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[ { "title": "e2092_p4", "sents": [ "The second prize of $25,000 went to biotechnology venture Aprotea Biochips.", "Aprotea aims to enhance drug discovery with its rapid and easy-to-use protein measurement system.", "Aprotea developed a patent-pending biochip for parallel analysis of 100 to 10,000 protein samples and is designed to be bio-compatible with virtually all proteins and capture agent libraries.", "Haas evening MBA student Thomas McVey joined the Aprotea team, which also includes students from Boalt Hall School of Law and UCSF.", "Aprotea had previously won second prize for best management team in the Haas Social Venture Competition on April 14. TruVideo, a wireless video infrastructure company, received the third prize of $10,000. TruVideo offers digital image quality over broadband that is superior to existing technologies.", "The company intends to take advantage of the convergence of wireless technology and the Internet to become the standard video platform for the emerging web-enabled wireless device market.", "The TruVideo team consists of three Haas MBA students, Joseph DelCallar, Steven Stokols, and Raj Manghani, as well as engineering undergraduate Greg Chew and professor of electrical engineering Avideh Zakhor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2740_p16", "sents": [ "Wolters-Duran earned a BA degree in history from UC Berkeley in 1990. Wolters-Duran succeeds YEAH's previous director, Roberta Joyner, who left Haas in April to become the national director for PARTNERS for Democratic Change, headquartered in San Francisco.", "The YEAH program was begun in 1990 to stimulate interest in business and entrepreneurship -- and develop study skills -- among underrepresented youth in local communities.", "Haas MBA and undergraduate students serve as volunteer mentors and coaches to students in the program.", "Wolters-Duran's office is in F412. His phone number is 642-7880. His e-mail is [email protected].", "HAAS IN THE NEWS Hal Varian, dean of the School of Information Management and Systems and Haas professor, was included as one of the \"e.biz 25\" in BusinessWeek's May 14 issue.", "Read the full text at http: www.businessweek.com: print magazine content 01_20 b3732649.htm?mainwin dow.", "Raymond Miles, professor emeritus, was quoted in BusinessWeek's \"25 Leaders for a Dangerous Time\" on May 14.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19732_p26", "sents": [ "Perhaps more than any other firm, E dwards Jones takes a buy-and-hold approach to investing, making very few ch anges to its portfolio from quarter to quarter, or even year to year.", "\"It's the old story of the tortoise and the hare, and we believe slow and s teady wins the race,\" says David Otto, Edward Jones director of research.", "We are really, really proud of the five-year number.", "We believe in getting rich, slowly.\"", "On a quarterly basis, the portfolio of Prudential Securities Inc., a unit of Prudential Financial, came in second only to J.P. Morgan, falling 11.8%.", "However, investors sitting with the stocks Prudential recommends haven't do ne as well in the long run.", "The value of its basket of stocks has fallen 45 .9% in the past year, finishing ahead of only Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. which posted a one-year loss of 54.9%.", "Seven firms managed to beat the S&P 500 index during the past 12 months, wh ich fell 26.6% in the period." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Prudential Financial", "sents": [ "Prudential Financial, Inc. is an American Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the United States and in over 30 other countries.", "Principal products and services provided include life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, pension- and retirement-related investments, administration and asset management, securities brokerage services, and commercial and residential real estate in many states of the U.S.", "It provides these products and services to individual and institutional customers through distribution networks in the financial services industry.", "Prudential has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America and has organized its principal operations into the Financial Services Businesses and the Closed Block Business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27402_p31", "sents": [ "Balaji C. Mouli Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "India's Prabhu on Enron's Offer to Sell India Project: Comment 2001-08-09 22:13 (New York) Mumbai, Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Power Minister Suresh Prabhu speaks on Enron Corp.'s offer to the government to buy out its $3 billion power project in the country at cost.", "Enron owns 65 percent of Dabhol Power Co, which runs the $3 billion power plant, India's biggest foreign investment.", "General Electric and the closely held Bechtel group together own 20 percent of the company.", "``There's no point in making an offer to the government.", "Was it (the offer) a part of the contract?''", "between Dabhol and the state board.", "``A seller has to find a buyer.''", "Still, the government will help resolve the seven-month old payment dispute, Prabhu said.", "``We will facilitate an early solution to the problem, and to the mutual satisfaction of the parties concerned." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5922_p1", "sents": [ "Fox News: The O'Reilly Factor, 06 27 01 Senators Ask Army Chief to Step Away From Energy Issue Dow Jones Business News, 06 27 01 UK: Companies prepare European gas trading contract.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 27 01 International AES Expresses Interest in Enron's India Project By Daniel Pearl Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 06 28 2001 The Wall Street Journal A13 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) BOMBAY, India -- Power giant AES Corp. said it \"would consider getting involved\" with rival Enron Corp.'s $3 billion Dabhol Power Co. project in India, but Dabhol's backers so far don't see AES as a serious contender to buy out the troubled electricity venture.", "The 740-megawatt Dabhol project hasn't produced power for more than a month, because of a payment and tariff dispute between the company and its sole customer, the western industrial state of Maharashtra.", "Enron officials have said it's unlikely any buyer would step in now, with Maharashtra insisting on renegotiation of the project's 1,444-megawatt second phase and contractors delaying its completion because of unpaid bills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20549_p1", "sents": [ "The conference is sponsored by Platts, the energy information, research, consulting and market services division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP).", "Featured speakers include top officers from Duke Energy, Reliant Energy, Aquila, Williams Energy, Coral Energy, Calpine, Allegheny Energy Global Markets, PG&E, Southern California Gas, the New York Mercantile Exchange and others, along with the industry's top strategic analysts.", "The conference also includes a panel that will take an in-depth look at how federal regulators are rewriting the rules for the trading market and what that means for trading companies.", "The keynote address will be delivered by the Honorable Nora Mead Brownell, a commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "The conference is sponsored by the Platts family of electricity and natural gas market products including Power Markets Week, Inside FERC's Gas Market Report, Gas Daily, Megawatt Daily, Platts Energy Trader and Global Energy Business.", "For more information or to register, go to www.platts.com and hit the Day of the Trader banner." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e5995_p20", "sents": [ "Unless an emergency happen, the ISO said rolling blackouts remained unlikel y.", "Still, it asked consumers to conserve, especially during afternoon and earl y evening peak use periods.", "\"Even if things are OK outside California, if there's a Stage 1 (or higher) in California they all get\" the caps, said Mike Wilczek, a senior western power market reporter for Platts, the energy market information division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's June 19 order expanded price restrictions it imposed in April on wholesale electricity sales in Californ ia during peak demand periods when blackouts were threatened.", "The restrictions now cover power transactions 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout 10 Western states along with in addition to California.", "It also closed several loopholes that allowed power generators to circumvent t he April order.", "The price cap is pegged to the cost of production at the least efficient electricity generating plant in the region." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3344_p8", "sents": [ "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Grad was vice president of sales and business development at Diamond Tree, a business-to-business startup.", "Avexus is backed by Highbar Ventures, Moore Capital, QT Ventures, Pembroke Capital, and individuals.", "http: www.avexus.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CapitalStream Appoints Garry Welch VP, Mktg., Bus Dev, Sales mail?", "top SEATTLE (VENTUREWIRE) -- CapitalStream, which works with clients in the global business finance market to streamline credit operations, said it appointed Garry Welch as executive vice president of marketing, business development, and sales.", "Mr. Welch was previously senior vice president of business development and sales at Activate, a streaming media infrastructur e provider for Web sites.", "CaptialStream is backed by Benaroya, Benaroya Capital, Financial Technology Ventures, Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch Kecalp Polaris Venture Partners, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Voyager Capital.", "http: www.capitalstream.com Enterprise Outlook 2001 FusionOne Names Ralph Aceves Enterprise Sr. VP, Gen. Mgr.", "mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- FusionOne, a developer of synchronizatio n services, said it appointed Ralph Aceves as senior vice president and gener al manager of enterprise business, to lead the company's entry into the enterprise market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p20", "sents": [ "http: www.mybiz.com Communications Firm OnSite Lays Off Two-Thirds of Staff mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- OnSite Access, an integrated communication s provider that serves small and medium-sized business customers within multi-tenant commercial office buildings, said it has laid off approximatel y two-thirds of its 240 member staff -- about 158 employees.", "The company said that the cuts were made across the board.", "A company spokesperson attributed the layoffs to a lack of available capital rather than problems with the company's business model.", "The spokesperson said the company is working on financial alternatives including seeking more venture funding.", "While OnSite Access will continue to serve its existing customers, the spokesperson said that the company would not seek new customers until its financial condition stabilizes.", "OnSite Access pulled its IPO last November citing current marke t conditions.", "The company's backers include AT&T Ventures, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Frontline Capital Group, J.P. Morgan Capital, Microsoft, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Veritech!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p2", "sents": [ "In addition to focusing on wireless technology companies, the new fund, headed by John Malloy, will increase its investments in Israel and Asia Pacific-based technologies.", "The company has over 25 portfolio companies under its wing.", "http: www.nokiaventurepartners.com Sun Buys Storage Firm HighGround For $400 Million mail this story?", "top PALO ALTO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Sun Microsystems announced it is acquiring HighGround Systems, a developer of storage resource management software, in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $400 million.", "The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2001. Following completion of the acquisition, HighGround will become part of Sun's Network Storage organization, which reports to executive vice president Janpieter Scheerder.", "Last December, HighGround raised $30 million in a mezzanine round of financing led by Compaq Computer.", "Centennial Funds, Eagan Managed Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Sequel Venture Partners, and Venrock Associates were also investors in the company.", "http: www.highground.com http: www.sun.com Partech Int'l Raises $500 Million, Adds Two Partners mail this story?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p19", "sents": [ "SafetyTips.com is backed by Rare Medium Group and Apollo Management.", "http: www.apbnews.com http: www.safetytips.com Digital Media Firm Avid Buys Video Design Company Pluto Tech AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- Publicly traded Avid Technology, a provider of digital media creation and distribution services, said it has acquired the assets of Pluto Technologies International, a provider of video storage and networking solutions for broadcast news, post-production, and other bandwidth-intensive markets.", "Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.", "Avid said that Pluto's staff will remain in Boulder, Colorado.", "Prior to the acquisition, Pluto received funding from the Centennial Funds, Asia-Pacific Ventures, Awida Ventures, Microsoft, and Roser Ventures.", "http: www.avid.com http: www.plutotech.com Space.com Acquires Space Business International Magazine NEW YORK -- Space.com, a provider of space exploration and astronomy content, news and educational information, said it has acquired the business-to- business space publication, Space Business International.", "The companies did not disclose financial details on the transaction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3677_p0", "sents": [ "'Bush Adviser Rove Owns Stock in Major United States Firms The Wall Street Journal, 06 04 01 Saudi Arabia Sets Pacts With 9 Oil Firms The Wall Street Journal, 06 04 01 Saudi Arabia in Pacts With Nine Global Oil Firms Energy: Deals to develop natural gas fields and other projects, worth at least $25 billion, are first major foreign funding in sector since 1975. Los Angeles Times, 06 04 01 Enron is my spiritual teacher San Francisco Chronicle, 06 04 01 Gloom today, glut tomorrow San Francisco Chronicle, 06 04 01 INDIA: Rating firms may be judging India harshly-analysts.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 04 01 INDIA: India rupee ends off lows, fwds close higher.", "Reuters English News Service.", "06 04 01 UK: Spectron trades UK's first post-NETA spark spread.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 04 01 INDIA: Enron India lenders meet in Singapore on Tuesday.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 04 01 INDIA: UPDATE 1-India's Prabhu says power reforms enter new phase." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "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": "e6026_p9", "sents": [ "The sale is the final step in TransAlta's program to divest about $2-billion in assets during the past two years as it retreated from the regulated power industry and focused on electrical generation and marketing.", "\"It was challenging,\" said Steve Snyder, TransAlta's president and chief executive, yesterday.", "\"This is it, in terms of the core restructuring.\"", "TransAlta expects to realize earnings from the sale of about $100-million, or 60 cents per share, which will be put toward the expansion of power generation plants in Canada and Mexico.", "The Calgary-based electric company has plans to spend up to $1.5-billion a year over the next five years to bulk up on its power generation, nearly doubling its 8,000 megawatts of capacity.", "Mr. Snyder said TransAlta will focus on ensuring its generation assets meet its target of a 15% return on equity.", "If they don't, those assets could also come under review, he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "TransAlta", "sents": [ "TransAlta Corporation (formerly Calgary Power) is an electricity power generator and wholesale marketing company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.", "It is a privately owned corporation and its shares are traded publicly.", "It operates over 70 power plants in Canada, the United States and Australia.", "TransAlta operates geothermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal power generation facilities.", "The company has been recognized for its leadership on sustainability by the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, the FTSE4Good Index and the Jantzi Social Index.", "TransAlta is Canada's largest investor-owned renewable energy provider.", "TransAlta, on several occasions, illegally manipulated the energy market to drive up power prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6562_p13", "sents": [ "However, Manny Medina, Terremark's chairman and CEO, remains confident that the investors that have backed him will continue to do so.", "He said he has always raised the financing as he needs it, rather than stockpiling capital in the bank.", "That's the way he said he has been doing business for 20 years.", "Medina said the going-concern letter from the auditors is \"just a black and white\" issue.", "\"You have to have your business plan funded for the next 12 months or you get a going-concern letter from the auditors.\"", "A going-concern letter does indicate that a company needs additional financing, said accounting sources.", "Yet, issuing such a letter is not a practice that auditors take lightly, they added.", "In documents filed Monday with the SEC, Terremark noted \"there can be no assurance that any financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all.\"", "Medina said Terremark's ability to finish this project has been questioned from day one." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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": "e4743_p0", "sents": [ "'CalPX:High Summer Pwr Prices Mostly From Fundamentals By Mark Golden 10 04 2000 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2000, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- High electricity prices this summer in California were the result of market fundamentals and structure, rather than market manipulation by particular participants, according to a preliminary report by the California Power Exchange.", "Rising demand in the state and in the western United States overall combined with a lack of new generators to push wholesale prices to levels about three times as high as prices last summer, according to the preliminary report obtained by Dow Jones Newswires.", "And the price rise was predictable, according to the report.", "Citing hot weather from May to July in California and the Southwest, lower hydroelectric supplies in the Northwest, higher natural gas prices, higher prices for nitrogen oxide emission allowances, the report says that \"reserve margins during peak hours in May and June in the Western Systems Coordinating Council region dropped to a thin 4% to 6%, compared to the forecast 17% to 20%.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e57_p3", "sents": [ "This was coupled with a requirement that the utilities dives t themselves of their generating capacity and buy most of their electricity on the spot market, where prices have escalated dramatically.", "In hindsight all of this came together in a catastrophic scenario, so that today, California buys electricity at astronomical prices.", "We believe that FERC needs to act to help restore reasonable costs and stability to this marketplace. 8 &Additionally, this agreement addresses the escalation of natural gas transportation costs.", "Last February, FERC began a two-year experiment to li ft the cap on these costs and since that time we have seen the price of natura l gas climb 400 percent higher in Southern California. 8 Senator Feinstein added.", "Specifically, the compromise legislation would accomplish the following goa ls: Directs FERC to impose a just and reasonable wholesale rate cap, which can be load-differentiated based on supply and demand, or cost-of-service-based rates in the Western energy market (Western Systems Coordinating Council, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9298_p19", "sents": [ "I have other problems on my mind.?", "I am working on a new computer system.?", "Really, it ,s just an upgrade of an older computer that is a bit faster t han the laptop I tried to upgrade, very unsuccessfully.?", "As a result of the all the new hardware and software I purchased, my office looks like a war zone with an odd mix of PUC service copies, computer documentation, and diskette s laying all around.", "Quite a mess.", "Prepare for the future.?", "Our next general meeting is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 5 and 6 at Moro Bay.?", "Barb Ennis will prepare a blurb f or us in next week ,s Burrito about room reservations, timing, golf, etc.?", "O ur guest speakers will include MSC Chairman Professor Frank Wolak who will tal k on the subject of his choice, Ms. Irene Moosen of Grueneich Resource Advocates who will make a presentation on the distributed generation case before the PUC, and William Freddo of PG&E National Energy Group who will give us some education on operating a power plant inside the New England IS O. Now for your daily bread, provided this week by Dan Douglass.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e74_p1", "sents": [ "I'm not talking about the campaign contributions in Gray Davis' pocket.", "The most money has gone from power sales in California to the Canadian Province of British Columbia.?", "It was a plot the Canadians hatched.", "I mean, look at Governor Davis.?", "He looks kind of BC-ish.?", "Skinny and lanky, wimpy hair, and a hesitation in his speech.", "He talks their language: a mix of misspelled French (\"meet me at th e centre\"), English, and Eh(?).?", "One night in 1996, the BC government secretl y sent us some economists by the truckload to destroy California.?", "The utilities probably paid for the bus tickets.?", "I happen to know that Frank Wolak, Chair of the ISO Market Surveillance Committee once lectured at a University in Vancouver, B.C..?", "What more evidence do you need The BC Government sent us cheap hydro power, sold at inflated market prices so tha t they could do what the citizens of California wanted to do with their budge t largess build roads, schools, and hospitals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5771_p8", "sents": [ "Secretary of State Bill Jones, a Republican who is running for governor nex t year, has called for an investigation into potential conflicts.", "State Controller Kathleen Connell, a Democrat, has said she will not issue paychecks to the pair pending her own investigation.", "The criticism mounted after the duo's economic interest disclosure forms we re released late Thursday, showing that each has received at least $10,000 und er contract from Edison in the past year.", "But Davis spokeswoman Hilary McLean defended their credibility, saying there's no conflict of interest because Lehane and Fabiani both disclosed that they had worked for Edison before they signed their contracts with the state.", "Besides, she added, Edison and the governor are working toward the same goa l: Both want the Legislature to adopt a memorandum of understanding, a propose d agreement, that would prevent Edison from going bankrupt by financing a sta te purchase of the utility's transmission lines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e515_p3", "sents": [ "\"If we do it for energy now, what's to say a month later, a legislator or interest group who has a beef against a single company\" might also demand that CalPERS sell its stock.", "At the October meeting, CalPERS committee sessions didn't address Enron's role in the electricity crisis.", "State Controller Kathleen Connell, however, asked Andy Fastow, Enron's chief financial officer, how power shortages affected Enron's profits.", "\"How does Enron benefit from that, and what can you do to maximize this fuel energy shortage, not only now but as we move into the future?\"", "Connell asked.", "She was unavailable for comment Thursday and Friday.", "Consumer advocates said they were surprised to learn of the CalPERS connection to Enron.", "\"I guess it's nice that some folks on retirement income get a soft landing because they were thrown into cahoots with marauders,\" said Nettie Hoge of the Utility Reform Network in San Francisco, an advocacy group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27212_p1", "sents": [ "However, the third-quarter profit could just be a blip.", "The utility could see profits fall if demand wanes during the winter months when usage declines, said PG&E Corp. spokesman Brian Hertzog.", "Profit could also decline in future quarters if the state of California boosts its demand for a share of ratepayer revenue, he said.", "The state has been buying power on behalf of utility customers since January, when PG&E buckled under soaring wholesale electricity rates.", "For the past quarter the company reported net income from operations of $256 million, (70 cents per share), a slight gain from last year when it posted $248 million in net income from operations (68 cents).", "The $687 million in profit flowing into PG&E Corp.'s coffers in just three months spurred consumer advocates to push for rate refunds.", "\"It just shows we're paying too much for energy now,\" said Nettie Hoge, executive director of The Utility Reform Network." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e119_p2", "sents": [ "The situation creates the potential for a troublesome compounding effect: The higher electricity prices grow, the more is set aside in the balancing accounts -- and the greater the wallop to customer wallets when the accounts come due.", "Based upon prices now paid for future electric deliveries, Sempra Energy estimates customers will owe $664 million by 2003. IOUs of that magnitude, said SDG&E, will require that customers pay a surcharge of $40 monthly for a year on top of whatever they are already paying for their power bills.", "Keep in mind that typical residential bills at this time last year were about $55; they now stand at about $130. Consumer advocates say it's likely power prices will remain at levels that will lead to huge debts for customers under the Davis proposal.", "\"The generators have shown themselves to be unconscionable in extorting profits,\" said Nettie Hoge, executive director of TURN, a San Francisco-based consumer group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27392_p37", "sents": [ "Skilling, 47, was long considered the heir apparent to Chairman Kenneth Lay, who will reassume the CEO duties he handed to Skilling in February.", "Lay, 59, said he had signed on through 2005 in order to have time to prepare a successor.", "But the stock market immediately made it clear that Wall Street was not in favor of the departure.", "Enron dropped to a 19-month low, shedding 6.2 percent or $2.68 to close at $40.25 on the New York Stock Exchange in heavy trading.", "Seeking to assuage concerns that Enron would have a clear executive succession plan, Lay told analysts Wednesday that he would search for his successor from a still-deep talent pool inside Enron.", "Grooming and promoting from the inside is almost a necessity given the company's entrepreneurial culture which encourages employees to create new business ideas and rewards those who succeed with promotions and greater responsibilities.", "\"There is a lot of talent within Enron, and they have a deep bench of these people,\" Salomon Smith Barney analyst Ray Niles said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e407_p24", "sents": [ "On Wednesday Enron spokesman Mark Palmer denied rumors of impending layoffs at the company's broadband unit, although he confirmed that staff were being redeployed within the business.", "Salomon Smith Barney analyst Ray Niles said in a research note that he was not concerned about the redeployments, nor about the recent cancellation of a deal with Blockbuster Inc. to deliver movies on-demand via Enron's broadband network.", "\"We have always placed a greater value on the bandwidth trading portion of Enron's bandwidth strategy, rather than on content delivery,\" he said.", "Niles maintained a Buy rating on the company's stock and a 12-18 month price target of $100. Other United States energy stocks were also broadly weaker on Thursday, reflecting investor's concerns that a global economic slowdown could lead to reduced demand for energy and correspondingly lower prices for crude oil and natural gas.", "Williams Cos., a company with a business mix similar to Enron's, saw its stock decline $3.34, or 8 percent, to $38.10. Apache Corp., a leading United States oil and gas exploration company, was off $3.02, or 5 percent, at $57.20 while Halliburton Co., the world's biggest oilfield services company, was down $1.61, or over 4 percent, at $37.18. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27953_p11", "sents": [ "When the round was announced in April, the company said that First Union would provide the debt financing.", "Since that time, Wachovia and First Union merged, and Wachovia will provide the financing.", "The money, $12.5 million of $37.5 million in debt, will be used for operations and sales and marketing.", "New Edge Networks has raised $380.1 million to date.", "It is backed by Accel Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Greylock Management, GS Capital Partners, Intel, Intel Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, and The Goldman Sachs Group.", "<http: www.newedgenetworks.com bad news * Tropic Networks Releases 19% of Staff to Save Cash By Jeffrey Sanders <mailto:[email protected] top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJHKLOQMII OTTAWA -- Tropic Networks, which develops optical packet networking systems, released 35 people, or 19% of its total staff in an across-the-board cost-cutting move, according to a company spokesperson.", "The layoffs occurred in both of Tropic's offices, in Ottawa and Andover, Mass., with the most cuts in the Ottawa office." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2972_p1", "sents": [ "Get 4 FREE issues and find out why THE INDUSTRY STANDARD is the news magazine you can't lead without.", "Take advantage of this special offer at:http: secure.thestandard.com subscribe 7JAT Standard Life Launches First VC Trust By Jonathan Shieber Standard Life Investments, the Edinburgh-based subsidiary of The Stan dard Life Assurance Company with GBP 78 billion ($111 billion) assets under management, said it launched its first venture capital trust, Standard Life European Private Equity Trust, with an anticipated market capitalization of GBP 160 million.more Escalate Steps Up Acquisitions By Jeffrey Sanders Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Escalate, which provides enterprise e-co mmerce applications for integrated selling, is actively pursuing up to four additional acquisitions this year, president and CEO Keng Lim told VentureWire.more IT Security Firm NFR Expands Internationally, Seeks Partners By Lizbeth Scordo NFR Security, which develops information security products, plans to double its number of strategic partners, currently at 60 or 70, in the next twelve months, open several international offices, and become profitable before th e end of the year, CEO Jack Reis told VentureWire.more SmartSeed Raises First Institutional Fund By Suzanne Segers Travers Smart Seed of Vancouver, B.C., is raising its first institutional fun d, and hopes to close on CAD $50 million ($32.5 million) by June, according to general partner Shaheen Tejani.more new money Service Resources Gets $32.5 Million Round One, Appoints COO Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Entertainment Gets $8.6M Round One Heart Treatment Tech Firm LifeLink MD Caps Series A at $1.6M Tech Publishing Firm FierceWireless Gets Seed Funding Pryor Resources Closes $18 Million Round Two Stick Networks Secures $12M in Initial Close of Series B TechHealth Gets Round Two Funds; Names Chairman, CEO eRealty.com Receives $15 Million in Second Round ERisk Raises $10 Million Second Round eVu Technology Secures $1M of a $3M Series B PureCarbon Lands Series B Funding SI Automation Raises $3.5 Million Second Round Visual Friendly Raises $1.9 Million bad news UltraDNS Lays Off 65% of its Staff; CEO Resigns PinPoint Networks Lays Off a Third of Staff Luxlook.com Goes Out of Business new products KorTeam Changes Name to Breveon m&a Exus Networks Acquires Broadband Access Firm Negen BondVision Acquires BondClick Manhattan Scientifics Acquires Teneo Computing new directors Broadband Tech Firm IPWireless Appoints Chairman Former McKinsey Exec Joins Board at Graviton Mobile Technology Firm Aeritas Appoints Chairman new people CEO of Healthcare Software Maker eMed Technologies Resigns Porivo Technologies Appoints Ex-NBC Internet Exec as CEO Infraworks Names New Chief Executive Officer InterCure Names New President and CEO Biotech Firm Metabolex Appoints President & COO vc fund news Suez Takes 18% Stake in Europatweb for $116 Million Sun Capital Partners Closes $200 Million Buyout Fund vc personnel Goldman Sachs Exec Joins iFormation as Managing Director vw corrections EYP Mission Critical TOP STORIES NEW MONEY BAD NEWS NEW PRODUCTS M&A NEW DIRECTORS NEW PEOPLE VC FUND NEWS VC PERSONNEL VW CORRECTIONS top Hot New Development - Mobile Outlook, June 5 & 6, San Francisco Airport Marriott Exciting, new speakers have just been added to Mobile Outlook." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9243_p9", "sents": [ "http: www.fullscope.com Apparel Marketplace ThreadExchange.com Raises First Round PITTSBURGH -- ThreadExchange.com, an online sourcing exchange for the global apparel market, raised $5.5 million in Series A funding, according to lead investor Redleaf Group.", "Redleaf Group invested $4.8 of the company's $5.5 million round.", "Other investors in the round included garage.com, and individual investors.", "The company will use the funding for staffing and technology development, the Redleaf Group said.", "Mike Nelson of Redleaf Group will take a new seat on the ThreadExchange.com board of directors.", "ThreadExchange.com provides full-service sourcing to retailers, wholesalers, and importers.", "http: www.redleaf.com http: www.threadexchange.com Debit Card For Downloads Company Gets $750,000 Seed Funds NEW YORK -- Downloadcard.com, which provides pre-paid debit cards for downloading all types of media from the Internet, said it raised $750,000 in seed funding from a group of strategic investors, including N2 Ventures, which agreed to incubate the company, and Dontel International, a manufacturer and distributor of pre-paid phone cards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p10", "sents": [ "The company also said Infineon Venture, the venture arm of Infineon, made an investment.", "The funding will go towards product development.", "In July, the company received seed funding from Irvine Ventures, with participation from Alcatel USA CEO Krish Prabhu.", "http: www.connectcommicro.com Voice Access Infrastructure Firm Gets $5.3 Million Round One FAIRFAX, Va. -- Webversa, a provider of professional services and software technology that voice-enables enterprise applications and Web-based content, said it closed $5.3 million in its first round of funding from a group of investors led by Redleaf Group.", "The Capital Investors Group and Avatar also participated in this round.", "Webversa plans to use the funds to support the expansion of its infrastructure, including an enhanced hosting and operations facility located at Intel Online Services in Chantilly, VA.", "The funding also will support growth across the company in the areas of engineering, sales, professional services, marketing and operations.", "Prior to this round, the company had received funding from its founders and outside individuals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19778_p2", "sents": [ "A greater supply from more sources would bring wholesale prices down.", "And two California economists, Severin Borenstein at the University of California's Energy Institute in Berkeley and Peter Navarro at the University of California at Irvine, argue that the impact would be particularly pronounced in areas where electricity generators now have monopoly or near-monopoly power.", "\"We need to build more power plants in close proximity to the ones where companies have market power,\" says Mr. Borenstein.", "The problem, the economists say, is that some areas of the state have only one power plant, so the energy suppliers can manipulate the price by reducing output at a certain plant when demand is high in order to boost prices.", "California does get some power from generators in the Northwest and Canada.", "But because demand is so great in the state and throughout the entire region and supply is limited, what is brought in doesn't make much of a dent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Energy Institute", "sents": [ "The Energy Institute (EI) is the professional body for the energy industry, developing and sharing knowledge, skills and good practice towards a safe, secure and sustainable energy system.", "The EI supports approximately 23,000 individuals working in or studying energy and 250 companies worldwide, providing learning and networking opportunities to support professional development, as well as professional recognition and technical and scientific knowledge resources on energy in all its forms and applications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4664_p0", "sents": [ "\"Cal-ISO: underscheduling caused grid failures 09 28 2000 Megawatt Daily (c) Copyright 2000 Pasha Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Under-scheduling of load on the part of California's utilities caused reliability problems in the state's electricity grid this summer, Ziad Alaywan, the managing director of engineering and support at the California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) said.", "Speaking at a Cal-ISO stakeholder meeting this week, Alaywan said Cal-ISO was forced to spend over $100 million in out-of-market purchases this summer in order to cover unscheduled load not purchased by the utilities in the day-ahead markets.", "A confluence of factors added up to create the emergency situations the Cal-ISO faced this summer, according to Alaywan.", "He cited arbitrage between the California Power Exchange (Cal PX) and Cal-ISO markets, a reliance on real-time (rather than day-ahead) markets and a general shortage of power supply in California as reasons why California's power grid was stretched to its limits this summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2326_p168", "sents": [ "The California Independen t System Operator (ISO) said if consumers use the same amount of electricity this summer as last the state could face 34 days of rotating blackouts.", "The Western States Coordinating Council's summer assessment forecasts a pea k demand of 53,893 MW in the United States portion of its California-Mexico subregion.", "Load management and interruptible demand are expected to account for almost 1,000 MW of demand, leaving a net internal demand of 52,899 MW, expected fo r August.", "But California's tight power supply market may be squeezed further by conditions in the Pacific Northwest.", "There, electricity prices have recentl y outpaced California's, according to daily prices reported by Megawatt Daily Those high prices suggest the Northwest's hydro shortage is driving the region's crisis, said Doug Logan, principal with RDI Consulting.", "MONTHLY PEAK PRICE TRENDS IN THE WEST SPREADSHEET \"California is screaming, but the Northwest is desperate\" for power, he sai d. Market vulnerabilities Published reports also suggest that almost anything short of a cool summer will overtax supplies and lead to rolling blackouts in California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20374_p18", "sents": [ "Enron, the world's largest energy trader, said it had voluntarily provided information on \"certain related-party transactions\" that had been previously disclosed to the SEC.", "\"We welcome this request,\" said Kenneth L. Lay, Enron chairman and chief executive.", "\"We will cooperate fully with the SEC and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest,\" he said.", "The SEC request is the latest in a parade of bad news for Enron, which has seen investments sour in telecommunications, retail electricity sales and water.", "Investors have battered the company's stock, which once sold for nearly $85 a share in the last year, and many have criticized Enron's stingy meting out of financial information.", "But several Wall Street analysts remain upbeat on the stock, noting that the bulk of its businesses continue to thrive despite the growing economic downturn.", "In August, Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey K. Skilling, one of the main architects of the company's strategy of shedding physical assets in search of trading profit, stunned Wall Street by resigning." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e777_p0", "sents": [ "'Ontario should open power market National Post 04 05 01 California lawmakers want windfall profits tax on energy companies Houston Chronicle, 04 05 01 SURVEY - SITE FEED - WORLD PULP AND PAPER: Online trading gets the cold shoulder The industry seems to be taking a cautious attitude towards the web Financial Times; Apr 5, 2001 COMPANIES & FINANCE UK: BG to get Pounds 51m from Enron NEWS DIGEST Financial Times; Apr 5, 2001 COMPANIES & FINANCE THE AMERICAS: Duke outlines its Dollars 1bn Europe plan Financial Times; Apr 5, 2001 UK: UPDATE 1-Britain gears up for offshore wind power.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 05 01 INDIA: Enron issues arbitration notice to India govt.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 05 01 FDI proposals worth Rs 545 crore cleared The Economic Times, 04 05 01 Law Lords order Enron to pay pounds 100m over pipeline The Daily Telegraph, 04 05 01 Merger Increases Value of King of Prussia, Pa., Video-Conferencing Company KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania, 04 05 01 Bandwidth Mkt: Price Adjustments Fail To Spur Action Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 04 01 Financial Post: Editorial Ontario should open power market Kenneth L. Lay National Post 04 05 2001 National Post National C19 (c) National Post 2001. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2259_p13", "sents": [ "The Bee's John Hill can be reached at (916) 326-5543 or [email protected].", "Kevin Yamamura of The Bee Capitol Bureau contributed to this report.", "FERC chief defends plan for state By David Whitney and David Westphal Bee Washington Bureau (Published May 4, 2001) WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sternly defended the panel's new plan for controlling California electricit y prices Thursday amid mounting criticism that it is too little and too late to do much good.", "The criticism came from Democrats and one Republican, Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, at a hastily arranged hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that was intended to be a forum for FERC Chairman Curt Hebert Jr. to dispel concerns that the plan won't protect consumers from price-gouging electricity marketers.", "The order, approved last week by a 2-1 vote, is supposed to dampen prices without rigid price controls by ordering generators to sell all the power they produce and setting a benchmark price based on the highest-cost, least-efficient plant operating during periods of emergency shortages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p13", "sents": [ "Among them is the amount the state will get from electricity rates, a formula still being settled before the state Public Utilities Commission, a nd the future cost of power.", "Even though the budget could be unscathed by the 90-day wait, however, one casualty could be perceptions on Wall Street.", "Joe Fichera, Davis' financial adviser, said the state is probably paying a premium in bond interest rates because of the state's political turmoil.", "\"Most investors tend to be very risk averse,\" he said.", "\"They don't want to take any chance that they could lend money and have it suddenly not be ther e. \"All it does is make Wall Street wonder what's going on over here.\"", "The Bee's Jim Sanders can be reached at (916) 326-5538 or [email protected] om Bee Staff Writers Emily Bazar, John Hill, Dale Kasler and Kevin Yamamura contributed to this report.", "Dan Walters: Summer-like heat brings blackouts, partisan fingerpointing (Published May 8, 2001) Temperatures soared to near the century mark outside California's Capitol on Monday as a wave of summer-like heat swept over the state, and the spiking electricity load forced power grid operators to impose rolling blackouts on a number of communities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "David Aaker", "sents": [ "David Allen Aaker (born 1938) is an American organizational theorist, consultant and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, a specialist in marketing with a focus on brand strategy.", "He currently serves as Vice Chairman of Prophet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5031_p10", "sents": [ "David Aaker, professor emeritus, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on October 14 in an article titled \"Nike Takes Its Case to the Streets.\"", "Aaker said that Nike's new logo-free advertising campaign is worth it if creates buzz and connects with customers.", "Borenstein was quoted on October 14 in the San Francisco Chronicle on the possible Chevron merger with Texaco, saying that it could give them deeper pockets to finance oil exploration.", "Borenstein was quoted in the Contra Costa Times on October 13 on the effect the Middle East conflict could have on gasoline prices.", "Borenstein appeared on KRON TV?", "on October 13 on \"Daybreak.\"", "Borenstein said that the decline in auto fuel efficiency has exacerbated the problem of rising oil prices.", "Dean Laura Tyson appeared on the Nightly Business Report on KQED TV on October 12. She discussed the Social Security system and likened it to a pay-as-you-go social insurance system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "United Technologies", "sents": [ "United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.", "It researches, develops, and manufactures products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems, HVAC, elevators and escalators, fire and security, building systems, and industrial products, among others.", "UTC is also a large military contractor, getting about 10% of its revenue from the U.S. government.", "Gregory J. Hayes is the CEO and chairman." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e6556_p17", "sents": [ "http: www.need2buy.com M&A o Silicon Energy Acquires EPS Solutions ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Silicon Energy, which provides Internet-based energy technology software, said it will acquire EPS Solutions, an energy rate software and information company.", "The terms of the deal were not disclosed at this time.", "Silicon Energy's backers include Andersen Consulting, GPU, Integral Capital Partners, GE Capital, United Technologies, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Energy, and RealEnergy, Peregrine Systems, Nth Power, and Red Rock Ventures.", "http: www.siliconenergy.com United States Wireless Data to Acquire CellGate Technologies NEW YORK -- United States Wireless Data, a publicly traded wireless transaction services company, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CellGate Technologies, a provider of wireless services for financial transaction processing.", "The assets acquired include an exclusive license to the AT&T Wireless technology that makes the conversion from landline to wireless transaction possible for traditional dial-up point of sale terminals and other dial-up devices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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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": "Beliefnet", "sents": [ "Beliefnet is a lifestyle website providing feature editorial content around the topics of inspiration, spirituality, health, wellness, love and family, news and entertainment.", "Beliefnet is independent and not affiliated with any spiritual organization or movement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e24885_p1", "sents": [ "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:41 AM To: Kean, Steven J.; Kingerski, Harry; Belden, Tim; Sharp, Vicki; Blachman, Jeremy; Comnes, Alan; Tribolet, Michael; Walsh, Kristin; Delainey, David; Leff, Dan; Frazier, Lamar; Keeney, Kevin; Blachman, Jeremy; Gahn, Scott; Belden, Tim; Swain, Steve; Lavorato, John; Kaufman, Paul; Steffes, James D.; Calger, Christopher F.; Mara, Susan; Black, Don; Richter, Jeff; Kitchen, Louise; Dietrich, Janet; Mara, Susan; Robertson, Linda; Kingerski, Harry; Denne, Karen; Palmer, Mark A. (PR); Shapiro, Richard; Curry, Wanda; Mellencamp, Lisa; Ruffer, Mary lynne; Stubblefield, Wade Subject: California Update--08.31.01 The Assembly will attempt to pass its version of the Edison MOU (SB 78) out of the Appropriations Committee today.", "If and when that occurs, the Assembly will also attempt to get the bill passed out of the full Assembly today.", "It will be a very long putt to get both accomplished today.", "If and when the Assembly gets the bill out of the Assembly today, the bill will move over to the Senate, where the chances of passage are even more remote." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2730_p2", "sents": [ "My best estimate is $8,000 per month, or $24,000 over three months.", "The estimate would increase if direct access is still at issue in the session's last month--August.", "As of May 11, 2001, we have recorded approximately $3000 in billings related to direct access in this month.", "2. Improved powerplant siting and increased emission offset legislation: $15,000 over three months, more if the final legislative solution is delayed until August.", "We have recorded approximately $1,000 in billings related to this area this month (through May 11, 2001).", "3. Windfall profits tax bill: This project required additional upfront legal research regarding the constitutionality of the proposed tax.", "We have billed legal fees for approximately $4000 in May, 2001, up through May 11. My best estimate is $18,000 over three months of session, more if the bill is still alive in August.", "4. Global settlement Edison MOU Plan B legislation: This project covers the gamut of comprehensive legislative proposals to address the energy crisis, including a proposal by the Governor, legislation to approve the Edison MOU or an alternative plan which does not involve purchase of the Edison transmission system, commonly referred to as \"Plan B\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bechtel", "sents": [ "Bechtel's business activities began in 1898 when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his own team of mules.", "Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland, California in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the Western Pacific Railroad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5812_p47", "sents": [ "\"Our guys are working 80 to 100 hours a week completing deals,\" said John Siegel, vice president of marketing and strategy for Bechtel's power plant construction division.", "\"You walk around at 9 p.m. and everyone is still here.\"", "Overall, Bechtel's sales dipped 5 percent last year to $14.3 billion, but that's still up 13 percent from 1999 and a healthy 74 percent from 1996. Th e company said operating margins improved last year.", "And employment jumped by a quarter during the past five years to 41,000 worldwide, including 1,300 in San Francisco.", "Both employment and sales are holding firm so far this year.", "(The privately held firm doesn't release earnings figures.)", "Bechtel isn't alone.", "Shares in Fluor, the second-largest engineering and construction firm, and Jacobs Engineering Group nearly doubled in value during the past 12 months.", "And some analysts are bullish on the future.", "\"We could be on the front end of a multiyear up-cycle,\" Merrill Lynch analy st Fritz von Carp predicts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1547_p0", "sents": [ "'No smoking gun in natural-gas cost probe By Jim Sanders Bee Capitol Bureau (Published April 23, 2001) It strikes at the heart of an energy crisis that has caused multibillion-dollar losses and could plunge California's economy into a tailspin: Did private companies manipulate markets to get rich off consumers' pain?", "An Assembly oversight committee spent hours last week grilling officials of El Paso Natural Gas Co. and an affiliate, El Paso Merchant Energy, companies that were accused by state regulators of anti-competitive practices that helped send gas prices soaring.", "Committee Chairman Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said the hearing convinced him that El Paso exercised \"market power\" -- undue influence over supply, demand and prices -- even though no smoking gun surfaced in the testimony.", "\"You have to look at this from a common-sense perspective -- the price spikes were astronomical,\" Steinberg said.", "\"Could they have occurred in such an extraordinary fashion absent market manipulation?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p7", "sents": [ "\"The real issue here is the reputational damage to the state of California.\"", "The two other leading credit agencies, Moody's and Fitch Investors Service, still have California on a credit watch but haven't issued downgrades.", "S&P acted the same day the Independent System Operator, which manages California's power grid, declared a Stage 2 power alert.", "Warm weather and t he unexpected shutdown of two key power plants caused electricity reserves to fall below 5 percent.", "The Bee's Dale Kasler can be reached at (916) 321-1066 or [email protected] m. Bee Deputy Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Smith contributed to this report.", "Top energy adviser to quit as Davis pushes for plants Bee Capitol Bureau (Published April 25, 2001) John Stevens, Gov.", "Gray Davis' staff director and top energy adviser, is leaving the governor's office at the end of the week, Davis announced Tuesday.", "Stevens, of Carmichael, joined the administration a year ago as staff director after working 13 years as a top staffer in the Legislature, including a stint as chief of staff to former Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4576_p35", "sents": [ "The new office will be led by Tim Duffy, who most recently served as president of PictureTel and has served in executive positions with General Electric of England and GPT.", "IncuVest will share its new office with Bamboo Investments, an early-stage investment firm, and collaborate with Bamboo in identifying and creating new technology firms.", "http: www.incuvest.com VC Personnel o UBS Warburg Executive Joins Evercore Partners SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Evercore Partners, a venture capital investor, said William O. Hiltz joined as a new partner.", "Mr. Hiltz is a managing director and head of the energy group at UBS Warburg and held a similar position at Dillon, Read and Co., prior to its acquisition by UBS.", "Mr. Hiltz will lead the advisory business and researching investment opportunities.", "http: www.evercore.com Foundation Names Former Excite@Home Executive as Partner MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Venture capital firm Foundation Capital said it named Adam Grosser as a new general partner." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "UBS", "sents": [ "UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company, incorporated in the Canton of Zurich, and co-headquartered in Zürich and Basel.", "The company provides wealth management, asset management, and investment banking services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, and is generally considered to be a bulge bracket bank.", "In Switzerland, these services are also offered to retail clients.", "The name \"UBS\" was originally an abbreviation for the Union Bank of Switzerland, but it ceased to be a representational abbreviation after the bank's merger with the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998.", "The company traces its origins to 1856, when the earliest of its predecessor banks was founded." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3055_p0", "sents": [ "'8 Concerns Get Saudi Gas Project Role The New York Times, 05 19 01 8 Western Firms Picked for Huge Saudi Gas Project Los Angeles Times, 05 19 01 2 Houston-based companies win Saudi gas prize Kingdom inviting 8 Western firms back in Houston Chronicle, 05 19 01 Utility withdraws offer of aid Associated Press Newswires, 05 19 01 Racicot lobbying for energy giant Enron Associated Press Newswires, 05 19 01 INDIA: SBI says Enron move not to hit lenders.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 19 01 Enron threatens to stop electricity supply to Indian state Associated Press Newswires, 05 19 01 Gas bonanza in Saudi for BP and Shell: Eight companies are given stakes in pounds 15 billion bid to develop South Ghawar reserves The Daily Telegraph, 05 19 01 Western oil companies invited back by Saudis The Independent - London, 05 19 01 DPC issues PTN to MSEB, Deshmukh terms it as \"improper step\" Press Trust of India Limited, 05 19 01 India's largest US investor Enron issues pull-out warning Agence France-Presse, 05 19 01 Lenders to Dabhol to vote on termination notice The Economic Times, 05 19 01 Business Financial Desk; Section C 8 Concerns Get Saudi Gas Project Role AP 05 19 2001 The New York Times Page 2, Column 5 c. 2001 New York Times Company DALLAS, May 18 -- The Exxon Mobil Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell led a group of eight oil companies that will take part in a $25 billion gas development program in Saudi Arabia, the country's biggest opening of its oil and gas industry to outsiders since the 1970's." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e880_p10", "sents": [ "Daniel Lukis of Chicago uses the software to digitally store home movies and some of his favorite \"Seinfeld\" episodes.", "Keeping copies of sitcoms is legally permissible for personal home use, but if Lukis decided to share those files online he would run the risk of copyright infringement.", "He fears the pirates may hamper the development of DivX as a legitimate software tool.", "\"Like with all new forms of technology, someone will devise a way to exploit it,\" said Lukis, who moderates an online DivX discussion forum.", "\"These people give a bad name to DivX, as Napster did to MP3, and the honest users of the formats are suffering because of that.\"", "On the Net: http: www.projectmayo.com http: www.divxnetworks.com http: www.fm4.org http: www.mpaa.org With AP Photos FX101,102 of April 4. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "DPC should reduce high tariff rate, NCP chief Sharad Pawar 04 07 2001 Press Trust of India Limited (c) 2001 PTI Ltd. Mumbai, Apr 7 (PTI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar, during whose tenure as Maharashtra Chief Minister, the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US-based Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) was worked out, has demanded \"the energy major should reduce its high power tariff charged to MSEB (Maharashtra State Electricity Board)\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e586_p4", "sents": [ "As for the potential political fallout, South said the governor and Democrats remain in a strong position.", "After all, he said, the deregulation plan was pushed through by a Republican governor and Republicans in Washington are blocking efforts to cap prices.", "Jack Pitney, government professor at Claremont McKenna College, predicted Davis could weather the electricity crisis.", "\"People who are following it know it's roots run deeper than the Davis administration and the Republicans don't have any plausible alternatives,\" he said.", "\"My read of public opinion is people don't think there's a simple and easy solution and they're not expecting one.", "They may be impatient but they won't necessarily take it out on (Davis).\"", "It's too early to predict the political outcome, said Mark Baldassare, pollster at the Public Policy Institute of California.", "\"The impacts won't be clear until people have gone through a few billing cycles and we've gone through the summer blackouts, until we see what the personal impacts are so we know what the political impacts are,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Claremont McKenna College", "sents": [ "Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is an independent, coeducational and private liberal arts college with a curricular emphasis on economics, finance, international relations, government and public affairs.", "CMC is also a member of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, California, United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5201_p18", "sents": [ "http: www.waldenvc.com VW Corrections o Argus NEW YORK -- An article in the Friday issue of VentureWire on the launch of the Argus fund incorrectly identified the as a Polish venture capital firm.", "The firm, which is a subsidiary of the Pricoa Capital Group, is based in London and makes investments in Eastern Europe.", "The item also referred incorrectly to Argus's investments.", "The firm has invested $60 million in five companies including cable operator FiberNet, not $60 million solely in FiberNet.", "SEND TO A FRIEND To subscribe to VentureWire, tell your friends and colleagues to go to: http: venturewire.net This copy of VentureWire may be distributed freely, provided that the distribution is without charge, that the issue is distributed complete and unaltered, and that all copies retain the Technologic copyright notice.", "Nothing that appears in VentureWire, however, may be reproduced, saved, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of Technologic Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3871_p3", "sents": [ "Microsoft will completely absorb MongoMusic and will retain all of the company's employees and move them to Redmond, Washington.", "MongoMusic's Web site will continue to operate for an undetermined amount of time.", "MongoMusic received its backing from Angel Investors, Argus, Draper Richards, Nokia, and Sony Music Entertainment.", "http: www.microsoft.com http: www.mongomusic.com Gabriel Venture Partners Raising New $300 Million Fund TYSON'S CORNER, Va. -- Gabriel Venture Partners said it is raising a new $300 million venture capital fund.", "The fund, the firm's second, will make early-stage investments of between $5 million and $7 million per company.", "The fund will focus on the IT sector, with an emphasis on Internet and telecommunications businesses.", "Gabriel will seek to control between 20% and 30% of the companies it invests in with board seat representation.", "The firm expects to close the fund before the end of 2000. Gabriel's prior fund was capitalized at about $100 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3053_p39", "sents": [ "Highly-placed sources in the Power Ministry had indicated to The Hindu recently that the Centre would not be unduly perturbed in case Enron walked out of the project.", "This thinking was backed by some action also.", "After agreeing on April 23 to constitute a re- negotiating committee in which it would also have a nominee and, more importantly, agreeing to consider wheeling the excess power from the DPC out of the State, the Centre quietly went back on its word.", "First, it did not send its representative to the first meeting of the re-negotiating committee on May 11, even though the meeting date was announced in advance.", "Secondly, it reportedly indicated to Maharashtra that bailing out the project by taking the high cost excess power out of the State would not be feasible.", "In the absence of this facility, there was little the re-negotiating committee could do to salvage the project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3376_p42", "sents": [ "India's Negotiator Gokak on Dispute With Enron Unit: Comment 2001-05-25 05:35 (New York) Mumbai, May 25 (Bloomberg) -- A.V.", "Gokak, the Indian federal government's nominee in discussions with Enron Corp.'s Dabhol Power Co. on a dispute over dues with the western province of Maharashtra, on the next meeting of the negotiating panel.", "``According to me, the committee is still there.", "Till the committee is formally dissolved we exist.''", "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.", "``I have been told even today that the meeting is as scheduled on May 29 and I will be there to attend it.", "``There have been any number of instances where such developments take place and the committee continues its negotiation.''", "India Govt: State Bd To Likely Pay Dabhol Apr Elec Bill 05 25 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- India's Maharashtra State Electricity Board is likely to pay its electricity bill for April to United States energy major Enron Corp.'s (ENE) Indian unit, Dabhol Power Co., a senior Power Ministry official said Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3910_p26", "sents": [ "Prior to joining eRIDE, Mr. Lanier served as vice president of North America operations for Budget Car and Truck Rental.", "He also held various management positions at the Hertz and served as a vice president at Avis Rent A Car.", "ERIDE completed a several million dollar Series A round in the first quarter and is raising its Series B round.", "Investors in eRide include Draper Richards, Asset Management Ventures, Staenberg Private Capital, Arba Seed Investment Group, and Dotcom.", "http: www.eride.com Analytics Software Firm I-Impact Appoints New CEO SAN FRANCISCO -- I-Impact, a provider of online business impact analytics software, said it has named Marc E. Barach, its chief marketing officer, as the company's new CEO.", "Prior to joining I-Impact, Mr. Barach was involved in the establishment of InsWeb, where he was responsible for managing the online insurance marketplace's traffic generation programs.", "Prior to InsWeb, Mr. Barach served as vice president of marketing at Charles Schwab & Co. I-Impact is backed by Apax Partners, Gemini Israel Fund, and Vertex Venture Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Draper Richards", "sents": [ "Draper Richards is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in U.S. technology companies.", "The firm was founded in 1996 by Bill Draper an early venture capitalist, who had previously founded Sutter Hill Ventures in 1964 together with Robin Richards Donohoe.", "The firm invests principally on behalf of the Draper Richards Foundation, a non profit organization." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e850_p0", "sents": [ "USA: Enron to cut one-fifth of jobs at broadband unit.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 06 2001 UK: London timecharter fixtures.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 06 2001 USA: RESEARCH ALERT-Morgan starts Dynegy as buy.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 06 2001 NYMEX Analysis CNNfn: Before Hours, 04 06 2001 CONSULTANTS HIRED FOR GAS PLANTS STUDY South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 04 06 2001 Trojan Nuclear Plant; Notice of Docketing of Materials License No.", "SNM-2509, Amendment Application for the Trojan Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Federal Register, 04 06 2001 APPROVE ENRON POWER PLANT PUT POLLUTION ISSUE IN PERSPECTIVE South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 04 06 2001 Haleywest L.L.C., et al.", "Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Federal Register, 04 06 2001 Verizon to Pitch Movies-on-Demand to Studios, Variety Says Bloomberg, 04 06 2001 USA: Enron to cut one-fifth of jobs at broadband unit.", "04 06 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 6 (Reuters) - Energy trading giant Enron Corp. said on Friday it will eliminate some 250, or roughly 20 percent, of the jobs at its broadband telecommunications unit, detailing a move which it has previously described as an internal redeployment of staff." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 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": "e9245_p16", "sents": [ "Norwest Venture Partners is the lead investor in B-Tree, along with Essex Venture Partners, J.F.", "Shea, Pathfinder, RRE Investors, and the Travelers.", "http: www.testquest.com New Products o Business.com Launches Business Search Engine and Directory SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Business.com, which provides a directory of Internet businesses, said it launched its Internet business directory and search engine, the first of three phases of the company's online launch.", "Business.com expects to launch its news service and press digests in its second phase, and launch its profiles of industries and companies in its third phase.", "The company plans the completion of the three-part launch to finish by the end of June.", "Business.com is incubated by ECompanies.", "http: www.business.com http: www.ecompanies.com M&A o Three Regional Telecom Firms Merge to Form Elantic RICHMOND, Va. -- Three competitive local exchange carriers said they will merge to form elantic.", "Cavalier Telephone, of Richmond, Va., Marlboro, Mass.-based Conversent Communications, and Florida Digital Network, of Orlando, Fla., said they will form an integrated communications provider that will serve consumers from Maine to Florida." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "Cavalier Telephone", "sents": [ "Cavalier Telephone, is an American Local Exchange Carrier (NRCLEC) company, owned by parent company Windstream Communications operating in 16 states and DC throughout the eastern US.", "Cavalier founded in 1998, is an internet and telecommunications service provider, currently it provides voice, data services to businesses, residential, and government customers on a private network." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20457_p3", "sents": [ "More http: insync-online.p04.com u.d?uEQTNdx5ec5cRV=90 Save Big with Palm Store Special Deals!", "You heard it here first!", "We've pulled together a selection of special offers just for you, available exclusively at the Palm Store.", "Put photos of your kids on your handheld to show off at the office.", "Be the first on your block to own an assortment of glitzy faceplates for your Palm(TM) m100 handheld.", "Visit the Palm Store to see our exclusive Special Deals.", "More http: insync-online.p04.com u.d?skQTNdx5ec5cB=0 ==================== INSIDER SCOOP Coming soon On Clearance in the Palm Store Attention bargain hunters!", "Don't miss the late September opening of the Palm Clearance store.", "Purchase refurbished Palm(TM) handhelds and accessories at bargain prices.", "==================== USER STORIES An American in Portugal Filmmaking abroad may sound like a glamorous career.", "But what if the assistant director only speaks English and just enough Spanish to find the WC?", "On location in Lisbon, David Dean used his Palm(TM) m500 handheld and BDcity's language translators." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 11 ] }, { "title": "e19826_p0", "sents": [ "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's In Store brought to you by InSync Online ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 2001 Issue Dear Jeffrey, Welcome to the first issue of What's In Store!", "What's In Store?", "It's red-hot handheld promotions and specials.", "Essential software for work and play.", "Inspiring and entertaining eBooks and more.", "What's In Store is a special monthly newsletter for Palm Store shoppers.", "So you're always up on the latest Store happenings, including amazing deals for InSync Online members.", "What's In Store is just one aspect of Palm's exclusive InSync Online program.", "To receive more of the great handheld information Palm has to offer, take a moment to join this free, customized email service.", "You get to decide what Palm sends you.", "In addition to What's In Store, you can order up info on the latest handheld software and The Palm Voice, which covers news, exclusive product offers, user stories and more.", "To sign up for InSync Online and begin your personal profile, click here http: insync-online.p04.com u.d?lkRo2705ec-ZQt=170 Enjoy What's In Store." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7, 11 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Oak Technology", "sents": [ "Oak Technology was an American supplier of semiconductor chips for sound cards, graphics cards and optical storage devices such as CD-ROM, CD-RW and DVD.", "It achieved success with optical storage chips and its stock price increased substantially around the time of the tech bubble in 2000.", "After falling on hard times, in 2003 it was acquired by Zoran Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e20425_p46", "sents": [ "\"Now, it seems the whole market is looking for direction.\"", "On the Nasdaq, volume was 1.865 billion shares, w ith 1.321 billion advancing and 516 million declining.", "Gainers outpaced dec liners by 1,902 to 1,628. It was tech all the way among the day's top perf ormers.", "Communications technology, including a lot of fiber-optic and netw orking firms, ranked highest.", "Among small caps, Adtran rose 97 cents, or 4. 2%, to 23.97, Arris Group jumped 75 cents, or 19%, to 4.60 and Extreme Netw orks added 93 cents, or 7.6%, to 13.17. Semiconductors were the session's second-best presenters with, among small caps, Elantec Semiconductor adding 3.71, or 12%, to 34.15, and Oak Technology rising 86 cents, or 11%, to 8.8 0. Wireless-communications stocks were also strong, with help from large-c ap Nextel Communications, which advanced 1.29, or 17%, to 8.69 after postin ga third-quarter loss that surpassed Wall Street estimates amid continued firmness in subscriber growth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20385_p18", "sents": [ "Enron bought back 62 million shares to unwind positions in some partnerships run by Fastow, said Chief Executive Officer Ken Lay on the conference call with investors today.", "The number of shares differs from a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday that said Enron had bought back 55 million shares.", "The buyback reduced shareholder equity by $1.2 billion, the Journal said.", "The company set up the partnerships and other affiliated companies to buy Enron assets such as power plants.", "The partnerships allow Enron to take debt off its books, letting it borrow to invest in its main business of commodities trading, Enron said.", "Enron trades electricity, natural gas, oil, coal and other commodities.", "```They have complex off-balance sheet financing,'' said Commerzbank analyst Andre Mead.", "``It's difficult to ascertain the full impact on shareholders.''", "The SEC has asked Enron about partnerships and affiliated companies headed by Fastow.", "The company has at least $3 billion in such ``off-the-books'' financing in affiliated companies, Ray Niles, a Salomon Smith Barney analyst, wrote in a report to investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8, 9 ] }, { "title": "e407_p24", "sents": [ "On Wednesday Enron spokesman Mark Palmer denied rumors of impending layoffs at the company's broadband unit, although he confirmed that staff were being redeployed within the business.", "Salomon Smith Barney analyst Ray Niles said in a research note that he was not concerned about the redeployments, nor about the recent cancellation of a deal with Blockbuster Inc. to deliver movies on-demand via Enron's broadband network.", "\"We have always placed a greater value on the bandwidth trading portion of Enron's bandwidth strategy, rather than on content delivery,\" he said.", "Niles maintained a Buy rating on the company's stock and a 12-18 month price target of $100. Other United States energy stocks were also broadly weaker on Thursday, reflecting investor's concerns that a global economic slowdown could lead to reduced demand for energy and correspondingly lower prices for crude oil and natural gas.", "Williams Cos., a company with a business mix similar to Enron's, saw its stock decline $3.34, or 8 percent, to $38.10. Apache Corp., a leading United States oil and gas exploration company, was off $3.02, or 5 percent, at $57.20 while Halliburton Co., the world's biggest oilfield services company, was down $1.61, or over 4 percent, at $37.18. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3705_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 6 5: Ose electricity bill buffeted by political storms Sac Bee, Tues, 6 5: Bush vs. price caps: Economists correct a faulty power lecture (Editorial) SD Union, Tues, 6 5: A game of victims and villains SD Union, Tues, 6 5: Idled plants coming back on line SD Union, Mon, 6 4: Planned plant shutdowns easing, boosting state's power supply SF Chron, Tues, 6 5: Chevron threatens to cut gas supply in state SF Chron, Tues, 6 5: PG&E creditors approve bonuses Utility must file reorganization plan by end of year, or CEO only gets $600,000 extra SF Chron, Tues, 6 5: 56% favor limits on electricity prices, poll finds SF Chron, Tues, 6 5: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Tues, 6 5: PG&E sues to challenge reimbursement to state Mercury News, Tues, 6 5: Critics say Calpine plan too generous Mercury News, Mon, 6 4: PBS documentary shines light on energy crisis (Enron mentioned) Mercury News, Tues, 6 5: California's big turnoff (Editorial) Mercury News, Tues, 6 5: FERC shirk (Editorial) OC Register, Tues, 6 5: Edison plugging shareholders into Capitol OC Register, Tues, 6 5: SDG&E to seek rate hike to cover $915 million tab OC Regiser, Tues, 6 5: Energy notebook AES power plant repairs might not meet target date Individual.com (Businesswire), Tues, 6 5: GWF Signs Long-Term Contract to Provide 430 MW of Power to California WSJ, Tues, 6 5: Electricity prices (Chart) NY Times, Tues, 6 5: Surplus of Finger-Pointing In California Energy Crisi s LA Times, Tues, 6 5: California PSEG Signs 10-Year Contract to Supply Electricity to State LA Times, Tues, 6 5: Panel OKs Subpoenas for Energy Companies Electricity Special state Senate committee will demand pricing information in inquiry into whether California has been gouged -- Ose electricity bill buffeted by political storms By David Whitney Bee Washington Bureau (Published June 5, 2001) WASHINGTON -- Rep. Doug Ose's legislation to bring order to skyrocketing wholesale electricity prices is helping House Republicans rescue an emergen cy electricity bill, but it hasn't quelled Democrats' increasingly strident ca ll for more extensive price controls." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2326_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 7: \"It's crunch time on power rates\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"SDG&E shutoff notices increasing\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"State OKs $7 billion contract\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"The energy crisis gives Filner some easy targets\" SD Union, Sat, 5 5: \"Gephardt tells rally here he's pushing price caps\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Proud Linemen Take a Hit\" LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Utility's Workers Watch Helplessly as Company Falls\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Utility Bills Are Just One Way People Pay for Energy Crisis\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Questions Remains Who'll Take Brunt of the Rate Hikes LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Riordan and Freeman's Feud Erupts in Public\" LA Times, Sat, 5 5: \"Cheney Rejects Price Caps, Aid for Calif. Power Crisi s\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Rolling Health Hazards Summer Blackouts May Pose Public Health Risks\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Oh, that boom in 2002 SF Chron (AP), Mon, 5 7: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"United States considers withdrawing lawsuits against coal industry Pollution controls affect power plants SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Swimming pool owners get PG&E discounts Operating pumps at night saves energy SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Legislators plan to sue United States panel on energy Top state Democrats want cap on prices\" SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Nevada's winning hand -- power State sees profit in California's crisis\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Share prices rise amid news of big energy deals\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Florida shrugs off Calif-blackout scenario\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Hot days worry energy watchers\" OC Register, Mon, 5 7: \"Unplugged Manking has lived thousands of years without electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7794_p8", "sents": [ "Investors included Texas Instruments, TechSpace Xchange, PAC West Technology Funds, and the Matthew G. Norton Company.", "http: www.ridgerun.com Publishing ASP Docnet.com Secures First Round Funding EXTON, Pa. -- Docnet.com, an ASP focused on the publishing and content industry, said it has completed its first round of funding provided by Rockham Capital Ventures and Epoch Partners.", "Docnet.com did not disclose the amount it raised, but said it will use the funds to launch its services.", "John Silverman of Epoch will take a seat company's board of directors.", "http: www.docnet.com Online Security Firm SecureWorks Lands $20 Million Round Two ATLANTA -- SecureWorks, a provider of Internet security services to businesses, said it closed its second round of funding with $20 million led by Mellon Ventures.", "GE Equity and SBK Capital also participated with previous investors Alliance Technology Ventures, ITC Holdings, and Noro-Moseley Partners.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand operations and marketing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e2933_p21", "sents": [ "ABC has raised $77 million to date from backers Ironwood, Red Rock Ventures, and Technology Crossover Ventures.", "ABC was founded in October 1997. http: www.allcovered.com Princeton eCom Buys Venture Finance Software from Intuit mail?", "top PRINCETON, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Princeton eCom, which provides ele ctronic billing and payment services to corporations and banks, said it acquired Intuit's online bill and payment service, Quicken Bill Manager, and all the outstanding shares of Venture Finance Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded Intuit.", "Financial details of the deal were undisclosed.", "As part of the deal Intuit has the option to take a 20% equity stake in Princeton or the cash equivalent in February 2002. Princeton also said it made employment offers to the 25 employees from Intuit's Quicken division a nd plans to open an office in the vicinity of Intuit's Quicken offices in Mountain View, Calif. Princeton eCom raised $20 million in convertible debt in April from existing investors Mellon Ventures and New Century Equity Holdings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Las Vegas", "sents": [ "Las Vegas ( , Spanish for \"The Meadows\"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.", "The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert.", "Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife.", "The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1268_p2", "sents": [ "Suspension of the payout will save \"less than $20 million -- but every dollar counts at times like this,\" said Mark Ruelle, senior vice president and chief financial officer.", "The dividend policy will be reviewed again at the next board meeting, set for May 21, the company said.", "Sierra Pacific, based in Las Vegas, said it is continuing several cost-control programs that were recently undertaken to reduce expenses.", "The cutbacks are mainly in the area of administrative expenses and include elimination this year of incentive pay for executive staff.", "Sierra Pacific, like utility owners in other Western states, has been hit by rising energy costs.", "Sierra Pacific has said it incurred an unanticipated expense of $889 million in 2000 to purchase fuel and electricity on the open market.", "That produced a full-year 2000 loss of $39.8 million, or 51 cents a share.", "\"There is no question that both our utilities in Las Vegas and the Tahoe region are exposed to the same general market conditions as all of the western U.S.,\" Mr. Ruelle said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Albert Wynn", "sents": [ "Albert Russell \"Al\" Wynn (born September 10, 1951) is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.", "He represented the 4th district of Maryland from 1993 to 2008.", "On February 13, 2008, Al Wynn was defeated in the Democratic primary by Donna Edwards, and resigned his office effective May 31, 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e10642_p129", "sents": [ "More details about the caucus will be released \"wi thin the next few weeks, a Honda spokesman told TRlast week.", "Rep. Honda s initiative would be the second congressional caucus that 's focused on wireless issues.", "Last year the Congressional Wireless Telecommunications Caucus was formed by Reps. Albert Wynn (D., Md.)", "and Charles (Chip) Pickeri ng (R., Miss.)", "and Sens.", "Byron Dorgan (D., N.D.) and Sam Brownback (R., Kan.) (TR, April 17, 2000).", "A push to repeal the 3% federal excise tax on telephone bills has been revived in the Senate by Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R. Iowa).", "The tax \"is outdated, unfair, and complex for consmers and p hone companies, the lawmaker said Feb. 1 when introducing the Help Eliminate the Levy on Locution Act (HELLO), S 234. Sen. Grassley added, \"It cannot be justified on any tax policy grounds. Celtronix Telemetry, Inc., has asked a federal appeals court to review the FCC 's decision to implement a debt-restructuring plan for licensees in t he 218 -219 megahertz service, which was formerly called the interactive vid eo and data service (IVDS) (TR, Dec. 18, 2000; and Jan. 8, notes)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20228_p11", "sents": [ "Polaroid already announced plans this year to cut 3,000 jobs and reduce its work force to 5,500. Yesterday, the company said it will cut more.", "It's been crushed by huge debt and battered by a sharp drop in demand for its mainstay instant film amid a shift to digital technologies and a weak economy.", "\"How such a place, with so much success and so much technology, could lose that much money and get into so much debt, I don't understand,\" said Lloyd Taylor, a retired Polaroid chemist who has also consulted for the company.", "\"A lot of people I've known, both retirees and some that are still there, are just totally demoralized.\"", "Polaroid, founded by visionary Edwin H. Land in 1937, said it will remain open for business and continue to make and ship its core instant-film products, even as it \"accelerates and intensifies\" its search for a buyer under bankruptcy court protection." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "Edwin H. Land", "sents": [ "Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.", "He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and the retinex theory of color vision, among other things.", "His Polaroid instant camera went on sale in late 1948 and made it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in 60 seconds or less." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3698_p20", "sents": [ "Selby Venture Partners, a new investor, led the round.", "Accordi ng to ClairVoyante's CEO and CTO Candice H. Brown Elliott, the company has a post-money valuation of $8.5 million and a burn rate that is \"ramping up.\"", "Expected to last the company about 18 months, the funds will be used for research and development as well as for staff expansion.", "As a result of the financing, there were three new appointments to ClairVoyante's five-member board of directors: Douglas Barry, a general partner with Selby Venture Partners; Tim Oren, a general partner with Pacifica Fund; and private investor Scott Macomber, who was most recently president of fabless IC company Silicon Image.", "ClairVoyante, which currently has a team of six, sai d it is actively hiring engineers and business development executives.", "Ms. Elliot anticipates the headcount to reach 19 by the year's end, and 35 by t he close of 2002. She told VentureWire that company will be looking for Series B financing of between $10 million and $20 million, to close by the first quarter 2002. http: www.clairvoyante.com Financial Tech Firm Mantas Closes First Round mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e9243_p37", "sents": [ "He serves on committees relevant to the actuarial profession and works with issues including retirement policy, social security, and the trends of consolidation in the financial services industry.", "GlobalAxxess.com recently raised its first round of venture funding from Silicon Valley Internet Capital.", "Telephone 1-800-493-4490. New People o Internet Storage Company 3Ware Names New President & CEO PALO ALTO, Calif. -- 3ware, a company that designs storage technology for Internet businesses, said it named Beau Vrolyk as president and CEO.", "He comes to the company from Silicon Graphics, where he was a senior vice president.", "3Ware is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Selby Venture Partners, and individual investors.", "http: www.3ware.com Online Retail Partners Names Investcorp Exec as New CEO NEW YORK -- Online Retail Partners (ORP), a firm that helps traditional retailers establish e-commerce operations, said it named Charles Philippin as its new chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6026_p6", "sents": [ "In a press release Thursday, NewPower Holdings also said it agreed to acquire the customers and natural gas inventory, related to the Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion East Ohio gas customer choice programs, of CoEnergy Trading Co., a unit of DTE Energy Co. (DTE).", "Financial terms of both deals weren't disclosed.", "Together, the deals significantly expand NewPower's presence in Ohio, where the company will add over 82,000 natural gas and electric customers, and in Pennsylvania, where NewPower will add about 38,000 natural gas customers.", "INDIA: Belgium's Tractabel to divest India stake-paper.", "07 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, July 5 (Reuters) - Yet another foreign power firm is bailing out of India, several financial newspapers reported on Thursday.", "Belgian power firm Tractabel plans to sell its stake in a joint venture with India's Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd both The Economic Times and the Times of India said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2110_p37", "sents": [ "Instead, the company was paid $750 a megawatt hour for electricity from other AES generating units during that period.", "AES had said that the units were taken offline for repairs.", "AES, which sells all power generated at its three plants in Southern California to Williams under a contract, did not share in the profits from the power sales.", "Officials at Williams have repeatedly denied that the units were deliberately shut down.", "As part of the settlement, the company did not admit wrongdoing.", "Federal officials had required Williams and AES to justify more than $40 million charged to the ISO.", "The companies faced paying a maximum of $10.8 million in refunds.", "In a separate matter, Williams is one of several power providers accused by federal regulators of overcharging the ISO $124 million for power in January and February.", "The power providers are still disputing those charges.", "KRT CALIFORNIA is a premium service of Knight Ridder Tribune (c) 2001, The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e894_p31", "sents": [ "KRT CALIFORNIA is a premium service of Knight Ridder Tribune (c) 2001, San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.).", "Visit Mercury Center, the World Wide Web site of the Mercury News, at http: www.sjmercury.com JOURNAL-CODE: SJ LOAD-DATE: April 7, 2001 ADVISORY More Power to You Organizers to Conduct First Town Hall-Focus Group Meeting on Energy in San Diego Business Wire 04 09 01, 11:00a (Copyright 2001, Business Wire) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New Watchdog Group Urges Californians to Voice Concerns, Suggest Solutions to Energy Crisis WHO: Peter Foy, California small business owner and chairman of the grassroots watchdog organization More Power to You.", "Dr.", "Frank Luntz, one of America's leading public opinion experts for news media covering politics and public policy.", "San Diego residents concerned about the impact of the current energy crisis.", "WHAT: The event is the first of a series of Town Hall-Focus Group meetings on the energy crisis that More Power to You will conduct statewide." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3787_p39", "sents": [ "The company is backed by $38 million from Convergence Partners, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Infineo n Technologies, InveStar, and TriQuint Semiconductor.", "http: www.tropian.com Akara Appoints Unisphere Networks' CEO to Board OTTAWA (VENTUREWIRE) -- Akara, which provides an optical utility ser vices platform, said it named James Dolce, president and CEO of Unisphere Network s, as its fifth board member.", "Unisphere designs and sells routing switches and network management software for implementation of high-speed data services.", "Mr. Dolce was introduced to the company through an industry event where he met Akara founder Sol Wong.", "Mr. Dolce founded Redstone Communications, whic h was acquired by Siemens, and co-founded Arris Networks, which was purchased by Cascade Communications.", "Akara is backed by Battery Ventures, Corning Capital, Dominion, Greylock Management, Morgan Keegan, and VenGrow th.", "http: www.akara.com new people PhoneFree Names New Pres.", "as it Shifts Focus and Cuts Staff NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- PhoneFree, an Internet-based phone company said it Charan Khurana, who previously worked for Cisco Systems, IBM, and Bell Labs, as its new president." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p23", "sents": [ "Scour said potential investors were concerned about the cost and management distraction resulting from the legal action.", "Scour received previous investments from Michael Ovitz and Yucaipa Companies.", "http: www.scour.com Ad Firms OneMediaPlace and iMediaPoint Enter Alliance NEW YORK -- OneMediaPlace, which provides management services for advertising online, and iMediaPoint, which provides a European marketplace for advertising, said they have entered a strategic alliance.", "OneMediaPlace made an undisclosed equity investment in iMediaPoint as part of the agreement.", "In addition to the minority stake, OneMediaPlace will also gain an outlet in Europe for its services.", "Through the terms of the agreement iMediaPoint will be able to market its advertising services to new media companies in the United States as well as the traditional media it caters to in Europe.", "OneMediaPlace is backed by investors including CMGI @Ventures, Primedia, Liberty Media, Artemis, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Convergence Partners, Fayez Sarofim, Geneva Partners, Lehman Brothers, New Millennium Partners, and Viventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4594_p5", "sents": [ "The fund will invest $250,000 to $1 million in technology and life sciences companies and will co-invest with other venture capitalists.", "The investment managers are Greg Becker, Aaron Gershenberg, and Doug Hamilton in Menlo Park, Calif. and Jim Maynard in Boston.", "http: www.svb.com Latin Portal SportsYA!", "Cuts 25% of Staff, Raises $10 Million MIAMI -- SportsYA!, a sports portal aimed at Latin America, Spain, and the United States Hispanic market, said it that it cut its staff by 25%, laying off 50 of its 200 employees.", "Part of the cuts will come from duplications resulting from SportsYA!", "'s recent acquisition of Element 7. SportsYA!", "also said it raised $10 million in fourth round financing from previous investors IMG Chase Sports Capital, Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, and Ventech.", "The company will invest the money in its Latin American operations.", "The funds will also be used for sales and marketing.", "The company intends to open new offices in New York and Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 6 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e752_p24", "sents": [ "\"A lot of programs we're doing are the kinds of things other electric and gas utilities are doing under one utility,\" said Mark Dodson, Northwest Natural vice president of public affairs and general counsel.", "\"I'm not at all surprised people might speculate that we would acquire\" PGE.", "Dodson declined to comment directly on whether Northwest Natural might try to buy PGE.", "\"As long as there's an agreement in place, it's inappropriate for us to talk about it,\" he said.", "Officials of IdaCorp, a holding company whose primary subsidiary is electric utility Idaho Power, also declined to discuss whether they have been eyeing PGE.", "\"We can't really comment on deals we might get into,\" said Russ Jones, an IdaCorp spokesman.", "IdaCorp made an unsuccessful bid for PGE two years ago when Enron first solicited offers, Jones said.", "But, he said, \"I don't know the answer to whether we'd be interested now.", "\"If it becomes available,\" Jones added, \"we'll probably investigate, as we would with any other assets that might become available.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2042_p20", "sents": [ "The grant will pay the salary and costs of a development director and a half-time support position.", "It also received $25,000 from the Collins Foundation to cover moving and set-up costs of consolidating its Clackamas County satellite offices into one building in Oregon City.", "The organization, which has been in Oregon City for 32 years, provides services for at-risk youth, including residential treatment, mentoring, parent counseling and Healthy Start.", "* The Library Foundation received $5,000 in grants from Tektronix and Northwest Natural for its summer Web Camp, which will give more than 100 middle school students experience designing Web pages and teach them about high-tech careers.", "Three one-week sessions will be offered for free during the summer.", "* Southwest Washington Medical Center received $10,000 from Bank of America for the Stepping Stones bereavement camp.", "The three-night summer camp provides counselors -- professionals and trained volunteers -- who organize activities to help families with grief." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4576_p28", "sents": [ "Rewards Plus is backed by Grotech Capital Group, Prudential Insurance Company of America, UNUM Provident, Century Capital Management, United States Bancorp, and Piper Jaffray.", "http: www.ohanasystems.com http: www.rewardsplus.com Optical Components Designer Kymata Buys Total Micro Products LIVINGSTON, Scotland -- Kymata, a designer and manufacturer of planar optical components and subsystems, said it has acquired Total Micro Products (TMP), a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) designer, for an undisclosed amount.", "TMP is based Enschede, The Netherlands.", "Kymata, which has raised over $90 million in the past two years, is backed by Bowman Capital, 3I, ComVentures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Telesoft Partners, and ACT Venture Capital.", "http: www.kymata.com New Directors o Questor Partner Joins Board of Consulting Firm Immedient STAMFORD, Conn. -- Immedient Corp., an e-commerce and technology consultant, said it appointed Michael D. Madden, general partner at private equity fund Questor Management, to its board of directors.", "Mr. Madden was previously an executive director of Beacon Group Holdings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p42", "sents": [ "Mr. Anderson formerly served as CEO of Bankrate.", "Pri or to that, he was president and CEO of Block Financial, a subsidiary of H&amp;R Block and worked at KPMG Peat Marwick for 19 years where he started as an auditor and concluded his tenure as a partner-in-charge of the national corporate finance practice within the management consulting department.", "Nationtax Online has raised $18.5 million to date and is backed by Cordova Ventures, Grotech Capital Group, LiveOak Equity Partners, R-H Capital Partners, Southeastern Technology Fund, and Troutt Venture Capital Partners http: www.nationtax.com Wireless Software Firm BlueKite.com Names New Pres & CEO SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- BlueKite.com, a developer of softwar e for the delivery of rich content to mobile computing devices, announced the appointment of Robin Abrams as president and CEO.", "Most recently, Ms. Abrams served as CEO at Ventro, a business e-commerce marketplace.", "Ms. Abrams replaces founding president and CEO, David Cox, who will remain with the company as an adviser to the executive team." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1353_p0", "sents": [ "'Public Service Says 1st-Qtr Profit Fell 5.9 Percent (Update2) Bloomberg, 04 17 01 Enron Bandwidth Unit Reports Loss For First Quarter Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 17 01 USA: Enron CEO uses naughty word on conference call.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 17 01 Enron, Dynegy post healthy profit gains on energy demand Associated Press Newswires, 04 17 01 USA: Enron Broadband posts expected loss amid mixed growth.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 17 01 WSJ.COM WRAP: Enron, Dynegy Post Immpressive Results Dow Jones News Service, 04 17 01 Action on energy trading floors reverberate in power-hungry California Associated Press Newswires, 04 17 01 Energy Trading-Floor Gambits Perturb Power-Hungry US West Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 17 01 High demand for power behind Enron's increased earnings Associated Press Newswires, 04 17 01 Enron CEO: Earnings Target Up By A Nickel CNNfn: Market Coverage - Morning, 04 17 01 Enron Corp. Says First-Quarter Profit Rose 20 Percent (Update6) Bloomberg, 04 17 01 Dynegy's 1st-Qtr Profit Rises 73% on Gas, Power Sales (Update4) Bloomberg, 04 17 01 Red Herring 100 Celebrates Top Companies Reshaping Business PR Newswire, 04 17 01 Enron Says PG&E Owes About $570 Million, CNBC Says (Update1) Bloomberg, 04 17 01 Public Service Says 1st-Qtr Profit Fell 5.9 Percent (Update2) 2001-04-17 17:25 (New York) Public Service Says 1st-Qtr Profit Fell 5.9 Percent (Update2) (Updates with profit from operations in second paragraph and possible expansion in California in second section." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "CNBC", "sents": [ "CNBC is an American basic cable, internet and satellite business news television channel that is owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast.", "Headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the network primarily carries business day coverage of U.S. and international financial markets; following the end of the business day and on non-trading days, CNBC primarily carries financial and business-themed documentaries and reality shows." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8729_p1", "sents": [ "However, the ISO said the action wouldn't result in rolling blackouts.", "The ISO and PUC also inspected Tuesday plants owned by Dynegy Inc (DYN), Reliant Energy Inc. (REI) and Southern Energy Inc (SOE).", "Duke's 1,500-MW Moss Landing plant was also inspected by PUC representatives in June, when some units were off-line for repairs, the Duke spokesman said.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3872; mailto:[email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires 06-12-00" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "e804_p3", "sents": [ "BPA, the federal agency that markets electricity from dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, is scheduled to provide 259 megawatts of cost-based power to Portland General and 135 MW to PacifiCorp, starting Oct. 1, the effective date of the state's restructuring bill.", "The bill required the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to determine by May 1 whether certain bill provisions would require the utilities to restructure in such a way that they could not meet BPA eligibility requirements for cost-based power.", "\"We've taken great care to make sure we didn't violate (BPA) standards.", "Even though BPA's rates are going up, this power will still provide benefits for residential customers,\" OPUC Chairman Ron Eachus said.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3872; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: US POWER-Success spells trouble for Calif. energy traders.", "By C. Bryson Hull 04 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 5 (Reuters) - In downtown Houston's booming energy district sit a few companies whose record earnings have made them fat targets for regulators and politicians under pressure to make someone pay for California's power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20081_p40", "sents": [ "Houston, Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp., which has been fighting with India's Maharashtra state for nine months over power payments, agreed to sell oil and natural-gas fields in the South Asian country to the U.K.'s BG Group Plc for $388 million.", "Houston-based Enron, the biggest energy trader, has been selling assets, including infrastructure projects such as pipelines and power plants, to focus on trading and brokering energy and other commodities.", "Enron wants to sell its Dabhol Power project in India, a $3 billion venture it says is owed $64 million by the state's electricity board.", "The agreement ``represents a significant step for Enron in selling assets not integrated into our wholesale or retail energy businesses,'' Jeff Sherrick, Enron president for exploration and production said in a statement.", "Shares of Enron jumped $2.88, or 9.4 percent, to $33.49, paring this year's decline to 60 percent.", "BG fell 2.5p to 261p in London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1970_p11", "sents": [ "The government has been talking with authorities from the island to reach some understanding for the exploitation of the region, he said.", "Rafael Ramirez, president of Venezuela's gas regulator, said state-oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (E.PVZ) has allocated $200 million for exploration in the area.", "He noted that industry giants such as Royal Dutch Shell (RD), BG Group Plc's British Gas (BRG), Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Phillips Petroleum Co. (P), El Paso Corp. (EPG) and Enron Corp. (ENE) have already expressed interest in the area.", "Pacheco, Ramirez and other industry officials are attending a conference on gas and electricity.", "Fiscal Incentives To Attract Companies Venezuela, the world's third largest oil producer, has proven gas reserves of 147 Tcf, the eighth largest worldwide.", "About 10% these reserves are non-associated.", "It produces about six billion cubic feet a day, of which 70% goes to various segments of the country's petroleum industry and 30% is divided between electricity generation, petrochemicals production, the steel and aluminum industries, the cement and manufacturing sectors and residential consumption." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Joy", "sents": [ "William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer scientist.", "He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andreas von Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003.", "He played an integral role in the early development of BSD UNIX while a graduate student at Berkeley, and he is the original author of the vi text editor.", "He also wrote the 2000 essay \"Why the Future Doesn't Need Us\", in which he expressed deep concerns over the development of modern technologies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3786_p16", "sents": [ "Investors in this round include Silicon Alley Venture Partners, Hudson Venture Partners, Liberty View Equity Partners, SBIC, Youngtree Partners, and Stonehenge.", "Bla-bla said its network has over 230 sites and is adding 40 sites per month.", "http: www.bla-bla.com Web Security Firm Ingrian Systems Gets $4 Million Round One REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Ingrian Systems, which is developing scalable Internet security products that will increase the speed of transactions, said it has secured $4 million in its first round of funding from a group of investors.", "The round included Andy Bechtolsheim and Bill Joy, co-founders of of Sun Microsystems, and Martin Hellman, professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Stanford University.", "Other investors in the round included Andrew Dumke, general partner of Pacific Mezzanine Fund; John Hamm, the managing director of Internet Capital Group; Greg Chabrier, most recently vice president of business development for VALinux; and Sardina, the co-founder of Tasmania Network Systems, which was acquired by Cisco last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1599_p14", "sents": [ "\"The real test is not to recognize past achievements but to be able to look back in five or ten years from now.", "As a matter of fact, some CEO's we've chosen haven't made money for share holders in the past few years, but we believe they are poised to do so now.\"", "WORTH's methodology for selecting the 50 best CEO's strives to balance their possession of a vision with a demonstrated ability to execute under stress and when confronted by urgent challenges.", "The nominations were collected from leading fund managers and securities analysts and vetted by a team of WORTH reporters.", "The final selections were made by WORTH's editors.", "WORTH, the monthly magazine edited for the dynamic wealth market, reaches active investors, business leaders and luxury connoisseurs with a median net worth of $1.25 million.", "The May issue will be available on newsstands April 24. WORTH MAGAZINE'S 50 TOP CEO'S 1. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft; Redmond, WA 2. Jeffrey Skilling, CEO, Enron; Houston, TX 3. Philip Purcell, CEO, Morgan Stanley; New York, NY 4. James Morgan, CEO, Applied Materials; Santa Clara, CA 5. Margaret Whitman, CEO, eBay; San Jose, CA 6. Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle; Redwood Shores, CA 7. Koichi Nishimura, CEO, Solectron; Milpitas, CA 8. John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems; San Jose, CA 9. Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems; Palo Alto, CA 10. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO, Tyco International; Exeter, NH 11. David Pottruck, CEO, Charles Schwab; San Francisco, CA 12. Steven Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer; Cupertino, CA 13. James McNerney Jr., CEO, 3M; St. Paul, MN 14. Steven Appleton, CEO, Micron Technology; Boise, ID 15. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric; Fairfield, CT 16. Henry Paulson Jr., CEO, Goldman Sachs; New York, NY 17. Kenneth Freeman, CEO, Quest Diagnostics; Teterboro, NJ 18. Steven Burd, CEO, Safeway; Pleasanton, CA 19. Frederick Smith, CEO, FedEx; Memphis, TN 20. Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel; Santa Clara, CA 21. Michael Dell, CEO, Dell Computer; Round Rock, TX 22. Richard Fairbank, CEO, Capital One; Falls Church, VA 23. Kenneth Chenault, CEO, American Express; New York, NY 24. James Kelly, CEO, United Parcel Service; Atlanta, GA 25. Robert Ulrich, CEO, Target; Minneapolis, MN 26. William McGuire, CEO, UnitedHealth Group; Edina, MN 27. George David, CEO, United Technologies; Hartford, CT 28. James Truchard, CEO, National Instruments; Austin, TX 29. Richard Kovacevich, CEO, Wells Fargo; San Francisco, CA 30. Henry Nicholas III, CEO, Broadcom; Irvine, CA 31. Robert Nardelli, CEO, Home Depot; Atlanta, GA 32. Arthur Levinson, CEO, Genentecc; San Francisco, CA 33. Gordon Bethune, CEO, Continental Airlines; Houston, TX 34. Ronald DeFeo, CEO, Terex; Westport, CT 35. Leonard Schaeffer, CEO, Wellpoint Health Networks; Thousand Oaks, CA 36. William Wise, CEO, El Paso; Houston, TX 37. Robert Walter, CEO, Cardinal Health; Dublin, OH 38. Alain Belda, CEO, Alcoa; Pittsburgh, PA 39. Kevin Knight, CEO, Knight Transportation; Phoenix, AZ 40. Russell Lewis, CEO, New York Times Company; New York, NY 41. Dan Akerson, CEO, XO Communications; Reston, VA 42. Jacques Nasser, CEO, Ford Motor, Dearborn, MI 43. Roger Jarvis, CEO, Spinnaker Exploration; Houston, TX 44. Jure Sola, CEO, Sanmina; San Jose, CA 45. David D'Alessandro, CEO, John Hancock Financial Services; Boston, MA 46. Douglas Rock, CEO, Smith International; Houston, TX 47. Willem Roelandts, CEO, Xilinx; San Jose, CA 48. John Wren, CEO, Omnicom; New York, NY 49. Clark McLeod, CEO, McLeodUSA; Cedar Rapids, IA 50. William Wrigley Jr., CEO, WM." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Smith International", "sents": [ "Smith International was a Fortune 500 company headquartered in the Greenspoint district and in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.", "Smith International ceased to exist as an independent company following the merger with Schlumberger.", "This company supplies products to gas and oil production and exploration companies.", "The company used to be easily identified by its red Sii logo.", "The company had recently changed its logo to consist of the word \"SMITH\" in black capital letters with a green globe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Capco", "sents": [ "The Capital Markets Company N.V., referred to as Capco, is a global business and technology consultancy based in London, UK with offices in financial centers across North America, South America, Europe and Asia.", "Capco works only in the financial services industry, unlike the Big Four professional services firms.", "As of the 1st November 2015, Capco had more than 3,000 employees internationally, and 23 offices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e4854_p10", "sents": [ "In May, Thomas Weisel Capital Partners invested $80 million.", "The additional capital came from LJH Private Capital, LJH Capco Partners, Tarrant, Pamica, Edgewater Funds, Mercator & Noordstar, Thaler Bank, Capco Foundation, and Capco's employees.", "The Capital Markets Company will use the funds to further expand its global presence and for product development.", "http: www.capco.com Health Tip Provider BodyMedia Closes First Round Funds PITTSBURGH -- BodyMedia, a health lifestyle company, said it closed its first round of venture funding from DQE Enterprises, a subsidiary of DQE, and Draper Triangle.", "The amount of the funding was undisclosed.", "The company said the funds will be used for marketing its site.", "BodyMedia integrates an online service and wearable health monitors to assist individuals in making lifestyle changes.", "http: www.bodymedia.com IP Firm Zephyr Closes Round Two With $44 Million FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Zephyr Telecommunications, an international IP communications company, said it completed its second round of financing with $44 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20451_p94", "sents": [ "Lay, who had held the job for 15 years, turned the position over to Jeffrey Skilling in February.", "Skilling quit in August, citing family reasons.", "The August grant, which was equivalent to 5 percent of employees' base salary, didn't require a vesting period, but was exercisable immediately.", "Enron's shares haven't closed above $36.88 since Aug. 29. --Margot Habiby in the Dallas newsroom (214) 954-9452, or" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e407_p32", "sents": [ "--Margot Habiby in Dallas, (214) 740-0873 or [email protected], through the Princeton newsroom (609) 279- 4000 slb jmg Enron Corp.'s India Unit Faces $88.2 Mln Penalty, Paper Says 2001-03-22 23:04 (New York) New Delhi, March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Dabhol Power Co., Enron Corp.'s India unit, has been asked by Maharashtra state to pay a fine of 4.12 billion rupees ($88.2 million) for not generating at full capacity within three hours of being asked to do so, the Economic Times reported, without citing sources.", "The move is part of a tussle between the two sides over dues.", "Earlier this month, Dabhol said it had asked the federal government to pay a 1.02 million-rupee power bill run up by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, or MSEB, for December.", "The government of Maharashtra, the western Indian state where Dabhol is located, last month had to pay $17 million as its November dues after the company invoked a federal government guarantee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3420_p63", "sents": [ "The two commissioners Mr Bush chose to fill the vacant Republican seats both had the backing of Enron and other power companies.", "'It just confirms what we believed and what we've been saying, that the Bush-Cheney energy plan is written by corporations and it's in the interests of the corporations,' said Kevin Curtis, vice-president for government affairs of the National Environmental Trust, a Washington pressure group.", "Enron, a Dollars 100 billion behem oth in the energy trading market, was a significant backer of Mr Bush in last year's election.", "It contributed Dollars 1.7m to Republican candidates, 72% of its total campaign spending.", "It is a strong supporter of deregulation in the electric power market, in particular the opening up of state markets to outside suppliers.", "At the time of the phone call from Mr Lay, Mr Hebert had launched an investigation of the pricing policies of big electricity traders, such as Enron." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p230", "sents": [ "They later sold their second homes in the Blue Ridge Mountains and returned to their home states.", "A dozen other physicians on the staff treated similar numbers, he said.", "\"The tourists come here thinking they'll get clean mountain air, and they end up with flareups of normally stable breathing problems they had before -- with severe asthma and emphysema,\" Ballantine said.", "\"We're seeing more lung disease than when I came here four years ago,\" Ballantine added.", "\"My opinion is the emissions from the coal-fired power plants are the main correctable variable.\"", "A study published in October tabulated the death and disease caused by air pollution from all sources, focusing in part on pollution from coal-fired plants such as Duke's.", "The study was conducted by a private consultant, Abt Associations of Cambridge, Mass., for Clear the Air, a joint project of the Clean Air Task Force, the National Environmental Trust and the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27800_p0", "sents": [ "'Two Executives Leave Houston-Based Energy Firm's Broadband Arm Houston Chronicle - Texas, 08 31 01 Utility could raise some rates by 60 percent Associated Press Newswires, 08 31 01 INDIA PRESS:Fincl Cos Want MSEB To Buy Dabhol Electricity Dow Jones International News, 08 31 01 India: US and China: Back to courting Business Line (The Hindu), 08 31 01 Two Executives Leave Houston-Based Energy Firm's Broadband Arm 08 31 2001 KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: Houston Chronicle - Texas Copyright (C) 2001 KRTBN Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Source: World Reporter (TM) Two Enron Corp. executives who headed the company's foundering broadband business left Enron to pursue other opportunities, Enron said Thursday.", "Ken Rice, 43, chairman and chief executive of Enron Broadband services left, as did Kevin Hannon, 41, chief executive of Enron Global Assets and Services.", "Hannon had been president and chief operating officer of the broadband unit.", "Both men previously had other executive roles at Enron." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e490_p0", "sents": [ "'Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook The Washington Post, 03 25 01 Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis Associated Press Newswires, 03 25 01 India: Centre's interest liability on dues to Enron starts Business Line (The Hindu), 03 25 01 Victoria Station's pounds 250m facelift The Independent - London, 03 25 01 Standoff may delay renegotiation on Enron project The Times of India, 03 25 01 Deal to sell PGE may fall through Associated Press Newswires, 03 24 01 Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 683 crore The Economic Times, 03 24 01 Nigeria blames US firm for delay in power project: report Agence France-Presse, 03 24 01 Enron deal with Sierra likely a bust Buyer of Portland General having trouble raising cash Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Market rebounds, but not stability Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Midwest to face high gas prices again Supply of anti-smog component already one-quarter below last year Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 COMPANY NEWS ENRON SALE OF UNIT TO SIERRA PACIFIC IS DOUBTED The New York Times, 03 24 01 Operators of California Power Grid Testify of System Abuses KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 03 24 01 Santa Clara Plans for More Power Generators to be built on existing plant sites San Francisco Chronicle, 03 24 01 Calif. Crisis, M&A, Gas To Dominate Talk At Howard Weil Dow Jones News Service, 03 23 01 A Section Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 03 25 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A05 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Few businesses placed as big a bet on Republicans in the last election as the coal industry, which gave 88 cents out of every dollar in campaign contributions to GOP candidates or organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Logan International Airport", "sents": [ "Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS, FAA LID: BOS) , officially known as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, is an international airport located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts).", "It covers 2384 acre , has six runways and four passenger terminals, and employs an estimated 16,000 people.", "It is the largest airport in the New England region and 17th-busiest airport in the United States, with 33.5 million total passengers in 2015.", "It is named after General Edward Lawrence Logan.", "In 2016, Massport reported an 8.5% increase in passenger traffic comparing 2015 to 2016, giving the airport a total of about 36.3 million passengers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19851_p19", "sents": [ "NEWS ATTACK ON AMERICA; Family, friends from far and wide feel pain of loss; Death struck victims on travels for work, play JOSE MARTINEZ and MARK MURPHY 09 15 2001 Boston Herald All Editions 020 (Copyright 2001) American Airlines flight attendant Gretchen Sarmanian tortured herself yesterday over what to say.", "She had been asked to speak at a memorial service for a friend she considered one of the best in the business - Cape Codder Barbara Arestegui - and the process was wrenching.", "\"I think God puts the words in your head at a time like this,\" Sarmanian said.", "\"She was so, so special, with a smile for everyone - absolutely everyone.\"", "Arestegui, 38, of Marstons Mills, was part of the ill-fated crew on American Airlines Flight 11 out of Logan International Airport that terrorists slammed into the World Trade Center.", "Hijackers seized and crashed three more jetliners Tuesday, killing 266 people on board and thousands more on the ground in New York and Arlington, Va." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7985_p0", "sents": [ "'VentureWire' Tuesday, November 21, 2000 CONTENTS COMPANIES INVESTORS top stories * The Sprout Group Raises $1.6 Billion in New Fund * Suez Lyonnaise Takes 30% of Europatweb with $255 Million * Lockheed Spin-off TeraConnect Raises $40 Million Round One * Yazam Chief Executive Yaacov Ben-Yaacov Resigns INFINITY IN THE PALM What Scotch is to tape, what Xerox is to photocopies, what Kleenex is to facial tissue, Palm is rapidly becoming to handheld computers.", "Come listen to the man responsible for a brand so successful it's getting stuck to his competitors' products.", "Carl Yankowski is the CEO of Palm Computing, and he's just one of six keynote speakers at Technology Outlook 2000. You'll also hear from: * Michael Ramsay, CEO of TiVo * Henry Yuen, CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International * Claude Leglise, VP, New Business Group & GM, Home Products Group, Intel * Michel Mayer, GM, Pervasive Computing, IBM * Larry Smarr, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive Computing December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp: technologicpartners.com tp conf to 2000 new money * Software Firm Valaran Raises $10.2 Million First Round * Heathcare Tech Firm Eko Systems Gets $2.3 Million Round One * Network Security ASP NetPlexus Has $5 Million First Round * Software Firm PowerLoom Raises $1.1 Million Seed Round * Software Firm SmartSignal Closes Round One at $7.4 Million * Waveguide Components Firm Optical CrossLinks Gets Seed Funds * Wireless Services Firm NearMe Raises First Part of Series A * Data Communication Firm Bravida Lands $33 Million Series B * E-Business Firm TIS Worldwide Gets $23 Million in Round Two * E-Learning System Firm WebCT Closes $70 Million Sixth Round * HyperTrust, Hosted Security Firm, Has $1 Million Funding * Camp Web Site Iluvcamp.com Receives $2.1 Million Series B * Online Aplications Firm Fullscope Gets $10 Million Round Two * Internet Consulting Firm CyberTouch Secures $6 Million * Optical Wireless Firm fSona Raises $18.4 Million Series C * Web Publisher BizSpace Secures $1.2 Million in Third Round bad news * Independent Web Network Bla-bla Cuts Staff by 30% * CheMatch.com Lays Off 8 Employees But Expects More Funding new products * Linux-Based Net Service Apps Developer Filanet Launches * Investment Consortium Led by CVC Asia Launches Mercury Corp. * HR Tech Firm TalentPoint Changes Name to Kenexa * Monitoring Firm Gecko Software Now Eccord Systems * Online Software Firm iSwag.com Changes Name to Develos m&a * E-Payment Firm Trintech Buys Globeset for $31 Million * Government Web Services Firm Netgov.com Acquires Gov24.com * Global Supply Chain Firm FreeBorders Buys Applied Intranet * Palmspring Acquires Mobile Generation, Now Called Handmark * Wireless Firm Stellcom Acquires Interface Firm Digital Asylu * XML Provider Cape Clear Acquires Java Tech Firm Orbware new directors * Transcription Firm WordWave Adds Mainspring Exec to Board * AT&amp;T'S Bruce Goemaat Named to ASP Mi8's Board of Directors * Auto Site Developer BVerticals Appoints Auto Exec To Board * Red Oak Software Names Information Technology Execs to Board * Telecomm Broker Chapel Hill Broadband Names First Chairman new people * Multimedia Firm KeeBoo Appoints Bertelsman Exec as CEO * Global Telecom Provider edge2net Names New CEO, Chairman * Net Marketplace Apps Developer TechTrader Announces New CEO * Multimedia Tech Firm ViaGate Technologies Announces New CEO * New CEO, President Named At Wireless Tech Firm TracerNET * Sales & Marketing Apps Firm Promptu Appoints Tech Exec CEO vc fund news * British Telecom Establishing New Incubator, Brightstar * At First Close, Odin Has $40.6 Million For New Fund * Electronics for Imaging Starts Venture Fund with $20 Million vc personnel * ETF Group Opens Two More European Offices TOP STORIES NEW MONEY BAD NEWS NEW PRODUCTS M&A NEW DIRECTORS NEW PEOPLE VC FUND NEWS VC PERSONNEL Where will you find the world's leaders in the optical communications industry discussing the latest trends, developments, and future direction of the field?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3676_p18", "sents": [ "Service Factory also said it plans on raising a new round later this year or early next year wit ha United States venture capital firm.", "The company received $1.4 million in first-rou nd funding from Telia Business Innovation and Telia.", "http: www.servicefactory.se Biotech Firm Vasca Raises $19.6M in Series F Financing mail?", "top TEWKSBURY, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Vasca, a developer of an access de vice for hemodialysis, said it has raised $19.6 million in a Series F round from Atl as Venture, Bedrock Capital, Crossroads, MVM Limited, Pacific Ventures, Weiss Peck and Greer, The Sprout Group, and Tailwind Capital Partners.", "The compan y plans to dedicate the new funds to further research and development, as wel l as for sales.", "MVM Limited, a new investor, led this financing.", "The Crossroa ds Group and Tailwind Capital Partners are also new to the round.", "As a result of this investment, Dr. Stephen Reeders, who is chief executive officer of MVM and a nephrologist, has been granted a seat on the 11-member Vasca board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7366_p28", "sents": [ "Rivio investors include AC Ventures, Bank of America, BellSouth, Softbank Venture Capital.", "http: www.rivio.com M&A o Sonus Buys Telecom Technologies for More Than $451 Million WESTFORD, Mass.", "-- Publicly traded Sonus Networks, a provider of voice infrastructure services, said it has agreed to acquire telecom technologies, a developer of network software products aimed at enabling service providers to offer new voice and data services at a lower cost.", "Sonus will issue 10.8 million shares of stock, worth approximatley $451 million, plus an additional 4.2 million shares if telecom technologies achieves certain business objectives.", "Telecom technologies will become a division of Sonus Networks and remain in Richardson, Texas.", "Telecom technologies founder and CEO, Anousheh Ansari, will become general manager and vice president of this Sonus division.", "All telecom technologies employees will become employees of Sonus Networks.", "Telecom technologies received funding from MSD Capital and individual investors.", "http: www.sonusnet.com http: www.telecomtechnologies.com Locus Dialogue Acquired By InfoSpace For $128 Million BELLEVUE, Wash. -- InfoSpace, a publicly traded company which provides online infrastructure services, said it acquired Locus Dialogue, a speech recognition application developer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e27377_p22", "sents": [ "The impact on individual issues proved harrowing enough.", "Telecommunications-equipment maker Ciena hurtled to a 52-week low, declining $8.50, or 30%, to $19.62 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading.", "A total of 94 million Ciena shares changed hands, compared with a daily average of about 18 million shares.", "The declines came after the optical-systems concern warned that its earnings for the final quarter of its fiscal year, as well as for fiscal 2002, wouldn't be nearly as robust as analysts have been thinking.", "A number of other optical-systems makers joined Ciena in the downturn.", "ONI Systems shed 1.56, or 8.4%, to 17.02, Sonus Networks fell 2.16, or 13%, to 14.95, and Juniper Networks retreated 2.05, or 9.3%, to 20.02, all in Nasdaq trading.", "Compounding the misery in high technology, data-storage software maker Brocade Communications served up a downbeat outlook to accompany its quarterly results, which came out late Wednesday.", "Brocade slumped 2.38, or 7.8%, to 27.96 on Nasdaq." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Boeing", "sents": [ "The Boeing Company ( ) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide.", "The company also provides leasing and product support services.", "Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers; it is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2015 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value.", "Boeing stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2035_p74", "sents": [ "The ultimate payoff for Boeing could be huge.", "But its strategy is fraught with risks.", "Think about it.", "In maintenance, one of Boeing's big competitors--GE--is also one of its biggest customers.", "More broadly, Boeing is spending millions of dollars to get its 198,000 employees to change the way they work.", "And people don't like to change the way they do anything.", "For Griffin, or any of Boeing's senior executives, implementing all this isn't particularly glamorous work.", "Not like, say, buying or turning around companies.", "Webifying is an expensive, disruptive, unsexy management challenge.", "When Boeing started on its reengineering four years ago, costs skyrocketed and, at first, productivity dropped.", "It's like fixing subway tracks: a necessary evil, that, when completed, goes largely unnoticed.", "Look at what's happened to Nike.", "Last year the company decided to automate its entire supply chain so that when retailers ordered shoes, they could do it on the Nike site." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6960_p36", "sents": [ "\"Given the strategy they have chosen, they're following through quite well,\" said Andre Meade, an analyst at Commerzbank Capital Markets Co. \"They are growing from a small base and adding a lot of plants, so we'd expect high growth.\"", "Profit topped the 31-cent average estimate of analysts surveyed by First Call Thomson Financial.", "Calpine said it expects to earn $2 a share this year.", "The average First Call forecast was $1.92, with a range of $1.80 to $2.04. Calpine's shares rose $1.08, or 3%, to close at $36.89 on the New York Stock Exchange.", "The shares had fallen 21% this year amid concern that generators might have to give back some of the profit they made selling power in California during the last year.", "In addition, cooler-than-normal weather and conservation efforts recently reduced power prices in the state.", "Calpine runs or is building natural gas plants in 29 United States states and Canada that produce more than 30,000 megawatts of power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e407_p12", "sents": [ "March 23, 2001 Briefs: Houston & state Enron comfortable with profit projection Enron Corp. assured investors Thursday it \"remains very comfortable\" with a previously announced 2001 earnings estimate of between $1.70 and $1.75 per share.", "According to First Call Thomson Financial, the average estimate of 2001 earnings among industry analysts is $1.74 per share.", "The Houston-based energy giant also said it would bring investors up to date today with a conference call.", "USA: Transmission Texas' only dereg hurdle-state grid manager.", "By C. Bryson Hull 03 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Improving power transmission capacity is the biggest challenge Texas faces heading into deregulation next year, the manager of the state's power grid said on Thursday.", "California's Achilles' heel, a lack of generating capacity, is not Texas' problem, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) chief executive officer Tom Noel said.", "\"Capacity is not the only issue." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4576_p31", "sents": [ "Mr. DiDonato served most recently as the CEO of Productivity Point International, and is the current chairman of KnowledgePlanet.Com.", "InterWise's backers include Leeds Equity Partners, GE Capital, Texas Pacific Group, J.P. Morgan, UBS Capital, SAP, The Challenge Fund, and Link Technologies Venture Capital.", "http: www.interwise.com Direct Marketing Platform Responsys Names New President, CEO PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Reponsys.com, which provides a platform for online direct marketing, said it named George Wiedemann as president and CEO.", "Mr. Wiedemann was previously founder, chairman and CEO of Grey Direct Worldwide, a direct marketing agency.", "Mr. Wiedmann will replace Resonsys.com founder Anand Jagannathan, who will continue as chairman of the board and become chief strategy officer.", "Responsys is funded by Accel Partners, Foundation Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and individual investors.", "http: www.responsys.com Ex-Staples Exec To Head Infrastructure Firm Tierra Telecom SAN DIEGO -- Tierra Telecom, a provider of telecommunications infrastructure services, said it appointed Neil Lichtman as its new president." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Leeds Equity Partners", "sents": [ "Leeds Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in the Knowledge Industries.", "The firm is investing its fifth private equity fund, Leeds Equity Partners V, L.P., the largest fund focused exclusively on investing in this sector.", "The firm's investors include a broad range of leading institutions, public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, financial institutions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25446_p0", "sents": [ "\"Hi.", "Could you keep Annie's leash(es) and collars?", "--Original Message -- From: Nancy Sellers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:46 AM To: 'Eldon Sellers'; 'Timmi Sellers'; 'Rory Sellers'; 'Dotty Hopkins'; Barrie Eddy; 'Peggy'; Cameron; Jeff Dasovich; Prentice Sellers; Scott Laughlin Subject: Let's name 3-Whatsis Park.htm Prentice - Jeff probably won't get this so would you please show it to him.", "<<Let's name 3-Whatsis Park.htm" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e2788_p2", "sents": [ "We will really miss you guys!", "Anything else?", "--Original Message -- From: Nancy Sellers Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 10:00 AM To: 'Lynne Robertson'; 'Laura Whiting'; 'John Whiting'; 'Lisanne and Ken Jensen'; 'Celise'; 'Eldon Sellers'; 'Cristina Greenway Shea'; 'Chris Shea'; 'Carter'; Cameron; Jeff Dasovich; Prentice @ Berkeley; Prentice Sellers; Scott Laughlin Subject: Memorial Day I hope you are all making plans to meet at the dome - we are so excited to see you all and have some fun!", "Bring a bottle of bubbly (sparkling cider) because we have some special things to celebrate: * May 20 - Prentice graduates from Haas with her MBA * May 26 - Laura's birthday * John's new job * and drum roll * Cristina is going to have a baby!!!", "(November - good Scorpio month!)", "Please feel free to submit other celebratory items!!", "There is one major problem.", "Try as we might, we have not been able to get the deck finished." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27540_p12", "sents": [ "''And I think some people got locked into that mind-set.", "I think the world changed in January.", "It can't have escaped their notice that the new president won't support constraints on CO2 .''", "One of the staunchest foes of limits on carbon dioxide is the Southern Company of Atlanta, whose nuclear and coal-fired plants span Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, and whose donations to the Republican Party last year were second only to Enron's.", "The company recently enlisted Haley Barbour, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, as a lobbyist.", "Mr. Barbour mainly works to loosen enforcement of environmental regulations affecting utilities, though other Washington lobbyists said that he had also argued against action on reducing carbon dioxide emissions.", "Mr. Barbour did not return phone calls yesterday seeking comment.", "Power companies trying to find a way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions think they have greater sway with Congress than they have with the White House." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Haley Barbour", "sents": [ "Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American politician, lobbyist, and member of the Republican Party who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012.", "He was given a national spotlight in August 2005 when Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina.", "He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997.", "Prior to holding elective office, Barbour was a lobbyist and co-founder of the Washington lobbying firm BGR Group.", "which he again joined after his service as governor.", "Barbour also co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Immigration Task Force." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2204_p1", "sents": [ "Business Standard, 05 03 01 UK names coastal zones Lloyd's List International, 05 03 01 UK: Emetra delays derivatives, to focus on physicals Reuters, 05 03 01 Scottish Power Earnings Fall But US Strategy On Track Dow Jones, 05 03 01 Scottish Power CEO: Hunter Plant Fully On Line Dow Jones, 05 03 01 UK: UPDATE 3-Scottish Power restructures as profits slip Reuters, 05 03 01 Distractions interfere with key growth questions Financial Times, 05 03 01 USA: UPDATE 2-Calpine, Kinder Morgan plan N.M.-Calif. natgas line.", "Reuters, 05 02 01 USA: Enron says vice chairman Clifford Baxter resigns Reuters, 05 02 01 Enron Vice Chairman Cliff Baxter Resigns PR Newswire, 05 02 01 PARDON ME WHILE I SCREAM IN THE DARK The Press Democrat, 05 02 01 LNG carriage to be preserve of India-flag ships Lloyd's List International, 05 02 01 SCOTTISHPOWER REPORTEDLY TRYING TO PURCHASE PGE Portland Oregonian, 05 02 01 SCI ups profile with Petronet deal Lloyd's List International, 05 02 01 CALIFORNIA GENERATORS REPORT RECORD PROFITS THAT DWARF FERC'S LATEST REFUND ORDERS Foster Electric Report, 05 02 01 Saudi To Announce Gas Proj Winners In Next Two Wks-Report 05 03 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) DUBAI -(Dow Jones)- Saudi Arabia will announce the names of international oil companies which have been awarded a role in the kingdom's three core gas ventures in the next two weeks, a Saudi official said in published remarks Thursday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Kinder Morgan", "sents": [ "Kinder Morgan is the largest energy infrastructure company in North America.", "The company specializes in owning and controlling oil and gas pipelines and terminals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8071_p16", "sents": [ "Financial details of the partne rship and the equity stake were undisclosed.", "Need2Buy is backed by investo rs including Baker, JUMP Investors, Mitsubishi, Rustic Canyon Grou p, Shelter Ventures, Star Ventures, Trust Company of the West, and World P eace Industrial.", "http: www.need2buy.com?", "new directors?", "e-Checking Firm Xign Taps Commerce One Exec for Board PLEASANTON, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Xign, a business-to-business electro nic payment firm that is developing Internet checking, said it has appointed Robert Kimmitt as the board's third member.", "Mr. Kimmitt is an executive at Commerce One, and serves as chairman of the board of Commerce One Europe.", "H e is also the former ambassador to Germany and general counsel to the U. S. Treasury Department.", "Xign received $14.3 million in its Series A from leads Charles River Ventures and Matrix Partners earlier this month.", "http: www.xign.com ISO9.com Adds New Member to Its Board of Directors OAKLAND, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- ISO9.com, an application servic e provider for the development and maintenance of management services base d on the international ISO9000 standard, appointed Sergio Mazza to the com pany's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Mitsubishi", "sents": [ "The Mitsubishi Group (三菱グループ , Mitsubishi Gurūpu , also known as the Mitsubishi Group of Companies or Mitsubishi Companies, and informally as the Mitsubishi \"Keiretsu\") is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.", "Its total revenue is about 1.4% of Japan's GDP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26576_p54", "sents": [ "\"Our objective is to get th at legislation as close to the policy as possible.\"", "To Howard \"Bud\" Ris, who heads the Union of Concerned Scientists, the proce ss represents an opportunity lost.", "He disagrees with the report's conclusio ns but says he would have felt better if task force members and staff had t horoughly explored all sides.", "\"They should have done a really rigorous review.", "They foreclosed all kinds of options.\"", "Electricity If any group had the White House wired, it was the electricity industry.", "The director of its major lobbying arm, the Edison Electric Institute, room ed at Yale University with George W. Bush.", "Electricity generators and marke ters contributed $19.7 million to Republicans since 1998, roughly double wh at they gave Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.", "An d electricity companies negotiated contracts with administration friends, p olitical operatives and, in one case, a family member." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Union of Concerned Scientists", "sents": [ "The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a nonprofit science advocacy organization based in the United States.", "The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists.", "Anne Kapuscinski, Sherman Fairchild distinguished professor of sustainability science in the Environmental Studies Program at Dartmouth College, currently chairs the UCS Board of Directors, having replaced James J. McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8917_p36", "sents": [ "The company said Mr. Hammerslag is resigning to serve as managing director of Fortuna, a venture capital and investment firm.", "http: www.j2.com vw corrections Vesta Broadband Services mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An item in the December 6 issue of VentureWire about VideosDotCom changing its name to Vesta Broadband Services incorrectly identified Carnegie Partners as an investor in the company.", "Although the two companies were in negotiations, Carnegie never invested in Vesta.", "The company is backed by undisclosed individual and institutional investors and is seeking its Series A round of funding.", "Wheelhouse mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- A story in Monday's VentureWire concerning the appointment of former Coopers & Lybrand senior partner Eugene M. Freedman to Wheelhouse's board of directors, incorrectly referred to Mr. Freedman as the third member on the board.", "Wheelhouse, a marketing infrastructure services provider, now has three outside directors on its board in addition to its founder and president and CEO for a total of five." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6341_p2", "sents": [ "1, 921 words, California to get plan for refunds; Officials celebrate judge's proposition, DAVID IVANOVICH, LAURA GOLDBERG, WASHINGTON, Utility Rates National Public Radio (NPR), Morning Edition (11:00 AM AM ET) - NPR, July 10, 2001 Tuesday, 1289 words, Officials in California fail to reach settlement over the state's demand for more than $8 billion in refunds to electricity customers, BOB EDWARDS, SCOTT HORSLEY The News Tribune, July 10, 2001, Tuesday, South Sound; Pg.", "D1, 405 words, No energy refunds foreseen for California Power: Judge rules state is owed up to a billion dollars, but owes suppliers more than that, Mark Sherman; The Associated Press Copyright 2001 Copley News Service Copley News Service July 11, 2001, Wednesday SECTION: State and regional LENGTH: 406 words HEADLINE: Davis firm on demand for $8.9 billion refund BYLINE: Ed Mendel DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: Gov.", "Gray Davis had a tough message for federal regulators yesterday after the failure of settlement talks in California's bid to get an $8.9 billion refund from electricity suppliers: ''See you in court.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2492_p10", "sents": [ "Meanwhile, a judge said Wednesday that PG&E can continue paying its natural gas suppliers, even as other creditors wait to recoup billions of dollars from the utility.", "The decision allows PG&E, which last month filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to buy gas that it sells to homes and usinesses.", "(PROFILE (CO:Southern California Edison Co.; TS:SCE;) (CO:Pacific Gas and Electric; TS:PCG; IG:ELC;) LOAD-DATE: May 10, 2001 14 of 110 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Copley News Service Copley News Service May 10, 2001, Thursday SECTION: State and regional LENGTH: 1162 words HEADLINE: Davis asks generators to 'share pain' BYLINE: Ed Mendel DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: Gov.", "Gray Davis met yesterday with power generators he has accused of price-gouging and asked them to ''share in the pain'' of California's electricity crisis by settling for 70 percent of what they are owed by utilities.", "The governor said he told the generators that a key part of his rescue plan for utilities, the purchase of the Southern California Edison transmission system by the state, might not be approved by legislators if payments to generators are not reduced." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20261_p0", "sents": [ "'USA: UPDATE 1-Energy casts some light in gloomy profit season.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 16 01 USA: Energy permits some light in gloomy profit season.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 16 01 USA: INTERVIEW-Enron says may partner or sell broadband business.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 16 01 USA: UPDATE 6-Enron posts loss after taking $1 bln in charges.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 16 01 Enron Has Third-Quarter Loss After Expansion Fails (Update9) Bloomberg, 10 16 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Energy casts some light in gloomy profit season.", "By Per Jebsen 10 16 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Energy and mining companies have provided a few glimmers of light but otherwise third-quarter results on Monday and Tuesday are helping to fulfill expectations for the worst quarter in 10 years.", "Technology bellwethers Intel Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. which reported sharply lower profits, did little to buck the downward trend." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kofi Annan", "sents": [ "Kofi Atta Annan ( ; born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.", "Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.", "He is the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5389_p1", "sents": [ "See article: Cote d ,Ivoire ,s new presidentE+ Zimbabwe ,s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Cha nge, started impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe.", "Mr Mugabe responde d by saying it was time to revoke the policy of reconciliation between black and white Zimbabweans.", "Some of the former white leaders, he said, should be tried for genocide.", "See article: Mugabe ,s battle for survival To general surprise, including his own, Ruud Lubbers, a Dutch f ormer prime minister, was named by Kofi Annan, the UN ,s secretary-general, as the ne w UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), succeeding Sadako Ogata.", "See article: Ruud Lubbers, refugee supremoE+ In South Africa the government launched a new campaign to infor m the public about AIDS.", "Over 4m South Africans are said to be infected with HIV, but government statements have left many people confused about how it is transmitted.", "An Arab summit, the first for four years, was held in Cairo to consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2312_p53", "sents": [ "\"What has happened in California over the past four years is not deregulation.", "It is misguided regulation,\" Lay wrote in an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle in March.", "\"If done right, deregulation means choice and competition.", "Deregulation means lower prices.", "Deregulation means innovation.", "California has the opportunity now to get it right.\"", "Those comments infuriated consumer advocates.", "\"It's just devastating,\" said Doug Heller, of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.", "\"It highlights the absurdity of deregulation in terms of the balance of power between the consumer and the corporation.", "It's one thing to be successful in America.", "It's another thing to pillage the consumers in California, and then have the gall to come back and tell us we need to let them in for more.\"", "10 WHO MADE MILLIONS DURING CALIFORNIA'S DEREGULATION: Pay for top executives at many independent power companies increased last year.", "Here's a list of the top-paid energy executives with business interests in California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ] }, { "title": "e894_p131", "sents": [ "Some power companies, however, may find their claims for the fair market value of their plants undercut by their own tax filings.", "Energy firms, including Duke, told county assessors last year that the utility plants they bought were worth hundreds of millions of dollars less than they paid for them.", "Private companies including Duke, Dynegy, Southern Energy, AES Corp and Calpine spent a total of $3.2 billion to buy divested utility power plants that can produce as much as 20,000 megawatts.", "UNDERLYING PROBLEM UNSOLVED Williams said taking over the property of private companies would not solve the underlying problem behind California's high energy prices: rising demand and an inadequate supply of energy to fill it.", "Even if Davis seized only one plant, the move might spur other power generators to drop their prices, said Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.", "\"As soon as the generators recognize we're ready to go to a public power system and take their plants, they may start selling power at reasonable rates, and we won't have to go down that road,\" Heller said.Chronicle staff writers Tyche Hendricks, Patrick Hoge and Greg Lucas contributed to this report." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Avnet", "sents": [ "Avnet, Inc. is one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.", "Although the corporation's products have been an important part of computer networking, the corporate name is neither an acronym nor a coined word, and dates from nearly a century ago, when it was founded by Charles Avnet in 1921.", "After its start on Manhattan's Radio Row, the company became incorporated in 1955 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1961.", "Avnet currently ranks #108 on the Fortune 500 and #414 on the Fortune Global 500, reporting FY 2017 revenues of $17.4 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7366_p31", "sents": [ "Other board members include: Ryal Poppa, former chairman, president, and CEO of Storage Technology; Fred Warnock, former president of Almac Arrow Electronics; and Rich Ward, former president of Avnet's computer marketing group.", "eChips was formed this month as a result of a merger between QuestLink Technology, ChipCenter, Arrow Electronic's Advantage business unit, and Avnet's Production Supplies and Test Equipment unit.", "Arrow, Avnet, CMP Media, and i2 Technologies have all invested in eChips.", "http: www.echips.com U.K. Incubator Ideas Hub Names Chairman, Director of Board LONDON -- Ideas Hub, an Internet business accelerator, said Vic Steel joined the board as chairman and David Simpson joined as director.", "Mr. Steel is currently chairman of Forbidden Technologies, a developer of video compression technology, as well as non-executive director of Navy Army Air Force Institutes and Eidos, a developer and publisher of computer and entertainment software.", "Mr. Simpson is co-founder and deputy chairman of Pet Plan Group, a provider of pet healthcare insurance." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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": "e5443_p98", "sents": [ "Cou rt rulings have eliminated California's short-lived blanket primaries and restored the partisan contests.", "So he has two summers before the November 2002 election to get the power puzzle solved.", "All the same, politics is an arena in which anything can happen.", "(Your hono r, I call Jesse Ventura to the stand.)", "And what Republicans more and more are hoping will happen is that Los Angeles will send to the governor's office i ts departing mayor, Richard Riordan.", "Riordan says he's thinking about running.", "A Field Poll in late May showed Riordan even with Davis in voter preference while Jones and Simon trailed by double digits.", "President Bush has called on Riordan to run.", "Last week, 14 Republican legislators, of the 44 in the Assembly and Senate, and 16 of California's 20 Republican members of Congre ss signed a letter urging Riordan to be a candidate.", "Given the beaten down state of the Republican party in California, one of Riordan's advantages for the general election is that he is thought of firs t as the mayor of Los Angeles, and only second as a Republican." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 7, 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2326_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 7: \"It's crunch time on power rates\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"SDG&E shutoff notices increasing\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"State OKs $7 billion contract\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"The energy crisis gives Filner some easy targets\" SD Union, Sat, 5 5: \"Gephardt tells rally here he's pushing price caps\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Proud Linemen Take a Hit\" LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Utility's Workers Watch Helplessly as Company Falls\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Utility Bills Are Just One Way People Pay for Energy Crisis\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Questions Remains Who'll Take Brunt of the Rate Hikes LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Riordan and Freeman's Feud Erupts in Public\" LA Times, Sat, 5 5: \"Cheney Rejects Price Caps, Aid for Calif. Power Crisi s\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Rolling Health Hazards Summer Blackouts May Pose Public Health Risks\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Oh, that boom in 2002 SF Chron (AP), Mon, 5 7: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"United States considers withdrawing lawsuits against coal industry Pollution controls affect power plants SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Swimming pool owners get PG&E discounts Operating pumps at night saves energy SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Legislators plan to sue United States panel on energy Top state Democrats want cap on prices\" SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Nevada's winning hand -- power State sees profit in California's crisis\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Share prices rise amid news of big energy deals\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Florida shrugs off Calif-blackout scenario\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Hot days worry energy watchers\" OC Register, Mon, 5 7: \"Unplugged Manking has lived thousands of years without electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3686_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the attached articles: SD Union, Sun, 6 3: Poor find more red tape than federal energy aid SD Union, Sun, 6 3: Top energy adviser confident of gaining pact for L.A. surplus SD Union, Sun, 6 3: Energy firm ties enriched top advisers to president SD Union, Sun, 6 3: Report: State may have little money left to head of blackouts SD Union, Sat, 6 2: San Onofre reactor back on line, sending power to state grid SD Union, Sat, 6 2: State files to manage energy on its own SD Union, Sat, 6 2: Escondido not running power plant process, ex-official says SD Union, Sat, 6 2: PG&E bankruptcy judge won't challenge state regulation SD Union, Sat, 6 2: New majority leader says nay to electricity price caps LA Times, Sun, 6 3: Watchdogs Take a Hit in State's Power Ills LA Times, Sat, 6 2: Duke Charged Record Price for Electricity LA Times, Sat, 6 2: Incoming Senate Leader Daschle Lukewarm on Power Price Caps LA Times, Sat, 6 2: PUC May Trip Bailout of Edison LA Times, Mon, 6 4: Better Than Bankruptcy (Commentary) SF Chron, Mon, 6 4: Electricity usage shrinks by 11% State's consumers beat goal set by governor SF Chron, Mon, 6 4: Enron is my spiritual teacher (Commentary) SF Chron, Mon, 6 4: Change in Senate control slows Bush's energy plan SF Chron, Mon, 6 4: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Mon, 6 4: Electricity usage shrinks by 11% State's consumers beat goal set by governor SF Chron, Mon, 6 4: Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6769_p2", "sents": [ "The Assembly is expected to consider one of two rival measures to save Edison today, and the Senate is expected to take up an Edison rescue deal of its own.", "Miguel Bustillo and Carl Ingram in the Los Angeles Times <http: www.latimes.com news printedition asection la-000059243jul20.story?c oll=la%2Dnews%2Da%5Fsection -- 7 20 01 More Edison bailout -- An attempt to help Southern California Edison stave off bankruptcy made incremental progress in the Legislature on Thursday.", "A bailout bill proposed by the Senate passed a key committee and reached the floor of the Senate, which will take it up today.", "That plan calls for $2.5 billion of Edison's debt to be paid off mainly by large businesses.", "It was one of three dueling rescue efforts still alive after another topsy-turvy day of hearings, closed-door meetings and last-minute changes.", "In the Assembly, lawmakers considered rival plans backed by Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg and Assemblyman Rod Wright, both Los Angeles Democrats." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 5 ] }, { "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": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jaswant Singh", "sents": [ "Jaswant Singh (born 3 January 1938) is an Indian politician.", "He earlier belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party and has held many portfolios in the national cabinet including Finance, External Affairs and Defence during the NDA regime (1998 to 2004).", "He was also the Leader of Opposition from 2004 to 2009 in the Rajya Sabha and the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India(1998–99).", "He is known for his rigid political views." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e10961_p61", "sents": [ "That is, despite the project being cancelled, the agreement to purchase power from the cancelled project is valid and hence the counter-guarantee stands.", "It was then pointed out by the member who had moved the breach of privilege notice that the contract was repudiated by the Maharashtra government.", "After re-negotiation, the project itself was revised.", "There was a change in the capacity of the project, the fuel to be used, the capital cost, tariff and change in scope after inclusion of phase II of the project which was not included earlier.", "In reply, Ahluwalia submitted that the counter-guarantee had provided for amendments to be made to the PPA, subject to prior written approval by the Central government.", "Thus, if Jaswant Singh as finance minister had not approved the extension of the earlier counter-guarantee, it would not have been valid insofar as the amendments to the PPA were concerned.", "So the onus of the counter-guarantee rests with the 13-day BJP government, which did not wait for a review before it approved the extension of the earlier counter-guarantee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2852_p7", "sents": [ "Bla-Bla.com, which raised $7.65 millio!", "n in seed funding in September 2000 and an undisclosed amount two months later, is funded by Hudson Venture Partners, Liberty View Equity Partners, SBIC, Silicon Alley Venture Partner s, Stonehenge, and Youngtree Partners.", "As part of the overall transaction, some of Bla-Bla.com's investors, including Liberty View and Hudson Partners, will invest an undisclosed amount in UGO Networks.", "http: www.bla-bla.com http: www.ugo.com EYP Mission Gets $57.5M Round One to Spin Off from Einhorn mail?", "top BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- TA Associates, a private equity firm, said it led a $57.5 million first round for EYP Mission Critical Facilities, which provid es consulting, design, facilities operations management, and information technology services to financial, telecommunications, and computer Internet corporate clients.", "Some of the investment was used to spin off EYP from its parent company, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering, as well as to provide the company with growth capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "TA Associates", "sents": [ "TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the early modern-era private equity firms in the United States.", "The firm leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies.", "TA Associates has invested across a range of industries, including technology, healthcare, consumer products, financial services and business services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2042_p35", "sents": [ "An official order would be issued on Monday and the experts' committee would have to consider the recommendations and terms of reference put forth by the Godbole Review Committee, state government sources said here Saturday.", "Sources said no time-frame had been set, but \"it will all depend on the other side (DPC) also participating in resolving the imbroglio\".", "\"Godbole has been chosen to head the renegotiation team as he knows each and every minute detail of the 2,184 mw project\", they said, adding at least two of the five members of the Godbole panel--Deepak Parekh and E A S Sharma--would be nominated on the renegotiations committee.", "Sources said MSEB chairman Vinay Bansal and the country's National Thermal Power Corporation's representative would also be included in the panel.", "On Friday, state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had categorically stated that he was hopeful of renegotiating the PPA even though Enron was contemplating serving of notice terminating power supply to the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8276_p15", "sents": [ "TL Ventures said it was making the investment to strengthen its ties to Euro pe and provide a network for its portfolio companies.", "EWG focuses on early stage investment in European and U.S companies in the business-to-busines s, business-to-consumer, enterprise applications and tools, enabling techn ology, and IT infrastructure sectors.", "EWG's portfolio companies include i- drive.com, Offroad Capital, Pefa.com, and SubmitOrder.com http: www.", "europeanwebgroup.com?", "http: www.tlventures.com?", "WineryExchange.com Raises $15 Million Series B?", "NOVATO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- WineryExchange.com, an online marketpla ce for the wine industry, said it received $15 million in its Series B round of funding from new investors Charter Venture Capital and Cahill, Warnock & Co Previous investors Venrock Associates and 3i Technology Partners also participated in the round.", "The funds will be used for international expansion, product roll-out, and customer service.", "The company has raised $ 24 million to date.", "WineryExchange is also backed by vTraction, the Internet initiative of Netherlands-based Rabobank; Draper Richards, and individual investor Fred Warren, founder of Brentwood Associates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p5", "sents": [ "http: www.neocarta.com New Money o Broadband Firm Net to Net Secures $15 Million in Round One PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Net to Net Technologies, a provider of simplified IP broadband data and voice communication technology, said it received $15 million in its first round of financing.", "Summit Partners was the sole investor for the round.", "The company will use the funding to promote its IP DSL product line and for continued expansion.", "http: www.nettonettech.com Property Management Firm Realeum Has $15 Million Series A ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- AvalonBay Communities, United Domnion Realty Trust, and Post Properties, all publicly traded real estate firms, said they launched Realeum, an online property management service that raised $15 million in Series A funding.", "Realeum's investors include Carlyle Venture Partners, Cohen & Steers, through its Internet Realty Partners, Stichting Pensioenfonds, through its affiliate ABP-US Investments, and Venrock Associates.", "The company said it will use the funding for software engineering, platform deployment, development of customer care services, and new product development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cabot Corporation", "sents": [ "Cabot Corporation is an American specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.", "The company operates in over 20 countries with 36 manufacturing plants, eight research and development facilities and 28 sales offices.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3552_p20", "sents": [ "To date, E Ink has received $57.7 million in financing from Applied Technology, Atlas Venture, Cabot Corporation, CNI Ventures, Creavis, FleetBoston Financial, Gruppo Espresso, Havas, which is a division of the Vivendi Group in France, Investpress, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Philips Electronics, Solstice, The Hearst Corp, The Interpublic Group of Companies, The McClatchy Company, and Toppan Printing.", "http: www.eink.com http: www.toppan.co.jp bad news PaperExchange Shuts Down European Operations mail?", "top BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- PaperExchange, a marketplace for the pulp an d paper industry, said that it has closed its European operations.", "A company representative said that while PaperExchange intends to continue its marketplace activities on an international level, the company is \"winding u p\" its physical operations in Europe.", "Investors in PaperExchange include Asia Pulp &amp; Paper, International Paper, Internet Capital Group, the Kraft Group, Madison Dearborn Partners, MSD Capital, Staples, Terrapin Partners, Bowater and individual investors.", "http: www.paperexchange.com new deals Softbank and Scientia Health Group Form Scientia Japan mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8778_p20", "sents": [ "top WESTCHESTER, Ill. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Commerx, a builder and operator of online business networks for manufacturing companies and their trading partners, said it promoted David O'Meara to chief executive officer.", "Mr. O'Meara previously served as Commerx's vice president of corporate development.", "Prior to joining Commerx, he served as vice president of business development for Sterling Commerce, an Internet business services provider.", "Mr. O'Meara replaces Jeff Garwood, who has served as interim CEO since late October when chairman and CEO Tim Stojka resigned from the position.", "The company's investors include Capital Research and Management, divine interVentures, MC Capital, Mitsui & Co., Palantir Associates, Pivotal Asset Management, Ashland Distribution, Eastman Chemical, EP Partners, Huntsman, Mitsubishi International, MSC Industrial Direct, H. Nuehlstein & Co., Internet Capital Gro!", "up, and individual investors.", "http: www.commerx.com Ex-CEO of MValue Now Chief Exec at Peer-to-Peer Firm Static mail this story?", "top SANTA MONICA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Static, a developer of peer-to-peer technologies, has named Jay Haynes chief executive officer of the company, a source said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3385_p6", "sents": [ "http: www.insightpartners.com Willis Stein & Partners Appoints CSFB Director as Partner mail?", "top CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Willis Stein & Partners, a private equity investment firm that specializes in negotiated investments with early-stage companies, announced that Philip B. Pool Jr. has joined the firm as partner Most recently Mr.", "Pool was a managing director of the private fund group at Credit Suisse First Boston.", "He will manage the Willis Stein & Partners' corporate development and investor relations activities.", "Willis Stein currently manages approximately $2.9 billion of equity capital, targeting investments in U.S.-based public and private companies with transaction values ranging from $100 million to $1 billion.", "http: www.willisstein.com 'Mobile MARKETING & SALES Aventail Adds Ajuba Solutions Co-Founder Sarah Daniels as VP mail?", "top SEATTLE (VENTUREWIRE) -- Aventail, a managed service provider of secure Internet infrastructure, said it named Sarah Daniels vice president of marketing.", "Most recently Ms. Daniels was co-founder and vice president of marketing and sales at Ajuba Solutions, a developer of integration technolo gy that was acquired by Interwoven in Oct. 2000. Aventail is backed by Fideli ty Ventures, Hewlett-Packard, Internap Network Services, Madrona Venture Group Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Pivotal Asset Management, PS Capital Ventures, Trinity Ventures, VeriSign, and XMLFund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3686_p40", "sents": [ "Curtis L. Hebert Jr., the free-market champion who succeeded Hoecker as chairman, insisted \"FERC is being vigilant in its efforts to ensure just an d reasonable rates, while at the same time ensuring\" that it fosters new ener gy supplies.", "\"I would vehemently disagree with anyone who says otherwise,\" he added noting he transferred 75 attorneys--half of the agency's litigators--into market oversight.", "Still, a consensus that it's time for aggressive action seems to be forming among commissioners, including two nominees confirmed by the Senate last month: Patrick H. Wood III and Nora M. Brownell.", "Wood, a Texas utility regulator nominated by Bush and probably FERC's next chairman, said the agency needs to evolve into a \"market cop with a great big old stick,\" adding: \"There is a role that only the federal government can take.", "The free market ain't a free and full market yet .\"", "Already named FERC's special liaison for California, Wood remains dedicated to market principles but vows to take a fresh look." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3688_p136", "sents": [ "We don't have either of those.\"", "* MORE INSIDE Jury still out: No smoking gun yet in natural gas rate hearing.", "A23 GRAPHIC: PHOTO: Patrick H. Wood III PHOTO: Nora M. Brownell PHOTO: Curtis L. Hebert Jr. PHOTO: Linda Breathitt PHOTO: William L. Massey LOAD-DATE: June 3, 2001 35 of 143 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company The New York Times June 3, 2001, Sunday, Late Edition - Final SECTION: Section 4; Page 18; Column 5; Week in Review Desk LENGTH: 788 words HEADLINE: The Nation; Econ 101: It's Right and It's Wrong BYLINE: By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN; Michael M. Weinstein is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.", "BODY: ELECTRICITY deregulation -- allowing power companies to set wholesale prices on their own -- has gone seriously awry in California.", "Severe shortages have led to rolling blackouts and soaring prices, with wholesale prices rising about 700 percent in a year, jolting the state's economy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3698_p46", "sents": [ "A spokesperson for ForwardAction said the firm is working with a number of undisclosed venture capital firms.", "ForwardAction's current high-tech startu p clients include Emaginews, iConvention, and StratoLink.", "The company said it is in the process of formally launching its incubator, Launch!", "Idea Accelerator.", "http: www.forwardaction.com Biotech Firm Mycometrix Changes Name to Fluidigm mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Mycometrix a developer of on-chip, microscale valves and pumps that control femtoliters of fluid for the biotechnology industry, announced that the company has changed its name to Fluidigm.", "The company, whose micro-pump and valve technology is used to create miniature fluidic circuits, currently targets drug discovery arena.", "Future applications for its products include the drug delivery, diagnostics chemical, and power markets.", "Fluidigm is backed by InterWest Partners.", "http: www.fluidigm.com Software Infastructure Firm Gazoo Changes Name to Talaris mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Gazoo, a software infrastructure comp any that develops and markets a platform and application for buyers and suppliers of business and personal services, announced it has changed its name to Talari s. Currently in stealth mode, Talaris plans to launch in early summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Fluidigm", "sents": [ "Fluidigm Corporation is a public, American company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of biological research equipment based on integrated fluidic circuit technology.", "In 2009, Fluidigm was described as \"the world's leading manufacturer of microfluidic devices.\"", "Among the applications to which Fluidigm products are put to use are protein crystallization, genotyping, DNA analysis and PCR." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19894_p0", "sents": [ "\"I'm taking a look at this now.", "Dan says we need to file this Friday to make sure we meet the 10-day requirement in the statute.", "Will be trying to get individual customers to sign on as well.", "Already have call in to UC CSU attorney.", "--Original Message -- From: Dan Douglass [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 12:08 AM To: ARM; Gary Ackerman; Vicki Sandler; Anderson, Robert; Merilyn Ferrara; Max Bulk; John Yurkanin; Steve Huhman Subject: Draft Application for Rehearing Attached for your review and comment is a draft application for rehearing of the Commission's Thursday Decision 01-09-060 suspending the right of direct access.", "Although we have prevailed (at least for now) on the issue of retroactivity, the decision still violates various provisions of state and federal law.", "If any party wishes to preserve the right to legally challenge this decision, it must file an application for rehearing within ten days." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e19983_p0", "sents": [ "\"Please forward this to those who agreed to sign on --Original Message -- From: Dan Douglass [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 3:06 PM To: ARM; 'Fairchild, Tracy'; Norm Plotkin; Gary Ackerman; Vicki Sandler; Anderson, Robert; Merilyn Ferrara; Herb Zinn; John Yurkanin; Max Bulk; Steve Huhman Cc: Lon W. House; Scott Blaising Subject: Direct Access Application for Rehearing Importance: High Attached for your review and comment is a third draft of the application for rehearing.", "The main changes are (1) the addition of several more parties (and will those who arranged for these parties to sign on PLEASE forward a copy of this draft to your contacts so that they get to see it and know how to contact me with any comments or suggestions); and (2) a legislative history section which summarizes the various pertinent bills and resolutions.", "Please reply with any comments or suggested changes as soon as possible." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5471_p2", "sents": [ "Although California prices eased in recent days, they have soared as much as 100 times higher than other states.", "El Paso has denied any wrongdoing.", "``The bottom line is that FERC had all the evidence before them when they made their initial decision (in March) that there was no affiliate abuse.", "And that evidence has not changed,'' said Norma Dunn, a spokeswoman for El Paso.", "``We're very confident that they will rule in the same fashion again,'' she added.", "In late March, FERC ordered the first El Paso proceeding to determine if the company exercised market power to drive up the price of natural gas in California.", "But FERC also rejected at that time allegations that El Paso Pipeline had improperly favored its affiliates during the so-called ``open season'' when pipelines accept bids for contract deliveries.", "The new FERC action came after California regulators alleged that El Paso Merchant received secret information from Mojave during the open season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e3380_p4", "sents": [ "El Paso Pipeline is planning to convert the All-America oil pipeline to natural gas, said Patricia Shelton, president of El Paso's western pipeline group.", "That line, which was recently approved by FERC, will ship about 230 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from Texas to the California border by autumn.", "``We're doing this on our dime to loosen up our system,'' Shelton said.", "A major new interstate line, the Sonoran Pipeline, has been proposed in a joint venture by Calpine Corp and Kinder Morgan.", "The 1,000-mile pipeline would ship 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas each day from Blanco, New Mexico to the San Francisco Bay area.", "The companies are trying to get 20-year contract commitments from customers to determine if the nearly $2 billion pipeline is economically feasible, said Craig Chancellor of Calpine.", "Kern River Gas Transmission, a unit of the Williams Cos (NYSE:WMB - news) is planning an expansion of its interstate pipeline to add 906 million cubic feet per day of gas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20106_p19", "sents": [ "But British Gas India, which Wednesday announced its plans to take over Enron's offshore interests for $388 million, has made it clear that the deal would fall through if it didn't get the operatorship.", "\"The governments role is restricted to that of a facilitator.", "Enron has written to us regarding their decision to exit and the new deal struck with British Gas,\" the report says, quoted India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik.", "\"However, it is for ONGC and Reliance who are existing equity holders to take a decision on the operatorship,\" Naik said.", "Naik said BG and Enron have struck the deal keeping in mind the existing condition and the possible consequences.", "\"It is for them to find a solution,\" Naik said, according to the report.", "Newspaper Web site: www.economictimes.com -By Himendra Kumar; Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9426; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "British Gas unlikely to get operatorship 10 05 2001 Financial Express Copyright (C) 2001 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.; Source: World Reporter (TM) New Delhi, Oct 4: BRITISH Gas, which has bought Enrons stake in Panna-Mukta-Tapti oil and gas fields for a consideration of $388 million, is unlikely to get operatorship rights of the Panna, Mukta and Tapti oil and gas fields." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] }, { "title": "e879_p9", "sents": [ "Dabhol, India's largest private power plant currently under construction, was scheduled for commissioning in two phases.", "The project's first phase, a 740-megawatt power plant, has already been commissioned and phase two is due to be completed later this year.", "-By Himendra Kumar; Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9427; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron sends political force majeure notice to Indian electricity board 04 09 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd BOMBAY (AFX) - Enron Power Corp sent a political \"force majeure\" notice to the state-run electricity board of India's Maharashtra state on Saturday, officials said.", "The move means Enron is putting the state and federal governments on notice that it might be unable to discharge its contractual obligations to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) due to domestic political events beyond its control.", "Enron subsidiary Dabhol Power Co is putting up a 3 bln usd, two-part power plant - the largest United States investment project in India - at the port town of Dabhol some 200 kilometres south of Bombay." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Bryson", "sents": [ "John E. Bryson (born July 24, 1943) is the former United States Secretary of Commerce, the 37th person to hold the post since its establishment in 1913.", "Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison and as director of The Boeing Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1371_p0", "sents": [ "'John Bryson from SCE called Jeff Skilling to seek our support for their restructuring MOU before the California Assembly and the CPUC.", "Steve Kean has asked that I get together a phone call to discuss this proposal and our potential \"wish list\" that would be necessary for SCE to earn our support.", "I would like to set up a call for tomorrow at 12:30 Houston time.", "The call-in number is 1-800-486-2726 Code 789296 (for US parties).", "Here is my initial proposal for Enron's list: 1. Full payment of PX Credit to ESP (receivable and going forward) from 1st Tranche of Securitization & agree to dismiss PX Credit compliant at CPUC.", "2. Transmission network operated by West-wide RTO, not California ISO (roll Cal ISO into larger RTO) OR maybe push for TransElect buying 3. Clear language on continuation of Direct Access with clarity on Surcharg e. 4. Full payment to EWC on all charges (receivable and going forward) from 1 st Tranche of Securitization." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9035_p1", "sents": [ "The new data will give advertisers, news and information providers and Internet marketing and content companies a clearer picture of the dynamics of local and regional Internet trends, the partnership said.", "According to Nielsen NetRatings, the top five local markets with the largest Internet penetration in February were San Francisco, with 61 percent; S an Diego, with 58 percent; Washington, with 56.1 percent; Seattle, with 55 .9 percent; and Portland, Ore., with 54 percent.", "Filling out the top 10 were Boston, with 51.7 percent; Dallas, with 47. 6 percent; Denver, with 47.3 percent; Atlanta, with 46.1 percent; and Los Angeles, with 43.9 percent, according to Nielsen NetRatings.", "Nielson NetRatings said the city with the most people online is New Yor k, with 4.3 million logging on in February, followed by Los Angeles, with 3.6 million; San Francisco, with 2.1 million; Chicago, with 2 million; and Boston, with 1.9 million.", "San Diego led all cities in average time spent online per person in February, with an average of nearly 11 hours and 16 minutes.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e27332_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Tuesday, November 27, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Web users surf twice as much at work Web surfers in Italy, France, Australia and the United States who access the Internet from work spend considerably more time online than home Internet users.", "\"Work Internet usage adds up to more time spent online and more Internet sessions, undoubtedly due to greater connection speeds and better usability,\" explained Richard Goosey, chief of measurement science and analytics at Nielsen NetRatings.", "He said marketers should take the work audience into account.", "\"Applications such as banking, online trading and industry-specific directory searches are well targeted to the focused work audience,\" he said.", "In the U.S., NetRatings reported, male Web users spent an average of 21 hours 44 minutes online at work each month and 11 hours 34 minutes at home.", "-- Osama bin Laden, Harry Potter among top searches Terra Lycos reported that Osama bin Laden continued to be its most popular search term last week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7287_p11", "sents": [ "Micontacto is funded by LuminaAmericas, an online business development firm backed by incubator LatinForce.net, an Internet incubator that targets Hispanics in the United States and Latin America.", "LatinForce.net is funded by Brown, McMillan & Co., Hillman, TSG Capital Group, Vista Media, and Z-Spanish Radio.", "LatinForce.net's URL takes visitors to the Lumina Americas site.", "http: www.micontacto.com http: www.luminaamericas.com E-Business Peer-to-Peer Software Firm Consilient Launches BERKELEY, Calif. -- Consilient, a peer-to-peer software company, announced its launch.", "The company provides infrastructure software for enabling business processes over the Internet.", "Consilient was founded by Jonathan Hare, previously CEO and founder of application software firm Evoke, and Erik Freed, formerly the CTO of Evolve Software.", "Consilient is funded by Oak Hill Venture Partners and the Sapling Foundation.", "http: www.consilient.com Design and Development Firm Zen Digital Launches Site NEW YORK -- Zen Digital, a provider of Internet development, design, training, and consulting services, said it launched its first non-beta Web site." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 6 ] }, { "title": "Sapling Foundation", "sents": [ "The Sapling Foundation is a non-profit organization that owns the TED global conference.", "It was founded by Chris Anderson in 1996." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sony", "sents": [ "Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社 , Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha ) (often referred to simply as Sony) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.", "Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services.", "The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets.", "Sony was ranked 113th on the 2016 list of Fortune Global 500." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e1120_p38", "sents": [ "In effect, more than one million copies of Windows 95 were sold before advertising began.", "This landmark marketing PR activity even finds mention in Philip Kotler's Marketing Management Millennium edition.", "Starbucks Coffee net revenues grew more than 500 per cent in less than four years and the brand became a household word through the use of PR before the company ran its first advertising campaign.", "The Sony Walkman is one of the most successful consumer electronics products, which initially was supported by a global PR campaign and no consumer advertising.", "Such examples underline the importance that brand or marketing PR has assumed today.", "As competition intensifies and marketers innovate to find new ways of connecting with their consumers, new communication and consumer contact tools are spawned to help build businesses and brands.", "Marketing or brand PR can be defined as \"A cost-effective, targeted communication process that leverages news media and other communication vehicles to enhance reputation and create \"compelling interest and purchase intent\" amongst key stakeholders for a brand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7455_p16", "sents": [ "http: www.icommerce.com Information Services Firm GuruNet Changes Name to Atomica SAN MATEO, Calif. -- GuruNet, a provider of software products and services for gaining access to information, said it has changed its name to Atomica.", "The name change coincides with the company's decision to extend its information retrieval and delivery services to the knowledge management market.", "The company said it plans to launch a suite of Atomica-branded knowledge management services early next year.", "Atomica's investors include Highland Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Wit SoundView Ventures (Dawntreader), Israel Seed Partners, America Online, Goldman Sachs, Robertson Stephens, Garage.com, and Angel Investors.", "http: www.atomica.com New Deals o IBM Takes Equity and Teams With Kymata, Optical Developer EAST FISHKILL, NY -- IBM and Kymata, a developer of optical chip technologies, said they have reached a multi-year agreement to produce networking chips for online business applications.", "Under the agreement IBM and Kymata intend to develop optical chips to be used in enabling higher speed distribution of data across networks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p8", "sents": [ "The funding also included a minority investment from Heller Financial, TA principal Michael Wilson said Mr. Wilson also said that the company is planning a number of acquisitions, the first of which will close in two months.", "Mr. Wilson, along with Roger Kafka of TA, will take a seat on EYP's board of directors.", "TA Associates manages over $5 billion and has invested in over 330 companies to date.", "http: www.eypmissioncritical.com Flatiron Moves in with J.P. Morgan Chase to Cool Burn Rate mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm, said it would vacate its Silicon Alley offices in order to save millions on rent.", "T he firm will move to the offices of its only limited partner J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Flatiron said that there would be no other changes in the firm's financial structure.", "Last month Flatiron, which participated in more than 4 0 deals last year, said it may be raising its own fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Antonio Villaraigosa", "sents": [ "Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa ( ; born Antonio Ramón Villar Jr.; January 23, 1953) is an American politician who was the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, from 2005 to 2013.", "Before becoming mayor, he was a member of the California State Assembly (1994–2000), where he served as the Democratic leader of the Assembly (1996–98), and the Speaker of the California State Assembly (1998–2000)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p7", "sents": [ "\"The real issue here is the reputational damage to the state of California.\"", "The two other leading credit agencies, Moody's and Fitch Investors Service, still have California on a credit watch but haven't issued downgrades.", "S&P acted the same day the Independent System Operator, which manages California's power grid, declared a Stage 2 power alert.", "Warm weather and t he unexpected shutdown of two key power plants caused electricity reserves to fall below 5 percent.", "The Bee's Dale Kasler can be reached at (916) 321-1066 or [email protected] m. Bee Deputy Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Smith contributed to this report.", "Top energy adviser to quit as Davis pushes for plants Bee Capitol Bureau (Published April 25, 2001) John Stevens, Gov.", "Gray Davis' staff director and top energy adviser, is leaving the governor's office at the end of the week, Davis announced Tuesday.", "Stevens, of Carmichael, joined the administration a year ago as staff director after working 13 years as a top staffer in the Legislature, including a stint as chief of staff to former Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3910_p4", "sents": [ "Venture capital activities within Bertelsmann include Bertelsmann, Venturepark Incubator, and Bertelsmann Valley.", "http: www.bertelsmann.com Algorithmics Closes $60 Million Round Two, Buys Sentry TORONTO -- Algorithmics, a developer of financial risk management software, said it closed a second round of funding worth $60 million.", "The funding was provided by American International Group, Morgan Stanley International, CIBC Capital Partners, and Royal Bank Capital Partners.", "The company said it will use the funds for strategic acquisitions, product development, and debt payment.", "Algorithmics also said it has acquired Sentry Financial Systems, a supplier of collateral management software.", "Terms of the transaction, which was financed through Algorithmics' second round, were not disclosed.", "Algorithmics previously raised $37 million from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and VenGrowth Investment Fund.", "http: www.sentryfin.com http: www.algorithmics.com Artisan Entertainment Launches $50 Million Venture Unit NEW YORK -- Artisan Entertainment, which produces films and other entertainment, said it launched a new media business unit, Artisan Digital Media, which will include iArtisan, an investment fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3514_p11", "sents": [ "Mr. Mullins previously sat on the advisory board of vSimplify.", "http: www.vsimplify.com Core Networks Receives Follow-On Financing in Series B mail?", "top HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (VENTUREWIRE) -- Core Networks, which develops activation and network management software applications for the high-speed Internet-over-cable industry, said it received follow-on financing to its Series B round, in which the company raised $10.5 million in March.", "The amount of this investment was not disclosed.", "Return investor Royal Bank Capital Partners and new investor Intel Capital provided the new financing, which will be used for business development.", "The deal was based on the same valuation as the March funding, which was provided by Royal Bank Capital Partners Telecommunications Fund, ACF Equity Atlantic, and Skypoint http: www.corenetworks.com Speech Recognition Software Firm InfoTalk Nabs $12M mail?", "top HONG KONG (VENTUREWIRE) -- InfoTalk, which develops conversational s peech recognition technology, said it has closed $12 million in a round of financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2943_p82", "sents": [ "Airport officials said yesterday that the airport now plans to begin assembling 10 one-megawatt plants that could be running by June 1 to help keep airport terminals cool when the summer power crunch arrives.", "SEVERAL SCENARIOS Because the California Energy Commission has already licensed the El Paso peaker plant, SFO could quickly take over the project under several scenarios, said Claudia Chandler, the CEC's assistant executive director.", "The fastest way is for El Paso to voluntarily transfer the plant license to SFO, which could have the peaker plant running by late July, she said.", "If El Paso won't cooperate, SFO could seek its own license under a 21-day approval process that Gov.", "Gray Davis ordered in February to speed development of the temporary plants.", "Given the 21-day approval, SFO could have the plant running by September.", "T o speed approval, Chandler said, the airport would have to keep the location, size and type of plant similar to the El Paso proposal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p226", "sents": [ "\"If I were a resident of California, I wouldn't want to give a large economic interest in the state's energy market to them (Duke) because we know their policy: To fight pollution-control efforts,\" said David Hawkins, director of the air and energy program of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C. Coal-fired generation of electricity is legal in California, although environmental laws and the state's lack of coal pose costly obstacles.", "No nuclear plants have been licensed here since Diablo Canyon (near San Luis Obispo) in the early 1970s, but the technology remains attractive to the industry, despite debacles at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, because nuclear plants don't pose emissions problems common to fossil-fuel plants.", "According to Claudia Chandler, spokeswoman for the California Energy Commission, state law says no nuclear plants may be built until a safe way to dispose of nuclear waste is found.", "While there is no legal reason Duke couldn't build coal-fired facilities in California, the nuclear option is unlikely right now." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2105_p55", "sents": [ "The Infrastructure Development Finance Company will be assisting the panel.", "The most important task before the panel will be to delink the LNG facility created by Enron from the DPC to bring the project cost down.", "The Godbole panel has blamed Enron for clubbing around $500m, the cost of LNG facility, with the project cost and recommended the separation of two.", "The LNG facility, which is part of the second phase (1,444 mw) of DPC, includes a receiving terminal, storage tanks and a re-gassification plant.", "The construction of the facility is almost complete and the first delivery of LNG is expected by the end of 01. The receiving terminal would create infrastructure to enable the supply of 130,000 cubic meters of natural gas by LNG tankers.", "BRIEFING - ASIA ENERGY - MAY 1, 2001 05 01 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. An executive briefing on energy for May 1, 2001, prepared by Asia Pulse (http: www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e489_p62", "sents": [ "He said the company can acquire much of the telecommunications capacity it needs to expand its businesses through contracts with other owners rather than by building additional network capacity itself.", "Despite the fact California's utilities aren't paying their bills, Enron's credit exposure in that state is declining, he added.", "vh jfr For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE 03 26 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, March 26 Asia Pulse - Essar Group is considering pulling out of the Royal Dutch Shell promoted Rs 23 billion (US$493.7 million) Hazira Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal project in the western state of Gujarat due to \"overcrowding\" of gas projects on the western coast.", "\"We are having a rethink on the venture as the region may not be able to absorb the amount of gas coming by way of proposed projects,\" Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia told PTI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7287_p7", "sents": [ "Creature Labs will use the funds to expand its product portfolio and general company expansion.", "http: www.creaturelabs.com Real Estate Site InterNest Raises $250,000 CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. -- Open Prairie Ventures, a venture capital fund which invests in early stage new technologies, said it will invest $250,000 in InterNest, a Chicago-based real estate Web portal, as part of its Series B round of funding.", "This investment follows its earlier investment of $500,000 in June.", "InterNest said it will use the funds to expand its service into additional markets and add Web site enhancements.", "InterNest is also backed by Dodi Ventures, Origin Ventures, Garage.com, and individual investors.", "http: www.internest.com School Savings Network UPromise Has $55 Million Second Round BROOKLINE, Mass.", "-- UPromise, which operates a network that enables families to save money for college while shopping, said it raised $55 million in its second round of funding.", "New investor Hellman &amp; Friedman led the round, which included previous investors Charles River Ventures, General Atlantic Partners, General Catalyst, the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p10", "sents": [ "top DENVER (VENTUREWIRE) -- VDSL Systems, which develops broadband techn ologies enabling very high speed digital subscriber line service distribution over copper phone lines, said it raised $12.4 million in its second round of funding.", "The round was led by UBS Capital and included investments from 3i, Kennet Capital, and ACR, the Finnish investment company for the entrepreneu r Tatu Ylonen, founder of SSH Communications Security.", "VDSL systems said it will use the capital for sales and marketing efforts and ongoing product development.", "http: www.vdslsystems.com Creditek Receives $30M Investment from General Atlantic mail?", "top PARSIPPANY, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Creditek, an order-to-cash cycle outsourcing and enterprise receivables management company, said it has received a $30 million investment from General Atlantic Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on IT and telecommunications businesses.", "The compa ny said the money would be used to develop technology and for operating infrastructure.", "As a result of the funding, Mark Dzialga and Cliff Robbins, partners of General Atlantic, will become the fifth and sixth members of th e board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]