.", "Ms. Yuen joins the company as chief operations officer Previously, she worked at Lucent Technologies as director of product management.", "Mr. Ramakrishnan joins the company as vice president of operations.", "He recently served as vice president of operations at Campio Communications.", "OptiMight is backed by Brentwood Venture Capital, Hook Partners, Lucent Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Thomas Weisel Partners, Venrock Associates, Vertex Management, and Worldview Technology Partners.", "http: www.optimight.com World Wide Packets Adds David Allen as VP for Europe mail?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- World Wide Packets, which provides hardware and software for optical broadband connectivity, said it has appointed David Allen vice president for Europe.", "The company is establishing a sales office in London that will oversee operations in the U.K. and Europe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2881_p10", "sents": [ "Oblix's investors include Charter Growth Capital, Cisco Systems, Credit Suisse First Boston, Intel 64 Fund, J.P. Morgan, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Novell, Patricof & Co. Sumitomo, and Van Wagoner Capital Management.", "http: www.oblix.com Nuasis Adds Rainmaker Systems Exec as VP of Finance mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nuasis, a developer of IP-based, multichannel contact center software, said it has named Steven M. Karp as vice president of finance.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Karp was senio r director of finance at Rainmaker Systems.", "Nuasis is backed by Brentwood Venture Capital, Grove Street Advisors, Menlo Ventures, Oracle, and Tudor Investment.", "http: www.nuasis.com Wayport Names CFO and Marketing VP mail?", "top AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wayport, a provider of Internet access for travelers at airports, hotels, and conference centers, said it has named David Hampton as CFO.", "Mr. Hampton formerly served as CFO at Singleentry, an Internet-based software provider to the insurance industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19594_p14", "sents": [ "* BLOOMBERG L.P.", "DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF THIS TRANSCRIPT.", "New York, Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a transcript of a Bloomberg interview with Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Arthur Levitt.", "The reporter is Dylan Ratigan.", "RATIGAN: As you've probably heard, Enron under investigation by the SEC, the SEC looking into partnerships run by their former CFO.", "If you come into the Bloomberg with me, I want to show you what it's done to the stock price here over the course of the past month, month and a half.", "You're talking about a move from a price in the mid 40s, which was not that long ago, mind you, early mid- October, to a price that is now $9.67 a share.", "This has absolutely decimated the company's stock price.", "Arthur Levitt, the former chairman of the SEC, with us, looking, first of all, at what's going on with this company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 8 ] }, { "title": "Arthur Levitt", "sents": [ "Arthur Levitt Jr. (born February 3, 1931) was the twenty-fifth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1993 to 2001.", "Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor, he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules.", "Since May 2001 he has been employed as a senior adviser at the Carlyle Group.", "Levitt previously served as a policy advisor to Goldman Sachs and is a Director of Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6548_p0", "sents": [ "\"thank you much.", "Best, Jeff Joseph Alamo 07 16 2001 06:28 PM To: Jeff Dasovich NA Enron cc: Subject: Re: Flight Options starting around $600 -- but bear in mind will depend on how far in advance you end up ticketing (should do at least 7 day advance, which would be by this Friday!)", "From: Jeff Dasovich on 07 16 2001 06:22 PM CDT Sent by: Jeff Dasovich To: Joseph Alamo NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Re: Flight Options Thanks so much.", "What's the RT fare for SF Denver?", "Best, Jeff Joseph Alamo 07 16 2001 06:18 PM To: Jeff Dasovich NA Enron cc: Subject: Flight Options Flight Options SFO-Denver Friday, July 27: One way fare $345 as of today, anyway; all Non-stop flights: United departs SFO 1:20 PM arrives DEN 4:49 PM -or- United departs SFO 2:35 PM arrives DEN 6:00 PM -or- United departs SFO 3:35 PM arrives DEN 7:00 PM -or- United departs SFO 4:40 PM arrives DEN 8:03 PM Return Flights all Non-stop: United departs DEN 6:15 PM arrives SFO 7:45 PM -or- United departs DEN 7:15 PM arrives SFO 8:47 PM -or- United departs DEN 8:05 PM arrives SFO 9:35 PM For RT SFO to Boston [Most RT itins currently approx." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e1563_p0", "sents": [ "\"Please include Sue on the call-in info.", "Thanks.", "Best, Jeff Joseph Alamo 04 23 2001 11:31 AM To: Jeff Dasovich NA Enron cc: Subject: Conference call Availability w Harry Jeff - Rubena called to see if you'd be available today for a conference call w Harry Kingerski re: SCE PX Credit at 2:30 our time 4:30 central.", "Please so advise me your availability -- or preferable time, if need be -- ASAP.", "Thanks, Joseph" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5472_p1", "sents": [ "A1, 760 words, Air standards lowered for power plants; DAVIS ORDER: They can run overtime, Robert Salladay, Lynda Gledhill San Francisco Chronicle, JUNE 12, 2001, TUESDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A1, 898 words, United States panel steps up probe of supplier; NATURAL GAS: Charges of price fixing, Bernadette Tansey, Zachary Coile The Washington Post, June 12, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition, EDITORIAL; Pg.", "A24, 203 words, Whining in the Dark Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2001 Tuesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION, Tempo; Pg.", "6; ZONE: C; CHANNEL SURFING., 439 words, 'Blackout' sheds some light on spike in energy costs, By Steve Johnson, Tribune media critic.", "The Associated Press State & Local Wire, June 12, 2001, Tuesday, BC cycle, 6:25 AM Eastern Time, Business News, 675 words, Political pressure eases for California Gov.", "Gray Davis as power prices dip, By ALEXA HAUSSLER, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO, Calif.", "The Associated Press State & Local Wire, June 12, 2001, Tuesday, BC cycle, 3:12 AM Eastern Time, State and Regional, 510 words, State seeks electric rate hike for SDG&E customers, By SETH HETTENA, Associated Press Writer, SAN DIEGO Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online June 12, 2001; Tuesday 3:38 AM, Eastern Time SECTION: Domestic, non-Washington, general news item LENGTH: 673 words HEADLINE: Pressure Eases for Calif." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e93_p0", "sents": [ "'State's Power Purchases Costlier Than Projected Tab is $6 million a day over Davis' requests Lynda Gledhill, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Friday, March 16, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento -- California has spent about $6 million more a day buying electrical power than originally projected, according to a confidential document obtained yesterday by The Chronicle.", "State power buyers spent $2.7 billion between Jan. 17 and March 11, averaging $49 million a day.", "That amounts to about $6 million a day more than lawmakers figured using Gov.", "Gray Davis' appropriations requests.", "The confidential document was prepared by the Department of Water Resources, which purchases power on behalf of the state.", "It was handed to a group of lawmakers in a subcommittee hearing Wednesday by Water Resources Director Tom Hannigan.", "To the public, the document presents the first day-by-day look at how much California is spending on power purchases.", "Although the document shows more money being spent than originally believed, it didn't startle any of the handful of senators and Assembly members who saw it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3552_p38", "sents": [ "http: www.endero.com new directors American Fiber Systems Adds John F. Malon to Board mail?", "top ROCHESTER, N.Y. (VENTUREWIRE) -- American Fiber Systems (AFS), which provides metropolitan dark fiber optic communications networks for carriers and service providers in midsize United States cities, said it appointed John F. Mal on to its board of directors.", "Mr. Malon, who becomes the board's fourth member is the current president and CEO of The Eastern Managment Group, a manageme nt consulting firm.", "Mr. Malon was introduced to the company by chairman Jeffre y M. Drazan, who is a general partner of Sierra Venture Partners.", "Additional board members include Larry Goldfarb, head of Bay Star Capital, and preside nt and CEO Dave Rusin, founder of AFS, which is backed by Sierra and Lucent Venture Partners.", "http: www.americanfibersystems.com Andes Networks Appoints Dataquest Founder to Board mail?", "top MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Andes Networks, a provider of SSL acceleration platforms, announced the appointment of Dataquest founder Davi d A. Norman to the company's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1698_p50", "sents": [ "In fact, the IRU price of a Transatlantic STM-1 has dropped to \"$850,000 from $8.5 million in 1998,\" according to Tim Stronge, Director of Research for TeleGeography.", "Stronge also cited data from TeleGeography's recent report that shows Transatlantic route capacity will reach 12 Tbps in 2005, and Transpacific route capacity will reach16 Tbps in that same year.", "\"Supply is leading demand in the early years in major ocean crossings,\" Global Crossing's Mool Singhi concluded.", "In the metro network, attendees and speakers agreed a bandwidth shortage exists and that Tier 1 cities are better served than Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.", "Bob DeRosa, Vice President of Marketing at American Fiber Systems, said there is \"no glut in the metros, because of prohibitive construction costs and a complicated process that involves permits and rights of way.\"", "An alternative metro solution that was not discussed is Free-Space Optics (FSO).", "FSO is an upcoming topic in IGIC's Photonics Briefings Series." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]