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[ { "title": "e4892_p32", "sents": [ "Mr. Micek served as chief executive officer of iKnowledge and as vice president and general manager of the enterprise software division of Texas Instruments.", "He also worked as vice president of marketing for Neuron Data, general manager of a software product line for Borland, and a production manager with Ashton-Tate.", "Mr. Micek succeeds former president and CEO Tuck Newport, who remains with the company.", "Zeus Wireless is backed by ComVentures, Crescendo Ventures, DynaFund Ventures, and Excelsior Private Equity Fund II.", "http: www.zeuswireless.com eRisks Appoints Ex-Bank of America Executive as President NEW YORK -- eRisks, which provides enterprise risk management services, said it named Kerry Williams as president.", "Mr. Williams comes to the company after previously serving as the senior vice president and general manager at Integrated eCommerce and also working at Bank of America.", "Backers for eRisks include aventic, Risk Management Solutions, Katalyst Venture Partners, and Internet Finance.", "http: www.erisks.com VC Fund News o Cardinal Venture Creates $75 Million Wireless Fund SEATTLE -- Cardinal Venture Capital, which invests in early-stage technology companies formed by new entreprenuers, said it has created a new $75 million fund which will specialize in wireless communications, Internet infrastructure, and broadband products and services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e4892_p33", "sents": [ "Cardinal Venture Capital says it typically invests between $500,000 and $2 million in each company.", "http: www.cardinalvc.com VC Personnel o Infinity Names New Managing Director and Advisor PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Infinity, an early stage fund focused on Internet and e-commerce infrastructure, software, and communication companies, said it has named John Hershey as a managing director.", "Mr. Hershey will focus on Internet infrastructure and software investments.", "Mr. Hershey was managing director at Banc of America Securities, where he ran the Internet investment banking group.", "The company also said Dan Eitingon was added as a venture advisor.", "Mr. Eitingon was president of the global support services group at Visa International.", "http: www.infinityllc.com Advertisement VentureFinance The monthly guide to capital for growing companies.", "Who just got money, and who's looking for it.", "Subscribe at http: www.tpsite.com tp vf default.html 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." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27495_p44", "sents": [ "The transaction expands American Water strateg ically into a full range of water and wastewater management services and ge ographically into the southeastern and northwestern United States and three Canadian provinces.", "The unit has annual revenue of $157 million, 1,050 employees an d 2 million customers.", "American Water expects the deal to be accretive to e arnings and cash flow in its first full year after initial transition costs Investor Enron Corp. acquired the 30% of Azurix Corp. in public hands Mar ch 16 for $330 million after a string of operating disappointments.", "America n Water's acquisition does not include Azurix's assets in the U.K. and Arge ntina.", "American Water has been on a buying spree recently, including the wa ter and wastewater assets of Stamford, Conn., telecom firm Citizen Communic ations Co. for $835 million.", "Goldman Sachs advised American Water on Azurix.", "-Claire Poole www.TheDeal.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "Azurix", "sents": [ "Azurix Corp. is a water services company, headquartered in Houston, Texas.", "The company owned and operated facilities in North America (mainly Canada), Europe, and South America.", "In 2007, Azurix was awarded a $165 million claim against the government of Argentina by an international arbitral tribunal; the company is currently involved in a dispute over Argentina's refusal to pay the claim." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p2", "sents": [ "A19, 638 words, GOP members of House oppose price cap plan; Three from Southern California vote against Feinstein on electricity, Carolyn Lochhead, Washington San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 11, 2001, FRIDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A19, 525 words, PUC chief's proposal called petulant; Federal agencies would pay full tab for power, Zachary Coile San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 11, 2001, FRIDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A1, 812 words, High bills may not spur conservation; PG&E, critics agree increases are too small to change habits, David Lazarus Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 11, 2001, Friday, BC cycle, 8:46 AM Eastern Time, State and Regional, 731 words, Energy task force expected to recommend tax breaks, By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer, WASHINGTON AP Online, May 10, 2001; Thursday, Domestic, non-Washington, general news item, 678 words, California Blackout Season Begins, JENNIFER COLEMAN, SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP Online, May 10, 2001; Thursday, Washington - general news, 703 words, Bush Panel to Urge Relaxed Air Rules, H. JOSEF HEBERT, WASHINGTON AP Online, May 10, 2001; Thursday, Washington - general news, 372 words, House Addresses California Crisis, H. JOSEF HEBERT, WASHINGTON Associated Press, May 10, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle, Domestic News; Business News, 355 words, Calif. governor signs bill authorizing $13.4 in bonds to repay treasury for power buying, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 10, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle, State and Regional, 467 words, PG&E says fewer small power plants offline, By KAREN GAUDETTE, Associated Press Writer, SAN FRANCISCO Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 10, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle, State and Regional, 570 words, Governor signs bill authorizing $13.4 in bonds to repay treasury, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO, California Associated Press State & Local Wire, May 10, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle, State and Regional, 754 words, Developments in California's energy crisis, By Associated Press CBS News Transcripts, CBS EVENING NEWS (6:30 PM ET), May 10, 2001, Thursday ?, 398 words, CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES SUFFERING UNDER RATE INCREASES AND ROLLING BLACKOUTS, DAN RATHER, JERRY BOWEN Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online May 10, 2001; Thursday 11:03 PM, Eastern Time SECTION: Domestic, non-Washington, general news item LENGTH: 385 words HEADLINE: Calif." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2593_p80", "sents": [ "A19 LENGTH: 525 words HEADLINE: PUC chief's proposal called petulant; Federal agencies would pay full tab for power SOURCE: Chronicle Political Writer BYLINE: Zachary Coile BODY: The state's top energy regulator says her proposal to force federal agencies in California to pay \"real time\" prices for electricity could result in major energy savings.", "But critics say the proposal by Public Utilities Commission President Loretta Lynch is nothing more than a schoolyard slap at the federal government for refusing to rein in skyrocketing wholesale energy prices.", "\"It's just saying, 'You weren't nice to us, so we're not going to be nice to you,' said Commissioner Richard Bilas, a Republican, who opposes the measure.", "Lynch, a Democrat and appointee of Gov.", "Gray Davis, introduced the proposal this week as part of package of rate increases to be voted on Monday, which could jack up monthly electricity bills on heavy residential energy users by 40 percent and heavy commercial and industrial users by 50 percent or more." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5677_p112", "sents": [ "Because the peaker plants weren't originally intended to run full time, the y aren't equipped with the most up-to-date pollution controls.", "The plaintiffs also allege the air district regulators violated the California Environmental Quality Act by failing to conduct thorough reviews of the expanded operation and not allowing for public comment.", "\"We as a city are not saying no to power.", "We're saying there's a process an d they need to follow it,\" said San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, who represents District 10 where the power plant is located.", "Terry Lee, a spokesman for the air district, said her agency and Mirant did nothing illegal.", "Mirant spokesman Patrick Dorinson concurred.", "They pointed to Davis' executive orders earlier this year that gave power companies the right to step up production without going through the normal permit process and adhering to the stricter pollution controls.", "William Rostov, an attorney for Communities for a Better Environment, contends Davis does not have authority to override federal air quality laws Lee said the United States Environmental Protection Agency signed off on the governor's plan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "United States Environmental Protection Agency", "sents": [ "The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes U.S. EPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.", "President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order.", "The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate.", "The agency is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the President and approved by Congress.", "The current Administrator is Scott Pruitt.", "The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the Administrator is normally given cabinet rank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5091_p22", "sents": [ "NetObjects could also issue an additional $6 million in shares based on the future performance of Mycomputer.com.", "NetObjects has also agreed to advance approximately $2 million to MyComputer.", "NetObjects said the acquisition will enhance its expansion to an online service business with a partner-based distribution model.", "Josh James, chief executive officer and co-founder of MyComputer, will serve as an executive vice president of NetObjects and general manager of MyComputer.", "President and co-founder of MyComputer, John Pestana, will serve as a vice president of NetObjects and MyComputer.", "MyComputer had received financing from Dell, Network Solutions, and several individual investors.", "http: www.netobjects.com http: www.mycomputer.com New Directors o Wireless Firm Nexterna Names Air2Lan CEO to Board OMAHA, Neb.", "-- Nexterna, a wireless data communications company, said it has appointed Jai Bhagat, the chief executive officer of high-speed wireless broadband service provider Air2lan, to its board of directors.", "Prior to his position at Air2lan, Mr. Bhagat was CEO and vice-chairman of Skytel Communications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "NetObjects", "sents": [ "NetObjects, Inc. is a software company founded in 1995 by Samir Arora, David Kleinberg, Clement Mok and Sal Arora.", "The company is best known for the development of NetObjects Fusion, a web design application for small and medium enterprises with designers who need complete control over page layout and a similar user interface as desktop publishing applications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7650_p15", "sents": [ "The company plans to use the capital to strengthen its engineering and marketing teams, develop new semiconductor and software products, and bring wireless multi-point services to market.", "The company has raised $30 million to date.", "http: www.embeddedwireless.net o Online Banking Firm CR2 Raises $8 Million in Third Round LONDON -- CR2 Group, which provides online banking, channel management, and card payment technology, said it raised $8 million in its third round of funding.", "New investors Goodbody Stockbrokers and AIB Corporate Banking joined previous investors GIMV, NIB Capital, and ACT Venture Capital in the round.", "CR2 Group said it will use the funding to expand its business and marketing.", "The company has a valuation of $88 million following the close of the funding round.", "The company has recently relocated to larger offices in Dublin and established operations in India and the Czech Republic to support Asian and Eastern European operations.", "CR2 Group has received additional support from the Irish government's state agency, Enterprise Ireland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3415_p13", "sents": [ "The company said its current valuation is over $20 million and also that it plans to reach profitability sometime in 2002. In October 2000 MINEit raised $1.4 million from ACT Venture Capital and the University Challenge Fund.", "MINEit also has offices in Chicago, London, and Stuttgart, Germany.", "http: www.mineit.com RealTime Media Closes $2.2 M in Series B, Names New Head mail?", "top WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- RealTime Media, an online promotiona l agency, said that it has raised $2.2 million in Series B financing led by previous investor NewSpring Ventures, with participation from new investors Covenent Partners, and Lancaster Investment Partners.", "Unamed individuals ha ve also re-invested in this round.", "Additionally, RealTime announced the appointment of John Hopper as president, CEO, and board member.", "The company plans to dedicate the new funds to product development as well as for marke t expansion.", "As a result of this financing, there were two appointments to th e company's five-member board of directors: Janet Paroo of NewSpring ventures has been appointed as the company's chairman, and Neil Contess, who was formerly a principal with marketing agency Dugan Valva Contess." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20365_p42", "sents": [ "Enron shares have fallen 39 percent over the past four days on concern that the company's dealings with partnerships run by its chief financial officer contributed to investment losses.", "The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for information on the partnerships, Enron said.", "Janus, which boosted its Enron stake in the past year in an effort to diversify its technology-heavy stock funds, is among a handful of firms including Putnam Investments, Alliance Capital Management, Barclays Global Investors and Fidelity Investments that owned more than 2 percent of the Houston-based company as of June 30, according to Bloomberg data.", "``It was definitely a real growth darling,'' said Christine Benz, a senior analyst at Chicago-based fund tracker Morningstar Inc. ``In a year like 2000, when almost nothing was working for growth managers, Enron emerged as a story that a lot of growth managers could like.''", "Fund Holdings According to Thomson Financial, 1,187 mutual funds, or 15.4 percent of all United States stock funds, owned a combined 207.9 million Enron shares as of June 30. Combined losses on the holdings amount to $2.7 billion since Tuesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p58", "sents": [ "Still, some analysts believe the Bush energy plan could revive interes t in many energy shares, if investors take a longer-term view.", "Companies that explore for, produce and refine oil and gas could be among the biggest beneficiaries of Bush's initiatives, said Corey McElveen, stock analyst at Morningstar Inc.", "In particular, he cites Phillips Petroleu m (P) and Exxon Mobil (XOM), which already have operations in energy-rich Alaska.", "Phillips rose $1.72 to $65.87 on Thursday, while Exxon Mobil eased 77 cents to $88.73. Callahan, however, favors companies that focus on refining.", "Ashland (ASH), Pennzoil-Quaker State (PZL) and Sunoco (SUN) are among the refining stocks with reasonable valuations and plenty of upside, he said.", "Ashland eased 17 cents to $43.50 Thursday, Pennzoil-Quaker added 5 cen ts to $15.96 and Sunoco rose 98 cents to $41.45. Some money managers prefer to leave the traditional oil and gas stocks for others--in favor of alternative energy issues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mississippi River", "sents": [ "The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.", "Flowing entirely in the United States (although its drainage basin reaches into Canada), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2320 mi to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.", "With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains.", "The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river in the world by discharge.", "The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3990_p0", "sents": [ "'PG&E Corporation's First Wind Farm Nears Commercial Operation; Facility is First of Its Kind in New York State Source: Business Wire Publication date: 2000-09-15 BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2000--New York State's first merchant wind farm takes another step toward commercial operation today.", "PG&E Corporation's (NYSE: PCG) National Energy Group will mark the occasion at the 11.5-megawatt Madison Windpower Project in Madison County, New York with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today and a community open house tomorrow.", "\"Madison Windpower's commercial operation is a milestone for us,\" said PG&E National Energy Group President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Iribe.", "\"Aside from offering critical additional capacity to the New York State power market, we're pioneering a new approach to linking customers to new, renewable energy facilities.\"", "The seven-turbine facility, the first of its kind east of the Mississippi River, will sell electricity into the Northeast power grid through the New York State Electric & Gas Transmission System and the New York Independent System Operator (ISO)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p7", "sents": [ "The round also included CRIL (Cambridg e Research and Innovation Limited) and Dow Ventures.", "The company said it w ill use the funding for technology development.", "Herman Hauser, a founding partner at Amadeus, has been named chairman of the board.", "Telephone 44-0-1 22-370-7002. IP Management Tech Developer 6Wind Raises Series A F unding?", "PARIS (VENTUREWIRE) -- 6Wind, which provides IP management technologies, said it raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from TechFund Capital a nd CDC Innovation Partners.", "As a result of the investment both CDC Innovation and TechFund Capital will take a seat on the 6Wind board of directors.", "Jean-Michel Barbier, formerly chief executive officer of Thomson-CSF Ventures, will represent TechFund Capital on the board.", "The company said it will use the funding to market its initial products.", "http: www.6wind.com Semiconductor Firm Comsilica Raises Series A Funding SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Publicly traded companies K awasaki Steel, a steel manufacturer, and SONICblue, a digital media compan y, said they jointly invested an undisclosed amount in semiconductor compa ny ComSilica's Series A round of funding, which is now closed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2990_p9", "sents": [ "Mr. Lippiello previously served as interim vice president, business and scientific development.", "Also added was Don Kirksey as vice president, corporate and business development.", "Mr. Kirksey most recent ly served as vice president, business and corporate development at AtheroGenic s. Targacept spun off of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in August 2000 and is backed by Advent Venture Partners, Auriga Ventures, Burill & Co., CDC Innovation, EuclidSR Partners, Genavent Societe Generale Asset Management Finance, and Longleaf Venture Fund.", "http: www.targacept.com Sychron Adds Nithya Ruff as VP, Bus.", "Dev.", "and Marketing mail?", "top PALO ALTO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Sychron, a provider of software for data centers and global networks of data centers, said it named Nithya A. Ruff as vice president of business development and marketing.", "Prior to joining the company, Ms. Ruff was director of product and strategic marketing at Tripwire, a provider of data and network integrity software.", "Sychron is backed by DotEdu Ventures and individual investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4576_p25", "sents": [ "Comintell is a provider of software applications and corporate portals for information management.", "Other terms of the deal were not disclosed.", "http: www.comintell.com M&A o Semiconductor Firm Infineon To Buy Ardent for $42 Million MUNICH, Germany -- Infineon Technologies, the publicly traded semiconductor subsidiary of Siemens, said it agreed to buy Ardent Technologies, a supplier of high-bandwidth integrated circuits for local area network (LAN) switching systems in a stock-swap deal valued at $42 million.", "Other terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed.", "Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Ardent received venture capital backing in 1999. http: www.ardentek.com http: www.infineon.com K2 Design and Unwired Buy SilverCube for $14.8 Million NEW YORK -- Publicly traded Internet business strategy firm K2 Design said it joined with Unwired to purchase privately held wireless content delivery firm SilverCube in a $14.8 million cash and stock deal.", "K2 and Unwired will operate SilverCube as a stand-along company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Unwired", "sents": [ "Unwired Australia Pty Ltd was an Australian company dedicated to fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services.", "They provided coverage in Melbourne and Sydney.", "Unwired had 52,320 customers and 97 employees.", "The technology used by Unwired was provided by American manufacturer Navini Networks and Venturi Wireless Solutions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6406_p52", "sents": [ "Write to Jon Kamp at [email protected] Copyright (c) 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Two Calif Univ Sys In Tentative Deal For Cheaper Pwr 07 11 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP)--California's two public university systems have reached a tentative settlement allowing them to continue to buy cheaper power.", "Enron Energy Systems Inc. had asked to be released from the last year of a four-year contract with the universities, saying it was losing $12 million a month on the deal because of spiraling wholesale power costs.", "The state refused, and in April a federal judge ordered Enron to abide by the contract.", "Enron appealed to the 9th United States Circuit Court of Appeals.", "Under the tentative settlement, Enron has agreed to extend its contract with California State University and the University of California for two years, Chancellor Charles B. Reed told CSU's board of trustees Wednesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "California State University", "sents": [ "The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California.", "With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 478,638 students with 24,405 faculty and 23,012 staff, CSU describes itself the largest four-year public university system in the United States.", "It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, with the other two being the University of California system and the California Community Colleges System.", "The CSU System is incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University.", "The California State University system headquarters are at 401 Golden Shore in Long Beach, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Iberdrola", "sents": [ "Iberdrola (] ) is a Spanish public multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao, Basque Country.", "Iberdrola has a workforce of around 31,330 employees in dozens of countries on four continents serving around 31.67 million customers.", "Subsidiaries include Scottish Power (Scotland), Avangrid (United States) and Elektro Holding (Brazil), amongst others.", "The largest shareholder of the company was, in 2013, Qatar Investment Holding; other significant shareholders are ACS, Kutxabank and Bankia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2934_p11", "sents": [ "Industry experts say many projects will not get off the drawing board and only six to eight GW of capacity will in fact be built by 2004 2005. Spain is opening its electricity market to competition in line with a trend in the European Union.", "Fifty five percent of the sector is liberalised and the government plans full deregulation in 2003. Endesa and the other leading Spanish utility Iberdrola have 80 percent of the generation market between them with the rest divided between Union Fenosa and Hidroelectrica del Cantabrico.", "New entrants include Intergen, a joint venture between Shell and engineering firm Bechtel, and United States utilities Edison Mission Energy and Enron Corp. LOCAL UTILITIES START BUILDING POWER STATIONS Local companies are ahead in the permitting process which can take up to two years and involves getting over 20 local and national licences.", "Endesa, for example, has started building work on a 1,200 MW power station whereas no IPPs are believed to have begun building." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Napster", "sents": [ "Napster was the name given to two music-focused online services.", "It was founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing digital audio files, typically audio songs, encoded in MP3 format.", "The company ran into legal difficulties over copyright infringement.", "It ceased operations and was eventually acquired by Roxio.", "In its second incarnation, Napster became an online music store until it was acquired by Rhapsody from Best Buy on December 1, 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e3823_p2", "sents": [ "-- Napster, the movie Liberty Media Group's Starz Encore unit is working on a movie about Napster.", "A spokesman for the movie programmer confirmed discussions are under way, Reuters reported.", "However, there is no commitment for production of a movie, yet.", "A Los Angeles-based writer is developing a screenplay for the project, and has been interviewing people who have been associated with the company and its founder Shawn Fanning.", "He called his song-swapping program Napster, which was his nickname in high school because of his curly hair.", "Napster said Thursday it has contracted with Loudeye Technologies to protect copyrighted music downloaded from the service.", "Loudeye provides digital \"fingerprints\" for files, and will be part of Napster's effort to remove copyrighted content from its service.", "\"Loudeye's fingerprints and metadata will ultimately help us track millions of unique music files on our service, so we can fulfill our commitment to compensate artists, songwriters, music publishers and record companies,\" said Napster CEO Hank Barry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5941_p36", "sents": [ "Enron, El Paso Corp., Dynegy Inc. and Williams Cos. have lost $24.7 billion, or 22 percent, in market value in the past six months as a growing political backlash led investors to sell their shares.", "``The market really hates uncertainty, and when the governor throws out a figure of $9 billion in possible refunds, that's a lot of uncertainty,'' said John Nichol, a fund manager at Federated Investment Management, which owns shares of generators.", "Soaring power prices have left California's two largest utilities insolvent and saddled with about $15 billion in power- buying losses and debts.", "Regulators have boosted rates by more than 50 percent for businesses and consumers in the most-populous state.", "Prices Rise The soaring prices benefited companies such as Enron, which sells both electricity and contracts that help limit customers' risk when energy prices rise or fall.", "Enron will make 42 cents a share, up from 34 cents a year earlier, based on the average estimate of analysts polled by First Call Thomson Financial." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1770_p4", "sents": [ "\"We believe a rational course of action that seeks new sources of supply must be combined with public policy that ensures confidence that services provided in the past and future will be paid in full,\" Bailey said.", "\"The combination of short-term, regional price controls during emergency periods along with the elimination of credit risk, should provide the market a respite while creating incentive for the private sector to invest with confidence,\" he said.", "Williams Cos said that as of March 31, it was owed $252 million for power sold to the California Independent System Operator (ISO) and the now defunct California Power Exchange.", "Since April 1, Williams' power sales to California have been through the state's Department of Water Resources, which enjoys a far better credit rating than the financially strapped ISO.", "The ISO, which oversees most of the California power grid, has been paying millions of dollars daily for most of the year to ensure there is enough power available to avoid blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Northeast Power Coordinating Council", "sents": [ "The Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) was formed January 19, 1966, as a successor to the Canada–United States Eastern Interconnection (CANUSE).", "NPCC is one of nine regional electric reliability councils under North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) authority.", "NERC and the regional reliability councils were formed following the Northeast Blackout of 1965.", "NPCC's offices are located in New York City, New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2943_p165", "sents": [ "\"The new regulations tend to favor combined-cycle natural gas facilities,\" said Bryan Riley, Eastern regional vice president with NRG Energy.", "\"We advocate that fuel diversity is essential in electric supply going forward.", "Not a surprising position, perhaps, given that Minneapolis-based NRG Energy owns the 117-MW Somerset station, one of what Massachusetts officials call the \"filthy five\" (actually six, but the alliteration is better) power plan ts targeted for scrubbing, fuel switching or shutdown.", "\"The standard in Massachusetts for CO2 (carbon dioxide) is, at least with current technology, impossible to meet with a coal-fired facility,\" Riley said.", "\"We can't afford to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to bring it up to standards.\"", "The Providence, R.I., Journal-Bulletin quoted Massachusetts officials as saying the plants targeted under the plan produce 40% of the state's electricity.", "Even so, enough energy would be available to meet the state's needs if all six shut down, the officials said, noting 14 new plants should come into operation by 2005. Indeed, according to Boulder, Colo.-based RDI's NEWGen database, more than 15,000 MW of new generating capacity is either under construction or in the advanced stages of development in the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) region, which includes New York, New England and eastern Canada." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1368_p27", "sents": [ "Privately owned Playmedia Systems seeks a court order to stop AOL's use of the allegedly infringing software, as well as damages in excess of $47 million.", "Playmedia contends that AOL's 1999 purchase of Nullsoft, which licensed older technology produced by Playmedia, did not give it the right to use the software in AOL 6.0. Siebel Systems, a maker of business software, is expected to lay off hundreds of workers because of a worsening sales slump.", "The exact number of jobs being cut is expected to be disclosed as part of Siebel's first-quarter earnings announcement, scheduled for release today after the markets close.", "Estimates on Siebel's layoffs have ranged as high as 20 percent of its 7,400 workers.", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered power suppliers to California to reimburse the state $587,000 -- far less than in earlier months -- for overcharges in March.", "Under the order, Dynegy Power Marketing must pay $469,662.60, Mirant Corp. must pay $92,620 and Williams Energy Services must pay $25,574.25. AARP announced a campaign against predatory mortgage lending." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Nullsoft", "sents": [ "Nullsoft, Inc. was a software house founded in Sedona, Arizona in 1997 by Justin Frankel.", "Its products included the Winamp media player and the SHOUTcast MP3 streaming media server.", "In later years, their open source installer system, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) became an alternative to commercial products like InstallShield.", "The company's name is a parody of Microsoft.", "\"Mike the Llama\" is the company's mascot; this is frequently referred to in promotional material (especially for Winamp) citing llamas.", "Frankel introduced the llama in Winamp's startup sound clip, inspired by the lyrics of Wesley Willis: \"Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass!\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "LandAmerica Financial Group", "sents": [ "LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. was the third largest title insurance group in the US.", "It was incorporated in 1991 as Lawyers Title Corporation, and renamed LandAmerica after Lawyers Title acquired Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and Transnation Title Insurance Company in 1998.", "It was headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.", "The company's subsidiaries were primarily title insurers; however, they offered a number of other real estate transaction services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7595_p11", "sents": [ "http: www.bandwidth9.com Homebytes.com Secures $12 Million in Second Round Funding RICHMOND, Va. -- Homebytes.com, which conducts residential real estate brokerage services online, said it has secured $12 million in its second round of funding from America Online and LandAmerica Financial Group.", "The two were joined by previous investors, FBR Technology Venture Partners, Grotech Capital Group, and Monument Capital Partners.", "Homebytes.com, and its subsidiary Owners.com, said it will use the funding to continue ongoing infrastructure development and to develop its technology and multiple listing service integration to support the national rollout of the company's residential real estate services.", "The company said it has now raised over $30 million in venture capital to date.", "http: www.homebytes.com Wireless Infrastructure Company MobileRAIN Raises Seed Round FREMONT, Calif. -- MobileRAIN Technologies, which develops carrier-grade products to enable voice and data service for wireless technologies, said it raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8665_p13", "sents": [ "New investors include Concord Ventures, Wit SoundView, Wheatley Partners, Epoch Partners, and Fleet Bank.", "The round also included previous investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Venrock Associates, Lucent Venture Partners, and undisclosed individuals.", "The company said it will use the funds for continued product development, and for sales and marketing.", "http: www.tilion.com Amadeus Capital Invests $30.1 Million in CRM Firm Quadstone mail this story?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Amadeus Capital Partners said it led an investment round of GBP 21 million ($30.1 million) in Quadstone, a provider of analytical customer retention management software.", "Amadeus joined Quadstone's previous investors 3i, Scottish Equity Partners and Standard Life in the round.", "Chase Capital Partners, Artemis, and Friends Ivory & Sime also provided funding.", "Quadstone said it will use the funding to expand staff, and operations into the United States The company also plans to launch its product throughout Europe.", "http: www.quadstone.com Net Infrastructure Firm BSDi Secures $4 Million in Funding mail this story?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 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": "e2407_p10", "sents": [ "05 08 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - America's largest corporations are finally figuring out what inner-city and rural businesses have known for years, profits can be found in their neighborhoods.", "Several executives, including officials from Enron Corp. Pfizer Inc. American Express Co. Union Bank of California State Farm and Marriott International came together on Tuesday to promote a new study by the Ford Foundation showing increasing participation and profits at 30 companies from cultivating commercial activity in the country's poorest sections.", "\"Distressed rural areas and hardscrabble inner cities are transforming themselves into some of America's most competitive places to do business,\" Susan V. Berresford, president of the Ford Foundation, said in a teleconference.", "But some, like Matthew Lee, executive director of Bronx, N.Y.-based community and consumer group Inner City Press Community on the Move, had few positive things to say about corporations involvement in inner-cities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Ford Foundation", "sents": [ "The Ford Foundation is a New York-headquartered, globally oriented private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare.", "Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford.", "By 1947, after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90% of the non-voting shares of the Ford Motor Company.", "(The Ford family retained the voting shares.)", "Between 1955 and 1974, the foundation sold its Ford Motor Company holdings and now plays no role in the automobile company.", "For years, the foundation was the largest, and one of the most influential foundations in the world, with global reach and special interests in economic empowerment, education, human rights, democracy, the creative arts, and Third World development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Battery Ventures", "sents": [ "Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm.", "Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel.", "Since inception, the firm has raised over $5.6 billion and is now investing its eleventh funds, Battery Ventures XI and Battery Ventures XI Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $950 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e8478_p15", "sents": [ "http: www.terabeam.com?", "new people?", "Energy Software Firm Excelergy Names New CEO, Preside nt?", "LEXINGTON, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Excelergy, a software provider for the global energy markets, said it has appointed William Mahoney, the former president oof System & Computer Technology, as its new president and CEO.", "M r. Mahoney will also join Excellergy's board of directors, taking over the day-to-day operations of the company.", "Excelergy is backed by Nassau Capital Portal Software, Battery Ventures, and Hummer Windblad Venture Partners.", "http: www.excelergy.com Former American Pinnacle Exec Named CEO of Collocation Firm LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- Alchemy Communications, a provider of collocation services to businesses, said it appointed Zane Alsabery as its president and chief executive officer.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Alsabery, the company's first CEO, was managing director of the Ameri can Pinnacle Fund and was formerly president of WebVision, a Los Angeles-b ased business-to-business Internet company.", "Alchemy Communications is fund ed by individual investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lavazza", "sents": [ "Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. (] ) is an Italian manufacturer of coffee products.", "Founded in Turin in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, it was initially run from a small grocery store at Via San Tommaso 10.", "The business of Lavazza S.p.A. is currently administered by the third and fourth generation of the Lavazza family." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e8173_p14", "sents": [ "John Romanow, a pa rtner with Andersen Consulting's Communication practise, and Mitch Cline, a partner in the firm's electronics and high tech practise, will head the Centre.", "Andersen Consulting, which is changing its name to Accenture, said Business Launch Centre is currently working with startups Seperateaccount s.com and RocketLogix.", "http: www.ac.com?", "company index?", "Andersen Consulting, Ayeca, BoostWorks, Butterfly.net, eScreen, Flowergrower.com, HandyLab, Investhink, Kelyan, Luminate Software, Mall.com MediaDNA, Need2Buy.com, Quote and Buy, SecurityGift Technologies, Softwatch Starting Point Partners, Travelstore.com, Walker Digital, Wcities, WynWyn, XOR CONNECTED COFFEE?", "It's no longer a pipe dream.", "Lavazza and eDevice have unveiled the world's first Internet-enabled espresso maker.", "Further, Web tablets, Internet radios, and other connected appliances are popping up everywhere.", "But business models and revenue streams have proven elusive.", "The consumer devices panel at Technology Outlook 2000, will explore some of the difficulties of this emerging market with: * Safi Qureshy, Chairman, AudioRamp * Daniel H. Rimer, Partner, The Barksdale Group * Kent Savage, President & CEO, Netpliance * Michael Slater, President, PhotoTablet Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive Computing December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp: technologicpartners.com tp conf to 2000 investor index no investors yet indexed for this issue?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10418_p5", "sents": [ "\"The final name, I am very pleased to say that we have been consulting with is Frank Zarb.", "Frank is the CEO and chairman of the NASDAQ and he was President Ford's energy czar during the first oil and gas price crisis in the 1970's.", "He has subsequently been the CEO of Smith Barney, and he has years of experience in the utility business.", "He was tasked by Governor Pataki last year to be the temporary CEO of the Long Island Power and Energy Authority.", "He is well-versed in this area, and he will be advising us on a range of matters, including ways in which to keep the utilities viable in the future and keep us appraised of market and financial expectations in that regard.", "These three people have been advising us in the recent days and will continue to do so.", "\"With that I would like to call upon (members speak) Question and Answers: \"Thank you, we'll be happy to take a few questions.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Frank Zarb", "sents": [ "Frank Gustave Zarb (born February 17, 1935) is an American businessman and former Republican politician.", "He is perhaps best known as the chairman and ceo of the NASDAQ stock exchange during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.", "He is also known for his role as the \"Energy Czar\" under President Gerald Ford during the 1970s energy crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2484_p97", "sents": [ "Contact Michael Bazeley at [email protected] or (415) 434-1018. Energy bond plan gets final legislative OK, faces delay Posted at 8:28 p.m. PDT Wednesday, May 9, 2001 BY DION NISSENBAUM Mercury News Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- Amid rising partisan attacks, state Democrats gave final approval Wednesday to a record $13.4 billion energy crisis bond plan to replenish the drained California budget and buy critical power for the state's impoverished utilities.", "Democrats blasted Republicans for their steadfast refusal to support the pl an -- opposition that will force the state to continue to use its already strained budget to buy power through the summer.", "``I think the Republicans are playing a perilous game with dire consequences,'' said Assemblywoman Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, after th e Senate approved the bill on a 22-15 vote.", "Gov.", "Gray Davis plans to sign the bill today.", "Without two-thirds support in both houses, the bonds cannot be sold immediately, and the state will lose the chance to line up about $4 billion in short-term loans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2582_p100", "sents": [ "Planning outages around the state could work, Winter said.", "But he cautioned that transmission constraints, sudden plant outages and weather could still mean unexpected outages.", "Lawmakers said even a vague prediction, like a weather forecast, would be better than nothing.", "``People listen to the weather forecasters on a regular basis, even when they're wrong,'' Goldberg said.", "Winter responded: ``I can be wrong on a regular basis.''", "Staff writer Mark Gladstone contributed to this report.", "Davis plan to help utility faces fight in Legislature Posted at 9:42 p.m. PDT Thursday, May 10, 2001 BY DION NISSENBAUM Mercury News Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- With a plan to issue $13.4 billion in bonds to buy power behi nd them, state lawmakers are confronting their next major energy crisis challenge: the governor's controversial plan to bail out nearly bankrupt Southern California Edison.", "But that proposal, which has received a cool reception in the Legislature, appears all but dead." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Economic Times", "sents": [ "The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. First published in 1961, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the \"Wall Street Journal\", with a readership of over 800,000.", "\"The Economic Times\" is published simultaneously from 12 cities—Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e27495_p0", "sents": [ "'Exporting Fresh Water; Entrepreneurs press a reluctant Canada to let them s ell; its abundant eau to a thirsty world Time Magazine, 08 13 01 Eco-Economists Back Bush on Kyoto Pact Obscure Group Says Accord Contai ns Serious Flaws; Slower Course Favored The Wall Street Journal, 08 07 01 Business Brief -- Reliant Resources Inc.: Sale Is Under Consideration For T elecommunications Unit The Wall Street Journal, 08 07 01 After Short, Volatile Tenure, United States Energy Regulator Quits The New York Times, 08 07 01 American Water to Buy Azurix The Wall Street Journal, 08 07 01 ASIA-PACIFIC - Enron wins Indian appeal - NEWS DIGEST.", "Financial Times, 08 07 01 World Business Briefing Asia: India: Dabhol Ruling The New York Times, 08 07 01 Shell Grp Seeking Partnership With Japanese Pwr, Gas Cos Dow Jones Energy Service, 08 07 01 American Water Works absorbs Enron unit, bulks up North American operations National Post, 08 07 01 Supreme court stays MERC Dabhol proceedings The Economic Times, 08 07 01 Shocking lack of buyers The Economic Times, 08 07 01 India: HC to decide on MERC authority in DPC case Business Line, 08 0701 Enron's DPC `extremely pleased' with SC ruling The Times of India, 08 07 01 SC transfers Enron issue to Bombay HC The Times of India, 08 07 01 SC restrains Dabhol from international arbitration Business Standard, 08 07 01 American Water to buy Azurix unit The Daily Deal, 08 07 01 Reliant unit goes on the sales block Houston Chronicle, 08 07 01 FERC chief to resign within weeks Houston Chronicle, 08 07 01 Enron has buyer for its water unit Houston Chronicle, 08 07 01 GAO May Issue Report on Cheney's Refusal to Name Company Chiefs Bloomberg, 08 06 01 Global Business Hot Commodity Exporting Fresh Water; Entrepreneurs press a reluctant Canada to let them s ell; its abundant eau to a thirsty world Stephen Handelman New York 08 13 2001 Time Magazine Time Inc. B14 [Not Available In All Editions] (Copyright 2001) Water has been called the oil of the 21st century." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5091_p10", "sents": [ "The deal assumed a pre-money value of $100 million.", "Publicly traded LanOptics along with previous investors Star, Apax Partners, and Tamar Investments also participated in the round.", "The company will use the funds to launch its United States operations, complete development of its network processor, and begin design of a new network processor.", "http: www.ezchip.com Turnkey Services Provider Incanta Gets $12 Million Round Two ATLANTA -- Incanta, a leading provider of turnkey content services for broadband service providers, said it secured $12 million in its second round of financing.", "Previous investor Mosaic Venture Partners led the round.", "New investors AT&T Canada, Blackboard, Celtic House International, Intel Capital, Marathon Capital, and Reicon Capital, along with previous investors Imlay Investments, Tim Cobb, chairman and CEO of Edaflow, and other individual investors also participated this round.", "The funding will go towards network deployment and business development.", "The investment also secures a services agreement with AT&T Canada for use of their Internet data hosting facilities and ultra-high bandwidth local and long haul fiber across Canada." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3078_p9", "sents": [ "Fuegotech is backed by $22.5 million from Sevin Rosen Funds, Star, Stephens Group, and SS M Ventures.", "http: www.fuegotech.com Nishan Names Ex-Sprint, Intel Exec as CFO mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nishan Systems, a provider of IP and Ethernet-based storage networking products, said it named Howard M. Bailey as the company's new chief financial officer.", "Mr. Bailey was formerly an executive with C-Cube Microsystems and Quantum Effect Devices and has also worked for Sprint and Intel.", "To date, Nishan has raised $90 million in two rounds from Altos Ventures, ComVentures, Dell, Discovery, Quantum Technology Ventures, Raza Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, Sun Microsystems, TPG-Comm Partners, and Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.", "http: www.nishansystems.com Allegiance Adds Analyst VPs as Part of New Division mail?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Allegiance, an investment banking firm specializing in the middle market segment, said it has incorporated a new analysis and research division and named Jason Johanne Bedasse, O. Mike Duwaji, and Eric Tyler as analyst vice presidents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10492_p4", "sents": [ "UPCOMING EVENTS: -- The Assembly ECA committee will continue debate on AB 18x on Monday and Tuesday, hopefully concluding on Wednesday for a vote on the final package.", "Time, TBA.", "-- The Senate Appropriations Committee will meet and vote on AB 1x on Monda y at 10 am.", "--end-- Julee Malinowski-Ball Senior Associate Edson + Modisette 916-552-7070 FAX-552-7075 [email protected] - 2001 Tracking Report.doc'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e97_p0", "sents": [ "'We have set up a conference call for today's meeting for those of you interested in calling in.", "It is 1-800-486-2460 The pass code is 120895 Thanks!", "Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:26 PM To: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Rina Venturini; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Chuck Cole; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Fred Pownall; Mark Nobili Cc: Jean Munoz; Greg Blue; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Kassandra Gough; kent Palmerton; Larrea, John; Lynn Lednicky; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Roger Pelote; Sandi McCubbin; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Sue Mara; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan; Chris Ellison; Doug Kerner; Andy Brown; Nam Nguyen Subject: Action Items from Today's Lobbyist Call ACTION ITEMS from today's IEP member company lobbyist conference call: AB 60x (Hertzberg) - Calpine will attempt to get a meeting with the Speaker on Monday regarding his interest in other \"California First\" avenues, and report the results to IEP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4329_p5", "sents": [ "The company is backed by 3i Group.", "http: www.pixelfusion.com Vodafone Announces $146 Million Fund, Vodafone LONDON -- Vodafone Group, which provides mobile communications services, said it formed a global venture fund to invest in wireless and Internet opportunities.", "The initial fund will be capitalised at GBP 100 million ($146 million), with the typical investment ranging from $3 million to $15 million.", "The fund, which will be managed by a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone called Vodafone, will target first and second stage investment opportunities.", "Vodafone will be governed by a board of directors.", "Goldman Sachs will assist Vodafone in its investments and will have the right to co-invest with Vodafone on a selective basis.", "http: www.vodafone.com Atlas Venture Appoints Ex-Microsoft VP as Senior Principal BOSTON -- Atlas Venture, an international venture capital firm, said it has appointed Laura Jennings as senior principal.", "Ms. Jennings, who was most recently the vice president of Microsoft's worldwide strategic planning, will be in charge of leading the firm's expansion on the West Coast and will open an office in Seattle." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Vodafone", "sents": [ "Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company, with headquarters in London.", "It predominantly operates services in the regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Fort Bragg", "sents": [ "Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is a military installation of the United States Army and is the largest military installation in the world (by population) with more than 50,000 active duty personnel.", "The installation is located within Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett and Moore counties.", "The installation borders the towns of Fayetteville, Spring Lake and Southern Pines.", "It was also a census-designated place in the 2010 Census, during which a population of 39,457 was identified.", "It is named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg.", "It covers over 251 sqmi .", "It is the home of the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and is the headquarters of the United States Army Special Operations Command, which oversees the U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) (Provisional) and 75th Ranger Regiment.", "It is also home to the U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army Reserve Command, and Womack Army Medical Center.", "Fort Bragg maintains two airfields: Pope Field, where the United States Air Force stations global airlift and special operations assets as well as the Air Force Combat Control School, and Simmons Army Airfield, where Army aviation units support the needs of airborne and special operations forces on post." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5033_p0", "sents": [ "\"Do you know that Friday November 10 is a UC Berkeley holiday?", "Can you take off work so we can have a 3 day weekend?", "Also, there is a mushroom & wine festival in Mendocino that weekend.", "Are you interested in any of the following?", "Friday November 10 8 am - 6 pm Wine & Mushroom Symposium Camp Mendocino via the Skunk Train -- Includes talks, chefs panel, lunch, foray, wine & mushroom tasting & train ride $135 Friday November 10 1 pm Guided Mushroom Walk With Gardens Nursery Manager Allen Palacios Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, South Highway 1, Fort Bragg $6 Friday November 10 5 pm - 7 pm Wine & Mushroom Reception With Wine Country Gourmands and Navarro wines at the Lodge at Noyo River, Fort Bragg $10 Saturday November 11 11 am Guided Mushroom Walk With Vince Viverito & Henry Young Van Damme State Park $10 Saturday November 11 1 pm - 2:30 pm Cooking Demo Taming the Wild Mushroom with chef Silver Canul and Husch wine tasting at the Little River Inn Saturday November 11 2:00 pm Wild Mushroom Exhibit Reception at the Ford House in Mendocino Saturday November 11 5 - 7 pm Wine & Mushroom Reception With Wine Country Gourmands and Navarro wines at the Lodge at Noyo River, Fort Bragg $10 Saturday November 11 5 pm Price Fixed Mushroom Menu With Lolonis wines at The Ravens, Stanford Inn by the Sea Saturday November 11 5:30 - 7 pm The Wines of Anderson Valley Wine tasting and mushroom appetizers at Inn at Schoolhouse Creek & Dennen's Victorian Farmhouse $10" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9243_p10", "sents": [ "A representative from N2 Ventures, Dontel, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an investment banking firm that advises Downloadcard.com, will join the board of directors.", "The Web site is scheduled to launch at the end of June.", "Telephone 646-337-5885. o Net Appliance Software Firm Raises First Institutional Round SAN FRANCISCO -- MiddleSoft, a developer of a software platform for the Internet appliance market, said it raised an undisclosed amount in its first round of institutional funding.", "The round was led by BPI Capital and included JMI Equity Fund.", "BPI Capital managing director Hamilton F. Potter III will join the company's board of directors.", "MiddleSoft will use the funds for general working capital.", "The company is also backed by individuals.", "MiddleSoft's platform uses vector animation technology and integrates handwriting recognition, Web access, and e-mail.", "The company expects to launch its first product in August 2000. http: www.middlesoft.com PC and Internet Provider Takes $2 Million in First Round RESTON, Va. -- FamilyPC.Net, which provides personal computers, Internet access, and other services for a monthly fee, said it raised over $2 million in its first venture round of funding from PSINet Ventures, the venture capital division of PSINet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p28", "sents": [ "Mr. Allen is CFO and vice president of finance and operations for Network Appliance.", "Investors for Acta include Colman Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sycamore Venture Capital, United States Venture Partners, and Van Wagoner Fund.", "http: www.acta.com DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board CHANTILLY, Va. -- InfoShark, a provider of software products that enable enterprises to build a business-to-business infrastructure for accessing, exchanging and transmitting XML data, said it elected Michael J. Poehner, president and chief executive officer of DMR Consulting, to its board of directors.", "Investors include JMI Equity Fund, Lazard Technology Partners, and 21st Century Ventures.", "http: www.infoshark.com incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board NEW YORK -- incuVest, a venture capital incubator and accelerator, said it appointed Margaret G. McGlynn of Merck to its board of directors.", "Ms. McGlynn serves as senior vice president of Merck's human health marketing division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27392_p10", "sents": [ "Network Appliance added 36 cents, to 13.12, in Nasdaq trading.", "The Santa Clara, Calif., maker of data-storage products reported fiscal first-quarter results that matched forecasts, and drew criticism from analysts.", "However, UBS Warburg issued relatively constructive comments, saying the company had begun to turn the corner on its recent problems.", "CenturyTel rose 4.09, or 13%, to 34.71. Alltel made an unsolicited bid for the Monroe, La., company of $5.9 billion in stock and cash.", "Alltel fell 4.16, or 6.8%, to 56.90. Maxim Integrated Products shed 3.66, or 7.3%, to 46.50 on Nasdaq, as investors turned cautious ahead of the Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker's quarterly results, due today.", "Merrill Lynch reduced earnings estimates for the current quarter, but said any fundamental challenges will hit their nadir with the September-ending quarter.", "Telium rose 1.67, or 18%, to 10.76 on Nasdaq.", "The Oceanport, N.J., optical-switches maker fell to a new low in Tuesday trading, as investors anticipated the expiration of the lockup on sales by insiders; the lockup expired yesterday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Alltel", "sents": [ "Alltel Wireless was a wireless service provider, primarily based in the United States.", "Before acquisitions by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, it served 34 states and had approximately 13 million subscribers.", "As a regulatory condition of the acquisition by Verizon, a small portion of Alltel was spun off and continued to operate under the same name in six states, mostly in rural areas.", "Following the merger, Alltel remained the ninth largest wireless telecommunications company in the United States, with approximately 800,000 customers.", "On January 22, 2013, AT&T announced they were acquiring what remained of Alltel from Atlantic Tele-Network for $780 million in cash." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5725_p65", "sents": [ "Davis spokesman Hilary McLean said Lehane and Fabiani were hired to explain \"what the state is doing to help solve the crisis on a short- and long-term basis.\"", "She said financial experts are consulting with the governor on the Edison deal.", "\"They worked in the White House and worked on policy issues,\" McLean said, \"and, believe me, what they are working on right now is the public policy aspect of the California energy crisis.\"", "Davis is not the first elected official to hire former political strategist s with public money.", "President Bush put his political strategist, Karl Rove, in a senior White House position.", "Rove recently revealed that he held stock in an energy trading company that stands to benefit from Bush's energy policy.", "'CLEARLY A CONFLICT' But state Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte said the contract for Lehane an d Fabiani is \"clearly a conflict of interest in regards to Edison\" and far different from the other consultants Davis has hired." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Karl Rove", "sents": [ "Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is an American Republican political consultant and policy advisor.", "He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 31, 2007.", "He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives.", "Since leaving the White House, Rove has worked as a political analyst and contributor for Fox News, \"Newsweek\" and \"The Wall Street Journal\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Economic Times", "sents": [ "The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. First published in 1961, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the \"Wall Street Journal\", with a readership of over 800,000.", "\"The Economic Times\" is published simultaneously from 12 cities—Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2855_p0", "sents": [ "'Bush Task Force on Energy Worked in Mysterious Ways The New York Times, 05 16 01 Texaco May Build a Facility to Regassify Liquefied Natural Gas Offshore Louisiana The Wall Street Journal, 05 16 01 Enron to drop suit against NGX Houston Chronicle, 05 16 01 Plots & Ploys The Wall Street Journal, 05 16 01 THE AMERICAS: Energy worries throw the spotlight on Chilean policy Financial Times; May 16, 2001 Enron urges more electric power reform The Yomiuri Shimbun Daily Yomiuri, 05 16 01 Enron lawsuit deal to broaden indexes The Globe and Mail, 05 16 01 Saudi Gas Proj MOUs Expected To Be Signed Jun 6 - Sources Dow Jones Energy Service, 05 16 01 INDIA: Lenders to vote Wed on cancelling Enron India deal-paper.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 16 01 India: 2 units of Sharavathy Project commissioned The Hindu, 05 16 01 India: Dabhol power project Business Line (The Hindu), 05 16 01 Three members of Godbole committee quit The Economic Times, 05 16 01 Panel to brief Gokak on Godbole plans on Wed The Economic Times, 05 16 01 Settle Enron issue amiably: Munde The Times of India, 05 16 01 Sharavathi power units inaugurated The Times of India, 05 16 01 Dunham, Lay, Raymond Among Few to Meet With Cheney on Energy Bloomberg, 05 16 01 National Desk; Section A Bush Task Force on Energy Worked in Mysterious Ways By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE 05 16 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 4 c. 2001 New York Times Company WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The tiny staff of the Bush administration's Energy Development Task Force is led by two former aides to Senator Frank H. Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who is the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "BroadSoft", "sents": [ "BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT ) is a global communication software and service provider with over 500 customers worldwide supporting millions of subscribers.", "The company provides cloud-based Unified Communications solutions to communications service providers, based on their UC-One solution which consists of two product platforms, BroadWorks and BroadCloud.", "In 2013 the company acquired the British company Hosted IP Communications (Europe) Ltd. (HIPCOM) and the German company Finocom AG, both providers of cloud-delivered unified communications services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5201_p13", "sents": [ "The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.", "The BroadSoft team will join Unisphere's voice products group, led by chief operating officer Tom Burkardt.", "BroadSoft's founder, president and CEO, Michael Tessler, will head the group.", "Broadsoft was funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Broadband Office, Charles River Ventures, Columbia Capital Corporation, Comdisco Ventures, and Crescendo Ventures.", "Siemens owns a 96% of Unisphere Networks, which was formerly called Unisphere Solutions.", "http: www.broadsoft.com http: www.unispherenetworks.com New Directors o Car Service Firm Texas Tea Adds to Board SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Texas Tea, which provides Web-based automotive services, said it named Tom Millhoff to its board.", "Mr. Millhoff is vice president of corporate development for CampusEngine.com.", "He previously served in management positions at Clorox and Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch.", "Texas Tea is backed by Springboard Angels, Sierra Angels, and BH Equity.", "http: www.texastea.com PharmQuest.com Names Two New Members to Board SAN JOSE, Calif. -- PharmQuest.com, which provides Internet services for drug development to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, said it named Inhale Therapeutic Systems president and CEO Ajit Gill and former FDA commisioner Dr. Jere Goyan to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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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": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e8721_p21", "sents": [ "IFILM will receive a preferred equity position in Filmtrust for its contributions to the co-venture, which will be branded under the Filmtrust name.", "Filmtrust was formed in February 1999 as a joint venture with Digital Commerce Corporation (DCC), a creator of e-commerce services for government and industry.", "The venture was launched through an alliance between Filmtrust and Entertainment Partners (EP), a developer and marketer of entertainment industry production accounting software and services.", "IFILM's backers include Eastman Kodak, Liberty Digital, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Sony, and Vulcan Ventures.", "http: www.filmtrust.com http: www.ifilm.com Inustry B2B Dairy.com and INC2inc Merge to Form Momentx mail this story?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Dairy.com, a business-to-business exchange for the dairy industry, and INC2inc Technologies, an online market and supply chhain service for the food and beverage industry, announced their merger and the formation of a parent company, Momentx.", "Momentx will be headquartered in Dallas.", "Gregg Engles, chairman of the board and CEO of Suiza Foods, will serve as chairman of the board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8173_p8", "sents": [ "http: www.kelyan.com?", "Business Database Wy nWyn Gets $6 Million in Series B?", "CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- WynWyn, which provides an online directory of services and businesses, said it raised $6 million in its Series B round of funding.", "Investors included Wheatly Partners, Ramius Capital, BlueVector, Dalewood Associates, and Dalewood 2. The company will use the funds to expa nd its database, listings, and to develop its search and data applications.", "http: www.wynwyn.com Optical Tech Firm Lenslet Secures $26 Million in Third Round RAMAT-GAN, Israel.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Lenslet Labs, which develops lightspeed optical signal technologies, said it has secured $26 million in its third round of funding led by JK&B Capital and The Goldman Sachs Gro up.", "Other investors in the round include eXseed Technology Investments, Wa lden VC, and Star.", "The company said it will use the funding for f urther product development, expanding laboratory facilities, hiring additi onal staff and expanding international market presence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e3078_p9", "sents": [ "Fuegotech is backed by $22.5 million from Sevin Rosen Funds, Star, Stephens Group, and SS M Ventures.", "http: www.fuegotech.com Nishan Names Ex-Sprint, Intel Exec as CFO mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nishan Systems, a provider of IP and Ethernet-based storage networking products, said it named Howard M. Bailey as the company's new chief financial officer.", "Mr. Bailey was formerly an executive with C-Cube Microsystems and Quantum Effect Devices and has also worked for Sprint and Intel.", "To date, Nishan has raised $90 million in two rounds from Altos Ventures, ComVentures, Dell, Discovery, Quantum Technology Ventures, Raza Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, Sun Microsystems, TPG-Comm Partners, and Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.", "http: www.nishansystems.com Allegiance Adds Analyst VPs as Part of New Division mail?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Allegiance, an investment banking firm specializing in the middle market segment, said it has incorporated a new analysis and research division and named Jason Johanne Bedasse, O. Mike Duwaji, and Eric Tyler as analyst vice presidents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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": "e1325_p35", "sents": [ "``Modern Food was sold for a throwaway price, now it is sick.", "The same fate awaits BALCO.", "Arun Shourie is an honest minister, but there was pressure from above and bureaucrats too misled him.", "It (BALCO sale) is a fraud,'' he said.", "Though not named, External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, who was finance minister in Vajpayee's 13-day government, too was not spared.", "Referring to that BJP government, Thengadi asked, ``Who gave Enron the counter-guarantee?", "Enron deal should be scrapped, those who agreed for it should be identified and punished.''", "As finance minister, Jaswant Singh had agreed to the counter-guarantee.", "Thengadi was blunt in his warning to the government: If the government wants to protect multinational companies, drive the farmers and small-scale industrialists to suicide by flooding the market with cheap imports, and sell off profit-making public sector companies, the people will pull down the government.", "The choicest rebuke was reserved for Finance Minister Sinha." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5050_p10", "sents": [ "The round was financed by investors including the Aria and Formula.", "The company said it will use the funding to support its marketing and development activities, concentrating on Asian and European markets.", "Roni Zor, with the Aria, will take a seat on the Let Me Know board of directors as a result of the funding.", "http: www.letmeknow-technology.com DoubleClick, Flatiron, Chase Put $7.7 Million in Return Path NEW YORK -- DoubleClick, a provider of ad delivery technology, along with Flatiron Partners and Chase Capital Partners, will invest $7.7 million in Return Path, an e-mail management and change-of-address service.", "The investment will close Return Path's second round of funding.", "DoubleClick has the option over the next year to invest up to $10 million in the company.", "Return Path will use the funding to expand its service for its corporate and consumer clients.", "Return Path and DoubleClick have formed a channel partnership through which DoubleClick will offer Return Path's services to its e-mail clients." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "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": "e5495_p27", "sents": [ "\"In truth, it's a freak market,\" Tauscher said as she made an early exit.", "Several Democrats claimed Cheney agreed to the meeting only because California Republicans have been feeling increased political pressure to ac t to ease the energy crisis.", "Weiss said scheduling problems precluded a get-together before Tuesday.", "Governor plans to release details of long-term power contracts By Alexa Haussler ASSOCIATED PRESS June 12, 2001 SACRAMENTO After fighting off demands for information for months, Gov.", "Gray Davis plans to release this week the much-sought details of 38 long-term contracts between the state and power generators, aides said Tuesday.", "Davis now believes, senior adviser Nancy McFadden said, it's better to release the information than keep it secret.", "Republican lawmakers and several news organizations, including The Associat ed Press, sued Davis in March, saying his refusal to release the contracts' details violates the California Public Records Act.", "Still, Davis refused, saying that revealing the details would put the state at a competitive disadvantage in other contract talks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3040_p0", "sents": [ "'Just in case anyone had any doubts about how Davis is approaching the issue Davis announces four new energy advisors Updated: May 18, 2001 - 2:54 p.m. Gov.", "Gray Davis has added four new advisers to his energy staff, including members of former Vice President Al Gore's staff and campaign team.", "Chris Lehane, former Gore press secretary, and Mark Fabiani, a deputy campaign manager for the Gore-Lieberman presidential run, will coordinate the governor's communications staff on energy issues and help recruit a new director of communications.", "Lehane and Fabiani's company will earn $30,000 per month for six months.", "Nancy McFadden, former deputy chief of staff to Gore, will earn $118,000 a year as a senior adviser to the governor, said Steve Maviglio, Davis' spokesman.", "McFadden will concentrate on the governor's relations with federal regulators and with generators.", "Davis also has recruited Kellan Fluckiger, chief operations officer for the Independent System Operator, keeper of the state's power grid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10102_p3", "sents": [ "Qwest today also unveiled permanent line-sharing agreements with MULTIBAND Communications, Inc., New Edge Networks, NorthPoint Communications, Inc., and Contact Communications.", "Line-sharing agreements enable competitors to use the high-frequency portion of the loop for data transmission while Qwest continues to provide voice service over the low-frequency portion.", "Permanent line-sharing agreements now are available to all wholesale customers, Mr. Mohebbi said.", "In other long-term plans, Qwest will seek the FCC's approval to offer interLATA (local access and transport area) services in at least one state by year-end; it plans to initiate state-level proceedings in several others, Mr. Mohebbi said.", "He said Qwest hoped to obtain approval in all of the states in its service area by the end of next year.", "Under section 271 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a Bell company must obtain FCC permission before providing in-region interLATA services.", "The FCC must consult with the relevant state commissions as well as the Justice Department to ensure that the Bell company has sufficiently opened its markets to competition." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3078_p0", "sents": [ "'high-tech management news Published by Technologic Partners EXECUTIVE CHANGES FOR Monday, May 21, 2001 TOP MANAGEMENT", "Wellogix Names President to CEO, Appoints New Chairman", "EXP Systems Names New CEO MARKETING & SALES", "iTendant Names Stewart Huey New VP of Sales", "Campus Pipeline Names Shawn Lewis as VP of Sales", "Metapa Appoints New Sales, Marketing and Engineering Execs", "New Edge Networks Adds Allan Jaffe as VP of Sales", "Mark Duchesne Joins Info-One as Senior VP of Marketing BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT", "French Biotech Firm Proteus Makes Two Key Appointments", "ImaRx Therapeutics Adds Senior Business Development Director", "KnowledgeWorks Adds Former SSIT Exec as EVP, Bus.", "Dev.", "FINANCE", "Business Software Maker Fuegotech Names CFO", "Nishan Names Ex-Sprint, Intel Exec as CFO", "Allegiance Capital Adds Analyst VPs as Part of New Division TECHNOLOGY", "Eric Marston Joins FirstLook as Chief Technology Officer", "ASP Synertech Names CIO and Other Execs" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p6", "sents": [ "AV Labs said it will also take seats on the companies' board of directors.", "AV Labs has also invested in allmystuff, Covasoft, Mediaprise, Newgistics, and Waveset.", "http: www.avlabs.com Capital IQ Has Wit Soundview Funds, Part of Larger Round One NEW YORK -- Investment banking platform Capital IQ said publicly traded investment banker group Wit Soundview made an undisclosed first round investment and agreed to use Capital IQ's financial services.", "VentureWire reported the company's launch last week.", "The company is raising its first round of funding, which it expects to total between $30 million and $50 million.", "The company is also backed by Credit Suisse First Boston, Fleet Boston Financial, Merrill Lynch, Northwood Ventures, Rosetta Partners, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Proskauer Rose.", "Capital IQ provides market data, relationship management, and transaction processing tools.", "http: www.capitaliq.com ID Software Firm Biometric Lands $5 Million in Series A ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Biometric Access (BAC), a developer of identity verification software and services, said it secured the $5 million of a planned $10 million Series A preferred round of funding from J. & W. Seligman, a mutual fund management company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p31", "sents": [ "The new branch will concentrate on investments in California high technology companies and will draw its capital from the EUR 100 million ($88 million) EuroQube fund.", "Enzo Torresi, a MyQube advisor, will assume the position of managing director for the fund.", "Mr. Torresi was most recently a founding partner in EuroFund and previously co-founded ICAST.", "The firm also announced its first investment in natural language technical support software developer, noHold.", "The amount of capital invested was undisclosed.", "In addition to the new office in California and its headquarters here, the company operates from several locations in Europe including, Geneva, Munich, and London.", "http: www.myqube.com VC Personnel o AV Labs Names Former onQ Technology CEO as Venture Fellow AUSTIN, Texas -- AV Labs, an early stage venture fund focused on seed and first round investments, said it named Eric Loeffel as a Venture Fellow.", "Mr. Loeffel, who most recently served as president and CEO of onQ Technology, will provide operating executive experience to startup companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28006_p5", "sents": [ "Synchrony has raised more than $40 million from Charles River Ventures, GE Equity, Great American, Patricof & Co., Vignette, and West TeleServices.", "Founded in 1999, divine provides consulting, collaboration, interaction, hosting and information services for enterprise systems to 2,000 customers including middle market firms, government agencies, and educational institutions.", "<http: www.synchrony.net <http: www.divine.com * Medical Device Firm NexRay Gets $21 Million in Funding By Taran Provost <mailto:[email protected] top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IJOMMPIMII LOS GATOS, CALIF. -- NexRay, a developer of medical x-ray fluoroscopy systems, said it raised $21 million in venture capital financing.", "The bulk of the financing, $16.5 million, came from new investors JPMorgan Partners, AIG Global, RiverVest Ventures, Wheatley Partners, and Greater Bay Bank.", "The remainder, $4.5 million, came from existing individual investors Alex Barkas, Lynda Wijcik, Thomas D. Kiley, Jack Lloyd, Sam Maslak, and others.", "NexRay will use the funds to introduce its first imaging system for guiding interventional cardiology procedures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3127_p38", "sents": [ "The company's backers are GE Capital, Texas Instruments,!", "Intel, InFocus, Granite Venture s, Mustang Ventures Fund, Vulcan Ventures, 3i, Telesystems-Argo Global Capital Sequel Venture Partners, and Polaroid.", "The company was founded in July 1996 by Mr. Epstein, Mr. Willner, and Douglas McKnight and closed its fourth rou nd of funding in November 2000 at $34.3 million.", "http: www.zight.com Icarian Hires Ed Koepfler as New President and CEO mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Icarian, which provides innovativ e hosted workforce management applications, said it appointed Ed Koepfler as its new president and CEO.", "He replaces Doug Merritt, who founded the company in 199 7 and has become vice president of sales.", "Its investors include Fidelity Ventures, Granite Ventures, Information Access Technology, J.P. Morgan H&Q, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Partech International, Patricof & Co. Ventures, Presidio Venture Partners, Sands Brothers & Co., TMP Worldwide, V an Wagoner Capital Management, and Wheatley Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tom McClintock", "sents": [ "Thomas Miller McClintock II (born July 10, 1956) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for California 's 4 congressional district , serving since 2009.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "He is a former Assemblyman and state Senator.", "McClintock unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election and for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3688_p48", "sents": [ "He comes from L.A.", "Waters was born in St. Louis.", "The Man in Tartan Returns?", "It's the question all of Sacramento is asking: With state Sen. Tom McClintock considering another run at the state controller's job, will \"Cousin Angus\" be back?", "In ads for his 1994 campaign, which he lost to Kathleen Connell, the Thousand Oaks Republican tapped his Scottish roots to conjure the kilted cousin, who bragged in an accent as dense as highland heather that Cousin Tom is a true skinflint Scot, \"tighter than a bullfrog's behind.\"", "Has anyone called the Scottish Anti-Defamation League?", "But Cousin Angus, says McClintock, \"is so angry about the energy situation he may be running himself--for governor.\"", "A Little Rice, A Lot of Oil The few, the proud, the California Republicans are desperately trying to flush some big-name candidates out of the undergrowth, and the latest quail to emerge is Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security advisor and a former Stanford provost." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2943_p12", "sents": [ "\"I'm not ruling anything in; I'm not ruling anything out.\"", "Assemblymen Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, and Fred Keeley, D-Boulder Creek proposed the resolution to create a buyers cartel.", "California would create such a cartel only if Washington and Oregon participated, and neither state has committed.", "Strickland said a cartel could backfire by resulting in additional blackout s, huge business losses and increased crime as neighborhoods go dark.", "Smutny-Jones said high electricity prices stemmed from market forces rangin g from drought conditions in the Pacific Northwest to high prices for natural gas needed to run power plants.", "\"There's a presumption that you have the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain, playing with prices,\" he said.", "\"That's not what is going on.\"", "The Bee's Jim Sanders can be reached at (916) 326-5538 or [email protected] om Shareholders of PG&E vent their frustration By Dale Kasler Bee Staff Writer (Published May 17, 2001) SAN FRANCISCO -- Their investments devastated by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s financial mess, shareholders of the utility's parent brought their tales of woe to the company's annual meeting Wednesday, peppering the chief executive with questions about what went wrong." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 7 ] }, { "title": "Paul Koretz", "sents": [ "Paul Koretz (born April 3, 1955) is an American politician.", "He is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the Fifth Council District.", "He was previously a member of the California State Assembly and the West Hollywood City Council.", "He is a member of the Democratic Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5916_p10", "sents": [ "http: www.imagictv.com Latintech, GP Fund Tech Services Firm Solvo, United States Subsidiary RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian firms Latintech Capital and GP Investimentos said they invested in Solvo, which provides mission-critical technology services to businesses.", "The company will use the funds for development of its Boston-based subsidiary Automatos, which will provide Internet-based technical support and remote management services.", "http: www.gpinvestimentos.com http: www.solvo.com.br http: www.automatos.com http: www.latintechcapital.com.br Sylantro Systems Raises $55 Million Series C Round CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Sylantro Systems, which develops a applications-enabled software for voice services over the Internet, said it raised $55 million in its Series C round.", "The round was led by Bowman Capital and included investments from Bank of America, JP Morgan, Azure Capital Partners, the CIT Group, Pyramid Technology, and Stanford University.", "Sylantro's initial backers, including Mayfield Fund, Accel Partners, Vanguard Venture Partners, and Hook Partners, also participated.", "The company has raised more than $75 million since its founding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e4273_p3", "sents": [ "iSyndicate is backed by Hambrecht & Quist, InfoSpace, Labrador Ventures, Microsoft, NBC, News Digital Ventures, Scripps Ventures, and Vignette.", "http: www.isyndicate.com http: www.bertelsmann.com Novalux Holds Third Round of Financing for $109 Million SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Novalux, a developer of fiber optics components, said it raised its third round of funding for $109 million.", "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners led the round, which included new investors Cisco Systems, Credit Suisse First Boston, Intel Capital, Lamoreaux Partners, MSD Capital, NorthEast Ventures, Salomon Smith Barney, Sternhill Partners, Telesoft Partners, and United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray.", "Previous investors that funded the round include Crescendo Ventures, Crown Advisors, DynaFund, RWI, Tredegar Investments, and Vanguard Venture Partners.", "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners managing director William Harding will join the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding to expand its manufacturing capacity and create design teams to develop additional photonic products.", "http: www.novalux.com Online Jewelry Retailer Miadora Closes Down SAN FRANCISCO -- Miadora, an online jewelry retailer, has shut down." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3564_p126", "sents": [ "Gray Davis, an d other lawmakers.", "They claim that FERC has ignored their responsibility to ensure that electricity rates are \"just and fair.\"", "President Bush has sided with FERC's limited price caps because he believes that market-oriented supply and demand is the only sure way to restore permanent order to the crisis.", "The messy trail of the Golden State's rolling blackouts and power failures passed through Washington in January 1995 when several California utility companies asked FERC to rule against the state's plans to build power facilities around the state.", "As part of that plan, first announced in 1992, the California Public Utilit ies Commission nailed down bids through a competitive auction process to build two new geothermal plants, one wind farm, and the repowering of an existing ste am plant in Southern California.", "A \"badly needed\" gas-powered plant on the San Francisco Peninsula also was called for.", "All would have been up and running by 1999. Had the plants been build, California's electrical utilities would have bee n required to buy power from them under a long-standing policy first enacted by Congress in 1978, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act", "sents": [ "The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA, Pub.L.", "95–617 , 92 Stat.", "3117 , enacted  9, 1978 ) is a United States Act passed as part of the National Energy Act.", "It was meant to promote energy conservation (reduce demand) and promote greater use of domestic energy and renewable energy (increase supply).", "The law was created in response to the 1973 energy crisis, and one year in advance of a second energy crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e337_p4", "sents": [ "During the Democrats' big show, Ralph Nader went to San Diego to remind boycotters that he was founding father of the Utility Consumer Action Network, the 46,000-member local group leading the anti-corporate uprising.", "Electricity is the first big United States industry formerly under the tight control of states to be opened up to international operators and their free market rules.", "For the first time, Americans feel the bite of real globalization, and we don't like it one bit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ralph Nader", "sents": [ "Ralph Nader ( ; born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney, noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes.", "The son of Lebanese immigrants to the United States, Nader was educated at Princeton and Harvard and first came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of the bestselling book \"Unsafe at Any Speed\", a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers that became known as one of the most important journalistic pieces of the 20th century.", "Following the publication of \"Unsafe at Any Speed\", Nader led a group of volunteer law students — dubbed \"Nader's Raiders\" — in a groundbreaking investigation of the Federal Trade Commission, leading directly to that agency's overhaul and reform.", "In the 1970s, Nader leveraged his growing popularity to establish a number of advocacy and watchdog groups including the Public Interest Research Group, the Center for Auto Safety, and Public Citizen." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "George Radanovich", "sents": [ "George Purdy Radanovich (born June 20, 1955) is a former U.S. Representative for California 's 19 congressional district , serving from 1995 to 2011.", "The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city.", "On December 29, 2009, Radanovich announced he would not seek reelection in 2010.", "He is a member of the Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1120_p18", "sents": [ "In any event, no action will be taken until the transmission line sale is approved by state and federal regulators, as well as the California legislature, S&P said.", "- Davis signed two bills creating more than $500 million in conservation initiatives and incentives.", "The money will reimburse homeowners and business owners for money spent on energy-efficient appliances and more efficient lighting.", "Lawmakers at the ceremony in Los Angeles blasted power generators for putting profits first.", "\"Generators from out of state have no sense of patriotism or compassion for their fellow citizens,\" said Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles.", "-California Rep. George Radanovich announces his request for a General Accounting Office study of the energy crisis has been granted.", "He requested the investigation in March citing concerns about allegations of price gouging and market manipulation in California's wholesale power market.", "- Consumer activists proposed forming an energy buyers cartel among California, Oregon and Washington to force suppliers to reduce electricity rates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9389_p13", "sents": [ "The firm raised $11.75 million in its first round.", "The $5 million investment will be used for marketing and other purposes.", "http: www.gotajob.com Internet Operations Servicer Logictier Raises $41 Million SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Logictier, a provider of e-commerce operations services, said it has closed $41 million in its third round of funding led by Accel Partners, Integral Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, and Technology Crossover Ventures.", "The company said the funds will be used to continue its global expansion of technology centers and to expand its office space, operations, sales, and marketing and management teams.", "The company has raised more than $90 million to date.", "http: www.logictier.com Managed Objects Raises $16 Million in Second Funding Round McLEAN, Va. -- Managed Objects, a provider of Internet infrastructure management software, said it has closed $16 million in a round of private placement financing led by Lazard Technology." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p4", "sents": [ "http: www.cmgi.com Fiber Optics Firm Scion Photonics Launches with $25 Million FREMONT, Calif. -- Optical component manufacturer Read-Rite said it has formed Scion Photonics with $25 million in initial funding from Tyco Ventures, the lead investor, and Integral Capital Partners.", "Read-Rite said it is contributing its wafer fabrication facility in Milpitas, Calif., as well as technical and management resources to the new company.", "The company also said it is in discussions with several other interested parties for further technology and capital investment in Scion Photonics.", "http: www.scionphotonics.com DLJ Leads $217.6 Million for Louis Dreyfus Communications LONDON -- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette said it led a EUR 250 million ($217.6 million) in Louis Dreyfus Communications Networks.", "Louis Dreyfus Communications, a subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group, operates a pan-European broadband network and provides broadband and communications services.", "The company said it will use the investment to expand its long haul network, metropolitan rings, and data centers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stayhealthy", "sents": [ "Stayhealthy, Inc. is a privately held corporation that creates web-enabled healthcare monitoring products.", "It was founded in the dot-com era by CEO John Collins, and produces devices that monitor and measure such aspects of one's health like blood pressure, heart rate, body weight, body mass index, body composition, body fat(adipose tissue), visual perception, and calories burned." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4576_p4", "sents": [ "Conxion has a global IP network and 20 data centers located in the United States and Europe through its recent acquisition of SpeedPort, a European provider of infrastructure and management services.", "The capital from its recent funding will support global growth.", "http: www.conxion.com Reuters Joins Epoch Partners' $40 Million Round Two SAN FRANCISCO -- Epoch Partners, an online investment bank, said it received an undisclosed strategic investment from new investor Reuters Venture Capital as part of the company's $40 million second round of financing.", "Charles Schwab, TD Waterhouse, Ameritrade, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Benchmark Capital, and Trident Capital also participated in the round.", "Epoch partners was created last year by Charles Schwab and two other online brokerage firms to underwrite public offerings by using the Internet to make securities available to institutional and individual investors.", "http: www.epoch.com Stayhealthy Buys MyLife.com, idealab!", "Has Stake in New Firm MONROVIA, Calif. -- Stayhealthy, a provider of weight management tools, said it plans to acquire MyLife.com, a Web-based resource for health and wellness services created by idealab!." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e696_p5", "sents": [ "Even with the additional tangible economic incentives, such as tax breaks, few California companies have actually pick ed up and left according to officials.", "&We ,ve always met the challenge.", "We ,re not leading the world in exports for no reason. 8 boasted Lon Hatamiya, California Secretary of Technology, Trade and Commerce.", "Energy-Efficient Home Improvements Study Completed by Owens Corning: EES customer Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials systems and composite systems, has just concluded its second annual &Energy-Efficien t Home Improvements 8 study to determine how homeowners were dealing with t heir rising heating bills.", "Results: 60% say energy bills are higher 26% say increase is over $50 (10% of total say that payment is difficult) 90% say energy-saving improvements would be made if tax credit available (65% for financial reasons, 47% for resale value) 40% say increase in heating bills has caused them to cut back on eating out, entertaining or making other personal expenditures (ages 18-34 note th at 55% are cutting back) therefore impacting retailers, restaurants, other businesses Rich Products Making Room Temperature Smoothies: High-tech and room temp describe the new products coming out of EES customer Rich Products rece ntly completed Niagra Street plant." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Owens Corning", "sents": [ "Owens Corning is a global company that develops and produces insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites.", "It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois.", "The company employs approximately 15,000 people around the world.", "Owens Corning has been a Fortune 500 company every year since the list was created in 1955." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e736_p3", "sents": [ "\"The people who are building these power plants know very well that we expe ct it to be used in California, and we're confident that it will be,\" Davis spokesman Roger Salazar said.", "Cal-EPA Secretary Winston Hickox said the \"preponderance\" of new peaking plants will devote their electricity to California.", "\"We will do everything that we can to encourage that the energy produced as a result of our bending over backward to be accommodating is sold to California.", "We're not there yet, but I believe we'll get there,\" Hickox sai d. He also said the three-week reviews of peaking plants have cut no corners in terms of fundamental environmental standards.", "Two of those plants scheduled for Energy Commission votes today were praise d by environmentalists as having relatively low emissions of smog-forming compounds, but they still were concerned by the 21-day review.", "\"If you're having a quick review, a plant shouldn't be allowed to continue for more than the summer,\" said Gail Ruderman Feuer of the Natural Resource s Defense Counsel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3520_p85", "sents": [ "``They need me to ensure there is fruit and vegetables on their tables.''", "Other industries But other legislators said there was no rational reason to treat agricultur e differently from any other major industry.", "And they complained that the last-minute legislative assault prevented any discussion on the merits of t he issue.", "``If you make a straight-up case about why you should be exempted, it's easier for us to understand,'' said state Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland.", "``Whe n you sneak around or try to mug someone in the alleyway on the way to the la st committee, it raises the suspicions that they can't get the amendments on their merit.''", "In the end, agriculture lost the cap on blackout hours, but kept millions in subsidies and broad language that they contend will allow them to run diese l engines when their power is turned off.", "Environmentalists dispute that interpretation, but farm interests quickly lined up the state's top environmental official -- Environmental Protection Agency head Winston Hickox -- to write a letter to lawmakers on their behal f. Perata questioned the industry's efforts and said creating special exemptio ns for agriculture is not in the state's interest." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alliance to Save Energy", "sents": [ "The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition consisting largely of industrial, technological, and energy corporations.", "The Alliance states that its mission is to \"support energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocate energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate.\"", "The alliance's chief activities include public relations, research, and lobbying to change U.S. energy policy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5942_p36", "sents": [ "The conservation money came after a series of polls showed that Americans believed Bush's energy plans were primarily about helping oil companies and drilling in the Arctic, rather than encouraging energy savings.", "Bush's focus on conservation runs contrary to earlier dismissive references made by Vice President Cheney, who suggested that conservation did not constitute an energy strategy.", "In addition to restoring the research funds, Bush called for federal and corporate work on small devices called \"vampire slayers\" that could cut the power consumption of appliances that draw electricity as they await use -- copiers, fax machines and cell-phone chargers.", "Environmental groups said Bush was avoiding mention of conservation measure s that could prove far more effective, such as raising fuel-efficiency standards for cars.", "\"Everything he did on the standby power problem is good, but it is comparatively small potatoes,\" said David Nemtzow, president of Alliance to Save Energy, which has been lobbying for more conservation measures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "EchoStar", "sents": [ "EchoStar Corporation is a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments.", "It is the owner and operator of the satellite fleet for closely affiliated DISH." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19494_p3", "sents": [ "He had added to the problems facing the airline in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th with a letter to employees suggesting that United could &#8220;perish&#8221; unless matters improved.", "United's shares plunged and unions representing employees, who own 55% of the airline, demanded Mr Goodwin's head.< font p <br clear=\"all\" <div <font face=\"verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif\" <b Software settings< b font div <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" There were reports of a tentative settlement in the government's long-running antitrust case against <b Microsoft< b Lawyers close to the talks suggested that the settlement might leave the software giant's market largely undiminished.", "But final details remained unclear, and it was also uncertain whether state attorneys-general would be willing to sign up.< font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" <b General Motors b sold Hughes Electronics, owner of <b DirecTV< b to <b EchoStar b for $25.8 billion.", "EchoStar's acquisition of Direc<font size=\"-1\" TV< font its only serious rival as a satellite-<font size=\"-1\" TV font broadcaster in America, dashes Rupert Murdoch's ambition to buy the company and create a worldwide satellite network through Sky Global." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2044_p123", "sents": [ "And the generators will kick in when their expelled gases can do the most harm.", "The hot weather that taxes air conditioners and drains electricity supplies also accelerates the conversion of engine exhaust to ozone gas, the ingredient in smog that inflames airways and impairs breathing.", "\"That is why we think this is going to be the most challenging summer ever for air quality,\" said Luna Salaver, spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, a nine-county region with thousands of unregulated standby generators.", "\"On those hot days when we want people to stop driving and doing things that pollute the air, the generators will kick in, and air quality will worsen,\" Salaver said.", "No one knows how many diesel generators are scattered around the state at hospitals, universities, factories and businesses.", "But air districts report there are at least 641 in Sacramento; up to 5,000 in the Bay Area; 1,200 in the San Joaquin Valley; and thousands more in the smog-plagued valleys of Southern California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Bay Area Air Quality Management District", "sents": [ "The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma.", "The BAAQMD is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 22 elected officials from each of the nine Bay Area counties, and the board has the duty of adopting air pollution regulations for the district." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Texaco", "sents": [ "Texaco, Inc. (\"\"The Texas Company\"\") is an American oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation.", "Its flagship product is its fuel \"Texaco with Techron\".", "It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand.", "Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to the Shell Oil Company.", "It began as the Texas Fuel Company, founded in 1901 in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e19588_p14", "sents": [ "Enron plans to be open for the full day today, he said.", "\"We are going to take a look and assess things, but plans are to be open all day,\" Palmer said.", "Dynegy also resumed trading through noon Wednesday.", "\"The physical business is operational, but obviously the financial business has been impacted due to the Nymex closure,\" said Steve Stengel, Dynegy spokesman.", "\"We feel this is a short-term impact, and we expect things to return to normal in the not-too-distant future.\"", "Reliant Energy also resumed trading for the full day, said company spokeswoman Sandy Fruhman.", "\"It was our experience that activity was very light,\" Fruhman said.", "Mel Scott, spokesman for El Paso Corp., said the company had resumed normal trading and would do a complete day of transactions on Wednesday.", "Equilon Enterprises and Motiva Enterprises, Houston-based refining joint ventures between Shell Oil Co. and Texaco, said they will \"help maintain calm in the marketplace with a pledge to hold gasoline and diesel fuel prices steady for the next couple of days.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3677_p19", "sents": [ "Fitch, which rates India's foreign currency obligations at BB-plus, a notch above Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's, cited concerns about fiscal policy, privatisation and deterioration in foreign investment climate.", "However, economists speculated it could either be on account of Fitch adjusting its ratings in line with other global agencies, or a fallout of United States energy giant Enron Corp's threat to exit an Indian power venture over payments problems.", "Moody's and S&P said on Friday they have not revised ratings or outlook but are disappointed with fiscal reform efforts.", "Local currency and stock markets reacted nervously to the announcement, but economists said most concerns were exaggerated.", "\"When the direction of reforms is positive and government flows are improving, the outlook should not change,\" said Mohan Nagarajan, chief economist at local rating agency CARE Ltd.", "Even if the provocation for the rating review was the Enron episode, analysts said the problems were specific to the power sector and will not affect the robust foreign investment the country has been receiving." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e894_p17", "sents": [ "3 investor-owned utility, San Diego Gas and Electric, had engaged in any financial misconduct by funneling billions to their parent companies to pay dividends and repurchase stock.", "Trading in PG&E stock was halted briefly today.", "When it resumed, the price quickly fell by nearly 40 percent.", "By day's end, the stock of Edison International, parent of Southern California Edison, had also dropped sharply, by 35 percent.", "That Pacific Gas and Electric, which helped design the deregulation that brought on the California power crisis, would now take so drastic a step both concerned and puzzled analysts.", "\"It doesn't make sense, because the governor endorsed the rate increase the utilities had been asking for,\" said Susan Abbott, head of the power group at Moody's Investors Service in New York.", "But Ms. Abbott also noted that the rate increases -- varying from 10 percent to 37 percent, on top of a 9 percent surcharge adopted by the state this winter -- would not entirely eliminate the debt accumulated by the utilities as a result of deregulation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1612_p17", "sents": [ "-Claire Poole http: www.thedeal.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "National News No date set for electricity D-Day Government hopes deregulation will be ready by May, 2002, but deadline uncertain RICHARD MACKIE AND MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT With a report from John Ibbitson 04 24 2001 The Globe and Mail Metro A4 \"All material Copyright (c) Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. and its licensors.", "All rights reserved.\"", "The Ontario government is hoping that a competitive electricity market will be ready by May, 2002, but has stopped short of fixing a day for deregulation to begin.", "The declaration, made separately by Premier Mike Harris and Energy Minister Jim Wilson yesterday, shows that there is still uncertainty in the government over timing the beginning of competition in the province's $10-billion electricity market.", "That indecision angered some industry officials, who had wanted the province to set a date.", "Deregulation has been under discussion for more than three years but is highly controversial because of problems that energy deregulation has caused in Alberta and California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Mike Harris", "sents": [ "Michael Deane \"Mike\" Harris (born January 23, 1945) was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 14, 2002.", "He is most noted for the \"Common Sense Revolution\", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government spending." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Shamrock Holdings", "sents": [ "Shamrock Holdings is the firm founded as the Roy E. Disney family investment firm and the Disney family remains a key investor.", "Roy was its chairman, and Stanley Gold its President/CEO.", "Shamrock owns a number of assets including hotels and radio and television stations.", "Shamrock often takes an aggressive strategy, launching hostile takeovers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4073_p20", "sents": [ "J.P. Morgan and Reuters have been strategic investors in RiskMetrics since the company's spin-off from J.P. Morgan in 1998. The company will use the funds for product developement.", "http: www.riskmetrics.com Internet CRM Firm Neteos Raises $6 Million in Second Round WALTHAM, Mass.", "-- Neteos, a developer and provider of Web-based customer relationship management technology targeting emerging and medium-size businesses, said it raised $6 million in second round financing.", "Formula led the round, joined by Shamrock Holdings and Poalim Capital Markets.", "Neteos said it will use the funds for product development and marketing.", "http: www.neteos.com Latest Everypath Funding Disclosed as $10 Million SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Everypath, which provides technology that enables businesses to translate Internet content into a form that can be accessed on wireless devices, disclosed that its previously reported additional investment totals $10 million.", "The new funding comes from Andersen Consulting's AC Ventures and Sun Microsystems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3720_p24", "sents": [ "As a result of this financing, the re were two new appointments to the company's five-member board of directors: Aron Galinovsky, vice president of operations of Davenport Capital Ventures and Peter Longo, managing director of investments of Connecticut Innovation s. http: www.ecsnetwork.com GotMarketing Gets $3 Million in Round Three mail?", "top CAMPBELL, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- GotMarketing, a developer of Web-b ased self-serve e-mail marketing software, said it has closed $3 million in third-round financing from Celtic House and individual investors.", "Celtic House, a minor existing investor, led the round.", "Prior investors BCE Capita l, Protege, and XDL Intervest did not participate.", "Company valuation did not decrease in this round, said CEO Lynda Partner.", "GotMarketing said Andrew Waitman, managing general partner at Celtic House, will join its board, bringing the number of directors to four.", "The company reserves a fifth seat for an outside director with extensive marketing experience with small businesses." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2942_p11", "sents": [ "top KIRKLAND, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- YottaYotta, a network storage firm, said it promoted Robin Harris as vice president of marketing.", "Mr. Harris formerly served as the company's senior director of product marketing and has been with the company for ten months.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Harris served as director of Americas marketing, storage server business unit at Bull Worldwide Information Systems in Phoenix, Arizona.", "YottaYotta is backe d by Davenport Capital Ventures, Grosvenor Venture Partners III, Morgan Keega n, Optical Capital Group, and TechnoCap.", "http: www.yottayotta.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CrossAccess Adds Metagon CEO as VP of Bus.", "Dev.", "mail?", "top SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- CrossAccess, a data integration company, said it appointed Lance Becker as vice president of business development.", "Mr. Becker formerly served as president and CEO of Metagon Technologies.", "CrossAccess is funded by Alpha Partners, AVI Management Partners, Cable & Howse Ventures, Granite Ventures, Hewlett-Packard, JF She a Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and MK Global Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19925_p7", "sents": [ "The funding is nCircle&#39;s first institutional investment.", "Funds will be used for sales, product development, and general operations.", "font <!--[<a href=\"http: professional.venturewire.com story.asp?sid=LNQLHHNLHI\" more..< a ]-- <br <a href=\"http: www.ncircle.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" http: www.ncircle.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwINOOIMLLHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" Amid Middle East Conflict Aelis Photonics Raises $2.3M Seed< font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=INOOIMLLHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp; td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" JERUSALEM -- Israel Seed Partners closed its latest investment of $2.3 million in the seed round of Aelis Photonics, a Netanya, Israel-based developer of optical signal processors for 40-gig networks, despite violence in the region and the continuing upheaval in the telecommunications industry.", "font <!--[<a href=\"http: professional.venturewire.com story.asp?sid=INOOIMLLHI\" more..< a ]-- <br td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"80%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td <a name=\"vwIHPOMLNLHI\" <b <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" Digital Video Firm Anthropics Secures $8.7M First Round< font ba td <td align=\"right\" &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: alert.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IHPOMLNLHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: alert.venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp; td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" LONDON -- Quester, a venture capital company focusing on technology and healthcare, said it was the lead investor in a GBP 6 million ($8.7 million) -first round for Anthropics, a developer of digital technology used to transmit live video of human faces over low bandwidths." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p31", "sents": [ "Mr. Hinton was most recently with Motorola, where he worked in executive positions including director of international business development, general manager of the company's greater China network solutions division, and assistant general manager of the Asia Pacific network systems business.", "He also worked as an executive with AT&amp;T and BellSouth.", "Mr. Hinton succeeds former chief executive officer Ofer Ronen, who remains with the company as president and COO.", "Foxcom Wireless is backed by 3Com, APAX, AIG Orion, CDB WebTech, Eurofund, Genesis Partners, Global Crossing, Israel Seed Partners, KTB, Microsoft, STI Ventures, and Unico.", "http: www.foxcomwireless.com MEI Software Systems Promotes VP to President and Acting CEO RESTON, Va. -- MEI Software Systems, a provider of software and services for associations, said it promoted James Dennis to president and acting CEO.", "Mr. Dennis is a nine-year veteran of the company, most recently serving as vice president for consulting and technical services.", "He succeeds Henry S. Firey, who resigned from the company in early August." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10013_p8", "sents": [ "Mark Baldassare, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California who regularly surveys voter attitudes, said Governor Davis's approval rating in his polls was at 66 percent as recently as September.", "But, Mr. Baldassare said, he had also detected signs it was declining because of public concerns over the rising prices and power shortages.", "Two years into his four-year term, the power crisis could thus have a deep impact on Governor Davis's reputation and his future prospects.", "He has been perceived as largely reactive, as well as exceptionally deliberate and slow.", "\"It would be hard to find someone better prepared, if you look at his r,sum,\" Mr. Keeley, of the Assembly, said, referring to the fact that Governor Davis has spent virtually his entire career in public service, as everything from Gov.", "Jerry Brown's chief of staff to the state controller to lieutenant governor.", "\"But,\" Mr. Keeley added, \"this is a governor who doesn't expend political capital without a great deal of deliberation and anguish." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Public Policy Institute of California", "sents": [ "The Public Policy Institute of California is an independent, nonpartisan, non-profit research institution.", "Based in San Francisco, California, the institute was established in 1994 with a $70 million endowment from William Redington Hewlett of Hewlett-Packard." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2312_p49", "sents": [ "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered Enron, Williams and other top suppliers to prove their prices were \"just and reasonable\" or refund more than $100 million.", "Market power is seen when firms that control a substantial supply of a commodity withhold it or use other tactics to drive up the price.", "Enron and the other companies named in the study have denied such tactics.", "But Williams Cos. agreed Tuesday to repay $8 million to settle federal charges that it shut down two generating units so it could charge higher market prices at other power plants.", "Williams denies any wrongdoing.", "In total, California paid $28 billion for electricity last year, four times the 1999 costs.", "Earnings statements show profits at many energy wholesalers tripled in 2000. Experts say the pay handed to these energy executives last year is higher than most other major corporations are paying.", "But most other corporations didn't see profits triple last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e1770_p4", "sents": [ "\"We believe a rational course of action that seeks new sources of supply must be combined with public policy that ensures confidence that services provided in the past and future will be paid in full,\" Bailey said.", "\"The combination of short-term, regional price controls during emergency periods along with the elimination of credit risk, should provide the market a respite while creating incentive for the private sector to invest with confidence,\" he said.", "Williams Cos said that as of March 31, it was owed $252 million for power sold to the California Independent System Operator (ISO) and the now defunct California Power Exchange.", "Since April 1, Williams' power sales to California have been through the state's Department of Water Resources, which enjoys a far better credit rating than the financially strapped ISO.", "The ISO, which oversees most of the California power grid, has been paying millions of dollars daily for most of the year to ensure there is enough power available to avoid blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4594_p28", "sents": [ "Telephone 212-299-8964. o Pivotal Asset Promotes Kevin Linker to General Partner SAN FRANCISCO -- Pivotal Asset Management, a late-stage technology investor, said it has promoted Kevin Linker to general partner.", "Mr. Linker oversees Pivotal's investments in telecommunications, data communications, optical components, and systems companies.", "Prior to joining Pivotal, Mr. Linker worked as an analyst in the technology mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley.", "Pivotal invests in late stage private and post-IPO technology enterprises, with emphasis on communications, software, and services entities.", "Telephone 415-641-4907. o Ex-PaeTec Exec Joins Camelot' Technology Team SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Camelot said it has added Joe Golden to its technology team.", "Mr. Golden was previously president of Data Services at PaeTec Communications, an integrated communications provider.", "Before serving as a president at PaeTec, Mr. Golden was the CEO of Ann Arbor-based CampusLink Communications Systems, a provider of telecommunications services for the higher education market.", "http: www.camelotventures.com NewSpring Names Former Maxwell Systems Chairman as Partner CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8409_p0", "sents": [ "'Has FERC Gone Far Enough in California?", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission isn't going far enough in its attempt to reform the California wholesale electric market, according to a paper by three prominent economists done for San Diego Gas and Electric.", "The paper by John D. Chandley, Scott M. Harvey, and William W. Hogan argues that FERC should first end the artificial separation that divides the California Power Exchange and the California Independent System Operator, rather than worrying about the governance of the two institutions.", "\"The change in governance may help,\" says the paper - \"Electricity Market Reform in California\" - \"but it is not likely to be decisive in the near term.", "Explicit guidance from the commission regarding the nature and trajectory of reforms will be essential if market reform is to be accomplished within an acceptable time frame.\"", "Hogan, of the Kennedy School of Government, has been writing since 1995 in opposition to California's market separation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e619_p33", "sents": [ "Finally, deregulation created a power market so fragmented that it was ludicrously easy to manipulate when the thin surplus of power supply in the West began evaporating in the summer of 2000, although the evidence is masked by the effects of a drought in the Northwest (which has reduced hydropower) and an unlucky combination of plant maintenance, air pollution limits idling older plants and higher than expected costs for natural gas.", "The price of bad luck, bad weather and the cunning of power suppliers was staggering.", "At one point in December, electricity that cost $250 a megawatt-hour to produce was priced by the power brokers of the California Independent System Operator at $1,500 a megawatt-hour.", "That was the negotiated price; the suppliers had asked for $2,000. Deregulation had set up a divided marketplace, more irrational than any Paul W. MacAvoy picks apart in his analysis of natural gas, in which the California Power Exchange was a clearinghouse where buyers and sellers set the price of electricity and the California Independent System Operator was the \"buyer of last resort\" if occasional gaps between production and distribution unexpectedly failed to meet daily demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8397_p12", "sents": [ "Whereoware, which raise d $4.6 million in a Series A Round this past summer, is also backed by Per egrine Systems and Ventera.", "http: www.whereoware.com?", "New In vestors Take 5% Stake in Ariba, Softbank Joint Venture?", "MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Publicly traded e-commerce platfo rm provider Ariba and Softbank said that 20 corporate investors will take a combined 5% equity stake in their recently formed joint venture, Nihon Arib a KK, which provides business-to-business Internet commerce products and services in Japan.", "The firms are still negotiating the terms of the investment agreement.", "After the close of the deal, Softbank E-Commerce and Softbank Corp. will each hold 20% stakes in the venture, Ariba will hold 55 %, and the 20 new investors will hold the remaining 5%.", "The new investors include CAC, CSK, Deutsche Bank, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Itochu, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Mogan Stanley Dean Witter, NEC, NTT, OBIC, Sumitomo, Toshiba, and Toyo Information Systems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Toshiba", "sents": [ "Toshiba Corporation (株式会社東芝 , Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba ) , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.", "Its diversified products and services include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, consumer electronics, household appliances, medical equipment, office equipment, as well as lighting and logistics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4084_p14", "sents": [ "The company plans to use the funding for expansion.", "In June, AlphaBlox merged with San Francisco-based Halfbrain.com, a developer of browser-based applications.", "http: www.alphablox.com AlterEgo Networks Holds Series B Financing for $27.8 Million REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Wireless infrastructure company AlterEgo Networks said it secured $27.8 million in its Series B funding, bringing its total fundraising to $35.6 million.", "Mayfield Fund led this round, which included Canaan Partners, Granite Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Aether Systems, Interwoven, Macromedia, and individual investors.", "The company will use the funding for international growth, hiring additional staff, business development, and for corporate operations.", "AlterEgo's individual investors include John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems; Gene Eidenberg, principal of Hambrecht & Quist and Chairman of InterNAP; Ken Goldman, CFO of Excite@Home; David Hayden, founder and chairman of Critical Path; Ed Kozel, former chief technology officer of Cisco and now general partner of Open Range Ventures; Robert Shaw, former CEO for USWeb CKS and now CEO for Silicon Valley Internet Ventures; and Frank Quattrone, managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Granite Ventures", "sents": [ "Granite Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, California.", "Granite's predecessor H&Q Venture Associates, founded in 1992, was the venture capital investment arm of Hambrecht & Quist, a leading technology oriented investment bank.", "Granite completed a spinout from H&Q when the bank was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank in 1999." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8774_p4", "sents": [ "The government said Australia would focus on regional threats and contribute more to peacekeeping forces.", "A defence report complained that Australia could expect little help from &useless 8 New Zealand.", "EPA A collision in the Indian state of Punjab between a passenger t rain and a freight train killed 46 people.", "It was the 253rd train accident in India th is year.", "Nice work Amid last-minute wrangling and violent protests by anti-globali sation activists, leaders of the European Union ,s 15 countries gathered in the French city of Nice, where they hope to change the rules of the Union to allow countries mainly from Central Europe to join.", "France said it was reluctant to let the EU ,s voting system be changed so that Germany would have a bigger say in EU decisions.", "See article: Will the EU expand?E+ Responding to EU plans for a rapid-reaction military force, Ame rica ,s outgoing defence secretary, William Cohen, said that NATO should not be allowed to become a &relic of the past 8. France ,s President Jacques Chirac became more deeply embroil ed in a party-funding scandal when an aide during his time as mayor of Paris was arrested." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "William Cohen", "sents": [ "William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American politician and author from the U.S. state of Maine.", "A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate, and as Secretary of Defense (1997–2001) under Democratic President Bill Clinton." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2266_p2", "sents": [ "At 1407 ET, Jun was holdin g at $4.48 per MMBtu.", "Story .1955 Northeast real time power steady ahead of warm weather Toms River, N.J., May 2 (BridgeNews) - Real time power prices in the Northeast United States were fairly steady early Tuesday, while some traders said th e market is poised for possible price spikes due to warm weather moving in fo r the next two days.", "Story .17746 FULL: NRG Energy in pact to buy Duke's 77% stake in McClain plant New York, May 2 (BridgeNews) - RG Energy Inc. agreed to buy Duke Energy North America's 77% interest in the McClain County, Okla. natural gas-fired power plant.", "The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority owns the remaining 23% interest.", "--Bill Belina, BridgeNews Story .16903 PG&amp;E: Baja natgas pipe capacity to be cut 30% for work in June New York, May 2 (BridgeNews) - A hydrotest and relocation of a pressure limiting station will reduce capacity on the Baja portion of Pacific Gas &a mp; Electric's California Gas Transmission system by 30% from June 10 through 3 0. Baja capacity will be reduced by 339 MMcf d from a normal 1,140 MMcf d. Story .16696 AGA Preview: US natgas stocks seen up 85-90 bcf New York, May 1 (BridgeNews) - American Gas Association (AGA) is expected to report Wednesday that United States natural gas stocks are up anywhere f rom 85 to 90 billion cubic feet (bcf) for the week ended Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e2326_p162", "sents": [ "Others aren't so sure.", "After initially planning new plants in Texas, Duke Energy Corp. began to worry that the state was getting overbuilt.", "Last May, Duke, of Charlotte, N.C., sold its 80% stake in a plant under construction in south Texas to Calpine.", "\"We sized up the market early, and then realized to o many followers were doing the same thing,\" says Jim Donnell, president and CEO of Duke Energy North America.", "If the electricity situation outside Texas grows too grim and too much supp ly sinks prices in the state, there could be \"renewed pressure\" for Texas to study interconnection options, says John Stauffacher, vice president for regulatory affairs at Houston-based Dynegy Inc., which has 1,000 megawatts of capacity in Texas.", "Calpine, for one, wouldn't mind sharing Texas power with the East and West.", "\"I would love to be able to wheel power from Texas to California,\" says Mr. Hayslip." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e699_p17", "sents": [ "American Skiing shares had fallen 43 percent since the proposed takeover was announced.", "Software Slump The third purchase to fall apart on March 23 was Proxim's proposed takeover of Netopia, an Internet-service equipment provider, for $233 million.", "The two companies cited current market conditions in announcing they would take separate paths.", "Shares of Proxim, a maker of wireless computer networking equipment, had fallen 70 percent since the transaction was first announced.", "Endesa SA and Iberdrola SA, Spain's two biggest utilities, on March 5 dropped their planned 14 billion-euro ($13 billion) merger, one that would have created the world's largest utility by customers after the Spanish government imposed conditions the companies deemed unacceptable.", "Fallout from California helped break apart another utility purchase on March 6, when Consolidated Edison sued Northeast Utilities, New England's largest utility, to cancel its October 1999 agreement to buy Northeast for $7.7 billion in cash, stock and assumed debt." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2074_p26", "sents": [ "Petrobras, as the federally-owned oil group is locally known, said early Monday it had singed an agreement with Enron to buy the 25.38% stake the United States energy group owns in CEG as well as the 33.75% stake Enron has in local unit CEG-Rio.", "\"We still have 90 days to seal this acquisition, but the total amount will probably be $240 million if no more adjustments are made,\" the official said.", "Market observers had said Enron's interest in CEG carried a price tag of about $200 million.", "The acquisition is part of Petrobras' strategy to participate in gas distribution companies serving Brazil's most-industrialized states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, thus finding buyers for its natural-gas output.", "CEG serves the metropolitan Rio de Janeiro area, and CEG-Rio supplies industrial towns in the greater Rio de Janeiro region and the interior of the state.", "Formerly a state-run company, CEG was privatized in 1997. Its shareholders are Spain's Gas Natural SDG SA (E.GSN) and Iberdrola SA (E.IBR), Argentina's Pluspetrol and Brazil's BNDESPar, the investment arm of the national development bank, BNDES." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Advanced Micro Devices", "sents": [ "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.", "While initially it manufactured its own processors, the company later outsourced its manufacturing, a practice known as fabless, after GlobalFoundries was spun off in 2009.", "AMD's main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and embedded systems applications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e26653_p1", "sents": [ "United States Treasuries and European markets are higher.", "As of 11:48 a.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.4% while the Nasdaq Composite Index is 0.8% higher.", "The S&P 500 Index is up 0.5%.", "Semiconductor and utility shares are pacing the advancers while oil and construction issues are leading the decliners.", "Semiconductor issues are higher as a Merrill Lynch analyst raised 4Q earnings estimates for Advanced Micro Devices to a loss of $0.15 per share from a loss of $0.23 per share, citing better-than-expected demand for the Athlon processor.", "Atmel (ATML,7.35,f1) is also trading higher after an AG Edwards analyst raised his rating on the stock from buy to strong buy.", "Shares of TMP Worldwide (TMPW,44,f1) are higher after the provider of the popular Monster.com web site reported that it would not increase its bid for competitor HotJobs.com (HOTJ,10.36,f1), saying it had offered \"full and fair value\" for the entity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1188_p0", "sents": [ "\"Mr. Myers, My name is Jeff Fawcett.", "I am a commercial representative of Transwestern Pipeline Co. and was its witness during the recent GIR proceedings.", "Given Transwestern's role as one of the principal suppliers of natural gas to the State of California, we are very interested in the outcome of these proceedings and offer our assistance to the Commission in its investigation Much has been discussed in the press recently about pipeline infrastructure in California, as well as the upstream capacity of FERC pipes that serve th e California marketplace.", "I know there is much to be covered in the 4 17 workshop.", "However, if the schedule permits, Transwestern would like to off er a brief overview of its delivery system to California and its view of the k ey issues the Commission and stakeholders face as the investigation moves forward.", "TW ,s presentation should take no more than 10-15 minutes.", "Please let me know if the Energy Division would like TW to make such a presentation and, if possible, approximately what point during the 9 -4:30 session Transwestern will be invited to step forward." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e19842_p0", "sents": [ "\"Jeff, At Mark's request here's the information on Jeff Fawcett: 440 Louisiana Street, Suite 900 Houston, TX 77002 101 Ash Street, HQ17 San Diego, CA 92101 713-236-7721 [email protected] Gwen Soong Secretary to Mark Baldwin\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20269_p0", "sents": [ "Judge says Enron has to give up documents By Emily Bazar Bee Capitol Bureau (Published Sept. 7, 2001) Enron Corp. must turn over sensitive internal documents to state legislators, a Sacramento judge ruled Thursday, but only after the two sides agree to a court-approved confidentiality agreement.", "For months, a special Senate committee investigating electricity price manipulation has been issuing subpoenas and gathering documents from power generators and marketers.", "During the process, the committee has found three companies in contempt for resisting the subpoenas, including Enron, which fought back with a lawsuit asking the court to intervene on its behalf.", "In his ruling stemming from the suit, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Charles Kobayashi said he wasn't convinced that \"the Senate committee will be able to maintain the petitioner's right to confidentiality.\"", "As a result, he ruled, those documents handed over by Enron that contain legitimate trade secrets must be protected by a confidentiality agreement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e826_p5", "sents": [ "Timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries, which operates four biomass plants that produce power for PG&E, obtained a temporary restraining order in Sacramento Superior Court that says Sierra Pacific is not required to sell its power to PG&E.", "The ruling means PG&E and Southern Edison could lose power as alternative energy generators, fed up with months of nonpayment, sue to be able to sell their comparatively cheap product elsewhere, including outside the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20599_p1", "sents": [ "Orpheus will showcase its innovative approach to leadership for of a group of Haas MBA students on Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the International House auditorium.", "Tickets to the event were awarded to MBA students through a lottery process.", "Morgan Stanley is sponsoring the event at Haas.", "The firm also sponsored an Orpheus residency at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo in June 2001. The program will include presentations by Dean Laura Tyson; Harvey Seifter, executive director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and author of \"Leadership Ensemble\"; lecturer Terry Pearce; and David Pottruck, co-CEO of Charles Schwab.", "John McGeehan, managing director and chief administrative officer for Morgan Stanley Japan Limited will also be in attendance.", "Central to the distinctive personality of Orpheus is its unusual process of sharing and rotating leadership roles.", "The \"Orpheus Process\" is built on individual responsibility, shared leadership, and workplace democracy.", "The process has enabled the orchestra to unleash the talent, vision, creativity, and leadership potential of each member of the group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1312_p2", "sents": [ "Prisma Microfinance, Inc., garnered a $2,000 prize for best SROI analysis.", "The venture provides micro loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world.", "Its business plan quantified a positive social impact in terms of job creation, income generation, and community development.", "In addition to the cash prizes, all three winners will have their plans circulated in the Investors' Circle, a national network of 150 social investors.", "Business schools represented on this year's winning teams includ e Haas, University of Washington, and Thunderbird.", "\"The competition is a lens that broadens our view of the bottom line,\" said Jerome Engel, executive director of the Haas School's Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, who advised the organizing committee of Haas MBA students.", "\"It includes social and environmental values as well as shareholder value.\"", "In its second year, the competition attracted 33 participating teams from 1 5 business schools, including Cornell, Columbia, Kellogg, Michigan, Stanford, and Yale for its nationwide contest of social ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1100_p25", "sents": [ "Garcia confirmed that Enersis is particularly interested in participating in government privatization auctions of generators Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo (E.EPL), or Cesp, and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (E.CPE), or Copel.", "Enersis executive Rafael Miranda recently said Enersis will also evaluate the possible purchase of Brazil's Electrogen, which is now controlled by United States company Enron.", "Enersis is owned 64% by Spain's Endesa SA (ELE).", "Company Web site is http: www.enersis.cl -Andrea Welsh, Dow Jones Newswires; 562-460-8547; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "U.A.E.", "'s Dolphin May Supply Natural Gas to India, Agency Says 2001-04-11 11:00 (New York) Doha, Qatar, April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Dolphin Energy, a venture of the Abu Dhabi government, Total Fina Elf SA and Enron Corp., said it has held talks on supplying natural gas to India through undersea pipeline, India Abroad News Service reported.", "``We are currently in India to listen and find out the security issues and the country's needs to secure cheap and clean energy fuel,'' said Ghanim Alazdi, a Dolphin project manager, IANS reported." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e529_p18", "sents": [ "Hussain, speaking at an oil and gas conference, said it is \"costing a fortune\" for Dubai, the United Arab Emirates' second-largest emirate, to run its 20,000-megawatt power station with liquid fuels.", "Dubai's industrial free port at Jebel Ali and the Dubai Aluminium Co. Ltd., which expanded its annual capacity last year to 536,000 metric tons, are in extremely short supply of gas, said local observers.", "Hussain said the recently signed \"term sheet agreement\" between the U.A.E.", "Offsets Group, or UOG, and Qatar Petroleum, to supply 2 billion cubic feet of gas a day to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is a step in the right direction.", "Three weeks ago, QP and UOG signed a $3.5 billion agreement to export 2 bcf a day of Qatari natural gas to the U.A.E.", "The project, which will be undertaken by Dolphin Energy - in which TotalFinaElf (TOT) and Enron Corp. (ENE) each hold a 24.5% stake - plans to drill first wells at Qatar's giant offshore North Field in the second half of 2001 and come onstream in early 2005. About 1-1.5 bcf a day of the gas will be consumed by the al-Taweelah power plant in Abu Dhabi and the remainder by the Jebel Ali terminal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3347_p0", "sents": [ "\"Both positions are currently located in Emeryville and will be moving to the new Dublin campus next year.", "If you are interested, please email your resume to [email protected] Director, Global Systems Integrator Alliance RESPONSIBILITIES: Execute a channel strategy to engage global systems integrators across Sybase's value chain.", "Promote and track sales to systems integrators such as Accenture, KPMG, PwC, etc.", "Drive programs enabling two or more Big Five consulting firms to sell and deliver Sybase technology and applications solutions.", "Scope value added initiatives in sales, training and marketing, identify action steps and establish responsibilities and accountabilities for Sybase and the partner to achieve initiative success.", "Act as part of a select team representing Sybase Divisions' needs and business structure and work with Sybase Divisions to create and implement new processes which drive operational efficiencies.", "Work with headquarter and Division teams to drive partner influenced license sales for Sybase solution plays.", "QUALIFICATIONS: 5-10 yrs business experience with strong operations or major Consulting Firm background, MBA required." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Sybase", "sents": [ "Sybase was an enterprise software and services company that produced software to manage and analyze information in relational databases.", "Sybase was acquired by SAP in 2010; SAP ceased using the Sybase name in 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p38", "sents": [ "But William Mead, fired Thursday, said it is no mystery why so many of his colleagues owned Calpine stock.", "Mead said he bought it 2 1 2 years ago and made so much money he recommende d it to his colleagues last year, while they all still worked for the now-defunct California Power Exchange in Alhambra.", "Calpine power was not traded on that exchange, so there was no conflict of interest, he said.", "Mead and three other energy traders--hired by the state in February and March--were terminated by the Davis administration for allegedly buying pow er for the state from Calpine while owning the company's stock.", "Fired traders Herman Leung, Peggy Cheng and Constantine Louie did not list the date of their Calpine purchases on financial statements that the state required to be filed only two weeks ago.", "\"But I'm sure they bought it while they were still at the power exchange, because that's when we discussed it,\" Mead said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e6459_p15", "sents": [ "He sold it off on Jan. 29, 10 days after he came to work for the state.", "Budhraja has been a top negotiator of the state's long-term energy contracts, which have included a deal concluded March 2 with Dynegy.", "Richard Ferreira, a retired Sacramento Utility District executive hired by the state to negotiate long-term power contracts, reported the purchase of between $2,000 and $10,000 of stock in Calpine, a San Jose-based energy firm, in August 2000. He also purchased a similar amount of stock in General Electric Co., which produces power plant equipment, in April 2000. Bernard Barretto, an energy trader, reported that he owned an undisclosed amount of stock in Enron Corp., a big Texas-based energy firm.", "Elaine Griffin purchased between $10,000 and $100,000 in Calpine stock on Feb. 1, less than three weeks before she came to work for the state as an energy trader.", "Constantine Louie, an energy scheduler, reported owning between $10,000 and $100,000 in Calpine stock." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Long Island Power Authority", "sents": [ "Long Island Power Authority, commonly abbreviated as LIPA (\"lie-pah\"), is a municipal subdivision of the State of New York that owns the electric grid for most of Long Island and contracts with PSEG Long Island to operate the grid on its behalf.", "LIPA was originally created under the Long Island Power Act of 1985 to acquire the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO)'s assets and securities after the cancellation of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.", "LIPA acquired LILCO's transmission and distribution system in May 1998." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27445_p13", "sents": [ "Neptune Regional Transmission System LLC will take bids Sept. 10 through Oct. 5 on cables that would link New York, New Jersey and Long Island in 2003, spokesman Ed Krapels said.", "Bidding on longer lines connecting New Brunswick to New York, Nova Scotia to Boston, and Maine to Connecticut will continue through Nov 9. The auction will determine whether the $2 billion to $3 billion project proceeds, Krapels said.", "Construction must be approved by environmental regulators.", "The announcement came as the New York's Long Island Power Authority warned the fourth day of a heat wave could leave it short of power.", "``We may be pushed beyond the limits of our supply today, if we don't keep up efforts to conserve electricity,'' Chairman Richard Kessel said in a statement.", "New York power prices rose as high as $267.50 a megawatt-hour this week, compared with an average price of $73.42 a megawatt- hour over the past three months, according to Bloomberg Energy Service statistics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "CIBC World Markets", "sents": [ "CIBC World Markets is the investment banking subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.", "The firm operates as an investment bank both in the domestic and international equity and debt capital markets.", "The bank provides a variety of financial services including credit and capital market products, mergers and acquisitions, merchant banking and other investment banking advisory services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5876_p2", "sents": [ "If the talks fail, FERC commissioners will render a final ruling.", "Morgan Stanley analyst Kit Konolidge said: \"We think these numbers are way overstated and any real refunds will be far less.\"", "\"Realistically, we might never see the real number,\" said Konolidge.", "Power generators will likely agree to a smaller figure they can \"live with to put this behind them.\"", "Additionally, FERC's decision last week to reintroduce price controls in California and eleven other Western states could also affect power marketers profitability, analysts said.", "CIBC World Markets analyst William Hyler said that \"FERC's latest measures have to be viewed as a step away from a purely market-based solution.\"", "Power marketers will not be allowed to sell at a price of more than 85 pct of the cost of natural gas needed to serve the electricity load during non-emergency hours.", "The wholesale price will be derived from the price of gas either in northern or southern California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20017_p24", "sents": [ "Rates will rise 37 percent to 53 percent for business customers.", "Portland-based PGE serves 730,000 customers, primarily in the northern Willamette Valley.", "A petition, filed Sept. 24, argued that \"the combination of PGE's unprecedented rate increases and the resulting economic impacts for PGE's residential, commercial and industrial customers could deal the local economy a crushing blow.\"", "In denying the request, the Oregon Public Utility Commission concluded that petitioners had failed to provide adequate evidence that utility customers would be irreparably injured by the increases.", "PUC Chairman Roy Hemmingway said regulators must weigh the interests of utilities as well as customers.", "\"PGE had to buy power in a very high-cost power market, and these costs need to be passed on to customers,\" he said.", "\"To ask PGE to eat these costs would harm PGE and probably be illegal.\"", "PGE had said that any delay would have cut into finances and forced it to borrow large amounts of money to cover mounting costs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Oregon Public Utility Commission", "sents": [ "The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) is the chief electric, gas and telephone utility regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon.", "It sets rates and establishes rules of operation for the state's investor-owned utility companies.", "With respect to publicly owned utility districts and cooperatives, its authority is limited to safety regulations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20100_p1", "sents": [ "Of course, prior to that he had founded Robertson, Stephens & Company as well as Montgomery Securities.", "In all, he has financed over 500 technology companies, including AOL, Dell, Siebel and Sun, and supported companies and CEOs in good times and bad.", "What does he think should be the focus for technology entrepreneurs and financiers in 2002?", "What are your best options for preventing your company from suffering a liquidity crunch?", "Vadasz operates the world's most extensive corporate development program at Intel Capital.", "Last year, they put $1.3 billion into start-ups, and their portfolio currently includes 550 companies.", "As part of Intel's founding team in 1968, he's had various management responsibilities within the company.", "He brings a great blend of operational management expertise and investment focus to the summit.", "He'll help us understand the investment and valuation criteria that Intel applies to candidates and share insight on the organizational structures and focus best suited to ride out the current market malaise." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Montgomery Securities", "sents": [ "Montgomery Securities was an investment bank based in San Francisco, California, that specialized in high technology and health care sectors.", "The firm was founded in 1978 by Thom Weisel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Robertson Stephens", "sents": [ "Robertson Stephens was a San Francisco-based boutique investment bank that focused primarily on technology companies.", "The firm was closed by its parent company, FleetBoston in July 2002 as a result of the collapse of the technology sector and the end of the dot-com bubble." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3910_p11", "sents": [ "Last month, Everypath raised $60 million from investors including Amerindo Investments, Asia Tech Management, Comdisco, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, E*Trade, Liberate, Raza Ventures, Redwood Ventures, Robertson Stephens, Sevin Rosen Funds, Texas Pacific Group, United States Venture Partners, Wasserstein Parella Ventures, and WR Hambrecht.", "http: www.everypath.com Epoch Gets $27 Million From Williams Communications COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Epoch Internet, a provider of Web hosting and e-commerce services, said it secured $27 million from Williams Communications, an international provider of telecommunications services and products for the carrier marketplace.", "Epoch will also purchase $128 million worth of long-haul network capacity from Williams Communications over the next 20 years as part of the deal.", "Epoch said it will use the investment to develop its Web-hosting services.", "Epoch announced on Tuesday it has partnered with IBM to provide 35 start-ups with Internet access and hosting services.", "Epoch has received venture backing from Prime New Ventures and undisclosed investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Summit", "sents": [ "A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.", "Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation.", "The topographic terms \"acme\", \"apex\", \"peak\", and \"zenith\" are synonymous." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e4331_p0", "sents": [ "'The North American energy industry is facing some of the biggest challenges in its history.", "Many important decisions need to soon be made by policymakers to smooth the transition to a competitive marketplace in order to address these critical challenges at this crucial moment in the development of restructured markets.", "Recognizing the need for stakeholder input, the United States Department of Energy and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) invite all public officials and industry stakeholders to attend the North American Summit on Harmonizing Business Practices in Energy Restructuring.", "The Summit will be held from November 29 to December 1, 2000, in Dallas, Texas.", "The Summit is designed to tackle the fundamental issues that lead to a competitive marketplace.", "Your expertise and participation are critical to the success of this effort.", "The Summit is designed to maximize interaction between public officials and industry stakeholders.", "As this will be the only joint meeting hosted by DOE and NARUC this year, early registration is strongly encouraged." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27513_p36", "sents": [ "Backed by $65 million in venture capital, privately held Salesforce.com is projecting revenues of $25 million this year, nearly quadrupling last year's sales of $7 million.", "The company expects to become profitable early next year when its revenues are expected to hit $60 million.", "Analysts say Salesforce has proven that online subscription software works for certain people, like on-the-go sales representatives, and for small- and medium-sized companies that might not have the budget, or time, to install complex software applications.", "The skeptics doubt large corporations will depend on cookie-cutter online subscription services for complex applications critical to their day-to-day applications.", "\"This is fine for the small guys that don't want to be bothered with technology, but the big companies want to be masters of their own destiny,\" said industry analyst Joe Outlaw of the Gartner Group in Stamford, Conn. After using Salesforce's service for four months, energy giant Enron Corp.'s director of sales, John Hillman, is convinced online subscription is the way to go for software applications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2916_p1", "sents": [ "MusicNet's debut will take place on Capitol Hill in Washington, where Chairman Rob Glaser is scheduled to testify at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing involving music on the Internet.", "The session will be Webcast.", "-- David vs. Goliaths IBM has selected Norway's Opera Software to provide the Web browser for its Linux-based NetVista Internet appliances.", "\"Signing with IBM is a major breakthrough,\" said Jon S. von Tetzchner, chief executive of the Oslo-based company.", "\"This announcement is the first in a series that will show that Opera has taken the lead in the Internet appliance market.\"", "The announcement may be significant for both AOL Time Warner and Microsoft, whose browsers were not selected.", "The deal \"is certainly something that the AOL folks would have liked to have,\" David Smith, an analyst with research firm Gartner Group, told CNet News.", "\"It sounds like Opera is muscling in.\"", "-- Online sales rise Total spending on online sales increased from $3.5 billion in March to $4.3 billion in April, according to a monthly survey reported by Forrester Research, which said the number of households shopping online stood at 15.6 million last month." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7229_p0", "sents": [ "'Just a reminder that the first lecture in the Annual Business Faculty Research Dialogue Series will take place on November 3rd.", "Raymond J. Lane, General Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former President of Oracle Corporation, will be the first speaker in this series.", "The lecture will begin at 4:00pm in the Arthur Andersen Auditorium and there will be a reception in the Bank of America Forum immediately following the program.", "There is open seating for this program - all are invited to attend.", "Meredith LaCorte Meredith LaCorte Administrative Assistant Haas School of Business 545 Student Services Building #1900 Berkeley, CA 94720- 1900" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5031_p6", "sents": [ "In addition, Lane and his wife have an 18-month-old son at home and a second child due in November.", "More information on Lane can be found at http: www.kpcb.com The Business Faculty Research Dialogues will be sponsored again this year by the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy and California Management Review.", "Lane will speak in the Haas School's Arthur Andersen Auditorium at 4:00 p.m. on Friday November 3. There will be a reception at 5:00 p.m. following the lecture in the School's Bank of America Forum.", "Please contact Meredith LaCorte in the dean's office to reserve a space at either the lecture or the reception.?", "She can be reached at 510-643-2027 or in email at [email protected].", "DEAN EMERITUS EARL \"BUDD\" CHEIT HONORED BY CAL PERFORMANCES Earl F. Cheit, dean emeritus of the Haas School, was honored with a gala celebration at the Cal Performances Season opening in September.", "Cheit is the founding chair of Cal Performances." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hudson Institute", "sents": [ "The Hudson Institute is a politically conservative, non-profit American think tank based in Washington, D.C.", "It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6568_p12", "sents": [ "From the start, polls showed that Americans felt the policy was to o heavily tilted toward expanding energy production rather than conservation, and that it favored corporate interests over the environment.", "Many on Capit ol Hill were wary of embracing the plan.", "A recent USA Today CNN Gallup poll showed that 45 percent of Americans approve of Bush's handling of the energ y issue.", "But the energy crisis atmosphere of earlier this year has largely dissipated, robbing the Bush plan of momentum.", "\"The only thing that will be able to revive it is $3-per-gallon gasoline.", "As energy prices decrease, the steam goes out of the issue,\" said Marshall Wittmann, senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.", "Though the administratio n scored a victory on the energy front last week when the Senate blocked an effort to halt new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Wittmann predicted that, barring some new crisis, Bush will get little of what he wants from Congres s. Indeed, the Senate also voted to block energy production at national monuments and the House voted to ban drilling in the Great Lakes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p1", "sents": [ "to Board o Spanish & Portuguese Travel Site Viajo.com Names Chairman o Former Stamps.com President Named Chair of Perquia o Narus Appoints Network Appliance President To Its Board o Portals Provider Conjoin Adds Former Teradyne Exec To Board New People: o Boats.com Co-Founder Takes Over For Departed CEO o eBenefits Names Wells Fargo Executive as New CEO o Former Active Software Exec Joins Tradec as President & CEO o Health Care Security Services Firm HealthCast Names CEO o Optical Firm Cinta Names Former Tellabs President as CEO o Publishing Exec Named CEO of Training Product Firm Cognitive o Sekani Names Former NFL Enterprises President Bernard as CEO o Broadband Firm Infinilink Names New President & COO o TelCo Firm IP Services Names President and CEO o Communications Firm Hotline Names Former Phoenix Exec as CEO o Swedish IT Consultant DataVis Names President and CEO o Automation Software Firm Novient's President & COO Named CEO VC Fund News: o Capital Z Partners and Zurich Financial to Form New Firm o Village Ventures Raises $7 Million From Banknorth Group o Project Development Firm Venture Studio Launches o New Media Venture Partners Raises $17.5 Million VC Personnel: o Former Lucent Executive Joins St. Paul Venture Capital o Former WhoWhere Exec Joins NeoCarta Ventures as Partner Advertisement Technology Outlook - The Future of Pervasive Computing San Francisco Airport Marriott - December 4 & 5, 2000 What will bring Internet communications, digital entertainment, and powerful computing capabilities to the masses?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5133_p2", "sents": [ "The company also said it reached an agreement with America Online to be a main tenant of AOL Bargain Basement, a new domain of Shop@AOL exclusive to members.", "AOL senior vice president Katherine Borsecnik joined the board of directors.", "http: www.smartbargains.com Investment Sites iExchange and InteractiveFunds.com Merge DALLAS -- iExchange.com, an online marketplace for investment advice, and InteractiveFunds.com, an investment site that provides financial research tools, a discussion board, and stock price forecasts, said they will merge.", "Financial terms were undisclosed.", "The combined company will run under the name iExchange.com and plans to launch a new Web site by next year that will include investment products and services.", "The company will be operate from InteractiveFunds' headquarters in Dallas and InteractiveFunds' CEO Randall Bullard will remain as the new company's CEO.", "Heath Schiesser, iExchange's interim CEO and managing director of idealab!", "Capital Partners, will return to idealab!.", "The company's board will include Mr. Bullard, Adam Mizel of Capital Z Partners, AOL co-founder Mark Seriff, idealab!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3067_p3", "sents": [ "The deal values MP3.com at $5 per share, which is a healthy premium over its Friday closing price of about $3 per share, but well off MP3.com's highs.", "Recall that just six months ago, a United States judge ordered MP3.com to pay Vivendi's Universal division about $53 million in damages for violating copyright laws.", "Vivendi's strategy seems to follow that of German music giant Bertelsmann BMG, which announced its alliance with beleaguered Napster late last year.", "In the latest development in Weyerhaeuser's (WY: 60.54, - 0.51) hostile bid for paper firm Willamette (WLL: 48.99, - 0.49), Weyerhaeuser is again attempting to circumvent Willamette's board of directors by directly appealing to shareholders.", "Weyerhaeuser stated that it will increase its offer price above the current $50 per share, if Willamette is willing to negotiate immediately.", "Willamette's board has repeatedly rebuffed Weyerhaeuser's attempts at a takeover, stating that the $50 per share offer is much too low and undervalues their firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Weyerhaeuser", "sents": [ "Weyerhaeuser (pronounced \"Warehouser\") is one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands.", "It owns more than 13 million acres of timberlands, primarily in the U.S., and manages another 14 million acres under long-term licenses in Canada.", "The company also manufactures wood and cellulose fiber products.", "Weyerhaeuser is a real estate investment trust." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19496_p38", "sents": [ "``We don't have any plans to do so at this point,'' she said.", "Credit Rating On Monday, Moody's Investors Service lowered Enron's long- term credit rating to ``Baa2'' from ``Baa1,'' two notches above junk status.", "It also placed the company's ``P-2'' rating for commercial paper on review for possible downgrade.", "Falling below investment grade would trigger early repayment terms for affiliated companies Enron formed to buy its assets such as power plants.", "The affiliates plan to repay borrowed money by selling the assets.", "Enron might have to repay any difference between what the assets sell for and the underlying debt.", "J.P. Morgan is advising Enron on the sale of part of its Azurix North America water business to American Water Works Inc. for $148.8 million in cash and assumed debt.", "Salomon Smith Barney is the investment banking arm of Citigroup Inc. BG India: To Extend Enron Oil, Gas Field Operator Talks 11 01 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- U.K. oil and gas company BG Group PLC (BRG) said Th ursday it will extend the negotiation period on the operatorship of the Ind ian upstream assets of Enron Corp. (ENE) acquired by BG for US$388 million in early October." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e20071_p8", "sents": [ "``BG gets really serious on India,'' said David Stedman, an analyst at Daiwa SBCM in London.", "``And their deal with Enron is financially attractive.''", "NEWS SNAP: BG Builds E&P, India Asset Base In Enron Deal By Michael Wang and Sri Jegarajah Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 10 03 2001 Dow Jones International News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K. oil and gas company BG Group PLC (BRG) Wednesday extended its footprint in the Indian subcontinent and expanded its growing exploration and production portfolio by paying $388 million for the offshore Indian assets of Enron Corp. (ENE), the United States energy group.", "BG watchers uniformly applauded the transaction, which appears to cement the company's current darling status.", "Analysts said the company had acquired some promising upstream assets on the cheap.", "With proven and probable reserves of more than 170 million barrels of oil equivalent, BG's $388 million purchase price for Enron Oil and Gas India Ltd., or EOGIL, was the worth almost $2.30 a barrel, a bargain by international standards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6999_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 7 30: Dan Walters: Who will pay for power -- and how much -- back on front burner Sac Bee, Mon, 7 30: Power grab: Before you sign, get facts (Editorial) Sac Bee, Mon, 7 30: Huge PG&E bankruptcy case creates many conflicts of interest SD Union, Mon, 7 30: Customers' huge 'debt' to SDG&E called sham SD Union, Mon, 7 30: State refund may be under $4 billion SD Union, Sun, 7 29: Energy crisis has workers shedding coats, ties SD Union, Sat, 7 28: Five state energy consultants fired for conflicts of interest SD Union, Sat, 7 28: Deals with private firms spark growth of Mexico's ener gy empire LA Times, Sun, 7 29: Huge Fees, Many Conflicts In PG&E Case LA Times, Sat, 7 28: 'Invention' Fueling Only Cries of Fraud SF Chron, Mon, 7 30: Federal energy order leaves California with $4 billion less in power refunds SF Chron, Mon, 7 30: Texas inches toward power deregulation as pilot progra m goes into effect Tuesday SF Chron, Sun, 7 29: Energy crisis gives juice to new trend: power plants on American Indian reservations SF Chron, Sun, 7 29: Federal order limits potential state refunds by $3 billion SF Chron, Sun, 7 29: Gas suppliers accuse El Paso pipeline firm of constricting flow to drive up prices SF Chron, Sun, 7 29: News briefs on the California power crisis SF Chron, Sun, 7 29: Power consultant firings called 'tip of iceberg' Secretary of state says disclosure list should be expanded Mercury News, Mon, 7 30: Federal order limits potential California refunds by $3 billion Mercury News, Mon, 7 30: Huge PG&E bankruptcy case creates many conflicts of interest Mercury News, Mon, 7 30: PG&E and Santa Cruz couple in power struggle LA Times, Mon, 7 30: Business; Financial Desk Sempra Unit Pulls in Profit, and Scrutiny Energy: The trading arm, which ha s come under increasing criticism, raked in $310 million in the last 18 month s WSJ, Mon, 7 30: State of California Lets Go 5 Consultants Tied to Energy Fi rms - Dan Walters: Who will pay for power -- and how much -- back on front burner (Published July 30, 2001) From its onset a year ago, California's energy crisis has always encompasse d two aspects -- price and supply." ], "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": "e2756_p21", "sents": [ "The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal but said they expect to close the transaction within the next 30 days.", "Perclick will maintain facilities in Omaha and Dallas.", "The Perclick board will include three designees of CT Holdings: Steve Solomon, Larry Lacerte, and Phil Romano.", "Additional directors will be announced later.", "http: www.perclick.com http: www.ct-holdings.com Dentalxchange Buys Practice Management Tech Firm Dentisoft IRVINE, Calif. -- Dentalxchange.com, a provider of Internet-based tools and e-commerce technology for dentists, said it acquired Dentisoft, a dental practice management software company, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stocks.", "The acquisition is Dentalxchange.com's second; the first was Dental Connect in November 1999. Dentalxchange will continue to sell Dentisoft's desktop management system of the same name.", "Dentisoft's president, Samir Kothari, is now vice president of practice management applications for Dentalxchange.", "Dentalxchange is backed by J.H.", "Whiney & Co. and Bessemer Venture Partners.", "http: www.dentisoft.com http: www.dentalxchange.com Fairchild Buys KOTA and a Micro Linear Unit for $12 Million SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- Fairchild Semiconductor International announced it has acquired KOTA Microcircuits, which designs and markets high-speed amplifiers and the power management division of analog technology firm Micro Linear, for a total of $21 million in cash and stocks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7, 8 ] }, { "title": "Bessemer Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is an American global venture capital firm founded in 1911.", "The firm has $4.5 billion under management and operates offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Israel, and India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27952_p0", "sents": [ "VentureWire Alert <http: alert.venturewire.com For Jeffrey Dasovich, Enron VENTURE MARKET SUMMARY It wasn't as big a day funding wise compared to yesterday's $300 million windfall, but eight companies still managed to pull in a respectable $186 million.", "The big fundings went to three companies, all in the fourth round.", "Chorum Technologies, a provider of all-optical processors and subsystems for optical networks, raised $54.7 million in its fourth round of funding led by previous investors CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Scudder-Kemper Investments.", "Four was also a lucky number for Encorp, a provider of products and services for the power-technology sector, that closed $38.1 million in Series D financing led by new investor Ballentine Capital Partners.", "Meanwhile 2Wire, a developer of products that provide broadband content and services throughout the home, announced that it closed its fourth round of funding at $61 million that VentureWire first reported in August.", "Napster is also back in the news as it tries to change its tune." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p4", "sents": [ "The new firm is raising a new fund of $100 million.", "According to Veijo Huusko, vice president of RPI's Stockholm wireless division, the merger between the firms took place about three weeks ago.", "Th e new firm, which has offices in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, will offer executive search, management consulting, and investme nt and advisory services as well as venture capital financing to startups in such areas as wireless communications.", "The firm is also opening an office in the San Francisco area, Mr. Huusko said.", "Mr. Huusko also said the firm is raising a new venture fund on the order of $100 million.", "The fund is expect ed to close by the end of the year, with the initial closing taking place arou nd September.", "inVentures has traditionally invested in early-stage companies in the business-to-business and wireless applications spaces.", "http: www.redwoodpartners.com Design Chain Firm ChipData Seals $23M in Second Round RICHARDSON, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- ChipData, which develops electron ic design automation software, said it closed its second round at $23 million with funding from Trinity Ventures, EDS Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners, and Sevin Rosen Funds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2934_p8", "sents": [ "Dolphin to Invite Companies for $4 Bln Gas Project, Paper Says 2001-05-17 03:00 (New York) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Dolphin Energy of the United Arab Emirates will invite companies to pre-qualify this month for a $4 billion project to build the Middle East's first cross-border gas pipeline network, Al-Hayat said.", "Dolphin, in which U.S.'s Enron Corp. and France's TotalFinaElf SA share a 49 percent stake, will ask for designs and quotes May 19-23 for most stages of the network, from the delivery of gas from Qatar's offshore North field to its final destination in Dubai, the paper said.", "The network includes a 2-billion cubic-feet-per-day gas -processing plant in Qatar, a 220-mile sub-sea pipeline from Qatar to Abu Dhabi, and an overland pipeline from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, the paper said, citing a Dolphin statement.", "The first delivery via the network will be in 2005. Qatar, which owns the world's third-largest gas reserves, and the U.A.E." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Dubai", "sents": [ "Dubai ( ; Arabic: دبي‎ ‎ \"Dubayy \", ] ) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).", "It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.", "Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's Federal Supreme Council.", "The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.", "Dubai will host World Expo 2020." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4892_p9", "sents": [ "Dexter Paine III, president of Fox Paine; Harvi Sachar, founder of itsquare.com and SiliconIndia; and Derrick Chen, director of venture investing at Rare Ventures, also provided funding.", "The company added Mr. Shriram and Mr. Newman to its board of directors.", "Invertica said it will use the funds to expand its sales staff and for marketing.", "http: www.invertica.com Payment Service CheckSpace Raises $11 Million in Series A SEATTLE -- CheckSpace, which provides an online payment service for small businesses, their vendors, and customers, said it secured $11 million in its Series A round led by Voyager Capital.", "Northwest Venture Associates, Kellet Investment, and Staenberg Venture Partners funded the round as well.", "Individual investors Boris Putanec, co-founder and vice president of corporate strategy at Ariba; K.B.", "Chandrasekhar, co-founder, CEO, and chairman of the board at Jamcracker; Scott Oki, former senior vice president of sales and marketing at Microsoft; and managing directors of Internet Capital Group, Sam Jahallah and Robert Pollan, also participated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e7287_p1", "sents": [ "MagicBeanStalk presents UPSTART101 Bringing the NEXT economy to campus Find recruits at the best universities in the nation Increase your brand exposure with tomorrow's leaders Secure your spot now!", "Visit http: www.magicbeanstalk.com upstart.html Top Stories o Online Invitation Firm Evite.com Looks for Acquirers SAN FRANCISCO -- Evite, an online service that specializes in coordinating and planning activities through group electronic invitations, said it was exploring acquisition options.", "Evite said it was acting on the company's need to build scale for its ad-supported business and said the current market made it increasingly difficult to do that on its own.", "The company said it has $17 million, which it said it expects can sustain it for over a year.", "Evite is backed by Advent International, August Capital, Greylock Management, Hikari Tsushin, North Hill Ventures, Staenberg Venture Partners, and Technology Crossover Ventures.", "http: www.evite.com PSINet Ventures Cuts Off Cash Investment For the Year ASHBURN, Va. -- Publicly traded Internet services provider PSINet said its wholly-owned subsidiary PSINet Ventures will not invest any more cash for the rest of this year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7238_p8", "sents": [ "Investors in the round included Casenove Private Equity, Jupiter International Group, TH Lee.Putnam Internet Partners, and the eVestment Company.", "The company said it will use the funding to accelerate the roll-out of its international infrastructure and marketing company.", "The company said it will use its European strategy as the template for its implementation in the United States http: www.callserve.com Wireless Firm Argogroup Raises $20 Million Second Round ELSTEAD, U.K. -- Argogroup, which develops software to deliver content to wireless phones, WAP, or i-Mode without having to change their mobile site, said it raised $20 million in second round funding.", "The round included investments from 3i and Apax Partners.", "The company also announced a co-marketing agreement with Lucent Technologies to enable developers from both Lucent and Argogroup to integrate the company's products with Lucent's wireless technology.", "The company has raised a total of $30 million.", "http: www.argogroup.com $49.6 Million Fourth Round for Broadband Firm Tantivy MELBOURNE, Calif. -- Tantivy Communications, a provider of portable broadband technology, said it completed a $49.6 million fourth round of financing, led by Bowman Capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e3049_p20", "sents": [ "http: www.wellogix.com EXP Systems Names New CEO mail?", "top MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- EXP Systems, a provider of enter prise software, said it named Mark Wright as president and CEO.", "Mr. Wright replac es company founder, Mark Benning, in the role of CEO.", "Mr. Wright comes to the company from IBM, where he served as VP of software sales and marketing.", "He also served as executive vice president of worldwide sales for OneChem, an application service provider in the chemical industry.", "Mr. Benning will continue to serve as chairman of the company.", "EXP's product enables custome rs to connect in real time with company agents or industry professionals who c an answer questions and deliver services.", "In March, the company laid off about 25% of its staff, or about 24 employees.", "Before this most recent round of cuts, it laid off 17 people.", "The company is backed by Ask Jeeves, Bessmer Venture Partners, Bowman Capital, CMGI@Ventures, J. & W. Seligman, Maveron, meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Oracle." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Colorado River", "sents": [ "The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande).", "The 1450 mi river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. and two Mexican states.", "Starting in the central Rocky Mountains in the U.S., the river flows generally southwest across the Colorado Plateau and through the Grand Canyon before reaching Lake Mead on the Arizona–Nevada border, where it turns south toward the international border.", "After entering Mexico, the Colorado approaches the mostly dry Colorado River Delta at the tip of the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3520_p39", "sents": [ "Energy will be generated by running water through the turbines before it is sent either to Riverside County agencies or south to its largest customer, the San Diego County Water Authority.", "The MWD also is considering how to upgrade its transmission lines to draw more electricity from existing hydroelectric plants at Hoover and Park er dams on the Colorado River.", "Furthermore, the MWD is looking for other locations to generate power along its complex system of aqueducts and canals, and is mulling proposals to become partners with would-be power plant builders who need water for cooli ng.", "The megawatts produced at Diamond Valley will be sold to the state's Independent System Operator, rather than Southern California Edison Co. or Pacific Gas & Electric Co.--and that too is a sign of how the energy shorta ge has changed things in California.", "The MWD has long-term contracts to provide energy to Edison and PG&E from some of its 15 other hydroelectric facilities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3420_p1", "sents": [ "Reuters English News Service, 05 26 01 Enron courts prominent Californians at secret meeting Associated Press Newswires, 05 26 01 Enron's Dispute With Utility In India Grows More Tangled The New York Times, 05 26 01 India: MSEB requests MERC to rescind Dabhol PPA Business Line (The Hindu), 05 26 01 DPC refuses to take MSEB's bill for April The Economic Times, 05 26 01 Ganske Has Own War Chest To Take On Harkin for Senate Omaha World-Herald, 05 26 01 Senate confirms Texan to energy commission Houston Chronicle, 05 26 01 DUMB TALK California AG's remarks crude and deceptive Houston Chronicle, 05 26 01 Enron sends staff on deputation Business Standard, 05 26 01 Power firm vetted Bush energy regulators The Guardian, 05 26 01 Changes in Senate could offer state relief The San Diego Union-Tribune, 05 26 01 California; Metro Desk Los Angeles Power Firm Chief Lists Solutions for Crisis KURT STREETER TIMES STAFF WRITER 05 27 2001 Los Angeles Times Home Edition B-3 Copyright 2001 The Times Mirror Company A Texas business executive whose company has profited enormously from California's energy crisis says California needs more deregulation, not less." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11734_p1", "sents": [ "If it is in the mail, please disregard this message.", "If it is not in the mail, please fill out the questionnaire as soon as possible and return to me via email or interoffice mail so that we can be in compliance with Federal income tax laws.", "If you did not engage in lobbying activity in 2000, a short email to that effect is sufficient.", "Many thanks for your cooperation.", "Tara Rafter Director Corporate Tax Planning --Original Message -- From: Tara Rafter Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:08 AM To: Daniel Allegretti; Joe Allen; Scott Bolton; Stacey Bolton; Roy Boston; Hap Boyd; Rob Bradley; Jeff Brown; Margaret Carson; Wiley Cauthen; Tom Chapman; Carolyn Cooney; Shelley Corman; Jeff Dasovich; Tom Delaney; Linda Fitzgerrell; Howard Fromer; Janel Guerrero; Mary Hain; John Hardy; Joe Hartsoe; Nancy Hetrick; Jean Ryall; Aleck Dadson; Robert Hemstock; Alberto Levy; Ron McNamara; Mike Roan; Thane Twiggs; Steve Walton; Ricardo Charvel; Kikumi Kishigami; Harry Kingerski; Stella Chan; Vinio Floris; Xi Xi; Tracy Cooper; Dan Staines; Kathleen Sullivan; Kerry Stroup; Alan Comnes; Marcie Milner; Donna Fulton; Allison Navin; Lora Sullivan; Stephen D Burns; Tom Briggs; Linda Robertson; Robert Neustaedter; Gloria Ogenyi; Patrick Keene; Robert Frank; Joe Hillings; Tom Hoatson; Stan Horton; Barbara A Hueter; Richard Ingersoll; Paul Kaufman; Steven J Kean; Jeffrey Keeler; Robin Kittel; Susan M Landwehr; Leslie Lawner; Donald Lassere; Lara Leibman; Rochelle Lessner; Chris Long; Dave Mangskau; Kathleen E Magruder; Susan J Mara; Sandra McCubbin; Becky L Merola; Janine Migden; FRED MILLER; Mary Kay Miller; Steve Montovano; Bill Moore; Sue Nord; Christi L Nicolay; Lou L Pai; Sarah Novosel; Christie Patrick; Mona L Petrochko; Scott Reblitz; Marchris Robinson; Thomas S Reichelderfer; Fred Rimington; Frank Rishe; Cynthia Sandherr; Gavin Russo; Dave Schafer; Richard Shapiro; Tom Shelton; Richard Shepherd; Jeff Skilling; Lon Stanton; James D Steffes; Michael Terraso; Henry Van; Terence H Thorn; Kathleen Wagner; Susan Worthen; Charles Yeung; Robert Wilson; Lisa Yoho Cc: James Sandt Subject: 2000 Lobbying Expenses Please provide your assistance in completing the attached questionnaire relating to 2000 lobbying activities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e670_p0", "sents": [ "'The \"Enron\" list serve is now up and running.", "To send a message to the group, just put [email protected] in the To: line and it will be sent to the entire group.", "The following is the current distribution list.", "I have asked that Karl Gallant, Terry Allen, and Governor Raciot be added.", "Is there anyone else who should be on the list?", "Ashley Meece Bruce Andrews Carin Nersesian Cindy Derecskey Debbie Garrett David Lugar Ed Gillespie Heather O'Farrell Janel Guerrero Jeff Dasovich Jack Quinn Jim Steffes Linda Robertson Lora Sullivan Mark Palmer Nick Maduros Rick Shapiro Tom Briggs Virginia Hume'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10642_p29", "sents": [ "The other \"top priorities on Sen. Burns agenda are bills to bols ter online privacy and to curb \"spamming (sending unsolicited commercial e-mail ), the spokesman said.", "Sen. Burns also may address the process by which the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) selects Interne t domain name suffixes.", "He might do so either through legislation or through the subcommittee 's oversight capacity.", "Meanwhile, Sen. Burns subcommittee has grown by three seats since the previous Congress.", "In handing out subcommittee assignments last week, Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John McCain (R., Ariz.) gave the Democrats two extra seats on the panel and the Republicans one more.", "Both parties now have 10 members on the panel.", "The new Democratic members are Barbara Boxer (Calif.) and John D. Edwards (N.C.).", "Sen. Edwards has said he would reintroduce a bill to give consumer s more control over how their telecom service providers could use their calli ng records for marketing (TR,Nov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "John McCain", "sents": [ "John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, in that office since 1987.", "He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8721_p8", "sents": [ "United Devices closed its Series A round in August with $13 million and is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Softbank Venture Capital, and others.", "http: www.ud.com Consulting Firm Quidnunc Lands $14.5 Million in Round Two mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Quidnunc, an international digital business consulting firm, said it has secured $14.5 million in its second round of fundiing led by Barclays.", "The round also included Weston Presido Capital, Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners, and Pi.", "The company said it will use the funds to develop its international infrastructure.", "The company raised $15 million in its first round over a year ago.", "http: www.quidnunc.com Exec Benefits Firm Rivenet Raises $8 Million Series B mail this story?", "top CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Rivenet, an online company that automates the design, implementation, and administration of non-qualified benefit plans forr executives, said it has raised $8 million in its Series B round from co-leads William Blair New World Ventures and Lunn Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.ridgewoodcapital.com Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Network Telephone, a provider of facilities-based broadband telecommunications services, said it raised $256 million in its Series D round of funding.", "Lehman Brothers led the round, which included Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Desai Capital Management, Spectrum Equity Investors, and Wind Point Partners.", "The round comprised $156 million in cash and a $100 million secured bank line.", "The round brings the company's total cash investments to $204.5 million.", "Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. partner Lawrence Tucker; Desai Capital Management chairman, president, and chief investment officer Rohit M. Desai; and Thomas E. Darden, managing director for Wind Point Partners, have all recently joined the company's board.", "The company will use the funding for continued expansion of its facilities-based networks in the Southeastern United States Network Telephone has also been backed by Onset Ventures.", "http: www.networktelephone.net o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post SEATTLE -- TeraBeam Networks, a developer of fiberless optical technology and services that enable the delivery of Internet data, said its founder and chairman Greg Amadon is selling a portion of his personal stock to previous investor Softbank Venture Capital in a deal worth $100 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]