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[ { "title": "e3720_p44", "sents": [ "top SILVER SPRING, Md.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Global Metro Networks, which pro vides dark fiber-optic networks to telecommunications companies, Internet-service providers, and European enterprises, said Robert C. Bicksler has been promoted from executive vice president and chief financial officer to CEO.", "Mr. Bicksler becomes the first person to fill this position since the compa ny was founded in January 2000. Prior to his appointment, co-founder, presiden t, and COO, Doug Hudson; senior vice president and general counsel, Steve Chisholm; and Mr. Bicksler headed the company and answered directly to the board.", "There are currently no plans to fill Mr. Bicksler's past post, the company said.", "He will continue to sit on the eight-member board.", "Before joining the company in October 2000, he worked for AT&T Canada as an executive vice president and CFO following its $7 billion merger with MetroNet Communications.", "Global Metro is backed by Alta Communications, Columbia Capital, Providence Equity Partners, Spencer Trask, and Telcom." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Providence Equity Partners", "sents": [ "Providence Equity Partners LLC is an American global private equity investment firm focused on media, communications, education and information investments.", "The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions as well as growth capital investments and has invested in more than 140 companies globally since its inception in 1989." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p7", "sents": [ "Also contributing were Wheatley Partners, Berger Funds, Grupo Pegaso, Munder NetNet Fund, National Bank of Kuwait, Rare Medium Group, and Trans Cosmos as well as existing investors The Carlyle Group, GE Capital Equity Investments, Institutional Venture Partners, Investor AB, MCI Worldcom Venture Fund, and New Enterprise Associates.", "According to today's Wall Street Journal, Maryland-based Cidera also plans to withdraw it planned IPO, which it filed for in March.", "http: www.cidera.com Law.com Raises $35 Million in Series B Financing mail this story?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Law.com, which provides online legal information and applications, said it raised $35 million in its Series B financing led by United States Equity Partners L.P., a private equity investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein Perella & Co. Softbank Capital Partners also invested.", "Law.com will use the funds will be used to deploy the company's sales infrastructure and for ongoing technical development.", "http: www.law.com Manufacturing ASP SeventhVIEW Gets $2.55 Million in Series A mail this story?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "New Enterprise Associates", "sents": [ "New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is an American-based venture capital firm.", "NEA focuses investment stages ranging from seed stage through growth stage.", "NEA invests across a broad array of industry sectors.", "With over $18 billion in assets under management, NEA was the world's largest venture capital firm in 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5389_p1", "sents": [ "See article: Cote d ,Ivoire ,s new presidentE+ Zimbabwe ,s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Cha nge, started impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe.", "Mr Mugabe responde d by saying it was time to revoke the policy of reconciliation between black and white Zimbabweans.", "Some of the former white leaders, he said, should be tried for genocide.", "See article: Mugabe ,s battle for survival To general surprise, including his own, Ruud Lubbers, a Dutch f ormer prime minister, was named by Kofi Annan, the UN ,s secretary-general, as the ne w UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), succeeding Sadako Ogata.", "See article: Ruud Lubbers, refugee supremoE+ In South Africa the government launched a new campaign to infor m the public about AIDS.", "Over 4m South Africans are said to be infected with HIV, but government statements have left many people confused about how it is transmitted.", "An Arab summit, the first for four years, was held in Cairo to consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Sadako Ogata", "sents": [ "Sadako Ogata, née Nakamura (緒方 貞子 , Ogata Sadako , born 16 September 1927) is a Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor emeritus at Sophia University.", "She is widely known as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000, as well as in her capacities as the Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board and as the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).", "She was a lecturer of the International Christian University (ICU), and is now the advisor of the Executive Committee of the Model United Nations (present day Japan Model United Nations, JMUN) as the founder of the Model United Nations in Japan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7650_p12", "sents": [ "The company said the funds will be used for continued business development and the global rollout of its network.", "http: www.ebillboards.com Optical Chip Firm Integration Associates Raises $9 Million MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Integration Associates, which designs and manufactures optoelectronic and RF analog digital chips for wireless devices, said it raised $9 million in funding from individual investors.", "The round included investments from Mark Green, formerly of Goldman Sachs; Ralph Parks, of JP Morgan Chase; and Charles R. Schwab and Mark Thompson, both of Charles Schwab.", "Both Mr. Schwab and Mr. Thompson have seats on the Integration Associates board of directors.", "http: www.integration.com Software Firm CES Lands $12 Million in Second Round ATLANTA -- CES International, which makes operations management software for utility companies, received $10 million in its second round of financing from Cinergy, the venture division of utility company Cinergy, and $2 million from previous investor Wexford Capital Management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Charles R. Schwab", "sents": [ "Charles Robert Schwab (born July 29, 1937) is an American investor, financial executive, and philanthropist.", "He is the founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation.", "He pioneered discount sales of equity securities starting in 1975.", "His company became by far the largest discount securities dealer in the United States.", "He retired as CEO in 2008, but remains chairman and is the largest shareholder." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6152_p0", "sents": [ "'FYI.", "Note discussion of Ed, Enron and the 21st Century Energy Project at end of article.", "Best, Jeff ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Campaign funds will pay for spots Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, July 7, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento -- Gov.", "Gray Davis will begin a series of radio ads next week defending his handling of the energy crisis -- further proof that political campaigning has become a permanent sport.", "Davis political adviser Garry South said the ads are designed to fill an \"information void\" among Californians about what the state has accomplished.", "But they are playing statewide just as millions of dollars of TV ads financed by Republicans and power companies are attacking Davis.", "\"The campaign season has started early,\" said Rob Stutzman, a consultant with the state GOP, which has not been involved with the anti-Davis TV spots running since June 19. Davis' 60-second radio spot takes the form of an \"energy update,\" where the governor informs listeners that \"we\" have licensed 16 new power plants, including three Davis opened this month, and that \"conservation is the best way to fight back against high energy prices.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e478_p7", "sents": [ "And the New York Times has reported that rates paid by consumers have increased a whopping 40 percent just since 1999. Those who would allow the market to work (let the darkness reign) know well that if the market \"works\" to produce New York-style rate increases in California, the consequences to the public would be dire.", "Compare this to Gov.", "Davis' well-structured plan for effective energy conservation and stabilization of the state's electricity market and his expedited program to bring clean, efficient new power plants on line quickly.", "Robert Kennedy would understand Gov.", "Davis' approach and his critics' perspective.", "Michael Kahn is a member of the state Independent System Operator's board of governors.", ",2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 25 Bombshell Warning on Power Cost Spending may double and rates skyrocket, governor's office tells Legislature Greg Lucas, Lynda Gledhill, Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, March 24, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 03 24 M N176940.DTL Top Davis administration officials told lawmakers yesterday that the state may have to spend twice as much as expected on electricity purchases over the next two years - requiring rate increases of as much as 100 percent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27377_p2", "sents": [ "NATO decided to send an advance group of 400 soldiers even though its conditions for sending the full force - including a durable ceasefire - had not yet been met.", "Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, angered China and other countries it fought in the second world war by visiting the Yasukuni shrine for the war dead, including some condemned as war criminals.", "Bank of Japan took surprise measures to give the faltering economy a much- needed boost by easing monetary policy.", "The move met with approval: the Nikkei 225 index flew up by nearly 4% in a day.", "Revised figures showed that Japan's GDP rose slightly in the first quarter of the year instead of falling.", "The euro hit a five-month high, rising above 90 cents against the dollar.", "The IMF gave a warning that America's current-account deficit was unsustainable and that the dollar was likely to weaken further.", "The dollar also slid against the yen." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Junichiro Koizumi", "sents": [ "Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎 , Koizumi Jun'ichirō , born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician who was the 56th Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.", "He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended in 2009, and is the sixth longest serving PM in Japanese history." ], "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": "e1268_p40", "sents": [ "Even that 20th century haven of atheism, the Soviet Union, adopted it while typically denying God credit for the implicit divinity of the politbureau.", "The proletariat substituted God but that was like conversion from one religion to another.", "The basic notion did not change.", "The USSR's co-brother-in-law, as they would call China in Chennai, still practises this version of the Divine Right.", "So does that other model of humane governance, North Korea.", "Millions may die of starvation but the Supreme Leader, which is Communist for King, is never blamed.", "Nor are the advisors in the politbureau.", "Democracies, it was thought, would be different because, for the first time in history, the people would have the right to remove their rulers if they made too many mistakes.", "This would leave no space for Divine Right and the theory would slowly be discarded in favour of the Right to Remove.", "And, by and large, that is what has happened." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p40", "sents": [ "HubStorm, Intel, JuniorNet, KnowledgePlanet.com, Law.com, LiveInsurance.com MacroThink, Medschool.com, MetroPartners, Mobile-Mind, Mountain View Data, Mysportsguru.com, MyTeam.com, Nokia Venture Partners, Oxygen Media, Packexpo.com, Partech International, PhoneDomain.com, Pixology, Planet Payment, ProAct Technologies, QuinStreet, RealNames, Resonext Communications, RunMoney.com, Seafood.com, SeventhView, SmartPipes, SpectraSwitch, St. Paul Venture Capital, Sun Microsystems, Tachion Networks, Tempest Software, TerraWired, The Thread, ThingWorld.com, Tradia, Tradiant, TradingProduce.com, Vividence, W-Phone, Xdrive ComputerLetter For 15 years, the best analysis of trends and companies in digital technology.", "Sample issue available at:http: technologicpartners.com tp cl investor index top 3i Group, 3i Group, Aether Systems, AIG Horizon Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Angel Investors LP, Aurora Funds, Berger Funds, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management, Buckeye Investments, Capital Partners, Cardinal Health Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners, Cascade Investment, Catterton-Simon Partners, Celerity Partners, Centennial, Daleen Technologies, Dentsu.com, DHM Arcadia Partners, Digital Island, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DWS Investments, EDB Ventures, Emigrant Capital, EnerTech Capital Partners, First Union Capital Partners, GE Capital, GE Equity, Givaudan, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Grupo Pegaso, HarbourVest Partners, Hickory Venture Capital, idealab!, Insight Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Interliant, Investor AB, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seligman, J. & W. Seli!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3228_p6", "sents": [ "Additionally, Mr. Murphy joins as the ninth member of th e company's board, which includes Vinod Khosla and Raymond J. Lane of Kleiner Perkins and Matthew Cowan of Bowman Capital.", "To date, Asera has raised approximately $175 million in funding from investors including AC Ventures, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Bowman Capital Management, BP Amoco, Capital Research Management, Cisco Systems, Crescendo Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Eastman Chemical, GE Capital Equity Group, Integral Capital Partners, Intel Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and others.", "http: www.asera.com Groove Networks Cuts 8%; Will Target Larger Clients mail?", "top BEVERLY, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Groove Networks, which provides peer-to-peer and peer-to-Web software and services, said it cut 19 people, or 8% of its staff, on Monday as the company restructures to focus more on direct sales opportunities.", "Groove also said it was going to be targeting more large enterprise clients and moving away from focusing on small- and medium-sized business clients." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5031_p13", "sents": [ "Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration and professor in the Department of Economics, was quoted in the October Inc. Magazine on the emergence of bartering among cash-crunched companies.", "HAPPENING AT HAAS Berkeley Forum on Procurement and Marketplace Transformation Critical Success Factors for Dot-com Companies with Emphasis on the Construction Industry Wednesday, October 18, 2000 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wells Fargo Room The featured speaker is Leo Schlosberg, founder and CEO of Heavyware.", "Panelists include: Rich Brown, Bechtel; Jerry Engel, executive director of the Lester Center; professor Yehuda Kala, School of Architecture, UCB; and Professor Arie Segev, director, CITM.", "The afternoon presentation will address Buying Aggregation by Jonathan Ehrlich, co-founder and vice president of Corporate Development, MobShop.", "This event is sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and offered in cooperation with CommerceNet and National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), Silicon Valley Chapter.", "Note: The Forum events are not open to the general public." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e659_p4", "sents": [ "\"The Economy in Crisis: A Panel Discussion with Haas School Experts,\" takes place Wednesday, April 4, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Arthur Andersen Auditorium.", "All Haas students, faculty, alumni, and staff are invited to attend.", "The panel of speakers includes: Andrew Rose, the Bernard T. Rocca Jr.", "Professor of International Trade, director of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow in the Center for Economic Policy Research.", "Ken Rosen, the California State Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics and the chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics.", "Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Clinton, and former governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.", "James Wilcox, the Kruttschnitt Professor of Financial Institutions, former chief economist at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and former economist, Federal Reserve Board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1537_p0", "sents": [ "'QATAR: Qatar, Dolphin final gas pact not seen before Sept. Reuters English News Service, 04 22 01 INDIA: Enron's Indian unit directors to meet on April 25-paper.", "Reuters English News Service, 04 22 01 Centre to take up Enron issue today Hindustan Times, 04 22 01 Maha to set up experts committee for negotiations on Enron Press Trust of India Limited, 04 22 01 ONGC disputes Enron's claim on Moon Prospect project at Tapti Press Trust of India Limited, 04 22 01 Cyclist injured in MS 150 tour Rider's condition called critical after hitting head Houston Chronicle, 04 22 01 Power price rise stirs furor Energy firms deny claims of manipulating markets San Antonio Express-News, 04 22 01 India Dabhol Pwr Project Shrholders Mtg In London Apr 25 Dow Jones International News, 04 21 01 India: Lenders stop funds to Dabhol Business Line (The Hindu), 04 21 01 DPC board meet on Apr 25 to decide Dabhol fate in London Press Trust of India Limited, 04 21 01 Enron may sell its stake in DPC." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Hindustan Times", "sents": [ "Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period (\"Hindustan\" being a historical name for India).", "The newspaper is owned by Rajya Sabha M.P.", "Shobhana Bhartia who was nominated by Congress and hence the newspaper has pro Congress tone.", "It is the flagship publication of HT Media.", "\"Hindustan Times\" is one of the largest newspapers in India, by circulation.", "According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.16 million copies as of November 2015.", "The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that \"HT\" is the second most widely read English newspaper in India after \"The Times of India\".", "It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "PR Newswire", "sents": [ "PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases based in New York City.", "The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters.", "The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years.", "The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Business Media of London." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e708_p1", "sents": [ "The energy concern said it will provide electricity to 1,250 J.C. Penney retail locations in 50 states.", "The Dallas retailer said the move will protect it from volatile energy prices.", "The companies declined to comment on the length of the contract.", "In 4 p.m. New York Stock Exchange composite trading, Enron fell $2.51 to $54.07 and J.C Penney fell four cents to $15.55. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Energy Companies Use Sports to Win Market Share 04 04 2001 PR Newswire (Copyright (c) 2001, PR Newswire) BOULDER, Colo., April 4 PRNewswire -- As umpires shout \"Play Ball!\"", "and the first pitch is thrown at Enron Field, Cinergy Field, and Edison Field, the biggest winners of the day may not be the teams on the field.", "No matter what the final score is, the stadium sponsors will have won significant marketing and branding advantages over their competitors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1537_p31", "sents": [ "Domestic financiers include IDBI, SBI, ICICI and Canara Bank while major foreign ones are ABN Amro, ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank.", "Our Bureau Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "DPC board meet on Apr 25 to decide Dabhol fate in London 04 21 2001 Press Trust of India Limited (c) 2001 PTI Ltd. Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI) Marred by controversies since its inception, the US-based energy major Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) board will meet on April 25 in London to decide the fate of its 2,184 mw project in Dabhol in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, including winding up of its operations.", "\"The top most item on the agenda is to empower DPC managing director Neil McGregor to wind up operations in the country\", state government sources told PTI here Saturday.", "When contacted DPC spokesperson declined to comment on the agenda of the London meeting and added, \"I will not like to comment on speculations\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e880_p10", "sents": [ "Daniel Lukis of Chicago uses the software to digitally store home movies and some of his favorite \"Seinfeld\" episodes.", "Keeping copies of sitcoms is legally permissible for personal home use, but if Lukis decided to share those files online he would run the risk of copyright infringement.", "He fears the pirates may hamper the development of DivX as a legitimate software tool.", "\"Like with all new forms of technology, someone will devise a way to exploit it,\" said Lukis, who moderates an online DivX discussion forum.", "\"These people give a bad name to DivX, as Napster did to MP3, and the honest users of the formats are suffering because of that.\"", "On the Net: http: www.projectmayo.com http: www.divxnetworks.com http: www.fm4.org http: www.mpaa.org With AP Photos FX101,102 of April 4. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "DPC should reduce high tariff rate, NCP chief Sharad Pawar 04 07 2001 Press Trust of India Limited (c) 2001 PTI Ltd. Mumbai, Apr 7 (PTI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar, during whose tenure as Maharashtra Chief Minister, the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US-based Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) was worked out, has demanded \"the energy major should reduce its high power tariff charged to MSEB (Maharashtra State Electricity Board)\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p66", "sents": [ "Critics have noted that the state's current average costs under the contracts exceed those now available on the daily market.", "But Davis contend s the current reduced prices are largely a result of his contracting strategy Partly because of the secrecy Davis imposed on the deals, they have become a focal point of suspicion over his handling of the crisis.", "News organizations--including The Times--and Republican officeholders sued to ge t them.", "Consumer groups, meanwhile, complained about being hit with historic utility rate increases for deals no one could examine.", "The controversy seemed to intensify Friday, despite efforts by the governor's team to portray the agreements as a major tactical victory again st out-of-state power marketers who exploited the state's flawed deregulation scheme.", "GOP Leader Attacks 'Sweetheart Deals' Assembly Republican Leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks, whose staff pored ov er the documents, attacked the governor for brokering \"sweetheart deals for th e generators.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "Dave Cox", "sents": [ "David E. Cox (February 20, 1938 – July 13, 2010) was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma.", "A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10013_p8", "sents": [ "Mark Baldassare, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California who regularly surveys voter attitudes, said Governor Davis's approval rating in his polls was at 66 percent as recently as September.", "But, Mr. Baldassare said, he had also detected signs it was declining because of public concerns over the rising prices and power shortages.", "Two years into his four-year term, the power crisis could thus have a deep impact on Governor Davis's reputation and his future prospects.", "He has been perceived as largely reactive, as well as exceptionally deliberate and slow.", "\"It would be hard to find someone better prepared, if you look at his r,sum,\" Mr. Keeley, of the Assembly, said, referring to the fact that Governor Davis has spent virtually his entire career in public service, as everything from Gov.", "Jerry Brown's chief of staff to the state controller to lieutenant governor.", "\"But,\" Mr. Keeley added, \"this is a governor who doesn't expend political capital without a great deal of deliberation and anguish." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Jerry Brown", "sents": [ "Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the 39th Governor of California since 2011.", "A member of the Democratic Party, Brown previously served as the 34th governor from 1975 to 1983, and is the longest-serving governor in California history.", "Prior to and following his first governorship, Brown served in numerous state, local and party positions, and thrice ran as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2985_p32", "sents": [ "California is in danger of spiraling into a recession because of the high wholesale energy costs are \"literally dragging down our economy,\" he said.", "California Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte said he thinks the president 's plan will help California, particularly in helping to speed construction of new power plants.", "Brulte said it's a mistake for California to blame Bush and the federal government for its problems.", "\"Gov.", "Davis and his administration made significant mistakes on this energy issue and rather than trying to find a solution, he's playing the political blame game,\" Brulte said.", "Carter recalls an energy crisis that was far worse By Calvin Woodward ASSOCIATED PRESS May 17, 2001 WASHINGTON Less than two weeks into his presidency, Jimmy Carter donne da sweater and went on TV to tell Americans they should turn down their thermostats and learn to live thriftily.", "Now, nearly a quarter century after the energy crisis that dogged him, Cart er says Thursday's problems are not so bad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Jimmy Carter", "sents": [ "James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the Governor of Georgia prior to his election as president.", "Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6166_p34", "sents": [ "Caught in a complicated middle ground are such Northwest utilities as Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp, Puget Sound Energy, Avista Utilities, Idaho Power, plus the Bonneville Power Administration and many consumer-owned utilities.", "In some cases, those utilities acted on both sides of the high- flying wholesale power markets of the past year, benefiting from the extreme prices when they sold electricity and paying a hefty premium when they were buyers.", "How they might fare in a settlement is far from clear, and results might vary greatly from utility to utility, said Bob Jenks, executive director of the Oregon Citizens' Utility Board, a ratepayer advocacy group.", "\"For consumers in Oregon, it goes both directions,\" Jenks said.", "\"If refunds are ordered, some customers may see benefits from that, and a credit on their bill.", "Other customers may see a charge on their bill.\"", "He said PGE, for instance, made enough money off power sales last year to withdraw a proposed 17 percent rate increase." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Puget Sound Energy", "sents": [ "Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is a Washington state energy utility providing electrical power and natural gas primarily in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States.", "The utility serves electricity to more than 1.1 million customers in Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties; and provides natural gas to 750,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties.", "The company has a 6,000 sqmi electric and natural gas service area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11062_p9", "sents": [ "On Sunday night, Mr. Abraham, the new energy secretary, called Mr. Davis to hear another pitch, and the two men spoke again on Monday, the first offici al working day of the Bush administration.", "While Mr. Davis was sounding out Mr Abraham, Mr. Lindsey met with Mr. Bush in the Oval Office and recommended that he grant the extension.", "The strongest argument in favor of issuing the order, Mr. Lindsey says, was Mr. Bush's belief that the federal government should help states solve their own problems.", "Later that day, while Mr. Bush was highlighting education reform, Mr. Lindsey, Mr. Abraham, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, and Christine Todd Whitman, director of the Environmental Protection Agency, began sorting out the administration's short-term and long-term responses to the crisis.", "On Tuesday, Mr. Bush discussed energy with his economic policy team, which included Messrs. Cheney and Lindsey, Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Deputy Chi ef of Staff Josh Bolten, and top aides Karen Hughes and Karl Rove." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Christine Todd Whitman", "sents": [ "Christine \"Christie\" Todd Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003.", "She was New Jersey's first and, to date, only female governor.", "She was the second woman and first Republican woman to defeat an incumbent governor in a general election in the United States.", "She was also the first Republican woman to be reelected governor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vincent Viola", "sents": [ "Vincent \"Vinnie\" Viola (born 1956) is an American billionaire, businessman, philanthropist , and U.S. Army veteran.", "He was for several weeks President Donald Trump's nominee for United States Secretary of the Army, before withdrawing from consideration.", "He is the former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and the founder and chairman of Virtu Financial.", "Viola is the owner of the Florida Panthers, a National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team.", "He is also co-owner, with fellow Brooklynite Anthony Bonomo, of the 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e11038_p19", "sents": [ "After a failed hostile takeover a few years ago, NYMEX has itself reiterate d its interest in buying a controlling stake in the IPE this year, but only if the London exchange welcomes such a move.", "So far, the IPE has not signaled that it would accept NYMEX's overtures, Rappaport said.", "NEW CHAIRMAN TO TAKE NYMEX TO IPO Under Rappaport, NYMEX demutualized and became a for-profit organization la st year.", "The new chairman, to be elected March 20, will have to lead the exchange through a private placement and on to an IPO.", "\"The new chairman has to go on a road show to sell the exchange,\" Rappaport said.", "NYMEX will offer a 10 percent stake in itself in the private placement, in a move to gauge the value of the exchange, Rappaport said.", "Long-time NYMEX insiders Vincent Viola and Gerald Rafferty are running for the chairman position.", "Viola is a former floor trader and vice-chairman of NYMEX who owns the New York brokerage firm Pioneer Futures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California State University", "sents": [ "The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California.", "With 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 478,638 students with 24,405 faculty and 23,012 staff, CSU describes itself the largest four-year public university system in the United States.", "It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, with the other two being the University of California system and the California Community Colleges System.", "The CSU System is incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University.", "The California State University system headquarters are at 401 Golden Shore in Long Beach, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e11804_p0", "sents": [ "-- Forwarded by Jeff Dasovich NA Enron on 03 13 2001 10:55 AM -- Jennifer Rudolph@EES 03 13 2001 10:52 AM To: CA Team cc: Subject: LA Times Press on uc csu lawsuit LA Times Today Tuesday, March 13, 2001 UC, Cal State Systems Sue Power Seller to Retain Pact's Low Prices Electricity: Officials want to prevent Enron from switching their accounts to Edison and PG&E.", "They fear losing discounted rates.", "By MASSIE RITSCH, Times Staff Writer Faced with losing their protection from sky-high electricity bills, the University of California and California State University have sued to stop their power supplier from halting service.", "The UC and Cal State systems signed a four-year contract with Enron Energy Services in 1998, locking into discounted fixed rates for electricity from the Houston-based energy giant.", "Last month, Enron notified its commercial and industrial customers in California, including the universities, that their power would be supplied by Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6247_p26", "sents": [ "But Wagner, who mediated the talks, also suggested that power sellers are still owed sums for electricity \"that probably are higher than any overcharges\" for which they may have to pay refunds.", "That opened the possibility that California could see no cash refunds, only a reduction in the billions of dollars the power generators and marketers cla im they are owed by state entities and utilities.", "Wagner said he would recommend that FERC hold a \"fast-track hearing\" to try to untangle the complex financial claims and counterclaims arising from California's power crisis.", "Wagner also outlined a method that he said FERC should use for calculating refunds.", "While his proposed formula includes part of one method the state used, it contains several elements for calculating electricity costs that were favor ed by power sellers, who maintain that California's numbers are wildly exaggerated.", "\"I would suspect that would result in a number much below $8.9 billion,\" sa id Joe Ronan, vice president of Calpine, a San Jose-based electricity generato r. \"I think (Wagner's method) reflects more accurately what actually happened\" in the state's dysfunctional power market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e97_p0", "sents": [ "'We have set up a conference call for today's meeting for those of you interested in calling in.", "It is 1-800-486-2460 The pass code is 120895 Thanks!", "Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:jmball@ns.net] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:26 PM To: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Rina Venturini; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Chuck Cole; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Fred Pownall; Mark Nobili Cc: Jean Munoz; Greg Blue; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Kassandra Gough; kent Palmerton; Larrea, John; Lynn Lednicky; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Roger Pelote; Sandi McCubbin; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Sue Mara; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan; Chris Ellison; Doug Kerner; Andy Brown; Nam Nguyen Subject: Action Items from Today's Lobbyist Call ACTION ITEMS from today's IEP member company lobbyist conference call: AB 60x (Hertzberg) - Calpine will attempt to get a meeting with the Speaker on Monday regarding his interest in other \"California First\" avenues, and report the results to IEP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1911_p24", "sents": [ "N.D. Patil of the PWP, who is the convener of the DF coordination committee, is also opposed to renegotiations and wants the government to appoint an inquiry commission.", "``We are opposed to the way the PPAs were signed with Enron ignoring the interests of the state.", "The inquiry commission will bring out the truth,'' a senior minister said.", "``Even if Enron now wants to withdraw from the project, we should not let it go without investigating the matter,'' he added.", "Meanwhile union finance minister Yashwant Sinha has agreed to depute a high-level representative of the Union government to represent finance, power, petroleum, and other union government agencies on the renegotiation team.", "These departments will set up their own internal coordination committee to review the situation from time to time and guide the renegotiation team to be set up by the Maharashtra government.", "Success of state bandh isolates BJP 04 27 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) MUMBAI: The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finds itself politically isolated following the Maharashtra bandh on Wednesday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Bharatiya Janata Party", "sents": [ "The Bharatiya Janata Party (] ; translation: Indian People's Party; BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress.", "s of 2016 , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies, and it is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership.", "The BJP is a right-wing party, with close ideological and organisational links to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7860_p27", "sents": [ "The company's investors include American Express, Amerindo, Dell, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Inktomi, Lynx Technology, Meritech Capital Partners, National Discount Brokers, Oak Investment Partners, and SCT.", "http: www.campuspipeline.com E-Health Firm NaviMedix Names Former Kinetra Exec as CEO BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- NaviMedix, a provider of Web application s that aim to streamline communication between physician offices and other healthcare organizations, said it appointed Tim Hargarten as president an d chief executive officer, replacing founder William Cowen, who will serve as chairman.", "Mr. Hargarten was formerly founder and chief executive offic er of Kinetra, which was acquired by Healtheon WebMD.", "NaviMedix is funded by Atlas Venture Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners, GE Equity, Hearst Bu siness Publishing, Coral, and Internet Healthcare Group.?", "http: www.navimedix.com?", "Marketer MyDrugRep Appoints Sales Exec as First President?", "NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- MyDrugRep, which operates a pharmaceutical marketing site on the Web that targets physicians, said it h as named Doug Everson as the company's first president." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e4073_p35", "sents": [ "Under the transaction, Optical Solutions will acquire both talent and technological assets from Ziga Systems Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.", "As part of the deal, Optical Solutions will acquire Ziga's staff of 12 hardware and software design engineers, and certain proprietary technology.", "Optical Solutions recently raised its Series D financing and has raised approximately $165 million in funding to date.", "Investors in Optical Solutions include Corning Cable, Boston Millennia Partners, Star, Comdisco, Triumph Capital, Dain Rauscher Wessels, St. Paul Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, Coral, and Concord Ventures.", "http: www.ziga.com http: www.opticalsolutions.com Symposium Acquires Customer Profiling Service WeFusion.com NEW YORK -- Symposium Corporation, a publicly traded cross-media direct marketing company, said it has reached agreement in principle to acquire WeFusion.com, an application service provider (ASP) which has developed a database architecture that enables customer profiling.", "The terms of the agreement call for Symposium to purchase WeFusion.com for shares of Symposium common stock valued at $1.5 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chris Moller", "sents": [ "Chris Moller is a former CEO of the New Zealand Rugby Union and former deputy CEO of New Zealand's largest company, Fonterra.", "Moller has also worked as managing director for New Zealand Milk Products.", "He is currently on the IRB council and became CEO of the NZRFU in January 2003.", "On 2 April 2007 he announced that he would not be renewing his contract as CEO after the 2007 Rugby World Cup.", "His deputy Steve Tew, was appointed to the role late in 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4500_p6", "sents": [ "As a result of the financing, Chris Moller, managing director of TL Ventures, and Internet Healthcare Group's Rene Lerer and Sena Biswas, will join ehomecare.com's board of directors.", "Earlier in the week, eHomecare.com announced it has acquired Beacon Health, a provider of home health education, policy analysis, publishing and clinical management services.", "http: www.ehomecare.com New Money o Operations Support Firm Telution Gets $13 Million Round One CHICAGO -- Telution, a provider of operations support applications for the ordering, delivery, support, and billing of communication services, said it has closed a $13 million first round of funding.", "The round was funded by M C Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.", "Telution will use the funds to expand its software engineering and professional services teams, for sales and marketing efforts, and to build its international presence.", "http: www.telution.com Infrastructure Provider BondNexus Has $2.45 Million Series A SEATTLE -- BondNexus, a financial services infrastructure provider which spun off from Seattle-Northwest Securities, announced it launched and raised $2.45 million in its Series A funding round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5091_p2", "sents": [ "The firm also expects to bring on additional personnel and invest in several more satellite funds over the next two months.", "http: www.stpaulvc.com Incubator Idealab!", "Pulls Initial Public Offering PASADENA, Calif. -- idealab!, which develops and funds online businesses, said it will postpone its initial public offering.", "The company cited market volatility as the deciding factor in pulling the IPO.", "Idealab!", "chairman and CEO Bill Gross said in a statement, \"We have a solid financial foundation.", "We understand the measurements and criteria that the public markets demand.\"", "A number of idealab!", "portfolio companies have had difficulties recently, including fundraising problems and layoffs.", "Shortly before it filed for its IPO, idealab!", "raised a $1 billion Series D round in March.", "Investors in the firm include BancBoston Capital, Dell Computer, Hikari Tsushin, Ignition Corp., Investor AB, Kline Hawkes & Co., Petersen Properties, Sumitomo, T. Rowe Price Associates,24 7 Media, and entities affiliated with Moore Capital Management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 11 ] }, { "title": "Moore Capital Management", "sents": [ "Moore Capital Management LLC is an American hedge fund sponsor-owned by its employees.", "It was founded in 1989 by American billionaire Louis Moore Bacon.", "In 2011, MCM's largest funds were the $7.4 billion Moore Global Investment Fund, and the $4.6 billion Moore Macro Managers Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10623_p0", "sents": [ "\"See the email from Donna Fulton below.", "Donna joined Government Affairs a couple of months ago.", "She was with Enron - GPG for 12 years doing gas regulatory work, so she's an expert in FERC matters but is getting up to speed on electric matters.", "Please feel free to call her in addition to Joe or me on FERC regulatory matters.", "Also, the Cal PX filed at FERC on August 22 its proposal to implement a $350 price cap.", "Interventions are due on September 12. A copy of the filing (Imaging Format) and FERC's notice are attached.", "We should discuss what position we want to take, if any, in response to the Cal PX's filing.", "Sarah - Forwarded by Sarah Novosel Corp Enron on 08 30 2000 09:56 AM Donna Fulton 08 30 2000 08:51 AM To: Sarah Novosel Corp Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: California ISO Ten-minute market FYI - Attached is the FERC notice of Cal ISO's filing to implement ten-minute markets effective September 1, 2000. Do you think there is any interest in our participation intervention?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e1058_p0", "sents": [ "'I reviewed the Cal ISO filings below (in Sue's note) to determine general consistency with FERC orders on interconnection procedures.", "Potential issues are identified below and you all can decide if Enron should protest intervene (the West Developers may want to review this too).", "Since I am not familiar with the Cal ISO procedures, I cannot determine whether protest is necessary (for example, PJM, NY, and NEPOOL have certain interconnection policies that would not be acceptable outside the pool, but that work ok for the pool).", "The TOs have also filed Amend.", "39 interconnection procedures, but I have not looked at those to see if they mirror these.", "Maybe one of the paralegals could check that.", "In addition, one of you should review the filing letter and procedures to make sure that the statements made by Cal ISO are correct.", "(Filing letter) The Cal ISO states that these procedures are filed in response to FERC's orders and that the Cal ISO and Market Participants are examining policies that will ensure that the ISO Controlled Grid is expanded to support competitive markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6563_p6", "sents": [ "In another executive order, the governor suspended emission standards for power plants to let them run more hours during the peak-demand periods.", "And the state has hired a small army of energy consultants and traders.", "Despite such actions, some think Mr. Davis isn't being forceful enough.", "For example, the state senate last week passed a resolution supporting the governor's power to \"commandeer power plants\" if he deems such a step to be necessary.", "Mr. Davis has said he doesn't have any plans currently to take such an action.", "'Crisis of Governance' The electricity mess has produced \"the most extraordinary crisis of governance we've had in California in the postwar period,\" says Bruce Cain, director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.", "Mr. Cain says more power has been placed in the governor's hands and, as a result, the state has \"gotten away from the separation of powers and the checks and balances that we expect in American government.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e894_p216", "sents": [ "\"Most men never have a chance to write their own epitaphs.", "But Gray provided the language for his political gravestone,\" said GOP consultant Dan Schnur, a former top aide to Davis' predecessor, Republican Pete Wilson.", "\"He did it all by himself.\"", "Davis' defenders say the governor deserves credit during the past months of the state's energy crisis for steadfastly seeking a plan that would protect average California consumers.", "\"Davis does get some points for fighting off the rate increase for awhile,\" said Bruce Cain, political science professor at the University of California at Berkeley.", "Bob Mulholland, campaign adviser to the state Democratic Party, said the governor is the captain in a classic battle between Democratic populism and the big oil-and-energy interests who control wholesale electricity prices.", "\"The Texas boys have California right where they want us,\" he said.", "\"PG&E declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy while they're eating filet mignons.\"", "Others, however, say Davis has single-mindedly pursued unrealistic options that have caused delay and greater financial fallout." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20439_p4", "sents": [ "\"In my continued discussions with the financial community, it became clear to me that restoring investor confidence would require us to replace Andy as CFO,\" said chief executive Kenneth Lay in a statement.", "Enron shares have fallen sharply in recent days on concerns over financial transactions made with the two partnerships, LJM Cayman LP and LJM2 Co-Investment LP, which analysts said could affect future earnings and which have prompted class action suits against the company.", "McMahon, who had been serving as chairman and CEO of Enron's Industrial Markets group, had quit his job as treasurer last year, after voicing concerns within the company about Fastow's role in running the two partnerships, according to the Wall Street Journal.", "This morning, Salomon Smith Barney analyst Raymond Niles downgraded Enron to \"buy- speculative,\" from \"buy-high risk\", to reflect his concerns that \"lingering uncertainty over financial practices may begin to impair Enron's commercial operations.\"", "\"This is the least likely outcome, in our view, but one whose likelihood has increased over the last week as questions continue to be asked,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e407_p26", "sents": [ "Despite Enron's price declines yesterday and today, Salomon Smith Barney energy and commodities pricing analyst Raymond Niles said the falls were not justified by company fundamentals or recent concerns over its bandwidth unit.", "\"Specifically, we are not at all concerned about non-commercial bank office deployments of personnel with the bandwidth group.\"", "\"We remain confident that bandwidth trading, the key segment within Enron's bandwidth strategy, will show strong growth in the first quarter.\"", "law gc For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Enron `comfortable' with earnings estimates, but shares slide 03 22 2001 Associated Press Newswires Copyright 2001. Associated Press.", "All Rights Reserved.", "HOUSTON (AP) - Enron Corp. assured investors Thursday it \"remains very comfortable\" with a previously announced 2001 earnings estimate of between $1.70 and $1.75 per share.", "According to First Call Thomson Financial, the consensus estimate of 2001 earnings among industry analysts $1.74 per share." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3140_p33", "sents": [ "\"If businesses leave the state, they'll be without jobs, and a $30 savings on their power bills won't mean much,\" Roberts said.", "The hearing at the County Administration Building was attended by about 30 people.", "An additional hearing is scheduled at 7 p.m. today in the Community Rooms at the Oceanside Civic Center, 330 N. Coast Highway.", "Larger crowds are expected for hearings on residential rate increases.", "Date s for those hearings have not been set.", "State sends $533.2 million to company, part of April bill By Ed Mendel UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 22, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- One of the biggest single checks ever issued by the state of California, $533.2 million, went to an Atlanta-based firm Friday for power purchased for California utility customers during a single month, April.", "Mirant, formerly Southern Energy, says more than half of the power came fro m three plants in the San Francisco Bay Area that it purchased from Pacific G as and Electric for $801 million under a failed deregulation plan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p21", "sents": [ "It's time for someone -- the governor, preferably, but someone -- to lay ou t for Californians exactly what's happening, the downside financial and power supply risks, and what's being done to deal with the looming disaster facin g this state.", "It's time for politicians to treat us as adults who can face reality, not as children to be fed sugar-coated sound bites and slogans.", "The Bee's Dan Walters can be reached at (916) 321-1195 or dwalters@sacbee.c om Bond-rating agency delivers reprimand, downgrade By Ed Mendel UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 25, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- An influential Wall Street firm yesterday gave Gov.", "Gray Davi s and the Legislature poor marks for handling the electricity crisis, downgrading state bonds because of the drain on the state treasury and warning of long-term damage to the state economy.", "The bad news from Standard & Poor's came as state Treasurer Phil Angelides urged the Legislature to pass a bill this week needed to begin repaying the state general fund with a bond of $10 billion or more." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3686_p102", "sents": [ "James Hoecker, who served as FERC's chairman during the transition to deregulation, now disagrees with the way in which deregulation was pushed through in California.", "He says more attention should have been given to critical analysis.", "\"I would have liked for the commission to be more prepared for California,\" he said.", "FERC has approved deregulation plans in New England, New York and the mid-Atlantic states.", "But FERC officials point out they only oversee wholesa le energy prices, while state officials are responsible for the local utilitie s and other retailers selling power to customers.", "Over the past few months, FERC has ordered a dozen companies to justify the ir high prices or pay $124.5 million to California utilities for January and February.", "Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., also settled for $8 million after being accused of shutting down power plants last spring to spike prices.", "New market overwhelms United States agency Posted at 10:18 p.m. PDT Sunday, June 3, 2001 Part 1: United States agency's actions invited power disaster BY ERIC NALDER AND MARK GLADSTONE Mercury News Last August, more than two dozen employees at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission were summoned to a conference room and told to find the cause of a dramatic run-up in electricity prices plaguing California and threatening other states." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "New England", "sents": [ "New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.", "It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively.", "The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south.", "Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city.", "The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Democratic National Committee", "sents": [ "The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the formal governing body for the United States Democratic Party.", "The committee coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office.", "It organizes the Democratic National Convention held every four years to nominate and confirm a candidate for president, and to formulate the party platform.", "While it provides support for party candidates, it does not have direct authority over elected officials." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e646_p8", "sents": [ "The activity is especially feverish at the party committees, which are the conduits for the \"soft money\" -- the huge, unregulated sums from unions, corporations and wealthy individuals -- that would be banned under the Senate bill.", "\"There clearly is an atmosphere of 'raise it while you can,' said a Republican lobbyist who asked not to be named.", "\"It's in the front of the mind for everybody involved in raising this stuff.\"", "Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he has begun emphasizing smaller hard-money donations, which would remain legal and are a traditional strength of Republicans.", "\"I'm retooling and reshaping how our party thinks about fundraising,\" McAuliffe said from Alameda County, Calif., where he was speaking at a $10-a-person Democratic dinner.", "Such events are the exception.", "In the same ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel last month, House Republicans raised $7 million in one evening and House Democrats raised $5 million -- nearly double what each had raised at similar dinners two years before." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4073_p5", "sents": [ "Albright Venture Partners and VenGrowth Capital.", "VenGrowth Capital director Graham Matthews will sit on the company's board of directors.", "The company said it will use the funding to further develop, deploy, and expand its services, and for marketing.", "Q9 Networks serves businesses that use the Internet including application service providers.", "http: www.q9.com New Money o Lending Industry Tech Firm, Appro, Has $22 Million Round One BATON ROUGE, La.", "-- Appro Systems, a provider of automated credit risk management and financial technologies for the lending industry, said it secured $22 million in a first round of funding led by GE Equity, with FBR Financial Services Partners, Shawmut Partners, and Stonehenge contributing.", "Lorraine Hliboki of GE Equity and Daniel K. Doyle, managing director at Shawmut, were added to the company's board of directors, which now stands at five.", "The funds will be used for product development and strategic acquisitions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Appro", "sents": [ "Appro was a developer of supercomputing supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) markets focused on medium to large-scale deployments.", "Appro was based in Milpitas, CA with a computing center in Houston, Texas, and a manufacturing and support subsidiary in Korea and Japan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5091_p26", "sents": [ "Beyondmedia.com creates printed products and develops Web sites for its clients and is also a Web-based business incubator.", "The company is backed by individual investors.", "http: www.beyondmedia.com VC Fund News o Hudson Venture Partners Raising New $130 Million Fund NEW YORK -- Hudson Venture Partners (HVP), an early stage and seed investor in high-tech companies, is raising a new $130 million fund.", "Jay Goldberg, a managing member at HVP, disclosed the new fund at the Silicon Alley Venture Capital Summit last week in New York.", "Other details of the fund were not released.", "Typical HVP investments have ranged from $2 million to $5 million.", "HVP's portfolio, which consists of primarily New York-based companies, includes webMethods, netLibrary, CertifiedMail.com, and iClick.", "http: www.hudsonptr.com RiverVest Venture Partners Targets $60 Million In First Fund ST. LOUIS -- RiverVest Venture Partners I said it has raised $28.5 million for its new fund, which will focus on early-stage life-sciences investments." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p1", "sents": [ "Newspaper Software Firm Raises $3 Million First Round o Waste Management ASP Envectra Has $4.9 Million Seed Round o B2B Wireless ASP Terion Announces $50 Million Funding o Open-Source Firm Wasabi Systems Closes $500,000 Round One o Science Communications Secures Pre-Series A Funding o Airslide Systems Closes $35 Million Second Round of Funding o B2B Service Firm SupplySolutions Has $20 Million Round Two o Behavioral Technology Firm Gets $11.2 Million in Series B o Communications Firm Brainshark Has $14 Million Second Round o Evant Solutions Raises $12 Million in Second Round o French Mobile Location Service Provider Raises $15.1 Million o Image Sensor Tech Firm Y Media Gets $7.5 Million Series B o Net Advertising Tech Firm iWeb Closes $8.6 Million Series B o SpinCircuit and Avet Form Partnership, Avnet Takes Stake o TimesTen Performance Software Closes $21.5 Million Mezzanine o Advent Leads $4 Million Round for Shipping Site NETlogistiK o ArrayComm Raises $34 Million in Series F Funding Round o B2B Software Firm Sienna Secures $4 Million in Second Round o Deutsche Bank Takes Stake in Securities Software Firm Lewtan o Mobile Platform Firm Synchrologic Gets $22 Million D Round o ASP Reasoning Gets $15 Million Series D New Products: o Online College Student Advisor PureAdvice.com Launches o Universal Wireless Infrastructure Firm Sentica Launches o Christianity.com Launches, Ex-Pepperdine President Named CEO o Incubator Brainspark Launches Digital Design Firm EC1 Media New Deals: o Failure of Investment Talks Leads to Clickmango.com Closure o Scour Lays Off 52 Following Dissolution of Investment Talks o Ad Firms OneMediaPlace and iMediaPoint Enter Alliance o E-Security Firm iDefense in $10 Million Venture with Itochu o Silicon Peak Takes Stake in Information Firm for Physicians M&A: o Intersil Buys Wireless Component Firm SiCOM for $196 Million o ICG Increases Stake in PaperExchange.com from 20% to 83% o Network Appliance to Acquire WebManage for $75 Million o Heyde Group Acquires European VC Firm Value Partner New Directors: o Acta Technology Adds Network Appliance CFO to Board o DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board o incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board o Irish XML App Firm Vordel Adds Corporate Financier to Board o RedEnvelope Names Prophet Brand CEO to Its Board New People: o Net Video Firm Vividon Makes Ex-Vignette VP President, CEO o Former Motorola Executive is New CEO for Foxcom Wireless o MEI Software Systems Promotes VP to President and Acting CEO VC Fund News: o Brazil's Banco Pactual Launches BRR $75 Million Tech Fund o KPN and VNU Launch $30 Million Fund For European Tech Firms o Draper Laboratory Launches $15 Million Venture Subsidiary VC Personnel: o High Tech Venture Firm YankeeTek Ventures Gets New Partner o NIF Ventures Promotes Partner to Run Silicon Valley Office VW Corrections: o Rtime Advertisement Healthcare Outlook: Where Medicine Meets the Internet Will e-health complement traditional healthcare systems or create new markets?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lowell Bergman", "sents": [ "Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945) is the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Reporting at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and director of the Investigative Reporting Program, where he has taught a seminar dedicated to investigative reporting for over 20 years.", "He is also a producer/correspondent for the PBS documentary series \"Frontline\".", "Bergman’s career spans nearly five decades, most notably as a producer, a reporter and then the director of investigative reporting at ABC News and as CBS News producer for \"60 Minutes\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3753_p13", "sents": [ "The piece is reported by Lowell Bergman, who in working for both \"Frontline and the New York Times has already broken major print stories about Duke Power's secret approach to Davis offering unspecified energy refunds in return for an end to state investigations and lawsuits.", "Bergman also report ed private conversations between Enron chairman Kenneth Lay, a major Bush supporter, and FERC chairman Curt Hebert regarding the influence that Lay could exercise with Bush to allow Hebert to keep his chairmanship if Hebert 's supported certain decisions Enron badly wants.", "None of these recent events is likely to end Davis' political woes, and the y may not produce the wholesale rate caps Feinstein wants and that most economists think necessary -- or maybe any significant reduction in the industry's predatory pricing.", "But they will surely help turn up the heat, both in Houston and Washington.", "Six months ago FERC found wholesale prices were not \"fair and reasonable\" as federal law requires, but did little abou t them." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27468_p9", "sents": [ "Ray Poppino was named vice president of development, previously serving as vice president of engineering at eGain Communications.", "Webango is backed by Battery Ventures, Concord Venture Capital Fund, and Redwood Venture Partners.", "font <br <a href=\"http: www.webango.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.webango.com< font a td tr table <br <font face='arial,helvetica' color=\"#006699\" size=\"3\" <b MARKETING & SALES< b font <br <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwIPPIKLNLII\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" UIEvolution Names VPs of Strategic and Product Development< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwIPPIKLNLIIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IPPIKLNLII\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" BELLEVUE, WASH. -- In conjunction with the announcement of its $7.7 million Series A round of funding, UIEvolution, a provider of interactive multimedia applications and technology to wireless carriers said it named Reuven Carlyle as executive vice president of strategic development and John Cary as vice president of product development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Reuven Carlyle", "sents": [ "Reuven Carlyle is a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate representing the Washington's 36th legislative district since 2009.", "Carlyle is a technology entrepreneur and business development consultant in the wireless, software and clean energy sectors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3333_p43", "sents": [ "\"We will try and clear this misunderstanding.", "He (Godbole) has been appointed by the State Government.", "And the Government has no doubt about the committee's working.", "We want him to continue on the panel,\" Mr Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader, said.", "- Our Bureau Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIAN GOVT TO ACCEPT PROPOSALS TO SETTLE POWER DISPUTE 05 24 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, May 24 Asia Pulse - The federal government will accept recommendations of the renegotiating committee headed by the Madhav Godbole for the settlement of the dispute between Dabhol Power Company (DPC) and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).", "A government statement quoted Power Minister Suresh Prabhu as saying, \"The Government of India is ready to consider any worthwile idea emerging out of the renegotiating committee for the settlement of the dispute.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Chhagan Bhujbal", "sents": [ "Chhagan Bhujbal (born 14 August 1947) is a politician from the state of Maharashtra, India.", "Bhujbal was Minister of Public Works & Special Assistance Department, (Excluding Public Undertaking) Maharashtra State and Guardian Minister, Nashik District; Member of Legislative Assembly, Yeola Assembly ; Constituency.", ".", ";." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p1", "sents": [ "to vote on electric power to the people Measures would start public utility districts Mercury News, Tues, 7 31: Davis' advisers probed by SEC OC Register, Tues, 7 31: Ethics issue in stock buy?", "OC Register, Tues, 7 31: Aide denies stock deal was improper OC Register, Tues, 7 31: Power firms amp up lobbying OC Register, Tues, 7 31: Gouger Gray Davis (Commentary) Energy Insight, Tues, 7 31: Turning coal into a tradable commodity WSJ, Tues, 7 31: Debt Pitch: California's Next Test In Electricity Crisis: Selling Power Bonds LA Times, Tues, 7 31: California Op Ed Desk Commentary The State Will Pay for Davis' Panic WSJ, Tues, 7 31: Electrical Switch: Now, Cheaper Power Is Causing Hefty Losses for California - Davis spokesman under fire for stock By Amy Chance and Dale Kasler Bee Staff Writers (Published July 31, 2001) Davis administration spokesman Steve Maviglio acknowledged Monday that he bought stock in Calpine Corp. in June, at a time when the company was announcing a breakthrough in its bid to build a controversial San Jose powe r plant." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p5", "sents": [ "A1;, 1497 words, Ratepayers lose clout PG&E filing cuts consumers' ability to exert pressure on a rescue plan., Carrie Peyton and Stuart Leavenworth Bee Staff Writers Sacramento Bee, April 8, 2001, Sunday, Pg.", "A16;, 800 words, Chapter 11 filing just the first of many steps, Stuart Leavenworth and Carrie Peyton Bee Staff Writers Sacramento Bee, April 8, 2001, Sunday, Pg.", "L4;, 563 words, Lessons from history Electricity still needs a public role San Jose Mercury News, April 8, 2001, Sunday, DOMESTIC NEWS, K3554, 1393 words, In wake of PG&E bankruptcy, California governor, state officials scramble for solution, By Steve Johnson San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 8, 2001, SUNDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A14, 683 words, Deregulation Debacle, Chuck Squatriglia San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 8, 2001, SUNDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A1, 1709 words, POWER PLAY; PG&E timed bankruptcy to blame Davis, insiders say, David Lazarus San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 8, 2001, SUNDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p20", "sents": [ "Former SNK president Hizakasu Yamaguchi will serve as president of the Asian distributor.", "Varimetrix is backed by SNK and Samsung.", "http: www.vx.com http: www.encee.com New Directors o Web App Software Firm Notara Adds Two to Board NEW YORK -- Notara, a Web application software company, said it has appointed Neil Austrian, the chairman of iWon.com and former president and chief operating officer of NFL, to its board of directors.", "Mark Dowley, the president of the marketing communications group of McCann-Erikson WorldGroup and chairman and chief operating officer of Momentum Worldwide has also taken a seat on the board, Notara said.", "Notara is backed by Hummer Winbald Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nassau Capital, Sumitomo Corp, and the UK-based Prot,g, Group.", "http: www.notara.com Advent Partner Joins Board of Imaging Firm LightLab WESTFORD, Mass.", "-- LightLab Imaging, a developer of optical coherence tomography systems for imaging applications, said it appointed William C. Mills III to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p24", "sents": [ "Mr. Bellosguardo said Music is providing $300,000 in financing toward expenses related to the sale of the assets.", "http: www.music.com Software Firm Notara Cuts 9% of Staff NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Notara, a developer of Web-application sof tware, said it laid off approximately ten employees, roughly 9% of its staff, in order to reduce its burn rate.", "\"They were all positions within the company that could be eliminated,\" said a company spokesperson.", "\"We didn't lose any functionality.\"", "The spokesperson said rumors that the company's Stratford, Conn. office has closed were not true, but the company is considering consolidating the Connecticut office and its employees into the New York office.", "She said most of the cuts affected the company's New York office.", "Notara has received funding from Hummer Winbald Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nassau Capital, Sumitomo, and the U.K.-based Protege Group.", "http: www.notara.com Mobile App Firm Wapit Files for Bankruptcy HELSINKI, Finland (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wapit, which provides mobile oper ators and media companies with mobile technology, middleware, and applications, announced it was unable to secure a second round of funding, and is filing for bankruptcy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20194_p19", "sents": [ "Though the company doesn't believe it needs to always own power plants in areas where it markets power, like the West Coast, owning assets in those areas can still be helpful, said E. Linn Draper, AEP's president and chief executive.", "\"We would be open to the idea of trading something here for something somewhere else,\" Draper said.", "\"Nothing is sacred in terms of the portfolio.", "Anything is fair game.\"", "The company does plan in the near term to hold on to its large Cook nuclear plant, a 2,110-megawatt generator in Michigan that regained full operations at the beginning of 2001 after a three-year outage, Draper said.", "But because there has been so much consolidation in the nuclear power industry, the company is open to considering some method of outside management that might allow it to share resources with other nuclear utilities.", "-By Jon Kamp, Dow Jones Newswires; 312-750-4129; jon.kamp@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e6406_p48", "sents": [ "According to the EWEA, the top suppliers are Vestas and Gamesa, Micon, Germany's Enercon and Nordex AG (G.NDX), the U.S.'s Enron Wind and Denmark-based Bonus A S. Company Web Site: http: www.vestas.dk -By Frances Schwartzkopff; Dow Jones Newswires; +45 3311 1524; frances.schwartzkopff@dowjones.com 12 07 01 11-31G Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "FERC Raises Uncertainty for Midwest Power Grid Operators By Jon Kamp 07 11 2001 Dow Jones Business News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Dow Jones Newswires CHICAGO -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's apparent plans for the future of the country's power grid throw into question a recent settlement regarding control of the grid in the Midwest.", "Although the commission didn't order any changes in the Midwest, its indication Wednesday that it wants a single independent operator to run the grid in each of four regions appears to contradict arrangements in the country's midsection, where two grid operators plan to share control." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11233_p27", "sents": [ "for granted, hundreds of years ago people did not have any of these things, which is just as well because there was no place to plug them in.", "Then along came the first Electrical Pioneer, Benjamin Franklin, who flew a kite in a lightning storm and received a serious electrical shock.", "This proved that lightning was powered by the same force as carpets, but it also damaged Franklin's brain so severely that he started speaking only in incomprehensible maxims, such as, \"A penny saved is a penny earned.\"", "Eventually he had to be given a job running the post office.", "After Franklin came a herd of Electrical Pioneers whose names have become part of our electrical terminology: Myron Volt, Mary Louise Amp,?", "James Wat t, Bob Transformer, etc.", "These pioneers conducted many important electrical experiments - Among them, Galvani discovered (this is the truth) that when he attached two different kinds of metal to the leg of a frog, an electrical current developed and the frog's leg kicked, even though it was no longer attached to the frog, which was dead anyway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Benjamin Franklin", "sents": [ "Benjamin Franklin FRS, FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S.", "January 6, 1705] April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.", "Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.", "As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.", "As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions.", "He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1816_p45", "sents": [ "RTO West will serve as \"an anchor\" for the ultimate formation of such a West-wide RTO.", "FERC Chairman Curt Hebert praised the action as a significant development in the commission's RTO implementation effort.", "RTO West should provide an important part of a solution to the electricity supply problems plaguing the region, he said.", "-By Bryan Lee, Dow Jones Newswires, 202-862-6647, bryan.lee@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: El Paso nipping at Enron's bandwidth heels.", "By C. Bryson Hull 04 25 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 25 (Reuters) - El Paso Corp. on Wednesday emerged as one of the most active bandwidth trading players after announcing new trading numbers and the acquisition of a new network connection facility.", "El Paso Global Networks, the Houston-based company's telecom unit, completed 395 bandwidth trades in the first quarter of 2001, more than double the 160 it consummated in the previous quarter, unit President Greg Jenkins told analysts Wednesday during a conference call." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1575_p0", "sents": [ "'Executive Summary FERC Considers Price Caps in the West Davis SoCal Ed MOU subject to legislative revisions (we still stand by our early reports that the SoCal Davis transmission deal will most likely fail and that SoCal will follow PG&E into bankruptcy court) FERC mitigates price spikes in the West FERC Chairman Hebert has placed a RTO West proposal onto the agenda for this week's meeting.", "The proposal would \"mitigate\" price surges by requiring generating companies to sell power into California and other western states during Stage 3 emergencies (when there is less than 1% surplus electricity in the grid) and cap the price generators could charge during these highest states of emergency.", "1) The FERC proposal would not set price caps for any other time than Stage 3 emergencies 2) It would expire after a year 3) It would set the top reference rate at \"cost plus\" based on the cost to produce electricity by the most inefficient producer FERC is also looking at initiatives that would encourage the agriculture industry to possibly sell their power and natural gas contracts instead of using them to produce their products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27216_p4", "sents": [ "The only committee now representing PG&E's thousands of creditors is dominated by energy traders with no incentive to stand up for communities PG&E serves, according to a motion being filed today by San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne.", "She hopes to win approval for a committee of government creditors to draw up an alternative restructuring of PG&E.", "Joining San Francisco in the request to bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali are Alameda, Sonoma, San Luis Obispo and Siskiyou counties, along with the cities of Berkeley and San Jose.", "Renne's office claims PG&E has negotiated a reorganization plan that favors energy companies whose soaring wholesale electricity rates drove the utility into Bankruptcy Court.", "Under the plan unveiled Sept. 20, PG&E would drop legal challenges against the prices charged by generators, who would receive full payment of about $9 billion.", "In return, the cities and counties say, the energy companies will not challenge the past transfer of $4.6 billion from the regulated utility to its holding company, PG&E Corp., nor try to block the unregulated parent company from taking ownership of the utility's power plants, transmission lines and natural gas pipelines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e880_p37", "sents": [ "PG&E has been negotiating with state officials for months trying to find a solution to the crisis, but chairman Glynn said Friday it has given up hope of success.", "\"The bankruptcy code provides a mechanism that can get people, hopefully, to coalesce around a plan,\" Bussel said.", "\"It also has mechanisms to try to keep different constituencies in line, to the extent that their demands are undermining the ability of the company to successfully reorganize.\"", "The different constituencies in this case include the utility, its creditors, state regulators, state legislators, federal regulators, ratepayers and taxpayers.", "All will be represented in negotiations, under the oversight of United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali.", "\"There is going to be a huge jurisdictional battle between PG&E, the feds, the state, and the PUC,\" Bussel said.", "\"(The judge) will certainly be making his reputation on this case.", "We'll see how he handles it.\"", "Asked if he thought the bankruptcy judge would order PG&E to raise its rates more than permitted by the PUC, PG&E chairman Glynn said Friday \"the bankruptcy court and the PUC will probably have some very interesting conversations on that subject.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p57", "sents": [ "Representative George P. Radanovich, Republican of California, defended the Bush administration and federal energy regulators as he took aim at Governor Davis.", "\"It's not the lack of federal involvement that's caused this problem,\" Mr. Radanovich said.", "\"It was really the mismanagement of this issue for the past year by the governor and the State Legislature in California.", "That's what brings us here.\"", "For his part, Governor Davis released a letter in Washington in which he insisted that he was \"doing everything I can in my state to remedy the energy crisis,\" noting that no major power plants had been built in California in the 12 years before he took office, when the state's governors were Republicans.", "The letter to the subcommittee asked that the bill under debate today include an amendment that would cap the price of wholesale electricity to prevent price-gouging that could drive utility companies to bankruptcy.", "\"The current structure is allowing energy suppliers to charge excessive, unwarranted rates for wholesale energy,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p102", "sents": [ "BYLINE: RICHARD SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: So what if President Bush has opposed electricity price controls sought by California officials?", "Or that he has proposed cutting aid to states for incarcerating illegal immigrants convicted of crimes?", "Or that he has visited 26 states in his first 100 days in office--but not the most populous?", "Bush really does care about California, the White House insists, even if the state preferred Al Gore on election day.", "Administration officials said they have done a lot and plan to do more to lessen the electricity turmoil expected this summer.", "\"I don't think he's treated California any differently than any other state,\" said Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-Mariposa).", "Some Californians feel otherwise.", "\"The Bush administration's treatment of California started at indifference, moved to neglect and has now reached actual harm,\" complained Phil Schiliro, chief of staff for Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5133_p10", "sents": [ "Previous investors TL Ventures, El Dorado, and TriActive board chairman Bob Chiste, president and CEO of Houston-based fuel and lubricant company FuelOne, also participated in the round.", "The company will use the funding to step up its marketing and sales activity and to launch development products.", "TriActive provides IT infrastructure management, including PC management, server management, network and Web site monitoring to mid-sized IT organizations.", "The company has raised $24 million to date.", "Steven P. Williams, general partner of Sierra Ventures, will take the sixth seat on TriActive's board of directors.", "http: www.triactive.com Medical Imaging Company Stentor Raises $20 Million Round Two SAN FRANCISCO -- Stentor, a company which delivers diagnostic images over existing hospital networks, said it raised $20 million in its second round of financing led by new investor Gilo.", "New investor EMC and previous investors Caduceus and Sanderling Biomedical Venture Capital also participated.", "The company said it will use the funding for North American expansion of its medical imaging management distribution system iSite, as well as for product engineering, research and development, expansion of its customer service infrastructure, and sales and marketing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3344_p9", "sents": [ "Mr. Aceves was most recently chief operating officer at Levient, a provider of mobile enterprise systems access software.", "FusionOne 's investors include El Dorado, Flatiron Partners, J.P. Morgan Partners, Nokia, and 3Com, and Oppenheimer Funds.", "http: www.fusionone.com OneNest Adds ThunderBay Founder Darion Lemons as VP mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- OneNest, a business-to-business marketplace for hand-crafted and artisan merchandise, said it named Darion Lemons as vice president of international operations and business development, responsible for major partner alliances worldwide.", "Mr. Lemons formerly formed his own consulting company named ThunderBay, which specialized in international tra de development.", "OneNest is backed by Axxon Capital and Omnia Holdings.", "http: www.onenest.com FINANCE Metrika Appoints Larry Tannenbaum as CFO, Sr. VP mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Metrika, a developer of diabetes monitoring devices, said it appointed Larry Tannenbaum as chief financial officer and senior vice president, responsible for the company's financial strategy, capital planning, and shareholder value." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p128", "sents": [ "Republicans said they expect the president to propose conservation measures as well as proposals to spur new energy development such as opening additional public lands for oil and gas drilling and easing regulatory barriers to building power plants, electric transmission lines, and promote nuclear power.", "Contra Costa acts on energy Hiring freeze, lawsuits planned by supervisors Jason B. Johnson, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 05 16 M NW30608.DTL&type=3Dnews Contra Costa County supervisors attacked the state's energy problem on two fronts yesterday, voting to freeze hiring of new county employees and to pursue joining state lawsuits against power generators and regulators.", "The Board of Supervisors passed both measures by unanimous vote.", "The county -- which expects to see a $2 million increase in energy costs ne xt year -- has about 8,000 employees.", "The freeze would leave about 1,000 open jobs unfilled to save money to fund county programs and services next year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e2868_p132", "sents": [ "e-mail Jason B. Johnson at jbjohnson@sfchronicle.com.", ",2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 22 Memo suggests Texas firm manipulated gas market Bernadette Tansey, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 05 16 M N5921.DTL&type=3Dnews A memo closely guarded by a Texas energy firm suggests the company manipulated California's natural gas market to drive up prices, a federal administrative law judge said yesterday.", "Curtis Wagner Jr., who is presiding over a federal investigation of California's allegations against El Paso Corp., said statements in the Feb. 14, 2000, memo could be read to support accusations that the company improperly restricted space on its Southern California pipeline to boost the price of natural gas.", "Wagner, chief administrative law judge for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, made the comment in Washington, D.C., as he considered argument s by the California Public Utilities Commission for public disclosure of the memo." ], "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": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p5", "sents": [ "http: www.neocarta.com New Money o Broadband Firm Net to Net Secures $15 Million in Round One PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Net to Net Technologies, a provider of simplified IP broadband data and voice communication technology, said it received $15 million in its first round of financing.", "Summit Partners was the sole investor for the round.", "The company will use the funding to promote its IP DSL product line and for continued expansion.", "http: www.nettonettech.com Property Management Firm Realeum Has $15 Million Series A ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- AvalonBay Communities, United Domnion Realty Trust, and Post Properties, all publicly traded real estate firms, said they launched Realeum, an online property management service that raised $15 million in Series A funding.", "Realeum's investors include Carlyle Venture Partners, Cohen & Steers, through its Internet Realty Partners, Stichting Pensioenfonds, through its affiliate ABP-US Investments, and Venrock Associates.", "The company said it will use the funding for software engineering, platform deployment, development of customer care services, and new product development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27309_p2", "sents": [ "-- SANgate Systems, which develops a platform for networking storage and data management, said its recently appointed chairman and CEO, Doron Kempel, resigned from the company last Tuesday evening after his former employer, data storage firm EMC, successfully argued in the Suffolk County Superior Court of Massachusetts that Mr. Kempel&#39;s 12 month non-compete agreement included his position at SANgate Systems.", "<br <br Mr. Kempel, 38, joined the firm in September from Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC, where he was vice president and general manager of the media solutions group.", "SANgate will not appeal the decision, according to a company spokesperson.", "Mr. Kempel is not eligible to return to the company until August 2002. He was introduced to SANgate through board member Erel Margalit, a managing partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners.", "<br <br SANgate is still debating how to respond to this development.", "For now, Paul Feresten, vice president of marketing and development, is overseeing day-to-day operations, and the board, which is handling all other responsibilities, is meeting to decide how SANgate&#39;s future management team will be composed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Jerusalem Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is an international venture capital firm founded in 1993.", "The fund specializes in investments in startup companies, focusing on Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, Storage and Cyber Security, having raised close to a billion US Dollars across nine funds.", "JVP is headquartered in the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem with offices in Be'er Sheva, New York City and Paris." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3558_p19", "sents": [ "His job, they say, has been as adviser and point man.", "\"His role has been largely providing support to the Cheney task force and to make certain some new ideas get implemented,\" said Robert Walker, chairman and chief executive officer of the Wexler Group in Washington.", "The company lobbies for BP (formerly British Petroleum) and other energy industry clients.", "Despite his lack of background on energy issues, friends and adversaries say Abraham has stepped up to the job with his sharp intelligence and hard work.", "The same traits served him well in the Senate, they say, where he never missed a roll call vote in six years and passed more bills than any other senator in his freshman class.", "\"I think he has one of the best political and strategic minds that I've seen,\" said Red Cavaney, president of the American Petroleum Institute, who has known Abraham since his days as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Red Cavaney", "sents": [ "Red Cavaney is an American businessman and lobbyist.", "He is a former CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, of Ericson Yachts, and he served in the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jack Cafferty", "sents": [ "Jack Cafferty (born December 14, 1942) is a former CNN commentator and occasional host of specials.", "In the summer of 2005, Cafferty joined \"The Situation Room\".", "He left CNN after November 15, 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e850_p5", "sents": [ "\"We project Dynegy's long-term earnings growth rate at 22 percent,\" he added.", "The analyst attributed Dynegy's \"retreat from the $57 level to the California power crisis, which has been a major stumbling block for the stock and should hinder near-term performance.", "It casts doubt on the very dynamic that Dynegy is a play on, and usurps management time and talent.", "\"Although fundamentally we see it as more of a nuisance - a few credit collection issues (with) little to no earnings risk, and a delay, not a derailment of the deregulation process - the resolution of the Golden State debacle is to us the key catalyst for an upgrade.\"", "Dynegy shares were off 94 cents at $49.98 in early New York Stock Exchange trading.", "Business NYMEX Analysis Jack Cafferty 04 06 2001 CNNfn: Before Hours (c) Copyright Federal Document Clearing House.", "All Rights Reserved.", "JACK CAFFERTY, CNNfn ANCHOR, BEFORE HOURS: On March 20, Vincent Viola was voted in as the new chairman of the New Mercantile Exchange." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26636_p40", "sents": [ "But o ther Enron executives not named to the office also may be on the CEO short list, Lay said.", "It could take as long as two or three years to groom a successor, which wou ld also give Wall Street time to become comfortable with the person.", "Names bandied about on Wall Street as possible successors included Mark Fre vert, CEO of Enron Wholesale Services; Lawrence \"Greg\" Whalley, chief opera ting officer of Enron Wholesale Services; and Dave Delainey, CEO of Enron E nergy Services.", "Enron is also working to resolve the disputes surrounding its Dabhol power project in India.", "Enron holds a 65 percent stake in the project, which it's seeking to sell.", "But Enron says any deal must allow it to recover its approximately $1 billi on in costs, which include $875 million of equity investment and unpaid bil ls for power the plant has supplied.", "Lay also expects to announce some large asset sales in the next 12 to 18 mo nths." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e20195_p0", "sents": [ "\"FYI.", "Probably too early for you guys.", "Jim --Original Message -- From: Dodgen, Kathy Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:01 AM To: Delainey, David; Dietrich, Janet; Sharp, Vicki; Smith, Mike; Wu, Andrew; rwillia2@enron.com; Blachman, Jeremy; Frazier, Lamar; Holmes, Sean; Steffes, James D. Cc: O'Neal, Patricia; Rivas, Mariaelena; Cooley, Jan; Dick, Sharon; Smith, Paulett; Noske, Linda J.; Chapman, Kay Subject: California Meeting A California meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 11 at 9 a.m. For those who need to dial in, the no.", "is as follows: 1-800-991-9019; passcode: 7827970 EB872 is reserved for this meeting.", "Jim Steffes - if there is anyone else who you feel needs to be in this meeting, please feel free to invite.", "Attendees: Dave Delainey Janet Dietrich Vicki Sharp Mike Smith Andy Wu Bob Williams Jeremy Blachman Lamar Frazier Sean Holmes Jim Steffes\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e708_p13", "sents": [ "If the British-based major pulls it off it would edge out top contender TotalFinaElf in the stampede to cash in on Saudi Arabia's biggest energy opening since nationalisation in 1975, the sources said.", "Last-minute brinkmanship has apparently delayed the signing of memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest holder of oil reserves and fifth largest of gas reserves.", "\"Total does not seem to be in.", "The name has not come up lately.", "It looks like BP,\" an industry source told Reuters.", "ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell also appear to have secured deals with Riyadh to become consortium leaders of two other gas ventures, the industry sources said.", "Top executives of the oil companies are expected to receive invitations to sign the MOUs in about two weeks.", "That would mark the biggest step forward since Saudi Arabia unveiled its energy sector investment opening to oil majors two years ago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "ExxonMobil", "sents": [ "Exxon Mobil Corporation is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas.", "It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, and was formed on November 30, 1999 by the merger of Exxon (formerly Standard Oil Company of New Jersey) and Mobil (formerly the Standard Oil Company of New York)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Colin Powell", "sents": [ "Colin Luther Powell ( ; born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.", "Powell was born in Harlem as the son of Jamaican immigrants.", "During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Persian Gulf War.", "Powell was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.", "He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2569_p32", "sents": [ "\"Even if they recuse themselves, their underlings will know which company they better award a contract to.\"", "Roche, a 23-year Navy veteran, was a Democratic aide for the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1983 to 1984, and was a senior staffer for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1979 to 1981. White, who served in the Army for 23 years, has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Enron Operations Corp. and as chairman and chief executive of Enron Power Company since joining Enron in 1990. He was executive assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell when Powell headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the first Bush administration.", "England, the Navy nominee, has worked for General Dynamics since 1980, except for four years when he served as president of Lockheed Fort Worth, as a program manager for Amecom (Litton Industries) and as chief executive of GRE Consultants.", "Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, a Pentagon spokesman, said recusal might be the best option in some cases." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mary Bono", "sents": [ "Mary Bono (née Whitaker and formerly Mary Bono Mack, born October 24, 1961) is a former U.S. Representative for California 's 45 congressional district , and previously the 44th, serving from 1998 to 2013.", "She was first elected to Congress to replace her late husband, Sonny Bono, who had died months before.", "She is a member of the Republican Party.", "Bono's district was based in Palm Springs and included most of central and eastern Riverside County.", "She sat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and was Chairwoman for the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2593_p102", "sents": [ "Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas.", "''This legislation will not stop blackouts, nor will it solve the supply-demand problem, but it will help.''", "But Democrats said the measure will do little to ease the power problems this summer in California, where supply shortages already have created sporadic blackouts and the problems are expected to become worse in the coming months.", "As the committee voted, California went through another power emergency, its electricity reserves falling to less than 5 percent.", "In a letter to Barton, California Gov.", "Gray Davis said the House bill ''will do little to address our current situation.''", "He urged the subcommittee to cap the price on wholesale electricity, which is expected to cost the state $70 billion this year, 10 times greater than two years ago.", "But the subcommittee rejected price controls by a 20-12 vote.", "The three California Republicans on the subcommittee Reps. Chris Cox, Mary Bono and George Radanovich joined their GOP colleagues in voting no." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Bryson", "sents": [ "John E. Bryson (born July 24, 1943) is the former United States Secretary of Commerce, the 37th person to hold the post since its establishment in 1913.", "Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison and as director of The Boeing Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1463_p0", "sents": [ "'Edison Won't Accept Changes To Calif Rescue Deal -Exec Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2001 05:40 PM?ET By Jason Leopold Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Edison International (EIX, news, msgs) unit Southern California Edison isn't willing to modify the rescue agreement it reached last week with the state in order to convince lawmakers to support the plan, a senior Edison International executive told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday.", "On Wednesday, Gov.", "Gray Davis, in a meeting with Senate Democrats, said he was willing to consider amendments to the proposal, which has been criticized by Republicans and Democrats as a utility bailout at consumers' expense.", "The Edison executive, however, warned against tinkering.", "\"This has been negotiated to the hilt,\" the executive said.", "\"The MOU, as negotiated is a balanced deal.", "The negotiated agreement we entered into with the governor is no different than the agreement in principle\" reached in late February.", "The terms of the deal, signed last week by Davis and Edison International Chief Executive John Bryson, call for the state to buy Southern California Edison's 12,000 miles of transmission lines for $2.76 billion and allow the utility to issue bonds backed by ratepayers so it can recoup $5.5 billion in unrecovered power costs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p78", "sents": [ "Even so, Republicans on Capitol Hill have fretted that Democrats--led by Davis and their new Senate majority--are winning the public relations and political battles.", "Last month, senior aides to House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and others voiced their concerns to lobbyists from conservative groups and majo r power firms.", "\"We basically said, 'Are you planning on doing anything to promote you r side?'", "said one senior House aide involved in the talks.", "While disavowing any connection, House Republicans said Friday they welcomed news of the impending ad campaign.", "\"It's been a tough communicatio ns battle,\" said Brian Kennedy, press secretary for Republican Rep. George P. Radanovich of Mariposa.", "\"Largely because Democrats have been going out saying, 'Give us price caps.'", "And to this point we've just said 'No.'", "Democrats, predictably, were outraged.", "Ignoring White House denials, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Atherton) rounded up more than two dozen colleagues w ho dispatched an angry letter to Vice President Dick Cheney." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p102", "sents": [ "BYLINE: RICHARD SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: So what if President Bush has opposed electricity price controls sought by California officials?", "Or that he has proposed cutting aid to states for incarcerating illegal immigrants convicted of crimes?", "Or that he has visited 26 states in his first 100 days in office--but not the most populous?", "Bush really does care about California, the White House insists, even if the state preferred Al Gore on election day.", "Administration officials said they have done a lot and plan to do more to lessen the electricity turmoil expected this summer.", "\"I don't think he's treated California any differently than any other state,\" said Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-Mariposa).", "Some Californians feel otherwise.", "\"The Bush administration's treatment of California started at indifference, moved to neglect and has now reached actual harm,\" complained Phil Schiliro, chief of staff for Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5, 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p74", "sents": [ "Changing shared revenue payments to provide additional compensation to loca l governments that favor plant construction on existing plant sites also has been introduced in Wisconsin.", "Wisconsin Gov.", "Scott McCallum also has proposed lowering the state's gross receipts tax on wholesale power to 1.59% from the current 3.19%.", "Many of the proposals floating around the Badger State are music to the ear s of Wisconsin Energy, which is looking to spend some $7 billion over the nex t decade to construct five new power plants.", "Not everyone likes the look of incentive legislation in Iowa, Wisconsin and other states.", "Many of the new laws are geared toward assisting incumbent utilities *effectively snubbing independent power producers, the IPPs say \"I would not call many of these incentive packages incentives for merchant power producers,\" said Samantha Slater, manager of state and regional affai rs for the Electric Power Supply Association.", "\"Utilities only building new plants definitely is not the way to go.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "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": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5785_p5", "sents": [ "The company reported losses that quarter of $7.48 million, or 27 cents a unit after the charge.", "By contrast, EOTT reported earnings for 2000's fourth quarter of $3.71 million, or 13 cents a unit.", "According to Joubert, EOTT had to buy butane from Amoco - now BP Amoco PLC (BP) - to replace the butane owed Petrogas.", "\"The real loss has to do with the replacement costs with the gas - a year after (Todoroff) got his money,\" Joubert said.", "Odom maintains that Todoroff was making a legal trade through Monarch Media, but simply didn't have the funds to cover the cost of replacing the butane when it came due.", "\"(Todoroff) did not have the financial resources, he just got caught short on the deal,\" Odom said.", "\"He did not tell (EOTT) they had to honor that deal.\"", "Although Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) uncovered rogue trading by one of its executives in 1999, fraud among the energy trading world is rare, said both Joubert and Taylor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e490_p6", "sents": [ "Along with Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has advanced legislation providing billions of dollars in tax credits for utilities, and indirectly benefiting contributors to GOP campaign committees he has headed.", "In the debate over global warming, coal interests have prevailed over environmental organizations and corporations that have been moving toward acceptance of the threat of carbon dioxide emissions.", "This small but growing group now includes BP Amoco PLC, Enron Corp., Entergy Corp. and American Electric Power, an Ohio-based coal-burning utility.", "Enron's chief executive, Kenneth Lay, one of Bush's most generous campaign supporters, has urged the president to create a trading system for carbon as a way of limiting emissions into the atmosphere.", "But Lay was not given advance notice of Bush's decision ruling out mandatory carbon controls, sources said.", "A spokesman said Lay was \"somewhat disappointed that we don't have a process in place to deal with what he thinks is going to be a significant issue.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jane Harman", "sents": [ "Jane Margaret Lakes Harman (born June 28, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for California 's 36 congressional district , serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party.", "Harman was the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security’s intelligence subcommittee.", "When Democrats held the House majority, she was in line to chair the House intelligence committee but was denied the post by then-Speaker Pelosi.", "Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.", "She succeeded former Congressman Lee Hamilton and is the first woman to lead it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3793_p10", "sents": [ "\"We never heard from them,\" said Rep. Henry Waxman of Los Angeles, who is carrying the Democratic House bill.", "He denied Gephardt was calling the Democratic shots on the negotiations and contended that a partisan deal on the bill was never close at hand.", "Rep. Jane Harman, D-Redondo Beach, blamed an \"ideological group\" within the White House and the House GOP caucus with opposing the imposition of \"temporary, short-term, cost-plus rates .?.?.", "that will end the gaming in t he system.\"", "Some California Republicans seemed uneasy by the impasse.", "\"It's going to be a long, hot, difficult summer,\" said Rep. Mary Bono, R-Pa lm Springs, referring to anticipated blackouts across the state as air conditioners crank up.", "The Democratic measure in the House would pressure the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to roll back soaring wholesale electricity rates, whi ch have forced California utilities to the brink or into bankruptcy.", "The state has been buying power for California's major utilities, spending some $8 billion since January." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3686_p124", "sents": [ "``Unfortunately, FERC h as taken deference to an extreme that I never considered.''", "The San Diego utility withdrew Hogan's report, and the commissioners signed off on the deregulation plan.", "``San Diego stopped talking,'' Hogan said.", "``I wasn't invited to speak.''", "After the San Diego utility dropped its opposition, Steve Peace, a loquacio us Democrat from San Diego, led legislators on 18 days of hearings to craft th e final details of California's plan.", "The Legislature passed the bill unanimously, and Wilson signed it Sept. 23, 1996, hailing it as ``a major step in our efforts to guarantee lower rates. ''", "To a degree that few seemed to grasp at the time, it was an unprecedented transfer of power from the state to the federal government.", "Prior to the bill's passage, state regulators had control over most of the power generat ed in California, setting prices and making sure enough electricity was available." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e213_p2", "sents": [ "\"This hesitancy in a crisis will cost California's economy tens of billions of dollars during the next 20 years.\"", "The state has spent more than $3 billion since January buying power in the spot market.", "Davis has asked lawmakers for another $500 million from the general fund to continue buying power.", "If the $500 million is granted, the state's commitment to power purchases will surpass $4 billion.", "State Sen. Steve Peace, D-El Cajon, however, said last week that the Senate Budget Committee will deny further requests for funding unless the PUC carves out a revenue stream for the state's Department of Water Resources, the agency that is now buying the bulk of the state's power on behalf of the cash-strapped utilities.", "The PUC was expected to release guidelines last week on rates the DWR can receive from utilities to pay back the general fund and to issue revenue bonds to pay for long-term contracts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4892_p18", "sents": [ "New investor GE Equity led the round, which included other new investors Itochu Finance Corp., Joh.Enshede, NPM Capital, and Perseus 2000. Previous investors Penny Lane Partners and Walden Capital Partners also funded the round.", "GE Equity vice president Stefan Abbruzzese and Perseus managing director Bill Ford will sit on the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding to develop new technology platforms, enhance its software, and for marketing.", "Iridian Technologies was formed with the merger of IriScan and Sensar.", "http: www.iridiantech.com Linux-based Firm TurboLinux Closes $30 Million Third Round SAN FRANCISCO -- TurboLinux, a provider of Linux-based software and services, said it raised $30 million in its third round of funding from Deutsche Banc Securities, H&Q Asia Pacific, CTC, Global Alliance, Intec, I.T.", "Electronics, Itochu, ITX, and OBIC Business Consultants.", "Toyo Information Systems, Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi, IBM, SGI, Softbank E-commerce, and previous investors August Capital, Dell, and Intel Capital also participated in the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] }, { "title": "e2881_p13", "sents": [ "Mr. Stonely was formerly president and CEO at DeLaRue Card Systems, which provides technology to bank card markets.", "Prior to that Mr. Stonely founded McCorquodale Security Cards.", "PrivaSys is funded by individuals.", "http: www.privasys.com Tonic Software adds PSW Technologies Execs to Team mail?", "top AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Tonic Software, a provider of Web applications management software, said it has named Bill Cason as vice president of engineering and Dennis Thompson as vice president of business development.", "Both previously worked at PSW Technologies and InStream TV.", "Tonic is backed by BA Venture Partners, CXO Media, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Dell, Imperial Bank, Intel 64 Fund, and Sevin Rosen Funds.", "http: www.tonic.com OPERATIONS Embrace Networks Names Scout Electronic Exec as COO mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Embrace Networks, a provider of a platform that provides connectivity, device management, and content transfe r for businesses, said it has made several appointments to its management tea m. Robin Porter was named COO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2326_p171", "sents": [ "The improved outlook is due in part to the fast-track approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of a 13 5 million-cubic-foot per day expansion to the Kern River pipeline into California.", "The expanded capacity will import relatively low-cost natural g as from the Rocky Mountain region for use in California's gas-fired power plants.", "This should help deflect some price pressure that built up last yea r at a pipeline choke point on the California-Arizona border.", "HOW HIGH COULD CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC BILL GO?", "SPREADSHEET But even this bright spot looks a bit cloudy, said Mike Farina, a power consultant with RDI Consulting in Boulder, Colo.", "Uncertainty remains over whether Kern River's extra gas capacity can make it through a second unrelated congestion point at Wheeler Ridge, Calif.", "There, the pipeline connects with a web of in-state distribution pipes.", "What's more, low hydro supplies will lead to even more reliance on gas-fired power plants for electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Kern River", "sents": [ "The Kern River is a river in the U.S. state of California, approximately 165 mi long.", "It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield.", "Fed by snowmelt near Mount Whitney, the river passes through scenic canyons in the mountains and is a popular destination for whitewater rafting and kayaking.", "It is the only major river in the Sierra Nevada mountain range that drains in a southerly direction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3786_p8", "sents": [ "The fund will invest in basic industries and focus on companies in the automotive, chemical, food, healthcare, media, plastics, and packaging industries.", "Palladium has invested in two companies so far through its new fund: Wise Snacks, a snack food company, and Physicians WebLink.", "Telephone 212-218-5153. New Money o Oracle ASP Appshop Closes Series A Round with $17 Million FREMONT, Calif. -- Appshop, an ASP of Oracle applications providing IT infrastructure for small and mid-size companies, said it raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures.", "El Dorado, Osprey, RSA Ventures and Stanford University also contributed to the round.", "Menlo Ventures managing partner Douglas Carlisle has joined the board of directors.", "The company said the funds will support the development of its ASP hosting facilities, marketing, and the roll-out of national sales and service.", "http: www.appshop.com Digital Music Provider FullAudio Gets $15 Million Round Two CHICAGO -- FullAudio, a digital music subscription service, said it raised $15 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e4432_p5", "sents": [ "The company will use the funding for expanding throughout the United States and into Europe and for further developing its content management products and services.", "http: www.managedstorage.com Two Partners Join RSA Ventures from Intel and Cambridge Tech BEDFORD, Mass.", "-- RSA Ventures said it has named two new partners: Dave Clark and Fergal J. Mullen.", "Mr. Clark, who will manage the company's investments in Silicon Valley and the Northwest, joins RSA Ventures from Intel Capital, where he was most recently director of wireless ventures.", "Mr. Mullen, who will manage investments in Europe, joins RSA Ventures from Cambridge Technology Partners, where he was senior vice president and a member of the firm's executive committee.", "RSA Ventures seeks to make initial investments of $2 million to $5 million alongside lead investors.", "http: www.rsasecurity.com Broadband Network Firm Grande Adds $25 Million to Round One AUSTIN, Texas -- Grande Communications, a provider of broadband networks that offers Internet, long-distance telephone and advanced cable services, said it raised $25 million additional first round funding from Reliant Energy Broadband, a subsidiary of Reliant Energy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4243_p3", "sents": [ "These new resources will add to the thousands of megawatts of non-fossil generation capacity that have been installed over the past 20 years.", "Distributed Solutions In addition to wider use of renewable generation, several panelists agreed that increased deployment of cost-effective energy efficiency measures would serve to dampen future electric price spikes.", "Consumers also need to be reminded on a regular basis about the importance of wise energy use.", "\"What California and the West need most urgently now is more of what has worked best to relieve strained power grids in recent years: investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy resources, which together have delivered more than 15,000 megawatts to California alone over the past two decades,\" Cavanagh added.", "\"We need more distributed energy resources and energy efficiency measures to cut future price spikes,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN).", "He added that many large commercial customers in California are now considering self-generating their electricity, because they cannot tolerate sharp price swings and they are dissatisfied with the risk-management options they have today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e293_p9", "sents": [ "If ratepayers are charged for the bond payments, the initiative has a fallback provision that is intended to require utilities to reduce their rates to offset the bond payments made by ratepayers.", "Consumer groups drop support California and other states began to move toward deregulation after a 1992 federal law removed restrictions on the ownership of power-generating facilities and made it easier for independent power generators to use existing transmission lines.", "Consumer groups and some legislators said that a California Public Utilities Commission decision on deregulation guaranteed full recovery of stranded costs and was skewed toward businesses and big customers at the expense of residential users.", "At first, consumer groups welcomed the legislation put together by Peace and others as an improvement over the PUC's plan.", "A four-page letter from TURN and the San Diego-based Utility Consumers' Action Network expressed some reservations about the plan, but concluded with these words: \"However, we will not oppose a bill which, under difficult circumstances, has successfully incorporated a number of the concerns of residential and small-business customers.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27274_p6", "sents": [ "font p <br clear=\"all\" <div <font face=\"verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif\" <b Argentina muddles on< b font div <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" More trouble for <b Argentina's< b government, as it struggles to persuade investors to accept a restructuring of its debt.", "Domingo Cavallo, the economy minister, admitted that falling tax revenues meant fiscal targets agreed with the <font size=\"-1\" IMF< font would be missed.", "Meanwhile, the Supreme Court quashed charges of arms smuggling against Carlos Menem, a former president.< font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" A group representing <b Venezuela's< b private sector called a one-day &#8220;strike&#8221; in protest at 49 decree-laws issued by President Hugo Chavez, which include measures to increase royalties on oil production and limit land ownership.< font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" <a href=\"http: TheEconomist.s.maildart.net link_34877_6659418_2_80010922_60368779_1_65\" See article: To the barricades< a <img src=\"http: www.economist.com images dingbats e5.gif\" hspace=\"2\" width=\"17\" height=\"10\" alt=\"E+\" font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" In a historic chink in a trade embargo imposed in 1960, three American firms signed contracts to sell foodstuffs worth about $20m to <b Cuba< b .< font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" <a href=\"http: TheEconomist.s.maildart.net link_34876_6659418_2_80010922_60368779_1_64\" See article: After the storm< a <img src=\"http: www.economist.com images dingbats e5.gif\" hspace=\"2\" width=\"17\" height=\"10\" alt=\"E+\" font p <br clear=\"all\" <div <font face=\"verdana, geneva, arial, sans serif\" <b Spiritual support< b font div <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" A group of 35 westerners unfurled a banner in Beijing in support of the <b Falun Gong< ba spiritual movement banned in China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Carlos Menem", "sents": [ "Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999.", "He has been a Senator for La Rioja Province since 2005." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20122_p0", "sents": [ "\"I'm sure she knows him.", "How well will be interesting?", "Jim --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Sun 10 7 2001 10:12 AM To: Steffes, James D. Cc: Subject: RE: Do you know Laura Doll?", "Thanks.", "I guess Davis' people think that we'll back off if they put someone from Texas in charge.", "Perhaps they're looking for someone who knows Pat Wood.", "Be useful to find out if she knows him.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Steffes, James D. Sent: Sun 10 7 2001 9:48 AM To: Ryall, Jean Cc: Dasovich, Jeff Subject: Do you know Laura Doll?", "Jean -- Laura Doll has been appointed head of the CA Power Authority.", "Do you know her?", "It would be good to have an introduction for Jeff Dasovich.", "Jim\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e20234_p6", "sents": [ "Laura Doll Named as New Executive Director Laura Doll of Austin, Texas was approved as the Chief Executive Officer of the Power Authority at the October 5 Board meeting.", "Most recently, Doll was Director of Customer Service for Grande Communications.", "She also has held the positions of Senior Vice President for Planergy, as well as Chief Administrative Officer for Austin Energy.", "Doll received a master of public affairs from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor of arts degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.", "She will receive an annual salary of $200,000. COMPUTER RECORDS CONFIDENTIALITY BILL VETOED (AGAIN) Governor Davis vetoed SB 147 by Senator Debra Bowen (D-Marina Del Rey) on October 8. The bill would have required employers to prepare and distribute by hard copy or electronically, a company monitoring policies and practices notice to each employee, to collect and verify their understanding of the notice, and file and maintain each employee?s signed notice indefinitely." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3700_p74", "sents": [ "Demand slows seasonally in the summer months and returns in September.", "Publishers, scoff at the notion of prices stabilizing.", "\"If the price is coming down in March, April and May, what's it going to do in June and July when consumption historically falls?\"", "said the Midwestern publisher's purchasing executive, who said inventory levels at his newspaper had risen considerably in May to 55 days of supply.", "\"I'll be curbing shipments,\" the executive said.", "The PPPC's data show all United States users, including dailies, held 1.419 million tons of stocks, or the equivalent of 50 supply days in April, which is up one day from March and 12 days from the year-ago period.", "-By Zahida Hafeez, Dow Jones Newswires; 312-750-4132; zahida.hafeez@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Alliance for Retail Energy Markets Media Statement In Response to the Assembly Democratic Caucus' ``Fair Plan'' 06 04 2001 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2001, Business Wire) SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001--Alliance for Retail Energy Markets (AReM) released the following statement today in response to media inquiries about the Assembly Democratic Caucus' recently proposed \"Fair Plan\" which provides an alternative policy blueprint to the Governor's Southern California Edison MOU." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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

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[ { "title": "e6756_p0", "sents": [ "'FYI.", "Fairly accurate account of the activities in California.", "Assembly released new version of Hertzberg's bill late last night.", "Another update to follow shortly.", "Best, Jeff State Senate OKs bailing out Edison from bankruptcy Assembly plans own version for utility Lynda Gledhill and Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, July 21, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f ca 2001 07 21 MN133267.DTL Sacramento -- The state Senate approved a plan yesterday to keep Southern California Edison from falling into bankruptcy, but the bill crafted as an alternative to the pact between the utility and Gov.", "Gray Davis faces an uncertain future.", "The bill by Democratic Sens.", "Richard Polanco of Los Angeles and Byron Sher of Palo Alto would give the state a five-year option to buy the utility's transmission lines and would have the state guarantee no more than $2.5 billion of the utility's debt." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e300_p0", "sents": [ "'PUC considers rewarding producers that sign long-term contracts Greg Lucas, Lynda Gledhill, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Wednesday, March 21, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 03 21 M N33580.DTL Sacramento -- Some cash-strapped producers of wind, solar and other alternative forms of energy will get long-delayed financial relief under a proposed order by state regulators, Gov.", "Gray Davis said yesterday evening.", "A proposed order by the Public Utilities Commission is designed to reward energy producers who sign long-term contracts with utilities at lower rates.", "Alternative energy producers that voluntarily enter such contracts, which would start on April 1, would be paid within 15 days, said Davis, who requested the order.", "Those that do not would have to wait until the utilities that buy their power return to solvency.", "Davis blasted Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison for not paying the alternative generators -- know as qualified facilities, or \"QFs\" -- even though the companies have been collecting money through rates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26279_p0", "sents": [ "Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: No deal in energy refund talks Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: Third power plant opens: But the Los Medanos facility isn't pouring out electricity yet Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: State reveals high-priced power deals Sac Bee, Tues, 5 10: Government finds ways to conserve: The Santa Rita Jail goes solar as agencies get creative to cut costs SD Union, Tues, 5 10: Energy talks reach no settlement; state threatens sui t SD Union, Tues, 5 10: Refunds in jeopardy as talks fail SD Union, Tues, 5 10: State's massive outlays detailed SD Union, Tues, 5 10: State releases early spot market energy purchases LA Times, Mon, 5 9: FERC Judge Says State Owed No More Than $1 Billion LA Times, Tues, 5 10: Electricity Cost Data Spread the Blame LA Times, Tues, 5 10: Duke Energy Asked to Allow Release of Data LA Times, Mon, 5 9: Concern Over Price of Long-Term Power Pacts Grows SF Chron, Tues, 5 10: State's refund demand rejected Judge ends rebate talks, rebukes $9 billion claim SF Chron, Tues, 5 10: Davis opens another new power plant Pittsburg facility will generate 555 megawatts SF Chron, Tues, 5 10: California rejects B.C." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"$13.4 billion bond bill clears split Assembly\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Dan Walters: Summer-like heat brings blackouts, partisan fingerpointing\" Sac Bee, Sun, 5 6: \"How Californians got burned\" (Jeff Skilli ng quoted) SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Heat wave spawns statewide blackouts\" SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Bond clears Assembly with a partisan twist\" (Enron mentioned) SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Refinery merger could raise California gas pric es\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Enron could supply universities with state-subsidized power\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Edison's agony For CEO, Life in 'Foxhole' Means Little Sleep, Peace\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Power Cut to Parts of State\" LA Times,Tues, 5 8: \"Landlords, Janitors Join in Plan to Save Energy\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Effort to Repay State for Power Is Delayed\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts Mean More Than Inconvenience for Disabled\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"In 1st Hearing, PUC Urged to Lift Rate Hike\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"An Oilman's Dream\" (Commentary) LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Cheney's an Oaf on Conservation\" (Commentary) SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Secret power deals contain hidden costs THE CLAUSE: A link to natural gas prices SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Bush won't budge on fuel prices Despite fears of a $3 gallon, he will oppose controls\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot weather sparks new round of blackouts SUPPLIES LOW: Usage keeps climbing as temperatures surpass 90 degrees SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts hit California as spring heat wave se ts in\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Scorching heat sparks rolling blackouts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"More than 100,000 customers hit by power blackou ts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Carmaker Says Outages Could Damage Equipment, Harm Efficiency\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"SF Airport plans to run extra generators\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"EXEMPT FROM BLACKOUTSThe state Public Utilities Commission exempts the following energy users from rolling\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts back, businesses cope\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Shortage somewhat a surprise\" OC Register (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Energy notebook Gas pipeline expansion OKd to benefit Southwest\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Energy borrowing OKd Democrats in Assembly support the $13.4 billion bond over GOP opposition\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Jones has bright ideas on electricity\" (Commentary) Individual.com (Businesswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Power Scramble A Forbes.com Special Report\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Tues, 5 8: \"[B] Calif. ISO says power blackouts this evening unlikely\" Individual.com (PRnewswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Stage 2 Electrical Emergency Declared; SCE to Curtail 'Load' for Some Customers\" Individual.com (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Rolling Blackouts Hit California\" Energy Insighty, Tues, 5 8: \"Hearts, minds, & pocketbooks\" - Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Advanced Technology Ventures", "sents": [ "Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management.", "The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies.", "ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e19881_p3", "sents": [ "<br <br Mr. Kessler will also take a seat on the company&#39;s board of directors, joining Eric Benhamou, chairman of the board of Intransa, 3Com, Palm, and Cypress Semiconductors; Stephen Legator, founder of Komag; Wes Raffel, a general partner with Advanced Technology Ventures; and Geoff Baehr, a general partner with United States Venture Partners.", "Intransa raised $15 million in its Series A round from individual investors, Advanced Technology Ventures, and United States Venture Partners.", "font <br <a href=\"http: www.intransa.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.intransa.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwQNMMNJKPHI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Again Technologies Makes Jeffrey Carr Chairman, Pres.", "& CEO< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwQNMMNJKPHIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=QNMMNJKPHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" PLEASANTON, CALIF. -- Again Technologies, which provides enterprise incentive management software, said it appointed Jeffrey T. Carr as its new chairman, president, and CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p4", "sents": [ "Ms. Parma said the company will relocate its headquarters from New York to its branch office in Boxborough, Mass.", "Laid-off employees received a month's severance pay and other benefits, she said.", "A skeleton staff, mainly employees in the finance and human resource division, still remain in the New York office.", "The company, which was seeking to close on $20 million to $30 million in an upcoming Series C funding said it has put a hold on the round in order to refocus its strategy.", "Ms. Parma said it expects to raise a less when the company starts raising funds because the company's needs have now changed.", "IAN is backed by Flatiron Partners and J&W Seligman, both of which endorsed the cut back.", "http: www.internetappliance.net o Home Director, An IBM Spin-Off, Closes $55 Million Round One MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- Home Director, an IBM spin-off that provides home networking and technology products, said it closed its first round of funding at $55 million with a strategic investment from Motorola's Broadband Communication Sector." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p8", "sents": [ "The funding also included a minority investment from Heller Financial, TA principal Michael Wilson said Mr. Wilson also said that the company is planning a number of acquisitions, the first of which will close in two months.", "Mr. Wilson, along with Roger Kafka of TA, will take a seat on EYP's board of directors.", "TA Associates manages over $5 billion and has invested in over 330 companies to date.", "http: www.eypmissioncritical.com Flatiron Moves in with J.P. Morgan Chase to Cool Burn Rate mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Flatiron Partners, a venture capital firm, said it would vacate its Silicon Alley offices in order to save millions on rent.", "T he firm will move to the offices of its only limited partner J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Flatiron said that there would be no other changes in the firm's financial structure.", "Last month Flatiron, which participated in more than 4 0 deals last year, said it may be raising its own fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7860_p0", "sents": [ "'VentureWire' Friday, November 17, 2000 CONTENTS COMPANIES INVESTORS top stories * Troubled E-Government Site govWorks Cuts Staff * Whitney & Co. To Raise a $2.5 Billion Global Fund * eHitex Names Former Internet Capital Group Exec as CEO * PlanetOut Agrees to Merge with Gay.com Parent Company A HUNDRED THINGS YOU HAVE NOT DREAMED OF Technology Outlook 2000 will bring together the CEOs of 100 of the most exciting start-ups developing pervasive and mobile-computing technologies.", "Tracks include: Consumer Devices, Consumer Software, Electronic Books, Enabling Technology, Home Networking, Internet Appliances, Mobile Commerce, Access Technology, Mobile Services, Communication Solutions, Video Solutions, Distributed Computing, Systems Software, Location-Based Services, Voice Portals, and Telephony Only a handful of tickets remain for this unique event Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive Computing December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp: technologicpartners.com tp conf to 2000 new money * Net Software Firm Tridium Raises $20 Million in First Round * Symmorphix, Optical Components Developer, Raises $25 Million * Encore Software Raises First Round with $7.5 Million * Intellectual Asset Firm PitchWare Closes Series A * Market Forcaster Opion Launches with $6.5 Million Series A * Tech Business Development Firm Raises $1 Million First Round * Tech Expertise Firm HotDispatch Gets $18 Million Round Two * Financial Info Streaming Media Firm RAW Lands $27 Million * Food Distributor Platform Gets $29 Million C Round, New Name * HR Net Services Firm Workscape Lands $45 Million Series E * LegalMatch Exchanges Equity with American Lawyer Media * Mobile Apps Firm The Brodia Group Secures $30 Million * Payment Technology Firm Veristar Gets $7.7 Million Series C * Motorola Invests in Shortwave Wireless Company Aura * Networking Firm OmniCluster Technologies Secures $6 Million * Online Tech Trainer Simulus Secures Funding from GE Capital bad news * Struggling Online Beauty Firm BeautyJungle Shuts Down * TheStreet.com Drops Venture-backed U.K. Venture * GiftCertificates.com Pulls IPO, Gets $13 Million Debt Funds new products * E-Payment Firm for ASPs, Engyro, Launches * Auto Industry Content Firm AutoMedia.com Launches Site new deals * J.D." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5463_p0", "sents": [ "\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Friday, October 27, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Broadband Provider Altrio Holds First Round for $125 Million o European Strategic Partners Raises $718.2 Million New Fund o Reports: Modo Service Closes Weeks After Launch o Commerx Co-founders Resign, Remain on Board; COO Interim CEO Advertisement DODADS, GADGETS, AND GIZMOS, OH MY!", "Our pockets are overflowing with mobile phones, PDAs, and two-way pagers, and more products -- from Web pads to picture frames -- come with Internet connections.", "Consumer Devices, one of five expert panels at Technology Outlook 2000, will sort through the clutter to determine which devices have the best chances of finding mass-market audiences: Safi Qureshy, Chairman, AudioRamp Daniel H. Rimer, Partner, The Barksdale Group Kent Savage, President & CEO, Netpliance Michael Slater, President, PhotoTablet Technology Outlook 2000: The future of pervasive computing December 4 and 5, San Francisco http: www.tpsite.com tp conf to2000 vw 001026 A VentureWire investment conference." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p56", "sents": [ "\"I've always wanted to do this.\"", "TURN has been keeping tabs on companies like Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Pacific Bell for more than 25 years.", "Hoge and her crew lobby the Public Utilities Commission, counsel lawmakers, analyze reports and file the occasional lawsuit.", "They are, in short, professional gadflies who represent the public in a system that some say favors big business.", "\"The biggest protector of the consumer, by far, has been TURN,\" said Bob Gnaizda, public policy director for the Greenlining Institute in San Francisco.", "\"(Hoge) has made TURN into the leading consumer utility advocate in the nation.\"", "It's not glamorous work, nor is it particularly lucrative.", "Hoge, a lawyer by training, took a pay cut when she accepted the $75,000-a-year job in 1995. And, truth be told, most folks have no idea Hoge is in their corner.", "\"There are other rewards,\" she said.", "\"You don't get the adoration of Joe Citizen standing up and yelling, 'Yay TURN!'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dubai", "sents": [ "Dubai ( ; Arabic: دبي‎ ‎ \"Dubayy \", ] ) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).", "It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.", "Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's Federal Supreme Council.", "The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.", "Dubai will host World Expo 2020." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6686_p16", "sents": [ "People close to the deal said the next round of bids would start from the highest price offered Wednesday plus an extra 15 million euros.", "(Dow Jones) Exxon Is Interested in Dolphin DUBAI -- Exxon Mobil Corp. is interested in participating in the $4 billion (4.66 billion euro) Dolphin Gas project, a plan between the UAE Offsets Group and Qatar Petroleum to transport natural gas from Qatar to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the official Emirates News Agency, or WAM, reported.", "An Exxon Mobil official and the United Arab Emirates' foreign minister discussed the issue Wednesday, WAM said.", "The Dolphin project aims to transport two billion cubic feet a day of natural gas from Qatar's offshore North Field to the U.A.E.", "In May, Enron Corp. sold its 24.5% stake in Dolphin back to Offsets, freeing up its share for another potential strategic partner.", "TotalFinaElf SA is Offsets' other strategic partner, holding a 24.5% stake in the project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "RealNetworks", "sents": [ "RealNetworks, Inc. is a provider of Internet streaming media delivery software and services based in Seattle, Washington, United States.", "The company also provides subscription-based online entertainment services and mobile entertainment and messaging services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2916_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Internet Daily for Wednesday, May 16, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com -- Sony teaming with RealNetworks Sony said Wednesday its PlayStation 2 video-game system will be able to access streaming audio and video over the Internet through the inclusion of software supplied by RealNetworks Under the deal, the parties envision video-game programmers making use of bundled RealPlayer 8 software to include video clips and studios shipping online movie previews.", "Sony plans to offer a hard drive for the upgraded game system to store video and music.", "Sony also said current PlayStation game console owners will be able to upgrade their units to enable digital downloads.", "The RealNetworks deal comes a day after Sony and AOL Time Warner said the Internet-connected device would permit users to gain access to AOL's Instant Messenger and e-mail.", "-- MusicNet service demo set The chairman of RealNetworks is expected to make the first public demonstration of the company's music subscription service on Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3788_p4", "sents": [ "Executives from Industrial Development Bank of India, or IDBI, other Indian banks and international lenders such as ABN Amro Holding NV decided to meet again today after initially planning a two-day meeting, the bankers said.", "The meeting was called to resolve a dispute related to power prices that has resulted in Dabhol and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, its only customer, starting to terminate the project.", "The fate of Houston-based Enron's first investment in India is seen as a litmus test for future foreign involvement in infrastructure projects in the country.", "Indian banks have the most at stake.", "Unlike them, international lenders received government guarantees for about $600 million they lent to the project.", "The Indian banks, which have given as much as $1.4 billion in unsecured loans, are that concerned foreign creditors may call for a termination of the project and invoke their guarantees and are seeking ways to keep it alive." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1816_p14", "sents": [ "Deshmukh said the state is owed 4 billion rupees by Dabhol as a penalty for failing to supply power when it was needed, the television channel reported.", "``We are arranging to settle all undisputed dues,'' Deshmukh was cited as saying.", "``But for the ones that are under dispute, as in where we owe them and they owe us as well, we can make an adjustment.''", "The Dabhol board, meeting in London, may not vote to end its operations in India on the advice of its lenders, the Business Standard reported, citing unnamed people.", "Dabhol has borrowed about $2 billion from lenders, including ABN Amro Holding NV, to build the 740-megawatt capacity plant.", "The rupee portion of the loan doesn't carry a repayment guarantee from the government.", "Dabhol is 65 percent owned by Enron.", "INDIA: FACTBOX-History of Enron's Dabhol Indian power plant.", "04 26 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, April 26 (Reuters) - The board of Dabhol Power Company (DPC), 65 percent owned by Enron Corp on Wednesday authorised the management to terminate its contract to sell power to the Indian state of Maharashtra." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20247_p56", "sents": [ "USA: Calif.", "Assembly passes SoCal Edison rescue bill.", "By Alex Gronke 09 07 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept 7 (Reuters) - The California Assembly on Thursday passed a bill designed to save utility Southern California Edison (SCE) from bankruptcy and it now moves to the state Senate where it faces potentially its toughest hurdle.", "The bill, based on a memorandum of understanding between Calif. Gov.", "Gray Davis and the utility in April, passed on a 41-32 vote.", "Under Assembly rules it had needed to secure at least 41 votes to pass the 80-member chamber.", "It would allow the company to recover about $2.9 billion of the estimated $3.9 billion debt it incurred buying power for its customers at skyrocketing wholesale prices last year.", "Consumer groups have been leading the campaign against the bill which they consider a bail-out at the expense of the utility's ratepayers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10578_p8", "sents": [ "The company is also funded by individual investors and Healtheon WebMD.", "The company said the funds will be used for its day-to-day operations, expansion of its e-commerce section, and for staffing its technology and business development teams.", "MedCareers manages and markets a Web site devoted to providing career and staffing options for healthcare professionals.", "http: www.medcareers.com Network Storage Firm YottaYotta Raises $17 Million Round Two MONTREAL -- YottaYotta, which develops networked storage architecture for wide and local area networks and telecommunications carriers, said it secured $17 million in its second round of funding led by Davenport Capital Ventures of Boston.", "The round also included Optical Capital Group of Columbia, Grosvenor Venture Partners III, Morgan Keegan, and TechnoCap of Montreal, a first round investor.", "Individual investors also participated in the investment round.", "YottaYotta, which has raised $24 million to date, said it will use the funds for marketing and staffing.", "http: www.yottayotta.com Diamond Increases Stake in British Incubator, Brainspark LONDON -- Brainspark, which incubates technology startups, said it formed a strategic partnership with previous investor Diamond Technology Partners, an Internet business services firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p30", "sents": [ "Mr. Staudt was senior operating officer of Healtheon WebMD.", "He has also served as chairman and CEO of Mede America.", "With his arrival, former CEO Andrew Sawyer will now serve as president of the Insurance division.", "BenefitPort has a commitment of $60 million in financial backing from the Trident Partnership, a private equity fund advised by Marsh & McLennan Capital and J.P. Morgan.", "http: www.benefitport.com Digital Content Firm WAM!NET Appoints President EAGAN, Minn. -- WAM!NET, which provides digital content management services, said it has appointed William Sulivan as its new president.", "Mr. Sullivan joined WAM!NET in March as senior vice president.", "Prior to joining the company, he was CEO of PR21, a New York-based public relations firm.", "WAM!NET has received equity funding from MCI WorldCom, WindStar, Silicon Graphics, and Sumitomo.", "http: www.wamnet.com VC Fund News o Italian VC MyQube Opens Silicon Valley Office MILAN -- MyQube, a European early-stage venture capital firm, said it opened a new office in Silicon Valley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6660_p6", "sents": [ "Dunn said it would take a few days to prepare a report on Reliant's contempt charge.", "\"We may not be able to forward that report to the Senate floor until the day we get back from recess,\" Dunn said.", "No one at Reliant could be immediately reached for comment.", "The committee originally was poised to cite seven other electricity generators for contempt, but all eventually agreed to provide the requested information.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 310-962-2843; jessica.berthold@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: UPDATE 1-Sempra looks to natgas lines to carry optic fiber.", "07 18 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. SAN DIEGO, July 18 (Reuters) - A Sempra Energy unit said on Wednesday it has developed technology to connect thousands of miles of underused high-speed fiber-optic cable to buildings across the United States by inserting the cable directly into existing natural gas pipelines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e804_p3", "sents": [ "BPA, the federal agency that markets electricity from dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, is scheduled to provide 259 megawatts of cost-based power to Portland General and 135 MW to PacifiCorp, starting Oct. 1, the effective date of the state's restructuring bill.", "The bill required the Oregon Public Utilities Commission to determine by May 1 whether certain bill provisions would require the utilities to restructure in such a way that they could not meet BPA eligibility requirements for cost-based power.", "\"We've taken great care to make sure we didn't violate (BPA) standards.", "Even though BPA's rates are going up, this power will still provide benefits for residential customers,\" OPUC Chairman Ron Eachus said.", "-By Jessica Berthold, Dow Jones Newswires; 323-658-3872; jessica.berthold@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: US POWER-Success spells trouble for Calif. energy traders.", "By C. Bryson Hull 04 05 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 5 (Reuters) - In downtown Houston's booming energy district sit a few companies whose record earnings have made them fat targets for regulators and politicians under pressure to make someone pay for California's power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3230_p28", "sents": [ "Also at stake is the lenders' INR22.5 billion in direct loans outstanding from the Dabhol Power Company, the Indian arm of Enron Corporation, the newspaper said.", "According to the newspaper, if the accelerable guarantee clause is invoked, the three Indian financial intermediaries will face a massive cash crunch.", "From phase 1 of Dabhol's project, the outstanding foreign loan from Exim of the United States for $221 million is backed by the guarantees of the three Indian lenders.", "The project has run into controversy with the Maharashtra government and the Maharashtra State Electricity Board over power supply dues.", "The power company has threatened to withdraw from the massive power project, one of India's largest foreign direct investments.", "Web Site: www.business-standard.com -By Bombay Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-22 2884211;djn.bombay@dowjones.com -0- 23 05 01 04-44G Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIAN CHIEF MINISTER URGES PANEL CHAIRMAN TO WITHDRAW RESIGNATION 05 23 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. MUMBAI, May 23 Asia Pulse - The Chief Minister of the western state of Maharashtra, Vilas Rao Deshmukh, today appealed to Madhav Godbole to withdraw his resignation from chairmanship of the committee set up for negotiating the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e489_p62", "sents": [ "He said the company can acquire much of the telecommunications capacity it needs to expand its businesses through contracts with other owners rather than by building additional network capacity itself.", "Despite the fact California's utilities aren't paying their bills, Enron's credit exposure in that state is declining, he added.", "vh jfr For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE 03 26 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, March 26 Asia Pulse - Essar Group is considering pulling out of the Royal Dutch Shell promoted Rs 23 billion (US$493.7 million) Hazira Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal project in the western state of Gujarat due to \"overcrowding\" of gas projects on the western coast.", "\"We are having a rethink on the venture as the region may not be able to absorb the amount of gas coming by way of proposed projects,\" Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia told PTI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3228_p6", "sents": [ "Additionally, Mr. Murphy joins as the ninth member of th e company's board, which includes Vinod Khosla and Raymond J. Lane of Kleiner Perkins and Matthew Cowan of Bowman Capital.", "To date, Asera has raised approximately $175 million in funding from investors including AC Ventures, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Bowman Capital Management, BP Amoco, Capital Research Management, Cisco Systems, Crescendo Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Eastman Chemical, GE Capital Equity Group, Integral Capital Partners, Intel Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and others.", "http: www.asera.com Groove Networks Cuts 8%; Will Target Larger Clients mail?", "top BEVERLY, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Groove Networks, which provides peer-to-peer and peer-to-Web software and services, said it cut 19 people, or 8% of its staff, on Monday as the company restructures to focus more on direct sales opportunities.", "Groove also said it was going to be targeting more large enterprise clients and moving away from focusing on small- and medium-sized business clients." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p4", "sents": [ "http: www.cmgi.com Fiber Optics Firm Scion Photonics Launches with $25 Million FREMONT, Calif. -- Optical component manufacturer Read-Rite said it has formed Scion Photonics with $25 million in initial funding from Tyco Ventures, the lead investor, and Integral Capital Partners.", "Read-Rite said it is contributing its wafer fabrication facility in Milpitas, Calif., as well as technical and management resources to the new company.", "The company also said it is in discussions with several other interested parties for further technology and capital investment in Scion Photonics.", "http: www.scionphotonics.com DLJ Leads $217.6 Million for Louis Dreyfus Communications LONDON -- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette said it led a EUR 250 million ($217.6 million) in Louis Dreyfus Communications Networks.", "Louis Dreyfus Communications, a subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group, operates a pan-European broadband network and provides broadband and communications services.", "The company said it will use the investment to expand its long haul network, metropolitan rings, and data centers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27120_p0", "sents": [ "--Original Message -- From: Schultz, Don Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:33 AM To: Boyd,Kelly; Brown,Jeff; Chinn,Randy; Clark,Woody; Ferrera, Anna; Johannesson,Magnus; Kelly,Brian; Lingbloom, Lawrence; Lipper,Kip; Lyons, Joseph; Phillips,Guy; Sherriff,Rona; Symonds,Toni; Zeps,Gabrielle Cc: Bondonno,Maria; Campbell,Rod; Hartmann,Audra; Julian, Bill Subject: The Economist: Dynegy-Enron <<Dynegy_DW profile_Enron suits_Economist_Nov 2001.doc" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e27152_p0", "sents": [ "--Original Message -- From: Schultz, Don Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 2:57 PM To: Boyd,Kelly; Brown,Jeff; Chinn,Randy; Clark,Woody; Ferrera, Anna; Johannesson,Magnus; Kelly,Brian; Lingbloom, Lawrence; Lipper,Kip; Lyons, Joseph; Phillips,Guy; Sherriff,Rona; Symonds,Toni; Vargas,Sandra; Zeps,Gabrielle Cc: Bondonno,Maria; Campbell,Rod; Hartmann,Audra; Julian, Bill Subject: FY 2001-2 Energy related Budget Cuts [3] Governor Wants to Carve Low-Income Assistance, Renewables Help from Budget In his quest to shave $2 billion off the state's current budget, Governor Gray Davis proposes to cut $380 million in energy-related spending.", "The biggest hit would be on low-income assistance programs supported through the California Public Utilities Commission.", "The budget for gath-ering data for new integrated resources planning at the California Energy Commission would also disappear.", "At [18], the alternative-energy and transportation agency that never was never will be.", "18] Governor Asks for $382 Million Back from Energy-Related Budgets (from [3]) When the energy crisis hit, California's coffers were still fat from the economic boom in the late 1990s." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5201_p13", "sents": [ "The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.", "The BroadSoft team will join Unisphere's voice products group, led by chief operating officer Tom Burkardt.", "BroadSoft's founder, president and CEO, Michael Tessler, will head the group.", "Broadsoft was funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Broadband Office, Charles River Ventures, Columbia Capital Corporation, Comdisco Ventures, and Crescendo Ventures.", "Siemens owns a 96% of Unisphere Networks, which was formerly called Unisphere Solutions.", "http: www.broadsoft.com http: www.unispherenetworks.com New Directors o Car Service Firm Texas Tea Adds to Board SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Texas Tea, which provides Web-based automotive services, said it named Tom Millhoff to its board.", "Mr. Millhoff is vice president of corporate development for CampusEngine.com.", "He previously served in management positions at Clorox and Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch.", "Texas Tea is backed by Springboard Angels, Sierra Angels, and BH Equity.", "http: www.texastea.com PharmQuest.com Names Two New Members to Board SAN JOSE, Calif. -- PharmQuest.com, which provides Internet services for drug development to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, said it named Inhale Therapeutic Systems president and CEO Ajit Gill and former FDA commisioner Dr. Jere Goyan to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Bessemer Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is an American global venture capital firm founded in 1911.", "The firm has $4.5 billion under management and operates offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Israel, and India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8313_p15", "sents": [ "NEPAL KING INAUGURATES FIRST PRIVATE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT King Birendra on Monday inaugurated Nepal's first private hydro-electric power project, state-run radio reported, signalling a major step in the government's bid to attract foreign investment to the sector.", "- (AFP, LENGTH=414 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!", "_ RENEWABLES _ BIGGEST WIND FARM TO BUILD IN AUSTRALIA The smallest state in Australia will build the biggest wind farm.", "- (Screaming Media - comtex, LENGTH=117 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!", "_ PEOPLE _ MARCIE EDWARDS TO HEAD MUNICIPAL UTILITY IN ANAHEIM Marcie L. Edwards, director of bulk power for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, will be the next general manager of Anaheim Public Utilities.", "She will replace Edward K. Aghjayan, who is retiring Dec. 28 after a decade at the California utility.", "- (Public Power Weekly, LENGTH=268 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2484_p104", "sents": [ "The Public Utilities Commission designed two rate plans to encourage energy conservation and repay the state of California for wholesale power purchase s. Though many customers would pay higher rates, half of all residential customers, or 4 million households, would not be subject to any rate increa se at all.", "In January, the Legislature blocked rate hikes for customers who us e relatively little electricity or have low incomes.", "Loretta Lynch, president of the PUC, blamed \"unbounded and exorbitant wholesale electricity prices\" for the proposed increases, which she disclos ed at a news conference in San Francisco.", "\"We all have to share the pain of that,\" she said.", "If either of the proposed plans is approved Monday by the commission, the higher rates will appear on electricity bills beginning June 1. The rate increase won't apply to customers of San Diego Gas & Electric or Anaheim Public Utilities.", "The burden of higher rates would fall primarily on the 2 million households that consume the most electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27066_p36", "sents": [ "The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the company questions about partnerships like Fastow's.", "Enron spokeswoman Karen Denne said the company's trades have not declined in size while natural gas trading volume has dipped consistent with monthly pattern.", "Some energy executives said yesterday that companies were limiting Enron trading to reduce credit risks.", "``Credit people are coming to their traders and saying, `Enron is on hold for any new positions, and at some point we may need you (to) trade out of your existing positions,''' said Charlie Sanchez, an energy markets manager at Houston-based Gelber & Associates Corp., an energy trading adviser.", "Watching Closely Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, an electricity and natural-gas seller, is limiting its business to same-day and next-day delivery, Chief Executive Officer Wayne Brunetti said at an energy conference in New Orleans.", "American Electric Power Chief Executive Linn Draper said at the same conference that his company is also making only short-term trades." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p28", "sents": [ "Karen Denne, an Enron spokeswoman, said it's unfair to fault the company for selling power at prices dictated by the free market.", "\"Enron is providing electricity to a market that needs it,\" Denne said.", "\"It's unfortunate when regulators are pointing fingers, looking to fix blame, when this is a problem of supply and demand.\"", "The company hails from President George W. Bush's home state of Texas, and is one of the top \"soft money\" donors to political campaigns.", "Enron and its executives gave $435,000 to the Democrats and $1.2 million to Republicans last year, according to Common Cause.", "Its chairman, Kenneth Lay, has consistently been one of the top donors to Bush's presidential and gubernatorial campaigns.", "Enron doesn't own a lot of dams or power plants.", "Instead, the company makes money as a middleman -- buying power from utilities and then reselling it for a profit.", "The company, formed in 1985 from the merger of two pipeline companies, has become the largest trader of wholesale electricity in North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6562_p6", "sents": [ "Mead, in fact, said his holdings ranged between $100,000 and $1 million.", "But their forms contain an important omission: The consultants do not say when they purchased the shares.", "Oscar Hidalgo, a Water Resources spokesman, said the agency's attorney is reviewing all the past purchases to ensure that no laws were violated by contractors buying power or negotiating long-term contracts with companies in which they held stock.", "\"We're reviewing all that to see if [there were] any problems with any past negotiations,\" Hidalgo said.", "\"We're looking at all the records in past buys or trades so we understand who exactly did what.\"", "He said it's a \"very big task\" that will take weeks to complete.", "In the meantime, those contractors who have disclosed stock ownership have been recused from working with generators in which they have a financial interest.", "The governor's spokesman said several of the contractors who own stock in Calpine are not traders, and thus do not have direct dealings with the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Oscar Hidalgo", "sents": [ "Oscar Alberto Hidalgo Forcelledo (born 9 October 1982 in Puebla) is a Mexican auto racing driver.", "His father, also named Oscar, was a racing driver as well, and competed in the 1989 480km of Mexico, the final round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19671_p6", "sents": [ "By retaining the best, Dynegy should be able to secure other strong Enron employees.", "\"In our view, Enron's energy trading and marketing personnel are arguably the most talented and definitely the most profitable group in the industry,\" Prudential Securities analyst M. Carol Coale said in a research note Monday.", "\"We believe that Dynegy must focus on retaining these valuable traders and marketers if the new company is to realize its full potential in the wholesale segment.\"", "Enron President and Chief Operating Officer Greg Whalley, who will be at Dynegy after the merger as an executive vice president, said in a conference call on Monday that he believes the new company will retain its traders.", "\"Most traders want to be part of the winning team,\" he said.", "Some recruiters believe that although many Enron employees are floating resumes, there won't be much actual fallout.", "Enron's trading operation employs between 1,000 and 1,500 people in North America; Dynegy's operation is staffed by 300. \"But with a few trimmings here and there you won't see a lot of Enron traders on the street, unless they don't like what they hear from Dynegy,\" said Jack Carr managing director of Prime Energy Partnership, a search and recruiting company based in the UK, with an office in Greenwich, Connecticut." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2440_p1", "sents": [ "DATE: Wednesday, May 9 TIME: 11:00 am (Pacific), 1:00 pm (Central) CALL IN #: 888-422-7132 HOST CODE: 243663 (Steve Kean's use only) PARTICIPANT CODE: 569189 ATTENDEES: Jeff Dasovich Steve Kean Sandi McCubbin Richard Sanders Jim Steffes Michael Tribolet Greg Whalley" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20346_p3", "sents": [ "<br <br The company&#39;s board members are Peter Cross, business and engineering advisor to AccessLan and formerly senior vice president of engineering at Bay Networks; Sean Dalton, general partner at Highland; Bob Hower, partner at BancBoston Ventures; and Andrew Ludwick, business adviser to AccessLan, co-founder of SynOptics, and formerly president and CEO of Bay Networks SynOptics.<br <br AccessLan has raised over $90 million in financing from Accel Partners, Advanced Fibre Communications, AV Labs, BancBoston Ventures, Berkeley International Capital, Highland, The Ignite Group, Intel Capital, NIF Ventures, Peery Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Tudor Private Equity Fund.< font <BR <a href=\"http: www.accesslan.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.accesslan.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwMJHONQJLHI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Aviva Biosciences Names Peter Wilding President and CEO< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwMJHONQJLHIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJHONQJLHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" SAN DIEGO -- Aviva Biosciences, a developer of active biochips with an emphasis on on-chip bioanalyte manipulation and screening, said it has appointed board member Peter Wilding as president and CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Peter Wilding", "sents": [ "Peter John Wilding (born 28 November 1968 in Shrewsbury) is a former professional footballer for Telford United and Shrewsbury Town.", "Originally a midfielder, Wilding became somewhat of a utility player during his time at Shrewsbury, playing in every position during his six-year stay at Gay Meadow.", "He played as a goalkeeper when he deputised for the injured Paul Edwards in a match against Torquay United on 18 December 1998." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20017_p22", "sents": [ "Please give us a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer to that question.\"", "Edison officials refused comment.", "The five companies are Reliant Energy Inc. (REI), Mirant Corp. (MIR), Dynegy Inc. (DYN), Enron Corp. (ENE) and Puget Sound Energy (PSD), which is the biggest investor-owned utility in Washington state.", "Edison has already agreed to repayment plans with a number of smaller producers who collectively are owed $1.2 billion.", "Earlier this week, Edison announced a $14 million repayment plan with the city of Long Beach.", "\"Edison can take steps to assure that all creditor classes are treated equally,\" said Richard Wheatley, a spokesman for Reliant Energy in Houston, Texas, which is owed at least $100 million by Edison.", "Other companies have opted to wait for the special legislative session, set to convene Oct. 9. Under a proposed rescue plan for Edison that the Legislature failed to pass earlier this month, the utility would have repaid its smaller creditors and left the bigger companies without the $1 billion they are owed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e490_p45", "sents": [ "\"We stand by our practices,\" said Richard Wheatley of Reliant Energy in Houston, which owns about 8 percent of California's in-state generating capacity.", "\"We have operated legally and ethically at all times in California.\"", "FERC has been under fire from state and federal officials and lawmakers for not being aggressive in dealing with the electricity crisis.", "In recent weeks the agency has taken several actions, including proposing refunds for January and February.", "But those who have watched the agency over the years say the actions do not yet signal a change of course from its posture of preferring to let the markets work their will.", "\"I think what they are trying to do is the minimal amount possible, to say they are on top of the situation,\" said Bill Marcus, an economist at JBS Energy in Sacramento, an energy and water-resources consulting firm.", "\"They'll probably figure out a way to back down from the refunds.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10104_p0", "sents": [ "'STATES WISCONSIN -- Gov.", "Thompson nominates Garvin to PSC GEORGIA -- BellSouth, AT&amp;T agree to $19 million access charge reduction CALIFORNIA -- Group appeals to Davis; says taxpayers shouldn't foot Duque's legal bill MISSOURI -- Bill would require election of PSC commissioners MISSISSIPPI -- Bill seeks to prevent 'slamming' MONT.-- Bill requiring carriers to aid telemarketing probes moves to House floor OKLAHOMA -- SW Bell expands UNE discount list KENTUCKY -- PSC to revisit N11 dialing codes CONNECTICUT -- Lawmakers consider telecom consumer protection bills CONNECTICUT -- Bill would make Siting Council follow local zoning regs NEW HAMPSHIRE -- PUC mulls fines for two rural ILECs and their officers NORTH DAKOTA -- Bill would require carriers to develop high-usage policy REGIONAL Second workshop set on Qwest market entry bid Qwest says it's improving customer service STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT WISCONSIN Gov.", "Thompson nominates Garvin to PSC Gov.", "Tommy Thompson (R.) has nominated Robert Garvin to the Public Service Commission to fill the vacancy that will be created when John H. Farrow, who has asked not to be reappointed when his term expires March 1, steps down." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Tommy Thompson", "sents": [ "Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is a United States Republican politician who was a state legislator in Wisconsin, and 42nd Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is the longest serving governor in the state's history.", "During his term as governor he was the chairman of Amtrak, the nation's passenger rail service.", "He served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001–05, appointed by George W. Bush.", "After his time in the Bush Administration, Thompson was a partner with the law-firm Akin Gump and Chairman of Deloitte's global healthcare practice and has served on the board of 22 other organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "University of Virginia", "sents": [ "The University of Virginia (U.Va.", "or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.", "Founded in 1819 by Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson, UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e10398_p8", "sents": [ "Mr. Ross holds a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Florida, and is an active member of both the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) as well as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).", "Rom Mattesich is CEO of GlobalXchange Communications, a company engaged in the international delivery of multimedia (broadband) communications services.", "He holds a BSEE degree from the University of Virginia; an MS from MIT; and an MBA degree from Rutgers University.", "Mr. Mattesich held senior level positions as network designer and planner with AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he became the principal architect for the first, high capacity digital switch (4ESS).", "He also led a number of task forces responsible for the transition of the US toll network from analog to digital.", "Mr. Mattesich has consulted extensively on matters of network design, operations, and strategies with incumbent telecom operators for transitioning efficiently from monopoly-based telephony to competitive-based, multimedia- capable communications which predominate in the Internet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3333_p36", "sents": [ "\"The recommended route is not the worst possible, and I do not rule out that the cabinet will approve it, although we may need some small adjustments,\" Economy Minister Janusz Steinhoff told reporters on Wednesday.", "Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who arrives later on Thursday in Warsaw for a three-day visit, is due to meet Economy Ministry officials and is expected to try to talk up the Russia-favoured pipeline project.", "The decision - which could terminate an alternative plan by Russia's giant Gazprom to lay a more pricey pipeline along the bed of the Baltic Sea - may affect a key gas sell-off pending in neighbouring Slovakia, analysts said.", "\"Gazprom is very interested in the region, particularly in the Slovak transit system, but its decision will partly depend on whether the new transit will run across Poland,\" said Evgeny Solovyov, sector analyst at SG Securities in London.", "SLOVAK TRUMP CARD Analysts say the sale of the Slovak SPP gas group, including a powerful and highly lucrative gas transit system, is sure to attract heavy investor interest and become the largest ever sale in the country." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Evgeny Solovyov", "sents": [ "Evgeny Solovyov (born February 14, 1992) is a Russian ice hockey player.", "He is currently playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1217_p5", "sents": [ "Cadabra will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Numerical.", "Faysal Sohail, president and CEO of Cadabra, will remain president of the Cadabra subsidiary and will become senior vice president of Numerical.", "Cadabra's backers include CMEA Ventures, Synopsys, Access Technology Partners, and individual investors Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Atiq Raza, former president and COO at AMD, Rajeev Madhavan, co-founder, president and CEO of Magma Design Automation, and Kurt Keutzer, former CTO and senior vice president of research at Synopsys.", "http: www.cadabradesign.com http: www.numeritech.com CityReach International Raises $155 Million Third Round LONDON -- CityReach International, a European provider of network management and services, said it raised $155 million in its third round of funding led by new investor Investcorp.", "Additional investors in the round included Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, Merrill Lynch, and Vulcan Ventures.", "The company said the latest round of funding will be used for the European expansion of the company's operations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Magma Design Automation", "sents": [ "Magma Design Automation was a software company in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry.", "The company was founded in 1997 and maintained headquarters in San Jose, California, with facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India.", "Magma software products were used in major elements of chip development, including: synthesis, placement, routing, power management, circuit simulation, verification and analog/mixed-signal design." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6673_p0", "sents": [ "'IEP's conference facilities hold up to 18 persons.?", "As we do not know how many folks are coming to the IEP Restructuring Transmission Task Force meeting, PLEASE RSVP TO DEBBIE CLINE AT IEP@IEPA.COM].?", "Thanks.", "We we get overbooked, we will attempt to locate an alternate spot.", "Note, the original purpose of the meeting was to develop an IEP response to the various FERC filings on the California market structure.?", "Given the FERC Nov. 1 Report, we will be focusing on responding to that Report.", "The IEP recommendations should not change much.?", "IEP will be attending the Nov. 9 FERC Conference on these issues.", "-- Original Message -- From: Steven Kelly To: William Hall Ward Scobee Tony Wetzel Tom Heller Ted Cortopassi Steve Ponder Steve Iliff Roger Pelote Robert Frees Pete Levitt Paula Soos Nam Nguyen 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 Eric Eisenman 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 IEPA Bob Weisenmiller Karen Edson Stephanie Newell Steven Kelly Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 8:59 AM Subject: IEP Restructuring Transmission Task Force Meeting Scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3 IEP has scheduled a Restructuring Transmission Task Force meeting for 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e9865_p3", "sents": [ "We are now aware of several companies who have been invited to speak.", "If you have been invited and have not responded to Julee please do so as soon as possible.", "In order to ensure a clear, concise, and informative message that will not be duplicated by the various speakers IEP will hold a conference call on Wednesday, January 3rd at 10:00 a.m. to discuss the meeting.", "The call in information is: 1-877-322-9654 The code is: 111756 If anyone has any materials they are planning to present or distribute please send me a copy so that we can have the information available in our upcoming meetings.", "Thanks for your attention to this matter and Happy New Year!", "Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:jmball@ns.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 1:18 PM To: kent Palmerton; Bill Carlson; Bill Woods; Bob Ellery; Bob Escalante; Carolyn Baker; Curtis Kebler; David Keane; David Parquet; Dean Gosselin; Duane Nelson; Ed Tomeo; Frank DeRosa; Greg Blue; Hap Boyd; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Jim Willey; Joe Greco; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Jonathan Weisgall; Kassandra Gough; Ken Hoffman; Kent Fickett; Lynn Lednicky; Marty McFadden; Nam Nguyen; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Robert Lamkin; Roger Pelote; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Steven Kelley; Sue Mara; Tandy McMannes; Tony Wetzel; Trond Aschehoug; William Hall Cc: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jenn Paulsen; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Cary Rudman; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Chuck Cole; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan Subject: Republican Caucus Energy Briefing The Assembly and Senate Republican caucuses are holding an energy briefing for its members on January 4th from 9 am to noon in room 126 of the Capitol." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3700_p31", "sents": [ "The world's largest energy trader, Enron sees from $2.5 billion to $3 billion in purchases and sales a day, according to its chief executive officer, Jeff Skilling.", "\"We are doing the right thing,\" Skilling tells \"Blackout.\"", "\"We are working to create open, competitive, fair markets.", "We are the good guys.", "We are on the side of angels.\"", "If that's true, Bergman says in the film, the good guys have been winning: The past year saw a \"vast transfer\" of wealth from energy consumers to power sellers and traders like Enron.", "They are taking advantage of the end of an era: the federal regulatory system implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to limit abuses by utility monopolies.", "In the 1980s, \"Blackout\" tells us, free-market proponents began pushing for an end to regulation.", "In 1992, a federal law was passed that allowed for states to deregulate electricity.", "There was broad but not unanimous support for such change." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "sents": [ "Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( , his own pronunciation, or ; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.", "A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and emerged as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century.", "He directed the United States government during most of the Great Depression and World War II.", "As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, realigning American politics into the Fifth Party System and defining American liberalism throughout the middle third of the 20th century.", "He is often rated by scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. Presidents, along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9431_p13", "sents": [ "http: www.hotu.com Thap!", "Raises $8 Million in Series B IRVINE, Calif. -- Pacific Venture Group, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, said it provided $2.5 million in Series B funding to Thap!, a business-to-employee provider of health and absence management services to corporations and government organizations.", "The financing was part of an $8 million first close of Thap!", "'s Series B round.", "Other Series B investors included Validus Partners, MDS Capital and existing investor Chase H&Q.", "Layton Crouch, a managing director of Pacific Venture, will join the company's board of directors.", "http: www.thap.net o Phase Forward Raises $25 Million in Fourth Funding Round WALTHAM, Mass.", "-- Phase Forward, a provider of Internet software designed to conduct and manage clinical pharmaceutical trials, said it has secured an additional $25 million in its fourth round of funding.", "The round was led by Thomas Weisel Capital Partners and included additional contributions from existing investors Schroder Ventures Life Sciences Group, Pacific Venture Group, HLM Management Company, BioVentures Investors, Atlas Venture, North Bridge Venture Partners and the Sprout Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7, 8 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ben Affleck", "sents": [ "Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer.", "His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.", "He began his career as a child and starred in the PBS educational series \"The Voyage of the Mimi\" in 1984, before a second run in 1988.", "He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy \"Dazed and Confused\" (1993) and various Kevin Smith films including \"Chasing Amy\" (1997) and \"Dogma\" (1999).", "Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for \"Good Will Hunting\" (1997).", "He then established himself as a leading man in studio films including the disaster drama \"Armageddon\" (1998), the romantic comedy \"Forces of Nature\" (1999), the war drama \"Pearl Harbor\" (2001) and the thriller \"Changing Lanes\" (2002)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "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, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7794_p23", "sents": [ "CustomerLink raised $2 million from undisclosed outside investors in September.", "http: www.customerlink.com E-business Integrator Emerging Names New CEO, Board Member HOUSTON -- Emerging, a creator of e-business systems, said Gary Meshell will join the company as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.", "Mr. Meshell was previously a partner at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).", "He replaces Robert Shaw, founder of the company, who will remain president and chairman of the board.", "Emerging is backed by Austin Ventures and Benchmark Capital.", "http: www.emerging.com HomeGain COO, John Baker, Named Company President EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- John Baker, chief operating officer for online home sales Web site HomeGain, now also holds the position of president, according to the company.", "Mr. Baker joined HomeGain as chief operating officer after serving as the general manager and senior vice president of the Business Payroll Division at Wells Fargo.", "HomeGain is backed by investors including BancBoston Ventures, Comdisco Ventures, Intuit, Mindful Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, TMCT Ventures, and Brett Bullinron, executive vice president of Excite@Home." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Wells Fargo", "sents": [ "Wells Fargo & Company is an American international banking and financial services holding company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with \"hubquarters\" throughout the country.", "It is the world's second-largest bank by market capitalization and the third largest bank in the U.S. by assets.", "In July 2015, Wells Fargo became the world's largest bank by market capitalization, edging past ICBC, before slipping behind JP Morgan Chase in September 2016, in the wake of a scandal involving the creation of over 2 million fake bank accounts by Wells Fargo employees.", "Wells Fargo surpassed Citigroup Inc. to become the third-largest U.S. bank by assets at the end of 2015.", "Wells Fargo is the second-largest bank in deposits, home mortgage servicing, and debit cards.", "The firm's primary U.S. operating subsidiary is national bank Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which designates its main office as Sioux Falls, South Dakota." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10166_p1", "sents": [ "Includes in AB 5x was language requiring the ISO to make a list of California power plants that are out of service due to either a planned or unplanned outage available on the Internet on a daily basis.", "-- Governor Davis has announced some appointments to the new ISO Board.", "They include: Michael Kahn from the EOB as chair, Maria Contreras-Sweet who is the Secretary of Business Transportation and Housing, Carl Guardino from the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, and Mike Florio from TURN.", "The fifth position still remains vacant.", "It is unclear if FERC will even approve this new makeup.", "-- SB 7x (Burton) caught everyone ,s attention this week as it was introduced, maneuvered through the legislative process and also signed by the Governor within a 24 hour period.", "SB 7x clarifies the authority of the Department of Water Resources on a temporary basis to purchase electricity (in lieu of AB 1x)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e454_p0", "sents": [ "'Here is a note from Mike Florio of the ISO Board.", "This is encouraging, he wants to talk further about how the ISO programs can be changed to accomplish what we want.", "What would be most helpful is an item by item analysis by EES (read: Harry and his people) as to why the existing or proposed ISO programs are inadequate (or why we need to have 31X amended to have the ISO do programs for direct access customers parallel to the utility programs in 31X.)", "I need this information soon in order to keep the dialogue going with Florio.", "Thanks for your help.", "Mike Day --Original Message -- From: Mike Florio [mailto:mflorio@turn.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:51 PM To: MDay Subject: Re: Demand Bidding Legislation (what used to be AB31X- Wright) Just to show how up to speed I am, I thought that the ISO was already planning to do this." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3871_p21", "sents": [ "Tantau, which closed a $40 million in Series B financing, plans to use the funding product development and to form partnerships.", "The company's backers include Chase Capital Partners, General Motors Investment Management Corp., Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, and the Texas Growth Fund, Austin Ventures, Compaq Computer, and Techno Venture Management.", "http: www.accrue.com http: www.tantau.com eRealty.com Buys Half of Net Real Estate Transaction Firm HOUSTON -- eRealty.com, a national online real estate brokerage, said it acquired half of the assets of TitleLink, an independent online real estate transaction management system, from ASP Interliant for an undisclosed amount.", "National flood compliance service provider Geotrac purchased the other half of the company.", "eRealty.com's backers include TL Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners.", "http: www.erealty.com Data Critical Buys Cardiology Monitoring Firm for $9 Million BOTHELL, Wash. -- Data Critical, a provider of wireless and Internet-based health care communication technology, said it acquired Paceart, a provider of pacemaker and arrhythmia patient monitoring software, for approximately $6 million in cash and 300,000 shares of common stock valued at about $3 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20460_p3", "sents": [ "Additional Note Trigger Events include a downgrade of Enron's senior unsecured debt below investment grade by any of the major rating agencies in conjunction with specified declines in Enron's closing stock price over three consecutive trading days, as well as customary events of default under the notes.", "It is important to note that Enron has not verified that the underlying assets have adequate market value to fully pay down the associated debt.", "Fitch will continue to monitor these transactions in conjunction with the ratings of Enron, Corp. and will update investors as appropriate.", "Enron's Debt Falls As Company Draws Down On Bank Loans 10 26 2001 Capital Markets Report (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Enron Corp.'s (ENE) bond and bank debt was quoted lower early Friday following the Houston energy giant's decision Thursday to draw down about $3 billion on its bank loan facilities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2173_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron Mandates SSSB For Credit-Linked Note Issue Capital Markets Report, 05 02 01 UK: Enron plans multi-currency credit-linked bonds Reuters, 05 02 01 Enron to Sell Credit-Linked Notes in Several Currencies Bloomberg, 05 02 01 Saudi Gas Proj Consortia Seen Selected 2H May -Sources Dow Jones, 05 02 01 USA: Enron says no plans to sell Dabhol stake Reuters, 05 02 01 Centre spikes plan to fix Enron The Times of India, 05 02 01 India's Dabhol Pwr Co: Naphtha Supply Remains Regular Dow Jones, 05 02 01 Maharashtra Electricity Board unamused by new Enron demand The Hindu, 05 02 01 Sinha hopes sanctions will be lifted soon The Hindu, 05 02 01 Neither State nor MSEB has defaulted on agreement with Enron Press Trust of India Limited 05 01 01 Sanctions hurt US interests more than India: Sinha Press Trust of India Limited, 05 01 01 Sinha confident US will lift sanctions in its own interest Press Trust of India Limited 05 01 01 Sinha urges U.S., EU, Japan to boost growth AFX (AP), 05 01 01 U. Houston: U. Houston forum focuses on minority education U-Wire, 05 01 01 Prebon Yamane Hires Former RCN Executive to Run Bandwidth Unit Bloomberg, 05 01 01 Enron's Lay Discusses India's Dabhol Power Project: Comment Bloomberg, 05 01 01 Enron Mandates SSSB For Credit-Linked Note Issue 05 02 2001 Capital Markets Report (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- United States energy group Enron has mandated Schroder Salomon Smith Barney as bookrunner for a multi-currency credit-linked notes trust transaction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]