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[ { "title": "e3376_p14", "sents": [ "(Photographs courtesy WGBH ''Frontline'')(pg.", "A18) Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron Unit's Cline on Dispute With Indian Province: Comment 2001-05-25 03:53 (New York) New Delhi, May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Wade Cline, managing director of Enron Corp.'s Dabhol Power Co., on the dispute with the western Indian province of Maharashtra over dues.", "He was speaking to reporters in New Delhi after meeting A.K.", "Basu, secretary to the ministry of power.", "``We won't renegotiate on the basis of the Godbole committee report.", "We are going back to Maharashtra tomorrow to work on the problem.''", "Dabhol Power said yesterday the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, its sole customer, served notice that it's canceling their seven-year-old power purchase contract.", "The notice came six days after Dabhol gave the board a ``preliminary termination notice'' because of an unresolved six- month dispute over bills owed by the board.", "Madhav Godbole, also the Indian government's chief negotiator in the current dispute, headed a committee set up by the Maharashtra provincial government to suggest ways to lower the cost of power supplied by Dabhol." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1911_p30", "sents": [ "The company, however, may not pull out of the project yet, considering its lenders, who met on Monday, opposed such a move and favoured renegotiations.", "Sources present during both the meetings said that though foreign lenders supported Enron on the termination issue, domestic financial institutions, led by the Industrial Development Bank of India, prevailed over the deliberations to oppose any such drastic move.", "Enron needs the lenders' consent to file a pre-termination notice for pulling out from the project.", "The decision to empower DPC chief Wade Cline to issue a termination notice was taken with six votes in favour against a single IDBI vote against such a move.", "Another significant development during the entire proceedings was that the financial institutions made it clear that further funding of Phase II of the project will depend on the Government of India assuring payment mechanisms.", "Institutions are yet to disburse about 30 per cent of the sanctioned package, which is crucial for completing the Phase II expansion project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3552_p45", "sents": [ "Investors in the fund are insurance companies, financial services, and pension funds.", "Charles A. Davis and Stephen Friedma n are the senior principals managing the fund.", "Bruce Ferland, Timothy J. Lemmon, and Randall J. Wolf are the remaining principals for the fund.", "MMC Capital Technology Fund I closed in 1999 at $81 million and is fully invest ed in 12 companies.", "MMC Capital manages three families of funds that invest in insurance, software, and communications.", "http: www.mmccapital.com vc personnel Royal Bank Capital Partners Adds Two to Energy Fund Team mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Royal Bank Capital Partners, the private e quity arm of Royal Bank of Canada, said Bruce Rothstein and Ray Sheen have joined the Energy Fund as managing director and director, respectively.", "Mr. Rothstein joins the firm from Entech Industries, where he served as executi ve vice president, chief financial officer, and board director.", "Mr. Sheen had served as vice president of the energy group at Deutsche Bank, and as proje ct finance director at Union Bank of Switzerland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 8 ] }, { "title": "Union Bank of Switzerland", "sents": [ "Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) was a large integrated financial services company located in Switzerland.", "The bank, which at the time was the second largest bank in Switzerland, merged with Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998, to become UBS to form what was then the largest bank in Europe and the second largest bank in the World." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2105_p50", "sents": [ "Last week, Dabhol's board authorized the company to issue a termination notice to its sole customer, the MSEB.", "That may include a declaration of bankruptcy, the paper said.", "Dabhol has borrowed about $2 billion from lenders, including ABN Amro Holding NV, to build the 740-megawatt capacity plant.", "The rupee portion of the loan doesn't carry a repayment guarantee from the government.", "Dabhol is 65 percent owned by Enron.", "(Business Standard, 5 1, p.1) --Nabeel Mohideen in the New Delhi newsroom (91-11) 334-8807 or at [email protected] apj INDIA: Indian state to renegotiate Enron project-paper.", "05 01 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW DELHI, May 1 (Reuters) - India's Maharashtra state, seeking to defuse a payments row with Enron Corp's Dabhol Power Co, has set up a group to explore restructuring the troubled power project, a financial daily said on Tuesday.", "The negotiating group, to be headed by former bureaucrat Madhav Godbole, will look at cutting power tariffs as well as third-party sales if the utility cannot absorb power generated by Dabhol's 740 MW plant, the Business Standard newspaper said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e642_p0", "sents": [ "\"Jeff Janel Paul -- I was just thinking about influential people to contact our top 5 legislators plus Davis Besides the Silicon Valley CEOs, Mike Peevey is pretty tight with and trusted by Davis.", "When we met w Peevey, he told us he was in agreement on direct access -- how about a call to him asking him to weigh in w Davis.", "Also, Peevey's wife is a freshman assemblywoman (Carol Liu, I think).", "So I think Peevey is a key influential.", "What do you think?", "kd\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Carol Liu", "sents": [ "Carol Liu (; born September 12, 1941) is an American politician who served in the California State Senate.", "A Democrat, she represented Senate District 25, which includes portions of the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2829_p0", "sents": [ "'Western Government Affairs WEEKLY SCHEDULES For the Week of May 14 - 18, 2001 Paul Kaufman Mon 5 14 Portland OR office TBD Tue 5 15 Portland OR office TBD Wed 5 16 Portland OR office TBD Thur 5 17 Portland OR office TBD Fri 5 18 Portland OR office TBD Sue Mara Mon 5 14 San Francisco CA office Tue 5 15 San Francisco CA office Wed 5 16 ARM Strategy meeting at Shell San Francisco CA: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thur 5 17 San Francisco CA office Fri 5 18 San Francisco CA office Jeff Dasovich Mon 5 14 San Francisco CA office Tue 5 15 San Francisco CA office Wed 5 16 San Francisco CA office Thur 5 17 San Francisco CA office Fri 5 18 San Francisco CA office Sandi McCubbin Mon 5 14 Sacramento CA Tue 5 15 Sacramento CA Wed 5 16 Sacramento CA Thur 5 17 San Francisco CA; travel to Irvine CA Fri 5 18 Irvine CA for Dunn hearing Mona Petrochko Mon 5 14 San Francisco CA office; late pm: Travel to Houston TX Tue 5 15 Houston TX office Wed 5 16 Houston TX office Thur 5 17 Houston TX office Fri 5 18 Houston TX office; late pm: Travel (return) to San Francisco CA Alan Comnes Mon 5 14 Portland OR office Tue 5 15 Portland OR office Wed 5 16 Portland OR office Thur 5 17 Portland OR office Fri 5 18 Portland OR office'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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": "e20284_p13", "sents": [ "``He is a thoughtful person who knows how to work through issues.''", "Kelliher's nomination comes as the commission has pledged to closely monitor and investigate abuses in the electricity and natural gas markets and promote competition.", "In the next month or so, it is due to choose which groups will run the electric power grid around the country, an important step in deregulating the nation's power markets.", "A former power industry lobbyist, Kelliher would fill the opening left by the departure of Curt Hebert, a Republican appointed by President Bill Clinton and named chairman by Bush.", "Hebert left the commission Aug. 31 to join Entergy Corp. after the White House made it clear Bush planned to make Wood the chairman.", "With Kelliher, FERC will have three Republicans and two Democrats.", "``Kelliher will be a valuable final addition to the team now working actively to finish the transition to truly competitive and dynamic power markets,'' said the Electric Power Supply Association, which represents competitive power sellers such as Enron Corp." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Bill Clinton", "sents": [ "William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.", "Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas during two separate terms, from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.", "Before that, he served as Arkansas attorney general, from 1977 to 1979.", "A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was ideologically a New Democrat and many of his policies reflected a centrist \"Third Way\" political philosophy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e942_p12", "sents": [ "It is not at all clear why they are doing this.", "It crossed my mind that maybe they are mutant starfish from space, and Cingular is the name of their home planet, and they've sent bills to all of humanity, and they are gesturing to indicate that if we don't pay them, they'll vaporize the Earth.", "Eventually, I found out that Cingular is the new name of my cellular telephone company.", "It used to be named BellSouth Mobility.", "Before that, I think it was just BellSouth, and before that, it was Southern Bell, and before that, I'm sure it was several other things.", "If you went far enough back, you'd probably find out that at one time the name actually included the words \"telephone company,\" so you could tell, from the name, what it did, which today would be a serious violation of business ethics.", "So I paid my Cingular bills, because I need my cellular phone to communicate vital information (\"Hello?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Southern Bell", "sents": [ "Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company was once the Bell Operating Company serving the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina prior to the breakup of AT&T.", "The company was originally known as the Atlanta Telephonic Exchange, having been created to service citizens of Atlanta in 1879, before it was renamed in 1882." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gale Norton", "sents": [ "Gale Ann Norton (born March 11, 1954) served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush.", "She was the first woman to hold the position." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3558_p5", "sents": [ "Yesterday, his speech took on a philosophic tone about balancing competing interests.", "''My administration will adopt a new spirit of respect and cooperation, because, in the end, that is the better way to protect the environment we all share a new environmentalism for the 21st century,'' Bush said, in a carefully choreographed setting with park rangers in front of the giant sequoia.", "The president pushed his National Parks Legacy Project, a plan proposed during his campaign to spend $5 billion on the needs of parks, including improving neglected buildings and roads.", "As part of the plan, he wants to protect 4,000 miles of rivers, restore 9,000 acres of parklands to their natural habitat and double the money for studying wildlife resources in parks.", "Bush was joined by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, whom he asked to produce annual reports on each national park.", "''Good stewardship begins here,'' Bush said. ''", "Yet many parks have gone years without receiving the kind of care and upkeep the American people expect.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Toronto", "sents": [ "Toronto ( , ] ) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario.", "With a population in 2016 of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles.", "Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the most populous metropolitan area in Canada, and anchors the Golden Horseshoe, an urbanized region that is home to 9.2 million people, or over 26% of the population of Canada.", "A global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3622_p29", "sents": [ "Risanamento will raise cash of at least EUR 180 million through the sale of its property portfolio and another EUR 100 million through a rights issue.", "Upon completion of the acquisition, investo rs in Global Switch intend to list the company on the London Stock Exchange.", "Both Elliot Bernard, chairman of Global Switch, and Andy Ruhan, the company 's chief executive officer, will retain their positions following the acquisition.", "The new board of directors for the company will be composed of nine directors.", "Three directors will be appointed by Risanamento's majority shareholder Nuova Immobiliare, with the three previous investors taking one seat each, and three seats designated as independent.", "Global Switch has sit es in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, Toronto, and is developing sites in Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Sydney, Milan, and Madrid.", "TrizecHahn Chelsfield SARL, a Swedish invetment unit formed from Canadian firm TrizecHahn and U.K. property firm Chelsfield, has invested $312 million in the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3579_p17", "sents": [ "James Macdonald of First Analysis Venture Capital, Bret Maxwell of First Analysis, and Lisa M. Flashner of William Blair New World Ventures, will join the board of directors.", "http: www.jobsonline.com Switch Firm Azanda Network Devices To Raise $8 Million SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Azanda Network Devices, which provides silicon-based optical networking switch services for metropolitan area networks, said it completed the first half of a two-stage round of funding with $8 million.", "Investors for the round include Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, and Satwick Ventures.", "The investment will be used for product development and general company growth.", "http: www.azanda.com Realty Valuation Firm E-ppraisal Raises $3 Million Series C WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- E-ppraisal, a provider of automated valuation services for the residential real estate industry, said it has secured $3 million in its Series C funding round from Provender Capital Group.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand key strategic relationships, further refine its core valuation technology, and enhance its appraisal delivery system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p8", "sents": [ "Shareholders will receive $3.50 in cash for each share of common stoc k they own.", "Shares held by Warburg Pincus, about 46% of the company, will not be converted in the merger, but some ten million shares representing half t he company are outstanding.", "The deal has been in the works for several weeks a nd was an \"unsolicited bid\" by Warburg Pincus, said John W.P.", "Holt, The Cobalt Group's president and CEO.", "Mr. Holt owns 3% of the company's shares and wil l remain as its executive.", "After a special committee of independent directors reviewed and recommended the offer, The Cobalt Group's board of directors voted unanimously to accept the deal.", "The transaction is still subject to shareholders' approval and SEC review, and will not be completed until September.", "Some aspects of the deal have not been finalized.", "Mr. Holt said he could not comment on whether Chicago-based First Analysis, The Cobalt Group 's original venture backer and a continued shareholder in the company, would sell off its holdings or retain an equity stake." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19643_p0", "sents": [ "'Jim is aware of this call.", "I forwarded same to Harry Kingerski and Sue Mar a. Rick, if you need us to set up an international line, please advise and I w ill handle.", "--Original Message -- From: Hinojosa, Esmeralda Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:50 AM To: Blachman, Jeremy; Sharp, Vicki; Steffes, James D.; Frazier, Lamar; De lainey, David; Belden, Tim; Hughes, Evan; Holmes, Sean; Williams, Robert C. Leff, Dan; Higgason, Kelly Cc: Dick, Sharon; Dodgen, Kathy; Noske, Linda J.; Davidson, Debra; Botell o, Leticia; Smith, Paulett; Cooley, Jan; O'Neal, Patricia; Martinez, Maria Subject: MEETING CONFIRMED: Next Steps w CA Contracts The subject meeting is confirmed as follows: Date: Today - Thursday, September 13 Time: 4:30p to 5:30p Room: EB 872 Dial-In: 800-991-9019 P C: 7028256 Participants: Dave Delainey Dan Leff Jeremy Blachman (will call-in) Vicki Sharp Jim Steffes (will call-in or have Sue Mara Harry Kingerski represent him) Lamar Frazier (will call-in) Tim Belden (will call-in) Evan Hughes Sean Holmes Bob Williams Kelly Higgason Thank you." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e293_p0", "sents": [ "'Tim -- This is the only article our \"research department\" could find.", "Hope it's the one you were looking for.", "kd - Forwarded by Karen Denne Corp Enron on 03 21 2001 08:55 AM From: Ann M Schmidt 03 20 2001 04:14 PM To: Karen Denne Corp Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: San Diego Union-Tribune Karen, I have combed carefully through past San Diego Union-Tribune articles for the article Tim Belden is looking for and below are the only two articles that I can find that remotely address Steve Peace and the stranded cost issue.", "I have a feeling it may not be what they are exactly looking for but then again it may be.", "I even had Miyung Buster and Lynette Barnes take a stab at finding it and they had no luck.", "Please let me know if this is it and if not I can combed through again.", "Thanks, Ann NEWS ELECTION '98 PROPOSITION 9 Sparks fly over utilities measure Consumer groups vs. broad coalition Ed Mendel STAFF WRITER 10 11 1998 The San Diego Union-Tribune 1 2 A-1 (Copyright 1998) SACRAMENTO -- It looked like a triumph of legislative deal-making when, after a year and a half of talks, a sweeping plan to deregulate electricity in California came together in the final hours of the legislative session two years ago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bryan Lee", "sents": [ "Bryan Lee (born March 16, 1943, Two Rivers, Wisconsin) is an American blues guitarist and singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana.", "He is also known by the nickname \"braille blues daddy\" and has been a fixture on Bourbon Street since the 1980s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4745_p3", "sents": [ "The supplies of power in the United States West are \"simply inadequate,\" Hoecker said.", "The picture painted by the hearing testimony served in contrast to the \"rumbling\" of officials in California that imports of federal hydropower from the Pacific Northwest were contributing to California's market problems, noted Sen. Gordon Smith R-Ore. \"It is the structure of (California's) market that has created the problem,\" said Smith, noting, too, that the state's discouragement of new power plant capacity has contributed to the problem.", "\"It looks like the markets have gone haywire,\" said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who attributed the problems to deregulated power markets.", "He vowed to fight any congressional deregulation legislation that threatens to raise power costs in the Pacific Northwest.", "-By Bryan Lee, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6647; [email protected]'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19423_p0", "sents": [ "'Haas NewsWire September 10, 2001 - CONTENTS * Haas Ranks Fourth Again in US News Undergraduate Rankings * Arun Sarin and John Gage to Speak at the Leading Edge Conference * The Second of Six New Faculty Profiles: Chris Hennessy Joins the Finance Group * Haas in the News * Happening at Haas * Haas Celebrations - HAAS RANKS FOURTH AGAIN IN US NEWS UNDERGRADUATE RANKINGS The Haas School of Business ranked fourth for the second year in a row in the 2001 US News & World Report survey of undergraduate business school programs published today, September 10. In fact, the six top schools earned the same ranks they did last year.", "The top ten programs and their scores (5.0 being the highest): 1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.8 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 4.6 2. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.6 4. University of California-Berkeley (Haas) 4.5 5. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) 4.3 5. University of Texas-Austin (McCombs) 4.3 7. Carnegie Mellon University 4.2 7. University of Virginia (McIntire) 4.2 9. Indiana University-Bloomington (Kelley) 4.1 9. New York University (Stern) 4.1 9. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 4.1 \"Once again, we are extremely pleased that the Haas undergraduate program is ranked among the top 4 undergraduate business programs by US News & World Report along with such esteemed institutions as Wharton, MIT, and Michigan,\" said Dan Himelstein, director of the Haas undergraduate program." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "University of Pennsylvania", "sents": [ "The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.", "Incorporated as The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8276_p30", "sents": [ "The fund will focus on the intera ctive television industry.", "The fund will make its first investment of $7 m illion in Two Way TV, a company providing interactive gaming and enhanced television applications.", "Liberate has also invested in iTV companies, ICE Interactive, Diva Systems and Everypath.", "http: www.liberate.com?", "Business Accelerator STARTech Closes Fund with $32 Million?", "RICHARDSON, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- STARTech, a high-tech business accelerator, said it closed its Seed Fund II at nearly $32 million.", "STARTec h said it anticipates that Seed Fund II will support about 50 to 60 future startups with $100,000 to $900,000 each.", "All Seed Fund I investors invested in Seed Fund II, including Austin Ventures, Capital Southwest Corp., and CenterPoint Ventures.", "New investors include Access Venture Partners, Arkoma Venture Partners, and Chisholm Private Capital Partners.", "STARTech program companies that have received Seed Fund II investments include E-Tron, an engineering services provider for in-structure wireless telecommunications; PowerUp Networks, a services provider that automates the process of deployi ng networks; and TeleCentric, an Internet business services provider for the telecom industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 8 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p6", "sents": [ "Toshiki Takei, senior managing director of Takefuji, will serve as the president of the new firm.", "The company said the portfolio will eventually grow to $215 million.", "http: www.takefuji.co.jp New Money o Wireless Broadband Firm Siros Raises $10 Million First Round SEATTLE -- Siros Networks, a developer of wireless broadband network infrastructures, said it closed $9,950,000 in its first round of funding.", "Contributors to the round included Optical Capital Group, Kinetic, and Access Venture Partners.", "Optical Capital Group and Kinetic will each gain a seat on Siros' board of directors.", "The funding will be used for product and organizational development, and to begin field trials of its wireless network services during the fall of next year.", "http: www.sironetworks.com Agility Communications Raises $70 Million Second Round SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Agility Communications, a developer of tunable lasers for fiber optic networks, said it raised $70 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Deepak Parekh", "sents": [ "Deepak Parekh is the Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation, India's leading housing finance company.", "He is based in Mumbai." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2855_p32", "sents": [ "The trio was absent from the committee's first meeting with DPC officials held last week.", "The Godbole committee was set up by the Maharashtra government to renegotiate the deal with Enron.", "Pachauri recently had said the state government had not consulted him before he was named on the renegotiations panel.", "The Maharashtra government set up the nine-member committee headed by former bureaucrat Madhav Godbole on April 30 to renegotiate the controversial power purchase agreement with the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company.", "The committee has submitted an interim report and a final one is expected by May 31. The members now on the committee -- apart from Madhav Godbole -- are HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, state's energy secretary V M Lal, fertiliser secretary and a representative of the Centre Anil Gokak, state finance secretary S K Shrivastava and Maharashtra State Electricity Board chairman Vinay Bansal.", "The government said it had chosen Godbole to head the renegotiation team since he had dealt with every detail of the 2,184-mw Dabhol Power Project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4745_p1", "sents": [ "Hoecker outlined the tentative timetable after the Senate hearing into concerns the Pacific Northwest is becoming increasingly prone to power supply shortages in the coming years.", "The Northwest Power Planning Council projects that by 2003 the regions runs a one in four risk of a power shortage - and resulting grid blackouts or brownouts - during peak summer and winter demand periods as demand outstrips supply.", "In order to lessen that 25% risk to an acceptable 5%, the council determined the region would need an additional 3,000 megawatts of new generation capacity, either installed or imported from elsewhere.", "The hearing featured testimony from the Bonneville Power Administration and others regarding how California's grid capacity problems this summer have had an adverse affect on the region in terms of price volatility.", "Prepared testimony from BPA featured a graph illustrating that the region's spot market prices during the two years prior to California's power market restructuring never exceeded $50 per megawatt-hour, and typically were well below that level." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e10584_p84", "sents": [ "If the worst-case scenarios come true, and shortages reach 5,000 megawatts, blackouts could last six hours at a time, affecting more than 20 million people, Perkins said.", "A drought in the Pacific Northwest is compounding California's electricity shortages and the failure of its four-year-old deregulation program.", "The Columbia River and Snake River regions are facing the fourth driest year on record, said Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-Ore.).", "The reservoir behind the Grand Coulee Dam, largest in the Northwest, is at its lowest level in 25 years, and water power from Columbia River dams that normally would be used this summer is being tapped now to help California through its current shortage, Smith noted.", "The Northwest Power Planning Council recently warned that the Northwest faces a 1-in-4 chance of power shortages.", "\"There is a very high probability that the West Coast will face blackouts,\" said Judi Johansen, executive vice president of PacifiCorp, an electricity utility serving six western states." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4946_p3", "sents": [ "Scour is backed by the Yucaipa Companies and Michael Ovitz, the founder of Creative Artists Agency.", "http: www.scour.com Online News Software Providers IFN and EntryPoint Merge NEW YORK -- Internet Financial Network (IFN), which provides free downloadable software for customized news information, said it merged with its competitor EntryPoint to form a newly created entity called Infogate.", "IFN previously used the Infogate-name for its business, financial, and breaking-news Web site.", "In the combined company, IFN chairman and CEO Clifford T. Boro will serve as executive chairman, EntryPoint president and CEO Francis Costello will serve as CEO, and IFN president and COO Thomas Pace will be president.", "Entrypoint, which acquired the pioneering push technology developer Pointcast last year, is backed by idealab!, Citigroup, The Trump Group, Intel Capital and Eastpeak Partners, and Moore Capital.", "IFN is funded by CitiGroup's Travelers Insurance Co., Data Broadcasting Corp., and The Trump Group.", "http: www.infogate.com KLA-Tencor Launches $50 Million Early-Stage Electronics Fund SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Publicly traded KLA-Tencor, which provides products and services to semiconductor manufacturers, said it has created KT Venture Group, a $50 million venture fund which will invest in early-stage startup companies in the electronics industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Yucaipa Companies", "sents": [ "The Yucaipa Companies, LLC is an American private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ronald Burkle.", "It specializes in private equity and venture capital, with a focus on middle-market companies, growth capital, industry consolidation, leveraged buyouts, and turnaround investments.", "It generally invests $25–$300 million in companies with $300–$500 million in revenues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27618_p0", "sents": [ "'Please respond to 3 weeks ago we told you that by registering for the August 6th \"Live!", "From NYC - Cramer's Fall Forecast & Investing Strategy\" conference, you will gain an invaluable set of tools and techniques that will show you how to build your own investment strategy & fulfill your financial goals.", "We also told you that by registering by today, you would receive an early bird discount of $100 off the registration price.", "As an added bonus, by registering for the conference, you will have the chance to be in the radio studio while Jim Cramer is on the air with his new daily financial show, \"Jim Cramer's Real Money Talk\".", "Jim will pick 2 conference attendees names at random the evening of the conference to come with a guest and watch him conduct the show live from our studio at TheStreet.com New York City Headquarters.", "The limited space at our intimate venue is filling up." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Jim Cramer", "sents": [ "James J. Cramer (born February 10, 1955) is an American television personality, former hedge fund manager, and best-selling author.", "Cramer is the host of CNBC's \"Mad Money\" and a co-founder of TheStreet, Inc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19612_p0", "sents": [ "'US Power, Gas Companies Restrict Dealings With Enron Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 08 01 USA: Enron provides financing data, restates earnings.", "Reuters English News Service, 11 08 01 Enron Thinks Ex-CFO Got More Than $30M Thru Partnerships Dow Jones Corporate Filings Alert, 11 08 01 Dynegy confirms in talks with Enron over possible tie-up AFX News, 11 08 01 USA: Dynegy says in talks with Enron over possible deal.", "Reuters English News Service, 11 08 01 United States Stocks Open Higher on Retail Sales Data, European Rate Cuts Dow Jones Business News, 11 08 01 Dynegy Enron Talks -4: Follows SEC Inquiry Launch Dow Jones News Service, 11 08 01 Dynegy Confirms Discussions With Enron Business Wire, 11 08 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Before the Bell - Dynegy flat, Enron slips.", "Reuters English News Service, 11 08 01 FERC 'Watching With Interest' Enron's Woes, Chairman Says Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 08 01 Ripples From Enron's Troubles Hit Its Trading Partners Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 08 01 Enron in Talks With Dynegy; to Restate Earnings (Update8) Bloomberg, 11 08 01 Fitch Comment on Wessex Water Ratings Following Enron Downgrade Bloomberg, 11 08 01 NewPower 3rd-Qtr Loss Narrows After Adding Customers (Update2) Bloomberg, 11 08 001 Dynegy May Offer at Least $8 Bln to Acquire Enron (Update5) Bloomberg, 11 08 01 Enron Bonds Gain as Dynegy Considers $8 Bln Buyout (Update1) Bloomberg, 11 08 01 Enron Confirms Dynegy Talks TheStreet.com, 11 08 01 Stocks Surge On Rate Cuts, Jobless Numbers TheStreet.com, 11 08 01 Some Glamour Stocks That Are Ugly Down Deep RealMoney.com, 11 08 01 Top Of The News Enron Trades Itself Forbes.com, 11 08 01 US Power, Gas Companies Restrict Dealings With Enron By Jon Kamp, Kristen McNamara and Mark Golden Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 11 08 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) (This article was originally published Wednesday.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e489_p0", "sents": [ "'Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition The New York Times, 03 26 01 Sale of Enron Unit To Sierra Pacific Becomes Unlikely The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Backing Bush Pays Off for Coal Industry Energy: Mineral is seen as key to halting power crisis.", "Officials also target pending regulatory rules.", "Los Angeles Times, 03 26 01 Abreast of the Market Hunting for Signs That Stocks Are Bottoming The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 It's About Time: A growing number of services let viewers pick what they want to watch, when they want to watch it The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Overview Thumbs Up: What makes a good entertainment site click?", "The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 What's News United States The Globe and Mail, 03 26 01 USA: Enron's deal to sell Portland General seen dead-WSJ.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 26 01 Enron's 2 bln usd sale of PGE unit unlikely to go through - CEO AFX News, 03 26 01 INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE Asia Pulse, 03 26 01 Business Financial Desk; Section A Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and LOWELL BERGMAN 03 26 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 4 c. 2001 New York Times Company Early last year, the El Paso Natural Gas Company took bids from two dozen companies for the right to ship enough natural gas through its pipeline from Texas and New Mexico to meet one-sixth of the daily demand of energy-starved California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Patalganga", "sents": [ "Patalganga is a huge industrial area of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) near Karjat and Panvel.", "It has got its name from the Patalganga River.", "Nearest town and junction is Karjat.", "Nearest Hospital is Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1267_p91", "sents": [ "The two projects, one in Patalganga and another in Chandrapur, also have substantial import content.", "These projects, the committee said, have to be \"re- examined in accordance with a Least Cost Plan and in any case, till such time the demand level in the State permits full absorption of power\" from these independent power producers.", "It may be recalled that all arithmetic, including demand projections by the MSEB, have gone awry in the Enron-sponsored DPC.", "Neither of the two projects is contractually structured to meet the needs of intermediate and peaking load in the MSEB or Maharashtra itself.", "The MSEB needs to justify projections in more detail \"before proceeding with these projects\", the committee said.", "The MSEB's power procurement policy till the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission stepped in was not according to a least-cost plan.", "In fact, the MERC's least-cost option unsettled the purchase option from the DPC, forcing it to limit the maximum offtake to around 50 per cent of the contractual obligation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Natural Resources Defense Council", "sents": [ "The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit international environmental pressure group, with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing, China.", "Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 2.4 million members, online activities nationwide, and a staff of about 500 lawyers, scientists and other policy experts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5472_p24", "sents": [ "Several Northeast states were waiting to see whether California received its waiver before applying for their own, but a spokesman for a consortium of those states said today that they would not apply and without it would expect to see an increase in gasoline prices.", "Gov.", "Gray Davis of California, who has already clashed with the White House over its energy policy and its refusal to place price caps on electricity, said the decision could cost Californians, who already pay the highest gas prices in the nation, an additional 6 cents per gallon, or about $450 million a year for the estimated 580 million gallons of ethanol that will be needed annually.", "Janet Hathaway, a lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council, with a specialty in fuels and vehicles, said the decision \"means that the whole country has to use ethanol in every gallon of reformulated gas, which means suddenly a lot of demand has to chase a limited supply, which always means prices go up.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bharti Enterprises", "sents": [ "Bharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India.", "It was founded in 1976 by Sunil Bharti Mittal and it operates in 17 countries across Asia and Africa.", "Bharti Enterprises owns businesses spanning across telecommunications, agri business, financial services and manufacturing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e619_p43", "sents": [ "Spectranet promoter Atul Punj has decided to withdraw from the fibre optic network business and concentrate on the family's core businesses of construction and pipelines.", "Say top sources in the firm, the decision follows from the realisation that the \"business would be dominated by large groups and multinationals\".", "Analysts, too, opine that after a frenzied start, the broadband market will settle down with fewer players.", "Reliance, Bharti Enterprises, BPL, Zee and a few others are left in the fray.", "Last fortnight, Enron also decided to exit from its broadband ventures in the country.", "Along with MSEB and Global Telesystems, the company had proposed to build a high-speed network in India to enable ISPs and corporate houses to carry out their business efficiently.", "It had plans to build a Rs 600 crore optical fibre cable network, covering 5,000 kms across Maharashtra.", "Strategies to Cope Why has broadband failed to take off in India?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5533_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: Getting turned on over a turn-off Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: New pacts could ease blackouts:Edison crafts five-ye ar deals to help relieve the fiscal burden on its alternative energy suppliers Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: Lockyer to seek grand jury probe of power players Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: Energy Digest: PUC: Edison must pay some QF debts SD Union, Wed. 6 13: New price restrictions for electricity said to be coming SD Union, Wed. 6 13: Governor plans to release details on state's power purchases SD Union, Wed. 6 13: Draft of blackout plan offers forecasts instead of warnings SD Union, Wed. 6 13: California governor to release details of state's pow er purchases SD Union, Wed. 6 13: Report: Energy executives selling stock for millions (Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling mentioned) SD Union, Wed. 6 13: News briefs on California's power crisis SD Union, Thurs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e282_p0", "sents": [ "\"We're getting a lot of inquiries about Enron's role in California's de-reg history, with a lot of misinformation arising out of Peace's handywork.", "I spent about 3 hours on Friday with a Sac Bee reporter (Dale Kasler).", "He'll be interviewing Skilling on the same topic in a week or so, and he'd like to talk to Steve, too.", "Sue spent time with a NYT reporter discussing the same.", "Some common themes are arising in the questions.", "Thought it would be a good idea to spend 30 minutes discussing those themes and developing our messages to ensure consistency.", "If folks think it would be useful, is there a time this week that we could squeeze in 30 minutes?", "Thanks.", "Best, Jeff\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1709_p3", "sents": [ "But the state ,s biggest transporter of gas to California -- El Paso Natu ral Gas -- is not ready to take the rap.", "The pipeline has commissioned its own study, which it recently presented as evidence that it has not circumvented any laws or regulation.", "As reported in both the trade press and national media, SoCal Ed and the CP UC are pointing the finger of blame at El Paso for alleged manipulation of California borde r prices through affiliate deals and capacity hoarding.", "And exhibit A in their case against El Paso is The Brattle Group ,s study of the California market.", "Richard Zeiger, a spokesman for Assembly Member Darrell Steinberg, chairman of the California Assembly Judiciary Committee, told Gas Daily that The Brattle Group ,s market study proved that the surge in gas prices at the California border was not caused by normal market forces (GD 4 20).", "His remarks followed an oversight hearing during which Assembly members questioned Dynegy and El Paso officials about their involvement in the California market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "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": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nortel", "sents": [ "Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited, Northern Electric and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.", "It was founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company.", "At its height, Nortel accounted for more than a third of the total valuation of all the companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), employing 94,500 people worldwide." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3376_p38", "sents": [ "The 20th-century corporation did everything-it was vertically integrated.", "This model worked best because the costs and difficulties of collaborating with partners outside the firm were greater than performing such activities inside the corporate walls.", "But the digital economy is bringing forward myriad new models-fluid congregations of businesses, sometimes tightly structured, sometimes amorphous-that use the net to create value for customers in unprecedented ways.", "These new models are possible because the net smashes the costs of partnering.", "Companies can now focus on their core capabilities and partner to do the rest.", "When done properly, such business webs create better and less costly products and services than the old corporation.", "Established businesses such as Enron, Citibank, American Airlines, Nortel, Schwab and many product divisions of GE are now transforming themselves by partnering in areas that were previously unthinkable.", "Boeing CEO Phil Condit calls his company a systems integrator, not an aircraft manufacturer.", "IBM is a computer company that doesn't make its computers-its partner network does." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Richard Riordan", "sents": [ "Richard Joseph \"Dick\" Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is an American investment banker, businessman, investor, and politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California serving from 1993 to 2001.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "To date, Riordan remains the most recent Republican to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e894_p162", "sents": [ "The bankruptcy filing Friday of PG&E Corp.'s Pacific Gas & Electric Co. only underlines the role that a new state power authority is slated to play as an electricity supplier of last resort.", "The authority, which is being set up through legislation, would finance power plants, even build them if necessary.", "It probably would own and expand the transmission lines that carry power throughout the state.", "Energy experts such as S. David Freeman, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, say a California power authority is the only way to get plants built and paid for.", "State Treasurer Philip Angelides has been preparing since January to set one up.", "And Mayor Richard Riordan of Los Angeles says that \"a state authority is the only way to get siting for power plants and get things moving.\"", "The Pacific Gas & Electric bankruptcy filing will delay some plans, such as the state's proposed purchase of the utility's transmission lines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Imperial Valley", "sents": [ "The Imperial Valley lies in California's Imperial County.", "It is located in southeastern Southern California, and is the site of an urban area largely centered on the city of El Centro.", "The Valley is bordered by the Colorado River to the east and, in part, the Salton Sea to the west.", "Farther west lies the San Diego and Imperial County border.", "To the north is the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, which together with Imperial Valley form the Salton Trough, or the Cahuilla Basin, also the county line of Imperial and Riverside counties, and to the south the international boundary with the U.S. state of California and Baja California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e300_p3", "sents": [ "CalEnergy Operating Corp., which operates eight geothermal plants in the Imperial Valley producing 268 megawatt hours for Edison has sued the utility asking to be paid and to be temporarily released from their contract with Edison which has paid them nothing since November.", "CalEnergy has a court hearing tomorrow on its Edison contract.", "Edison owes the company $75 million, and the debt increases by $1 million a day.", "\"We've lived up to our end of the bargain but Edison hasn't.", "We're now not in a position to make a property tax payment on April 10 and we're the largest employer in the county,\" said Vince Signorotti, CalEnergy's property manager.", "Unlike Edison, PG&E is paying its creditors 15 cents on the dollar.", "\"We have offered over the past five days to prepay for future power not yet delivered to keep as many of them operating as possible, but the state needs to decide how its going to divvy up the limited money under the frozen rates,\" said John Nelson, a PG&E spokesman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1266_p11", "sents": [ "The simplest way to break down the cost is by looking at the average cost per thousand kilowatt-hours.", "A bit of multiplication shows that at Reliant's average current rate - 10.13 cents per kwh - 2,000 kilowatt hours would cost $202.60. So Shell's rate of 9.3 cents would save a consumer nearly $15 a month.", "But shoppers looking to dump Reliant must wrestle with a lot of unknowns.", "The actual savings will be affected by future rate changes, monthly fees and special offers by the providers.", "And getting the details to answer those questions can be difficult, said Janee Briesemeister, senior policy analyst at the Austin office of Consumers Union.", "\"They're being very vague in what they can promise,\" she said.", "There is a lot of information out there if you have a telephone, an Internet connection and a few hours to kill.", "But keep your calculator handy.", "A representative of Shell Energy wasn't able to do the math when asked how much 2,367 kilowatt-hours would cost during August." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e1266_p13", "sents": [ "Since the new providers don't have the cost of maintaining poles, wires and other facilities, they can offer lower prices per kilowatt- hour - the industry benchmark meaning the amount of energy needed to light a 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours.", "\"We can purchase the electricity using our size and global strength on the market at a much lower rate than the utility can charge,\" said Patricia Betz, marketing manager for Shell Energy, an affiliate of Shell Oil Co.", "But consumers need to understand that since it hasn't been done before in Houston, it carries some risk.", "\"There's no guarantee that everything will work right,\" said Briesemeister.", "\"The companies need to do a better job of saying that.\"", "\"That's why it's called a pilot.", "And it serves an important function - to see if everything works,\" she said.", "Making apples-to-apples price comparisons is difficult.", "The Public Utility Commission's Web site on the pilot program - www.powertochoose.org - recommends that consumers check the Electricity Facts Label of each program." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Salt Lake City", "sents": [ "Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.", "With an estimated population of 190,884 in 2014, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,153,340 (2014 estimate).", "Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo Combined Statistical Area.", "This region is a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along an approximately 120 mi segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,423,912 as of 2014 .", "It is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin (the other is Reno, Nevada)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e19934_p1", "sents": [ "The lower rates will be offset by lower depreciation expenses and will not negatively impact Kern River's financial performance.\"", "Williams' gas pipeline unit is one of the largest-volume transporters of natural gas in the United States.", "Its gas pipeline unit's Kern River Gas Transmission, based in Salt Lake City, operates a 922-mile system delivering Rocky Mountain and Canadian natural gas to markets in California, Nevada and Utah." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5677_p53", "sents": [ "He called the FERC policy an \"experiment\" that is using California and other Western states as subjects.", "Similarly, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said: \"Although the FER C decision [Monday] is a step in the right direction, I am concerned it does not remove incentives for energy suppliers to withhold power, drive up pric es and gouge consumers.\"", "The commission went as far as it did in part because of the specter of broader price control legislation, Pelosi said.", "\"They felt the heat, they s aw the amendments coming and decided to act.\"", "And Rep. Bob Filner (D-San Diego), in an interview Tuesday, said he wi ll press ahead with legislation to impose hard price caps.", "\"I would advise the senators that after a year of dealing with these price gougers that they wi ll easily manipulate this latest order,\" he said, calling it a \"Swiss cheese order--full of holes.\"", "Feinstein's shift put House Democrats in an awkward political position because it came just as they prepared to make their big push for tougher controls." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Nancy Pelosi", "sents": [ "Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi ( ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who currently serves as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 12th congressional district.", "She previously served as the 52nd House Speaker from 2007 to 2011, the only woman to do so.", "As Speaker, she attained the highest rank of any female politician in American history." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9403_p22", "sents": [ "http: www.campusfood.com http: www.universityangels.com CareGuide Secures $10.6 Million in Third Round of Funding SAN FRANCISCO -- CareGuide, a Web-based care management company for the elderly, said it has secured $10.6 million in its third round of funding led by Pequot Capital Management.", "The investment also included previous investors Nob Hill Capital Management.", "CareGuide, which has raised $15 million to date, said the funds will be used to finance selected acquisitions and to expand proprietary technology.", "Lawrence Lenihan, Jr., managing director of Pequot Capital, will join CareGuide's Board of Directors.", "The company said it expects to complete another funding round by the end of the year.", "http: www.careguide.com Home Improvement Site HomePro Raises GBP 2.7 Million LONDON -- HomePro.com, a service dedicated to matching homeowners undertaking home improvement projects with pre-approved, professional contractors, said it has raised GBP 2.7 million ($4 million) in its third round of funding.", "The Carphone Warehouse Group led the investment with GBP 2 million, while existing investor Atlas added GPB 700,000. The funds will be used to adhere to strategy plans that will lead the company to a leadership role in the home improvement realm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Pequot Capital Management", "sents": [ "Pequot Capital Management was a multibillion-dollar hedge fund sponsor founded in 1998 by Arthur J. Samberg that announced it was closing in 2009.", "The firm's investment funds invested in a range of markets through a variety of strategies.", "The firm invested in public equities as well as private equity, venture capital, distressed securities, and various other fixed income securities.", "The firm closed in 2010 following allegations of insider trading." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25714_p0", "sents": [ "\"FYI.", "Pretty good letter from large customers urging the PUC to vote down the rate agreement between DWR and the PUC.", "With Loretta announcing today (and signaling to the Republicans on the Commission) that she'll be voting no on the rate agreement tomorrow, it looks like Davis and Angelides are in for a bad day.", "Sort of chokes you up.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Dorothy Rothrock [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:07 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: [Fwd: Letter to Loretta Lynch on rate agreement] Attached is a letter faxed today to Commissioner Lynch from Californians for Energy Action opposing adoption of the proposed DWR rate agreement.", "(See attached file: PUC letter 10.1.01,rev 2.doc)\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e19384_p0", "sents": [ "\"That's fine.", "If we live to make it into '02, I may try to get Netco into WPTF and I would like to be the contact but we can talk about it more then.", "Alan --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:27 PM To: Comnes, Alan; Kaufman, Paul Subject: RE: WPTF and Douglass Importance: High I've notified Gary that my name should replace Sue's and our involvement with WPTF only goes through the end of the year.", "I'll forward to you anything that he sends to me.", "That make sense?", "Dan's summaries only go through the end of the year.", "Same there, I've been contact with Dan.", "Let me know if this answers the questions and works.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Comnes, Alan Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:26 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff; Kaufman, Paul Subject: WPTF and Douglass Jeff or Paul: Do either of you know how far out our WPTF membership goes?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bay Networks", "sents": [ "Bay Networks was a network hardware vendor formed through the merger of Santa Clara, California based SynOptics Communications and Billerica, Massachusetts based Wellfleet Communications on July 6, 1994.", "SynOptics was an important early innovator of Ethernet products, having developed a pre-standard twisted pair 10Mbit/s Ethernet product and a modular Ethernet hub product that dominated the enterprise networking market.", "Wellfleet was an important competitor to Cisco Systems in the router market, ultimately commanding up to a 20% market share of the network router business worldwide.", "The combined company was renamed Bay Networks as a nod to the legacy that SynOptics was based in the San Francisco area and Wellfleet was based in the Boston area, two cities well known for their bays." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4854_p29", "sents": [ "CarrierPoint's backers include Sprout Group, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, CyberLab Ventures, William E. Simon and Sons, and individual investors.", "http: www.carrierpoint.com Yankee Group President COO Joins GetConnected.com's Board BOSTON -- GetConnected.com, which developed a channel that connects providers of connectivity services with online consumers, said it appointed Brian Adamik to the company's board of directors.", "Mr. Adamik, president and COO of the Yankee Group, will be taking the sixth seat on the board.", "Backers for GetConnected.com include Atlas Venture and individual investors Tom Eisenmann, a professor of entrepreneurial management at Harvard Business School; David Wamsley, founder and vice chairman of AdAuction.com; and the founders of PlanetAll.", "http: www.getconnected.com Former Bay Networks, Nortel Exec Joins MDiversity Board SAN JOSE, Calif. -- mDiversity, a company developing software designed to increase the spectrum efficiency of wireless networks, said that Dave House has joined its board of directors.", "Mr. House was chairman, CEO, and president of Bay Networks and became president of Nortel Networks after its merger with Bay." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7860_p1", "sents": [ "Edwards Takes Stake in Supply & Demand Apps Firm Atlas m&a * Intuit Buys Net HR Firm EmployeeMatters For $39 Million * Automotive Software Tech Firm Wrenchead Acquires Profit Pro * Broadband Sports Acquires Extreme Sports Site Action Sports * DirectStuff.com Acquires Two Coupon Sites Back from Save.com * Event Firm ComLinx Acquired by Developer Archer Systems * Software Developer TCS Acquires Wireless Firm Xypoint new directors * Services Firm Asera Adds Kleiner Perkins Partner to Board * E-Learning Firm Tcert Names Egon Zehnder Exec to Board * ReceiptCity Taps Crosspoint Partner for Board new people * Ex-Head of Lucent Spinoff Named Pres, CEO of StorageWay * Bandwidth Exchange Band-X Names Cable & Wireless Exec CEO * Campus Pipeline Appoints Ex-Ameritrade Head to CEO * E-Health Firm NaviMedix Names Former Kinetra Exec as CEO * Marketer MyDrugRep Appoints Sales Exec as First President * Streaming Media Firm Aerocast Announces CEO, Board Members vc fund news * Japan's Netyear Group to Start VC Arm and Raise Fund * Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Launches $125 Million Japan Fund * Emit Capital Takes Stake in Turkish Incubator incubaTR vc personnel * Eastman Kodak Company Names Two to Venture Capital Team vw corrections * GreenOrder TOP STORIES NEW MONEY BAD NEWS NEW PRODUCTS NEW DEALS M&A NEW DIRECTORS NEW PEOPLE VC FUND NEWS VC PERSONNEL VW CORRECTIO NS The elite of the burgeoning optical communications industry will be in one place, under one roof Feb 11-14: Optix2001 in Pasadena, CA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Egon Zehnder", "sents": [ "Egon Zehnder is a global executive search firm.", "Egon Zehnder is the world's third largest executive search and talent strategy firm.", "The firm offers services and expertise in the fields of Executive Search, Board Consulting and Leadership Strategy Services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5133_p7", "sents": [ "The round was led by Meyer Duffy Ventures and included Predictive Systems, Formational Ventures, and strategic individual investors including Warren Weiss, president and CEO of Asera.", "The company said it will use the funding to build its Secure Operations Center and support expansion into additional regions.", "http: www.digitalmojo.com http: www.meyerduffy.com Infrastructure Firm TerraShare Has $2.1 Million Series A ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- TerraShare.com, which provides users with resource guides to Web sites, databases, and articles on the Web, said it has secured $2.1 million in its Series A round of funding from the Aslan Group.", "The company also provides businesses with search and targeted advertising services.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its network of topic experts and to enhance its business development and marketing.", "http: www.terrashare.com Interactive Game Developer Raises $4 Million First Round SAN FRANCISCO -- Quantic Dream, which develops interactive computer games, said it raised over $4 million in its first round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p11", "sents": [ "http: www.iknowthat.com Efoodmanager Gets $1.3 Million More in First Round Funding NEW YORK -- Efoodmanager, a European business-to-business marketplace for the food industry, said it raised an additional $1.3 million in first-round funding from Technologie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft (tbg), a subsidiary of Deutsche Ausgleichsbank.", "The company said it will use the funding from the government-related investment firm to develop additional services.", "The company said it will further develop its logistics and insurance services with its business partners.", "Tbg will not take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "Tbg usually invests with a finance partner as lead investor; in this case Atlas led the first round of funding for efoodmanager with $3.6 million.", "http: www.efoodmanager.com Wirless Tech Firm Equinox Raises $4.4 Million in First Round LEXINGTON, Mass.", "-- Equinox Solutions, which develops technology for wireless communications, said it raised $4.375 million in its first institutional round of funding from sole participant Meyer Duffy Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8665_p36", "sents": [ "TelenComm, Tilion, Unitas, United Devices, Ventures West Management, Vesta Broadband Services, VIPDesk.com, Vweb, WideLines, Working Woman Network Optix 2001 Brings Together the Industry's Top Business Leaders Pasadena, Calif. may be home to college football's famed Rose Bowl, but from February 11-14, the front-runners for optical communications will be the main attraction.", "At Optix 2001, the premier event in optical communications, not only will you have the opportunity to hear from some key industry players, you will also get a sneak peek at where optical communications is headed.", "This is your ticket to networking with some of the industry's most prominent leaders.", "Among the list of keynote speakers in attendance will be Don Smith, President of Optical Internet at Nortel Networks and John Bowers, Director of the Multidisciplinary Optical Switching Technology Center at UC Santa Barbara.", "Optix 2001 will also feature 48 top CEOs in optical communications, who will share their plans and visions for their businesses." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e8814_p15", "sents": [ "http: www.globalsight.com Enterprise Analytics App Firm INEA Adds Three To Board mail this story?", "top TORONTO (VENTUREWIRE) -- INEA, a provider of enterprise analytics application software, said it has added three new senior executives to its board oof directors.", "The new directors are: Scott Perry, vice president of strategy and business development at AT&T Business Services AT&T Solutions; Sean McNamara, executive vice president, finance & insurance at EDS Canada; and Robin Louis, president of Ventures West Management.", "The three will join INEA's president and chief executive officer Mark Ruddock, and Andrew Beck, the chief technology officer, on the board.", "INEA develops software that automates data integration, analytic processes, online reporting, and secure information dissemination.", "http: www.ineacorp.com vc fund news Conning Capital Partners Secures $276 Million Sixth Fund mail this story?", "top HARTFORD, Conn. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Conning Capital Partners, a unit of Conning & Company, itself an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, said it has ssecured $276 million for its sixth fund, Conning Capital Partners Limited Partnership VI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Doerr", "sents": [ "L. John Doerr (born June 29, 1951) is an American venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, California, in Silicon Valley.", "In February 2009, Doerr was appointed a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the President and his administration with advice and counsel in trying to fix America's economic downturn.", "s of 2017 , \"Forbes\" ranked Doerr as the 105th richest person in the United States and the 303rd richest person in the world, with a net worth of US $6.0 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3141_p0", "sents": [ "'I'll have Joseph clean up the letter and send you the email fax #'s etc.", "for the list, for the cards that I gathered.", "Best, Jeff -- Forwarded by Jeff Dasovich NA Enron on 05 22 2001 10:51 AM -- Karen Denne 05 22 2001 12:45 AM To: Jeff Dasovich NA Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: HELP -- CEO email Jeff -- Thanks for your phone message.", "I'm stuck and need your help.", "My Microsoft Word isn't working, and I want to send something out to the ceos asap tuesday.", "Can you clean up the letter?", "I'm fine w your edits (for the signature line, add \"name, title\") Pls send me the final letter so I can detach.", "i've left a message for steve and will wait to send until i hear from him.", "I'm didn't collect biz cards from everyone at the CEO meetings, and I need email and or fax numbers for: Tony Ridder Steve Kirsch Ken Oshman Fred Anderson Dan Scheinman Vivek Ranadive John Doerr Ray Irani Can you send me the info from their cards?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Garry Mauro", "sents": [ "Garry Mauro (born February 21, 1948) is an American politician.", "He was the four-term commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 1983 to 1999 during the administrations of Governors Mark White, Bill Clements, Ann Richards, and George W. Bush.", "He is also known for losing the 1998 Texas gubernatorial election to Bush, who at that time was the incumbent governor seeking re-election.", "He is a member of the Democratic Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3926_p10", "sents": [ "According to campaign records, Enron and Lay have contributed to Democrats as diverse as Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, United States Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Texas House Speaker Gib Lewis.", "In 1984, Lay was Harris County chairman of a $1,000-a-plate Reagan-Bush fund-raiser, while at the same time co-chairing a fund-raiser for United States Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, the vice presidential candidate on the opposing ticket.", "Bush delivers just the kind of results that Lay wants.", "Candidate Bush says he will \"work with local jurisdictions using market-based solutions and not try to sue our way or regulate our way to clean air and water.\"", "He proposes allowing industries to voluntarily police themselves, just like he did for Enron and the other polluters in Texas.", "Texas has regularly ranked as the most environmentally polluted states in this country for years.", "According to the Environmental Defense Fund, Texas has the worst record of all 50 states in air pollution, water pollution, overall toxic releases, recognized carcinogens in the air, suspected carcinogens in the air, developmental toxins in the air (affecting brain and nervous-system development in children) and cancer risk." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Barbara Lee", "sents": [ "Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for California 's 13th congressional district , serving East Bay voters from 1998 to 2013 during a time when the region was designated California 's 9 congressional district .", "She is a member of the Democratic Party.", "She was the first woman to represent the 9th district and is also the first woman to represent the 13th district.", "Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.", "Lee is notable as the only member of either house of Congress to vote against the authorization of use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.", "This made her a hero among many in the anti-war movement.", "Lee has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and supports legislation creating a Department of Peace." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1237_p4", "sents": [ "Instead, he said, by May 1, FERC will unveil a plan to monitor energy prices and in some cases, might mitigate the price of energy sold on California's more expensive spot markets.", "He wouldn't elaborate, but made it clear those adjustments would not include price caps.", "Government Reform Committee Chairman Dan Burton of Indiana opened the hearing by saying the committee's mission was not to \"point fingers.\"", "\"We wanted to see if there were ways the federal government and the state government could work together to get past this crisis.\"", "At one point early in the hearing, demonstrators attempted to address the lawmakers.", "They were ushered out of the room by security personnel.", "Burton was joined by Republican representatives Doug Ose of Woodland and Steve Horn of Lakewood.", "Also participating in the hearings were Democratic representatives Zoe Lofgren and Michael Honda of San Jose and Barbara Lee of Oakland.", "The Democrats pushed strongly for FERC to consider price caps." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 6, 7, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4646_p3", "sents": [ "Kelley co-sponsored the bill in the Senate.", "Kelley said he suspected the governor is considering vetoing the bill because it would set a precedent for 2003, when Pacific Gas&Electric and Southern California Edison Co. fall under the deregulation law and start charging their customers market electricity rates.", "\"I haven't heard anything,\" said Assemblywoman Denise Ducheny, D-National City, the author of the bill.", "Ducheny said representatives from Pacific Gas&Electric and Southern California Edison were in the Capitol on Wednesday, and she agreed with Kelley that the governor is probably weighing whether he wants to set a precedent.", "\"I still think it's right to give people a safety net and assure them the state is willing to help so the rates don't adversely effect the economy,\" Ducheny said.", "\"I hope the governor does decide to sign the bill,\" Sempra Energy President Stephen Baum said Thursday.", "Sempra Energy is the parent company of SDG&E." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e119_p4", "sents": [ "But Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which has called for re-regulation of the industry, opposes the rate-cap legislation.", "\"This keeps ratepayers and taxpayers on the hook for the costs,\" said Court, who added that the bill also locks in near doubling of power rates compared to last year.", "Stephen Baum, chief executive officer of Sempra, said the bill puts SDG&E -- a Sempra subsidiary -- in the position of financing the difference between what power companies charge for their power and what it collect from customers over the next three years.", "The balancing accounts, Baum said, could grow so large that they will challenge Sempra's ability to borrow to cover them.", "\"The problem is with the wholesale markets,\" said Baum, who today becomes chairman as well as chief executive of Sempra.", "\"This legislation does nothing but postpone a big bill.\"", "He added that Sempra believed the bill included ambiguities that could be illegal if not later clarified by the California Public Utilities Commission." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5050_p2", "sents": [ "On average there is a 75% price discrep- ancy for identical products.", "Paper invoices cost 30 times as much as electronic invoices.", "Room for improvement?", "Perhaps.", "We've convened an expert panel at Healthcare Outlook 2000 to help us understand where the changes will come from and who the big winners will be: Dr. Gilbert H. Kliman, General Partner, InterWest Partners Dr.David M. Auerbach, Principal, Decision Health Sundeep Bhan, Chairman,President, & CEO, Medsite.com Anne De Gheest, President & CEO, medpool.com Daren C. Marhula, Sr. Research Analyst, Healthcare, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray For a full agenda, and to register: http: tpsite.com tp conf ho2000 vw 001018 Top Stories o Jamcracker Raises $100 Million Plus in Second Round SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Jamcracker, a Web-based provider of IT and business applications, said it raised more than $100 million in second-round funding.", "The funding includes $85 million in preferred financing, led by affiliates of Soros Private Equity Partners, and more than $15 million in equipment financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p11", "sents": [ "Wasabi said it will use the proceeds to fund growth and expand its staff.", "http: www.wasabisystems.com Science Communications Secures Pre-Series A Funding HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Science Communications, a provider of e-mail marketing services, said it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from ABS Ventures, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Alex.", "Brown.", "The company said it would use the funds to expand to international markets.", "Science Communications directs online marketing campaigns and e-commerce through its EmailEngines technology.", "http: www.sciencecommunications.com Airslide Systems Closes $35 Million Second Round of Funding HERZELLA, Israel -- Airslide Systems, which is developing an IP-based technology for cellular network infrastructures, said it has closed a $35 million second round of funding led by investment affiliates of Soros Private Equity Partners.", "The round included Anschutz Investment, KPNQwest, Telecom Italia Mobile, Intel Communications Fund and first round investors Sequoia Capital Seed Fund.", "Airslide said it will use the proceeds for development, marketing, manufacturing and sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hydro One", "sents": [ "Hydro One Limited is an electricity transmission and distribution utility serving the Canadian province of Ontario.", "Hydro One traces its history to the early 20th century and the establishment of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (renamed \"Ontario Hydro\" in 1974).", "In October 1998, the provincial government of Premier Mike Harris passed the \"Energy Competition Act\" which restructured Ontario Hydro into separate entities responsible for electrical generation, transmission/delivery, and price management with a final goal of total privatization." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e20534_p6", "sents": [ "A senior official in the Ontario government, who did not want to be identified, said the proposal \"is a step backward to the old days of Ontario Hydro.\"", "He was referring to the debt-laden utility that was split into Ontario Power Generation, the electricity generating arm, and Hydro One, whose network of high-voltage transmission lines spans 30,000 kilometres.", "The Premier's office would not comment.", "A spokeswoman for Energy Minister Jim Wilson would say only that \"there are a number of options on the table.\"", "Sources on Bay Street and at Queen's Park said the idea of turning Hydro One into a not-for-profit entity is being propelled by Anthony Fell, the chairman of Royal Bank-owned RBC Dominion Securities, Bay Street's largest dealer.", "If the new Hydro One took this shape, it would raise about $10-billion through the sale of bonds to investors.", "The dealers' commission on the sale of the bonds, which would rank among the biggest debt issues in history, would range from $25-million to $40-million, one Bay Street executive said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27165_p15", "sents": [ "The region is the domain of huge traditional utilities that control the wires from Louisiana to Florida and up into Appalachia and the Carolinas.", "The web of power lines, tied to the utilities' coal-, nuclear- and gas-fired generating plants, reaches across states via 500-kilovolt workhorses and down into neighborhoods served via single wires strung on wooden poles.", "For Southern Co., its reputation as a traditional utility heavy is a badge of pride.", "In 1997, it displayed a picture of a gorilla on its annual report.", "Clustered around its borders are Entergy, another huge holding company that serves Louisiana, Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi and Texas; Florida Power & Light; Carolina Power & Light; Duke Power; and the federal government's centralized power giant, the Tennessee Valley Authority.", "Those utilities have been under little pressure from customers to share the lines with wholesale competitors in the interest of lower prices.", "Prices run 15 percent or more below the national average, thanks to a rich lode of coal and natural gas and general public acceptance of the high-tension lines that carry the power generated by those fuels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "Tennessee Valley Authority", "sents": [ "The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.", "The enterprise was a result of the efforts of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska.", "TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional economic development agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and society." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20026_p0", "sents": [ "'USA: Enron opens steel products depot in Chicago.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 01 01 Enron, Switzerland's EWZ Form Trading Joint Venture Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 01 01 UK: United States Enron, Swiss EWZ sign power trading jv.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 01 01 USA: Enron shrs rise on India stake sale talk.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 01 01 USA: Shares of NewPower plummet in midday trade.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 01 01 Greece's Development Ministry Grants New Electricity Licenses Bloomberg, 10 01 01 USA: Enron opens steel products depot in Chicago.", "10 01 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Enron Corp. said on Monday it had opened a depot to store specific types of hot and cold rolled steel coils for \"just-in-time\" delivery to customers in the Chicago area, creating a spot market for steel in that city." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e407_p18", "sents": [ "A similar view was taken by Greg Jenkins, chief executive of El Paso Global Networks.", "\"We are continuing with our strategy and adding commercial people to our organization,\" Jenkins said in a statement released by the company.", "\"We believe this is a good moment to be building our business.\"", "Jenkins said the company plans to double its trading staff by the end of the year.", "He declined to say how many traders the company currently has.", "-By Erwin Seba, Dow Jones Newswires, 713-547-9214 [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: UPDATE 1-Bush accused of protecting oil firms in power crisis.", "By Tom Doggett 03 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray accused the Bush administration on Thursday of caring more about the financial interests of big oil companies than trying to protect consumers in Western states from the economic effects of high electricity prices and power supply shortages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ford Motor Company", "sents": [ "The Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as \"Ford\") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.", "It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903.", "The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand.", "Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer, Troller, and Australian performance car manufacturer FPV.", "In the past, it has also produced tractors and automotive components.", "Ford owns an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom, and a 49% stake in Jiangling of China.", "It also has a number of joint-ventures, one in China (Changan Ford), one in Taiwan (Ford Lio Ho), one in Thailand (AutoAlliance Thailand), one in Turkey (Ford Otosan), and one in Russia (Ford Sollers).", "It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family, although they have minority ownership (but majority of the voting power)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "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, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3153_p166", "sents": [ "WALLACE: Mr. Bush rarely mentions what he did on this day, that he was born in New Haven when his dad, the former president, was an undergraduate at Yale.", "BUSH: My life began just a few blocks from here, but I was raised in West Texas.", "From there, Yale always seemed a world away.", "WALLACE: The president, for years, had been miffed with Yale for not awarding an honorary degree to his dad until 1991, the third year of his presidency.", "But it appears now, all is forgiven.", "BUSH: In my time they spoke of the Yale man, I was really never sure of what that was.", "But I do think that I am a better man because of Yale.", "WALLACE: Mr. Bush, the son and grandson of Yalies and now father of a current student, seems very proud that Yale is a part of his past.", "Kelly Wallace, CNN, New Haven, Connecticut." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 8 ] }, { "title": "Kelly Wallace", "sents": [ "Kelly Jean Wallace (born December 21, 1966) is a television journalist who reports for CNN.", "She previously worked for the CBS Evening News and iVillage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cargill", "sents": [ "Cargill, Inc. is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a Minneapolis suburb, but incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware.", "Founded in 1865, it is now the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.", "If it were a public company, it would rank, as of 2015, number 15 on the Fortune 500, behind McKesson and ahead of AT&T." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27021_p4", "sents": [ "Other multinationals saw that local competitors can catch up fast-- and beat them in price and marketing.", "Tumbling trade barriers are making lo cal production less essential.", "Meanwhile, a globalization backlash has forc ed companies to view their activities in poor nations in a different light.", "Exxon Mobil, Cargill, Freeport-McMoRan, and Royal Dutch Shell became targe ts of local uprisings over oil, mining, and other projects in Indonesia, In dia, and Nigeria.", "McDonald's, KFC, and Philip Morris have endured withering criticism at home and abroad for aggressively pushing inappropriate produc ts and ignoring local sensibilities.", "The financial crises that ravaged nations like Mexico, Thailand, Russia, Br azil, and Turkey didn't help.", "Suddenly, ``emerging markets'' connoted exces sive risk.", "Indeed, compared to the booming United States of the late '90s and a unif ying Western Europe, emerging markets looked irrelevant to many execs.", "Afte r explosive growth in the early 1990s, foreign direct investment by United States co mpanies in East Asia, excluding Japan, plunged by 74% to $1.33 billion from 1997 to 2000, estimates the United States Commerce Department The drops have been nearly as dramatic in Latin America and Eastern Europe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11302_p11", "sents": [ "Lorie O'Donley, a spokeswoman for the California ISO, said that she does not expect any changes today but that it is too early to make any predictions about the summer power situation.", "\"We still need to check the snowpack and the hills and the hydro situation in the state,\" O'Donley said.", "\"Conservation is a big part of it, and whatever people can do to step up their conservation efforts will be a huge factor in avoiding blackouts.\"", "GOVERNOR DODGES BLAME Davis appeared on \"Meet the Press\" while visiting Washington, D.C., for a meeting of the National Governors Association and a concurrent meeting of the Democratic Governors Association, which he chairs.", "With him on the program were Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Republican Gov.", "Mike Huckabee of Arkansas.", "Davis took the opportunity of the high-profile television show to tell East Coast decisionmakers and Wall Street analysts that the blame for the state's energy crisis does not lie with him and to reassure them that he is taking solid steps to resolve the problem." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Democratic Governors Association", "sents": [ "The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington, D.C. based 527 organization founded in 1983, consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party.", "The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates.", "The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association.", "The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.", "Elisabeth Pearson is currently the Executive Director of the DGA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5997_p61", "sents": [ "Nevada Power asked its major power users, including the neon-lit resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, for voluntary reductions at about 3 p.m. Casinos switch to backup generators and took conservation measures that went mostly unnoticed by guests.", "The utility also imposed rolling blackouts until it could purchase power on the open market, Heagen said.", "LOAD-DATE: July 3, 2001 26 of 65 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Business Wire, Inc. Business Wire July 2, 2001, Monday DISTRIBUTION: News Editors Energy Writers LENGTH: 590 words HEADLINE: Stage One and Stage Two Emergencies Declared as Demand Soars; California ISO Strongly Urges Conservation DATELINE: FOLSOM, Calif., July 2, 2001 BODY: California Independent System Operator (California ISO) issued a Stage One Emergency at 1:35 p.m. today, July 2, 2001, and a stage two emergency at 2:40 p.m. as operating reserves dipped below five percent.", "The state's appetite for power is 2,000 megawatts over forecasts due to temperatures that are 5 to 6 degrees hotter than meteorologists predicted." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e718_p2", "sents": [ "``At best the utility is standing still (in that) it hasn't improved its cash flow or its cash position,'' said Craver.", "``At worst, it is going backwards.", "That's our basic conclusion on the numbers and the mechanisms as we understand them.''", "San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. (NYSE:PCG - news), parent of Pacific G&E, has said it expects to take a $4.1 billion charge for unrecouped electricity costs, while Rosemead, Calif.-based Edison has said it may take a ``substantial'' charge that may total as much as $2.7 billion.", "California Independent System Operator, which runs most of the state's power grid, early on Tuesday called another Stage Two emergency alert because of supply problems.", "Such alerts are declared when power reserves fall to within 5 percent of peak demand.", "The alert was later lifted.", "Edison shares closed Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange at $12.82, up 27 cents, or 2.2 percent.", "PG&E shares closed on the Big Board at $11.53, down 22 cents, or 1.9 percent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10650_p0", "sents": [ "'On Friday, I attended a meeting with Ken Lay and Karen Denne that Mike Peev ey and David Freeman requested.", "Mike Peevey was President of Southern California Edison before founding NEV (which he eventually sold to AES).", "Freeman is General Manager of LADWP.", "The Governor hired Peevey to be his chief energy advisor.", "Freeman is the Governor ,s chief negotiator responsible for signing power contracts on b ehalf of DWR now that the Legislature has passed AB1X and the Governor has signed it.", "John Burton, the leader of the State Senate, is responsible for gettin g the Freeman the job of chief negotiator, but Peevey was clearly in charge.", "Also at the meeting was Vikram Budraja, former SVP of power systems and planning for Edison.", "He ,s now a private consultant that Freeman hired to help him with the contract negotiations.", "Peevey asked for the meeting to urge Enron to respond to DWR ,s RFP issue d on Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e642_p0", "sents": [ "\"Jeff Janel Paul -- I was just thinking about influential people to contact our top 5 legislators plus Davis Besides the Silicon Valley CEOs, Mike Peevey is pretty tight with and trusted by Davis.", "When we met w Peevey, he told us he was in agreement on direct access -- how about a call to him asking him to weigh in w Davis.", "Also, Peevey's wife is a freshman assemblywoman (Carol Liu, I think).", "So I think Peevey is a key influential.", "What do you think?", "kd\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Innovacom", "sents": [ "Founded in 1988, Innovacom is a venture capital firm with offices in Paris, Stockholm and San Francisco.", "The firm has about $330 million under active management.", "In 2015, Innovacom manages 1 seed and 2 venture funds, allowing the firm to make 4 investments a year in companies with breakthrough digital technology.", "Innovacom specializes in corporate venture in the field of information technology." ], "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": [ 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6027_p14", "sents": [ "Throughout the crisis, the state's relationship with FERC has been poisonou s. Davis criticized the commission for being slow to rein in electricity price s, while Hebert faulted the state for crafting a bad deregulation law and failing to build enough plants to keep up with demand.", "Davis issued a guardedly conciliatory statement after his meeting in Sacramento with Wood and Commissioner Nora Brownell, who is also new to FER C. \"In a refreshing change from my past dealings over the past year with the agency, these commissioners offered a problem-solving approach in resolving California's energy challenge,\" Davis said.", "He added, \"It appears that FERC may finally be poised to do its job controlling energy costs.\"", "Threats criticized Despite the soothing words, there is no shortage of potential flash points between Davis and FERC.", "Wood, who professes a \"religious zeal about competition,\" raised concerns about a possible move by the California Public Utilities Commission to keep retail power customers from shopping around for alternative providers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1047_p3", "sents": [ "``We have done our part.", "We cannot do it alone,'' said Bob Hertzberg, speaker of the California Assembly.", "He cited state actions to boost conservation, increase retail rates and speed up power plant construction and said there is ``no earthly reason'' why energy prices should be 10 times what they were a year ago.", "Still, California officials expressed little optimism after the hearing.", "``It would take a dramatic, unprecedented change of direction'' for the FERC to adopt price controls, said Fred Keeley, speaker pro tem in the California Assembly, who was in the audience during the six-hour meeting.", "Breathitt, the FERC's third commissioner, who has not come out in favor of price caps, nevertheless indicated she might be inching toward some controls.", "She said she wants the commission to ``seriously discuss a price implementation plan.''", "The issue may end up, however, being decided by two new commissioners recently nominated by President Bush -- Pat Wood, now head of the Texas utility commission, and Nora Brownell, a Pennsylvania regulator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2042_p36", "sents": [ "He maintained that termination of PPA between DPC and MSEB would be harmful to both and that Enron should not take any \"harsh decision\" in the matter.", "(THROUGH ASIA PULSE) 28-04 2001 The BS Weekend Power play over Dabhol Pradeep Raje and S Ravindran 04 28 2001 Business Standard 3 Copyright (c) Business Standard As Vinay Bansal, chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) walked into a board meeting of the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) in London on Wednesday, April 25, he had reason to be happy.", "The other person who had reason to smile was the Maharashtra energy secretary V M Lal.", "Bansal and Lal are on the DPC board by virtue of MSEB holding a 15 per cent stake in it.", "Why should they be smiling when the chief item on the agenda was to authorise Enron managing director Wade Cline to serve a preliminary notice terminating the contract for the Dabhol power project a contract signed in 1992 and renegotiated in 1995?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e490_p16", "sents": [ "\"We have asked them to adjust their bills for December, January and February against the penalty,\" said Mr Vinay Bansal, Chairman, MSEB.", "The board owes DPC a total Rs 341 crore for the three months.", "While Enron officials have asked MSEB to at least pay the December dues, before the \"default\" occurred, the board still holds that DPC should \"adjust\" its bills against these charges.", "\"The interests will be adjusted once the Government makes payments.", "MSEB will have to ultimately pay the amount as the Centre will recover the dues from the State, and it, in turn, from us,\" said Mr Bansal.", "Meanwhile, MSEB is \"considering\" paying its February bill to \"ensure DPC's business is not disrupted\" in case of delay.", "\"We have received information that there may have been another default by DPC during February.", "But that matter will be discussed only in May.", "We will decide then if DPC is liable for another penalty,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1267_p78", "sents": [ "1988 - Enron opens its first overseas offices in England to take advantage of the country's privatization of its power industry.", "The company's major strategy shift - to pursue unregulated markets in addition to its regulated pipeline business - is revealed to executives in a gathering that became known as the \"Come to Jesus\" meeting.", "1989 - Jeffrey Skilling joins the company and Enron launches its Gas Bank, a program under which buyers of natural gas can lock in long-term supplies at fixed prices.", "The company also begins to offer financing for oil and gas producers.", "1992 - Enron acquires Transportadora de Gas del Sur.", "It was Enron's first pipeline presence in South America and the start of a push to expand on the continent.", "1993 - Enron's Teesside power plant in England begins operation, one of the first big successes for the company's international strategy.", "1994 - Enron makes its first electricity trade, beginning what will turn out to be one of the company biggest profit centers in the next few years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e20385_p33", "sents": [ "Then Skilling took the next step on what was then the new, souped- up path to American success: He joined Manhattan's McKinsey and Company as a business consultant, and that is where Ken Lay found him in 1985. It is often said of Lay that his instincts for hiring the best are flawless and his choice of Skilling probably saved the company.", "Skilling was above all an expert at markets and how they worked.", "While everyone else was worr ying about the gluts and the shortages that defined the gas industry, he al one saw the parallels between gas and other businesses.", "And so in a world w here credit was nearly impossible to come by, Skilling came up with what he called the Gas Bank, which contractually guaranteed both the supply and th e price of gas to a network of suppliers and consumers.", "Enron would not be a broker but a banker." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28041_p6", "sents": [ "more.. <http: professional.venturewire.com prostory.asp ] <http: www.pinnaclesys.com <http: www.fastmultimedia.com RiverVest Launches First Fund with $89 Million mail <http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NQQHNJPLII ST. LOUIS -- RiverVest Venture Partners said it completed fund-raising for RiverVest Venture Fund I, its new $89 million venture fund.", "more.. <http: professional.venturewire.com prostory.asp ] <http: www.rivervest.com Unlocking the Promise of Good Science: The Investor's Perspective Good science does not always equate with a good investment opportunity.", "Generations of investors have been burned and rewarded for taking risks on the potential of early-stage therapies.", "The drug discovery process is a complex combination of tests and hurdles for young companies.", "Where are the signposts for investors?", "James Reddoch of Banc America Securities will moderate a special roundtable dedicated to drug research and discovery at January's Healthcare Outlook Conference.", "The experience of the panelists reflects the complex considerations of modern research and development.", "Mr. Reddoch is joined by Michael Grey of Structural Genomix, Daniel Janney of Alta Partners, Gary Zweiger of Agilent Technologies and Lowell Harmison, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e19855_p8", "sents": [ "Some investors have rushed in, but others haven&#39;t forgotten the lessons learned in previous biotech booms.", "Remember gene therapy?", "There will be winners and losers in the race to create a new era in drug therapy.", "Healthcare Outlook has dedicated a special track for management presentations by private companies in genomics and proteomics.", "We also will convene a special industry roundtable: From Laboratory to The Pipeline led by James Reddoch, VP & Senior Research Analyst, Healthcare Group, Banc of America Securities.", "He&#39;ll be joined by: *Michael Grey, Chief Business Officer, Structual Genomix *Lowell T. Harmison, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Department of Health and Human Services *Daniel Janney, Partner, Alta Partners *Gary Zweiger, Director, Strategic Business Development, Development, Life Sciences, Agilent Technologies Come see the companies that will create the change and the experts that can put it in perspective, Healthcare Outlook on October 9 in San Francisco.", "Register today at:<br <A target \"_new\" href=\"http: venturewire.com ads ad.asp?id=1275\" http: www.healthcareoutlook.com< a PRE TD TR TABLE <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwMJJKJLIPHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" WebGain Pulls IPO Citing Troubled Market font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJJKJLIPHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp; td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- WebGain, a developer of e-business application software, filed a request to withdraw its IPO on Thursday, according to SEC records." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5895_p0", "sents": [ "\"Monday, last week, I urged our retail coalition, Alliance for Retail Energy Markets (AReM), to hold a press conference this week to draw media attention to the CPUC's vote on Thursday to suspend direct access.", "AReM and its PR Firm agreed.", "After a lot of work to line up customers, the press conference was held Tuesday morning in Scaramento.", "We had excellent turnout from customer groups.", "Public statements of support for continuing direct access were made by the California Chamber of Commerce, CA Manufacturing and Technology Association, CA Large Electric Consumers Association, CA Retailers Association, School Project for RR (SPURR - forget the whole acronym but the org purchases gas and electricity for aggregated elementary and high schools), QUALCOM, City of Palm Springs, NYMEX, and the ESPs of Green Mountain, New Energy Enron (me), and Strategic Energy.", "All the major papers were there, San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, LA Times, SD Union, OC Register, Wall Street Jr. Also there were the energy trade press, Bloomberg, Public Radio and a capitol TV station." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e5901_p74", "sents": [ "State officials are leery of letting customers go to other suppliers now that the state will buy huge amounts of electricity over the next decade.", "The Public Utilities Commission Thursday might suspend ``direct access,'' the ability of consumers large and small to cut their own deals with electricity suppliers, instead of being forced to buy through the state utilities.", "The PUC should leave it alone.", "Instead, the Legislature should continue discussing ways of revitalizing direct access without leaving the state with long-term contracts and not enough customers.", "Ultimately, the state should get out of the electricity business.", "Keeping retail competition alive is one avenue of escape.", "Retail Energy Supporters Urge the PUC not to Suspend Direct Access Business Organizations, Energy Service Providers, Direct Access Customers Support Continuing Focus on Legislative Solution to Maintain Retail Choice June 27, 2001 Business Organizations, Energy Service Providers, Direct Access Customers Support Continuing Focus on Legislative Solution to Maintain Retail Choice SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 26 PRNewswire -- In light of expectations that the PUC will suspend direct access at their June 28 hearing, the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets (AReM), business organizations and energy customers supporting retail choice or \"direct access,\" held a news conference to stress that the PUC does not have to suspend direct access to facilitate the state's upcoming $13 billion bond sale." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2204_p96", "sents": [ "Meanwhile, FERC has issued new refund orders requiring many of these same generators to justify $587,000 in overcharges during March 2001. PG&E and Southern California Edison Co.'s Write-Offs -- After a long delay, PG&E and Edison during the middle of April confirmed what many knew was coming --huge write-offs for unrecovered purchased power costs during the year 2000. Edison announced that it was writing off $2.5 billion in undercollected power costs for the year, leaving the company with a $1.9 billion loss for the year.", "Edison chief John Bryson was hopeful, nevertheless, that a recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) his company signed with the state will allow Edison to recover some of those costs and help keep its Southern California Edison Co. (SoCal Edison) affiliate out of bankruptcy.", "\"Prompt implementation of the MOU can avoid the large costs of a [SoCal Edison] bankruptcy and make it possible for the company to restore its financial health and ability to maintain a reliable power grid,\" said Bryson in a statement accompanying Edison's financial results." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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": "e1368_p0", "sents": [ "'Power Traders See Profits Rise On High Prices The Wall Street Journal, 04 18 01 Business and Finance The Wall Street Journal, 04 18 01 Briefcase: Skilling, analyst verbally butt heads Houston Chronicle, 04 18 01 Energy giants have a season to remember Houston Chronicle, 04 18 01 Edison Posts Losses for Quarter, Year Energy: The utility parent declares a huge write-off for 2000 costs.", "Meanwhile, electricity suppliers are big winners.", "Los Angeles Times, 04 18 01 Edison reports 4th-quarter losses totaled $2.55 billion San Francisco Chronicle, 04 18 01 Chip Giant Cutting 2,500 Jobs The Washington Post, 04 18 01 California Power Utility Loses $2.5 Billion in Fourth Quarter KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 04 18 01 Enron's CEO fires from the lip The Globe and Mail, 04 18 01 Bill restoring direct access advances San Francisco Chronicle, 04 18 01 Action on energy trading floors reverberate in power-hungry California Associated Press Newswires, 04 18 01 Nigeria's electricity firm 'anxious' for US power project Agence France-Presse, 04 18 01 US Government Issues Warning Letter to Italy's DeLonghi S.p.A., NetCompliance, Inc., Reveals Business Wire, 04 18 01 CHIEF MINISTER OF INDIA'S MAHARASHTRA WRITES TO PM ON ENRON Asia Pulse, 04 18 01 India: Enron slaps two more arbitration notices Business Line (The Hindu), 04 18 01 USA: WRAPUP1-Calif. utility has huge loss, Texans strike it rich." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e819_p17", "sents": [ "Houston-Based Energy Company's Broadband Division Pares 250 from Work Force Tom Fowler 04 06 2001 KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: Houston Chronicle - Texas Copyright (C) 2001 KRTBN Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Source: World Reporter (TM) Enron Broadband Services has eliminated up to 250 positions in recent weeks, a reflection of changes in the high-tech market and a consolidation of operations in the company.", "Many of the employees have found work elsewhere with parent company Enron Corp., said Chief Executive Officer Ken Rice, but the move brings the number of Enron Broadband employees from as many as 1,200 in recent months to about 900. Many of the job cuts came when Enron Broadband, a division of energy giant Enron Corp., finished building out the 18,000-mile fiber optic network that it uses to buy and sell Internet bandwidth, Rice said.", "\"We had a number of people working on that, but now that it's in place we needed to redeploy them elsewhere,\" Rice said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7366_p27", "sents": [ "The company said it plans to extend its online marketplace applications to new partners and to make its product accessible from any communications device.", "eFrenzy has received financing from Trinity Ventures, Tribune, and Ziff Brothers, among others, as well as investments from corporations including Office Depot and MDSI Mobile Data Solutions.", "http: www.nextdoor.com ASP HomePage.com Changes Name to Frontera LOS ANGELES -- HomePage.com, which provides Internet businesses with hosting applications, announced it has changed its name to Frontera to coincide with a change in its business model.", "Earlier this year, HomePage.com received $48 million in a mezzanine round of funding from several investors including idealab!, idealab Capital Partners, and J & W Seligman.", "http: www.frontera-corp.com Business Services Infrastructure Firm Biztro Renamed Rivio SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Biztro, which provides business services infrastructure for small businesses, said it changed its name and is now doing business as Rivio.", "The company also developed a new brand strategy under which it will market its products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p15", "sents": [ "The funding follows a recent announcement that NewMonics had expanded its management team.", "http: www.newmonics.com Online Marketer Dynamic Trade Raises $7 Million Round Two CHICAGO -- Dynamic Trade, a provider of performance-based online marketing, said it has raised $7 million in its second round funding from lead investor Tribune, along with KB Partners, Portage Venture's Greystone Venture Fund and Nelson Capital Corporation.", "Dynamic Trade plans to use the new funding to support the sales and marketing of its services, expand its current suite of performance marketing services and for new product development.", "Dynamic Trade raised its previous round of funding from KB Partners, Potage Venture's Greystone Venture Fund, and Blumenstein Thorne Information Partners.", "http: www.dynamictrade.com Pharmaceutical Firm OnSite Rx Secures $12 Million Round Two LA JOLLA, Calf.", "-- OnSite Rx, which provides pharmaceutical electronic commerce management and automated medication dispensing systems, said it received $12 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Warburg Pincus", "sents": [ "Warburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China and India.", "It has been a private equity investor since 1966.The firm currently has approximately $40 billion in assets under management and invests in a range of sectors including retail, industrial manufacturing, energy, financial services, health care, technology, media, and real estate.", "Warburg Pincus is a growth investor.", "Warburg Pincus has raised 15 private equity funds which have invested $58 billion in over 760 companies in 40 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3514_p19", "sents": [ "http: www.stockhouse.com Hookt.com Files For Chapter 11, Seeks Buyer mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Hookt.com, an online destination for hip-h op music, news, culture, fashion, and shopping, said it has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.", "The company said pending lawsui ts against the company by two of its former Web developers prompted it to file Hookt said Chapter 11 filing will result in an automatic stay of all actual and pending litigation and that the company will continue its day-to-day operations while it evaluates its alternatives--including the potential sal e of the company.", "In January, Hookt merged with Platform.net, an urban lifestyle portal and e-commerce network.", "The merged companies consolidated staff and operations at Hookt's Manhattan offices, but remained separately branded Web sites.", "A Hookt spokesperson said Platform is a subsidiary of Hookt and has not filed for bankruptcy.", "Hookt has a staff of 25. Hookt, whi ch recently raised a $5 million round of funding, is backed by investors including Warburg Pincus, Chase Capital Entertainment Partners, and Quetzal Chase Capital Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Turkcell", "sents": [ "Turkcell (, ) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul.", "The company has 34.4 million subscribers as of September 30, 2011.", "In 2015, the company's number of subscribers climbed to 68.9 million, in nine countries Largest shareholder is Telia Finland Oyj with 51% ownership." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10642_p74", "sents": [ "The fixed wireless license sa le was originally scheduled for February, as was the 3G auction (TR, Jan. 8, notes).", "\"A number of interested players have requested for more time to reassess the market situation, as well as to explore alternative technologies, the IDA said.", "In Venezuela, telecom regulator Comision Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel) Jan. 31 opened registration for an auction of LMDS (local multipoint distribution service) licenses.", "The licenses will be auctioned in three blocks.", "One block will have national coverage, while the other two will provide regional footprints.", "Separately, Conatel 's auction of wire less local loop (WLL) licenses continued last week.", "Telefon AB L.M.", "Ericsson has announced a $400 million network expansion contract Telefon AB L.M.", "Ericsson has announced a $400 million network expansion contract with Turkcell, a Turkish GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) service provider.", "Ericsson said it would \"upgrade and develop the Turkcell system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8, 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stephen Reinhardt", "sents": [ "Stephen Roy Reinhardt (born March 27, 1931) is a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Los Angeles, California.", "He is the only remaining federal appeals court judge in active service to have been appointed by President Jimmy Carter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27216_p2", "sents": [ "Bailout of Edison held up by court SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate court Tuesday put the state's multibillion-dollar Southern California Edison rescue plan on hold for two weeks, telling the Los Angeles judge who approved the deal to consider staying his decision until appeals are concluded.", "If United States District Judge Ronald Lew decides against a stay, the 9th United States Circuit Court of Appeals said it may consider one.", "But nothing in the two-paragraph order from the circuit judges, Stephen Reinhardt of Los Angeles and Marcia Berzon of San Francisco, promised a stay or predicted the state Public Utilities Commission's bailout would be struck down.", "Under the bailout plan, Edison dropped a lawsuit against the commission in exchange for the right to charge customers $3.3 billion to pay off part of its debt.", "Electric rates won't go up under the agreement, but customers also won't see a potential rate decrease that might have come next year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11016_p31", "sents": [ "Asked about renegotiations with DPC, Deshmukh said, let the review committe e submit its report first.", "Meanwhile Kirit Parikh, a prominent member of the review committee, has expressed his inability to attend some of the committee meetings.", "The anti-Enron section of the DF allies had expressed displeasure at Parikhs inclusion in the committee, citing his pro-Enron stance in the past.", "Parikh is not withdrawing from the committee, said Deshmukh, while confirmi ng the development.", "It might not be possible for a member to attend each and every meeting of the committee, he said.", "INDIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 15, 2001 02 15 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, Feb 15 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS - Maharashtra (western India state) government has agreed to widen the term s and references of the high-powered committee, instituted to look into the state's energy scenario with special reference to US energy major Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1698_p31", "sents": [ "Enron has invoked a federal counter-guarantee for payment of the disputed January 2001 bill.", "-By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9426; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIAN COMMITTEE TO RENEGOTIATE POWER AGREEMENT WITH ENRON 04 25 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, April 25 Asia Pulse - A high-level committee comprising representatives of the federal Government, Maharashtra Government, and Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) will renegotiate the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) including cost of power with US energy giant Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC).", "\"Various parameters of the contract entered into by MSEB with the DPC would be renegotiated by a negotiating team that will be constituted in the next 2-3 days,\" the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, said.", "The major objectives of the negotiating team would be to find ways and means to significantly reduce the cost of power from Dabhol project so as to make it more affordable, he said adding recommendations of the Energy Review Committee headed by M G Godbole would serve as inputs for negotiations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Commerce One", "sents": [ "Commerce One was a pioneering e-commerce company based in Walnut Creek, California.", "It was famous for its stock price rise during the dot-com bubble.", "At its peak, the company had 4,000 employees and a market capitalization of $21.5 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e11633_p1", "sents": [ "Issues Aplenty Of course, there are still plenty of issues facing Commerce One, the same issues that have held its stock down.", "For instance, it carries the stigma of being a concept stock because no one knows whether those same big industry exchanges actually will work.", "Its sluggish stock also puts it at a disadvantage to chief competitor Ariba when it comes to making acquisitions to grow.", "But for now, there are signs that sentiment is shifting in Commerce One's favor.", "Gavin Mlinar, an analyst at Sands Brothers, sees three short-term positives for Commerce One.", "(He's the analyst who had the gall to downgrade Ariba on valuation concerns.", "His firm hasn't done underwriting for either company.)", "Mlinar says the word on Wall Street is that Commerce One, along with its new best friend SAP, will announce two new online exchanges in the coming weeks.", "(TSC's Adam Lashinsky recently wrote a column about the partnership between Commerce One and SAP.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California State University", "sents": [ "The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California.", "With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 478,638 students with 24,405 faculty and 23,012 staff, CSU describes itself the largest four-year public university system in the United States.", "It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, with the other two being the University of California system and the California Community Colleges System.", "The CSU System is incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University.", "The California State University system headquarters are at 401 Golden Shore in Long Beach, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3558_p84", "sents": [ "So far, Davis -- known for his cautious and micromanaging style -- has been reluctant to make sweeping use of his emergency powers and has won few major victories in California's energy crisis.", "The state's largest utility has filed for bankruptcy, and the state has spent more than $8 billion to buy electricity on behalf of the utilities.", "Davis said yesterday that he will \"fight like hell\" to get California some relief from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "He said he would move forward with a lawsuit against the federal agency if it does not impose price caps.", "But although beating the drum of federal intervention may have given Davis a temporary boost this week, sustaining that level of rhetoric won't be effective over the long term, said Bob Waste, a professor at California State University, Sacramento.", "\"He's made it harder for the president to do not very much,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5942_p12", "sents": [ "There are no set penalties, Drivon said by law, \"the S enate can take such action as it deems necessary and appropriate.\"", "Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, chairman of the committee, said there was littl e precedent for what penalties the Senate could impose.", "\"Jailing an individual is an option and we're going to preserve all our options,\" he said, adding the Senate could also vote to fine the companies if they don't comply.", "Enron's claim the committee lacked jurisdiction outraged Sens.", "Steve Peace, D-Chula Vista, and Debra Bowen, D-Marina del Rey.", "They said previous legislative investigations have called on documents throughout the country and from overseas.", "\"If they've done nothing, if they've got nothing to hide, there's no reason not to comply, said Bowen.", "The committee has been negotiating with the companies over the conditions under which they would release the documents, including those that would remain confidential.", "The committee has also asked the generators to sign agreements not to destroy any potentially relevant documents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e3793_p59", "sents": [ "\"The bond market simply is not going to respond to a sale where there is no t an assured revenue stream,\" said Sen. Steve Peace, D-Chula Vista, chairman of the upper house's budget committee.", "\"And that revenue stream is not there yet.\"", "STATE BUDGET AT RISK Without the bond sale, the state budget would be forced to absorb the more than $8 billion it has spent since January to purchase power for cash-strapped utilities.", "A financial blow of that size could only be absorb ed by making deep cuts in spending, raising taxes or both.", "The three state budget proposals created by the Democratic governor, the Assembly and the Senate all assume the bonds will be sold and the state's coffers replenished.", "But a lot must be done to accomplish that.", "Although underwriters and bond lawyers working with State Treasurer Phil Angelides declined to comment, Angelides and other sources close to the negotiations said several key elements necessary to market the bonds are no t in place." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7723_p24", "sents": [ "AV Labs said it placed all 32 former WebTaggers.com employees with other companies in its portfolio.", "http: www.webtaggers.com New Products o Advocacy Group Environmental Defense Spins-off LocusPocus NEW YORK -- Environmental Defense, a United States non-profit advocacy organization, said it spun off LocusPocus, a for-profit Internet services company.", "LocusPocus will provide Web-based membership management and communications services to help membership-based organizations recruit, engage and retain members.", "Environmental Defense will hold a minority ownership interest in LocusPocus.", "Other LocusPocus investors include new Millennium Capital Partners and individual investors Bob Epstein, cofounder of MicroDisplay, and Lisa Gansky, cofounder of Ofoto.", "http: www.locuspocus.com Payback Training Systems Changes Name to Avaltus SALT LAKE CITY -- Payback Training Systems, previously a vendor of training content, said it has changed its business focus to content conversion and management services and has changed its name to Avaltus.", "The company received $1.55 million in its second round of funding from Cleveland Pacific Equity Ventures and the NFL Quarterback Club in May of this year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Lisa Gansky", "sents": [ "Lisa Gansky (born May 1, 1961) is an American entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book \"The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing\" (Portfolio/Penguin, Fall 2010).", "In July 2010, she launched the Global Share Economy (Mesh) Directory to support the growing community of Share-based businesses and organizations.", "Lisa is an international thought leader, writer and speaker on the topic of the collaborative economy or sharing economy, open innovation and entrepreneurship." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5995_p23", "sents": [ "Under court order, Gov.", "Gray Davis' administration released the long-term contracts June 15. But significant sections of some, and snippets of others had been omitted or blacked out to protect proprietary information and the state's bargaining position, administration officials said.", "Several news organizations, including The Copley Press, which publishes The San Diego Union-Tribune, sued seeking full disclosure.", "State Controller Kathleen Connell, who has openly feuded with fellow Democrat Davis, also ha d urged a public airing of the complex documents.", "A San Diego judge last week issued an opinion in favor of releasing the ful l contracts, but had not yet made her ruling final.", "Yesterday, Connell released unabridged versions of some 41 contracts, most of which stretch over the coming decade.", "At least one extends 20 years.", "Connell's move touched off another heated exchange with the governor's office.", "The controller said the state almost certainly has never before assumed suc ha massive financial obligation without prior public review." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5589_p34", "sents": [ "Bohn said energy experts he has consulted calculate that the contracts will cause the state to pay 33 percent above market rates over the next five years.", "\"Compared to the panic situation we experienced in March, we did as well as can be expected,\" Bohn said.", "\"Compared to what we'll be thinking in two years, there is a high chance we'll be regretting a lot of these contracts.", "The documents were released Friday at the order of a San Diego Superior Cou rt judge.", "The Copley Press, which publishes the Union-Tribune, and several oth er news organizations sought the order after Gov.", "Gray Davis refused to reveal specific details from the contracts.", "California turned to long-term contracts as a refuge from spot market price s for electricity that soared under deregulation to an average $275 per megawatt-hour for the first five months this year, or about nine times high er than last year's levels." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Clear Communications", "sents": [ "Clear Communications was a telecommunications company based in New Zealand.", "Until merging into Telstra's operations in 2001, it was the biggest rival to Telecom New Zealand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4854_p26", "sents": [ "Other OTT backers include individual investors and an undisclosed venture capital group.", "http: www.vsource.net o Black Box Acquires Tech Service Firm Clear Communications PITTSBURGH -- Publicly-traded Black Box, a technical service provider of network services and related products, said it acquired Clear Communications for an undisclosed amount.", "Clear Communications provides technical design, installation, and maintenance services for telecommunication, premise cabling, and related products to Seattle customers.", "Founders Brian P. Jackson and Rick B. Walston will each serve as vice president of Black Box's Seattle offices.", "Clear Communications is backed by Accel Partners, Jafco America Ventures, and St. Paul Venture Capital.", "http: www.blackbox.com http: www.clear.com Portal Firm OpenAvenue Acquires Service Provider Miradi ATLANTA -- OpenAvenue, which provides collaborative development portals, said it agreed to acquire Miradi, a provider of Web-based project management services, for an undisclosed amount of stock.", "Miradi will be absorbed into OpenAvenue, which has retained all of Miradi's employees." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4474_p0", "sents": [ "\"This email will confirm the meeting in Portland for October 3rd and 4th.", "I would like to start the meeting at 11:00 a.m.", "Please let me know immediately if this presents a problem with your schedule.", "Christian Yoder, Mary Hain, Gary Fergus, and I will be meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3rd to discuss our response to the CPUC subpoena.", "Please let me know if you would like to attend this meeting.", "Finally, I have asked everyone to schedule a day and a half for this meeting.", "Although we may be finished on Tuesday, I thought it was prudent to leave Wednesday open for further discussion.", "Please feel free to call me at (713) 853-5587 if you have any questions.", "The contact in Enron's Portland office is Jan King.", "Jan's number is (504) 464-8814. Thanks.", "Richard Sanders\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e4844_p3", "sents": [ "Communicating that understanding on a regular basis to the rest of the Government Affairs organization and developing a Government Affairs wide execution strategy will be a key objective for each of these individuals.", "In order to ensure the success of these individuals and the Government Affairs organization; the following changes are being made.", "In addition to his leadership role with Government Affairs on behalf of the EES group of companies, Harry Kingerski will continue to head up the rates regulatory group, now renamed Government Affairs Support Services.", "This group will continue to provide valuable technical support services throughout Government Affairs and will be expanding its scope of expertise over the next months to some of the new markets that the company has and wi ll soon be entering.", "Nancy Hetrick and Vinio Floris will join this organizati on and report to Harry.", "Jeff Brown, Tom Delaney, Mary Hain, Ron McNamara, Christi Nicolay, Thane Twiggs, and Steve Walton will now report to Jim Steffes in his role supporting Enron North America and Enron Industrial Markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John R. Harris", "sents": [ "John R. Harris, Professor of Economics at Boston University, is an American economist known for his work in the field of development economics.", "Harris earned a PhD in economics from Northwestern University in 1967.", "Harris is an African Development economist.", "His work on labor markets and wages, embodied in the Harris-Todaro Model is a foundation of contemporary Development Economics, and was constructed based on observations of Nigerian and Kenyan labor markets.", "Harris has directly worked for numerous governmental and non-governmental agencies including USAID, World Bank, International Labor Organization, the WHO, the Canadian International Development Research Center the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the UN Development Programme.", "Dr. Harris was a member of the Advisory Group of the Macroeconomic Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa, the precursor to the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27309_p6", "sents": [ "-- Cohesive Technologies, a provider of liquid chromatography bioanalysis products for the pharmaceutical drug discovery marketplace, announced the appointment of Peter H. Glick as president and CEO.", "<br <br Mr. Glick joins from pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device contract research organization Primedica, where he served as president.", "Prior to Mr. Glick&#39;s appointment, the president and CEO role was held by Hubert M. Quinn, who remains with the company as chairman and chief scientific officer.<br <br Prior to his last position with Primedica, Mr. Glick served in a number of marketing and corporate development positions at Primedica.", "<br <br In August 2000, Cohesive Technologies has raised $16.5 million in a private financing led by Dauphin Capital Partners.", "Also participating in the round were Oxford Bioscience Partners, Thomas Weisel Partners, and Berkshire Partners.< font <br <br <a href=\"http: www.cohesivetech.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.cohesivetech.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwLHKJLNIJJI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Energy Manager ExoLink Taps John R. Harris as Pres & CEO font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwLHKJLNIJJIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=LHKJLNIJJI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" LEWISVILLE, TEXAS -- ExoLink, a provider of retail energy transaction management services for the energy market, said it named John R. Harris as its new president and CEO.<br <br Prior to joining ExoLink, Mr. Harris served as chairman and CEO of Ztango, a provider of wireless application services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3070_p59", "sents": [ "A5 LENGTH: 1030 words HEADLINE: ENERGY CRUNCH; Investigations; Power firms fueled by greed, Lockyer says; Out-of-state generators face multiple probes SOURCE: Sacramento Bureau Chief BYLINE: Greg Lucas DATELINE: Sacramento BODY: Up the road in Folsom, at the nondescript headquarters of the Independent System Operator -- monitor-in-chief of California's energy grid -- they have a new job: responding to more than 40 detailed subpoenas.", "The data the ISO keeps on electricity transactions are central to the half-dozen investigations initiated by state and federal agencies into various parts of the state's energy mess, including possible criminal activity by power generators.", "\"They're asking for everything and then some,\" a spokeswoman for the ISO, Stephanie McCorkle, said, sighing.", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the state Public Utilities Commission, the Assembly, the Senate, the state attorney general and a phalanx of state and federal auditors all are boring into California's energy mess.", "The main thrust of the most significant investigations is the conduct of power generators that have reaped record profits selling electricity to the electron-starved state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e763_p7", "sents": [ "The grid operator double-dips when it cites the state's smaller qualifying facilities.", "The ISO's chief operator and spokesman have said repeatedly in press conferences, interviews and press releases that the qualifying facilities that have been turned off due to lack of payment from utilities are separate from the ISO outage list.", "And daily newspaper reports give both the outage total and the qualifying facility total separately.", "But the outage list includes QFs every day.", "On Monday, for example, 1,726 MW of QF generation contributed to the outage total.", "In the meantime, it's the list's inflated total that grabs attention.", "\"We don't get that many questions on it from the media.", "People pretty much take what they need from it - the bottom line,\" said ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle.", "-By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4604; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Michigan Republican Party", "sents": [ "The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan.", "It is sometimes referred to as MIGOP, which simply means Michigan Grand Old Party.", "Former United States Ambassador to Slovakia Ronald Weiser is the current Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3558_p19", "sents": [ "His job, they say, has been as adviser and point man.", "\"His role has been largely providing support to the Cheney task force and to make certain some new ideas get implemented,\" said Robert Walker, chairman and chief executive officer of the Wexler Group in Washington.", "The company lobbies for BP (formerly British Petroleum) and other energy industry clients.", "Despite his lack of background on energy issues, friends and adversaries say Abraham has stepped up to the job with his sharp intelligence and hard work.", "The same traits served him well in the Senate, they say, where he never missed a roll call vote in six years and passed more bills than any other senator in his freshman class.", "\"I think he has one of the best political and strategic minds that I've seen,\" said Red Cavaney, president of the American Petroleum Institute, who has known Abraham since his days as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5495_p91", "sents": [ "Gray Davis seizing energy plants under his emergency powers authority.", "Davi s has threatened in the past to do so but now says such action could cost the state expensive legal fees.", "The resolution is unlikely to sway the Democrat ic governor.", "Alternative generators, Edison reach accord Southern California Edison Co. said it reached an agreement with alternativ e power generators that could give California a critical source of energy thi s summer and ease the bankruptcy threat the utility is facing.", "The utility agreed to make partial back payments to the generators, many of which have sued the utility and curtailed power production.", "The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to approve the plan today.", "Hearings set on plan to bail out Edison The state Senate scheduled a series of hearings, beginning next week, on th e governor's deal to bail out Southern California Edison.", "Judge allows trading by PG&E's creditors Stipulating that the companies involved must set up procedures to guard against misuse of confidential information, United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali yesterday allowed members of PG&E's creditors' committee to trade in the utility's securities without risking their debt claims." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e880_p37", "sents": [ "PG&E has been negotiating with state officials for months trying to find a solution to the crisis, but chairman Glynn said Friday it has given up hope of success.", "\"The bankruptcy code provides a mechanism that can get people, hopefully, to coalesce around a plan,\" Bussel said.", "\"It also has mechanisms to try to keep different constituencies in line, to the extent that their demands are undermining the ability of the company to successfully reorganize.\"", "The different constituencies in this case include the utility, its creditors, state regulators, state legislators, federal regulators, ratepayers and taxpayers.", "All will be represented in negotiations, under the oversight of United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali.", "\"There is going to be a huge jurisdictional battle between PG&E, the feds, the state, and the PUC,\" Bussel said.", "\"(The judge) will certainly be making his reputation on this case.", "We'll see how he handles it.\"", "Asked if he thought the bankruptcy judge would order PG&E to raise its rates more than permitted by the PUC, PG&E chairman Glynn said Friday \"the bankruptcy court and the PUC will probably have some very interesting conversations on that subject.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American Antitrust Institute", "sents": [ "The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization.", "The AAI advocates for more aggressive antitrust enforcement by the federal government." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9383_p0", "sents": [ "\"Jeff, By the time you return from vacation, I will be on vacation and only returning on Sept. 5th.", "As a result, I thought it would be best to e-mail this request to you.", "Rick will be moderating a panel as part of an electricity roundtable sponsored by the American Antitrust Institute on Sept. 7th in DC.", "His panel concerns vertical market power issues related to wholesale and retail electric markets; his panel consists of Nora Brownell, John Hangar and Bob Fleishman.", "I would appreciate it if you would please suggest a few issues and or thought-provoking questions for Rick to consider when addressing his panel.", "The following paragraph is a description of Rick's panel that invitees to the roundtable received: VERTICAL MARKET POWER ISSUES: Wholesaling and Retailing This segment will examine possible abuses in and between wholesale and retail markets; preferences afforded to investor-owned utilities and how those preferences manifest themselves; regulatory, legislative and judicially driven solutions; and the role of antitrust and regulators to remedy discrimination in these markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19516_p2", "sents": [ "Investment has slowed significantly this year and the 3rd quarter investment is 74 percent lower than the $9.3 billion high reached during the 2nd quarter of 2000. The Bay Area drop in investment nearly matched the national trend for the 3rd quarter.", "Venture capitalists invested $7.7 billion nationally during the quarter, down 31 percent from the previous quarter, and 73 percent from the $28.5 billion high of last year.", "Although these are clearly difficult times for all business sectors, the venture industry will persevere.", "Veterans in our industry recognize this downturn as part of the long-term venture capital cycle.", "Real value can be created in down cycles by sticking with committed entrepreneurs with strong business models and the tenacity to see their ideas through,?", "commented Mark Heesen, NVCA President.", "CMTA GETS VETO ON BILL RESTRICTING SICK LEAVE At the urging of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA) and other employer organizations, Governor Gray Davis vetoed SB 1197 by Senator Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e186_p2", "sents": [ "Seeing the Light Update (now called \"Powerful Ideas\") Draft one bein g circulated for approval.", "Once complete will distribute to capitol press corps, statewide media, legislature, key federal policy makers Weekly distributions SB 39x, outage standards Web-site www.turnonthetruth.com, continue to update Earned Media Teleconference briefings with press On Fridays, or as needed Statewide and national media outreach Ongoing Editorial Board Meetings Proposed Topics: outage coordination and maintenance standards; solutions need to increase supply and reduce demand, California First.", "Targeting: Sacramento Bee, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Alameda News Group, San Diego Union Tribu ne \"Powerful Solutions\" briefing for reporters and editorial boards Response to Senate Investigation available to respond to TV and radi o media at press conference, and issued statement (IEP reaction covered by: KFBK am 1530; Metro Networks Radio; KCRA, NBC- 3; KTXL FOX-40; KXTV ABC -10, National Public Radio, Associated Press, Sacramento Bee) Response to San Francisco Chronicle article Op-ed drafted to be subm itted on behalf of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Karen Hughes", "sents": [ "Karen Parfitt Hughes (born December 27, 1956) is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller.", "She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3679_p88", "sents": [ "Others with energy holdings included Libby, the Cheney aide, who reported that he had sold Texaco Inc. stock valued between $15,001 and $50,000 and lesser holdings in Enron Corp., Schlumberger Ltd., Chesapeake Energy and Exxon Mobil Corp. Karen Hughes, the president's counselor, listed oil and gas royalty interests in Pecos County, Texas, worth between $15,000 and $50,000. Johnson, whose job involves filling political positions across the administration, holds at least $100,000 in El Paso Energy Partners and at least $65,000 in oil royalties, and at least $50,000 in separate bonds from Texas Muni Power and Duke Power.", "Nicholas Calio, the White House director of legislative affairs--Bush's representative to Congress--holds stocks with values of at least $15,000 in each of three energy-related companies: Exxon Mobil, General Electric and Texaco.", "Andrew H. Card Jr., Bush's chief of staff, was a vice president of General Motors Corp., heading its office of global government relations, for which he was paid $479,000 last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3426_p44", "sents": [ "A Field Poll recently showed that 75 percent of state residents view the electricity situation as \"very serious\" and that 59 percent say it was caus ed by energy companies seeking to increase profits.", "Democratic strategists, citing those findings, say some California lawmaker s visiting their districts over the Memorial Day recess may come under pressu re to take strong action to restrain energy prices.", "Natural gas CEO denies deal was improper By Joe Cantlupe COPLEY NEWS SERVICE May 26, 2001 WASHINGTON -- The head of a Texas energy company that is accused of wrongfully driving up California's natural gas prices told a federal administrative law judge yesterday that he approved a deal between two subsidiaries, but denied that it was an improper, sweetheart arrangement.", "William Wise, the chief executive officer of El Paso Corp., said the Houston-based company has \"stringent\" rules that separate the operations of its pipeline subsidiary, El Paso Natural Gas, from its gas marketing division, El Paso Merchant Energy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e5533_p50", "sents": [ "He said that co-generators, who use natural gas and sell the excess heat to businesses, will receive an average of 15 cents to 16 cents per kilowatt-hour.", "The generators will receive 10 percent of the money they are owed when the contracts are signed, and the full debt eventually will be paid with interest.", "Katz said the new rates for the small contractors are tied to legislative approval of the Edison rescue plan.", "But Senate President Pro Tempore John Burton, D-San Francisco, disagreed, saying action by the Public Utilities Commission yesterday implemented the agreement between Edison and the small contractors.", "FERC appears set to expand its price curbs By Joe Cantlupe COPLEY NEWS SERVICE June 14, 2001 WASHINGTON -- Facing mounting political pressure, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seems poised next week to greatly expand existing energy price restrictions that now kick in only during emergencies.", "Hints of the move surfaced yesterday as a Senate committee started investigating FERC's response to the California power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3344_p10", "sents": [ "Mr. Tannenbaum most recently was CFO at LJL BioSystems, a manufacturer of high-throughput screening technology for drug discovery programs.", "Metrika is backed by Oak Hill Venture Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Vertex Management.", "http: www.metrika.com American Computer Experience Adds Mike Russell as CFO, COO mail?", "top ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- American Computer Experience, a provider of advanced technology education for ages seven to 18, said it named Mike A. Russell as chief financial officer and chief operating officer.", "Mr. Russell joins the company from NSG, where he served as chief financial officer and vice president of operations.", "Mr. Russell is the fourth executive to join t he company since it added Fritz Hager as chairman and CEO in March 2000. Berni e O'Neil was added as chief technology officer in May 2000, also a former NSG employee.", "Bill Koleszar joined the company as chief marketing officer in November 2000, after serving as president and chief marketing officer of MortgageAuction.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e2942_p9", "sents": [ "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- ePartners, a provider of technical and consulting resources to online businesses, said it named Jeff House as sales executive reporting to vice president of sales Tom Harle.", "Prior to joining the compan y, Mr. House held senior positions at EPIQ Systems, Ernst & Young, and Guardsmark.", "ePartners is backed by Austin Ventures, Liberty Mutual, and Tex as Growth Fund.", "http: www.epartnersolutions.com Intelligent Markets Adds Bridge Information Systems Exec mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Intelligent Markets, a developer of trading platforms for financial institutions, said it appointed William E. Holmberg as executive vice president of sales and marketing.", "Mr. Holmberg formerly served as senior vice president of sales for the Americas at Bridge Information Systems.", "Intelligent Markets is backed by Oak Hill Venture Partners, Pacific Venture Group, and Woodside Fund.", "http: www.intelligentmarkets.com Middle3 Lineo Adds WindRiver Exec Raj Sidana as Senior Director mail?", "top LINDON, Utah (VENTUREWIRE) -- Lineo, a provider of embedded systems, real-time, and high availability technology and services, said it appointed Raj Sidana as senior director of customer services reporting to Richard Larsen, senior vice president of sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20335_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron's Azurix to rescind Buenos Aires province water sewage contract AFX News, 09 07 01 Prime minister says he expects quick resolution of dispute with Enron Associated Press Newswires, 09 07 01 EOTT to Convert Enron, Koch Shares Into Common Units (Update2) Bloomberg, 09 07 01 IDBI's Vohra on Buyers for Enron Indian Power Venture: Comment Bloomberg, 09 07 01 USA: Enron must give documents to Calif. lawmakers-judge.", "Reuters English News Service, 09 06 01 Enron Documents in California Electricity Probe Win Protection Bloomberg, 09 06 01 Enron's Azurix to rescind Buenos Aires province water sewage contract 09 07 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd BUENOS AIRES (AFX) - Enron Corp water and sewage unit Azurix Buenos Aires SA said it will rescind its concession to provide Buenos Aires province with water and sewage services.", "Azurix Latin America chief executive officer John Garrison met with Buenos Aires province Governor Carlos Ruckauf and provincial Public Works Minister Julian Dominguez yesterday to lay out the company's withdrawal." ], "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": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4881_p0", "sents": [ "\"In preparation for the upcoming filings from different RTOs around the country to meet the FERC Order 2000 October 15 deadline, I'd like to outline a set of steps that we need to undertake to respond appropriately.", "Comments are appreciated.", "A few people met with FERC last Friday to discuss our general observations and what a good RTO will look like (please see attached file below).", "Not all RTOs intend to file on October 15. The filing RTOs (from what I can tell) include the following: (1) RTO West, (2) Desert Star, (3) SPP, (4) Entergy, (5) Southern Transco, (6) Grid South, and (7) Florida RTO.", "(SPP and Entergy may file together) 1. Immediate Public Response It is critical to make sure that we have a list of key issues with each RTO filing that we can use to make public statements.", "Each RTO lead should prepare preliminary list of issues and send to Joe Hartsoe and me no later than Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Entergy", "sents": [ "Entergy Corp. is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations in the Deep South of the United States.", "It is headquartered in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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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, 3 ] }, { "title": "e1332_p100", "sents": [ "What about Marc Rich or Pincus Green?", "It's no fun if you don't have a name to go with a crisis -- no fun at all.", "(c)2001 Tribune Media Services LOAD-DATE: April 17, 2001 31 of 66 DOCUMENTS Associated Press State & Local Wire The materials in the AP file were compiled by Associated Press.", "These materials may not be republished without the express written consent of Associated Press.", "April 16, 2001, Monday, BC cycle SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 442 words HEADLINE: Natural gas tax could worsen electricity shortage DATELINE: LOS ANGELES BODY: Plans to increase the capacity of the state's natural gas pipelines are stumbling over a six-year-old tax that industry leaders and experts say could worsen California's critical electricity shortage.", "The tax, established by the Public Utilities Commission, requires electricity generators to pay an extra fee if they use lines owned by companies other than Southern California Gas Co., or if they switch from SoCal Gas to a competitor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3052_p37", "sents": [ "``The notice does not mean that the project is off,'' said Janki Ballabh, chairman of State Bank of India, the country's biggest commercial bank and one of the largest lenders to the project.", "``All parties are making attempts to find an acceptable solution.''", "Indian banks, which made rupee loans worth $1 billion to Dabhol, are at the most risk from a possible termination of the project as their loans were not guaranteed by the federal government.", "They were seen as safe because of Enron's 65 percent stake in the project.", "Should the world's largest power supplier walk away from its investment, the risk of these loans turning bad would increase.", "Foreign currency loans, made by lenders including ABN Amro Holding NV and Bank of America Corp as well as State Bank of India, are guaranteed.", "``I won't call it a panic situation, though lenders including us have to keep a watch,'' said Ballabh at SBI, who declined to specify a figure for the bank's exposure." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1816_p14", "sents": [ "Deshmukh said the state is owed 4 billion rupees by Dabhol as a penalty for failing to supply power when it was needed, the television channel reported.", "``We are arranging to settle all undisputed dues,'' Deshmukh was cited as saying.", "``But for the ones that are under dispute, as in where we owe them and they owe us as well, we can make an adjustment.''", "The Dabhol board, meeting in London, may not vote to end its operations in India on the advice of its lenders, the Business Standard reported, citing unnamed people.", "Dabhol has borrowed about $2 billion from lenders, including ABN Amro Holding NV, to build the 740-megawatt capacity plant.", "The rupee portion of the loan doesn't carry a repayment guarantee from the government.", "Dabhol is 65 percent owned by Enron.", "INDIA: FACTBOX-History of Enron's Dabhol Indian power plant.", "04 26 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, April 26 (Reuters) - The board of Dabhol Power Company (DPC), 65 percent owned by Enron Corp on Wednesday authorised the management to terminate its contract to sell power to the Indian state of Maharashtra." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chris Lehane", "sents": [ "Christopher Stephen \"Chris\" Lehane (born June 2, 1967) is an American political consultant and crisis communications expert who has served as a lawyer, spokesperson and expert in opposition research for the Clinton White House, Democratic candidates for public office and various business, Labor, entertainment and professional sports organizations.", "A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, he was a lawyer and spokesperson in the Clinton White House where he and his current business partner Mark Fabiani were called the \"Masters of Disaster\" by Newsweek magazine for their part in a \"rapid-response\" team employed to respond to the increasing number of investigations of the Clinton Administration.", "In 2012, Lehane co-authored a book on damage control titled \"Masters of Disaster\" published by Palgrave, MacMillan's academic imprint.", "He also wrote and produced the film \"Knife Fight\", a political satire acquired by IFC and released in January 2013.", "As of August 2015, Lehane serves as the Head of Global Policy and Public Affairs for home-sharing startup Airbnb." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3153_p28", "sents": [ "You'd have to figure that out for yourselves.", "Too bad.", "No; actually, it's good.", "Ken Russell o7 Arlington, S.D.", "f7 LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2001 10 of 85 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 22, 2001 Tuesday Home Edition SECTION: California; Part 2; Page 8; Metro Desk LENGTH: 621 words HEADLINE: The State; GOP Criticizes Davis' Choice of PR Aides; Capitol: Legislative leaders call the pair political operatives who are too partisan to represent the state during energy crisis.", "BYLINE: DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: Republican legislative leaders Monday blasted Gov.", "Gray Davis' decision to spend $30,000 a month in taxpayer money to retain communications consultants known for their highly partisan work.", "Labeling consultants Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane as \"cut-throat,\" Senate GOP leader Jim Brulte of Rancho Cucamonga and Assembly Republican leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks said in a letter to Davis that the hiring \"undermines the assertions you have made both publicly and privately throughout this crisis.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2044_p31", "sents": [ "PHOTOGRAPHER: ROBERT DURELL Los Angeles Times PHOTO: \"They try to help the little guy,\" says Tony Guebara, owner of AG Signs in Stockton, of PG&E.", "He has been doing business with utility for two decades.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: ROBERT DURELL Los Angeles Times LOAD-DATE: April 30, 2001 14 of 103 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times April 30, 2001, Monday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 3; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1228 words HEADLINE: CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST; THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS; POWER WOES COMPLICATE DISCUSSIONS ON BUDGET; FUNDING: GOV.", "DAVIS' PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR FACES DEMANDS FOR BILLIONS AS A RESERVE AND TO CUSHION ELECTRICITY RATE HIKES.", "BYLINE: DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: Jockeying over the state's next spending plan, a tradition that usually takes place in the summer, already is turning intense as the energy crisis casts a pall over what otherwise might have been relatively painless budget squabbles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e894_p6", "sents": [ "A1, 1471 words, Davis' Pledges Come Back To Haunt Him, Carla Marinucci, Patrick Hoge San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 8, 2001, SUNDAY, FINAL EDITION, BUSINESS;, Pg.", "B7, 3592 words, Nuclear Warning; Watchdogs eye Duke's salvage operation, Scott Winokur, Christian Berthelsen Los Angeles Times April 9, 2001, Monday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 3; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1081 words HEADLINE: THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS; CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST; GENERATORS SCRAMBLED TO END PACTS WITH UTILITIES; ENERGY: EVEN BEFORE PG&E FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, ALTERNATIVE PLANT OWNERS WHO HADN'T BEEN PAID IN MONTHS PURSUED COURT ACTIONS.", "BYLINE: JULIE TAMAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: In filing for federal bankruptcy protection last week, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. determined what other power producers had already concluded: The state had failed to solve their payment problems and the time had come for the courts to step in.", "In the days leading up to PG&E's Bankruptcy Court petition, a growing number of alternative energy producers had also been filing lawsuits, seeking to be freed from their contracts with PG&E and Southern California Edison." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27066_p12", "sents": [ "Last Thursday, Dain Rauscher Wessels analyst Mark Easterbrook arrived at a net asset valuation of between $27 to $35 a share.", "Easterbrook's calculation assumes added writedowns and equity adjustments.", "The lower half of the range assumes Enron doesn't complete any asset sales, and assumes equity funding dilutes the shares outstanding by 24%, the anal yst said.", "The higher end of the range assumes asset sales of $3.5 billion, debt reduc tion of $1 billion from the Portland General sale and no equity financing, he said.", "The view doesn't take into consideration the short-term liquidity crunch on going at the company, Easterbrook said.", "In addition, he added, the estimate assumes all of Enron's partnerships and investments no longer have any res idual value.", "Early this year, John S. Herold came up with a \"rough cut\" valuation of Enr on of \"plus or minus something in the $30 range\" using appraised net worth methodology, said John Parry, an analyst at the firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e407_p30", "sents": [ "The largest energy trader raised its 2001 profit estimate in January, citing growth in European and North American trading and more business from its fiber-optic network.", "It previously forecast profit of $1.60 to $1.70 a share.", "Enron's shares fell 11 percent on March 12 after the collapse of an agreement for Blockbuster Inc. to deliver movies on demand over Enron's fiber-optic system.", "The shares continued to fall this week, partly on speculation Enron may exit the broadband business, Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Curt Launer said in a report.", "``The market is panicked to a certain extent,'' said Dain Rauscher Wessels analyst Mark Easterbrook, who has a ``strong buy'' rating on Enron shares.", "Shares of Houston-based Enron fell 87 cents to $55.02 after touching a 52-week low of $51.51 earlier.", "``Broadband is a core business of Enron's,'' spokesman Vance Meyer said.", "``All of our businesses are doing very well, and we plan to hit our earnings targets, and that includes broadband.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20130_p6", "sents": [ "Such progress will be rewarded when the st ate, as anticipated, begins to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.", "There are growing indications that businesses, large and small, do want to cooperate, if only to ensure that they have a hand in crafting policies and regulations many see as inevitable.", "A group of Fortune 500 companies joined with the Philadelphia-based Pew Cha ritable Trusts to study and develop market-driven solutions to global warmi ng.", "Among the companies participating in the project are British Petroleum, Boeing Co., Enron, Lockheed Martin, Toyota Motor Corp. and Internati onal Energy Corp. At a carpet mill in Industry, where Interface Inc. employs 500 people, work ers are busy producing \"climate neutral\" carpet for commercial buildings, w hich is made without generating greenhouse gases.", "The company recently inst alled a $1-million solar array at its plant so it can make its product with out any adverse impact on the Earth's atmosphere, said Jim Hartzfeld, vice president of sustainable strategies for the Atlanta-based corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3693_p2", "sents": [ "\"It may be rather bleak for companies looking to make a business out of this,\" Gartner Research Director Susan Landry told the newspaper.", "-- Satellite-based Web services get static Lockheed Martin and Hughes Electronics reportedly are scaling back plans to provide Internet service from space.", "Industry sources quoted by The Wall Street Journal say both firms are having trouble finding partners to help finance the projects.", "They \"are having difficulty accessing money,\" and the \"lack of financing [options] is very badly impacting\" start-ups as well as established players, said Jean-Francois Gambart, a vice president in the space unit of France's Alcatel -- AOL plans JV in China America Online and China's biggest PC maker, Legend, will become partners to provide Internet access services, according to The Asian Wall Street Journal.", "However, an executive at Legend said, \"It's not convenient to disclose anything before the contract is signed.\"", "China's Ministry of Information Industry estimates there are 30 million Internet users in the country." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10874_p0", "sents": [ "-- Forwarded by Sue Nord NA Enron on 02 09 2001 03:33 PM -- Eric Benson 02 09 2001 02:53 PM To: Sue Nord NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Federal Register Report for Period 2 2 01 to 2 9 01 Sue - The following reports Federal Register notices for the period ending February 9, 2001: DATE AGENCY SUMMARY IMPORTANT DATES 2 9 01 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed rule - commission declines to adopt alternative proposal set forth in a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on 4 3 00 concerning conditions for price cap ILECs to obtain relief from the Commission's depreciation requirements; commission also declines to pursue further investigation into continuing property record (CPR) audits of certain ILECs that are currently before the commission FCC Common Carrier Bureau seeks comments on Western Wireless's Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to receive federal universal service support comments are due on or before 3 12 01; reply comments are due on or before 3 26 01 FCC FCC continues to develop, adopt and implement a number of strategies to ensure that the numbering resources of the North American Numbering Plan are used efficiently, and that all carriers have the numbering resources needed to compete section 52.15 (f)(1)(vi) is effective 2 29 00; section 52.15(h) is effective 5 8 01; all other amendments are effective 3 12 01 except for sections 52.15(g)(4) and 52.15(k)(1) 2 7 01 FCC commission denies seven petitions for reconsideration and affirms the 218-219 MHz Order which modified the regulations governing the licensing of the 218-219 MHz Service (formerly known as the Interactive Video and Data Service (IVDS)) to maximize the efficient and effective use of the band effective 4 9 01 2 6 01 FCC document announces the status of applications received by the commission to participate in the 700 MHz Guard Bands Auction (Auction No." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e47_p0", "sents": [ "-- Forwarded by Sue Nord NA Enron on 03 15 2001 12:41 PM -- Eric Benson 03 14 2001 01:40 PM To: Sue Nord NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Federal Register Report for Period 3 2 01 to 3 14 01 Sue - The following reports Federal Register notices for the period ending March 14, 2001: DATE AGENCY SUMMARY IMPORTANT DATES 3 7 01 FCC petition for reconsideration filed re amendment of Part 2 of the commission's rules to allocation Spectrum Below 3 GHz for Mobile and Fixed Services to Support the Introduction of New Advanced Wireless Services, including Third Generation Wireless Systems opposition must be filed by March 22, 2001; replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days after time for filing oppositions have expired FCC deadline by which states must indicate their decision to \"opt out\" of existing 800 MHz planning regions for Public Safety 700 MHz band regional planning; FCC decided that the 700 MHz regional planning committees would be based on the same 55 800 MHz planning regions; FCC also decided to allow states or territories no in regions defined by state boundaries to opt out of their existing regions to form or join a planning regions that follows their state's boundaries; states that do not file an opt out report by the deadline date will continue to be included in their existing planning regions opt out decisions must be reported to the WTB by July 2, 2001 FCC commission denied Qwest petition for reconsideration of FCC 12 30 99 Depreciation Order; petition sought reconsideration of FCC denial of United States Telephone Association petition for forbearance; the methodology for certain equipment life ranges, and the accounting treatment in waiver situation; in Depreciation Order we undertook an extensive review of FCC depreciation requirements for price cap incumbent local exchange carriers 3 6 01 FCC document announces the auction of 16 VHF public coast licenses and 241 multilateral Location and Monitoring Services Spectrum scheduled for 6 6 01; notice seeks comments on reserve prices and minimum opening bids and other procedural issues re Auction No." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25872_p0", "sents": [ "clearly, the meeting with Horton et al went well And don't yank my chain (Kaufman, under stress, 10.01.01) --Original Message -- From: Kaufman, Paul Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:35 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: RE: Conversation w Jerry Hirsch of LA Times no sense of humor.", "amazing how almost a year of mud slinging reduces even the most chipper among us to an \"just the facts mam, only the facts\" type of guy.", "--Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 2:32 PM To: Kaufman, Paul Subject: RE: Conversation w Jerry Hirsch of LA Times clearly, the meeting with Horton et al went well --Original Message -- From: Kaufman, Paul Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:24 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: RE: Conversation w Jerry Hirsch of LA Times who got my name from people.\"", "I suppose it's better than if he got your name from, what a pack of wild dogs?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Jerry Hirsch", "sents": [ "Jerome Edwin \"Jerry\" Hirsch (September 20, 1922 in New York City–May 3, 2008 in Urbana, Illinois) was an American geneticist known for his pioneering work in behavior genetics, and for his advocacy for social justice.", "He has been described as \"the pioneer who brought quantitative genetic analysis to the study of behavior.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8286_p18", "sents": [ "32. CAISO FERC Tariff section 20.3.1 states in relevant part: The ISO shall maintain the confidentiality of all of the documents, data and information provided to it by any Market Participant that are treated as confidential or commercially sensitive under Section 20.3.2; provided, however, that the ISO need not keep confidential: (1) information that is explicitly subject to data exchange through WEnet pursuant to Section 6 of this ISO Tariff; (2) information that the ISO or the Market Participant providing the information is required to disclose pursuant to this ISO Tariff, or applicable regulatory requirements (provided that the ISO shall comply with any applicable limits on such disclosure); or (3) information that becomes available to the public on a non-confidential basis (other than as a result of the ISO's breach of this ISO Tariff).", "33. CAISO FERC Tariff section 20.3.2 states in relevant part: The following information provided to the ISO by Scheduling Coordinators shall be treated by the ISO as confidential: (a) individual bids for Supplemental Energy; (b) individual Adjustment Bids for Congestion Management which are not designated by the scheduling coordinator as available; (c) individual bids for Ancillary Services; (d) transactions between Scheduling Coordinators; (e) individual Generator Outage programs unless a Generator makes a change to its Generator Outage program which causes Congestion in the short term (i.e." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e25104_p3", "sents": [ "3. By ignoring Supplemental Energy bids in favor of CDWR power, the CAISO is able to manipulate the price it pays for energy in the Supplemental Energy market.", "Low CAISO demand for Supplemental Energy drives down prices.", "The clearing price for Supplemental Energy has often been as low as $0.00. Therefore, the CAISO gets to keep all excess energy on the grid for free.", "If CDWR was not getting preferential treatment, its energy would be treated as excess energy, and it would get little or nothing for it.", "4. While there is no evidence that Gov.", "Davis has directed the CAISO to buy from CDWR first, this behavior clearly benefits Davis.", "Absent the CAISO's purchases of CDWR's excess energy, CDWR would be forced to sell its energy at a huge loss in the open market (just like many other suppliers).", "The media has been been making hay out of Davis's strategy of buying high and selling low." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p40", "sents": [ "HubStorm, Intel, JuniorNet, KnowledgePlanet.com, Law.com, LiveInsurance.com MacroThink, Medschool.com, MetroPartners, Mobile-Mind, Mountain View Data, Mysportsguru.com, MyTeam.com, Nokia Venture Partners, Oxygen Media, Packexpo.com, Partech International, PhoneDomain.com, Pixology, Planet Payment, ProAct Technologies, QuinStreet, RealNames, Resonext Communications, RunMoney.com, Seafood.com, SeventhView, SmartPipes, SpectraSwitch, St. Paul Venture Capital, Sun Microsystems, Tachion Networks, Tempest Software, TerraWired, The Thread, ThingWorld.com, Tradia, Tradiant, TradingProduce.com, Vividence, W-Phone, Xdrive ComputerLetter For 15 years, the best analysis of trends and companies in digital technology.", "Sample issue available at:http: technologicpartners.com tp cl investor index top 3i Group, 3i Group, Aether Systems, AIG Horizon Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Angel Investors LP, Aurora Funds, Berger Funds, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management, Buckeye Investments, Capital Partners, Cardinal Health Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners, Cascade Investment, Catterton-Simon Partners, Celerity Partners, Centennial, Daleen Technologies, Dentsu.com, DHM Arcadia Partners, Digital Island, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DWS Investments, EDB Ventures, Emigrant Capital, EnerTech Capital Partners, First Union Capital Partners, GE Capital, GE Equity, Givaudan, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Grupo Pegaso, HarbourVest Partners, Hickory Venture Capital, idealab!, Insight Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Interliant, Investor AB, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seli!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p20", "sents": [ "The company joins previous investors WPP Group, and earlier round Australian venture capital investors Equity Partners and the Australasian Media & Communications Fund.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its product offering and continue global expansion with a move to the United States next month.", "http: www.redsheriff.com Videoconferencing Firm iPhysician Lands $36 Million Series E SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- iPhysicianNet, a videoconferencing application provider for pharmaceutical companies and physicians, said it raised $36 million in its Series E round, led by KBL Healthcare Ventures and Patricof Ventures.", "Cardinal Health Partners, Fireman's Fund Insurance, Valley, and previous investor Veron International also participated.", "http: www.iphysiciannet.com Ad Promotions Firm DailyShopper Network Raises $8 Million SEATTLE -- DailyShopper Network, a promotions network for retail advertisers, said it closed on $8 million in its second round of financing.", "The round was co-led by Tribune, the strategic investment unit of Tribune, as well as Voyager Capital and Madrona Venture Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p40", "sents": [ "HubStorm, Intel, JuniorNet, KnowledgePlanet.com, Law.com, LiveInsurance.com MacroThink, Medschool.com, MetroPartners, Mobile-Mind, Mountain View Data, Mysportsguru.com, MyTeam.com, Nokia Venture Partners, Oxygen Media, Packexpo.com, Partech International, PhoneDomain.com, Pixology, Planet Payment, ProAct Technologies, QuinStreet, RealNames, Resonext Communications, RunMoney.com, Seafood.com, SeventhView, SmartPipes, SpectraSwitch, St. Paul Venture Capital, Sun Microsystems, Tachion Networks, Tempest Software, TerraWired, The Thread, ThingWorld.com, Tradia, Tradiant, TradingProduce.com, Vividence, W-Phone, Xdrive ComputerLetter For 15 years, the best analysis of trends and companies in digital technology.", "Sample issue available at:http: technologicpartners.com tp cl investor index top 3i Group, 3i Group, Aether Systems, AIG Horizon Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Angel Investors LP, Aurora Funds, Berger Funds, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management, Buckeye Investments, Capital Partners, Cardinal Health Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners, Cascade Investment, Catterton-Simon Partners, Celerity Partners, Centennial, Daleen Technologies, Dentsu.com, DHM Arcadia Partners, Digital Island, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DWS Investments, EDB Ventures, Emigrant Capital, EnerTech Capital Partners, First Union Capital Partners, GE Capital, GE Equity, Givaudan, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Grupo Pegaso, HarbourVest Partners, Hickory Venture Capital, idealab!, Insight Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Interliant, Investor AB, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seli!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9027_p23", "sents": [ "Under the terms of the deal, National Geographic has become a 19% shareholder in Novica.com, with the right to increase its interest to nearly 30 percent.", "National Geographic will provide Novica with relevant content from its editorial resources, cross-marketing support, and access to its commerce retail, catalog, and online channels.", "Rick Allen, president and CEO of National Geographic Ventures, will now serve on Novica's board of directors.", "National Geographic Ventures is the wholly owned taxable subsidiary of the National Geographic Society.", "Novica is funded by Scripps Ventures; Rust !", "LLC; Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records; Michael Burns; Theresa Pan; Estella Warren; and other individual investors.", "http: www.nationalgeographic.com http: www.novica.com m&a ProAct Technologies to Acquire Interlynx for $60 Million mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- ProAct Technologies, a provider of human resources, employee benefits, and financial and health planning applications, said it agreed to acquire self-service software firm Interlynx Technology for $60 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p83", "sents": [ "\"Without our support, a million more homes (elsewhere in California) would have suffered rolling blackouts, which is a powerful message,\" Galiteva sai d. It wasn't supposed to be this way.", "When the power industry was deregulated in the late '90s, energy giants like Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Southern California Edison were expected to be the big winners.", "Now, PG&E is in bankruptcy and Edison is a short step away.", "\"When deregulation came, the experts said that the investor-owned utilities would become lean, mean machines that would be better able to operate in th e new environment,\" Galiteva said.", "\"But now public power has shown it can ser ve customers more efficiently at lower rates.\"", "While much of the state worries about electrical supply, Los Angeles residents have been saved many of those concerns.", "In a survey done last month by the Public Policy Institute of California, 4 8 percent of the people in the Bay Area thought that electricity cost and availability were the most important issues facing the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Public Policy Institute of California", "sents": [ "The Public Policy Institute of California is an independent, nonpartisan, non-profit research institution.", "Based in San Francisco, California, the institute was established in 1994 with a $70 million endowment from William Redington Hewlett of Hewlett-Packard." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8721_p20", "sents": [ "Beliefnet will use CharityCounts technology to enable its users to make cash donations and participate in daily auctions, the proceeds of which will be donated to the charity of their choice.", "Gregg Greenberg, former chief executive officer of CharityCounts, will oversee the integration of the two companies' platforms and has not decided whether or not to stay with the company.", "CharityCounts was funded by individual investors.", "Beliefnet was funded by Highland Capital Partners, Primus Venture Partners, Blue Chip Venture, Zero Stage Capital, and the Trump Group.", "http: www.beliefnet.com http: www.charitycounts.com FilmTrust Acquires IFILM Software Assets for Equity Stake mail this story?", "top HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- IFILM, a film portal and directory, and Filmtrust, an enterprise ASP for the entertainment industry, said they have formed a strategic agreement.", "Under the terms of the deal, Filmtrust will acquire IFILM's key software assets including Productionpro, Locationpro, and Jobpro.", "IFILM will provide Filmtrust with promotional and marketing support and consulting to help bring the tools to market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Highland Capital Partners", "sents": [ "Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai.", "Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies.", "Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Handy, Lululemon Athletica, Lycos, Malwarebytes, MapQuest, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, VistaPrint, Turbonomic, and WePay.", "Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level.", "They also help run a program for early stage security companies to explore their ideas and obtain customers called Cybersecurity Factory." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7985_p16", "sents": [ "The company was founded by Avner Ben-Dor, a former vice president of engineeri ng at Kalpana Networks, later acquired by Cisco.", "Filanet is backed by Weis s, Peck & Greer, now Lightspeed Venture Partners; Menlo Ventures; Stanford University; Canaan Partners; Advent International; Ricoh Silicon Valley; and individual investors.", "http: www.filanet.com?", "Investment Consortium Led by CVC Asia Launches Mercury Corp.?", "SEOUL, Korea (VENTUREWIRE) -- A consortium of investors led by CVC Asia Pacific said they acquired the networking, switching, and fiber optic cable business of Daewoo Telecom and were launching it as a new company, Mercury Corp. Other investors in the buy out include CVC Capital Partners, The Carlyle Group, PPM Ventures, and Citigroup.", "Financial details of the acquisition and subsequent launch were undisclosed.", "CVC Asia Pacific will have two seats on the new company's board of directors and The Carlyle Grou p and PPM Ventures will each have one seat on the board as a result of their involvement in the launch of the new company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Lightspeed Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Lightspeed Venture Partners is an American venture capital firm focusing on early stage investments in the enterprise technology and consumer space.", "To date, the firm has backed more than 300 companies, including Snapchat (Snap Inc.), DoubleClick (acquired by Google after IPO), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B), Brocade (BRCD), Nicira (acquired by VMware), Playdom (acquired, DIS), Pliant Technology (acquired, SanDisk), XtremeIO (acquired, EMC), Blue Nile (NILE), Fusion-io (FIO), Phone.com (OPWV), Informatica (INFA), Fastfox and Solazyme (SZYM).", "The fund has 24 early stage enterprise investments that have gone public, the most of any fund in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p58", "sents": [ "\"States do not have the authority to regulate wholesale interstate energy prices; that power falls within the sole jurisdiction of the federal government.\"", "But the subcommittee rejected the governor's request, defeating an amendment from Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, that would have capped wholesale prices in Western markets for 18 months.", "Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, said that price caps would \"do nothing, not one single thing, to get one additional watt of electricity to California when it needs it most.\"", "He said that price limits would worsen the crisis because they would \"justify every utility and municipality in the West holding onto their reserves for their own customers.\"", "At the White House, President Bush's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said that the president remained \"worried about energy prices\" and that he would \"remain vigilant to make sure there's no price-gouging.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Ari Fleischer", "sents": [ "Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13, 1960) served as White House press secretary for President George W. Bush, from January 2001 to July 2003.", "Today, he works as a media consultant for the NFL, College Football Playoff, and other various sports organizations and players through his company, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications.", "He was also an international media consultant to former Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper.", "He helped Mark McGwire in his media strategy for his admission of steroid usage.", "He is also a regular CNN contributor.", "He was also briefly hired by Tiger Woods to help him with a strategy to make his entrance back on the PGA Tour, but was not retained after news stories surfaced promoting his representation of Woods.", "He was hired by the Green Bay Packers as a consultant in August 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19778_p56", "sents": [ "TXU Europe Energy Trading and Enron will be among the participants.", "The exchange is also holding seminars this week for participants to get acquainted with the ElWeb electronic trading system, also currently used by Nord Pool in the Nordic region, the market model, and Clearnet, the exchange's financial guarantor.", "Jean-Francois Conil-Lacoste, Powernext's director-general, said the exchange is still on track for its official launch later this autumn, although a date hasn't been set yet.", "Euronext Paris SA and HGRT, a financial holding for European electricity grid operators, hold 34% and 17% of Powernext, respectively.", "Currently, Electricite de France (F.EDF) is the sole shareholder in HGRT, although the long-range plan envisions Dutch grid operator, TenneT and Belgian counterpart, Elia as potential investors.", "Powernext aims to expand its activities in the Benelux region, dovetailing newly created Euronext, formed through a merger of the Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam stock exchanges.", "Powernext will also announce later this autumn the addition of new investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Powernext", "sents": [ "Powernext SA, incorporated in 2001, is a regulated market operating under AMF supervision.", "Based in Paris, Powernext manages the natural gas activities of the EEX Group under the PEGAS brand throughout Europe, and operates the National Registry for electricity guarantees of origin in France." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6562_p14", "sents": [ "\"But the building is finished, the customers are signed up and the traffic is running.\"", "Medina was referring to the Technology Center of the Americas where the NAP is housed.", "Terremark oversaw the construction of that facility in downtown Miami.", "Terremark put in place a $109 million debt and equity financing package late last year to finance the construction.", "Terremark has 34 binding contracts from various major firms including AOL Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, Emergia, Enron, EPIK Communications, Global Crossing, Qwest, SBC Internet Services and FPL Fibernet, to use the NAP.", "The company believes the revenue from NAP's customers will allow to fund this data exchange point.", "Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, Terremark's senior vice president for corporate communications, noted that the interim NAP, which Terremark opened at the end of December, started producing revenue immediately.", "The company reported revenue of $252,906 from the interim NAP for the quarter ended March 31. Gonzalez-Levy said the additional capital would be needed to carry out the company's plans to build additional data centers, smaller versions of the NAP in Miami, in Latin America and the Far East." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Terremark", "sents": [ "Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, is a provider of information technology services.", "Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company has data centers in the United States, Europe and Latin America; it offers services which include managed hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, data storage, and cloud computing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7526_p5", "sents": [ "http: www.usbx.com Apps Firm Wireless Services Corp. Secures Series A Funding BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Wireless Services Corp., a service provider for mobile Internet applications, said it secured an undisclosed amount in its Series A round of funding from Madrona Venture Group, SeaPoint Ventures, and Northwest Venture Associates.", "The company said it will use the funds to accelerate development of its universal mobile applications platform and to support the expansion of engineering and corporate operations, including additions to its management team.", "Tom Huseby, managing partner of SeaPoint Ventures, has been appointed chairman of the board.", "Tom Alberg, managing director of Madrona Venture Group, and Keith Grinstein, vice chairman of Nextel International, have also been added to the board.", "Chris Brookfield, managing director of Northwest Venture Associates, has joined the board as an observer.", "http: www.wirelesscorp.com Intellectual Property Firm Iddex Has $2.8 Million Round One NEW YORK -- Iddex, an intellectual property management applications firm, announced it has raised $2.8 million in its first round of financing with $1.25 million from Millennium3Capital, $1 million from Adler, and the rest of the funding from Pappajohn Investments and CEO Dennis Dugan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Madrona Venture Group", "sents": [ "Madrona Venture Group is an American venture capital firm, founded in 1995 and is based in Seattle, Washington.", "Madrona specializes in seed, startup, Series A and early stage investments.", "Madrona has made 143 investments in 75 companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5855_p10", "sents": [ "The trouble is that Davis bought his policy after the house was already on fire.", "Peter Navarro, a UC Irvine economics professor and consumer advocate, warned at the time that the governor was pursuing a faulty strategy.", "He correctly saw then that the same private generators on whom Davis was declaring war were rubbing their hands at the prospect of signing deals wit h the governor at top-of-the-market prices.", "\"They know there is going to be a highly competitive market in a couple of years,\" Navarro told me in March.", "\"Rather than have to fight it out in the spot market at that point, of course they'd want to lock in 10-year contracts.", "The governor is adopting a long-term strategy to address what is essentially a short-term problem.\"", "Now, with prices drifting back down even sooner than expected, Navarro is more convinced than ever that Davis erred.", "\"The contracts were bargained in a panic from the utmost position of weakness,\" Navarro said last week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 7 ] }, { "title": "Peter Navarro", "sents": [ "Peter Navarro (born July 15, 1949) is an American economist who currently serves as the Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Industrial Policy, and the Director of the White House National Trade Council, a newly created entity in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.", "A former professor of economics and public policy at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, Navarro is the author of over a dozen books, including \"Death by China\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]