FORMICA GETS $175 MILLION FOR RESTRUCTURING
Date: 03 July 2003
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Formica Corp receives court approval for $175 million investment from Cerberus Capital Management and Oaktree Management to help it emerge from bankruptcy (S)
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NASDAQ BROKER SEPARATES INTO TWO BUSINESSES
Date: 03 July 2003
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Instinet Group, electronic broker for Nasdaq stocks, reorganizes into two businesses and lays off sales clerks that sought trades from brokers and dealers for its electronic trade-matching systems; company, 63 percent owned by Reuters Group, will run its brokerage and trading units as separate businesses (S)
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AURORA FOODS PLANS TO FILE FOR PROTECTION
Date: 03 July 2003
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Aurora Foods Inc will file for bankruptcy protection and replace chief executive Lawrence K Hathaway under $200 million agreement with investor J W Childs Associates; Dale Morrison will succeed Hathaway (S)
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BOOTS & COOTS AGREES TO RESTRUCTURE LOANS
Date: 03 July 2003
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Boots & Coots International Well Control agrees to restructure loans from Prudential Insurance Co in bid to avoid bankruptcy (S)
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AMERICAN AIRLINES WINS APPEAL IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT
Date: 04 July 2003
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Federal appeals court upholds trial court's decision throwing out claims by government that American Airlines, unit of AMR Corp, had illegally added flights to drive discount carriers from Dallas-Forth Worth market; Justice Dept had accused American of engaging in predatory behavior against Vanguard Airlines, Western Pacific Airlines and Sun Jet (S)
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SOFTWARE GIANT MISSES PROFIT AND SALES FORECASTS
Date: 04 July 2003
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Siebel Systems Inc says in second-quarter that ended June 30, sales were $330 million to $334 million and profit was about 2 cents a share; both figures are lower than expected (S)
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INVITROGEN TO BUY MOLECULE LABELER FOR $325 MILLION
Date: 03 July 2003
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Invitrogen Corp, which makes chemical kits used to analyze and clone genes, acquires Molecular Probes Inc for about $325 million to add drug-discovery products (S)
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MEDICAL PRODUCTS MAKER ISSUES A WARNING ON PROFIT
Date: 03 July 2003
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Vital Signs Inc says third-quarter profit from continuing operations will be below its estimates because of legal and accounting costs; is being sued by its former chief financial officer for 'fraudulent accounting' (S)
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CARLYLE TO SELL MEDIA UNIT TO LEVERAGED BUYOUT FIRM
Date: 04 July 2003
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Willis Stein & Partners, leveraged buyout firm, agrees to buy book, music and video supplier Baker & Taylor Inc from Carlyle Group Inc for $255 million (S)
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BIG AIR FREIGHT CARRIER MIGHT SEEK BANKRUPTCY
Date: 04 July 2003
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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc, which carries freight for other airlines, says it might file for bankruptcy protection to complete debt restructuring started in Mar (S)
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