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[ { "title": "Azure Capital Partners", "sents": [ "Azure Capital Partners, founded 2000, is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in the information technology industry using an investment research approach to venture capital investing.", "Azure Capital Partners was founded by Mike Kwatinetz, Paul Ferris, Paul Weinstein, and Cameron Lester." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p54", "sents": [ "mail?", "top SPOKANE, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- World Wide Packets, which provides h ardware and software for optical broadband connectivity, said it appointed David Curry president and chief operating officer.", "Mr. Curry is a board member an d an investor in the company, and previously co-founded Architel Systems, a telecom and OSS product and services provider in Canada.", "World Wide Packets is backed by Azure Capital Partners, Corning Innovation Ventures, Koch Ventures Group, Millennium Technology Ventures, and Rock Creek Capital.", "http: www.worldwidepackets.com vc fund news Leader Capital's Next Joint Venture: Solvos Asia mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Leader Capital Management, the New York-ba sed corporate venture capital unit of Korean conglomerate SK Global, will launc h another joint venture, Solvos Asia, within the next two weeks, according to Sabrina H. Moon, vice president of venture capital for SK Global America.", "T he new joint venture is part of Leader's ongoing strategy to launch Asian startups in partnership with its existing U.S.-based portfolio companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7007_p68", "sents": [ "One barometer of the changing mood here is the bottom line at Real Goods, a California company that includes energy-conserving gadgets and home solar systems in its inventory.", "Business has quadrupled from a year ago and the company has a backlog of 500 e-mail requests for solar equipment, said John Schaeffer, the company's founder and chief executive officer.", "In San Diego County, Shea Homes has become the first major home builder in the nation to build a suburb where solar power is a standard feature of the new houses.", "A recently opened subdivision of 300 homes, priced from the mid-$500,000s, features solar water heating and rooftop electricity panels that can generate 1,500 kilowatt hours a year, about a quarter of what the average home uses.", "Up the coast, the new Santa Rita County Jail has a third of its buildings covered with nearly 5,000 solar panels, said to be the largest such rooftop array in the Western Hemisphere." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Shea Homes", "sents": [ "Shea Homes, a member of the J.F.", "Shea Co., Inc. family of companies, is America's largest privately owned new home builder, primarily building mid-priced to high-end homes.", "Headquartered in Walnut, California, the company develops new home communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington and Texas.", "Its communities offer home designs that include condominiums, townhomes, traditional single-family detached homes and luxury residences.", "In addition, Shea Homes is the developer of Shea Homes Active Lifestyle Communities and Trilogy Resort-Style Communities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5725_p77", "sents": [ "They are not.", "There will be blackouts, but I think what we wanted to take a step on was to make sure that those blackouts -- the insult of those wouldn't be accompanied by the injury of a very high and unjust bill for th e power.\"", "GOP SCOLDS DAVIS While Davis was greeted warmly by Democrats on the committee, Republicans took him to task for mismanaging the state's electricity crisis and trying to lay the blame on Bush.", "\"For Gov.", "Davis, (the cause of the state's crisis) is simply that a bunch of Texas cowboys got in the corral and decided to take advantage of California said ranking panel Republican Fred Thompson of Tennessee.", "\"All of the policies that were clearly part of the problem were locked into place and kept there until they created a disaster.\"", "\"How was it that you seemed to let this get totally out of hand?\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Fred Thompson", "sents": [ "Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, film and television actor, and radio host.", "Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, and was a GOP presidential candidate in 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19732_p39", "sents": [ "Enron agreed to sell after its stock plunged 67% in three weeks amid an SEC investigation into partnerships run by Enron executives.", "Investors worry t hat new disclosures, such as previously unreported debt, might threaten Enr on's credit rating and scuttle the merger, possibly pushing Enron into bank ruptcy.", "Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay acknowledged last week that failed investments a nd a loss of investor confidence forced the sale to Dynegy, and he and othe r executives pledged to be more open with investors.", "Enron shares fell 48 cents Friday to close at $9 on the New York Stock Exch ange.", "Dynegy fell $1.53 to $42.47. Enron's third-quarter earnings report, which had been expected last week, w as delayed by the Dynegy talks and a restatement of earnings, Chief Financi al Officer Jeffrey McMahon said.", "Enron reduced net income for four years by a combined $586 million to inclu de losses from affiliated partnerships." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e19496_p20", "sents": [ "In afternoon trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, Enron shares were down 9.3 percent, or $1.29 a share, at $12.61. After dropping to a nine-year low on Tuesday, shares of the nation's larges t natural gas and power marketer rose 25 percent Wednesday amid speculation the Houston-based company was a takeover candidate.", "But after the stock market closed for the day, Enron announced the Securiti es and Exchange Commission had opened a formal investigation into possible conflicts of interest.", "The SEC is apparently looking into dealings Enron had with partnerships led by its former chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, who was forced out l ast month as investors fled because of questions about the arrangements.", "On Thursday, Enron announced its investment bankers had arranged for $1 bil lion in fresh credit lines that it planned to use partly to refinance matur ing debts.", "\"This is yet another step in our efforts to enhance market and investor con fidence,\" said Jeffrey McMahon, Enron's new chief financial officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Korea", "sents": [ "Korea is a historic country in East Asia, since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states: North Korea (officially the \"Democratic People's Republic of Korea\") and South Korea (officially the \"Republic of Korea\").", "Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast.", "It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e19588_p33", "sents": [ "``We cannot let these terrorists shut us down.", "Not the U.S., not Oracle.''", "The last time that United States stock trading was suspended for more than two sessions occurred in March 1933, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for a nationwide bank holiday.", "The NYSE halted trading for 10 days, according to its Web site.", "Trading also stopped for more than four months after World War I erupted in 1914, according to the exchange.", "European exchanges were open today, and some observed one minute of silence at 8:45 a.m. New York time to commemorate the attack's victims.", "The FT-SE 100 in London gained 2.9 percent, the German DAX rose 1.4 percent and the CAC-40 in Paris added 1.3 percent.", "Each benchmark index lost at least 5 percent yesterday.", "Some Resumptions On Wednesday, Asian stocks tumbled, especially shares of companies most dependent on United States sales.", "Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average fell 6.6 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 8.9 percent, and Korea's Kospi index plummeted a record 12 percent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3248_p18", "sents": [ "The company recently established its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore Ensim is backed by 3i Group, Amerindo Technology Advisors, Charter Growth Capital, CMEA Ventures, Epoch Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Newton Technology Partners, Onset Ventures, Presidio Venture Partners, Sumitomo, a nd Worldview Technology Partners.", "http: www.ensim.com http: www.ensim.com VC PERSONNEL Jordan Edmiston Appoints New Managing Director mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- The Jordan Edmiston Group, a media investment bank, announced that Roger L. Krakoff has joined the company and its affiliated venture capital fund, JEGI Capital, as managing director.", "Prior to joining Jordan Edmiston, Mr. Krakoff served as a managing director of Veron is Suhler, responsible for directing their business information and new media group.", "JEGI Capital invests in early-stage Internet, digital communications and e-commerce companies.", "http: www.jegi.com HOLD Lloyds TSB Development Capital Adds Two to Staff mail?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Lloyds TSB Development Capital, the venture capita l branch of the Lloyds TSB group, said it added Candida Morley and Jonathan Caswell to its team." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e6231_p16", "sents": [ "The round is still open and the amount the company hopes to raise is so far undisclosed.", "JEGI Capital general partner Kent Hawryluk will sit on Broad Daylight's board of directors.", "Broad Daylight will use the funding for sales and marketing and for developing partnerships.", "Broad Daylight is backed by Angel Investors, Computer Associates, Nexus Group, Softbank Venture Capital, and individual investors.", "http: www.broaddaylight.com MPLS Networking Firm Vivace Closes $83 Million Third Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Vivace Networks, a developer of multi-protocol label switches for network applications, said it raised $83 million in its third round of funding led by Meritech Capital.", "Other investors included J.P. Morgan Investments, Putnam Investments, and previous investors Foundation Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures.", "This round brings the company's total funding to $118 million.", "The company will use the funding to expand its engineering team and for product development.", "http: www.vivacenetworks.com Synchronization Firm FusionOne Closes $80 Million Mezzanine SAN JOSE, Calif. -- FusionOne, a developer of software and services for exchanging data across multiple devices and applications, said it has secured $80 million to close its mezzanine round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p61", "sents": [ "The agreement will be submitted for Montali's approval Monday, but the judg e said it would not be binding on the department because no one represented t he agency in court.", "PG&E's own production and contracts provide the majority of the power for i ts customers.", "But state legislation adopted this year allows the department to secure power contracts to serve customers of ailing utilities.", "When a shortage threatens the power grid, the department purchases additional powe r through Cal-ISO on the spot electricity market.", "PG&E filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors on April 6, saying it w as $9 billion in debt.", "Dramatic drop in cost of electricity LOWER BILLS: Cheaper fuel, milder weather credited David Lazarus, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, June 6, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f=3D ca 2001 06 06 MN199202 .DTL California electricity prices have plunged unexpectedly to their lowest lev el in more than a year, partly as the result of a simultaneous drop in prices for natural gas, which fuels most power plants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "David Lazarus", "sents": [ "David Lazarus is an American business and consumer columnist for the \"Los Angeles Times\".", "He joined the paper in August 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2943_p112", "sents": [ "Never mind that PG&E's stock closed yesterday at $11.14, or less than half the level of last year's annual meeting.", "Consumer advocate Medea Benjamin tried to stir things up by gaining access to the meeting and calling for the resignation of Glynn and other board member s. \"Where is your responsibility?\"", "she shouted while being hustled from the auditorium by security guards.", "\"Give my regards to Gray Davis,\" one shareholder shot back amid hearty laughter from the crowd.", "Of course, some actual business also got done.", "Shareholders approved all th e procedural motions that management supported and voted down everything management opposed.", "PG&E was so confident of the company's ability to choreograph the meeting that, at dress rehearsal on Monday, it was deemed unnecessary to have Glynn field mock questions to prepare for a possible drubbing from irate stockholders.", "By and large, Glynn stuck to the same script he has been reading from since PG&E filed for bankruptcy on April 6. Chapter 11 was necessary, he said, because the company was left with no oth er recourse after regulators passed a series of \"negative decisions\" affecting the utility and bailout talks with the governor collapsed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Medea Benjamin", "sents": [ "Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin; September 10, 1952) is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange.", "Benjamin was also the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate.", "She currently contributes to \"OpEdNews\" and \"The Huffington Post\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Brinson Partners", "sents": [ "Brinson Partners (later known as UBS Brinson) was an asset management firm focused on providing access for U.S. institutions to global markets.", "The firm was founded by noted investor Gary P. Brinson in the 1980s and established as an independent firm in 1989.", "Brinson was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1994 and became the core of the Swiss bank's asset management business in the U.S." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p12", "sents": [ "New investor Comdisco and previous investors BancBoston Ventures, Berkshire Partners, and Mayfield Fund, which remains the single largest investor in Clareon, also participated in the financing.", "Clareon also said Technology Crossover Ventures general partner Jake Reynolds has joined its board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for further development of its payment network and for marketing.", "The latest round brings Clareon's total venture capital funding to $45 million.", "http: www.clareon.net o Consumer Behavior Monitor ComScore Raises $30.6 Million RESTON, Va. -- comScore, which monitors and reports on consumer behavior on the Internet, said it raised its second round of funding for $30.6 million.", "The latest round brings the company's total funding to approximately $40 million.", "New investor Lehman Brothers led the round, which includes other new investors Brinson Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Forrester Research, Institutional Venture Partners, and Siebel Systems, as well as previous investors Accel Partners, divine interVentures, and Flatiron Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Business Wire", "sents": [ "Business Wire is a company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.", "It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2232_p35", "sents": [ "Average daily volume is 538,773 shares.", "Allegheny, which posted an operating net of $313.7 million, or $2.84 a share, on revenue of $4.01 billion for the year ended Dec. 31, is an energy company.", "Company Web site http: www.alleghenyenergy.com -Karen M. Chow; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400 Allegheny Energy Supply Completes Purchase of Midwest Assets; Adds 1,700 MW to Growing Generation Fleet 05 03 2001 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2001, Business Wire) HAGERSTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2001--Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE) today announced that its unregulated generation subsidiary, Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, has completed the purchase of 1,710 megawatts of natural gas-fired merchant generating capacity in three Midwest states from Enron North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. (NYSE: ENE).", "The acquisition gives Allegheny Energy more than 14,000 MW of total generating capacity that it will own or control by 2005 and marks a significant step in the Company's strategic course toward becoming a national energy supplier." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19680_p41", "sents": [ "The United States Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into the transactions, which sent Enron's stock and credit ratings into a tailspin and drained its cash as trading partners refused to extend credit.", "On Friday, Enron and Dynegy said they had agreed to merge at what seemed a firesale price for Enron, which last year had $100 billion in revenues and $1 billion in earnings.", "Also, on Tuesday night, Lay presented the Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in an event at Rice University in Houston.", "Previous winners have included the likes of Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev.", "Prior to accepting the award, Greenspan told students that the most important thing for anyone in the business world was to be ethical.", "\"I don't deny that there is an extraordinary amount of activity in the business community which is less than exemplary but the best chance you have of making a big success in this world is to decide from square one that you're going to do it ethically,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sents": [ "Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, ( ; Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв ; ] ; born 2 March 1931) is a former Soviet statesman.", "He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.", "He was the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991 (titled as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, as Chairman of the from 1989 to 1990, and as Soviet Union]] from 1990 to 1991)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27250_p1", "sents": [ "Shares of Amgen were higher in premarket activity after the company revised its estimated earnings growth rate upward, saying that sales of its new Aranesp anemia drug and Kineret arthritis treatment will push up its earnings growth rate to 20% in 2002, on the heels of 10%-12% growth this year.", "The company also reaffirmed its previous targets of compound sales and earnings growth in the low 20% range for the years 2001 through 2005. Amgen said that the forecasts excluded potential profits that would be realized if either Aranesp or a longer-acting form of its current Neupogen drug were approved for use in cancer patients.", "Communications chipmaker Analog Devices reported fiscal 4Q profits excluding items of $0.14 per share, ahead of the lowered First Call consensus estimate of $0.12 per share.", "Sales for the quarter fell 47% to $423.3 million, as companies such as Nortel Networks (NT,8.07,f2) and Ericsson (ERICY,5.05,f1) curbed new orders amid sluggish demand in the telecom industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Amgen", "sents": [ "Amgen Inc. (formerly Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.", "Located in the Conejo Valley, Amgen is the world's largest independent biotechnology firm.", "In 2013, the company's largest selling product lines were Neulasta/Neupogen, two closely related drugs used to prevent infections in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy; and Enbrel, a tumor necrosis factor blocker used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.", "Other products include Epogen, Aranesp, Sensipar/Mimpara, Nplate, Vectibix, Prolia and XGEVA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3418_p43", "sents": [ "This would look as if the contract has been renegotiated to ease the burden on Maharashtra when in fact the burden would have been distributed among several States and the Centre.", "The ultimate beneficiary would be Enron which would continue to keep a contract executed so blatantly against public interest.", "The real objective of the Maharashtra Government and perhaps the Centre is to give the controversy a decent burial.", "The party was spoilt by a statement by the Nationalist Congress Party President, Mr Sharad Pawar, criticising the re- negotiating Committee Chairman, Mr Madhav Godbole.", "The latter resigned, but was convinced to retract it.", "But it cannot be forgotten that it was Mr Pawar as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, who had bypassed a lot of objections to give the project to Enron.", "Now it has become convenient for the Maharashtra Government to say that the State is suffering because of the decisions of the BJP-Shiv Sena Government." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e880_p13", "sents": [ "He said talks with the ex-President centered around the management of the post-quake situation in Gujarat.", "Breaking his silence over the controversial issue of payment to Enron's Dabhol Power Company by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mr Pawar said ,\" We have to wait and see what the Madhav Godbole committee has to suggest in this regard.''", "The state government has referred the issue to an expert panel led by retired bureaucrat Madhav Godbole.", "Mr Pawar had approved the first phase of the controversial power project.", "He said differences between Enron, MSEB and the state government should be resolved amicably through negotiations.", "``The second phase of the Enron power project is not affordable.", "But we have no option since the previous Shiv Sena-BJP alliance which talked of drowning the entire project in the Arabian Sea entered into an agreement with Enron and approved phase II also.", "Now, we have to ensure that Enron's burden on consumers is minimal,\" Mr Pawar said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3556_p15", "sents": [ "Nick Minutillo was also added as vice president of product marketing, reporting to Mr. Samantha.", "Mr. Minutillo previously served as acting CTO of Availant and joined the company in 1996. Availant is backed by Boston Capital Ventures and DRW Venture Partners.", "http: www.availant.com Poindexter Systems Names Steve Jacobs VP of Engineering mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Poindexter Systems, a provider of software that enables real-time advertisement generation, said it named Steve Jacobs vice president of engineering.", "Mr. Jacobs previously oversaw development of OnTarget for Sonata, a mobile ad server.", "Poindexter is backed by Echelon Ventures and Hudson Venture Partners.", "http: www.poindextersystems.com SideStep Adds Jung Shin as VP of Eng.", "and Operations mail?", "top SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- SideStep, an online travel service, said it named Jung Shin as vice president of engineering and operations, responsible for product development activities and overseeing the company's software engineering team.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Shin was senio r vice president and co-founder at Embark.com, an education Web site." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p7", "sents": [ "Bla-Bla.com, which raised $7.65 millio!", "n in seed funding in September 2000 and an undisclosed amount two months later, is funded by Hudson Venture Partners, Liberty View Equity Partners, SBIC, Silicon Alley Venture Partner s, Stonehenge, and Youngtree Partners.", "As part of the overall transaction, some of Bla-Bla.com's investors, including Liberty View and Hudson Partners, will invest an undisclosed amount in UGO Networks.", "http: www.bla-bla.com http: www.ugo.com EYP Mission Gets $57.5M Round One to Spin Off from Einhorn mail?", "top BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- TA Associates, a private equity firm, said it led a $57.5 million first round for EYP Mission Critical Facilities, which provid es consulting, design, facilities operations management, and information technology services to financial, telecommunications, and computer Internet corporate clients.", "Some of the investment was used to spin off EYP from its parent company, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering, as well as to provide the company with growth capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2105_p27", "sents": [ "These big companies will topple over from their own weight.''", "Soon after that speech, Skilling was promoted to CEO, as Lay stepped aside.", "Lay, who remains chairman, said the best time for succession to occur was when the company is doing well.", "Fine Judgments There's always the danger that Skilling will misjudge which industries are ripe for Enron's Internet trading platform and that some of Enron's biggest initiatives, like its much-ballyhooed plans to shake up the broadband business, won't meet their lofty expectations.", "There are heightened competition and the possibility for unfavorable changes in the regulatory environment to worry about as well.", "Skilling says his new job and the challenges that come with it won't change too much the way he operates.", "``I'll probably have to be a little less blunt,'' he said.", "For all of Enron's grand plans, that might be this former pipeline company's biggest pipe dream.", "--Adam Levy in Atlanta (404) 507-1305 or adamlevy@bloomberg.net kl International World Watch Compiled by David I. Oyama 05 01 2001 The Wall Street Journal A21 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) THE AMERICAS BRIEFLY: -- Petroleo Brasileiro will likely pay $240 million for the stake owned by Enron in natural-gas distributor Cia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e819_p6", "sents": [ "This EnergyWorks power plant was built for the Kaiser brewery in Pacatuba.", "(EnergyWorks do Brazil) copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "International World Watch Compiled by David I. Oyama 04 06 2001 The Wall Street Journal A11 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) ASIA PACIFIC China Cracks Down On Foreign Investors In Cable Networks China's telecommunications regulator threatened to seize assets in a move to reinforce a ban on foreign investment in domestic telecommunications networks.", "The move, announced on the Ministry of Information Industry's Web site, follows widespread links between local cable-television operators and companies seeking to use those networks to offer lucrative services such as high-speed Internet access.", "A crackdown on the practice could threaten the business operations of some Hong Kong-listed companies that have invested in China's cable networks, usually with the tacit approval of local governments.", "The ministry's notice said foreign companies, including Hong Kong and Macau concerns, can't invest in telecom networks before China's expected entry into the World Trade Organization." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p163", "sents": [ "At the same time, I watch them on TV, demonstrating against building more generating plants.", "Californians won't get real (we knew that already), but the rest of us should.", "We should tell them to solve their own shortage by increasing their own supply.", "CHRISTOPHER M. WALLACE Dale City * In his June 13 op-ed column, Robert J. Samuelson tries to minimize the negative effects of the huge price increases California is paying for electricity by noting that the increases are only 2 percent of California s economic output in dollars.", "Ask a small-business owner what percentage that comes to in operating costs.", "Some have had their rates increased by more th an 50 percent.", "California paid $7 billion for electricity in 1999 and $27 billion in 2000; it expects to pay $50 billion this year with little or no increase in consumption.", "No matter what percentage of the total economic output, it is easy to tell when you are getting gouged." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Robert J. Samuelson", "sents": [ "Robert Jacob Samuelson (born December 23, 1945) is a journalist for \"The Washington Post\", where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977, and is syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group.", "He was a columnist for \"Newsweek\" magazine from 1984 to 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27973_p7", "sents": [ "<http: www.ivp.com * Terry Garnett Rejoins Venrock Associates as General Partner top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJNHHOOMII MENLO PARK, CALIF. -- Venrock Associates said Terence J. Garnett joined the firm as general partner in its Menlo Park office.", "Mr. Garnett previously served as venture partner with the firm from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Garnett's appointment was effective October 1. He will focus on information technology investments, especially in software companies.", "For the past year and a half, Mr. Garnett has been investing through Garnett Capital.", "Before joining Venrock in 1995, he was a senior vice president at Oracle.", "Mr. Garnett serves on the boards of Crossworlds Software, Niku, Arzoon, and Tivre.", "Venrock closed its most recent fund at $800 million last year.", "<http: www.venrock.com * DB Capital Names Charles Flynn as Head of Fund Investing top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=HHLHNKOMII NEW YORK -- DB Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Deutsche Bank, said it named Charles Flynn as head of fund investing, overseeing all of Deutsche Bank's private equity fund investing activities and managing the fund of funds and the secondary fund investing businesses." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Venrock", "sents": [ "Venrock, a compound of \"Venture\" and \"Rockefeller\", is a venture capital firm formed in 1969 to build upon the successful investing activities of the Rockefeller family that began in the late 1930s.", "It has offices in Palo Alto, California; New York City; and Boston, Massachusetts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7455_p6", "sents": [ "Other investors in the round included Carrier1, a provider of Internet, voice, bandwidth, data center and access technology; Eddie Jordan, the owner of Jordan Formula One Racing Team; and previous investors Setenta Sport; Denis O'Brien, former chairman of East Telecom; and Canadian entrepreneur and non-executive chairman, Robert Jull.", "Servecast.com has also received what it called significant vendor financing facilities from its European strategic partners, Compaq and Cisco.", "The company said it will use the funding to develop its scaleable pan-European network used for hosting and delivery of streamed audio and video content.", "http: www.servecast.com Telephony Firm TalkingNets Receives $20 Million Second Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- TalkingNets, a telephony technology company, said it has received $20 million in a second round of funding co-led by Charles River Ventures and seed-round investor Venrock Associates.", "TriTech Partners and first-round investor Hatch Group also participated.", "TalkingNets said Izhar Armony of Charles River Ventures will replace an undisclosed member of the board as the board's fourth member." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Eddie Jordan", "sents": [ "Edmund Patrick \"Eddie\" Jordan (born 30 March 1948), also known as EJ, is an Irish former motorsport team boss, businessman, musician and television personality.", "Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of Ireland.", "He won the Irish Kart Championship in 1971 and moved to Formula Ford in 1974.", "He was the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005.", "He was the chief analyst for Formula One coverage on the BBC from 2009 to 2015 before joining Channel 4 after BBC pulled out in 2016.", "In February 2016, it was announced that Jordan would join \"Top Gear\" as a presenter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1312_p6", "sents": [ "The Lester Center hopes that this kin d of interaction among academics, students, and practitioners will foster entrepreneurial success for individuals and the community as a whole.", "Previous winners of the Lester Center Lifetime Achievement Award include: +Gordon Moore, one of the original founders of Intel, in 2000; +Arthur Rock, the original venture capitalist behind Silicon Valley's very first semiconductor company, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Intel, in 1999; a nd +Dr.", "Alejandro Zaffaroni who founded Alza Corp. and a series of other biote ch companies, in 1998. SIX TEAMS ADVANCE TO FINAL ROUND OF UC BERKELEY BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION Haas School of Business today announced the selection of six teams to compete in the final round of the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition.", "Th e finalist teams have developed ideas ranging from biotech to medical devices to software and wireless technology.", "They will compete for more than?", "$90,0 00 in cash and prizes, including a $50,000 first prize." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Arthur Rock", "sents": [ "Arthur Rock (born August 19, 1926) is an American businessman and investor.", "Based in Silicon Valley, California, he was an early investor in major firms including Intel, Apple Computer, Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Northern Trust", "sents": [ "The Northern Trust Corporation is an American international financial services company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.", "It provides investment management, asset and fund administration, and fiduciary and banking services through a network of 85 offices in 18 US states and 20 international offices in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific.", "As of March 31, 2017, Northern Trust Corporation had $121 billion in banking assets, $7.1 trillion in assets under custody and $1.0 trillion in assets under management.", "They are regulated by the Federal Reserve.", "In March 2010, \"Forbes\" magazine ranked Northern Trust as the world's most admired company in the \"Superregional Banks\" category." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2422_p7", "sents": [ "But shorter-term yields continued to slide as traders bet that the Fed, which meets Tuesday, will cut its key short-term lending rate for a fifth time this year.", "The six-month T-bill yield slid to a new two-year low of 3.69% from 3.72% Monday.", "Though the central bank may lower short-term rates further, the productivity report \"increases the likelihood that the Fed will have to reverse course next year,\" raising rates to contain inflation, Henry Willmore, chief United States economist at Barclays Capital, told Bloomberg News.", "Among Tuesday's market highlights: * Financial stocks remained under pressure on concerns about loan losses and weaker borrowing in the struggling economy.", "American Express fell $1.93 to $41.30 after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock.", "J.P. Morgan Chase fell $1.45 to $47.75, Bank One lost 94 cents to $37.46 and Northern Trust fell $1.49 to $64.71. * Chip stocks were strong, led by PMC-Sierra, up $4.79 to $44.10; Vitesse Semiconductor, up $2.60 to $36.25; and Broadcom, up $2.24 to $44.53. But among personal computer stocks, Dell lost $1.08 to $24.83 after announcing new job cuts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20477_p0", "sents": [ "'USA: Enron shares in stay in doldrums after downgrade.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 USA: US companies' credit quality to worsen-Moody's.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 Enron's Lenders to Demand Harsher Terms, Analysts Say (Update1) Bloomberg, 10 29 01 USA: Enron shares drop despite further triage attempts.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 USA: Enron says in talks with banks for new credit line.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Enron says in talks with banks for new credit line.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 POWER POINTS:Enron May Have To Rethink Asset-Light Focus Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 29 01 OFFICIAL CORRECTION Enron long-term ratings downgraded to Baa2 - Moody's AFX News, 10 29 01 USA: Moody's cuts Enron to 2 notches above \"junk\".", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 UK: Europe energy firms wary of Enron on credit worries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e407_p0", "sents": [ "'Electricity Trading Builds Oh-So Slowly In France Dow Jones Energy Service, 03 23 01 India: Dabhol guarantee: Govt awaiting Law Ministry view Business Line (The Hindu), 03 23 01 India: Foreign companies facing tax harassment: Japanese envoy Business Line (The Hindu), 03 23 01 'Panel to clear Tannir Bhavi project deal' The Times of India, 03 23 01 Enron comfortable with profit projection Houston Chronicle, 03 23 01 USA: Transmission Texas' only dereg hurdle-state grid manager.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 Despite Talk, Bandwidth-Trading Cos Say They're Hiring Dow Jones Energy Service, 03 22 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Bush accused of protecting oil firms in power crisis.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 USA: Enron stock slides despite earnings reassurance.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 STOCKWATCH Enron lower amid market deterioration after reaffirming guidance AFX News, 03 22 01 Enron `comfortable' with earnings estimates, but shares slide Associated Press Newswires, 03 22 01 Energy Researcher Says California Not Fixing Power Problems Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Enron Reaffirms 2001 Forecast After Stock Price Falls (Update1) Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Enron Corp.'s India Unit Faces $88.2 Mln Penalty, Paper Says Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Electricity Trading Builds Oh-So Slowly In France By Sarah Wachter Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 03 23 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Although electricity trading volumes are creeping higher in France, activity will probably remain subdued and irregular until a satisfactory regulatory regime is put in place." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3788_p29", "sents": [ "Nepal Australians are hungry for energy.", "They are the fifth-biggest consumers of electricity, lagging Norway and the United States Pacific Hydro's earnings may triple this year to A$18.5 million, helped by the start of its Bakun hydroelectric station on the northwest Philippines island of Luzon, which almost doubled the company's electricity generation.", "It plans to build another hydro station on the southern Mindanao Island with joint venture partner Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.", "Though a new Philippine law to allow more competition in the electricity industry will drive down power prices, Pacific Hydro's Harding said most of its output will be sold under long-term contracts.", "Its next target country may offer even greater challenges.", "As Nepal struggles to launch an inquiry into the massacre of its royal family, Harding is awaiting the kingdom's decision on whether to accept a bid to build two hydroelectric dams.", "``Only one in 14 Nepalese has access to electricity, so there is quite a demand for power within Nepal and northern India,'' Harding said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Pacific Hydro", "sents": [ "Pacific Hydro is a renewable energy company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.", "It is owned by China's State Power Investment Corporation.", "The company was founded in 1992, operating renewable energy projects and started its first wind farm in 2010.", "Pacific Hydro develops hydro, wind, solar and geothermal power projects.", "In addition to Australia, the company operates also in Brazil and Chile." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19992_p11", "sents": [ "The webcast is availab le at http: www.videonewswire.com event.asp?id=3D1274 For those unable to listen during the live webcast, the call will be archiv ed for replay on AEP's web site, http: www.aep.com To access the replay, click on \"Investor Relations.\"", "Once in \"Investor Relations,\" go to \"Compan y Updates\" and click on \"Conference Call Webcast.\"", "Enron Unit Files Claim To Recover Argentine Investment 09 28 2001 Dow Jones International News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) (This article was originally published Thursday) By Tim Loughran Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Azurix Corp., a unit of Houston, Texas-based Enr on Corp.(ENE), has decided to abandon its $440 million, 30-year concession to oper ate drinking- and wastewater services in the province of Buenos Air es and is try ing to recover all investments made there in the last 26 mont hs, a company spoke sman told Dow Jones Newswires." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e19851_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron's Azurix Unit May Exit $400M Argentina Concession Dow Jones International News, 09 20 01 US FERC Slates Ethics Forum As Lawmakers Voice Concerns Dow Jones Energy Service, 09 20 01 Investor Skepticism Grows Over Asia Pwr Deal Arrangements Dow Jones Energy Service, 09 20 01 Enron says judicial probe into power purchase pact will delay resolution of dispute with Indian government Associated Press Newswires, 09 20 01 Calif PUC Likely To Abandon Electricity Deregulation Dow Jones Energy Service, 09 20 01 UK PRESS: Enron Withdrawal From India Plant Faces Setback Dow Jones International News, 09 20 01 ATTACK ON AMERICA; Family, friends from far and wide feel pain of loss; Death struck victims on travels for work, play Boston Herald, 09 15 01 Enron's Azurix Unit May Exit $400M Argentina Concession By Tim Loughran Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 09 20 2001 Dow Jones International News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Tired of battling local government officials over the terms of its 30-year water services concession with Buenos Aires province, Azurix Corp., a unit of the Houston, Texas-based Enron Corp.(ENE), may just pack its bags and leave, a company spokesman said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e960_p6", "sents": [ "Dunn is global chief executive of Barclay's Global Investors and chairman of the firm's Global Management Committee.", "Dunn is also a member of the Haas School of Business Dean's Advisory Board.", "There will be two faculty panel sessions, each with two concurrent panels.", "The morning session offers \"Does the New Economy Need a New Anti-Trust\" by Michael Katz and \"The National and Bay Area Economic and Real Estate Outlook\" by Ken Rosen.", "During the afternoon session, Severin Borenstein will speak on \"The California Electricity Crisis: Are Policymakers Learning the Right Lessons?\"", "and Homi Bahrami will discuss \"Managing the Knowledge Worker.\"", "Dunn joins a distinguished list of prior keynoters for the Colloquium, a day-long event that enables alumni to come back to campus and interact with current faculty.", "Past speakers include Alex Mandl, MBA 69, chairman and CEO of Teligent; Roger Siboni, BS 76, president & CEO, E.piphany; Arun Sarin, MBA 78, then CEO of InfoSpace; Laura D'Andrea Tyson (before she became the Haas School's dean); and M. Anthony Burns, MBA 65, chairman, president, and CEO of Ryder Systems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e490_p8", "sents": [ "After raking in billions of dollars for their companies last year, the energy traders are emerging as the first business hotshots of the new millennium.", "\"They are extremely good at what they do,\" said Severin Borenstein, director of the University of California at Berkeley's energy institute.", "\"There are guys on Wall Street that spend all their time doing extremely complex calculations on bond yields and figuring out how to make the most money on the spreads.", "These traders (at the power companies) are doing the same thing with the energy market.\"", "As they become more sophisticated, the power marketers are moving much of their muscle online, where they are proving more adept at e-business than most of Silicon Valley's fallen Internet companies.", "Enron handles much of its trading business on a Web site launched in November 1999. The company describes Enrononline.com as the world's biggest e-commerce site, based on the completion of 548,000 transactions, totaling $336 billion, with 3,000 customers in 2000. Following Enron's lead, Duke, Reliant and another major California generator, Mirant Corp., banded together with Wall Street investment banks Goldman Sachs and Dean Witter Morgan Stanley to launch IntercontinentalExchange.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Olympus Partners", "sents": [ "Olympus Partners is a private equity firm founded in 1988 to make equity investments in middle market leveraged buyouts and minority ownership financings.", "Although the firm invests in a wide array of industries, over time it has developed deep knowledge and experience in the following sectors:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e7366_p22", "sents": [ "http: www.magma-da.com E-Commerce Firm Frictionless Has $30 Million in Series D CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "-- Frictionless Commerce, which provides purchasing technology for online companies, said it secured $30 million in its Series D round of funding, led by Olympus Partners.", "Other investors included RRE Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Net Market Partners, Needham Funds, Draper International, and previous investor Polaris Venture Partners.", "The company will use the funds to market and sell its product, Frictionless e-Market Suite, and to complete development and launch its electronic sourcing software application Global 2500. Dave Cardenas, partner with Olympus Partners, will join the board of directors, and Will Porteous of RRE and Don Riley of Chevron Technology Ventures will hold board observer seats.", "http: www.frictionless.com ProSeed Capital Holdings Invests in Three Belgium Startups BRUSSELS, Belgium -- ProSeed Capital Holdings, a seed investment company, said it invested undisclosed amounts in three early stage Belgian companies; Opt@lis, CiTOBi, and UbiCall Communications." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6231_p17", "sents": [ "Sources close to the company had previously said the round would close at $100 million.", "The new investors in the round included OppenheimerFunds, Essex Investment Management, Graham Partners, J. &W. Seligman, Kemper Small Capitalization Equity Fund, the KVS-Small Cap Growth Fund managed by Scuder Investments, Pyramid Technology, Temasek, and Wit SoundView.", "3Com, Access Technology Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Hewlett-Packard, and seed investor El Dorado also participated.", "FusionOne, which has raised $140 million to date, said it will use the funds to provide resources needed to enhance its platform, continue to drive subscribers to its synchronization services, and deploy synchronization-enabled technology to its partners.", "http: www.fusionone.com Broadcast Manager Reliacast Gets $35 Million Third Round HERNDON, Va. -- Reliacast, a provider of software for audience management during Web-based live, interactive, and entertainment events, said it received $35 million in its third round of funding led by SCP Private Equity Partners and Generation Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p8", "sents": [ "The funding also included a minority investment from Heller Financial, TA principal Michael Wilson said Mr. Wilson also said that the company is planning a number of acquisitions, the first of which will close in two months.", "Mr. Wilson, along with Roger Kafka of TA, will take a seat on EYP's board of directors.", "TA Associates manages over $5 billion and has invested in over 330 companies to date.", "http: www.eypmissioncritical.com Flatiron Moves in with J.P. Morgan Chase to Cool Burn Rate mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm, said it would vacate its Silicon Alley offices in order to save millions on rent.", "T he firm will move to the offices of its only limited partner J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Flatiron said that there would be no other changes in the firm's financial structure.", "Last month Flatiron, which participated in more than 4 0 deals last year, said it may be raising its own fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3921_p1", "sents": [ "Moreover, any such inadvertent disclosure shall not compromise or waive the attorney-client privilege as to this communication or otherwise.?", "If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender at the internet address indicated or by telephone at (916)447-2166. Thank you.", "--Original Message -- From: Steven Kelly [mailto:steven@iepa.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:53 AM To: William Hall; Ward Scobee; Tony Wetzel; Tom Heller; Ted Cortopassi; Steve Ponder; Steve Iliff; Roger Pelote; Robert Frees; Pete Levitt; Paula Soos; Milton Schultz; Marty McFadden; Ken Hoffman; Jonathan Weisgall; Joe Ronan; Joe Greco; Jeff Dasovich; Jack Pigott; Hap Boyd; Frank Misseldine; Ed Tomeo; Ed Maddox; Duane Nelsen; Doug Levitt; Dean Gosselin; Curt Hatton; Cody Carter; Carolyn Baker; Bob Escalante; Bill Woods; Bill Carlson; Nam Nguyen; Trond Aschehoug; Susan J Mara; Scott Noll; Rob Lamkin; Randy Hickok; Lynn Lednicky; Kent Fickett; Jim Willey; Greg Blue; Frank DeRosa; Eileen Koch; Dave Parquet; Curtis Kebler Cc: Jan Smutny-Jones; Katie Kaplan; Andy Brown; Lois Rose Subject: IEP Comments on EOB filing at FERC re: Price Caps In response to the email distributed last Fridayregarding IEP's intervention in the EOB and CALPX price cap filings at FERC, IEP is proceeding to draft comments on the EOB filing.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e19507_p1", "sents": [ "Thanks, Jim --Original Message -- From: Mara, Susan Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:39 PM To: Williams, Robert C.; Steffes, James D.; Smith, Mike; Wu, Andrew Subject: AReM's 2nd draft of comments responding to Carl Wood Importance: High Gang, Here is a current draft of AReM's comments due tomorrow.", "Let me know if you have comments.", "Enron will not be submitting comments separately.", "Sue --Original Message -- From: Dan Douglass [mailto:douglass@energyattorney.com] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:37 PM To: ARM; Gary Ackerman; Bob Anderson; Curt Hatton Subject: SECOND DRAFT OF TOMORROW'S COMMENTS Importance: High Attached for your review and comment is a second draft of tomorrow's comments on the Wood ACR.", "I have added a significantly expanded section dealing with how the Commission's inaction and subsequent action contributed to the flow of customers back and forth between DA and bundled service.", "My thanks to Aaron Thomas for his assistance on this section." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5443_p24", "sents": [ "Mirant Corp., Duke Energy, Dynegy Corp. and Reliant Energy--owners of more than a dozen power plants in California--have charged excessive prices and manipulated the state's market, the California Independent System Operator in alleges formal petitions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "Given evidence of abuse, Cal-ISO argues in its filings, federal regulators cannot legally allow the companies to continue selling electrici ty in California at market-based rates.", "FERC granted that privilege to the companies three years ago, when California opened its power industry to competition.", "That privilege is now coming up for renewal.", "By refusing to renew and setting prices instead by how much it costs t he companies to produce electricity, FERC could quickly control the high wholesale electricity prices that have plagued California for the last year state officials say.", "Cal-ISO, the Folsom-based agency that manages much of the state's transmission grid, submitted a similar emergency motion to FERC on May 25, urging a revocation of the rights of AES Corp. and Williams Cos. to sell electricity at market rates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "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": "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 ] }, { "title": "e5725_p101", "sents": [ "Bryson said he senses a warming among state lawmakers to a proposed bailout deal between his company and the state that would supply billions of dollars to Edison in trade for years of cheap power and possibl y the utility's power lines.", "State legislative hearings on the deal began today.", "The deadline for the legislature to act is Aug. 15. California, New York and Connecticut, along with environmental and consumer groups, filed suit to stop the Bush administration's decision to weaken efficiency standards for air conditioners.", "Three community groups sued Mirant California and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in federal court.", "They accuse the air quality managers of violating the federal clean air act by allowing Mirant to exceed the time it can run its Potrero power plant without pollution controls.", "Mirant spokesma n Patrick Dorinson would not comment on the suit, but says the company has complied with an earlier executive order from Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10759_p42", "sents": [ "Ackerman estimated the volume of electricity sold back and forth on a given day is often ten times the amount actually delivered to consumers.", "Such trading will continue, he said, even though the state is now negotiati ng long-term contracts with energy providers.", "\"The traders will still try to beat the costs of serving those contracts.\"", "And traders may benefit from the demise of the state's Power Exchange.", "The central spot market is closing because its largest customers, the utilities are insolvent.", "Without the exchange to post an hourly rate, said James Bushnell of the University of California Energy Institute, \"there really isn't much in the way of meaningful price information any more.", "And that does advantage marketers.", "The cynical interpretation is that if buyers and sellers don't have the information, the marketers can make money.\"", "Enron was an outspoken opponent of the exchange when California first plann ed for deregulation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "e4553_p2", "sents": [ "(August 1999) PWP-066 by Carl Blumstein \"Regulatory Imperfections in the Electricity and Natural Gas Industries: Evidence from the Pricing and Investment Decisions of Single and Multi-Product Electricity Firms\" (July 1999) PWP-065 by Christopher R. Knittel \"Diagnosing Market Power in California's Deregulated Wholesale Electricity Market\" (July 1999) PWP-064 by Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, and Frank Wolak \"Zonal Pricing and Demand-Side Bidding in the Norwegian Electricity Market\" (June 1999) PWP-063 by Tor Arnt Johnsen, Shashi Kant Verma, and Catherine Wolfram \"Transmission Rights and Market Power\" (November 1998) PWP-062 by James Bushnell \"Power-Grid Decentralization\" (March 1999) PWP-061 by Bart McGuire A B S T R A C T S __ \"Regulation and the Leverage of Local Market Power in the California Electricity Market\" (September 1999) PWP-070 by James B. Bushnell and Frank A. Wolak Regulators of electricity markets around the world continue to struggle with the problem of incentivizing generators whose output, due to their location in the grid, has no viable substitutes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3517_p19", "sents": [ "Ms. Todd most recently served as vice president of IT-Internet applications and infrastructure for Banc of America Securities.", "CommerceFlow is funded by Anam Cara Venture Partners, Prism Venture Partners, and Sagus Ventures.", "http: www.commerceflow.com OTHER Converge Appoints Linkage Exec as Vice President of HR mail?", "top PEABODY, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Converge, which operates a collaborative marketplace, announced the addition of Sally Conkright as vice president of human resources.", "Ms. Conkright, who formerly served as director of innovati on and e-learning at Linkage, a provider of conferences, workshops, and consulting, will oversee all international human resources operations for Converge, including staffing, compensation and benefits, learning and development, employee communications, and employee relations.", "Converge is funded by Agilent Technologies, AMD, Canon, Compaq Computer, Gateway, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Quantum, Samsung Electronics, SCI Systems, Solectron, Synnex, Tatung, and Western Digital.", "http: www.converge.com EXECUTIVE SEARCHES Sr. Director, Quantitative Analytics - New York - Marketing Infrastructure Services Wheelhouse, which designs implements and manages strategic Internet marketi ng systems, seeks a leader with a unique combination of solid quantitative analytics, modeling, and business intelligence skills along with business development skills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Samsung Electronics", "sents": [ "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼성전자; Hanja: 三星電子 (Literally \"tristar electronics\")) is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.", "Through extremely complicated ownership structure with some circular ownership, it is the flagship company of the Samsung Group, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.", "It is the world's second largest information technology company by revenue after Apple.", "Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 80 countries and employs around 370,000 people.", "Since 2012, Kwon Oh-hyun has served as the company's CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Anne Robinson", "sents": [ "Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and journalist, known for her acerbic style of presenting.", "She was one of the presenters on the long-running British series \"Watchdog\" from 1993 to 2001 and 2009 to 2015.", "She gained fame as the hostess of the BBC game show \"The Weakest Link\" from 2000 to 2012, which earned her the nickname \"Queen of Mean\".", "Robinson will be reprising her role of presenter of \"Weakest Link\" for a celebrity edition for Children in Need in November 2017 and again in 2018 when the show returns properly." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e20025_p0", "sents": [ "'Welcome back EvMBAs.", "Hopefully you've all acclimated after a couple of weeks or more of classes.", "To the first years: Rumors of students voted off in Weakest Link style with Diane stepping in as Anne Robinson, are simply unfounded, or are they I am a 2nd year student, as well as hopefully your ever so resourceful Career Center liaison.", "What this translates to is the following: I work with John Morel, Associate Director of the Career Center and the EvMBA and Alumni Career Advisor to serve your career-related needs.", "Of course, there is one caveat: I get first dibs on job postings.", "Anyway, thanks to feedback from you last year, I've prepared a charter with which to drive my initiatives this academic year.", "1. Resume directories.", "Although there are no plans in the near future to produce an exclusive EvMBA resume book, there are several student MBA clubs that are gearing up for their releases and welcome inclusions from EvMBA students." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "George Pataki", "sents": [ "George Elmer Pataki ( ; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York (1995–2006).", "A member of the Republican Party, Pataki was a lawyer who was elected mayor of his home town of Peekskill, later going on to be elected to State Assembly, then State Senate.", "In 1994, Pataki ran for governor against three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo, defeating him by over a three-point margin as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994.", "Pataki, succeeding a three-term governor, would himself be elected to three consecutive terms, and was the third Republican Governor of New York elected since 1923, the other two being Thomas Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller.", "Pataki, as of January 2017 is the last Republican to serve as Governor of New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e2259_p37", "sents": [ "In other electricity developments Thursday: * Over Republican objections, Democrats in the state Senate approved a nd sent to Davis a far-reaching bill that would put state government in the business of operating its own power plants and selling electricity at cheap er rates than private companies.", "The bill, SB 6x by Senate leader John Burton (D-San Francisco), would create a state power authority with the ability to finance, buy, own and build generation plants and sell the energy at cost-based rates.", "on likened the proposed government body to the New York Power Authorit y, approved by GOP Gov.", "George Pataki, which brought about a 10% reduction in rates.", "The difference from the current situation is that \"the people of California, the ratepayers, would benefit, and not the corporate officers a nd not the shareholders\" of private energy companies, Burton said.", "But Republicans attacked the power authority as \"more government\" that would impose itself on an enterprise better suited for private operators wi th years of expertise." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7723_p8", "sents": [ "http: www.netcarrier.com E-commerce Apps Firm InfoMech Raises $4.2 Million Round One ANNANDALE, Va. -- InfoMech, an Internet commerce software applications firm, said it raised its first round of funding with $4.2 million.", "Edison Venture Fund led the round with a $2 million investment in the company, which was also backed by Steve Walker & Associates with a $1.25 million investment and by the Maryland Angels Council.", "Gina Dubbe, managing partner with Steve Walker & Associates, and Gary Golding, general partner with the Edison Ventue Fund, will sit on the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for further development of its e-commerce application and for sales and marketing.", "InfoMech's products and services include software, implementation, applications management, and Web site hosting.", "http: www.infomech.com IT Resourcer Business Layers Has $12.5 Million Third Round ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Business Layers, a developer of directory-based applications that align business needs with IT resources, said it received $12.5 million in third-round funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4375_p29", "sents": [ "zGraffiti is backed by Potomac Ventures, Avatar Capital Partners, Complete Business Solutions, CK Prahalad, and Steve Walker & Associates.", "http: www.zgraffiti.com VC Fund News o Executives From Top Tech Firms Launch New Angel Fund SAN FRANCISCO -- Executives from several technology firms have launched a new investment fund, called Starting Point Partner.", "Founding members are Peng T. Ong, founder of Interwoven, Tim Guleri, founder of Octane Software, Vivek Mehra, founder of Cobalt Networks, and executives from Sie!", "be!", "l Systems and Liberate Technologies.", "The total investment capital of the fund was not disclosed but it will invest between $200,000 and $1 million in early-stage infrastructure and technology companies.", "The new fund said it offers more structure than traditional angel investments.", "http: www.startingpointpartners.com Common Angels Closes Co-Investment Fund with $10 Million BOSTON -- Common Angels, a group of software CEOs and entrepreneurs who invest in early stage companies, announced the closing of its first co-investment fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4653_p2", "sents": [ "3. Do you have a particular industry or sector of interest?", "4. Do you have a business plan that you want to pitch to a VC?", "If so, in what industry sector?", "(Again this is to help us place you at tables.", "You probably don't want to be pitching your radical new b2b idea to aa VC interested in biotech research.)", "Please let us know by replying to this e-mail whether you would like to attend this event.", "We will confirm your attendance once we receive payment for $25. Please make your check out to 'UC Regents' and put it in Nitin Chellaram's mailbox in the MBAA lounge (you will find the mailbox under 'Exchange Students').", "We will need your $25 payment, your firm commitment to attend and your bio (in Word format) by 16th October.", "Additional details will be sent out following your confirmation for this event.", "Thanks and best regards, Your Haas EA Team - Nitin Chellaram, Todd Wehmann, Christine Mar VC's in attendance last year: Mr. Christopher Billington, Associate, Artemis Ventures LLC Mr. Sam Enoka, Associate, Shoreline Capital Mr. Alexander Goro, Associate, Walden Management Mr. Stephen B. Herrick, SBH Associates Mr Josh Tanzer, Director, Private Equity Placement, Credit Suisse First Boston Albert Tsuei, Associate, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mr. Tony Conrad, Principal, Director of Brand Strategy Practice, Venture Strategy Group Mr Steve Domenik, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds Mr. Mark Gorenberg, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Mr Russ Irwin, General Partner, Convergence Partners Mr. Gary Kalbach, Partner, El Dorado Mr. Peter Loukianoff, Venture Associate, Technology Funding Venture Partners Ms. Susan Mason, Partner, Onset Ventures Mr. Shawn Myers, Associate, 21st Century Internet Venture Partners Ms. Adele Oliva, Associate, Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc. Ms. Willa E. Seldon, General Partner, Viridian Mr. Russ Siegelman, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Ms Hannah Sullivan, Principal, Fremont Ventures Mr. Paul Vais, Managing Director, Patricof & Co. Ventures\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] }, { "title": "e5091_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Thursday, October 19, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o St. Paul Venture Capital Closes Sixth Fund with $1.3 Billion o Incubator Idealab!", "Pulls Initial Public Offering o Constellation Ventures Closes New $350 Million Fund o DSL Service Firm New Edge Secures $140 Million Round Three Advertisement Q: What do boo.com, den.net, and violet.com all have in common?", "A: They never called VentureWorx.", "Will your company be the next casualty in the dot-com shakeout?", "Do you have the bandwidth to recruit top talent, create an ef- fective PR campaign, develop a winning business strategy, and secure strategic funding?", "Feeling uneasy yet?", "Don't let your company become another statistic.", "VentureWorx is shaping the future of management consulting.", "Call 704.377.4100 or visit us online at http: www.ventureworx.com Also in This Issue: New Money: o Broadband Tech Firm Alopa Lands $15.1 Million in Round One o Loyalty Program Company MMS Secures $19.2 Million o Net Infrastructure Firm Egenera Raises $20 Million Round One o Secure Streaming Firm Widevine Gets $11 Million in Round One o Heating Oil Firm ClickableOil Raises $1 Million Seed Round o Multilingual ASP Glides Raises $3.5 Million in Series A o Provider of HR Services, EESIS, Gets First Venture Funding o Video ASP Oediv Closes Round One with Softbank Funds o E-Commerce Site Creator Propel Raises $38.3 Million Series B o Porfolio Mgmt Systems Developer SME Closes First Round o Network Processor Firm EZchip Closes $22 Million Round Two o Turnkey Services Provider Incanta Gets $12 Million Round Two o Architecture CAD Firm Revit Closes $30 Million Third Round o GivingCapital Secures $9.1 Million in Round Two o ISP Software Firm Clairvoyant Has $10 Million Round Two o IT Matchmaking Marketplace Ajunto Has $8.5 Million Round Two o Specialty Food Marketer Edgewood Raises $4 Million Series B o ASP Lockstream Raises $15 Million In Third Funding Round o BlueTooth Technology Developer Raises $1.8 Million o Fastrax, GPS Receiver Firm, Raises $1.1 Million Round One o U.K. Software Consultancy Gamma Projects Gets $2.8 Million o American TeleSource Gets $10 Million, Replaces Marshall Fund o Quality Assurance Firm Megaxcess Receives Comco Funds o Utility Company Vectren Invests In Telecom FirstMile o Publishing Marketplace Rightsworld Gets Jump.Net Funds New Products: o Ipingpong Launches Legal Digital Music Distribution Channel o Investment Banking Platform Capital IQ Launches o Accelerator Stonepath Group Launches European Subsidiary o B2B E-Commerce First World E-Commerce Group Launches o eBusiness Systems Provider Vation Announces Launch o Matchmaker for Buyers and Consultants Practice.com Launches New Deals: o EMI Recorded Music Takes Equity Stake in Asian Music Portal M&A: o NetObjects Buys MyComputer for $51 Million in Cash and Stock New Directors: o Wireless Firm Nexterna Names Air2Lan CEO to Board o Envive Names Ariba CIO Hrastinski to Board of Directors o IP Services Firm Quarry Names Ex-PairGrain Exec to Board o Wireless Software Publisher Mobli Names Board of Directors o Web Testing Technology Firm Coast Software Adds to Board New People: o Media and Tech Services Firm BeyondMedia.com Names President VC Fund News: o Hudson Venture Partners Raising New $130 Million Fund o RiverVest Venture Partners Targets $60 Million In First Fund o First World E-Commerce Group Launches Incubator o Cenetec Planning New Incubator in Florida Tech Center o Discovery Capital Acquires VC Fund For $40.6 Million VC Personnel: o Onset Ventures Promotes Susan Mason to General Partner o Former Telecordia Vice President Joins BRM Group VW Corrections: o Velocity Capital Advertisement Announcing: Technology Outlook The Future of Pervasive Computing San Francisco Airport Marriott - December 4 & 5, 2000 At Technology Outlook, we1ll assess the emerging opportunities in the products and technologies that will revolutionize personal networking, electronic books, entertainment appliances, portable and handheld devices, smart phones - and the applications and services that will make them useful." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2750_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Budget plan shrinks: Davis responds to an uncertain economy but preserves a boost in education funding\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"PG&E goes to court for rate relief\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Energy Digest: PUC delays vote on rate proposals\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Dan Walters: Davis wants to preserve rosy budget, let red ink rain on Legislature\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Daniel Weintraub: Consumer rep envisions ultimate confrontation\" SD Union, Mon, 5 14: \"How will state's leaders get out of the business of power-buying?\"", "SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"PUC delays decision on electricity rate hikes; SDG&E isn't affected\" SD Union (Reuters), Tues, 5 15: \"Edison, SoCal Edison extend credit facilities\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"PG&E, state regulators spar in bankruptcy cour t\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"California power regulators delay decision on rate hikes\" SD Union (Reuters), Tues, 5 15: \"California faces 260 hours of blackouts, says industry\" SD Union (Reuters), Mon, 5 14: \"AES to restart 2 retired South California power plants\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"PUC Delays Decision on Power Rate Hike\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"El Paso Gas Supplier Denies Monopoly\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"Labor Courted on Bush Reform Plan\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"Judge Asked to Block Freeze on Power Rate\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"Edison Deal Sets High Legislative Hurdle for Davis\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"PUC stalls decision on rate boost ANGER: Consumer group says big business to benefit\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"NATURAL GAS: Experts says market probably fixed SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"PG&E, state regulators spar in bankruptcy cour t SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"NATURAL GAS: Experts says market probably fixed SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"Davis forced to trim budget Minor cuts, unspent funds used to cover $3.5 billion deficit Mercury News, Tues, 5 15: \"PUC puts off vote on rates\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 15: \"Cheney urges patience over energy costs\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 15: \"Finding: gas-price inflation possible\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Edison has loss of $617 million\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Edison shareholders feeling the heat as values plunge\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Energy notebook: PUC postpones decision on power rate hikes to today\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Gas supplier faces charges of price fixing\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Tues, 5 15: \"[B] POWER UPDATE Calif. PUC delays final rate hike vote to Tues\" -- Budget plan shrinks: Davis responds to an uncertain economy but preserves a boost in education funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Fri, 5 18: Energy plan generates debate: California in peril offer ed 'no relief,' governor says Sac Bee, Fri, 5 18: Judge dims PG&E producers' shot at relief Sac Bee, Fri, 5 18: Politicians try to stay plugged in:Fear that the power crisis will short-circuit their jobs pushes leaders to foster an active ima ge.", "Sac Bee, Fri, 5 18: Bush's mixed message: Fossil Fuels tomorrow don't solv e crisis now SD Union, Fri, 5 18: Bush energy plan greeted with avalanche of praise, criticism SD Union, Fri, 5 18: Bush warns country about California SD Union, Fri, 5 18: Gov.", "Davis attacks Bush energy plan SD Union, Fri, 5 18: Carter recalls an energy crisis that was far worse SD Union, Fri, 5 18: Governor signs bill on energy authority SD Union, Fri, 5 18: State to review Escondido power plant plan LA Times, Fri, 5 18: PUC Chief alleges Price Collusion LA Times, Fri, 5 18: Critics Say Bush Proposal Leaves California in the Dar k LA Times, Fri, 5 18: Wall St." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "ING Group", "sents": [ "The ING Group (Dutch: \"ING Groep\" ) is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam.", "Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services.", "ING is an abbreviation for \"Internationale Nederlanden Groep \" (English: International Netherlands Group)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e7723_p25", "sents": [ "http: www.avaltus.com Vibrance Networks Announces Company, Platform SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Vibrance Networks said it officially announced its company and its Internet appliance software and services platform.", "The product enables OEMs, Internet access providers, and channel partners to develop Internet appliances that give end users personalized, rich media Web content.", "The Vibrance platform targets hardware OEMs that are developing Internet access devices such as Web terminals, wireless residential gateways, and set-top boxes, as well as channel partners aiming to deliver branded Internet access devices.", "The company is backed by individual investors and Garage.com.", "http: www.vibrancenet.com New Deals o ING Group Forms Partnership with and Invests in PayPal PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Internet-based payment services provider PayPal said it formed a partnership with financial services firm ING Group under which ING will help PayPal expand its online payment services to Europe and invest in PayPal parent company X.com's Series D round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3422_p3", "sents": [ "With respect to calculating the market clearing price for Ancillary Service s, FERC directs the ISO to use each relevant average hourly mitigated Imbalanc e Energy price.", "If the Ancillary Services markets clear below the average hourly mitigated Imbalance Energy price for that hour, then the ISO will pa y the Ancillary Services clearing price for that market.", "If the Ancillary Services markets clear above the average hourly mitigated Imbalance Energy price, then the ISO will use that price to clear the market and will pay as-bid for all Ancillary Services that are needed above the mitigated price Bids accepted above the mitigated price will be subject to refund and justification.", "Creditworthiness As of May 29, 2001, FERC expects the ISO to ensure the presence of a creditworthy buyer for all transactions made with all generators who offer power in compliance with the must-offer requirement in the Mitigation Plan.", "- EL00-95.1.WPD" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2925_p0", "sents": [ "\"FERC issued three CA orders today.", "Ray Alvarez sent out a summary on the order related to increasing Generation and Transmission in the west.", "The report below came from IEP's attorney.", "Underscheduling -- Enron has been on both sides on this issue -- here's what's happened One CA order rejects the requests by PG&E, SoCal Edison and the CAISO to suspend the underscheduling penalty adopted in the December 15th Order.", "The Commission is currently reviewing data filed by the CAISO in conjunction with a request to waive the underscheduling and will address the underscheduling penalty in a future order.", "The Order does accept the CAISO's proposal to split the BEEP stack into Operating Reserves and Imbalance Energy.", "QFs -- Ridgewood Complaint The second order address QF issues.", "Granting, in part, Ridgewood and CCC's request for emergency relief, the Commission ruled that when QFs sell excess power or make third party sales as authorized by a court, the California utilities must provide interconnection and transmission service to make those sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27069_p0", "sents": [ "'INTERVIEW: New Enron CFO On Ambitions In Forest Products Dow Jones Commodities Service, 10 30 01 Enron Shares Fall a Day After Moody's Lowers Rating (Update1) Bloomberg, 10 30 01 Enron Bond Default Insurance Doubles on Credit Woes (Update1) Bloomberg, 10 30 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Enron shares renew plunge, drop to eight-year lows.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 30 01 USA: Enron shares continue slide.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 30 01 STOCKWATCH Enron falls 18 pct on concerns about co's credit worthiness AFX News, 10 30 01 USA: United States stocks slump on big drop in consumer confidence.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 30 01 Analyst Report CNNfn: Before Hours, 10 30 01 Waiting for Enron's Bottom RealMoney.com, 10 30 01 GERMANY: German watchdog may sue firms over power charges.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 30 01 INTERVIEW: New Enron CFO On Ambitions In Forest Products By Zahida Hafeez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 10 30 2001 Dow Jones Commodities Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- While Enron Industrial Markets' trading of forest products has grown at a steady pace, Jeff McMahon, the new chief financial officer of Enron Corp. (ENE), said one of the \"biggest obstacles\" to the unit's even better performance remains strong publisher-producer relationships." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e489_p0", "sents": [ "'Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition The New York Times, 03 26 01 Sale of Enron Unit To Sierra Pacific Becomes Unlikely The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Backing Bush Pays Off for Coal Industry Energy: Mineral is seen as key to halting power crisis.", "Officials also target pending regulatory rules.", "Los Angeles Times, 03 26 01 Abreast of the Market Hunting for Signs That Stocks Are Bottoming The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 It's About Time: A growing number of services let viewers pick what they want to watch, when they want to watch it The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Overview Thumbs Up: What makes a good entertainment site click?", "The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 What's News United States The Globe and Mail, 03 26 01 USA: Enron's deal to sell Portland General seen dead-WSJ.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 26 01 Enron's 2 bln usd sale of PGE unit unlikely to go through - CEO AFX News, 03 26 01 INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE Asia Pulse, 03 26 01 Business Financial Desk; Section A Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and LOWELL BERGMAN 03 26 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 4 c. 2001 New York Times Company Early last year, the El Paso Natural Gas Company took bids from two dozen companies for the right to ship enough natural gas through its pipeline from Texas and New Mexico to meet one-sixth of the daily demand of energy-starved California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Anna Eshoo", "sents": [ "Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for California 's 18 congressional district , serving in Congress since 1993.", "She is a member of the Democratic Party.", "The district, which includes part of Silicon Valley, includes the cities of San Jose, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3597_p0", "sents": [ "\"ENERGY COMMITTEE MEMBERS: (Please pass on as appropriate) Congresswoman Anna Eshoo has organized a town hall meeting to bring everyone together to talk about what residential and commercial customers can do during the current energy crisis, and to promote energy efficiency and conservation.", "The event will be held 9:00 - 11:00am, on Saturday, June 2, 2001, at the Menlo Park campus of the USGS at 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park.", "Directions are attached below.", "Panel speakers will focus on recent Federal and State action and energy efficiancy and conservation.", "Speakers include Ambassador Dick Sklar, Assemblyman Joe Simitian, Ralph Cavanagh of NRDC and local business owner Larry Hassett.", "Please join us on Saturday for Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's Town Hall Meeting.", "If you have questions, please call the Congresswoman's Palo Alto office at 650-323-2984 DIRECTIONS: The USGS campus is actually on Survey Lane, a short road (1 block long) south of Middlefield Road between Marsh Rd and Willow Rd in Menlo Park." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3698_p55", "sents": [ "Solvos, a New York-based provider of vendor selection automation software, will help form Solvos Asia with Leader Capital Management.", "Typically, a Leader startup will hold 30% of the equity in its Asian counterpart, with S K Global leading a group of Asian investors to hold 70% equity.", "These Asian investors include V Society, a group of individual investors.", "\"We'll fund an idea in this country and if there is a value proposition for the Asian mark et we bring that company into the Asian market,\" said Ms.", "Moon.", "She added that being a unit of SK Global, one of the largest conglomerates in Korea, gives Leader access to deals.", "\"Our position in this market is the gateway to the Asian market,\" she said.", "\"We are the dealmakers there.\"", "Leader Capital Management helped start Hotlens Asia, the Korean affiliate of Hotlens.com, a New York-based content management software provider, though Hotlens.com was not a Leader portfolio company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p57", "sents": [ "http: www.leaderok.com http: www.skglobal.com vw corrections Bodha mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An item about enterprise software and serv ices company Bodha in Monday's VentureWire incorrectly described iBrain, a compa ny that Bodha CEO Vishal Sikka founded.", "iBrain was eventually acquired by PatternRx, not PlatnetRx.", "Silicon Alley Seed Investors mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An item about Sevin Rosen Funds in Monday' s VentureWire misspelled the name of a New York venture firm with which Sevin Rosen has a formal relationship.", "The firm's name is Silicon Alley Seed Investors, not Silicon Valley Seed Investors.", "company index top Adaytum, Allegrix, AP Engines, AtomShockwave, Atrenta, Avaki, Bandera com, Bitlocker.com, Bluefish Wireless, Bom.com, Calix, Casmir, ClairVoyante Laboratories, Connected, Cytura, Delphi Display Systems, Everypath, Fluidig m, ForwardAction, Global Docugraphix, Grass Valley Group, Guggenheim.com, Harmonic Communications, Hydrocision, Leader Capital Management, MetaTV, Metera Networks, MetroCommute.com, MobileStar Network, Naviant, NETdelivery ntegres Global Logistics, NxtPhase, Optium, Patricof & Co. Ventures, Qpass, Saferent, Schroder Ventures, SK Global, Soma Networks, SRA International, T he Cobalt Group, Versatile Optical, Vitesse Semiconductor, Wall Street Global, webHancer, William Blair Capital Partners, World Wide Packets Let Technologic Partners give you a panoramic view of the latest technology that will streamline the way money is traded, loaned, and managed: Financial Services Outlook-July 31 Right now, Internet companies provide technologies that do everything from render opaque trading markets transparent to attract high net-worth individuals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California Air Resources Board", "sents": [ "The California Air Resources Board, also known as CARB or ARB, is the \"clean air agency\" in the government of California.", "Established in 1967 when then-governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, CARB is a department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5472_p28", "sents": [ "The Davis administration roughly estimated that about 1,200 megawatts in extra power could be produced and sold to California, enough to supply an estimated 1.2 million homes.", "Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which has been selling its extra electricity to the state, said it might be able to supply 1,000 megawatts alone.", "Under the current law, power plants in California are allowed to emit specific amounts of major pollutants -- nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide -- and then must shut down when they reach a federal and state quota.", "The executive order allows power plants in California to bypass those environmental standards as long as they sell the extra power to the state or another California-based utility.", "The order lasts until Davis rescinds it.", "EXEMPTION TRADE-OFFS In exchange for the exemptions, the power generators must pay penalties for the extra pollution they cause.", "The fines would probably range around $37.50 for every megawatt produced during these peak periods, according to Catherine Witherspoon with the California Air Resources Board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "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, 2 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10435_p0", "sents": [ "'STATES UTAH -- Bill repealing merger of agencies goes to Gov.", "Leavitt LA.", "-- PSC to seek reconsideration of allowing AT&amp;T to sue commissioners TEXAS -- PUC to enroll Lifeline customers automatically WIS. -- Bill would bar passing on costs of city-owned cable TV to nonsubscribers MASSACHUSETTS -- WorldCom joins AT&amp;T call for Verizon to cut UNE rates TEXAS -- SW Bell performance measurement penalties total almost $2.6 million NEW YORK -- Meeting set to organize opposition against Verizon DSL WASHINGTON -- Bill would extend ban on mandatory local measured service IOWA -- Legislator takes aim at telemarketers MISSOURI -- PSC approves asset transfer from SWBT to SBC Services OHIO -- PUC sets schedule for considering unresolved OSS issues FUTURE OF REGULATION UTAH Bill repealing merger of agencies goes to Gov.", "Leavitt The Legislature has approved HB 184 to repeal a controversial measure (HB 320) approved by the Utah Legislature last year to fold the Committee of Consumer Services into the Division of Public Utilities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e9283_p2", "sents": [ "We have also established an effort focused on delivering broadband solution s to the rapidly evolving Applications Service Providers (ASP) sector.", "Our agreement with i2, a leader in supply chain management software, allows us to sell network services as well as jointly pursue service offerings to the rapidly growing online exchange community.", "We also extended the EIN reach to approximately 20 million desktops through new broadband distribution agreements with Bell South, US West, and SW Bell to support the distribution of rich media content.", "Additionally, we have reached an agreement with Bell Nexxia to expand the EIN into Canada, which provides the basis for future distribution deals.", "Bandwidth Intermediation Our intermediation business includes the development of highly structured bandwidth solutions for our customers as well as the EBS effort to develop and trade bandwidth directly with the market.", "Both efforts have been extremely successful this year.", "In addition, we began offering bandwidth trades on EnronOnline in April." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4543_p1", "sents": [ "Similar mechanisms have been used for years in the telecoms business for serving specific client bases, such as rural customers.", "Examples have been in Chile, and even in the United States (auctions for \"universal service obligations\").", "We proposed a model for \"third-party\" default service standard supply for Ontario (working for Aleck Dadson of Enron Canada).", "This allowed the standard supply provider to meet its obligation by competitive means, including holding an auction.", "The idea was to provide customers hedging in a framework that allowed for competition in default service.", "Let me know if you want a briefing or futher info.", "I'll be in the office until 4:00 or so (I'm then heading to the airport for Portland).", "My office number is (617) 354-0060, or (617) 513-5904 (mobile).", "Seab This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and or confidential information." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e7351_p0", "sents": [ "'I just want to confirm how we have agreed to proceed: We will start our work focussing on b) Commercially Significant Interfaces\" rather than \"a) Identification etc.\"", "on the understanding that our work on the regional issues may shift into a discussion of a).", "We will work in three sub-groups: Northeast (Roy Boston, Steve Montovano, Aleck Dadson), South (Ricardo Charvel, Kathleen Magruder, Jeff Dasovich) and Northwest (Rob Hemstock and one or both of Jeff Dasovich Mary Hain*).", "* I will approach Mary Hain to join the group and work in the Northwest subgroup.", "Each subgroup will produce a workplan and focus document by the end of February.", "Those three documents will be circulated to the whole group and discussed on a conference call for the whole group in the first week in March.", "Each subgroup will make their own determination about how they will carry out their work: meetings, telephone calls, e-mail, etc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6431_p0", "sents": [ "'Layoffs Possible As Enron Reduces Broadband Burn Rate Dow Jones Energy Service, 07 12 01 USA: Losses widen to $102 million for Enron Broadband.", "Reuters English News Service, 07 12 01 Enron's 2nd-Qtr Profit Rises 40% on Electricity Sales (Update5) Bloomberg, 07 12 01 Enron's Skilling Sees California Energy Crisis Easing (Update2) Bloomberg, 07 12 01 Jeff Skilling Inteview CNBC, 07 12 01 Enron Expects To Cash In On New United States Federal Mandate For Open Wholesale Power Markets CNNfn: Market Coverage - Morning, 07 12 01 Jeff Skilling Interview Bloomberg Information TV, 07 12 01 USA: INTERVIEW-Enron chief sees California problems fading.", "Reuters English News Service, 07 12 01 Enron CEO:Foreseeable Business Prospects Remain Excellent Dow Jones News Service, 07 12 01 Enron 2Q Net Rises 40% As Trading Revenue Soars Dow Jones News Service, 07 12 01 USA: UPDATE 3-Enron quarterly earnings rise, beat estimates.", "Reuters English News Service, 07 12 01 Enron reports earnings increase of almost 40 percent Associated Press Newswires, 07 12 01 Venture capital chasing next big - and little - thing in energy Associated Press Newswires, 07 12 01 A Volt From Blue, United States Grid Rules Get Power Co's Abuzz Dow Jones Energy Service, 07 12 01 Marlin Water Trust II Taps Euro And Dollar Bond Markets Capital Markets Report, 07 12 01 FERC Power Grid Orders Will Open Markets for Traders (Update2) Bloomberg, 07 12 01 Enron CEO Skilling on California Crisis, FERC Talks: Comment Bloomberg, 07 12 01 Enron Chief Executive Sees California's Energy Crisis Easing Bloomberg, 07 12 01 FERC Transmission Decision Will Open Power Markets for Traders Bloomberg, 07 12 01 California Not Due Cash Refunds for Power Purchases (Update1) Bloomberg, 07 12 01 Layoffs Possible As Enron Reduces Broadband Burn Rate By Erwin Seba Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 07 12 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Enron Broadband Services executives said staff redeployments, including possible layoffs and an office closure were part of the plans to reduce losses at the telecommunications unit of Enron Corp. (ENE)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e6431_p72", "sents": [ "Aquila fell 45 cents to $25.55. Mirant fell $1.20 cents to $36.58. Enron CEO Skilling on California Crisis, FERC Talks: Comment 2001-07-12 15:12 (New York) Houston, July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling comments on the company's ongoing dispute with the state of California about power sales and the settlement talks on the issue being led by an administrative law judge at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "Skilling's remarks were made in a telephone interview following the release of Enron's second-quarter earnings.", "Houston-based Enron's shares have fallen 41 percent this year.", "On the settlement talks: ``It's pretty clear that the state has no particular interest in resolving this.", "It makes for good political fodder, and so I think they'll spend a lot of time making a lot of noise about it, and basically nothing will happen until the judge comes in, and the judge will set some kind of conclusion.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Independent Institute", "sents": [ "The Independent Institute is an American think tank based in Oakland, California.", "Its stated mission is \"to boldly advance peaceful, prosperous, and free societies, grounded in a commitment to human worth and dignity.\"", "Founded in 1986 by David J. Theroux, the Institute focuses on political, social, economic, legal, environmental and foreign policy issues.", "It has more than 140 research fellows.", "The Institute was originally established in San Francisco, was re-located in 1989 to Oakland, and since 2006, has had an office in Washington, D.C.", "The Institute is organized into seven centers addressing a range of issues.", "According to the \"2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report\" (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), the Institute is ranked number 54 (of 60) in the \"Top Think Tanks in the United States\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5488_p1", "sents": [ "The program will be held the evening of Thursday, July 5th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Independent Institute's conference center in Oakland, California.", "For your review, I am adding below an invitation with further details on the program.", "Because seating is limited, please make your reservations as soon as possible.", "For further information, please contact me or the Institute's Events Coordinator, Ms. Nichelle Beardsley, at 510-632-1366 x118. We hope to see you on July 5th.", "Sincerely, David J. Theroux Founder and President The Independent Institute 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 95621-1428 510-632-1366 Phone 510-568-6040 Fax DTheroux@independent.org http: www.independent.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WHY ARE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FAILING AND WHAT CAN BE DONE?", "- Next Independent Policy Forum (July 5, 2001) American children learn less than they did 30 years ago, and even where there are signs of improvement, they are small." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2973_p37", "sents": [ "But Kenneth Woodcock, senior vice president of AES Corp., one of the world's biggest power suppliers, criticized the proposal: \"This plan gets the government pushing too far on the supply side versus conservation and the environment, which isn't really the best path toward a balanced electricity and energy market.\"", "Many in the United States environmental community claimed the plan would harm public health by dirtying the air or destroying designated wilderness areas, and said long-term measures would be costly and offer no short-term relief to consumers facing power shortages and record-high gasoline prices this summer.", "\"The president's plan won't produce affordable energy for Americans now, or 10 years from now,\" said Philip Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust.", "\"What the president's plan will do is drive up air pollution in our cities and turn the last 5 percent of our public lands that we've protected for future generations over to the oil and coal companies.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e894_p230", "sents": [ "They later sold their second homes in the Blue Ridge Mountains and returned to their home states.", "A dozen other physicians on the staff treated similar numbers, he said.", "\"The tourists come here thinking they'll get clean mountain air, and they end up with flareups of normally stable breathing problems they had before -- with severe asthma and emphysema,\" Ballantine said.", "\"We're seeing more lung disease than when I came here four years ago,\" Ballantine added.", "\"My opinion is the emissions from the coal-fired power plants are the main correctable variable.\"", "A study published in October tabulated the death and disease caused by air pollution from all sources, focusing in part on pollution from coal-fired plants such as Duke's.", "The study was conducted by a private consultant, Abt Associations of Cambridge, Mass., for Clear the Air, a joint project of the Clean Air Task Force, the National Environmental Trust and the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2933_p8", "sents": [ "top MENLO PARK, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- InterWest Partners, a venture fi rm in Menlo Park, Calif., has told VentureWire that it has made an undisclosed Series A investment in Wilton, Conn.-based Algorx Pharmaceuticals, a compan y developing prescription pain relief medications.", "Together with J.P. Morgan Partners and Sofinova Ventures, Algorx has raised a total of $1.5 million.", "Each firm has received a board seat as a result of its investment.", "The company may land as much as $9 million in the round if it meets various milestones, said InterWest senior associate Chris Ehrlich.", "Algorx was developed in house at InterWest Partners.", "Algorx will use the Series A funding for product development and other purposes.", "http: www.algorx.com Alphamosaic Spins Out from Arthur D. Little with $9 Million mail?", "top CAMBRIDGE, U.K. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Alphamosaic, which designs fabless semiconductor chips for mobile video, announced spinning off from Arthur D. Little and securing $9 million in venture funding from Prelude Trust." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3698_p46", "sents": [ "A spokesperson for ForwardAction said the firm is working with a number of undisclosed venture capital firms.", "ForwardAction's current high-tech startu p clients include Emaginews, iConvention, and StratoLink.", "The company said it is in the process of formally launching its incubator, Launch!", "Idea Accelerator.", "http: www.forwardaction.com Biotech Firm Mycometrix Changes Name to Fluidigm mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Mycometrix a developer of on-chip, microscale valves and pumps that control femtoliters of fluid for the biotechnology industry, announced that the company has changed its name to Fluidigm.", "The company, whose micro-pump and valve technology is used to create miniature fluidic circuits, currently targets drug discovery arena.", "Future applications for its products include the drug delivery, diagnostics chemical, and power markets.", "Fluidigm is backed by InterWest Partners.", "http: www.fluidigm.com Software Infastructure Firm Gazoo Changes Name to Talaris mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Gazoo, a software infrastructure comp any that develops and markets a platform and application for buyers and suppliers of business and personal services, announced it has changed its name to Talari s. Currently in stealth mode, Talaris plans to launch in early summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9431_p18", "sents": [ "Avstar said it changed it name to reflect the broadcast industry's current state of flux as various outputs for news broadcasting converge.", "iNEWS is backed by the Grass Valley Group and Avid Technologies.", "http: www.inewsroom.com New Deals o AOL Takes Minority Stake in Content Distribution Firm Adero BOSTON -- Adero, a provider of Internet content and application distribution services, said America Online took a minority stake in the company.", "The equity stake is part of a larger strategic agreement between the two companies and Inktomi.", "The three companies are developing a platform enabling content providers to supply participating ISPs with content.", "Adero is also backed by Bowman Capital, Fidelity Ventures, Hikari Tsushin, ING Barings, Inktomi, Intel Capital, M C Venture Partners, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Osborn Capital, Reuters, and Spectrum Equity.", "Adero has raised $105 million to date.", "http: www.aol.com http: www.adero.com M&A o Human Resource Servicer Peopleclick Acquires PRI Associates RALEIGH, N.C. -- Peopleclick, a provider of online human resources management tools, said it has acquired PRI Associates, a software development and statistical consulting firm that specializes in employment discrimination litigation, computer related intellectual property suits, and affirmative action issues, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "Inktomi", "sents": [ "Inktomi Corporation was a California-based company that provided software for Internet service providers.", "Inktomi's software was incorporated into the widely-used HotBot search engine, which displaced AltaVista as the leading web-crawler-based search engine, itself to be displaced later by Google." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Willamette Valley", "sents": [ "The Willamette Valley ( ) is a 150 mi long valley in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.", "The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley, and it is surrounded by mountains on three sides – the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon Coast Range to the west, and the Calapooya Mountains to the south.", "It forms the cultural and political heart of Oregon, and is home to approximately 70 percent of its population including its three largest cities: Portland, Eugene and Salem, the state capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2204_p88", "sents": [ "PGE's pending sale to Nevada's Sierra Pacific Resources officially fell apart Thursday, and ScottishPower reportedly has held talks with Enron about buying PGE, Oregon's largest utility, for $3 billion.", "ScottishPower owns Portland-based PacifiCorp, bought in 1999 for $10.9 billion, and has said it would like to increase its United States holdings.", "A purchase of PGE would bring together Oregon's largest investor-owned utilities and create a powerhouse entity serving more than 70 percent of state users.", "PacifiCorp also serves customers in Washington, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and California, for total of 1.5 million residential and business customers.", "PGE serves 728,000 customers, primarily in the populous northern Willamette Valley.", "Speculation about the potential hookup with PGE surfaced during the weekend in Britain's Observer newspaper.", "In the article, an unidentified source described the merger as \"an obvious one and, yes, there have been discussions.\"", "On Tuesday, officials from the various utilities and parent companies would neither confirm nor deny that talks, formal or informal, had taken place." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2035_p46", "sents": [ "All have pulled out.", "BP and Shell aren't stopping with that gesture.", "They have joined two dozen other companies--including Alcoa, Enron, Georgia-Pacific, and Toyota--in a new group called the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.", "The center brings companies together to search for solutions to the global-warming problem.", "``I think they are convinced that at one time or another there will be regulation of greenhouse gases because this is a real problem,'' says Pew Center President Eileen Claussen.", "It's difficult to know whether the companies will keep their resolve when the time comes to act on their pledges to cut emissions.", "Some of them, however, have already begun to act.", "BP and Shell, for example, have each established internal emissions-trading schemes.", "The idea is to reduce emissions more than necessary where it is economical to do so, creating emissions ``permits'' to be sold to other units within the company.", "If emissions trading among companies becomes a reality, BP and Shell, unlike their competitors, will already know how to use it to their advantage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Eileen Claussen", "sents": [ "Eileen B. Claussen (born 1945) is an American climate and energy policy administrator, diplomat, and lobbyist.", "She held senior posts at the U.S. Department of State, National Security Council, and Environmental Protection Agency before founding the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in 1998.", "She then launched the center's successor organization, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), in 2011, and retired as president of C2ES in 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Diamond Valley Lake", "sents": [ "Diamond Valley Lake is a man-made off-stream reservoir located near Hemet, California, United States.", "It is one of the largest reservoirs in Southern California and also one of the newest.", "With a capacity of 800000 acre.ft , the lake nearly doubled the area’s surface water storage capacity and provides additional water supplies for drought, peak summer, and emergency needs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2665_p41", "sents": [ "Some are worried that the line will mar the picturesque bluffs of the region, which could in turn hurt its ability to draw tourists, wine lovers and nature lovers.", "That could drive down propert y values, they fear.", "Others are concerned about local businesses, from golf courses that are close to the proposed route of the transmission system to hot-air balloon companies that would have to steer clear of high-voltage lines.", "In Hemet, residents are enraged that the transmission line apparently will cut through parkland near the new Diamond Valley Lake reservoir.", "A series of parks and nature preserves were supposed to be Hemet's \"payment,\" of sorts, for welcoming the $2-billion reservoir, the largest in Southern California.", "Now, many--including Metropolitan Water District officials--are afraid that the proposed lines could cleave those areas in two.", "This kind of debate will become increasingly common, said Severin Borenstein, a business professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business a nd director of the UC Energy Institute." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2696_p3", "sents": [ "The program will require large industrial, commercial and other non-residential users of electricity to fulfill their electric power needs by contracting with non-investor owned utilitiy (\"IOU\") sources in accordance with the following schedule: 90 days after enactment: 1 megawatt and greater loads 180 days after enactment: 300 kilowatt and greater loads 270 days after enactment: 100 kilowatt and greater loads 360 days after enactment: 70 kilowatt and greater loads.", "This program will permit large industrial, commercial, and other non-residential users of electricity to voluntarily enter into contracts to fulfill any portion of their own electric power needs through direct contracting with non-IOU sources.", "Charlie DeWitt Associate, Government Affairs New York Mercantile Exchange 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 550-S Washington, DC 20004 ph.", "(202) 662-8771 fax (202) 662-8765 nymex4@unidial.com" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "New York Mercantile Exchange", "sents": [ "The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity futures exchange owned and operated by CME Group of Chicago.", "NYMEX is located at One North End Avenue in Brookfield Place in the Battery Park City section of Manhattan, New York City.", "Additional offices are located in Boston, Washington, Atlanta, San Francisco, Dubai, London, and Tokyo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Frank Murkowski", "sents": [ "Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American retired politician and a member of the Republican Party.", "He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth Governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e28108_p27", "sents": [ "The campaign to convince the Senate against following the House in voting to open ANWR to drilling began in earnest during the weekend, as environmentalists released a study disputing arguments that Arctic drilling will produce some 750,000 jobs.", "The jobs argument helped drum up organized labor support for ANWR, with the AFL-CIO coming out in favor of drilling there on the eve of the House vote, joining with other unions such as the Teamsters.", "The union support was touted as tipping the scales in the House in favor of ANWR drilling, and the argument was expected to be persuasive on the Senate side, as well.", "The new assessment, sponsored by environmental groups, downplays the amount of oil to be derived from ANWR to conclude that fewer than 50,000 jobs will result.", "Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, will take the lead in arguing for Senate support of ANWR drilling in the face of filibuster threats from Sens." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3333_p47", "sents": [ "The issue of Rs 64 crore being spent by Enron on \"educating\" Indians had become a political issue in the 1995 state Assembly elections which Pawar lost.", "In more recent times, Pawar has repeatedly intervened at crucial junctures.", "On the eve of Wednesday's session of the Godbole panel, Pawar criticised Godbole of having a negative attitude\" about Enron.", "Though Pawar did not name Godbole, the message was loud and clear.", "His statement comes at a time when the Maharashtra State Electricity is planning to issue a pre termination notice to Enron after the Godbole panel's scheduled meet on Wednesday.", "The board officials had discussed the issue with the state's advocate-general and were believed to have received a go-ahead from chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.", "Last October, when the state government had decided not to pay Enron's bills, Pawar convinced the state government to release Enron payments.", "It was after his intervention that the state government decided to appoint a committee to review the project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Vilasrao Deshmukh", "sents": [ "Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra.", "He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ken Yeager", "sents": [ "Ken Yeager (born December 12, 1952) is an American politician serving on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4.", "First elected to the board in 2006, he represents the cities of Campbell and Santa Clara, as well as west San Jose and the Burbank and Cambrian neighborhoods.", "Previously, Yeager had served on San Jose City Council from 2000 to 2006.", "Before that, he'd served two terms on the San Jose/Evergreen Community College Board.", "He was a candidate for the 23rd district seat in the California State Assembly in 1996, coming in second." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3753_p91", "sents": [ "Pipeline possibility Dando said that a private company, Great Oaks Water, may be willing to buil d the pipeline extension itself, saving the city the $50 million expense.", "Officials at Great Oaks were unavailable Tuesday.", "Council members peppered staff with other questions.", "Many were alarmed by claims of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, which said that using treate d sewage water to cool the power plant could allow dangerous chemicals to see p into drinking water aquifers.", "An environmental services director said the recycled water meets federal specifications, but that there is no protocol for testing other chemicals not included in those standards.", "Councilman Ken Yeager asked why Calpine should be allowed to spread a $3.9 million water connection fee over 10 years -- an arrangement that would mandate an amendment to city law.", "LeZotte, meanwhile, said she wants to hold Calpine accountable to install ammonia-free technology at the plant.", "Ammonia is highly hazardous, and residents say the use of the chemical to clean the plant is among their chi ef concerns." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4653_p2", "sents": [ "3. Do you have a particular industry or sector of interest?", "4. Do you have a business plan that you want to pitch to a VC?", "If so, in what industry sector?", "(Again this is to help us place you at tables.", "You probably don't want to be pitching your radical new b2b idea to aa VC interested in biotech research.)", "Please let us know by replying to this e-mail whether you would like to attend this event.", "We will confirm your attendance once we receive payment for $25. Please make your check out to 'UC Regents' and put it in Nitin Chellaram's mailbox in the MBAA lounge (you will find the mailbox under 'Exchange Students').", "We will need your $25 payment, your firm commitment to attend and your bio (in Word format) by 16th October.", "Additional details will be sent out following your confirmation for this event.", "Thanks and best regards, Your Haas EA Team - Nitin Chellaram, Todd Wehmann, Christine Mar VC's in attendance last year: Mr. Christopher Billington, Associate, Artemis Ventures LLC Mr. Sam Enoka, Associate, Shoreline Capital Mr. Alexander Goro, Associate, Walden Management Mr. Stephen B. Herrick, SBH Associates Mr Josh Tanzer, Director, Private Equity Placement, Credit Suisse First Boston Albert Tsuei, Associate, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mr. Tony Conrad, Principal, Director of Brand Strategy Practice, Venture Strategy Group Mr Steve Domenik, Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds Mr. Mark Gorenberg, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Mr Russ Irwin, General Partner, Convergence Partners Mr. Gary Kalbach, Partner, El Dorado Mr. Peter Loukianoff, Venture Associate, Technology Funding Venture Partners Ms. Susan Mason, Partner, Onset Ventures Mr. Shawn Myers, Associate, 21st Century Internet Venture Partners Ms. Adele Oliva, Associate, Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc. Ms. Willa E. Seldon, General Partner, Viridian Mr. Russ Siegelman, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Ms Hannah Sullivan, Principal, Fremont Ventures Mr. Paul Vais, Managing Director, Patricof & Co. Ventures\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p23", "sents": [ "Scour said potential investors were concerned about the cost and management distraction resulting from the legal action.", "Scour received previous investments from Michael Ovitz and Yucaipa Companies.", "http: www.scour.com Ad Firms OneMediaPlace and iMediaPoint Enter Alliance NEW YORK -- OneMediaPlace, which provides management services for advertising online, and iMediaPoint, which provides a European marketplace for advertising, said they have entered a strategic alliance.", "OneMediaPlace made an undisclosed equity investment in iMediaPoint as part of the agreement.", "In addition to the minority stake, OneMediaPlace will also gain an outlet in Europe for its services.", "Through the terms of the agreement iMediaPoint will be able to market its advertising services to new media companies in the United States as well as the traditional media it caters to in Europe.", "OneMediaPlace is backed by investors including CMGI @Ventures, Primedia, Liberty Media, Artemis, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Convergence Partners, Fayez Sarofim, Geneva Partners, Lehman Brothers, New Millennium Partners, and Viventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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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": "Lucent", "sents": [ "Lucent Technologies, Inc., was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in the United States.", "It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5389_p5", "sents": [ "See article: Election jitters in Colombia Kimrades Reuters The American secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, said &i mportant progress 8 had been made in her two days of talks in Pyongyang with the N orth Korean leader, Kim Jong Il.", "The United States wants the North to stop makin g missiles, some of which have been sold to outlaw states.", "A possible visit to North Korea by Bill Clinton was discussed.", "See article: Madeleine Albright in Pyongyang Ending a lull in Sri Lanka ,s civil war, Tamil Tigers attacke d the country ,s main naval base in Trincomalee, sinking a troop carrier and a gunboat.", "See article: Lynch law in Sri LankaE+ Government troops rescued three more hostages, all Malaysians, held by Muslim rebels on Jolo island, in the southern Philippines.", "About 6,000 people marched through Manila ,s financial distri ct, calling on Joseph Estrada to resign as president of the Philippines.", "There were simila r demonstrations in five other cities and his vice-president echoed the call." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Trincomalee", "sents": [ "Trincomalee (Tamil: Tirukōṇamalai, Sinhalese: ත්‍රිකුණාමළය Trikuṇāmalaya) also known as Gokanna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.", "Located on the east coast of the island overlooking the Trincomalee Harbour, 113 miles south of Jaffna and 69 miles north of Batticaloa, Trincomalee has been one of the main centres of Sri Lankan Tamil language speaking culture on the island for over two millennia.", "With a population of 99,135, the city is built on a peninsula of the same name, which divides its inner and outer harbours.", "People from Trincomalee are known as Trincomalians and the local authority is Trincomalee Urban Council.", "Trincomalee city is home to the famous Koneswaram temple alluded to in its historic Tamil name \"Thirukonamalai\" and is home to other historical monuments such as the Bhadrakali Amman Temple, Trincomalee, the Trincomalee Hindu Cultural Hall and, opened in 1897, the Trincomalee Hindu College.", "Trincomalee is also the site of the Trincomalee railway station and an ancient ferry service to Jaffna and the south side of the harbour at Muttur." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11217_p7", "sents": [ "As a result, a federal judge in Sacramento delayed ruling on a lawsuit filed by state grid operators against Reliant.", "Instead, United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. extended until Friday afternoon an order forcing Reliant and several other energy suppliers to keep selling to the California grid operators.", "In Huntington Beach, city officials delivered a blow to Davis' plan to accelerate power plant projects, filing an appeal with the California Energy Commission to fight the speedy reactivation of two old gas-fired generators.", "If they exhaust that process without stopping the plan, they promised to go to court.", "Regardless of whether the appeals succeed, they are likely to tie up the approval process, and in that sense strike against the heart of the governor's plan to expedite power plant projects to meet the energy shortfall expected this summer.", "The AES units--with a combined output of 450 megawatts, enough to serve 450,000 typical homes--represent about 10% of the 5,000 megawatts that Davis assured power-starved Californians would be available in time for the summer peak." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Frank C. Damrell Jr.", "sents": [ "Frank C. Damrell Jr. (born July 6, 1938) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.", "He is also a Trustee of the University of California at Merced." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mike Aguirre", "sents": [ "Jules Michael Aguirre (born 1949), more commonly known as \"Michael Jules Aguirre,\" was the City Attorney for the City of San Diego, California from 2004 to 2008.", "In 2013, he was a candidate for mayor in a special election following Mayor Bob Filner's resignation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5439_p1", "sents": [ "``Once you were knowledgeable about its operations, the opportunity to game it became pretty obvious,'' said Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Garden Grove, who chairs the committee.", "Anti-trust laws Working together, or colluding, to fix prices is illegal and violates state and federal anti-trust laws.", "Sharing sensitive industry data, if it involved financial markets, would be considered insider trading and would be treated far differently, said Anjali Sheffrin, head of market analysis for the Independent System Operator, which manages the state's power grid.", "The Securities and Exchange Commission polices the nation's stock markets, but wholesale energy trading goes largely unwatched by federal regulators.", "San Diego attorney Mike Aguirre agreed with Sheffrin.", "Aguirre is part of a team of lawyers who have filed two lawsuits against leading power generators such as Dynegy, Duke Energy and Williams Energy Services.", "``It's basically an embryonic kind of trading market that involves the sharing of inside information, and the only reason they're getting away with it is there's no SEC cop,'' he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Cornell University", "sents": [ "Cornell University ( ) is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.", "Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the applied.", "These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, a popular 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: \"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2326_p26", "sents": [ "Filner may have no desire to ever run for governor -- but if he held the jo b, he said, there would be no mistaking him for Gov.", "Davis on the energy issue \"I'd be all over the place.", ".?.?.", "I'd probably be in jail because I'd be joining protests.\"", "He's been there before.", "In 1961, as a Cornell University undergraduate, Filner took on segregation and went to Mississippi as a Freedom Rider.", "He integrated a lunch counter, which landed him in state prison for a few months.", "A Pittsburgh native raised in New York City, Filner, with a doctorate in th e history of science, is one of the most highly educated members of Congress.", "He taught history at SDSU for 20 years.", "In the mid-1970s he was an aide to the late Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey.", "Filner was on the San Diego school board from 1978 to 1983 before being elected to the City Council." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 8, 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10759_p10", "sents": [ "\"This is an important step towards revolutionizing the bandwidth market,\" said Steve Elliott, president of Enron Broadband Services Europe.", "\"Until no w, the market has been characterised by a lack of liquidity and inflexible contract terms.", "By leveraging our market-making and risk management expertise, Enron is in a position to deliver more flexible bandwidth solutions.\"", "\"Enron is a shareholder in Interxion and this commercial agreement is an indication of the synergy that exists between the two companies,\" said Bart van den Dries, CEO of Interxion.", "\"By adding the Enron pooling points to the choice of carriers already available on our sites, Interxion reinforces its position as one of Europe's leading carrier-neutral providers of managed da ta services.", "Enron Energy Services and Interxion have also signed a letter of intent outlining plans for an energy outsourcing partnership, which is further evidence of the strong relationship between the two companies.\"", "Editor's Notes About Enron Enron Broadband Services is a leading provider of high quality, high bandwidth delivery and application services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Interxion", "sents": [ "Interxion is a European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services.", "Founded in 1998 in the Netherlands, the firm was publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange on January 28, 2011.", "Interxion is headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk, the Netherlands, and delivers its services through 40 data centres in 11 countries located in major metropolitan areas, including London, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam and Madrid, the main data centre markets in Europe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2092_p7", "sents": [ "The Journal's ranking of business schools -- its first ever -- is based on the opinions of 1,600 MBA recruiters.?", "The schools themselves supplied the names of its recruiters to the newspaper.?", "Each recruiter was asked to rate as many as three schools and was instructed to rate only schools with which he or she had recruiting experience in the previous two years.?", "Under the rules, recruiters who were also alumni of the school at which they recruited were permitted to rate their own alma mater.", "The Journal's methodology produced results that are sure to be much discussed and questioned.?", "Traditional powerhouse business schools such as Wharton (18), Columbia (34), Duke (44) and Stanford (45) were significantly outranked by lesser-known business schools such as Purdue (6), Southern Methodist University (9), Wake Forest (11), and Michigan State (12).", "In general, schools from the Western States did less well than others in the Journal's ranking, which has also been true of Business Week's survey that is based in part on a smaller survey of recruiters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "Southern Methodist University", "sents": [ "Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in Dallas, University Park, and Highland Park, Texas.", "Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates satellite campuses in Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico.", "SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.", "Of the university's 11,643 students, 6,411 are undergraduates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10673_p0", "sents": [ "'Telecommunications Reports presents TR's State NewsWire February 5, 2001 2 P.M.", "Edition STATES CALIF. -- CLECs ask PUC to 'refresh' record on Pacific Bell interLATA service bid ARIZONA -- ALJ recommends adopting proposed rate settlement with minor changes MISSISSIPPI -- Bill to create emergency telephone service charge passes House TENNESSEE -- Bill aims to offer property tax relief for telecom firms N.D. -- House to consider bill applying excise tax to E911 implementation DELAWARE -- PSC opts to take partial jurisdiction over 'slamming' N.Y. -- Bill would exempt cable TV franchise transfers from notice and comment rules NEW MEXICO -- Bill would prohibit Qwest from selling exchanges with poor facilities NORTH DAKOTA -- Resolution would require study of cellphone use while driving TENNESSEE -- Bill aims to upgrade discarded computers for students CALIFORNIA -- PUC seeks comment on number pooling cost recovery ILLINOIS -- Yellow Book USA to serve Chicago LONG DISTANCE CALIFORNIA CLECs ask PUC to 'refresh' record on Pacific Bell interLATA service bid Office of Ratepayer Advocates, several trade associations representing competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and nine individual CLECs have asked the Public Utilities Commission to take the time to \"refresh\" its record on Pacific Bell's compliance with federally mandated market-opening standards before deciding whether the telco has met those standards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Pacific Bell", "sents": [ "Pacific Bell Telephone Company (Pacific Bell) provides telephone service in California.", "The company is owned by AT&T Inc. through AT&T Teleholdings.", "The company has been known by a number of names during which its service area has changed.", "The formal name of the company from the 1910s through the 1984 Bell System divestiture was The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.", "As of 2002, the name “Pacific Bell” is no longer commonly used." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2250_p9", "sents": [ "Rep. Sam Farr (D-Carmel), leader of the California Democratic congressional delegation, sent a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney protesting Democrats' exclusion from Cheney's meeting this week with California GOP lawmakers.", "\"As we head into the high summer demand months, it is unfortunate that you have decided to keep Democrats in the dark about the administration's plans to deal with the crisis,\" Farr said.", "Bush's conservation initiative comes after Cheney, who is heading a task force on national energy policy, was assailed by some critics for emphasizing production over conservation.", "\"Conservation has got to be an integral part of making sure we've got a reasonable energy policy,\" Bush said Thursday.", "\"But what the vice president was saying is we can't conserve our way to energy independence, nor can we conserve our way to having enough energy available.", "We've got to do both.", "We must conserve, but we've also got to find new sources of energy.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Sam Farr", "sents": [ "Samuel Sharon Farr (born July 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17).", "He is a member of the Democratic Party.", "He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.", "On November 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Soviet Union", "sents": [ "The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Russian: СССР), was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.", "Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.", "The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.", "The Russian nation had constitutionally equal status among the many nations of the union but exerted de facto dominance in various respects.", "Other major urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk.", "The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.", "It was a founding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the leading member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and the Warsaw Pact." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19680_p36", "sents": [ "Lay also sold about $25.7 million of Enron shares.", "The company is being acquired by rival Dynegy Inc. Lay also is a director of Eott Energy Partners LP, NewPower Holdings Inc. and i2 Technologies Inc., in which he recently sold his stake, the Journal reported.", "Nov. 14, 2001, 11:29PM Houston Chronicle Greenspan takes on energy at Rice award presentation By SHANNON BUGGS Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle The audience assembled at Rice University Tuesday evening may have wanted a briefing from the world's most influential economist about the United States strategy for combating a recession.", "What they got was Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's assessment of the market forces and technology shaping the oil and gas industries.", "Greenspan, chairman of the Fed since 1988, came to Houston to accept the Baker Institute's Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service.", "Previous award recipients include Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa; Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union; and Colin Powell, United States secretary of state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2683_p0", "sents": [ "'Leslie -- Please call Jeff.", "Jim Leslie Lawner 09 08 2000 11:17 AM To: James D Steffes HOU EES@EES cc: Subject: Do you have a final version of the paper explaining why California is having the problems it is?", "I will be making a presentation in NM about this on the 26th.", "Thanks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3678_p0", "sents": [ "\"FYI.", "I bet Gov.", "Davis would want to see PG&E site these power plants in CA?", "Looks like PG&E is making money on deregulation both going and coming.", "Jim - Forwarded by James D Steffes HOU EES on 09 11 2000 01:29 PM Lynnette Barnes 09 11 2000 11:46 AM To: Montovano's group, Harry's group, Janine's group, Robin's Group cc: Subject: PG&E signs 15,900 mW contract PG&E Corporation Signs Contracts to Secure 50 Generating Turbines Representing 15,900 Megawatts of Electricity BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2000--PG&E Corporation's (NYSE: PCG - news) National Energy Group today announced the execution of contracts to secure 50 turbines representing a development portfolio of approximately 16,000 megawatts of electric power.", "The contracts include four 7FA and nineteen 7FB turbines from GE Power Systems, as well as twenty-one Mitsubishi MHI 501G turbines and six Siemens Westinghouse SW 501G turbines.", "The turbines will be deployed nationally to support the company's greenfield development projects." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7238_p22", "sents": [ "Mr. Coles is the founder of the Great American Cookie Company, and is currently vice-chairman of Charter Bank and Trust, which is now part of Synovus.", "Mr. Hayden founded Critical Path in 1997 and currently serves as the company's chairman.", "eHatchery is backed by idealab!", "United Parcel Service; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; and Cox Enterprises.", "http: www.ehatchery.com VW Corrections o Broadstorm Telecommunications NEW YORK -- Due to incomplete information released by VantagePoint Venture Partners, a story in Monday's VentureWire concerning Broadstorm Telecommunications incorrectly stated the amount of financing the company received in its first round.", "The company received $5 million, not $2.5 million, in that round.", "Vulcan Ventures was also a participant in the financing.", "o eBenefits NEW YORK -- An item in yesterday's VentureWire about eBenefits appointing a new CEO incorrectly stated that their software and services are free.", "eBenefits charges a monthly fee, which can cost between $30 and $200, depending upon the number of employees that the client retains." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p35", "sents": [ "http: www.yankeetek.com NIF Ventures Promotes Partner to Run Silicon Valley Office PALO ALTO, Calif. -- NIF Ventures, the Tokyo-based venture capital unit of Daiwa Securities Group, said it promoted partner Jim Timmins to managing partner of the firm's Silicon Valley office.", "Mr. Timmins served with Redwood Partners and Hambrecht & Quist prior to joining NIF in 1998. NIF Ventures manages approximately $1.2 billion.", "Its portfolio companies include AccessLan, eFinance, SpectraSwitch, and WaveSplitter.", "Telephone 650-461-5000. VW Corrections o Rtime NEW YORK -- An item in yesterday's VentureWire about Sony's acquisition of Rtime incorrectly listed the company's URL.", "Rtime's URL is http: www.rtimeinc.com.", "Advertisement Has patent law gone too far?", "The courts have granted protection to one-click shopping, but is this way of doing business so obvious and trivial that lawmakers should intervene?", "And what about online auctions for selling vacant airline seats?", "Is intellectual property law able to cope in the era of Amazon.com and Priceline.com, or has it become patently absurd?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25714_p0", "sents": [ "\"FYI.", "Pretty good letter from large customers urging the PUC to vote down the rate agreement between DWR and the PUC.", "With Loretta announcing today (and signaling to the Republicans on the Commission) that she'll be voting no on the rate agreement tomorrow, it looks like Davis and Angelides are in for a bad day.", "Sort of chokes you up.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Dorothy Rothrock [mailto:drothrock@cmta.net] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:07 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: [Fwd: Letter to Loretta Lynch on rate agreement] Attached is a letter faxed today to Commissioner Lynch from Californians for Energy Action opposing adoption of the proposed DWR rate agreement.", "(See attached file: PUC letter 10.1.01,rev 2.doc)\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e3246_p4", "sents": [ "The governor said he plans to meet in the next few days with managers at ISO to explore the idea of a system like Chicago's.", "The grid operator announced Monday that it will try to give the public at least a half-hour notice of outages, but many officials said Tuesday the public needs even more warning.", "Davis aides said the governor's plan will go beyond ISO's.", "There are potential pitfalls.", "Criminals might make their own plans, taking advantage of deactivated alarms.", "And some say that a schedule of blackouts might increase the number of outages.", "If people have been warned that a blackout is coming, and a last-minute supply of electricity makes it unnecessary, grid managers would have to decide whether to call it off, said Dorothy Rothrock, vice president of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association.", "If they did, it would add uncertainty to future warnings, she said, possibl y leading them to order unnecessary blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3140_p128", "sents": [ "Kadak said that the Pebble Bed design can be up and running within four yea rs once a site is approved.", "When will we go nuclear again?", "\"For the first time in a long time it looks like it might be starting up again,\" Fred Smith told me about nuclear power construction; he's head of t he Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington think-tank that advances new thinking on economic matters.", "\"Sooner or later we will have a waste facility,\" he said of the Yucca Mountain site.", "\"The nuclear option is far more viable than most people thought.", "The anti-nuclear campaign has passed its peak.", "But it will take time.", "I think within the decade we'll have a new nuclear plant.", "That wasn't true two years ago.\"", "Moreover, natural gas - which will power most of the new plants coming onli ne in California - will continue to be scarce.", "\"We haven't drilled for it,\" Smith said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Yucca Mountain", "sents": [ "Yucca Mountain is a mountain in Nevada, near its border with California, approximately 100 mi northwest of Las Vegas.", "Located in the Great Basin, Yucca Mountain is east of the Amargosa Desert, south of the Nevada Test and Training Range and in the Nevada National Security Site.", "It is the site of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, which is currently identified by Congressional law as the nation's spent nuclear waste storage facility.", "However, while licensure of the site through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is ongoing, political maneuvering led to the site being de-funded in 2010." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p72", "sents": [ "C1) LOAD-DATE: May 11, 2001 20 of 106 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service San Jose Mercury News May 11, 2001, Friday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K0884 LENGTH: 669 words HEADLINE: House panel votes down price cap legislation BYLINE: By Jim Puzzanghera BODY: WASHINGTON _ Legislation to limit wholesale electricity prices in California and the West was defeated in a congressional subcommittee Thursday, with Democratic backers vowing to press forward and warning that Republicans who opposed it could face the wrath of the voters.", "\"I think what the Republican-dominated committee has said is, 'California, drop dead,'\" said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the sponsor of the plan, which failed by a 20-12 vote in the House of Representatives Energy and Air Quality subcommittee.", "The proposal was an amendment to the Electricity Emergency Relief Act, a measure that tries to ease the crisis in California by, among other things, providing federal money to relieve transmission constraints and allowing the governor to waive federal environmental regulations so power plants can continue operation during emergencies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2110_p1", "sents": [ "(Great article!)", "The Orange County Register, May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K4842, 378 words, Power supplier to pay state, By Kate Berry San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K4846 ?, 814 words, Williams Energy agrees to return $8 million to state, By Brandon Bailey San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 2001, Tuesday, DOMESTIC NEWS, K4844, 1017 words, Cheney says energy plan could prevent California crisis from spreading, By Jim Puzzanghera San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 1, 2001, TUESDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A1, 804 words, Feds want surcharge to pay utilities' debts; THE PLAN: Additional rate boost likely, cash would go to power suppliers, Carolyn Said The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K3262, 699 words, Professor converts manure to electricity in effort to save money, By Jerry Bunin The Washington Post, May 01, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition, FINANCIAL; Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3333_p42", "sents": [ "They have placed complete faith in me and the committee.", "The Cabinet has asked me to carry on with the complex and onerous task of negotiating with Dabhol Power Company.\"", "Dr Godbole also said he had received calls from different political parties and various other organisations asking him to reconsider the decision to quit.", "He considered it a vote of their confidence in the committee and its working.", "Dr Godbole had quit in reaction to \"derogatory remarks\" made by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, Mr Sharad Pawar.", "Last night, Mr Pawar had reportedly made a statement saying he was \"apprehensive of the outcome of discussions with Enron as those leading the talks from the Government's side are working with a negative approach\".", "Dr Godbole submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister saying he was \"hurt\" by Mr Pawar's statement.", "The NCP is one of the leading partners in Maharashtra's Government." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e6980_p34", "sents": [ "Rajasthan and Haryana have presented written proposals asking for 300 and 100 MW each.", "While Madhya Pradesh has asked for power at Rs 1.65 per unit, other States have said they will not pay more than Rs 2.25 to Rs 2.40 per unit.", "According to Dr Godbole, the company officials will \"take up the matter with lenders and collaborators\" before the next meeting which is expected to be held in August.", "Meanwhile, according to DPC, the power purchase proposals presented by various States \"are totally unrealistic and unattainable by new generation liquid fuel plants including even those in the public sector such as NTPC's Kayamkulam\".", "Dr Godbole had suggested that DPC power \"at competitive rates\" could replace captive power in a number of States.", "He said though DPC had earlier agreed to reduce tariffs by 50 paise, this would no longer be easy as the project has seen cost escalation after stoppage of phase II work." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p42", "sents": [ "he's just one of six keynote speakers at Technology Outlook?", "2000. You'll also hear from:?", "* Michael Ramsay, CEO of TiVo?", "* Henry Yuen, CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International?", "* Claude Leglise, VP, New Business Group & GM, Home?", "Products Group, Intel?", "* Michel Mayer, GM, Pervasive Computing, IBM?", "* Larry Smarr, Professor, Department of Computer Science?", "and Engineer ing, UC San Diego?", "Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive C omputing?", "December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp: technologicpartners.com tp conf to2000 investor index?", "Amerindo Investment Advisors, Argentum Capital Partners, AsiaTech Intern et Group, Bain Capital Brookside Fund, Band of Angels, Barclays, Canaan Partners, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Chase H&Q, Cornerstone Properties, Crystal Internet Venture Funds, Doll Capital Management, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EMS, First Republic Bank, GE Asset Management, Gideon Hixon, H Lee.Putnam Internet Partners, Holden, I NG Furman Selz Investments, Intel Capital, Investcare Partners Limited Partnership, Kaiser Permanente, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Madge.web, Men lo Ventures, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, NextGen Capital, PSINet, Raza Ventures, Reuters Holdings Switzerland, Royal Dutsch Shell Group, Softbank Venture Capital, Tenet Healthcare, The Sturm Group, Triad Media Ventures, TriNorth Capital, Tullaree, Vulcan Ventures, Wachovia Capit al Associates, Walnut Group, WR Hambrecht & Co." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10, 11 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p22", "sents": [ "Salud, which will continue to operate out of Miami, said it doesn?", "anticipate any lay-offs as a result of the acquisition deal.", "John Carlson, Salud?", "president, will retain his position.", "Salud is backed by Activated Communications and individual investors.", "In addition, the Miami Herald, a division of Knight Ridder, is a strategic partner and investor in Salud.com.", "http: www.salud.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D New Directors =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D o ASP Alumbre Technologies Names Orblynx CEO to Board GAITHERSBURG, Md.", "-- Alumbre Technologies, a full-service application service provider for the communications and computer equipment manufacturers industry, named Dr. Ashok Thareja to its board of directors.", "Mr. Thareja is currently the chairman and CEO of Orblynx and A&T Systems.", "Backers for Alumbre Technologies include NextGen Capital and individual investors.", "http: www.alumbre-tech.com Professional Resource Firm CEOExpress Adds to Board BOSTON -- CEOExpress, an online resource provider for professionals, said Judith Hurwitz, president and CEO of the Hurwitz Group, has joined the company's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5399_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Fri, 6 8: As prices fall, state seeks better deals Sac Bee, Fri, 6 8: Energy rebate may reward ex-gluttons Sac Bee, Fri, 6 8: PG&E may pay small creditors first, execs say Sac Bee, Fri, 6 8: Energy Digest: Low-income discounts grow SD Union, Fri, 6 8: PG&E president defends request for $17.5 million in bonuses SD Union, Fri, 6 8: PUC lowers electric bills by 5 percent for low-income ratepayers LA Times, Fri, 6 8: THE NATION Emergency-Power Price Cap Is Working, Data Indicate Energy: Much-criticized plan cut costs by 64% the first time it was used, source shows.", "Broader downturn also seen LA Times, Fri, 6 8: THE ENERGY CRISIS Paying for Power a Struggle for Some Utilities: Consumers on tight budgets face crises.", "Requests for aid flood agencies, bu t many of those eligible for discount programs are not signing up LA Times, Fri, 6 8: Los Angeles THE ENERGY CRISIS Universal May Get Break on Electricity Bills Legislature: Senate passes bill to allow the theme park and several other businesses to buy DWP's cheaper power LA Times, Fri, 6 8: California L.A." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e282_p0", "sents": [ "\"We're getting a lot of inquiries about Enron's role in California's de-reg history, with a lot of misinformation arising out of Peace's handywork.", "I spent about 3 hours on Friday with a Sac Bee reporter (Dale Kasler).", "He'll be interviewing Skilling on the same topic in a week or so, and he'd like to talk to Steve, too.", "Sue spent time with a NYT reporter discussing the same.", "Some common themes are arising in the questions.", "Thought it would be a good idea to spend 30 minutes discussing those themes and developing our messages to ensure consistency.", "If folks think it would be useful, is there a time this week that we could squeeze in 30 minutes?", "Thanks.", "Best, Jeff\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27973_p9", "sents": [ "Mr. Davin formerly served as chief operating officer at Taco Bell and was a founding executive at its partent company Tricon Global Restaurants.", "Mr. Davin will work with portfolio company CEOs to consult on their strategies.", "Brentwood Associates has approximately $800 million under management.", "<http: www.brentwood.com MARKETING & SALES * PhotonEx Adds VP of Sales, Promotes VP, Global Solutions top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QNILPPNMII MAYNARD, MASS.", "-- PhotonEx, which develops photonic systems for long haul and ultra long haul networks, announced the addition of Richard Dorey, a former Alcatel sales executive, as vice president of sales.", "The company also promoted Ron Murphy, formerly vice president of business development, to vice president of global solutions and service.", "PhotonEx is funded by 3i Technology, Axxon Capital, Boston Millennia Partners, Castile Ventures, Essex Investment Management, Intel Capital, J.P. Morgan Direct Venture, Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, and Photonics Fund.", "<http: www.photonex.com * Vericept Adds iPlanet Exec Jeff Carr as VP of Sales top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QHPPQKJMII DENVER -- Vericept, which develops plug-and-play hardware designed to end the problem of network abuse, said it appointed Jeff Carr as vice president of sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p14", "sents": [ "http: www.ehothouse.com Israeli Optical Firm Native Networks Gets $18 Million PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- Native Networks, an Israel-based company that develops technology for optical access networks, said it completed a private placement of $18.2 million.", "Soros Private Equity Partners, Anschutz Investment, and Jerusalem Venture Partners were among the funds participating in the placement.", "The funding will go towards research and development and marketing in Europe and the United States.", "http: www.nativenetworks.com Mercari Technologies Closes $20 Million in Series C WASHINGTON -- Mercari Technologies, a provider of merchandise and supply chain management technology, said it received $20 million in a Series C round of funding.", "The round was led by Baltimore-based ABS Ventures, the venture capital arm of DB Alex Brown, and North Bridge Venture Partners of Waltham, Mass.", "North Bridge Venture Partners, Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, and individual investors, including Inktomi president and CEO David Peterschmidt, also invested in the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10629_p0", "sents": [ "'Telecommunications Reports presents TR's State NewsWire February 2, 2001 A.M.", "Edition STATES ILLINOIS -- Legislation to rewrite telecom law introduced HAWAII -- Bill would extend franchise tax to telecom, cable TV businesses MICHIGAN -- Group begins work on telecom plan PA. -- Carrier fined $50,000 for failing to post surcharge notice on pay phones KANSAS -- Bill would prohibit 'slamming' TEXAS -- Sen. Carona aims to enact UETA SOUTH DAKOTA -- Bill would create universal service fund HAWAII -- Bill would set up cable TV access infrastructure plan TEXAS -- PUC to hear Supra complaint against SW Bell NEW YORK -- Bill would exempt coin calls from excise tax IDAHO -- PUC holds off on area code public hearings HAWAII -- Lawmakers examine electronic forgery ARIZONA -- Qwest to bring high-speed Internet access to public schools FUTURE OF REGULATION ILLINOIS Legislation to rewrite telecom law introduced Several legislators yesterday introduced HB 492 SB 134 to rewrite the telecom article of the state's Public Utilities Act, which expires July 1. Connect Illinois, an advocacy group that counts Ameritech-Illinois as one of its members, joined the legislators in a news conference yesterday announcing the bill." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e9283_p2", "sents": [ "We have also established an effort focused on delivering broadband solution s to the rapidly evolving Applications Service Providers (ASP) sector.", "Our agreement with i2, a leader in supply chain management software, allows us to sell network services as well as jointly pursue service offerings to the rapidly growing online exchange community.", "We also extended the EIN reach to approximately 20 million desktops through new broadband distribution agreements with Bell South, US West, and SW Bell to support the distribution of rich media content.", "Additionally, we have reached an agreement with Bell Nexxia to expand the EIN into Canada, which provides the basis for future distribution deals.", "Bandwidth Intermediation Our intermediation business includes the development of highly structured bandwidth solutions for our customers as well as the EBS effort to develop and trade bandwidth directly with the market.", "Both efforts have been extremely successful this year.", "In addition, we began offering bandwidth trades on EnronOnline in April." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19703_p1", "sents": [ "11 14 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Troubled energy trading giant Enron Corp. which agreed last week to a buyout by smaller rival Dynegy Inc. said on Wednesday it expects its recent woes to have a \"temporary but negative impact\" on fourth-quarter profitability.", "Enron executives said in a conference call with analysts and investors that fourth-quarter results would also be adversely affected by severance costs and other restructuring costs.", "It did not provide further details, but said it expects to issue fourth-quarter earnings guidance in two to three weeks.", "Enron also said it is seeking an additional $500 million to $1 billion in private equity to help rebuild confidence in the company and keep its core trading operations afloat in the nine months before the acquisition by Dynegy is expected to close.", "Enron, the nation's biggest buyer and seller of natural gas and electricity, agreed on Friday to be bought by Dynegy for about $9 billion in stock after investor unease over the company's business deals sapped its finances to the point of near-collapse." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19601_p25", "sents": [ "Yanello rates Dynegy ``strong buy'' and doesn't own shares of either company.", "Shares of Dynegy, the fifth-largest United States natural gas marketer, fell $3 to $33. Enron, whose stock has plunged 89 percent this year, fell 62 cents to $9.05 in trading of 111 million shares, almost eight times the daily average for the past three months.", "ChevronTexaco shares rose 48 cents to $87.28. The companies agreed on a breakup fee providing Dynegy with about $400 million if Enron accepts a higher offer, one person said.", "Partnership Probe ChevronTexaco spokesman Fred Gorell declined to comment.", "Enron spokesman Mark Palmer and Dynegy spokesman Steve Stengel also declined to comment.", "``We would be very surprised if Dynegy buys the whole company,'' said Tim Ghriskey, president of Ghriskey Capital Partners, which doesn't own Enron or Dynegy shares.", "``All the (Dynegy) board has to do is look at what's happening to their stock price today, and you'd wonder why they would want to do it in the face of what's happening with the stock.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "e894_p27", "sents": [ "In large part, that is because these companies have not been selling directly to PG&E for several months.", "Since the utility began developing financial problems last fall, several major suppliers said they have been negotiating contracts with other buyers.", "Dynegy, for example, has committed its output in contracts with the state of California.", "Duke has agreements with other wholesale energy buyers and traders.", "If the bankruptcy filing allows PG&E to reorganize its debts and eventually re-enter the energy market on a more stable footing, Steve Stengel of Dynegy said, \"today's action could actually be a catalyst to moving forward toward a long-term solution.\"", "But a number of small generators have already shut down their plants because PG&E and Southern California Edison, the state's other major utility, haven't paid for past deliveries.", "That has kept about 3,000 megawatts off-line and contributed to shortages that caused the state's Independent System Operator to declare power alerts on several days last month." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19516_p0", "sents": [ "Legislative Weekly November 2, 2001 Issue 43, Volume 3 A weekly publication from the California Manufacturers & Technology Association detailing legislative and regulatory developments in Sacramento CMTA PARTICIPATES IN GOVERNOR'S ECONOMIC SUMMIT Press Release Today at Governor Davis?", "Economic Summit at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) proposed three recommendations to help bring immediate relief to the state's faltering economy.", "California is in a dramatic economic decline,?", "said CMTA President Jack M. Stewart.", "Manufacturing employment is down 63,000 this year and by more than 10,000 jobs in September alone.", "The state's unemployment rate has risen steadily for the eight consecutive months, peaking at its present 5.4 percent.?", "It's time for the state to implement new policies that will incent investment sooner rather than later,?", "said Stewart.", "CMTA today will introduce proposals to: * Implement a Sales Tax Exemption (http: www.cmta.net press salestax110201) on Manufacturing, Processing and Telecommunications Equipment * Reduce Electricity Rates (http: www.cmta.net press electricrates110201) and Provide Customer Choice in Energy * Declare a Moratorium on New and Increased Regulatory Fees (http: www.cmta.net press stopfees110201) and Taxes These initiatives will comprise the association's focus in the coming months, and were a collaborative effort among CMTA members." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1048_p2", "sents": [ "Yet, the more power DWR doesn't need to buy because large users have done it for themselves, the less financial exposure the state incurs.?", "Last week, for the first time, Governor Davis suggested that he may be supportive of letting businesses shop for their own power, but it is unclear at this time how solid his support may be.?", "Meanwhile, the Legislature continues to run in circles and do everything it can to avoid meaningful action on this issue.?", "Direct access was one issue at the center of the fissure between Assembly Republicans when they replaced their leadership two weeks ago.?", "Senator Bowen's much-awaited \"clean-up\" bill, SB 27x, has been more than a disappointment-in fact it's perceived as ensuring there will be no customer choice.", "But don't take my word.", "Edelman can arrange interviews with the California Chamber of Commerce, California Retailers Association, California Manufacturers & Technology Association, Calpine and other organizations fighting to preserve direct access as well as individual businesses organizations who have chosen to bypass their local utilities and cut their own power deals in order to reap huge savings and or gain certainty about their energy budgets.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3246_p71", "sents": [ "Susan Halcomb Craig, pastor, United University Church, Los Angeles; the Rev.", "Bear Ride, director, Peace Center, United University Church, Los Angeles; the Rev.", "Amy Aitken, Knollwood United Methodist Church; Rhetta Alexander, Reseda First United Methodist Church; and Rheva Nickols, Reseda First United Methodist Church.", "About the Los Angeles Interfaith Environmental Council (LAIEC) The Los Angeles Interfaith Environmental Council's mission is to repair, protect and preserve the environment while integrating God's vision of sustainability, responsibility and advocacy for creation.", "The council was founded by a joint effort of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Rabbi Harvey Fields of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the Right Rev.", "Frederick H. Borsch of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, and other religious leadership in Southern California.", "The council co-chairs are Michael Cunningham and Lee H. Wallach.", "About the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life of Southern California (COEJL SC) The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life of Southern California, a coalition of Jewish organizations spanning the spectrum of Jewish religious and communal life, serves as the voice of the organized Jewish community on a wide array of environmental issues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Frederick H. Borsch", "sents": [ "Frederick Houk Borsch (September 13, 1935 – April 11, 2017) was the Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles from 1988 to 2002, then served as interim dean of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University and chair of Anglican studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.", "Remembered particularly for the development of Spanish-speaking congregations, the founding of the Episcopal Urban Intern Program (Episcopal Service Corps), his leadership in environmental stewardship, the building of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, and advocacy for poverty-wage workers and the living wage while bishop in Los Angeles, he also served for twelve years as the chair of the House of Bishops' Theology Committee and as a member of the design and steering teams for the 1988 and 1998 Lambeth Conferences, chairing the section \"Called to be a Faithful Church in a Plural World\" in 1998.", "Working with the Standing Commission on Human Affairs, he helped the General Convention of 1994 to include in the church's canons sexual orientation in the non-discriminatory clauses for ordination." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3132_p3", "sents": [ "\"I don't see anything that bodes well\" in the Bush plan as far as subsidies and credits, he said.", "\"And there's nothing just for California.\"", "That's fine with Karl Rabago, managing director of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a not-for-profit organization that advocates efficient use of resources, including energy.", "Rabago said he doesn't want energy use subsidized, because that short-circuits the market mechanism that forces users to reduce consumption in response to higher prices.", "At the same time, he also doesn't like aspects of the Bush plan that he believes subsidize energy production.", "Jesper Michaelsen, sales manager for wind turbine manufacturer NEG Micon USA of Rolling Hills, Ill., said he was disappointed that Bush's plan doesn't set any specific goals for increasing the amount of power generated from renewable sources.", "Wind and solar sources account for just 2 percent of the nation's total electricity market.", "But Allen Barnett, who heads solar panel maker AstroPower of Newark, Del., said he's thankful for any attention at all, given the oil-and-gas backgrounds of many Bush advisers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Allen Barnett", "sents": [ "Allen M. Barnett was a research professor of electrical engineering at the University of Delaware.", "He was the principal investigator of the DARPA-funded Consortium for Very High Efficiency Solar cells." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3248_p10", "sents": [ "http: www.wisor.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT iM Networks Adds Robert Raczkowski as Dev.", "and Finance VP mail?", "top MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- iM Networks, a provider of Internet technology for consumer electronics companies, said it appointed Robert Raczkowski as executive vice president of corporate development and finance responsible for strategic development and planning.", "Mr. Raczkowski formerly served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Silicon Alley Venture Partners and previously as CEO of Active.com, a participatory sports event registration company.", "iM Networks is backed by H&Q Asia Pacific, ING Barings, and individual investor Scott Cook, an Intuit founder.", "RedSiren Technologies Names Barbara Bogart Bus.", "Dev.", "VP mail?", "top PITTSBURGH (VENTUREWIRE) -- RedSiren Technologies, a provider of remote IT management and security services, said it named Barbara Bogart as vice president of business development, responsible for creating and managing partnerships with systems integrators, resellers, hardware and software vendors and digital marketplaces.", "Ms. Bogart has held senior management rol es at Logic Works, Metiom, and Manugistics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e7366_p8", "sents": [ "The company will use the funds to build its sales and marketing team.", "http: www.presenceworks.com IT Infrastructure Firm RedSiren Gets $5 Million Round One PITTSBURGH -- Redleaf Group, a technology operating company, invested $5 million in the first round of funding for Pittsburgh-based managed service provider RedSiren Technologies, which offers offers remote IT infrastructure monitoring and maintenance services to businesses.", "Redleaf Group will also provide support services in addition to the funding.", "The funds will go towards general operations.", "http: www.redsiren.com Net Music News Firm Kick.com Lands $6 Million in Round One SAN FRANCISCO -- Kick.com, which provides personalized delivery of music news and information, said it raised $6 million in its first round.", "Utah and 550 Digital Media Ventures, the newly launched venture capital arm of Sony Broadband Entertainment, participated in the round.", "Alan Dishlip, general partner at Utah, and Rio D. Caraeff, senior director of new technology and business development at 550, joined the company's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11304_p5", "sents": [ "Davis will spend four days at the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C., and a concurrent meeting of the Democratic Governors Association, which he chairs.", "Much of his time will be spent reassuring his fellow governors that the crisis is under control, as well as meeting with President Bush and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.", "DAVIS ON 'MEET THE PRESS' Davis also will use the time to make national media appearances, including one on \"Meet the Press\" tomorrow.", "Garry South, Davis' political strategist, said the appearances will allow Davis to address some East Coast media accounts of the energy crisis.", "\"A lot of misconceptions and myths have crept in,\" South said.", "\"It's not helpful to California; it's not accurate on how the crisis came about and how we're trying to solve it.\"", "After he leaves Washington, Davis will spend a day in New York to meet with Wall Street analysts.", "Yesterday, he suggested that he would be asking for their support in California's quest for revenue bonds to help pay for power purchases." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "National Governors Association", "sents": [ "The National Governors Association (NGA) is an organization consisting of the governors of the states, territories and commonwealths of the United States.", "The NGA's role is to act as a collective voice for governors on matters of national policy, as well as allowing governors to share best practices and coordinate inter-state initiatives.", "The organization was founded in 1908 as the National Governors' Conference." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sam Farr", "sents": [ "Samuel Sharon Farr (born July 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17).", "He is a member of the Democratic Party.", "He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.", "On November 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2259_p86", "sents": [ "Some California Republicans have been griping that the White House has not been showing enough concern for the state as it continues to struggle throu gh its energy crisis.", "Bush, who lost California by 1.3 million votes in November, and top members of his administration have consistently stressed that the crisis is largely California's to solve.", "``I think there was a need for the administration to begin to weigh in on this thing especially because there's been so much finger-pointing.", "Democra ts have been trying to divert the real blame away from'' Gov.", "Gray Davis, said Rep. George Radanovich, R-Fresno, who attended the meeting.", "``I mentioned to the vice president that politically speaking we don't want that to happen.", "We want the blame to rest where it deserves to rest, with the governor.", "And th ey need to be concerned about that for politics in California.''", "Damage control Democrats, like Rep. Sam Farr, D-Salinas, said Thursday it's obvious the White House got the message and the conservation plan is an attempt at dama ge control." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8917_p4", "sents": [ "Frontenac Company, a Chicago-based private equity firm, provided the funds, which will be used to hire executives in the consulting, marketing, and technology fields.", "Seurat has some 230 employees and eight office locations to date.", "http: www.seurat.com new money Entertainment Site LivePlanet Closes $12 Million First Round mail this story?", "top LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- LivePlanet, an Internet entertainment company, said it closed its first round of funding with $12 million.", "Redpoint Ventures invested $10 million and Accel Partners invested $2 million.", "The company, whose co-founders include actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, produces both television and Web-based reality series, including \"The Runner\" in which a single contestant will cross the country while trying to avoid being identified by viewers.", "http: www.liveplanet.com Fatshoe Incentive Systems Lands $6.25 Million Round One mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Fatshoe Incentive Systems, a relationship management technology company, said it received $6.25 in its first round of funding led by publicly traded Espirito Santo Financial Group through its subsidiaries BES.com, SGPS, and Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento (BESI)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Matt Damon", "sents": [ "Matthew Paige Damon ( ; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, philanthropist and screenwriter.", "He is ranked among \"Forbes\" magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.", "Damon has received various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, two Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations, and has been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards and six Emmy Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9389_p9", "sents": [ "The funding will be used to develop the firm's cable modems and wireless products.", "The firm may raise another round of funding this fall.", "http: www.future-networks.com Cellular Networking Company Airslide Closes First Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Airslide Systems, a provider of IP-based convergence systems for cellular network backbones, said it received its first round of funding with an undisclosed investment from Intel Communications Fund.", "The investment will enable the two companies to collaborate on integrating Intel's architecture into telephony products.", "Previous investors in Airslide include Sequoia Capital Seed Fund, which led a $2 million seed round.", "http: www.airslide.com Semiconductor Company Banderacom Has $9 Million Round One AUSTIN, Texas -- Banderacom, a semiconductor company, said it received an undisclosed investment from Intel Capital that closes its $9 million first round of funding.", "The company said the funds will be used to accelerate development and deployment of InfiniBand products.", "Other investors in this round of funding include Austin Ventures, which contributed $500,000 in the company's seed round, and JatoTech Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] }, { "title": "e3871_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Wednesday, September 13, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o New Enterprise Associates Closes Tenth Fund with $2 Billion o James Martin & Co., Now Headstrong, Raises $191 Million o Microsoft Acquires MongoMusic for $65 Million in Stock o Gabriel Venture Partners Raising New $300 Million Fund o AOL Invests in Handheld Device Maker for Teens, Cybiko o Broadband Services Firm Has $45 Million, Part of Round One Advertisement NET MARKETS CAN ACCELERATE YOUR E-BUSINESS STRATEGY.", "How do you start evaluating next-generation net market opportunities, formulate a net market strategy and determine what really works best?", "Join us for a live webcast with Stan Lepeak, former META Group VP of e-Business, tomorrow -- Thursday, Sept. 14. register now: http: www.ajunto.com events mk=18 sponsored by AJUNTO - The Engine Behind the IT Industry Also in This Issue: New Money: o Web Benefits Provider BeyondWork Raises $14 Million Series A o $5.25 Million, Launch for Peer-to-Peer Broadband PC Network o $8.5 Million for Developer of Online Shopping Card for Teens o Broadband Platform CacheStream Gets $2 Million in Seed Round o Components Procurement System Gets $6 Million Series A o Site for Collision Repair Industry Gets $4 Million Round One o Supermarket Loyalty Firm SmartMouth Gets $4 Million Series A o Transportation Software Firm Centricity Gets $5 Million Seed o Web-Based Life Science Firm Secures $10 Million Round One o Xerox Spin-off GroupFire Raises $7 Million in Initial Funds o E-Mail Marketing Firm Science Communications Gets Series A o Government Software Firm GovXcel Secures First Round Funds o Int'l Wine Trade Firm Vino.com Raises $500,000 Seed Funds o Interactive Entertainment Firm ZapMedia Adds-on $6 Million o Power Systems Provider Continuum Has $1 Million First Round o Streaming Media Company Raises $863,000 in Its First Round o Tech Strategy Consulting Firm Raises $1 Million Series A o Wireless Tech Firm JP Systems Raises $45 Million Round Two o B2B Commerce Firm Prefer Network Gets $12 Million Series B o ICP Global Broadband To Secure Max $15 Million Series B o Packet Platform Firm Convedia in $11.25 Million Round Three o VoIP Phone Firm Pingtel Raises $12.7 Million Second Round o New Generation Holdings Invests in WAP Sports News Site o $3 Million Third Round for Virtual Conference Firm TeleSuite New Products: o Consulting Firm McKinsey Launches Mercosur Accelerator o B2B for Funeral Services Industry Funeral Exchange Launches o Busineses Collaboration Firm Parlano Launches New Deals: o Cable & Wireless Inks $350 Million Contract With Tellium M&A: o Accrue Buys Tantau's InfoCharger Technology for $37 Million o eRealty.com Buys Half of Net Real Estate Transaction Firm o Data Critical Buys Cardiology Monitoring Firm for $9 Million o Mobile Service Company Corrigo Acquires invata o Pioneer Behavioral Health To Acquire TherapyRightNow.com New Directors: o Time Warner CTO Joins Board of Digital Imaging Firm QBeo o Centric Software Names Former Oracle VP to Board o Knovel Names Ex-Oxford University Press USA CEO to Board o Collaborative Commerce Firm Question.com Adds Two to Board o CRM Software Firm Synchrony Adds Two New Board Members o Marketing Firm Alistia Adds Two Investors to Board o Online Benefits Management Firm DoctorQuality Adds to Board o Streaming Software Provider TeVeo Elects New Board Member o SupplyLinks Names Ex-Consolidated Freightways CEO to Board New People: o Web Page Builder Bigstep Taps Ex-Wells Fargo VP for CEO o Epipeline Names Former Annuncio VP as President and COO o Narus Appoints Its President and COO Mark Stone To CEO Post o Net Recruiter BrassRing Names New President and CEO VC Fund News: o JatoTech Ventures Announces New $55 Million Technology Fund o Freedom Hill Capital Launches $50 Million Telecomm Fund o Polish Incubator e-Katalyst Launches With $7 Million Fund VC Personnel: o Crosslink Capital Expands Operations With Four Appointments o St. Paul Venture Capital Names Tech Consultant as Partner VW Corrections: o Hispanic Sports o MarketingInfo Advertisement Healthcare Outlook: Where Medicine Meets the Internet The Internet is changing how patients receive care, how physicians practice medicine, and how healthcare organizations manage the expensive transactions between the two." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10584_p62", "sents": [ "Like many energy companies, they have posted record profits during the past year.", "Williams President Keith Bailey rejected suggestions of price gouging and said most of the power his company had sold was at a reasonable price \"very marginally above our actual costs.\"", "Like other power producers, Bailey said a federally imposed cap on wholesale prices \"makes no sense\" and would discourage production, affect supplies and discourage consumers from conserving energy.", "Price controls \"have not worked.", "they don't get at the fundamental supply and demand problem,\" maintained Steve Kean, executive vice president of Enron, the largest seller of wholesale electricity in North America.", "As California tries to address its immediate power problems, consumers in other Western states already were feeling the impact with dire predictions that the problem will get worse this spring and summer.", "Mark Crisson of Tacoma Public Utilities in Tacoma, Wash., said his company recently boosted retail electricity rates by 50 percent and may have to borrow $100 million to keep up with wholesale price spurts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Tacoma Public Utilities", "sents": [ "Tacoma Public Utilities is the public utility service for the city of Tacoma, Washington.", "It was formed in 1893 when the citizens of Tacoma voted to buy the privately owned Tacoma Light & Water Company.", "It is the largest department in Tacoma City government, with a 2015–2016 budget of $1.2 billion and 1,378 employees.", "Operations are funded entirely by revenue generated from sale of services, not from taxes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19537_p39", "sents": [ "\"Consequently, Dabhol is left with little choice other than to serve the transfer notice to MSEB, which draws us closer to final termination notice of the PPA (power purchase agreement) and the ultimate recovery of damages as allowed under the project documents,\" the company said.", "Dabhol is India's largest single foreign investment to date.", "MSEB has a 15% stake in Dabhol, while General Electric Co. (GE) and Bechtel Group Inc. (X.BTL) own 10% each.", "-By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9426; himendra.kumar@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "UK: United States stocks edge higher in Europe, futures firm.", "11 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - United States shares edged higher in European trade on Monday and index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street amid expectations of a rate cut this week.", "The December futures of the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 14 points to 1,446.5 by 1200 GMT and the equivalent S&P 500 contract was up 4.9 points 1,094.4. \"We have seen some buying interest this morning, the futures are higher and we are looking for a higher opening on Wall Street,\" said one dealer in London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e529_p47", "sents": [ "Growing Concern Concern about the budget ``only magnifies the other concerns that exporters have with respect to ensuring that the agency is competitive,'' said Mary Irace, vice president at National Foreign Trade Council.", "``Without money, who can be competitive?''", "The trade council represents 500 companies, including engineering company Bechtel Group Inc. and Enron, the world's largest energy trader, and United States units of foreign companies such as Asea Brown Boveri AG, the world's biggest electrical-engineering company.", "If Ex-Im used market-window financing as much as Canada and Germany, which use the practice most, the agency could increase the scale of its operations by more than 50 percent to about $20 billion, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, a Washington research group.", "Market window financing wouldn't cost the United States government more money, yet current law would require additional funding in case some of the loans need to be written off, Hufbauer said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5680_p77", "sents": [ "\"It's a positive development, but it's just half the battle,\" said California Gov.", "Gray Davis' spokesman, Steve Maviglio.", "\"The other half is getting the refunds to back to California,\" he added, referring to alleged generator overcharges.", "\"The fight is not over.\"", "Davis will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Committee on Government Affairs, along with the FERC commissioners.", "Not everyone was happy with FERC's turnaround.", "Julie Simon, vice president of policy at the Electric Power Supply Association, the national trade association for power, said the order is \"incredibly intrusive.", "It worries me that this could have a detrimental impact on California getting the investment that it needs and the type of market structure, so people can get the benefits of competition.\"", "Whatever happens with prices, nothing in the order will do anything to ease the chances of blackouts, says a former California Public Utilities Commission chairman.", "\"Blackouts are in the short term and have nothing to do with the price of electricity,\" said Mitch Wilk, a utility consultant who ran the PUC from 1986 to 1991. Despite the uncertainties, there was enough confidence that the FERC action would at least stabilize a chaotic market that even Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a fierce critic of the agency, thanked the commissioners who appeared before the Senate energy committee on Tuesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e538_p7", "sents": [ "\"The transmission grid for electricity is interstate and inter-regional,\" said John Anderson, executive director of the Electricity Consumers Resource Council, or ELCON, which represents large industrial power users.", "\"We must be sure that, first, RTOs coordinate transmission facilities of different utilities, but, second - and probably more important - we must ensure that transmission facilities coordinated by each RTO are also coordinated\" among one another, Anderson said.", "If the \"seams\" issue isn't addressed, \"RTOs could soon resemble huge speed bumps which could not just slow down, but do permanent harm to the vehicle of competition,\" he said.", "ELCON was joined in the petition by the Electric Power Supply Association, which represents competitive power producers and marketers, and by Enron Power Marketing Inc. (ENE), Reliant Energy Power Generation (REI) and Dynegy Inc. (DYN).", "FERC commissioners noted Wednesday that they soon will issue a notice seeking comment on the issues raised by the petition, and whether the commission should grant the request for a technical conference." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10578_p5", "sents": [ "Mr. Kozel is a managing partner of Open Range Ventures.", "He also served previously as chief technology officer and senior vice president of business development at Cisco Systems.", "There are now eight members on DataChannel's board.", "Investors for the company include Bain Capital Group, IBM, Trans Cosmos USA, Weiss Peck & Greer, United States Venture Partners, Van Wagoner Capital Management, and XML Fund.", "http: www.datachannel.com Pond Venture Partners Closes $78 Million Pond Ventures II SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Pond Venture Partners said it held the final closing of its new Pond Ventures II fund for $78 million.", "The firm said the oversubscribed fund would be used to invest in approximately 10 European technology companies specializing in bandwidth migration enabling technology.", "The fund will typically make first-round investments of approximately $5 million, with money held aside for follow-on investments in later rounds.", "Pond Venture Partners' portfolio companies include Microcosm Communications, SealedMedia, Gecko Software, and Yac." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e2881_p10", "sents": [ "Oblix's investors include Charter Growth Capital, Cisco Systems, Credit Suisse First Boston, Intel 64 Fund, J.P. Morgan, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Novell, Patricof & Co. Sumitomo, and Van Wagoner Capital Management.", "http: www.oblix.com Nuasis Adds Rainmaker Systems Exec as VP of Finance mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nuasis, a developer of IP-based, multichannel contact center software, said it has named Steven M. Karp as vice president of finance.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Karp was senio r director of finance at Rainmaker Systems.", "Nuasis is backed by Brentwood Venture Capital, Grove Street Advisors, Menlo Ventures, Oracle, and Tudor Investment.", "http: www.nuasis.com Wayport Names CFO and Marketing VP mail?", "top AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wayport, a provider of Internet access for travelers at airports, hotels, and conference centers, said it has named David Hampton as CFO.", "Mr. Hampton formerly served as CFO at Singleentry, an Internet-based software provider to the insurance industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26634_p2", "sents": [ "However, he expects business conditions to ripen in the second half of next year and said he was comfortable with analysts' 4Q estimates of $0.09-$0.14 per share.", "Advanced Micro Devices (AMD,9.70,f2) reported a 3Q loss, excluding charges, of $0.28 per share, in line with the Street's estimate owing to a decline in PC sales and price competition form rival Intel Corp. (INTC,24,f1&f4).", "However, AMD's CEO said that the company is well positioned going forward with the release of its new Athlon XP processors.", "Merck (MRK,67,f2) was trading lower after the Dow component lowered guidance for future sales of Vioxx as wholesalers accumulated excess stockpiles of the drug.", "Merck reported 2Q earnings of $0.84 per share, in line with the First Call consensus estimate.", "Earlier, Eli Lilly (LLY,76,f2) reported 3Q earnings of $0.66 per share, matching the Street's lowered consensus, but warned of continued erosion in Prozac sales, depressing fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002 growth estimates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Eli Lilly", "sents": [ "Eli Lilly (July 8, 1838 – June 6, 1898) was an American soldier, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation.", "Lilly enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War and recruited a company of men to serve with him in the 18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery.", "He was later promoted to major and then colonel, and was given command of the 9th Regiment Indiana Cavalry.", "Lilly was captured in September 1864 and held as a prisoner of war until January 1865.", "After the war, he attempted to run a plantation in Mississippi, but it failed and he returned to his pharmacy profession after the death of his first wife.", "Lilly remarried and worked with business partners in several pharmacies in Indiana and Illinois before opening his own business in 1876 in Indianapolis.", "Lilly's company manufactured drugs and marketed them on a wholesale basis to pharmacies.", "Lilly's pharmaceutical firm proved to be successful and he soon became wealthy after making numerous advances in medicinal drug manufacturing.", "Two of the early advances he pioneered were creating gelatin capsules to contain medicines and developing fruit flavorings.", "Eli Lilly and Company became one of the first pharmaceutical firms of its kind to staff a dedicated research department and put into place numerous quality-assurance measures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6559_p9", "sents": [ "Brett Trueman, the Donald and Ruth Seiler Professor of Public Accounting and chair of the Haas Accounting Group, was quoted in USA Today on June 22, in a story about accounting.?", "Read the full article at http: www.usatoday.com money covers 2001-06-22-bcovfri.htm.", "Trueman was quoted in both the San Jose Mercury News and USA Today on June 20. Read the articles at http: www0.mercurycenter.com business top 068259.htm and http: www.usatoday.com life cyber invest 2001-06-20-tech-accounting.htm.", "Reuven Lehavy, assistant professor in the Haas Accounting Group, appeared on CBS Evening news.?", "See video of the interview here: http: www.haas.berkeley.edu:24874 ramgen media-services Lehavy.rm.", "Dean Laura Tyson was interviewed by CNN's Jeff Greenfield on June 19 and commented on patient's rights.", "Business Week featured Hal Varian in its June 18 story \"Era of Efficiency.\"?", "Read it here: http: www.businessweek.com magazine content 01_25 b3737701.htm.", "Varian was also quoted in the tech weekly section of Ottawa Citizen on June 18. Terry Marsh, associate professor in the Haas Finance Group, published an article in the Financial Times on June 18. Read it here: http: globalarchive.ft.com globalarchive articles.html?print=true&id 061800 1231. Sea Power & Associates appeared in CNN.com on June 18, along with co-founder Misha Cornes, MBA 01.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e514_p0", "sents": [ "\"Tickets for Haas CEO Exchange with HP's Fiorina and Cisco's Chambers Available April 2 Tickets will be available April 2 to hear two of Silicon Valley's most high-powered CEOs: Hewlett Packard's Carly Fiorina and Cisco Systems' John Chambers speak at an event hosted by the Haas School on April 11 at Zellerbach Hall.", "The event will be taped for the PBS television series CEO Exchange.", "The show will be introduced by Dean Laura Tyson and moderated by CNN's Jeff Greenfield.", "Students will have a opportunity to ask the CEOs questions at the end of the program.", "A raffle and a reception will follow the taping of the show.", "The event is free and open to all Haas students.", "Tickets are required and will be available to Evening MBA students at the Evening MBA office during the week of April 2, 2000. Wednesday, April 11, seating begins at 5:30, doors close at 5:45 pm Place: Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus AT Kearney, the exclusive sponsor of CEO Exchange, will raffle off two Pen Cam Trios by AIPTEK to the students at the end of the taping." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27418_p8", "sents": [ "In May, Dabhol stopped supplying power to the Board from its 2,184 MW gas-based power plant on the west coast of India after the utility defaulted on payments.", "Dabhol then served the utility a preliminary termination notice, but this still gives the two feuding sides until November to solve the issue through negotiation.", "After this, DPC is free to terminate the contract.", "WASTED INVESTMENT If Enron terminates the contract, then the $2.9 billion power project is in danger of going down the drain.", "This now seems closer to reality after the Indian government rejected Enron's suggestion that it buy Enron's 65 percent stake in Dabhol at cost price.", "The U.S.-based diversified company General Electric and construction group Bechtel each hold 10 percent in Dabhol Power Company, while the provincial utility owns the remaining 15 percent.", "The total equity investment is worth $900 million-1.0 billion.", "\"We have given an option to the governemnt to solve the issue in a non-contentious way and without the need for a final termination notice,\" Cline said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Bechtel", "sents": [ "Bechtel's business activities began in 1898 when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his own team of mules.", "Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland, California in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the Western Pacific Railroad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6878_p29", "sents": [ "\"I think these upfront costs are going to result in some losses,\" said Rod Woodward of Frost &amp; Sullivan in San Antonio, Texas.", "\"They're able to support those losses with the way they are doing with their energy groups.\"", "Overall, Dynegy Inc. reported net income of $142 million on operating revenue of $10.8 billion for the second quarter of 2001, or recurring earnings of 43 cents per share.", "In the second quarter of last year, the company reported net income of $91 million on operating revenue of $5.7 billion, or recurring earnings of 19 cents per diluted share.", "-By Erwin Seba, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9214; erwin.seba@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "BANDWIDTH BEAT: Bandwidth Trading Isn't Dead Yet By Michael Rieke Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 07 24 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- An official with one of the largest telecommunications carriers laughed last week, saying Enron Corp. (ENE) had been chased out of the broadband business by a $102 million loss for the second quarter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p0", "sents": [ "'BANDWIDTH BEAT: Master Trading Agreement 3.0 Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 16 01 Sierra Pacific Shares Slump After Utility Suspends Dividend Dow Jones Business News, 04 16 01 Energy Traders Raise Ante In Power-hungry California Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 16 01 Independent Power Producers Expect to Meet or Exceed Forecasts Dow Jones Business News, 04 16 01 Seattle City Utility Racks Up $92 Million in Power Purchases in March KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Seattle Times - Washington, 04 16 01 Sierra Pacific Shares Fall After Dividend Canceled (Update2) Bloomberg, 04 16 01 BANDWIDTH BEAT: Master Trading Agreement 3.0 04 16 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) By Michael Rieke A Dow Jones Newswires Column HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Carriers and trading companies worked for more than nine months last year, missed four deadlines and couldn't produce a master bandwidth trading agreement.", "Now they seem to be coming out with something new every other month or so." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6562_p21", "sents": [ "Says Lisa Frischhertz, a New Orleans stay-at-home mother who last year described herself as an aggressive growth investor: \"I have diversified as much as possible by looking for stocks in varied sectors and not just in technology.", "I have also bought two REITs [real estate investment trusts] for their high-dividend yields, which I probably would not have considered in the past.\"", "Indeed, several panel members have sold shares in companies like data-storage giant EMC (EMC), telecommunications company Lucent Technologies (LU) and computer-hardware titan Sun Microsystems (SUNW), in favor of energy, utility, financial, retail and health-care stocks.", "Some of their favorites: power companies Enron (ENE) and Xcel Energy (XEL), credit-card giant MBNA (KRB), medical-testing firm Quest Diagnostics (DGX) and specialty retailer Chico's FAS (CHS).", "Jack Sulser, a retired United States foreign-service officer and one of our most active panel members this year, has even added the stock of a stodgy trucking company - Werner Enterprises (WERN) - to his holdings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Xcel Energy", "sents": [ "Xcel Energy Inc. is a utility holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving more than 3.3 million electric customers and 1.8 million natural gas customers in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico.", "It consists of four operating subsidiaries: Northern States Power-Minnesota, Northern States Power-Wisconsin, Public Service Company of Colorado, and Southwestern Public Service Co." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chuck Quackenbush", "sents": [ "Charles \"Chuck\" Quackenbush (born 1954) is a Florida law enforcement officer and former California Republican politician.", "He served as Insurance Commissioner of California from 1995–2000 and as a California State Assemblyman representing the 22nd District, from 1986–1994." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6816_p6", "sents": [ "Dunn, a prominent trial attorney himself, insists that confidentiality will be protected and that the information being sought is only for legislative purposes.", "But Enron and the other companies have some reason to be wary of turning over confidential information to politicians.", "Similar information w as leaked -- without penalty -- in last year's investigation of former state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush.", "And there are indications that private lawyers are working closely with investigators.", "Mike Aguirre, the San Diego attorney seeking a \"smoking gun\" to prove collusion among energy companies, supplied Dunn's committee with a few dissident Duke Energy workers who alleged, in highly publicized hearings, that the firm had manipulated production at its San Diego plant to create artificial shortages and drive up spot market power prices.", "Duke then refut ed the charges by releasing some excerpts from the records of the Independent System Operator, the controller of California's power grid, indicating that ISO had ordered the plant operational changes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Timothy McVeigh", "sents": [ "Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist convicted and executed for the detonation of an ammonium nitrate fertilizer and nitromethane truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.", "Commonly referred to as the Oklahoma City bombing, the attack killed 168 people and injured over 600.", "According to the United States government, it was the deadliest act of terrorism within the United States prior to the September 11 attacks, and remains the most significant act of domestic terrorism in United States history." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1332_p92", "sents": [ "KAREN S. WOOD Santa Rosa -- WELCOME MAT Editor -- It is difficult to imagine what Mayor Willie Brown had in mind when he invited those who \"lie, cheat and steal\" from all over the country to come to San Francisco.", "We can only hope, when he alluded to the \"places and places we have for you to go,\" that he had our new county jail in mind.", "We find it difficult to imagine what useful purpose was served by spending the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau funds on sending the mayor to Washington to promote criminal activity in what remains of our beautiful city.", "DOUG COMSTOCK San Francisco -- KILLING MCVEIGH Editor -- We should thank Attorney General John Ashcroft for allowing the families of the Oklahoma City bombing victims to watch the execution of Timothy McVeigh.", "This act finally lays bare the true purpose of capital punishment.", "No, the federal government is not going to kill McVeigh to make the country safer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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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, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27885_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Morning Market View(TM) for Monday, October 29, 2001 as of 9:30AM EST Information provided by Schwab Center for Investment Research MARKETS LOOKING AT WEAK OPEN Equity index futures were pointing to a downside open for stocks, continuing the overseas trend, as earnings season winds down.", "With no major economic news on the docket today, corporate announcements painted the headlines.", "Satellite-TV service provider EchoStar Communications (DISH,26,f1) agreed to purchase General Motor Corp.'s (GM,45,f2) Hughes Electronics (GMH,15.35,f2) unit for about $31.5 billion in cash, stock and assumed debt after top rival News Corp. (NWS,29) withdrew its bid for the company.", "The deal values Hughes at $18.44 per share, a 20% premium to its closing price on Friday.", "The transaction would give EchoStar nearly a 91% share of the satellite-TV market, which could provoke regulatory scrutiny.", "Commercial and military aircraft maker Boeing Co. (BA,38,f2) cut its sales forecasts for next year by $1 billion to $55 billion after failing to secure the government's bid to build the new Joint Strike Fighter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]