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[ { "title": "e6459_p41", "sents": [ "Plotting his Response Davis began plotting his response to the crisis almost immediately after it became public in January, said Garry South, his chief political strategist.", "Step one, Davis aides said, was to blame the energy companies that were profiting from the state's woes.", "Davis targeted a half-dozen companies.", "In addition to Enron and Duke, Mirant Corp., Reliant Energy Inc., and Williams Cos. were placed in the crosshairs.", "``There was a group of perpetrators from out of state manipulating this system and screwing consumers,'' South said.", "``We had to explain how this thing happened.''", "Republicans criticize Davis for inaction on the crisis, while acknowledging he is favored to win re-election going into next year's campaign.", "He leads three potential rivals -- Secretary of State Bill Jones, banker William Simon, the son of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, and former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, according to the Times poll of 1,541 state residents conducted June 23-26. ``He will be the favorite,'' said Rob Stutzman, a consultant for the California Republican Party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e1770_p4", "sents": [ "\"We believe a rational course of action that seeks new sources of supply must be combined with public policy that ensures confidence that services provided in the past and future will be paid in full,\" Bailey said.", "\"The combination of short-term, regional price controls during emergency periods along with the elimination of credit risk, should provide the market a respite while creating incentive for the private sector to invest with confidence,\" he said.", "Williams Cos said that as of March 31, it was owed $252 million for power sold to the California Independent System Operator (ISO) and the now defunct California Power Exchange.", "Since April 1, Williams' power sales to California have been through the state's Department of Water Resources, which enjoys a far better credit rating than the financially strapped ISO.", "The ISO, which oversees most of the California power grid, has been paying millions of dollars daily for most of the year to ensure there is enough power available to avoid blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6999_p15", "sents": [ "UCAN argues that SDG&E's claim of making a $319 million contribution toward resolving the debt is \"misleading and fallacious.\"", "Instead of making any contributions, UCAN says, SDG&E and Sempra stand to reap billions in profits from the proposal to clear the debt, and from agreements to sell power lines and electricity to the state.", "Fears of a balancing account and potential balloon payment have hung over local utilit y ratepayers since last fall, when SDG&E said it began to incur losses by paying more for electricity than it was allowed to collect from customers under a state-imposed cap.", "Electricity customers could have faced payment of the debt as early as next year.", "Last month, Davis, flanked by state Sens.", "Steve Peace and Dede Alpert, as well as Sempra officials, announced an agreement he said would eliminate the debt without raising rates.", "At the sa me time, the governor and the company announced a plan for the state to purcha se SDG&E's power lines for $1.2 billion but said that was a separate proposal, unrelated to the debt plan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6 ] }, { "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": "e1332_p14", "sents": [ "\"There's no reason to believe the state of California can run the power business or the transmission business as good as, or better than, the private sector,\" said Assembly Republican leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks.", "The concept of seizure is particularly controversial.", "\"How far can you take this?\"", "Cox asked.", "\"If we have a natural gas shortage, do we then seize those pipelines?\"", "Jan Smutny-Jones of the Independent Energy Producers Association said state officials need to stop their \"constant haranguing of generators.\"", "\"Seizing private property didn't work in Cuba, and I don't think it would work in California,\" he said.", "Private electricity companies are investing billions to generate more power, and are running their plants as hard as possible to meet the crisis, Smutny-Jones said.", "Soaring electricity prices have been due largely to high demand, scarce supply, extremely high costs for natural gas to run turbines, and financial risks tied to the instability of PG&E and Southern California Edison, industry officials say." ], "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": "e10580_p11", "sents": [ "Sen. Tom McClintock, the Thousand Oaks Republican who has been working on supply-related issues for his party, accused the state of actively discouraging the building of new generators over the last 25 years, resulting in today's crisis.", "\"You either begin a crash program of energy development in this state to address the supply side or you do what Gray Davis did, which is basically to say if you bring a generator into the state of California we'll seize your assets and throw you all in jail,\" McClintock said.", "\"We think that is the wrong approach.\"", "As the Senate prepared to approve the long-term buying bill, a protest outside the governor's office led to the arrest of two demonstrators accused of obstructing the doorway.", "More than a dozen consumer activists yelled \"shame, shame, shame\" and waved dollar bills as they protested what they called a taxpayer-financed bailout of utilities.", "\"These are multibillion-dollar companies that have the ability to bail themselves out without our help,\" said Medea Benjamin, a former Green Party United States Senate candidate and one of the protesters arrested." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Tom McClintock", "sents": [ "Thomas Miller McClintock II (born July 10, 1956) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for California 's 4 congressional district , serving since 2009.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "He is a former Assemblyman and state Senator.", "McClintock unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election and for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27021_p0", "sents": [ "'Smart Globalization Being first and biggest in an emerging market isn't alw ays the best way to conquer it.", "A better tactic: Learn local cultures--and build a presence carefully BusinessWeek, 08 27 01 Group of Utilities In West Says Rates Now Are Too Low The Wall Street Journal, 08 24 01 AFRICA & THE AMERICAS: Enron issues veiled sanction threat to India Financial Times; Aug 24, 2001 NATIONAL NEWS: US power trader may buy Hatfield mine Financial Times; Aug 24, 2001 COMPANIES & FINANCE THE AMERICAS: Returning hero fights to stop free-fall I NTERVIEW KENNETH LAY, ENRON CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Financial Times; Aug 24, 2001 NATIONAL NEWS: HSE statement on fatal blast NEWS DIGEST Financial Times; Aug 24, 2001 Enron's Lay Raises Possibility of Sanctions on India (Update1) Bloomberg, 08 24 01 Enron Plans To Buy UK Hatfield Colliery - FT Dow Jones Energy Service, 08 24 01 Orange County, Calif., Real Estate Trust Is in Front of Energy Conservation KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - Cal ifornia, 08 24 01 Energy Company Begins Construction of Power Plant in Bakersfield, Calif., A rea KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Bakersfield Californian, 08 24 01 City Light & Power Executives Say Company May Bid For Edison International Dow Jones Business News, 08 24 01 Finding out cause of blast The Northern Echo, 08 24 01 India Govt Gives Lenders 2 Wks To Resolve Enron Dispute Dow Jones Energy Service, 08 24 01 Indian government gives lenders two weeks to resolve Enron power company di spute, to avoid arbitration Associated Press Newswires, 08 24 01 RWE interested in Enron's Azurix or E.ON's Gelsenwasser - report AFX News, 08 24 01 India ONGC Confirms Bid For Enron Oil Field Stake Dow Jones Energy Service, 08 24 01 INDIAN LENDERS TO COME UP WITH PACKAGE FOR DABHOL POWER Asia Pulse, 08 24 01 RWE May Make Bid for Azurix, Gelsenwasser, Paper Says (Correct) Bloomberg, 08 24 01 Enron May Buy U.K. Coal Mine From Liquidator, FT Reports Bloomberg, 08 24 01 Enron's Portland General Seeks Power Rate Increase, WSJ Says Bloomberg, 08 24 01 USA: Enron says not seeking United States sanctions against India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e407_p0", "sents": [ "'Electricity Trading Builds Oh-So Slowly In France Dow Jones Energy Service, 03 23 01 India: Dabhol guarantee: Govt awaiting Law Ministry view Business Line (The Hindu), 03 23 01 India: Foreign companies facing tax harassment: Japanese envoy Business Line (The Hindu), 03 23 01 'Panel to clear Tannir Bhavi project deal' The Times of India, 03 23 01 Enron comfortable with profit projection Houston Chronicle, 03 23 01 USA: Transmission Texas' only dereg hurdle-state grid manager.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 Despite Talk, Bandwidth-Trading Cos Say They're Hiring Dow Jones Energy Service, 03 22 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Bush accused of protecting oil firms in power crisis.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 USA: Enron stock slides despite earnings reassurance.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 22 01 STOCKWATCH Enron lower amid market deterioration after reaffirming guidance AFX News, 03 22 01 Enron `comfortable' with earnings estimates, but shares slide Associated Press Newswires, 03 22 01 Energy Researcher Says California Not Fixing Power Problems Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Enron Reaffirms 2001 Forecast After Stock Price Falls (Update1) Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Enron Corp.'s India Unit Faces $88.2 Mln Penalty, Paper Says Bloomberg, 03 22 01 Electricity Trading Builds Oh-So Slowly In France By Sarah Wachter Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 03 23 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Although electricity trading volumes are creeping higher in France, activity will probably remain subdued and irregular until a satisfactory regulatory regime is put in place." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Goldman School of Public Policy", "sents": [ "The Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) is a public policy school and one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley.", "Originally named the Graduate School of Public Policy, it was founded in 1969 as one of the first public policy institutions in the United States.", "In 2016, the Goldman School was ranked as the #1 public policy graduate program in the country by \"U.S. News & World Report\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4621_p2", "sents": [ "The speakers are being arranged at this time.", "We have commitments from: Loretta Lynch (Chair, CPUC), and PJM CEO Phil Harris.", "We have a preliminary acceptance from Steven Littlechild (England's former primary electricity regulator) and Laura Tyson (former Chair, President's Council of Economic Advisors and National Economic Council, currently Dean, Haas School of Business).", "We have invited FERC Commissioner Curt Hebert, and United States Representative Edward Markey, executive-level managers from several energy companies and state legislators.", "Former DOJ chief economist Carl Shapiro will be on one of the panels, as will economist Severin Borenstein, Director of UCEI and Professor of Business and Public Policy.", "Michael Florio from The Utility Reform Network (TURN) will be a consumer advocate on one of the panels.", "Lee Friedman, economist and Professor of Public Policy, will briefly provide an introduction to the panel discussions with his talk \"Lighting the Stage: The Electricity of Deregulation.\"", "A dinner for the panelists and organizers will be hosted at UC's Goldman School of Public Policy following the conference proceedings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10104_p13", "sents": [ "In September 2000 Qwest said it planned to reduce delayed installations for primary service to their lowest level in the last four years.", "Additionally, the company said it expects to reduce repeat repair calls by 20%-30% by the end of 2001. Qwest also committed capital investments of $9 billion for 2000 and $9.5 billion for 2001 to improve service, to double the customers using digital subscriber line and wireless services, to double its Web hosting capacity, and to expand its data and Internet services.", "Yesterday Qwest also unveiled permanent line sharing agreements with MULTIBAND Communications, Inc., New Edge Networks, NorthPoint Communications, Inc., and Contact Communications.", "Line sharing agreements enable competitors to use the high-frequency portion of the loop for data transmission, while Qwest continues to provide voice service over the low-frequency portion.", "Permanent line sharing agreements now are available to all wholesale customers, Mohebbi said.", "Federal law prohibits duplication in any form, including electronic, without permission of the publisher." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3078_p0", "sents": [ "'high-tech management news Published by Technologic Partners EXECUTIVE CHANGES FOR Monday, May 21, 2001 TOP MANAGEMENT", "Wellogix Names President to CEO, Appoints New Chairman", "EXP Systems Names New CEO MARKETING & SALES", "iTendant Names Stewart Huey New VP of Sales", "Campus Pipeline Names Shawn Lewis as VP of Sales", "Metapa Appoints New Sales, Marketing and Engineering Execs", "New Edge Networks Adds Allan Jaffe as VP of Sales", "Mark Duchesne Joins Info-One as Senior VP of Marketing BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT", "French Biotech Firm Proteus Makes Two Key Appointments", "ImaRx Therapeutics Adds Senior Business Development Director", "KnowledgeWorks Adds Former SSIT Exec as EVP, Bus.", "Dev.", "FINANCE", "Business Software Maker Fuegotech Names CFO", "Nishan Names Ex-Sprint, Intel Exec as CFO", "Allegiance Capital Adds Analyst VPs as Part of New Division TECHNOLOGY", "Eric Marston Joins FirstLook as Chief Technology Officer", "ASP Synertech Names CIO and Other Execs" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8071_p5", "sents": [ "Mr. Fultz, the former executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for Antec, will also take a seat on the board of director s. Backers for Zaffire include Integral Capital Partners, Oppenheimer Funds, J &W Seligman, Carlyle Internet Partners Europe, Azure Capital Partners, JT Venture Partners, Kinetic, Octane Capital Management, Pilgrim Baxt er Hyper Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bank of America Securitie s, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.", "http: www.zaffire.com new money Art Selling Site Artland.com Raises $4.5 Million Seed Round NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Artland.com, a company that plans to s ell prints of paintings and photographs from museums, archives, and artist s, said it closed ?a $4.5 million seed round of funding.", "Getty Images and p revious investors Allen & Company and Mousse Partners Limited participated The money will be used for corporate development.?", "http: www.artland.", "com?", "Display Firm Screen Technology Has $3.5 Million Seed Round LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- MTI, a U.K. venture capital firm providing seed capital to information technology startups, said it led a GBP 2.5 million ($3.5 million) investment round for Screen Technology, a developer of photo luminescent liquid crystal displays." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Antec", "sents": [ "Antec, Inc. is an American-based maker of personal computer (PC) components and consumer tech products.", "Antec's principal products are computer cases and power supplies.", "Antec also offers PC cooling products, notebook accessories, and a line of Antec Mobile Products (A.M.P.)", "which includes Bluetooth speakers, headphones, portable batteries, and charging hubs.", "Founded in 1986, the company is headquartered in Fremont, California, with additional offices in Rotterdam, Beijing, and Taipei.", "Antec products are sold in over 40 countries through its online retail platform, Amazon, and distribution partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7688_p31", "sents": [ "http: www.eoriginal.com Former Pratt & Whitney Exec Named CEO of Codeon COLUMBIA, Md.", "-- Codeon, which manufactures high-speed optical components for the fiber optic telecommunications industry, said it named Robert H. Harvey as its first chief executive officer.", "Mr. Harvey was senior vice president of operations at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies that manufactures aircraft engines, gas turbines, and space propulsion systems.", "Codeon is funded by Boulder, Grosvenor Funds, Kinetic, New Enterprise Associates, and Optical Capital Group.", "http: www.codeoncorp.com Finance Resourcer Lendx Taps Hewlett Packard Exec as CEO SAN FRANCISCO -- Lendx, which operates a Web-based equipment finance marketplace for corporations, said it has appointed Craig White, former president of Hewlett Packard Credit Corp., Hewlett Packard's equipment finance division, as president and CEO.", "He replaces interim CEO Bob Frick, who remains on the board of directors.", "Lendx raised $12.5 million in its first round of funding from Angel Investors; Mohr, Davidow Venture Partners; and New Enterprise Associates in April." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e3579_p21", "sents": [ "The round raised $85 million, and also included investments from Integral Capital Partners, Oppenheimer Funds, J&W Seligman, Carlyle Internet Partners Europe, Azure Capital Partners, JT Venture Partners, Kinetic, Octane Capital Management, Pilgrim Baxter Hyper Partners, Bank of America Securities, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.", "As part of the strategic investment, Zaffire has committed to using Wind River as a standard supplier of embedded software for the company's products.", "The companies have also agreed to partner on future developments.", "Prior investors in Zaffire include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Juniper Networks, and MRV Communications.", "http: www.zaffire.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D M&A =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D o E-Healthcare Firm MillenniumHealth Buys Latin Site Salud RESTON, Va. -- MillenniumHealth Communications, a provider of online healthcare communications and electronic commerce, today announced it has acquired Salud.com, a Miami-based global provider of healthcare information, products, services and content for Spanish speakers.", "The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.", "MillenniumHealth said the Salud acquisition enables the firm to extend its services to Central and South America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20186_p1", "sents": [ "By Andy Blamey 10 10 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Commodities trader Enron Metals plans to shed jobs as part of a Europe-wide staff reduction programme which should see the Enron Group cut 250 to 500 European jobs in total, the company said.", "\"We have around 5,000 employees in Europe and we are seeking to cut our headcount here by between five and 10 percent,\" John Sherriff, president and CEO of Enron Europe, said in a statement.", "Enron Metals employees in London were told at a meeting on Tuesday that staff cuts of 10 percent to 20 percent would be required, trade sources said.", "The company is seeking volunteers to take redundancy, but if sufficient voluntary slots have not been filled by a deadline of October 19, Enron will opt for compulsory cuts, they added.", "An Enron spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the official statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e9639_p0", "sents": [ "'Rick Jeff - I just spoke with John Sherriff and mentioned to him how on top of California you guys were.", "As you may be aware, we are making markets in the credit of many utilities and telcomm companies, via EnronCredit.com.", "Brian Seyfried is the commercial leader for this business.", "John has asked me to ask you, if you become aware of significant developments, in the public sector (not privileged insider information), bearing on creditworthiness ability to pay by California utilities, would you please keep us informed, as we will have a keen interest in these developments?", "Please forward to this to any others on your team(s) you think appropriate.", "thanks mcs'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27495_p54", "sents": [ "The report to Congress and the President would be issued if the GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, can't resolve the standoff with Cheney over releasing the names.", "The next step might be a suit against the Bush administration, David Walker, the agency's comptroller general, said.", "``GAO firmly believes we have statutory authority to perform this review, and to obtain the information we are seeking,'' Walker said in a statement sent to the White House.", "The GAO warning follows refusals by Cheney to turn over task force documents.", "Cheney said in a letter to Congress last week that Walker's demands ``exceed his lawful authority'' and could ``unconstitutionally interfere'' with White House duties.", "Conoco Inc. Chief Executive Archie Dunham, Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay and Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Lee Raymond were among the energy company officials who told Bloomberg News they met with Cheney while the energy strategy was being formulated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Lee Raymond", "sents": [ "Lee R. Raymond (born August 13, 1938) is an American businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of ExxonMobil from 1999 to 2005.", "He had previously been the CEO of Exxon since 1993.", "He joined the company in 1963 and has been president since 1987, and a director since 1984." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2035_p18", "sents": [ "Nevertheless, the company has said it hopes to take advantage of electricity shortages in the region once its problems with Hunter are resolved, and that it hopes to ultimately make further acquisitions.", "If it chooses to bid for Portland, Scottish Power could cover the acquisition costs with the GBP1.8 billion that has been widely reported as a likely sales price for Scottish Power's U.K. unit, Southern Water, Lewis-Davies and others said.", "Company Web site: www.scottishpower.com -By Andrea Chipman, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-207-842-9259; andrea.chipman@dowjones.com ENRON OF THE US NOT INTERESTED IN COMPLETION OF INDIAN PROJECT 04 30 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. MUMBAI, April 30 Asia Pulse - India's Enron-backed Dabhol Power Company (DPC) said it is \"not interested\" in completing the US$3 billion power project in India's western state of Maharashtra, following non-payment of dues by the state electricity board (MSEB) and the federal government's refusal to honour the Rs 1.02 billion counter-guarantee." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1698_p31", "sents": [ "Enron has invoked a federal counter-guarantee for payment of the disputed January 2001 bill.", "-By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9426; himendra.kumar@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIAN COMMITTEE TO RENEGOTIATE POWER AGREEMENT WITH ENRON 04 25 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, April 25 Asia Pulse - A high-level committee comprising representatives of the federal Government, Maharashtra Government, and Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) will renegotiate the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) including cost of power with US energy giant Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC).", "\"Various parameters of the contract entered into by MSEB with the DPC would be renegotiated by a negotiating team that will be constituted in the next 2-3 days,\" the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, said.", "The major objectives of the negotiating team would be to find ways and means to significantly reduce the cost of power from Dabhol project so as to make it more affordable, he said adding recommendations of the Energy Review Committee headed by M G Godbole would serve as inputs for negotiations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1473_p5", "sents": [ "At that time, PG&E's movement of the gas and the prices it could charge were regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.", "In other developments at the Capitol on Thursday, lawmakers called on the federal government to re- regulate natural gas sales at the California border and United States Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said federal regulators should impose price caps on California's wholesale electricity market.", "The Assembly held considerable debate on the resolution asking for re-regulation, with Democrats accusing President George W. Bush of doing nothing to come to the aid of California and Republicans defending the administration.", "\"I'm learning an interesting lesson that all the problems of the world started after Jan. 21 and the inauguration of the new president,\" said Assemblyman Bill Leonard, R-San Bernardino.", "KRT CALIFORNIA is a premium service of Knight Ridder Tribune (c) 2001, Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.).", "Visit the Contra Costa Times on the Web at http: www.cctimes.com JOURNAL-CODE: CC LOAD-DATE: April 20, 2001 10 of 78 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times April 20, 2001, Friday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 3; Metro Desk LENGTH: 715 words HEADLINE: CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST; A U-TURN ON CAR TAX REBATES; LEGISLATION: STARTING JULY 1, FEE REDUCTION WILL BE FIGURED DIRECTLY INTO VEHICLE REGISTRATION BILLS, NOT REFUNDED BY MAIL." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Joe Lieberman", "sents": [ "Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who was a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013.", "A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election.", "Currently he is an Independent." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27107_p2", "sents": [ "-- Credit card fraud top merchant worry More than half the online merchants questioned in a recent survey say online credit card fraud is their primary concern as they go into the holiday season.", "Almost two-thirds of them are taking more precautions this year than last, including more manual checking of submitted information, according to Cybersource, which provides transaction services for retailers.", "Emerchants are optimistic: 54% expect their sales volume to grow an average of 37% this year from last.", "-- eBay uncorks wine sales EBay is offering wine for sale.", "Chief Executive Meg Whitman made the announcement during a speech at the Comdex Computer show in Las Vegas.", "\"We think it's a big market, we think it's a fun market,\" she said, according to CNET.", "The company's Web site includes wines, wine racks and even a complete winemaking facility, with set up and training.", "She said eBay will list items only from sellers licensed to distribute wine, and will not make sales in states where such shipments are illegal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 7 ] }, { "title": "Meg Whitman", "sents": [ "Margaret Cushing \"Meg\" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive and political activist and donor.", "Whitman is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8433_p0", "sents": [ "'SCE is awaiting a commission order to auction off its SO2 credits.", "Janel Guerrero is very interested in this.", "Please let her know once a final order is issued.", "Thanks.", "- Forwarded by Mona L Petrochko NA Enron on 11 30 2000 01:05 PM Janel Guerrero 11 07 2000 04:33 PM To: Mona L Petrochko NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Thanks for the voice mail update on SoCal Ed.", "It makes sense that everything is moving slowly behind the power issues.", "Talk with you soon!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e538_p28", "sents": [ "The order directs the utilities to resume payments to QFs within 15 days of end of billing period, Commissioner Carl Wood said.", "If they don't comply, the utilities will suffer from penalties equal to the amount owed to the QFs, he said.", "Wood withdrew, on Monday, his idea for a fixed price payment of $79 per megawatt hour.", "During a conference call to note holders late Tuesday, Edison's CFO Ted Craver, Jr. said SoCal Edison plans to make interest payments on some of its defaulted debts, with the first payment on some commercial paper outstanding made around the end of next week.", "Craver also said that with the utility's planned payments and its commitment to make interest payments, starting this week, as they come due, SoCal Ed will become current on all outstanding interest rate payments.", "Meanwhile, the CPUC's order regarding payments to QFs came just as the state's power grid operator issued a \"Stage Two\" power alert throughout California, calling for increased consumer conservation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p12", "sents": [ "Backers included First Union Capital Partners and AIG Horizon Partners Previous investors HarbourVest Partners and Knowledge Universe also participated in the round.", "The company said it will use the funds to increase sales and marketing and for international expansion.", "http: www.knowledgeplanet.com Data Storage Firm Xdrive Raises $50 Million in Series D mail this story?", "top SANTA MONICA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Xdrive Technologies, a business database management applications and online data storage firm, said it has raised $50 million in its Series D round of financing.", "Strategic partners and investors that participated in the round include StorageNetworks, Network Appliance, Aether Systems, Mitsubishi, NEC, Pilot House Associates, and Softbank.", "Previous investors, including Goldman Sachs Group, Wit SoundView Ventures, and J. & W. Seligman & Co., also participated.", "The company said it will use the funds to continue developing its new products, Xdrive Enterprise and Xdrive Express.", "http: www.xdrive.com Multichannel Firm EdgeMatrix Raises $12 Million mail this story?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2933_p3", "sents": [ "George Davis, vice chairman and president of Aether Systems, will discuss how his company powers mobile and wireless data services for Charles Schwab, National Discount Brokers, Allegiance Health Care, the United States Postal Service, Office Depot, Nissan, and more.", "With industry leaders and trendsetters such as George Davis planning to be in attendance at Mobile Outlook, why aren't you?", "Mobile Outlook is less than 3 weeks away, so register online today:http: www.mobile2001.net register.asp top stories Mobile Internet Firm Tahoe Launches with $38M First Round mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Newly launched Tahoe Networks, a developer of networking infrastructure for mobile data networks, announced the completion of a $38 million first round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Accel Partners.", "Geoff Yang of Redpoint and Jim Goetz of Accel are taking seats on Tahoe's six-member board of directors.", "Tahoe said the financing would be used for product development, sales, and to increase its staff of 50 to over 120 by the end of the year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11217_p8", "sents": [ "Times staff writers Mitchell Landsberg in Los Angeles, Richard Simon in Washington, Julie Tamaki and Rone Tempest in Sacramento and Christine Hanley in Orange County contributed to this story." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e894_p99", "sents": [ "Many others, however, are viewed as permanent.", "In the West, especially, there is simply no reason to believe that costs will drop any time soon.", "The bankruptcy move Friday by PG&E only solidified that widely held opinion.", "Among its other worries, Bonneville has been holding a $ 100-million IOU from California utilities--half of it owed by PG&E--and hoping that money would help to mitigate its rate hikes to other customers.", "When PG&E became the biggest utility in United States history to seek bankruptcy protection, BPA became just another creditor likely to lose money.", "* Times staff writer Julie Tamaki in Sacramento contributed to this story.", "The Price of Electricity Here is a look at the average retail price per kilowatt hour in each state as of October.", "California's rates ranked ninth highest.", "Source: Energy Information Administration GRAPHIC: GRAPHIC: The Price of Electricity, AP Los Angeles Times LOAD-DATE: April 9, 2001 25 of 305 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times April 9, 2001, Monday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 1; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1386 words HEADLINE: JUDGE IN PG&E BANKRUPTCY CASE SEEN AS A PROBLEM SOLVER; COURTS: DENNIS MONTALI WILL FACE UNPRECEDENTED LEGAL COMPLEXITIES." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4892_p3", "sents": [ "The firm also closed Lightspeed Venture Partners I, its first fund as an independent venture capital firm, with $1 billion.", "The firm will focus on early stage investment in communications, Internet-related companies, and software companies.", "Lightspeed also said it would offer recruiting, marketing, and operating services to its portfolio companies and hired executives to oversee these services.", "Portfolio companies from Lightspeed's new fund include iPhotonics, a provider of fiber opotic assembly services, Storability, a provider of storage services, and Teem Photonics, a provider of optical waveguide components.", "Lightspeed said it will continue to work closely with Weiss, Peck & Greer.", "http: www.lightspeedventurepartners.com Mayfield, Palm, Delphi Form Net Service Platform for Autos NEW YORK -- Mayfield Fund, handheld device maker Palm, and Delphi Automotive Systems said they have formed a new stand-alone startup, MobileAria, which will develop a handsfree wireless Internet service platform for use in automobiles.", "The three provided an undisclosed amount of funding in MobileAria's recently-closed first round and have taken minority stakes in the firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e2933_p23", "sents": [ "printCafe, which has raised !", "$113 million in funding to date, is backed by Creo Products; Prography Systems; HarbourVest Partners; Weiss, Peck & Greer; and Mellon Ventures.", "http: www.printCafe.com Lost Boys, Incubation and Design Firm, Makes Acquisitions mail?", "top AMSTERDAM (VENTUREWIRE) -- Lost Boys, a pan-European provider of inc ubation and new media services based in the Netherlands, said it has merged with th e German branding and design firm MetaDesign.", "MetaDesign also has operations in Zurich and San Francisco.", "The merger with MetaDesign comes two days after t he company announced the acquisition of French interactive technology company Lab Production.", "Lost Boys is backed Roel Pieper, which took an undisclosed equity stake in the company in 1998. In May 2000 the Amsterdam-based firm acquired two Dutch companies, Netcast, an Internet business-to-business services firm, and Internet consulting firm MVLG.", "The Lost Boys incubator h as launched one company, NedCargo, an online marketplace for ocean container transportation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Thurgood Marshall Academy", "sents": [ "Thurgood Marshall Academy is a charter school in Washington, D.C., United States., the first law-themed school in DC.", "Thurgood Marshall Academy was founded based on the principles of Justice Thurgood Marshall that every child should have a world-class education and the opportunity to reach their full potential.", "The school is located in the Congress Heights region of Washington D.C." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4675_p31", "sents": [ "The Academy will open in Fall 2001, serving 80-100 9th-graders in an urban, educationally challenging community and will provide rigorous and innovative curriculum and instruction with a thematic emphasis on law and justice.", "Positions available starting around June 2000, with possible option of earlier part-time responsibilities.", "For more information, see www.ThurgoodMarshallAcademy.org (after Oct. 6) or email jacquelyndav@earthlink.com.", "Resume, letter of interest, and references must be received by Oct. 27, 2000. Submit to Thurgood Marshall Academy, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Room 170, Washington, DC 20001, or fax to 202-662-9681, Attn: Leadership Search.", "Thurgood Marshall Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.", "Executive Director Duties: Chief administrative and business officer, responsible for financial and business operations; human resources management; contract and grants management; financial planning; budget proposal and implementation; development; supervision of non-instructional personnel; community outreach and relations; and, in collaboration with Principal, personnel recruitment.", "Desirable qualifications: Experience in non-profit and or business management; education policy, management, and or instruction; budget and financial management; development and fundraising; supervision of staff; federal, state, and private grants management; development and management of facilities; and service to urban, disadvantaged populations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20319_p36", "sents": [ "Earlier this m onth, Enron Metals said it would cut staff by 10%-20% in Europe, and all th ese moves follow Mitsui Bussan Commodities Ltd. ditching its market-making activities in the metals business earlier this year.", "Who's next?", "\"It could be anyone,\" is the refrain from nearly all market participants su rveyed.", "-By Mark Long, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9356; mark.long@dowjones .com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "HC to hear DPC's plea 10 19 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) MUMBAI: The Bombay high court will, on December 11, begin hearing a petitio n filed by Enron-promoted Dhabol Power Company (DPC), challenging the juris diction of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) to adju dicate the US-based multinational's dispute with Maharashtra State Electric ity Board (MSEB).", "A division bench headed by Justice Ajit Shah decided to hear the matter at a stretch for a week beginning from December 11. The court permitted MERC m embers P. Subrahmanyam and Venkat Chary to be impleaded as respondents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission", "sents": [ "Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) (http://www.merc.gov.in) is a governing body to control certain regulatory and safety functions in Maharashtra based in Mumbai.", "It was incorporated under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998, of Central Act in August 1999.", "In 2003, Under Section 82 of the Electricity Act the Commission is continued as regulatory body in state.", "It was established to promote competition, efficiency and economy in the power sector.", "It also regulate tariffs of power generation, transmission and distribution in Maharashtra." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5991_p14", "sents": [ "''There was significantly more television advertising in the first six months of this administration than there was in the past,'' said Ken Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, who studies such trends.", "The Democratic National Committee is unabashedly on a war footing, although the size of its advertising purchases -- several hundred thousand dollars' worth this year -- has not matched the volume of its oratory.", "The Democrats marked Mr. Bush's first 100 days with a commercial featuring a winsome blond tyke holding up a glass and cooing, ''May I please have some more arsenic in my water, Mommy?''", "Last week, the Democratic National Committee broadcast a new spot, saying, ''Insurance companies.", "H.M.O.'s.", "Big corporations.", "They've contributed $51 million to Bush and the Republicans.", "And now Bush says he'll veto a real patients' bill of rights.''", "Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is boastful about such early advertising." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "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, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4231_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the attached, from Sue Nord, and respond by Friday, September 29. Ginger Dernehl Government Affairs-The Americas 713-853-7751 -- Forwarded by Ginger Dernehl NA Enron on 09 25 2000 12:32 PM -- Sue Nord 09 25 2000 12:31 PM To: Ginger Dernehl NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: PLEASE READ AND RESPONED As Rick mentioned at the staff meeting in DC, we are compiling a list of suggested names for Presidential appointments under either a Bush or a Gore administration.", "Please forward your suggestions, along with a sentence or two explaining why you are recommending an individual, no later than Friday, September 29. Also, if there are potential candidates about whom we should be concerned, please forward that information.", "The attached documents describe the current make-up of various federal commissions, including the party affiliation and term dates for current members.", "Cabinet and agency appointments are listed as well.", "Please send your recommendations directly to Ginger, either in hard copy or electronically." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1944_p3", "sents": [ "The hiring committee will consist of Aleck Dadson (Toronto), Sue Nord (Houston), Jim Steffes (Houston), Paul Dawson (London), Doug Wood (London), Nick O ,Day (Tokyo), Sergio Assad (S ao Paulo), Linda Robertson (Washington) and myself.", "The committee will meet on an as needed basis.", "I believe that these changes will allow us all the opportunity to provide more cost effective and efficient service to the business units we support.", "I encourage each of you to review the new policies and provide feedback.", "Thank you" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Avnet", "sents": [ "Avnet, Inc. is one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.", "Although the corporation's products have been an important part of computer networking, the corporate name is neither an acronym nor a coined word, and dates from nearly a century ago, when it was founded by Charles Avnet in 1921.", "After its start on Manhattan's Radio Row, the company became incorporated in 1955 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1961.", "Avnet currently ranks #108 on the Fortune 500 and #414 on the Fortune Global 500, reporting FY 2017 revenues of $17.4 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4810_p19", "sents": [ "http: www.mycustoms.com IT Consultant Ajilon Invests $1 Million in Incube8.com BALTIMORE -- Incube8.com, an integrated business accelerator focused on strategic investment and business development in the emerging technology sector, said it received a $1 million cash investment from information technology consulting firm Ajilon as part of a strategic alliance.", "Ajilon's executive search division will assist Incube8 with its executive-level recruiting needs for the company and its growing network of portfolio companies as part of the deal.", "http: www.incube8.com New Products o Ignition Co-founder Starts Wireless Gaming Firm UIEvolution BELLEVUE, Wash. -- UIEvolution, a wireless gaming company founded by former Microsoft software architect Satoshi Nakajima, announced its launch.", "UIEvolution is initially developing platform architecture and games for mobile phones.", "The company said it has received $2 million from Ignition, a wireless Internet holding company that Mr. Nakajima co-founded with other senior Microsoft and McCaw Cellular officials.", "http: www.uievolution.com Four-way Merger Creates Electronics Marketing Channel eChips SAN JOSE, Calif. -- QuestLink Technology, ChipCenter, publicly traded Arrow Electronics' Advantage business unit, and Avnet's production supplies and test equipment division have merged to create eChips, a sales and marketing channel for global electronics engineering and purchasing communities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9089_p3", "sents": [ "The following day there was only o ne hour in which reserves dropped below 6% and one hour in which reserves were as great as 10%.", "In addition, it alleges that the implementation of Amendment No.", "33 has substantially relieved the burden which had previously been placed on the ISO ,s operators by in-state Generators attempting to negotiate prices in real tim e in response to ISO Dispatch instructions.", "The ISO also requests that the Commission clarify its December 8 Order to confirm that sellers submitting bids above $250 in the ISO ,s Imbalance Energy Market are required to report t heir bids and provide cost information on a weekly basis not only to the Commission, but also to the California Electricity Oversight Board and the ISO.", "The ISO requests clarification that the Commission intended to approve the proposed December 12, 2000 effective date for the cost allocation elements of Amendment No.", "33.'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e3126_p9", "sents": [ "AGENCY: PUC and California Independent System Operator INVESTIGATION: Whether generation plants were shut down for spurious reasons in order to create supply shortages and, thus, to raise electricity prices.", "AGENCY: California Electricity Oversight Board INVESTIGATION: Whether patterns of bidding and pricing in California's electricity auction indicate collusive or otherwise illegal behavior.", "Sources: state and federal agencies Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Business Financial Desk; Section W Enron Unit Moves to End India Contract For Power By SARITHA RAI 05 22 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 6 c. 2001 New York Times Company BANGALORE, India, May 21 -- Fed up with its main customer's refusal to pay its bills, the Enron Corporation's Indian power-generating venture served formal notice on Saturday that it would terminate its power supply contract and pull out.", "The move by the Dabhol Power Company, 65 percent owned by Enron, starts the clock ticking on a six-month notice period before the contract is voided, during which negotiations to settle the dispute are expected." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5975_p54", "sents": [ "Duke officials said in the ads - which appeared in newspapers in California, Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina - that plant production was increased and decreased at the order of Cal-ISO, the agency that controls the state's power grid and monitors supply and demand.", "The California version of Duke's advertisement specifically denied the workers' allegations, and claimed they \"did not know - and were not in an operational capacity to know - that the ISO directs output.", "Davis had praised the three workers as heroes and Lt. Gov.", "Cruz Bustamante said they had delivered the \"smoking gun\" needed to prove price gouging.", "Cal-ISO has not yet publicly acknowledged its role in the ramping up and down of electricity production, but gave its analysis late Friday to selected lawmakers.", "The move came after Duke gave the agency's confidential orders to the Times and the Observer.", "The agency's analysis found that Duke's South Bay units had accurate logs showing that the units followed Cal-ISO's dispatch orders." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Cruz Bustamante", "sents": [ "Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American retired politician.", "He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party.", "He served with Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was succeeded by John Garamendi in 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Natural Resources Defense Council", "sents": [ "The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit international environmental pressure group, with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing, China.", "Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 2.4 million members, online activities nationwide, and a staff of about 500 lawyers, scientists and other policy experts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2855_p40", "sents": [ "And when the task force releases its report tomorrow, many of their recommendations will be in it.", "No such access to Cheney was available for many others.", "Leaders of environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council, didn't make it onto Cheney's calendar.", "Neither did California Governor Gray Davis, a Democrat, who was told to submit a one-page memo.", "``They bumped us to staff level,'' said Alys Campaigne, NRDC's legislative director.", "``That there was no outreach to the CEOs of environmental groups is striking.''", "The task force is recommending a broad basket of ideas to encourage domestic fuel production, including regulatory changes that will make it easier to build more refineries, pipelines and transmission lines; plans to promote more oil and gas exploration; and tax credits to promote renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.", "`All Sides' Heard Juleanna Glover Weiss, Cheney's press secretary, says the idea that the energy task force had a two-tiered system for getting input is ``nonsense.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26689_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Wednesday, January 2, 2002 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Women are majority of eshoppers An estimated 29 million Internet users bought gifts online during the holiday shopping season, and 58% of them were women, according to a nationwide study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.", "\"It's a vote of confidence for the online environment,\" said Lee Rainie, the project's director.", "\"It means women think of the Internet in a much more serious way.\"", "Last year, online shoppers were even split between men and women.", "For women, a major attraction of online shopping is its time-saving efficiency, Rainie said.", "AOL Time Warner's AOL found a trend among its shoppers.", "\"Overall, females accounted for 64% of all shopping, underscoring the extent to which AOL's shopping audience is paralleling offline retailing and making online buying a habit,\" the company said in a release." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20488_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Monday, October 29, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Yahoo expands video programming Yahoo said its streaming-video service has added new programming, including cooking shows, a TV sitcom and highlights of a conference offering families and businesses help after the terrorist attacks last month.", "The programs are free.", "Advertisers' messages are displayed as the programs are streamed.", "The announcement was made Monday at a conference sponsored by Webnoize, a market research firm specializing in digital entertainment technologies.", "CW EDistribution LLC's contributions include episodes of the show \"Townies\" and clips from old TV commercials and celebrity interviews.", "\"It is the ideal platform for people to see shows they might not otherwise be able to access,\" said CWD's Robert E. Raleigh.", "Yahoo's broadcast service is also offering free access to a conference hosted by Franklin Covey, in which author Steven Covey suggests ways people can cope with the effect of the events of Sept. 11. -- More confidence seen in Internet Online shoppers will be clicking and buying this holiday season because they find the Web more convenient and product selection more broad than bricks-and-mortar stores, not because they are afraid to shop in large public places, according to a special research report produced by VNU's ACNielsen and Yahoo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1217_p0", "sents": [ "\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Wednesday, September 6, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Ridgewood Capital to Raise $400 Million Venture Capital Fund o Network Telephone Dials Up $256 Million in Financing o TeraBeam Founder Sells Stock, Gives Up Chairman Post o Numerical to Buy Cadabra Design Automation for $130 Million o CityReach International Raises $155 Million Third Round o Report: Pop.com Closes Following Failed Acquisition Talks Advertisement Spend an afternoon with VC Heidi Roizen.", "The Montclare Web Team invites you to join us to hear SOFTBANK VC Heidi Roizen talk about the 'new' New Economy at the Montclare Speaker Series, Sept. 13. http: www.montclare.com speakerseries Want to improve your Web site?", "Ask the experts!", "Meet us tonight at Zibibbo, in Palo Alto: http: www.montclare.com webteam Also in This Issue: New Money: o MEMS Manufacturer AMS Secures $8 Million in Series A Funding o Millennia Vision Raises $27 Million In First Funding Round o Software Developer 2Ce Raises $2.75 Million in Series A o Travel Search Engine TripAdvisor Gets $2 Million First Round o U.K." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9431_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Thursday, August 24, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o Microsoft Spin-off HomeAdvisor Gets $100 Million First Round o Greenlight.com Launches Car Buying Service on Amazon.com Digital Library & Research Firm Questia Gets $90 Million o Former Oracle President Lane Joins Kleiner Perkins o USWeb Co-founder Launches Net Training Firm iGeneration o German Incubator Raises $30.5 Million in Its First Round Advertisement Spend an afternoon with VC Heidi Roizen.", "The Montclare Web Team invites you to join us to hear SOFTBANK VC Heidi Roizen talk about the 'new' New Economy at the Montclare Speaker Series, Sept. 13. http: www.montclare.com speakerseries Want to improve your Web site?", "Ask the experts!", "Meet us tonight at Zibibbo, in Palo Alto: http: www.montclare.com webteam Also in This Issue: New Money: o Web Recruiter Brainhunter.com Has $12 Million First Round o Content and Publishing Firm Closes on $8 Million First Round o Handheld Device Developer Extenex Has $2.1 Million Series A o Stolen Laptop Tracker Lucira Gets First Round Funding o Microsoft to Provide Funds for eLabor.com's Second Round o TH Lee Global Internet Invests $48 Million in BBC Subsidiary o Silicon Wave Closes $51.7 Million Fourth Round o Avantas Networks Raises $12 Million in Second Round o Broadband Multimedia Portal V-SPAN Gets Funding From Enron o Incentive Software Firm Raises $9.3 Million in Second Round o Internet Media Firm Click2Asia Closes Series B Funding Round o Education Market Platform HotU Closes $6 Million Series B o Pacific Venture Provides Thap!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4033_p5", "sents": [ "Voxeo raised a seed round from individual investors earlier this year.", "http: www.voxeo.com Egan-Managed Capital Launches $66.7 Million Second Fund BOSTON -- Egan-Managed Capital said it raised a new $66.7 million fund for investing in early stage startup companies primarily in the New England area.", "A majority of the capital for the firm's second fund was committed by the Egan family, led by Richard Egan, a founder of the EMC.", "The fund will make initial investments of between $2 million and $4 million in 12-15 companies throughout the year.", "The firm manages two funds with over $110 million in committed capital.", "Egan-Managed Capital portfolio companies include Network Engines, Top Layer Networks, Lineo, and Softrax.", "http: www.egancapital.com New Money o Communications Firm Impinij Gets $15 Million, Round One SEATTLE -- Impinj, an adaptive communications company, said it recently secured $15 million in its first round of financing from lead investors ARCH Venture Partners and Madrona Venture Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e4329_p10", "sents": [ "The company also announced the appointment of its president and CEO, Kenneth Bob.", "Mr. Bob previously served as a senior vice president for the Descartes Systems Group.", "http: www.safewww.com Network Management Firm Oracom Raises First Round NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.", "-- Oracom, which provides online network management software, said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funds in its first round.", "Egan-Managed Capital, a New England-based venture capital fund, led the round, which included Point Ventures and CIG Ventures.", "As a result of the funding, Bob Creeden, general partner of Egan-Managed Capital, Baruch Russo, who manages CIG Ventures, and Michael O'Malley of Inflection Point, will join Oracom's board of directors.", "http: www.oracom.com Payroll Management Site PayCycle Raises $1.3 Million Seed MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- PayCycle, a provider of Web-based payroll management services for business with up to 20 employees, said it raised $1.3 million in its seed round from private investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11552_p3", "sents": [ "In 1986, systemwide co-generation plants were installed to produce sufficient energy for most university buildings and to pump an additional 20 megawatts into the state's electricity grid.", "That approach saved most of the UC campuses from falling victim during the state's rolling blackouts -- although UC Santa Cruz went dark one day in January because its co-generation plant was out.", "MARKET PRICES AHEAD Still, UC officials are asking the Legislature for extra money, warning that a systemwide natural gas bill is expected to rocket from $26 million last year to a projected $64 million this year.", "A contract for low-priced gas is expiring and UC will soon find itself paying market prices.", "That means UC will face having to raise dormitory fees, cut back on night and weekend classes and turn down the air conditioners in the summer, leaving classrooms sweltering.", "Saying that that would be unacceptable, Assemblywoman Elaine Alquist, D- Santa Clara, chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, called a hearing on the issue last month." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Elaine Alquist", "sents": [ "Elaine Kontominas Alquist (born August 21, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) a former Democratic state senator from California's 13th Senate District.", "Prior to serving in the senate, she served in the state assembly for 6 years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3070_p66", "sents": [ "But an extensive investigation by The Chronicle has found that not only were generators shut down to boost prices but these \"gaming\" tactics contributed to the plants' deteriorating condition.", "\"We suspected it,\" said Jim MacIntosh, the manager of grid operations for the ISO.", "\"It was a sure factor in driving up prices.\"", "Such swings in unit output, he said, \"would only make sense in a scenario when they're trying to game something.", "Otherwise, why would they do that?", "They're tearing their units up.\"", "Unusual phone calls Operators at a San Bernardino County power plant owned by Reliant Energy Inc. say a complex plan to manipulate the California energy market began early last year with a series of unusual telephone calls from the company's headquarters in Houston.", "According to the accounts of three plant operators, Reliant's operations schedulers on the energy trading floor ordered them to repeatedly decrease, then increase output at the 1,046-megawatt Etiwanda plant." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e407_p15", "sents": [ "\"Part of our plan is to make sure that someone who owns the wires cannot become a market player and cut out people who have power to sell and can't get to market because they can't get to the lines,\" he said.", "Under the Texas deregulation plan, generators will sell power directly to customers but will send it via wires likely owned by other companies.", "That is part of the reason traditional regulated Texas utilities like TXU Corp. and Reliant Energy Inc. are splitting their regulated and unregulated businesses into separate entities.", "Noel said ERCOT and the state government are both committed to starting deregulation on schedule on Jan. 1, 2002. The first active move toward that end comes on April 2, when ERCOT will conduct a mock market.", "Noel acknowledged \"it's not going to be pretty,\" because of some delays in setting up the computer hardware and software needed to undertake the testing prior to the start date." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e850_p4", "sents": [ "Mass Merit - (built 1993) 69,620 dwt delivery United States Gulf Apr 15 25 trip and redelivery Taiwan $10,750 daily plus $190,000 ballast bonus Taho.", "Menites - (built 1981) 64,896 dwt delivery Ghent Apr 10 15 trip via Brazil redelivery Antwerp approximately $10,000 daily Pan Ocean.", "Atlantic Savior - (built 1983) 64,754 dwt delivery Cape Passero Apr 10 15 trans-Atlantic round voyage redelivery West Mediterranean-Continent range $10,000 daily T and E. USA: RESEARCH ALERT-Morgan starts Dynegy as buy.", "04 06 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - J.P. Morgan said Friday that analyst Anatol Feygin had initiated coverage of Dynegy Inc. as a long term buy with a price target of $63 a share.", "He said the company has provided \"defensive earnings growth through a top tier wholesale energy player\" that is \"second only to Enron .\"", "Dynegy's asset-light strategy allows the company to follow Enron's lead, with a favorable risk reward profile with 73 percent of EBIT coming from non-regulated \"merchant energy\" opportunities, he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e1353_p58", "sents": [ "``Dynegy is in a good position to earn good returns from those plants,'' analyst Anatol Feygin of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. said.", "``The press is full of prognostications that the New York area and the Northeast are the next California.''", "New York and New England won't have enough generators or power lines to meet demand if temperatures are higher than normal this summer, industry officials have said.", "Few were built in the Northeast in recent years because of regulatory hurdles, even as economic growth boosted electricity consumption.", "Broadband Loss Dynegy's new Global Communications division, which markets and trades broadband, had a $11.6 million loss from start-up and expansion costs.", "Profit from the processing and marketing of natural-gas liquids fell 5.4 percent to $22.9 million.", "Last year's profit included about $4 million from assets that have been sold.", "Profit at Dynegy's Illinois Power utility, with 650,000 gas and power customers in southern Illinois, more than quintupled to $25.9 million on cost reductions and higher winter demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1547_p4", "sents": [ "The PUC says that El Paso's market manipulation will cost California gas and electricity customers more than $100 million annually.", "The Brattle Group consulting firm has placed the figure much higher, estimating that cost increases for electricity customers of Southern California Edison Co. alone totaled about $750 million during the past year.", "El Paso and its affiliates are involved in selling pipeline space to other natural gas companies, selling gas themselves at the California border and generating alternative sources of electricity whose price is tied to natural gas costs.", "Shareholders stood to gain handsomely as gas prices shot upward, according to the PUC.", "El Paso Merchant's earnings before interest and taxes rose from $3 million in 1999 to $563 million in 2000, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.", "The report gave no breakdown, however, of profits tied specifically to California.", "A research firm hired by El Paso, the Lukens Consulting Group, concluded that a complex chain reaction of factors -- not manipulation -- has rocked the state's natural gas industry and affected market dynamics and economics." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e489_p1", "sents": [ "The winner: El Paso's sister company, the El Paso Merchant Energy Company, which buys, sells and trades natural gas.", "The bidding was not close.", "El Paso Merchant offered twice as much for the capacity as the other companies bid, in total, for bits and pieces.", "Why pay so much more?", "California officials, who are pressing a complaint against El Paso at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, say the answer is simple.", "The state contends that El Paso Merchant, with help from its sister company, saw the transaction as a way to manipulate the price of natural gas by using its control of pipeline capacity.", "According to sealed documents obtained by The New York Times that are part of filings in the federal case, executives at El Paso Merchant said internally that the deal would give them ''more control'' of gas markets, including the ''ability to influence the physical market'' to benefit the company's financial positions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11636_p2", "sents": [ "Duke Energy (DUK), one of the suppliers that sold the contracts to Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, has sued Davis for unlawfully commandeering those contracts.", "Although Duke has reached an interim settlement to continue providing power to the state Department of Water Resources until April 30, the company and the Davis administration still have to \"develop a comprehensive long-term settlement to pay for the power supply contracts,\" said Duke spokesman Tom Williams.", "The governor went ahead with the announcement, because the California Department of Water Resources believes it will be able to finalize and sign the contracts over the next several weeks, Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio said.", "Separately, several suppliers named in the governor's announcement Monday - including Duke, Reliant Energy Inc. (REI), Mirant Corp. (MIR), Sempra Energy (SRE), Enron Corp. (ENE) and Avista Corp. (AVA) - said they have yet to sign final agreements with the state, although negotiations were ongoing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e93_p2", "sents": [ "\"Nobody knows where the economy is going, and how the energy crisis will affect it, so no one will know what the revenues will look like in the future.\"", "The biggest day of power buying happened on Feb. 16 when the state spent nearly $81 million for electricity, or $435 per megawatt hour.", "The smallest day was March 10 when the state buyers spent $40 million, or $219 per megawatt hour.", "Michael Worm, an analyst with the investment firm Gerald Klauer Mattison, said what the state paid was in line with current energy prices.", "\"That's where energy prices more or less have been for quite some time,\" he said.", "\"Of course, they are dramatically higher than they used to be.\"", "The governor's office has refused to release information on how much the state has spent, said Steve Maviglio, Davis' spokesman.", "Maviglio said if generators found out how much the state spent the day before, they could force up the price the next day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Exelon", "sents": [ "Exelon Corporation is an American Fortune 100 energy company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.", "It generates revenues of approximately $34.5 billion and employs approximately 34,000 people.", "Exelon is the largest electric holding company in the United States by revenue, the largest regulated utility in the United States with approximately 10 million customers, and is also the largest operator of nuclear power plants in the United States.", "It was created in October 2000 by the merger of PECO Energy Company and Unicom, of Philadelphia and Chicago respectively.", "Unicom owned Commonwealth Edison.", "Exelon operates regulated utilities in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.", "In October 2009, Exelon had full or majority ownership of 17 nuclear reactors in 10 nuclear power plants.", "Exelon has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada and is the largest competitive U.S. power generator with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity.", "Exelon merged with Constellation Energy Group in March 2012 and acquired Pepco Holdings in March 2016.", "Exelon consists of eight main operating subsidiaries with Exelon Generation, a deregulated energy generator, Constellation, a deregulated competitive energy supplier, and six regulated utilities, Commonwealth Edison (Illinois), Philadelphia Electric Company (Pennsylvania), Baltimore Gas and Electric (Maryland), Delmarva Power & Light (Delaware and Maryland), Atlantic City Electric (New Jersey), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Washington, DC and Maryland)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e27513_p24", "sents": [ "But demand has been dampened by a weak economy, lower power prices stemming, in part, from federally imposed price caps in California, and cooler summer weather throughout the U.S., which has led to cutbacks in air-conditioning loads.", "Fleishman maintains power prices may get weaker still before rebounding.", "Lowell Miller, a money manager specializing in utility shares, thinks the stocks are still vulnerable precisely because they were accorded glamour status by some fans on the Street.", "Once considered the province of risk-averse investors, they migrated last year into the hands of the growth-oriented crowd.", "Ruth Ann Gillis, the chief financial officer of Exelon, concurs.", "The company's stock recently dropped more than five points in two days, even after the company, which was formed by the merger of Philadelphia's PECO Energy and Chicago-based Unicom, posted strong second-quarter earnings, and predicted further gains.", "\"The momentum crowd took over the trading in utility shares after dumping technology stocks,\" she says." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3151_p2", "sents": [ "Motion passes: 22-0-0 Board of Governors Extension of Price Cap Authority (1) MOVED: The Board authorizes and directs Management to file an amendment to the ISO Tariff (substantially in the form attached as Attachment B) to remo ve the November 15, 2000 date for the termination of the ISO ,s authority to establish price caps in the ISO ,s markets.", "Motion passes: 21-1-0 Board of Governors Extension of Price Cap Authority (A2) MOVED: The Board authorizes and directs Management to do the following: 1.to continue the price cap provision and other provisions set forth in Boa rd Resolution of August 1, 2000 beyond October 15, 2000 until further directed by the Board in a subsequent resolution; and 2.to provide a report and analysis to the Board by no later than March 31, 2001 that includes an assessment of market competitiveness for Summer 2001, a timetable for the implementation of Congestion Management Reform and other Comprehensive Market Redesign components that could affect the need for price caps, and a recommendation regarding the need for and level of price caps for Summer 2001. Motion passes: 19-2-1 Finance Committee Increasing Neutrality Adjustment Price Cap Moved, that the Board of Governors, based on the authority granted under section 11.2.9.1 of the ISO Tariff, approve changing the limit of total charges levied under section 11.2.9 of the ISO Tariff from $0.095 MWh to $0.35 MWh for the period of September 15, 2000 through January 15, 2001. IS O management is directed to give seven days notice to Scheduling Coordinators of this action and to continue to pursue the following actions and implemen t as appropriate: (1) Allocate to Scheduling Coordinators, in proportion to their deviations from schedules, the costs that the ISO incurs (when in excess of market costs) to serve these deviations; (2) If determined to be feasible, allocate costs incurred to resolve real-time inter-zonal congesti on to deviations, regardless of the zonal location of the deviations." ], "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": "e25935_p0", "sents": [ "\"Burbank's the ticket.", "Can you get there direct?", "If not, let's do LAX, but Burbank is preferrable.", "Less of a zoo.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Etringer, Michael Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:15 PM To: Parquet, David; Dasovich, Jeff Subject: Airport arrival for SCE meeting Which airport will you be arriving at next Thursday?", "I will likely fly in the night before and have you pick me up at my hotel.", "Mike Mike Etringer 503.464.3836 (w) Enron North America 503.701.4516 (c) West Power Origination 503.464.3740 (fax) 121 SW Salmon Street 3WTC0306 michael.etringer@enron.com Portland, OR 97232" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e19384_p0", "sents": [ "\"That's fine.", "If we live to make it into '02, I may try to get Netco into WPTF and I would like to be the contact but we can talk about it more then.", "Alan --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:27 PM To: Comnes, Alan; Kaufman, Paul Subject: RE: WPTF and Douglass Importance: High I've notified Gary that my name should replace Sue's and our involvement with WPTF only goes through the end of the year.", "I'll forward to you anything that he sends to me.", "That make sense?", "Dan's summaries only go through the end of the year.", "Same there, I've been contact with Dan.", "Let me know if this answers the questions and works.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Comnes, Alan Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:26 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff; Kaufman, Paul Subject: WPTF and Douglass Jeff or Paul: Do either of you know how far out our WPTF membership goes?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jim Battin", "sents": [ "James Franklin Battin (born July 28, 1962 in Billings, Montana) is a former California State Senator for District 37, which includes much of Riverside County in the inland part of Southern California.", "Prior to serving in the State Senate, Battin served in the California State Assembly from 1994 until 2000.", "Battin was term limited from the Senate in 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1653_p2", "sents": [ "For large businesses, AB 265 would allow for a negotiated payment plan with SDG&E over a longer period of time.", "AB 970 by Assemblywoman Denise Ducheny (D-San Diego) and Assemblyman Jim Battin (R-La Quinta) will help California overcome the inadequate supply of energy, one of the biggest obstacles to lower energy prices, by expediting the siting process for new power plants and streamlining permitting for upgrades of old facilities.", "\"Restrictions and red tape have presented a powerful disincentive to those who would build more power generators in California,\" Governor Davis said.", "\"This bill will benefit consumers by increasing supply to meet growing demand.", "It will also establish new programs to reduce demand.\"", "Over the last three months, Governor Gray Davis' leadership has been demonstrated in his response to the San Diego electricity crisis: On June 14, he called for emergency reduction of electricity use by all sta te facilities in the San Francisco Bay area in response to electricity emergen cy and rolling blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5326_p20", "sents": [ "The terms of the deal were undisclosed.", "The new acquisition will work with VeriSign's subsidiary, Network Solutions.", "In July, Network Solutions acquired ezDomainAuction.com, maker of a technology platform to find, buy and list domain name registrations in the secondary market.", "GreatDomains' CEO, Jeff Tinsley will become director of the secondary market for domain names division at Network Solutions.", "GreatDomains.com is backed by Prime Ventures and other undisclosed investors.", "http: www.verisign.com http: www.greatdomains.com BabyPressConference.com Acquires Urbanbaby.com NEW YORK -- BabyPressConference.com, an online service that allows parents to introduce their newborns to family and friends from hospitals via live video over the Internet, said it acquired urbanbaby.com, an online store, network of resource guides, and interactive communities for local parents in metropolitan cities for an undisclosed amount.", "Urbanbaby founders John and Susan Maloney will become senior vice presidents at BabyPressConference.", "Employees from both companies will move to one larger, combined office in New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Network Solutions", "sents": [ "Network Solutions, LLC is an American-based technology company founded in 1979.", "The domain name registration business has become the most important division of the company.", "By January 2009, Network Solutions managed more than 6.6 million domain names.", "In addition to being a domain name registrar, Network Solutions provides web services such as web hosting, website design and online marketing, including search engine optimization and pay per click management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Arnold Schwarzenegger", "sents": [ "Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( ; ] ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who holds both Austrian and American citizenship.", "He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3384_p81", "sents": [ "The real challenge The candidate part, however, is stickier.", "Republicans start at a disadvanta ge in a state where voters overwhelmingly approve of abortion rights, gun control and protecting the environment.", "And at the moment, the GOP's likeliest candidates for governor are Secretar y of State Bill Jones, who suffers from a lack of name recognition and a poor track record at fundraising, and William E. Simon Jr., a wealthy Los Angele s businessman and philanthropist who has no political experience and ties to the savings and loan and oil and gas industry that could hurt.", "``Davis is extremely vulnerable, but neither of these individuals is the right candidate to defeat him,'' said one GOP consultant, who asked not to be identified.", "Indeed, the Field Poll shows Davis with double-digit leads against either Simon or Jones.", "That's why the GOP flirted earlier this year with maverick choices such as movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who ultimately said he is not interested." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3735_p2", "sents": [ "For the day, the Nikkei-225 dropped about 0.1% while the broader Topix remained unchanged.", "- CURRENCY SUMMARY Concerns over the Japanese economy, alongside comments from a Japanese official, have kept the yen under pressure.", "Of course, this is to the dollar's advantage, as the greenback is holding above the 120 yen level.", "The euro has been slapped lower to below 0.850 dollars per euro, as traders take profits on an early run higher to 0.855 dollars.", "- MAJOR COMPANY INDUSTRY NEWS (All prices as of 11:05 a.m. EDT) The $8 billion merger between DuPont's (DD: 47.15, + 0.45) pharmaceutical division and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY: 57.42, - 0.49) has moved one step closer to reality, according to The Wall Street Journal.", "Citing unnamed sources, the Journal reported that DuPont agreed to exclusive negotiations with Bristol-Myers in order to quickly move the deal forward.", "DuPont has authorized the transaction if both companies can agree to terms, but many hurdles still remain that could thwart the takeover." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e19601_p37", "sents": [ "Enron, whose stock has plunged during the last three weeks as shareholders fretted about the company's relationship with a series of investment partnerships, which has led to a Securities and Exchange Commission probe, ticked up 0.1% to $9.06. InfoSpace (INSP:Nasdaq - news - commentary) was also active after the bell, losing 2.5% to $1.59. Intel (INTC:Nasdaq - news - commentary) was tacking on 0.5% to $28.44, and the Nasdaq 100 Tracking Stock (QQQ:Amex - news - commentary) was unchanged at $38.15. Hot Topic (HOTT:Nasdaq - news - commentary) was one of the extra session's biggest losers, falling 3.8% to $24.51 after saying October same-store sales fell 4.4% from the same month a year ago.", "The company also indicated that earnings for the third and fourth quarters could come in a little short of analysts' estimates.", "Cisco (CSCO:Nasdaq - news - commentary) was up 0.3% to $18.99, Sun (SUNW:Nasdaq - news - commentary) was gaining 0.2% to $12.61, and Oracle (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - commentary) was flat at $15.58. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY:NYSE - news - commentary) rose 2% to $55.32 after hours." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "William Davila", "sents": [ "William \"Bill\" Davila (born Guillermo Davila, April 25, 1931 – February 14, 2014) was a Mexican American soldier and businessman.", "He was involved with many nationally known companies in the United States, including Vons Supermarkets, which he presided twice, first from 1984 to 1990 and then as president emeritus from 1992 to 1998; The Home Depot, Wells Fargo, Hormel Foods and others.", "He was also president of the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2868_p107", "sents": [ "Cox, 59, is a longtime communications business executive who retired from AirTouch.", "William Davila, 69, is the former president and the familiar TV face for supermarket chain Vons, which was sold to Safeway for $2.5 billion in 1997. He also sits on the boards of Home Depot and Hormel Foods.", "Besides his Kaiser position, Lawrence, 60, also is a director at Agilent Technologies, a Hewlett-Packard spin-off.", "Mary Metz, 63, is president of the nonprofit S.H.", "Cowell Foundation, named after a San Francisco family.", "Carl Reichardt, 69, is the retired chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo Bank.", "Barry Lawson Williams, 56, is president of Williams Ventures in San Bruno.", "Gordon Smith, 53, is PG&E's chairman and CEO.", "Robert Glynn Jr., 58, holds t he same posts for the utility's parent company, PG&E Corp. All of them sit on the board for PG&E, which is the utility.", "All but Smith are on the board fo r the parent company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26574_p26", "sents": [ "A virtual pooling point is a series of networks connected to each other for traditional telecom business, not for bandwidth trading purposes.", "Some carriers say that virtual pooling points could be used for bandwidth trading.", "Physical pooling points like the ones LighTrade operates are only attractive if they are neutral and connected to large numbers of longhaul and metropolitan network carriers.", "\"LighTrade's a victim of what's going on in the bandwidth market,\" he said.", "\"There's a lot of action in trading, but not a lot of capacity being transferred.\"", "LighTrade plans to increase the number of pooling points it operates to 15 by first quarter 2002. -By Erwin Seba, Dow Jones Newswires, 713-547-9214 erwin.seba@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: INTERVIEW-Enron still seeks opportunities beyond gas power.", "By Andrew Kelly 08 28 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Enron Corp. may have scaled down its broadband telecommunications plans, but it will continue to pursue opportunities beyond its traditional core wholesale natural gas and electricity markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e407_p16", "sents": [ "A pilot program for 5 percent of retail customers is next up on June 1. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Despite Talk, Bandwidth-Trading Cos Say They're Hiring By Erwin Seba Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 03 22 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- While market-maker Enron Corp.'s (ENE) stock tumbled Wednesday on rumors that it plans to lay off people in its broadband unit, other bandwidth-trading companies said Thursday they have plans to add employees.", "Williams Communications Group (WCG), El Paso Corp. (EPG) and Aquila Broadband Services, a unit of Utilicorp United Inc. (UCU), said they are looking for some additions among traders and in other deal-making positions.", "Additionally, Enron spokesman Mark Palmer said the rumored layoffs are redeployments of some personnel within the company.", "\"Redeployment is an everyday occurrence at Enron,\" Palmer said.", "\"Our broadband business is growing and hitting its performance metrics as we laid them out in January.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26226_p0", "sents": [ "California Power-Buying Data Disclosed in Misdirected E-Mail By Daniel T aub Sacramento, California, July 6 (Bloomberg) -- California Governor Gray Davis's office released data on the state's purchases in the spot electric ity market -- information Davis has been trying to keep secret -- through a misdirected e-mail.", "The e-mail, containing data on California's power pur chases yesterday, was intended for members of the governor's staff, said Da vis spokesman Steve Maviglio.", "It was accidentally sent to some reporters on the office's press list, he said.", "Davis is fighting disclosure of state p ower purchases, saying it would compromise negotiations for future contract s. This week, Davis appealed a state judge's order to release spot-market i nvoices, purchase orders and confirmation sheets for power contracts signed through June 27. The state is buying electricity on behalf of utilities, w hich are burdened by debt.", "``It's an internal document,'' Maviglio said of the e-mail." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e93_p2", "sents": [ "\"Nobody knows where the economy is going, and how the energy crisis will affect it, so no one will know what the revenues will look like in the future.\"", "The biggest day of power buying happened on Feb. 16 when the state spent nearly $81 million for electricity, or $435 per megawatt hour.", "The smallest day was March 10 when the state buyers spent $40 million, or $219 per megawatt hour.", "Michael Worm, an analyst with the investment firm Gerald Klauer Mattison, said what the state paid was in line with current energy prices.", "\"That's where energy prices more or less have been for quite some time,\" he said.", "\"Of course, they are dramatically higher than they used to be.\"", "The governor's office has refused to release information on how much the state has spent, said Steve Maviglio, Davis' spokesman.", "Maviglio said if generators found out how much the state spent the day before, they could force up the price the next day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8778_p10", "sents": [ "The round was led by 3i and included investments from previous investors Royal Bank of Scotland, and Scottish Equity Partners.", "The company said it will use the funding to continue the development of new products and services.", "http: www.allhotels.com Chip2Chip, Changes Name, Caps $40 Million Second Round mail this story?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Chip2Chip, a developer of semiconductors for optical networking systems, announced it changed its name to Velio Communications.", "The company also said it closed a $40 million second round of funding in October.", "The round was led by new investor Venture Capital Partners and included new investor HarbourVest Partners and previous investors Sequoia Capital, IVP, and Global Catalyst.", "Velio Communications will use the funding to form strategic partnerships.", "http: www.velio.com Teen Quiz Site CraniaMedia Raises $1.2 Million Series B mail this story?", "top LOS ANGELES (VENTUREWIRE) -- CraniaMedia, which runs an academic quiz Web site for teenagers that contains competitions, practice tests, and educational games, said it has raised $1.2 million in a Series B round of financing from Sapling Foundation, a private foundation based in the Bay area; Thayer Bigelow, former president of Time Warner Cable Programming; and undisclosed individuals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Sequoia Capital", "sents": [ "Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm.", "The firm is located in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry.", "It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value.", "Sequoia manages multiple investment funds including funds specific to India, Israel, and China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Scott McNealy", "sents": [ "Scott McNealy (born November 13, 1954) is an American businessman.", "He co-founded computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim.", "In 2010, he co-founded and is Executive Chairman of Wayin, based in Denver.", "and founded Curriki." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e7555_p3", "sents": [ "With Sun CEO Scott McNealy at their side, Enron executives said Sun will purchase broadband video streaming services from Enron.", "\"All we can say is WOW!\"", "wrote Edward Tirello Jr. at Deutsche Bank Alex.", "Brown in a note after the show.", "\"Just when we began to ponder the potential with a very healthy skepticism, Enron brilliantly anticipated the reaction and thrust Sun Microsystems' billionaire CEO Scott McNealy into the mix.\"", "Fund managers have been intrigued by Enron's transformation, too.", "Back in December, the Janus Fund (JANSX) snapped up 15.6 million shares of Enron, bringing its stake to more than 25.5 million shares and making it by far the largest holder of the stock, according to the latest monthly data from Morningstar.", "And Fidelity's huge Magellan (FMAGX) fund nearly doubled its stake in Enron to 4.6 million shares in December.", "Says Marion Schultheis, managing director at J. & W. Seligman, who owns the stock in two growth funds and is looking to buy more: \"Now there are real tech people looking at Enron.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28004_p3", "sents": [ "Messrs.", "Beard and Squire replace Dennis McGinn, who had served in both positions.", "Mr.", "Beard was promoted from his position of vice president of worldwide sales with the company.", "Prior to joining WhiteLight, Mr.", "Beard served as area vice president with Cognos, responsible for the U.K., Middle East, Africa, and Central and Southern European territories.", "Mr. Squire has served on WhitleLight's board for four years and is also vice chairman of Veritas.", "He has also served as executive vice president of Oracle Europe.", "WhiteLight has received funding from Charter Venture Capital, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, GE Capital, GE Financial Assurance Holdings, GE Investments, Itochu Group, Sybase, Warburg Pincus, and individuals.", "<http: www.whitelight.com VC PERSONNEL * GRP Partners Adds Former Carrefour Exec Herve Defforey top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IHPOOJQLII LONDON -- Venture capital firm GRP Partners said it added Herve Defforey, the former CFO of Carrefour, as partner.", "Mr. Defforey, 51, will be based out of the company's London office where he joins Pierre Morin." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "Sybase", "sents": [ "Sybase was an enterprise software and services company that produced software to manage and analyze information in relational databases.", "Sybase was acquired by SAP in 2010; SAP ceased using the Sybase name in 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jim Brulte", "sents": [ "James L. Brulte (born April 13, 1956) is the chairman of the California Republican Party, since March 3, 2013.", "Brulte formerly served as a Republican in the California State Senate, representing the 31st district, from 1996 to 2004.", "He also served as the Senate Republican leader from 2000 to 2004.", "Brulte also served as Vice-Chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.", "He was previously the Republican Leader of the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996.", "Brulte is the only freshman to ever serve as a party leader in both houses of the California State Legislature." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5850_p29", "sents": [ "Davis adviser Nancy McFadden said the state needs FERC to lay the groundwork for the state to seek refunds from public utilities by ordering refunds from corporate energy suppliers.", "But during a conference call Sunday with reporters, McFadden and Davis press secretary Steve Maviglio couldn't explain how the governor would go about getting refunds from companies whose wholesale power prices aren't regulated by FERC.", "Davis testified before the United States Congress last week that generators overcharged the state $9 billion and that FERC should order the refunds.", "State Sen. Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, has asked for an investigation into Davis's testimony, saying the figures were based on \"shaky calculations.\"", "To come up with its conclusions, the ISO compared hourly market prices received by sellers to an estimate of market prices that could have been expected under competitive market conditions.", "The ISO established a benchmark for what it determined was competitive - at times about $125 per megawatt-hour to $200 MWh, a fraction of actual prices in the market - based on the cost of natural gas and compliance with air-quality rules." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5470_p105", "sents": [ "The FERC today ordered that the charge be included after Judge Curtis Wagner asked commissioners if he should widen his investigation.", "The FERC is looking into why the average price of gas jumped almost fivefol d in California in the first three months of the year compared with that peri od a year earlier, and why prices there are much higher than elsewhere in the country.", "Gas is used to fuel many power plants.", "Since the El Paso companies' contract expired May 31, spot market prices at the Southern California border, the main delivery point into the state, hav e plunged to a 13-month low of $7 per million British thermal units compared with a peak price of $58 hit in December.", "Register staff writers Kate Berry and Dena Bunis, Bloomberg News and Associated Press contributed to this report.", "Tuesday, June 12, 2001 Davis' con job Governor withholds truth from taxpayers about state's electricity crisis TOM MCCLINTOCK Senator McClintock represents the 19th Senate District in the California Legislature." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1473_p1", "sents": [ "MUST STEP IN TO PROTECT STATE FROM MANIPULATION BY SUPPLIERS., MITCHELL LANDSBERG and MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS The Orange County Register, April 20, 2001, Friday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS ?, K497, 846 words, Federal energy commission considers price fix for state energy market, By Dena Bunis San Jose Mercury News, April 20, 2001, Friday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K512, 696 words, In response to power woes, rating agencies have California on credit watch, By Jennifer Bjorhus San Jose Mercury News, April 20, 2001, Friday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K520, 1069 words, Issues still remain on what power consumers will eventually pay, By John Woolfolk and Michael Bazeley San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 20, 2001, FRIDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A4, 765 words, Edison pushes lawmakers to accept deal, David Lazarus The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 20, 2001, Friday, BC cycle, 7:04 AM Eastern Time, State and Regional, 438 words, Most Edison executives going without bonuses, By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer, LOS ANGELES The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, State and Regional, 901 words, Top political aide discusses Bush's low-key style, By RON FOURNIER, AP White House Correspondent, WASHINGTON The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, State and Regional, 727 words, Utility commission staff says parent company profiting from energy sales, BOISE, Idaho The Associated Press State & Local Wire, April 19, 2001, Thursday, BC cycle ?, State and Regional, 820 words, Legislators probe possible power, natural gas collusion, By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer, SACRAMENTO Copyright 2001 Associated Press AP Online April 20, 2001; Friday 7:57 AM, Eastern Time SECTION: Financial pages LENGTH: 238 words HEADLINE: Power Company Executives Lose Bonuses DATELINE: LOS ANGELES BODY: Senior executives at Southern California Edison and its parent company went without hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses in 2000 because of California's power crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27540_p35", "sents": [ "Reliance has expanded into telecommunications with plans to build a fiber-optic network linking 115 Indian cities.", "The 37,000- mile network would cost $5.3 billion and carry calls for its local and overseas long-distance and cellular phone services.", "Reliance plans to expand its oil and gas business, currently three percent of total sales, by developing the 25 sites it's won the past two years for oil exploration.", "Reliance Petroleum, 64 percent owned by Reliance, runs the world's seventh-biggest refinery at Jamnagar in western India.", "RIL not to pick up Enron pie Our Corporate Bureau Mumbai 08 01 2001 Business Standard 4 Copyright (c) Business Standard The Reliance group is not interested in buying out Enron's 65 per cent stake in the Dabhol power project.", "\"We are not interested in the Dabhol stake.", "We are keen on focusing on the existing businesses of the group like polyesters, polymers, oil & gas, petrochemicals and the existing power projects of the group,\" RIL managing director Anil Ambani, said today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Anil Ambani", "sents": [ "Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate.", "He is the chairman of Reliance Group (also referred to Reliance ADA Group) which came into existence in June 2005 following a demerger from Reliance Industries Limited.", "He leads a large number of stock listed corporations including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power and Reliance Communications.", "Ambani's net worth was $3.3 billion according to the Forbes billionaire list in the year of 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20106_p28", "sents": [ "Discussions on the sale of the equity would directly take place between Tata Power and Enron, the sources said.", "Tata Power managing director Adi Engineer confirmed his meeting with the Enron India managing director K Wade Cline in the presence of IDBI chairman PP Vora on Thursday.", "\"We have had a preliminary meeting where both the parties were apprised of the situation.", "We will have to wait for further developments,\" he added.", "According to sources, a time-bound agreement between Enron and Tata Power would provide an easy access to the various deals which Enron had struck at the time of commencment of work on the 2,184 mw Dabhol project.", "Tata Power would have to look into over 500 documents related to the Dabhol project and do the due deligence before giving a concrete offer to Enron.", "Tata Power, in a bid to expand its presence across the state, is also keen to hold hard, bargaining over the \"acceptable\" tariff of the project which would have to be restructured." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e553_p4", "sents": [ "The six-member committee, set up by the Maharashtra government last month, has almost finalised its report today and met financial institutions including International Develpoment Finance Corporation Ltd.", "In its over a month-long sittings, the committee discussed the state's review proposal with several energy experts including Abhay Mehta, author of the controversial book \"Power Play\", which depicted the alleged irregularities in the Enron deal.", "Another major presentation, made before the review panel was that by the Enron India Chief, K Wade Cline, and the DPC Managing Director, Neil McGregor.", "(PTI) 29-03 1941 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Life goes on 03 29 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) SALAM MUMBAI Malavika SanghviAnd Pepsi fights with Coke and Coke fights with Thums Up and Sprite fights with all of them and what difference does it make in your life?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8721_p21", "sents": [ "IFILM will receive a preferred equity position in Filmtrust for its contributions to the co-venture, which will be branded under the Filmtrust name.", "Filmtrust was formed in February 1999 as a joint venture with Digital Commerce Corporation (DCC), a creator of e-commerce services for government and industry.", "The venture was launched through an alliance between Filmtrust and Entertainment Partners (EP), a developer and marketer of entertainment industry production accounting software and services.", "IFILM's backers include Eastman Kodak, Liberty Digital, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Sony, and Vulcan Ventures.", "http: www.filmtrust.com http: www.ifilm.com Inustry B2B Dairy.com and INC2inc Merge to Form Momentx mail this story?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Dairy.com, a business-to-business exchange for the dairy industry, and INC2inc Technologies, an online market and supply chhain service for the food and beverage industry, announced their merger and the formation of a parent company, Momentx.", "Momentx will be headquartered in Dallas.", "Gregg Engles, chairman of the board and CEO of Suiza Foods, will serve as chairman of the board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p6", "sents": [ "http: www.buzzsaw.com Entertainment Site UGO Networks Acquires Rival Bla-Bla.com mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Bla-Bla.com, an online portal for independ ent content, said that it has been acquired by rival UGO (UnderGround Online) Networks, for an undisclosed amount.", "Bla-Bla.com's CEO Michael O'Hara said that the two companies had been \"brainstorming\" for nearly five months.", "Ove r the past six months, both UGO and Bla-Bla.com have each announced layoffs of about 30% of their staff, with UGO eliminating 40 people and Bla-Bla.com cutting 16 people.", "UGO is expected to \"pick and choose\" from the remaining employees at Bla-Bla.com to decide whom it wants to keep.", "Mr. O'Hara said that he would not be involved with the combined company and is moving on to other business opportunities.", "UGO has raised a total of $82 million in funding and expects to break even within one year.", "The company is backed by GRP, Gryphon Holdings III, J. & W. Seligman, and Vivendi, as well as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Entertainment Group, Liberty Digital, and LiveWire." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9258_p1", "sents": [ "This should be priority #1 now.", "As for output, we'll need a simple spreadsheet model and four or five slides by Friday detailing the structure we are proposing.", "Remember that the counterparty is not very finance savvy; so we need to make this one simple.", "Call me tomorrow morning on my cell phone to discuss.", "Brian Initial Background Stuff The Network MCI built the system.", "The ISO currently shares its private, dedicated network 50-50 with the California Power Exchange, though the ISO would like to take control of 100% of the asset.", "Network currently operating at about 1 2 capacity.", "The current network consists of 4 OC-12s.", "(As part of the contract, the ISO has a call to upgrade to 4 OC-48s.)", "This \"scalability\" was built in to accommodate what California believed would be a very large and rapidly growing number of users (mostly scheduling coordinators), but California greatly over-estimated the number." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e619_p33", "sents": [ "Finally, deregulation created a power market so fragmented that it was ludicrously easy to manipulate when the thin surplus of power supply in the West began evaporating in the summer of 2000, although the evidence is masked by the effects of a drought in the Northwest (which has reduced hydropower) and an unlucky combination of plant maintenance, air pollution limits idling older plants and higher than expected costs for natural gas.", "The price of bad luck, bad weather and the cunning of power suppliers was staggering.", "At one point in December, electricity that cost $250 a megawatt-hour to produce was priced by the power brokers of the California Independent System Operator at $1,500 a megawatt-hour.", "That was the negotiated price; the suppliers had asked for $2,000. Deregulation had set up a divided marketplace, more irrational than any Paul W. MacAvoy picks apart in his analysis of natural gas, in which the California Power Exchange was a clearinghouse where buyers and sellers set the price of electricity and the California Independent System Operator was the \"buyer of last resort\" if occasional gaps between production and distribution unexpectedly failed to meet daily demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2708_p7", "sents": [ "This series of LNG conference began in 1968 as the brain-child of three international bodies as official sponsors-the International Gas Union (IGU), the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and the International Institute of Refrigeration(IIR).", "``LNG 13 brings together the world's major LNG producers and customers and it will be the largest-ever on record with participants flocking in from over 50 countries,'' Lee said.", "If the scope of participation is expansive, so is the content.", "The conference program will include a comprehensive and topical agenda presented by industry experts at the forefront of their field, with technical and workshop sessions and presentation by film and posters which is consist of seven paper sessions, four workshops, a poster session and five daily film sessions which cover virtually all commercial, technical and operational aspects such as new LNG projects, safety, and supply and demand.", "``LNG 13 promises to provide an opportunity during the conference days to acquire knowledge of the most recent developments in the LNG industry through exciting and topical subjects,'' Lee said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "International Gas Union", "sents": [ "The International Gas Union is a global association aimed at promoting the technical and economic progress of the gas industry.", "It was founded in 1931.", "It is registered in Vevey, Switzerland, and its secretariat is located in Barcelona, Spain." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mobilitec", "sents": [ "Mobilitec, Inc. is a private software company headquartered in San Mateo, California.", "The company was acquired by Alcatel Lucent in 2006." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e28006_p24", "sents": [ "The company was founded this summer by two former entrepreneurs-in-residence, Mr. Ittycheria at Bessemer, and CTO Vijay Manwani at Battery.", "<http: www.bladelogic.com * Sun Microsystems Joins Mobilitec's Second Round top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=HHNIPJKMII GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Mobilitec, which develops technology for the wireless delivery of applications to mobile devices, said it closed its second round of funding at more than $10 million with the addition of Sun Microsystems as an investor.", "VentureWire reported the first close of the round in August.", "Lucent Venture Partners led the round, with seed investor AIG Orion Fund also participating.", "The funds will be used for product marketing.", "Mobilitec released its first product in July.", "Arie Litman, general partner at Lucent Venture Partners, sits on Mobilitec's board.", "Mobilitec has United States headquarters in Garden City and a research and development facility in Haifa, Israel.", "<http: www.mobilitec.com * Cadence Raises Third Round Funding top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NMKNIMIMII CINCINNATI -- Cadence, a provider of software and services to assist multiple site companies in managing their facilities costs, said it raised an undisclosed amount funding from previous investors Cinergy and Insight Capital Partners in its third round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20451_p78", "sents": [ "The Sing apore office has 15 or fewer employees.", "Americans working in the offices would probably choose to relocate in the U .S., James said.", "She didn't know how many of the employees are United States citizen s. She didn't know what options might be offered to the non-American employ ees.", "James didn't know how much money Enron might save by closing the offices.", "The decision by Enron, the leading bandwidth market-maker, shows that inter national bandwidth markets are having tough times like the United States market.", "Earlier this year, as the United States market went sour, Enron executives had said that European and Asian telecommunications carriers might be more open to b andwidth trading, making the markets in those regions ripe for growth.", "-By Erwin Seba, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9214; erwin.seba@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Calpine:No Exposure To Enron; No Calif Pwr Contract Talks 10 25 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Calpine Corp. (CPN) has no credit exposure to tradin g partner Enron Corp. (ENE), Calpine said Thursday in an earnings conferenc e call." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e407_p16", "sents": [ "A pilot program for 5 percent of retail customers is next up on June 1. Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Despite Talk, Bandwidth-Trading Cos Say They're Hiring By Erwin Seba Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 03 22 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- While market-maker Enron Corp.'s (ENE) stock tumbled Wednesday on rumors that it plans to lay off people in its broadband unit, other bandwidth-trading companies said Thursday they have plans to add employees.", "Williams Communications Group (WCG), El Paso Corp. (EPG) and Aquila Broadband Services, a unit of Utilicorp United Inc. (UCU), said they are looking for some additions among traders and in other deal-making positions.", "Additionally, Enron spokesman Mark Palmer said the rumored layoffs are redeployments of some personnel within the company.", "\"Redeployment is an everyday occurrence at Enron,\" Palmer said.", "\"Our broadband business is growing and hitting its performance metrics as we laid them out in January.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26654_p2", "sents": [ "- WORLD MARKETS European bourses are lower amid a report that the euro-zone manufacturing PMI rose to 44.1 in December from November's 43.6, reflecting continued contraction in the sector at a slightly slower pace.", "The Bloomberg European 500 index was down 1.2% as of 8:52 a.m. EST, paced by declines in telecom equipment and energy stocks.", "Banking stocks, including Spanish outfit Santander Bancorp (SBP,19.41), were also lower after Argentina's new president indicated that he would remove the Argentinean peso's peg to the United States dollar, raising devaluation concerns.", "The euro is higher against the dollar following a smooth, official transition to the new currency in the euro-region.", "Asian stocks were generally higher, led by semiconductor stocks following Hynix Semiconductor's 30% increase in the price of its DRAM chips.", "Japan's Nikkei 225 index remains closed for a national holiday, while the yen is trading slightly lower against the dollar.", "- FUTURES WATCH In the March Globex futures contract as of 8:52 a.m. EST, the S&P 500 index was unchanged while the Nasdaq 100 index was 9 points higher (10 points above fair value)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e26652_p2", "sents": [ "Micron Technology (MU,31,f2) is higher amid continued speculation that the company is close to agreeing to an alliance with South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor (HXSCY,$9.90).", "A month ago, the two firms reported they were in \"exploratory\" discussions regarding strategic options, however, no official announcement has been made at this point.", "Shares of EchoStar Communications (DISH,27,f1) are slightly higher after The Wall Street Journal reported that it wants to expand Hughes Electronics's (GMH,15.02,f2) satellite Internet service.", "If regulators approve Echostar's proposed acquisition of Hughes, the company's chairman said he plans to spend $1 billion on Hughes' Spaceway unit and increase ownership in fixed satellite firm PanAmsat (SPOT,22,f1).", "- TREASURY AND ECONOMIC SUMMARY United States Treasury prices are lower across the curve midday ahead of tomorrow's planned $23 billion 2-year Treasury sale.", "In today's only economic release, the Redbook retail sales index recorded a 4.5% decline for the three weeks ended Dec. 22nd, slightly ahead of Bloomberg's -4.6% estimate, with year-over-year sales declining 0.6%." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lockheed Martin", "sents": [ "Lockheed Martin () is an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies company with worldwide interests.", "It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995.", "It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington, DC, area.", "Lockheed Martin employs 97,000 people worldwide.", "Marillyn Hewson is the current President and Chief Executive Officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e19494_p6", "sents": [ "Doubts increased about the company's unorthodox financial dealings and the potential liabilities they might carry.", "Enron's shares continued on a downward path to their lowest since 1992.< font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" <a href=\"http: TheEconomist.s.maildart.net link_32395_6563487_2_80010922_60368779_1_5e\" See article: A financial black hole< a font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" <b Lockheed Martin b swooped to capture the biggest defence contract ever handed out by the Pentagon.", "Building America's next-generation Joint Strike Fighter could be worth some $200 billion to Lockheed's consortium, which includes <font size=\"-1\" BAE font Systems and Northrop Grumman.", "The deal is bad news for Lockheed's main competitor, Boeing.< font p <p <font FACE=\"verdana,geneva,arial,sans serif\" size=\"-1\" <a href=\"http: TheEconomist.s.maildart.net link_32394_6563487_2_80010922_60368779_1_5d\" See article: California's passionate Republicans< 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\" <b Renault b and <b Nissan b took steps to deepen their partnership." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Wind Point Partners", "sents": [ "Wind Point Partners is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments and leveraged buyouts in middle-market companies across a range of industries in the US and internationally.", "Wind Point's strategy involves partnering with executives who typically have run a P&L of $1 billion or greater to acquire businesses with enterprise values between $100 million and $500 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27156_p10", "sents": [ "Mr. Miller previously served as vice president of carrier operations at EmpowerTel Networks.", "Network Telephone is backed by Lehman Brothers, Spectrum Equity, ONSET Ventures, CenturyTel, Morgan Keegan, Mellon Financial, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Desai, and Wind Point Partners.", "font <br <br <a href=\"http: www.networktelephone.net\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.networktelephone.net< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwIPPQLIMIJI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Optinel Systems Names Randy Wink as VP of Carrier Relations< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwIPPQLIMIJIx\" <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=IPPQLIMIJI\" 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\" ELKRIDGE, MD.", "-- Optinel Systems, a provider of optical communication systems and subsystems for the cable and telecommunication markets, said it appointed Randy Wink as vice president of carrier relations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4967_p5", "sents": [ "New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer joined the group of state attorneys general upset wit h the weak protections in the federal bank bill, but it wasn't the first time he had entered the arena.", "He had ushered through a spam bill * allowing consumers the right to opt-out of receiving unsolicited, bulk e-mail * a nd a bill that would prohibit Web site owners from tracking consumer information unless users consented to the actions, said spokeswoman Christine Pritchard Now the focus has turned to reforming the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which, among other things, would provide consumers the right to receive one free credit report each year to determine its accuracy.", "And Spitzer also has promoted a bill on identity theft, declaring that if a consumer's identity has been stolen to obtain anything of value, the customer, and not just the credit card company, is deemed a victim and can seek reimbursement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Eliot Spitzer", "sents": [ "Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is a former American Democratic politician and attorney who served as the 54th governor of New York, from January 1, 2007, until his resignation in disgrace fourteen months later on March 17, 2008.", "Prior to being elected governor of New York, he was elected to two four-year terms as the Attorney General of New York, from 1999 to 2006.", "Prior to becoming attorney general, Spitzer worked for six years as a prosecutor with the office of the Manhattan district attorney and also worked as an attorney in private practice with several New York law firms." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Norton SystemWorks", "sents": [ "Norton SystemWorks was a utility software suite by Symantec Corp.", "It integrates three of Symantec's most popular products, Norton Utilities, Norton CrashGuard and Norton AntiVirus into one program designed to simplify solving common PC issues.", "Backup software was added later to high-end editions.", "SystemWorks was innovative in that it combined several applications into an all-in-one software for managing computer health, thus saving significant costs and time often spent on using different unrelated programs.", "SystemWorks, which was introduced in 1998 has since inspired a host of competitors such as iolo System Mechanic, McAfee Nuts And Bolts, Badosoft First Aid and many others.<br>" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5875_p0", "sents": [ "June 26, 2001 Can't read this email?", "Click here Issue#: e12206 PROVANTAGE Customer: jeff_dasovich@enron.com To unsubscribe from the?", "Original Advantage Click here (Do Not Reply to this email) Products that give you the Professional Advantage!", "IntelliMouse v3.0 Serial & PS 2 for Windows 9x NT By Microsoft Now features improved mouse software.", "Similar to MS Mouse with a wheel located between the two buttons.", "The wheel permits \"zoom and scroll\" More $18.53 Visual Basic v6.0 Learning Edition By Microsoft $50 mfg rebate coupon included for owners of: VB4 Std; VB5 Learning Edition; Office Pro 5.0 or later; and Office Developer Edition 97 or later -- through More $85.91 eTrex Legend By Garmin International With the eTrex Legend, GARMIN has loaded a full basemap of North and South America into one small unit.", "The basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, More $206.58 Norton SystemWorks 2001 v4.0 STANDARD for Windows By Symantec $20 ($30 CDN) mfg rebate on SYMO014 (single user pkg) for owners of ANY retail (boxed or downloaded), standalone versions of Norton SystemWorks, More $56.59 PC750 PCI Dual-Slot Internal Reader By Actiontec The PC750 PC Card Reader brings the functionality, portability and convenience of PC Card (PCMCIA) technology to your desktop." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Asbury Automotive Group", "sents": [ "Asbury Automotive Group is a company based in Atlanta and was founded in 1995.", "The company operates auto dealerships in various parts of the United States.", "s of September 2017 its rank in the Fortune 500 is 410 out of 500." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e9431_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.homeadvisor.com Greenlight.com Launches Car Buying Service on Amazon.com SEATTLE -- Amazon.com said it will launch an online new car buying service on its Web site through a partnership with Greenlight.com and its network of auto dealers.", "Amazon also said it invested in Greenlight.com's $39 million second round of funding announced earlier this week.", "The round also included investments from Techno-Venture Co., Comdisco Ventures, Pacific Century Cyberworks, Spring Creek Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Asbury Automotive Group, Ripplewood Holdings, and Freemen Spogli & Co.", "In January, Amazon.com acquired a 5% stake in Greenlight.com for an undisclosed sum.", "http: www.amazon.com http: www.greenlight.com Digital Library & Research Firm Questia Gets $90 Million HOUSTON -- Questia Media, which intends to provide an online storehouse and research service for undergraduates, said it raised $90 million in its Series B funding.", "The round was led by OppenheimerFunds.", "New investors Bulldog Capital Management and Palmetto Associates joined TA Ventures in financing the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Battery Ventures", "sents": [ "Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm.", "Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel.", "Since inception, the firm has raised over $5.6 billion and is now investing its eleventh funds, Battery Ventures XI and Battery Ventures XI Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $950 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5463_p21", "sents": [ "Mr. Mills is a partner at investment firm Advent International, where he focuses on biotech investments.", "LightLab is backed by German-based optics company Calzeiss.", "http: www.lightlabimaging.com Optical Firm LiquidLight Announces Board of Directors ATLANTA -- LiquidLight, a developer of optical networking technology, said it named the members of its board of directors.", "Appointees include Morgan M. Jones, General Partner with Battery Ventures; Fahri Diner, president, CEO and founder of Qtera, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nortel Networks; Jim Orlando, principal with Battery Ventures; TC Nie, founder, CEO, and president of LiquidLight; and Scott Hardin, LiquidLight co-founder and vice president of marketing and sales.", "The company is backed by Battery Ventures and Dominion.", "http: www.liquidlightinc.com Screen4me Adds President of Consumer Research Firm to Board ATLANTA -- Screen4me, a provider of privacy and permission tools and services that allow consumers to control the marketing materials they receive, said it named J. Walker Smith to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Abu Dhabi", "sents": [ "Abu Dhabi (US , UK ; Arabic: أبو ظبي‎ ‎ \"Abū Ẓabī \" ] ) is the capital and the second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (the most populous being Dubai), and also capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the UAE's seven emirates.", "Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast.", "The city proper had a population of 1.5 million in 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20228_p2", "sents": [ "\"The development and production sharing agreement (DPSA) with Qatar Petroleum (QP) is due to be signed shortly,\" UOG said in a statement.", "The state-run UOG added that Dolphin Energy will select by early next year an oil major to become a strategic partner in the project.", "\"Over the coming weeks, the international oil companies will be given additional data and invited to submit their offers by late December.", "One of them is scheduled to be selected in early 2002,\" UOG said.", "UOG held separate negotiations last week with five shortlisted oil majors -- Conoco, ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum of the United States, BP International and the Anglo-Dutch firm Shell -- to replace the US firm Enron Corp., which withdrew from the venture in May and transferred its 24.5 percent stake to UOG.", "Enron's role was to build a 350-kilometre (220-mile) pipeline under the Gulf between Qatar and Abu Dhabi.", "The Dolphin project aims to create a regional grid taking gas from Qatar to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Oman and eventually Pakistan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3556_p5", "sents": [ "Prior to joini ng the company Mr. Shah was senior vice president of corporate development at International Security Products.", "Noveon is the new name of the former specialty chemicals businesses of The BFGoodrich Company.", "Noveon was acquir ed in February 2001 for $1.4 billion by a private equity group led by AEA Investors.", "http: www.bfgoodrich.com 'Financial MARKETING & SALES Assentive Adds ObjectStream Exec Ken Croley as Marketing VP mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Assentive Solutions, a provider of secure digital intellectual property management technology to businesses, said it named Ken Croley as vice president of marketing.", "Mr. Croley was formerly vi ce president of sales and marketing at ObjectStream, a software vendor providi ng Internet infrastructure to online businesses and service providers.", "Assenti ve Solutions is backed by Information Technology Ventures, Intel 64 Fund, J. & W. Seligman, Jafco Ventures, Mentor Capital Group, Science Applications International, Spinnaker, Sun Microsystems, and TL Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e3127_p36", "sents": [ "The company is advised by the Houston office of law firm Baker Botts.", "http: www.ivita.com Armando Geday Joins Chameleon Board of Directors mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Chameleon Systems, a fabless semic onductor company, said Armando Geday has become the sixth member of the board of directors.", "Mr. Geday is the current board member, president, and CEO of GlobeSpan.", "Chameleon designs, markets, and sells programmable system-on-a-chip applications for the communications electronics markets.", "M r. Geday joins Charles Cump, Chameleon's chairman and vice president of sales; Charles Fox, president and CEO; Sam Lee, general partner of Infinity Capita l; Russ Irwin, general partner at Convergence Partners; and Gary Little, gener al partner of Morgenthaler Ventures.", "Chameleon is backed by 3i Group, Argo Global Capital, Athena Technology Ventures, Bayview 2000, Convergence Partners, Crossroads, Dain Rauscher Wessels, GTG Ventures, Information Technology Ventures, Macnica, Merrill Lynch Kecalp, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Synopsys, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures, and WK Technology Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3052_p15", "sents": [ "Newspaper Web site: http: www.ft.com -Milan bureau; Dow Jones Newswires; 39(0)2-7601-5386 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA: India's Enron lenders to lobby for government help.", "By Anirban Nag and Sriram Ramakrishnan 05 21 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, May 21 (Reuters) - Indian lenders want the federal government to intervene after a threat by United States energy giant Enron Corp, the country's largest foreign investor, to walk out of a giant power project put their loans in jeopardy.", "\"We want the government to step in and resolve the matter with lenders' interests in mind.", "We are continuously monitoring the situation,\" a senior official at one of the lenders told Reuters late on Sunday.", "The official did not want to be named.", "Local lenders including the Industrial Development Bank of India, ICICI Ltd and the country's largest commercial bank, State Bank of India, stand to lose if Enron pulls out." ], "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": "e4635_p22", "sents": [ "Also joining the board are: Kinney Johnson, partner at Sequel Venture Partners; Joseph C. Manzinger, vice president of Hillman Company; and James Paterek, the CEO of Cape Success.", "IQNavigator, which recently closed a $15 million Series C funding round, is backed by Hillman Company and Sequel Venture Partners.", "Individual investors include; Steve Gray of McLeod Communications; Larry Tanning of Tanning Technology; John Orr of Liberty Media; Donald Bechter of Daniels Company; and individuals affiliated with Solomon & Smith Barney.", "http: www.iqnavigator.com New People o Former President and CEO of Lotus Named Head of Maptuit BURLINGTON, Mass.", "-- Maptuit, which provides online and wireless logistics services, said it named Jeff Papows as its chief executive officer.", "Mr. Papows comes to Maptuit from Lotus, where he served as president and CEO.", "Maptuit recently raised $5 million in funding from Canadian incubator and operating firm itemus and Descartes Systems Group.", "http: www.maptuit.com Studionext Names Independent Film Producer First CEO NEW YORK -- Studionext, which provides digital media and production services, said it appointed Ira Deutchman as its first chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Ira Deutchman", "sents": [ "Ira Deutchman is best known as a producer, distributor and marketer of independent films, but in 2000, he moved into film exhibition as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Emerging Pictures—a New York-based digital exhibition company, which was sold in January, 2015 to Vancouver-based 20 Year Media He also served as Chair of the Film Program at Columbia University School of the Arts from 2011 to 2015, where he has been a Professor of Professional Practice for more than 25 years.", "Deutchman is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.", "He was one of the original creative advisors to the Sundance Institute and formerly served on the Board of Advisors for the Sundance Film Festival.", "He has also served as a Board member and former Board chair for the Independent Feature Project, the Board of Advisors for the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, the Williamstown Film Festival, IFP/West, and the Collective for Living Cinema, and was a member of the Board for Kartemquin Films.", "In 2015, he donated his personal archives to the University of Michigan's Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection.", "Deutchman continues to produce films while consulting on the marketing and distribution of independent films, and teaching producing students in the MFA Film Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts.", "Current projects include a film adaptation of Barbara Ehrenreich's best-selling book \"Nickel and Dimed,\" a theatrical adaptation of Joan Micklin Silver's 1976 independent film \"Hester Street\" and a documentary about art film maverick Donald Rugoff, which is in production.", "He consults for Luce Cinecitta on the marketing of Italian cinema in the United States.", "Deutchman was awarded the first annual Spotlight Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Sundance Art House Convergence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kąty, Łask County", "sents": [ "Kąty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widawa, within Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.", "It lies approximately 4 km south-west of Widawa, 25 km south-west of Łask, and 57 km south-west of the regional capital Łódź." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Łódź", "sents": [ "Łódź ( ; ] ; Yiddish: לאדזש‎ , \"Lodzh\"; also written as Lodz) is the third-largest city in Poland and a former industrial centre.", "Located in the central part of the country, it has a population of 696,503 (2016).", "It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is approximately 135 km south-west of Warsaw.", "The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat.", "It alludes to the city's name which translates literally as \"boat.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tanya Branning", "sents": [ "Tanya Lauren Branning (also Cross and Jessop) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", played by Jo Joyner.", "She made her first appearance on 27 June 2006.", "She left the show temporarily on 25 December 2009 for maternity leave and returned for one episode on 23 June 2010.", "She made her full-time return on 27 September 2010.", "Tanya's storylines have included opening her own salon, giving birth to her third child, divorcing and then burying Max Branning (Jake Wood) alive, marrying Greg Jessop (Stefan Booth), starting an affair with Max, dealing with her cervical cancer and discovering that Max has a secret wife, Kirsty Branning (Kierston Wareing).", "On 1 May 2012, it was announced Joyner would take another break from the series in 2013, however, on 1 April 2013, it was announced her departure would be indefinite.", "On 15 May 2013, Joyner filmed her final scenes and departed on 28 June 2013.", "Tanya returned in February 2015 for two episodes as part of the show's 30th anniversary celebrations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Max Branning", "sents": [ "Maxwell \"Max\" Branning is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", played by Jake Wood.", "He made his first appearance on 27 June 2006.", "Wood took a four-month break from the show in 2011 and the character was absent between August and November 2011.", "Wood took a second break from the show in 2015, this time for a year.", "Max departed on 1 October 2015.", "Max returned for one episode on 9 June 2016 and returned permanently on 24 December 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rafael Montero", "sents": [ "Rafael Montero (born 9 October 1953 in Mexico City) is a film director and script writer known as one of the leaders of New Mexican Cinema.", "He is known for the feature films \"Cilantro y Perejil\", \"El Costo de la Vida\" (The Cost of Life) y \"Corazones Rotos\" (Broken Hearts)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Mexico City", "sents": [ "Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Spanish: \"Ciudad de México\" , ] ; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital and most populous city of Mexico.", "Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas.", "It is located in the Valley of Mexico (\"Valle de México\"), a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2240 m .", "The city consists of sixteen municipalities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sulerzyż", "sents": [ "Sulerzyż is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Glinojeck, within Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.", "It lies approximately 12 km east of Glinojeck, 13 km west of Ciechanów, and 80 km north-west of Warsaw." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Warsaw", "sents": [ "Warsaw (Polish: \"Warszawa\" ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland.", "It stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland, roughly 260 km from the Baltic Sea and 300 km from the Carpathian Mountains.", "Its population is officially estimated at 1.750 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.101 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 9th most-populous capital city in the European Union.", "The city limits cover 516.9 km2 , while the metropolitan area covers 6100.43 km2 ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dragon Quest VIII", "sents": [ "Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King , known in the PAL regions as Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King, is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2.", "It was first released in Japan in 2004, and was later released in North America in 2005 and PAL regions in 2006, making it the first main series installment released in the PAL region.", "It is the eighth installment of the popular \"Dragon Quest\" series and it is the first English version of a \"Dragon Quest\" game to drop the \"Dragon Warrior\" title.", "A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan in December 2013, and worldwide in May 2014." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "PAL region", "sents": [ "The PAL region (PAL being short for Phase Alternating Line) is a television publication territory that covers most of Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and Oceania.", "It is so named because of the PAL television standard traditionally used in those regions, as opposed to the NTSC standard traditionally used in Japan and nearly all of North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Qeshlaq-e Qabaleh Gah Gol Aslan", "sents": [ "Qeshlaq-e Qabaleh Gah Gol Aslan (Persian: قشلاق قبله گاه گل اصلان‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Qeshlāq-e Qabaleh Gāh Gol Āṣlān) is a village in Qeshlaq-e Gharbi Rural District, Aslan Duz District, Parsabad County, Ardabil Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 22, in 4 families." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Qeshlaq-e Gharbi Rural District", "sents": [ "Qeshlaq-e Gharbi Rural District (Persian: دهستان قشلاق غربي‎ ‎ ) is a rural district (\"dehestan\") in Aslan Duz District, Parsabad County, Ardabil Province, Iran.", "At the 2006 census, its population was 8,184, in 1,551 families.", "The rural district has 65 villages." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Engler", "sents": [ "John Mathias Engler (born October 12, 1948) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003.", "He is currently working for Business Roundtable, where The Hill called him one of the country's top lobbyists." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3153_p181", "sents": [ "(END VIDEO CLIP) WOODRUFF: Reno says she does not believe that her Parkinson's Disease would keep her from running, and she expects to make a decision before the end of the year.", "Governor Jeb Bush says possible opponents do not factor into his decision on whether to run for reelection.", "House Minority Whip David Bonior may trade in his Congressional seat for a run at the governor's mansion.", "The 13-term Congressman from Michigan filed his paperwork today to become a candidate in Michigan's 2002 governor's race.", "His aides say that a formal announcement will come later.", "With Michigan slated to lose one House district, Bonior's seat may be vulnerable to the state's Republican controlled redistricting efforts.", "Republican Governor John Engler cannot seek reelection because of term limits.", "Californians and the energy crunch: are they pointing fingers at the president?", "We'll check new poll numbers from the Golden State, and discuss power politics in the state when we return." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p9", "sents": [ "The company will use the funding to launch its operations and expand its data center.", "Traffic.com provides prediction services and real-time traffic news.", "The company has also received backing from Internet Capital Group and Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners.", "http: www.traffic.com Commercial Property B2B FacilityPro Gets $5 Million Series B ATLANTA -- FacilityPro.com, a business-to-business electronic marketplace for commercial property owners, managers and suppliers, said it has secured $5 million in its Series B round of funding from First Union Capital Partners.", "The funding brings the total of the company's Series B financing to $40 million.", "The round included Constellation Real Technologies and previous investor Austin Ventures.", "The company said it will use the funds to enhance and expand the capabilities of its online marketplace and hire additional consulting and operating personnel.", "FacilityPro has also received funding from Encompass Services.", "http: www.facilitypro.com Gay.com Invests in Italian Gay Portal Gay.it SAN FRANCISCO -- Gay.com, a provider of products and services for gay men and women, said it made a strategic investment in Gay.it, a gay and lesbian portal based in Italy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3442_p9", "sents": [ "Mr. Goldberg previously served as a partn er with Think New Ideas and has held executive positions with Budweiser.", "RealTime has raised approximately $11 million in two rounds of funding.", "Backers include Ben Franklin Progress Capital Fund, NewSpring Ventures, Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners, and Safeguard Scientifics.", "http: www.realtimemedia.com EXECUTIVE SEARCHES Sr. Director, Quantitative Analytics - New York - Marketing Infrastructure Services Wheelhouse, which designs implements and manages strategic Internet marketi ng systems, seeks a leader with a unique combination of solid quantitative analytics, modeling, and business intelligence skills along with business development skills.", "This position involves significant pre-sales and sales involvement, billable client work, and participation in the ongoing definition and development of analytic service offerings.", "The candidate will be responsible for: * Participating in the sales process to identify and articulate strategic analytic solutions * Determining appropriate statistical technique(s) to meet client needs * Managing and potentially designing and programming SAS macros to expedite modeling EDA process and accountable for ensuring quality on all projects * Collaborating with the Service Development team to identify, prioritize, develop and expand suite of analytic services and offerings * Representing Wheelhouse in marketing analytic forums * Consulting on client and internal projects Qualifications: Education: Masters or MBA required; Masters or PhD in Statistics or Econometrics strongly desired Experience: 7-10 years of experience including extensive consulting experience in database marketing, marketing analytics, Internet marketing and or e-commerce business issues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3127_p32", "sents": [ "Blink's backers include Inabata, Jafco, Palisade Capital Management, Sandler Capital Management, Sumitomo, and Tudor Investment.", "http: www.blink.com Everstream Acquires The MusicBooth in $10M Stock Deal mail?", "top CLEVELAND (VENTUREWIRE) -- everstream, which provides software for a udio and video advertising, said it has acquired AdAcoustics and its parent company The MusicBooth, an online advertising services and technology company, in an all-stock transaction worth $10 million.", "The combined entity has a valuatio n of $40 million.", "The deal was valued based on funds raised for The MusicBoot h. Law firm Benesch and Fiedlander advised everstream, while Mintz and Levitz advised The MusicBooth.", "Deloitte and Touche served as accountants.", "Two of nine employees from The MusicBooth will join everstream.", "AdAcoustics president Robert Wolfe will join the board of directors and serve as executive vice president and general counsel, while AdAcoustics board membe r Burt Manning will join everstream's board.", "The combined company will mainta in offices in Cleveland and in New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4273_p18", "sents": [ "The company secured Series A funding from Merrill Lynch, Millennium Technology Ventures, and individual investor Kevin O'Connor, chairman and founder of DoubleClick.", "Mr. Gleacher will be company's fifth board member.", "The funds will be used for marketing, distribution deals, and working capital.", "http: www.annotate.net o Wireless Infrastructure Firm qServe Secures $32.5 million GREENVILLE, S.C. -- qServe Communications, which provides wireless infrastructure provisioning services, said it has raised $32.5 million in additional funding.", "The company said the funds would be used to support its growth through strategic acquisitions.", "qServe said it has raised $47.5 million to date.", "The company is backed by Talisman Capital of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Boston's Tudor Investment.", "http: www.qserve.com Nonstop Solutions Raises $50 Million in Mezzanine Round SAN FRANCISCO -- Nonstop Solutions, a provider of supply chain technology to manufacturers, wholesale distributors and retailers, said it raised $50 million in a mezzanine round of financing.", "Lead investor Lehman Brothers Venture Partners was joined by new investors Credit Suisse First Boston, Bank of America Securities, and Needham." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mindanao", "sents": [ "Mindanao ( ) is the second largest island in the Philippines.", "Mindanao and the smaller islands surrounding it make up the island group of the same name.", "As of the 2010 census, the main island was inhabited by 20,281,545 people, while the entire Mindanao island group had a total of 21,968,174 residents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19979_p18", "sents": [ "In one of the last orders it issued before it was dissolved, the defunct Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) - now known as the Energy Regulatory Commission - allowed Napocor to recuperate about P1.333 billion in uncollected charges covered by Fuel and Purchased Power Cost Adjustments (FPPCA) from March 1996 to December 2000. But at the same time, ERB ordered Napocor to refund customers in Luzon and Mindanao some P1.060 billion in overcharges during the same period.", "This leaves Napocor to collect the P273.21- million difference.", "FPPCA is an automatic pricing mechanism that allows Napocor to recover through rate hikes all additional costs arising from changes in fuel costs and the purchase price of power under Napocor contracts with independent power producers (IPPs).", "The ERB order allows Napocor to collect about P1.271 billion from customers connected to the Cebu-Negros- Panay grid.", "A big part of this amount covers uncollected adjustments from Napocor's contract with Philippine National Oil Co.-Energy Development Corp. for the operation of Leyte-Cebu and Leyte-Luzon geothermal plants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9692_p2", "sents": [ "OneLiberty was joined by NewcoGen Group in the round.", "Other details of the investment were not released.", "OneLiberty Ventures 2000 will focus three quarters of its assets on early-state IT companies and the rest on medical technology firms.", "Investments will range from $1 million to $8 million.", "http: www.oneliberty.com Asera Gets $115 Million in Series C Funding BELMONT, Calif. -- Asera, a company providing services that enable businesses to automate the marketing, sale, and distribution of products, said it secured $115 million in Series C financing.", "The investors include Amerindo Investment Advisors, Bowman Capital, BP Amoco, Capital Research and Management, AC Ventures, Cisco Systems, Eastman Chemical, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, KTB Network, Laurinvest, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Nortel Networks, SAP Ventures, Siemens AG, and TIBCO Software.", "Bowman Capital led the round.", "Bowman, which also led the firm's B round, and Kleiner Perkins are return investors in the firm.", "The company has also received backing in the past from Crescendo Venture Management, GE Capital Equity Investments, Hambrecht & Quist, Intel, Itochu, Presidio Sumitomo, and Integral Capital Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 8 ] }, { "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": "The Economic Times", "sents": [ "The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. First published in 1961, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the \"Wall Street Journal\", with a readership of over 800,000.", "\"The Economic Times\" is published simultaneously from 12 cities—Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3126_p31", "sents": [ "Power corrupts 05 22 2001 The Economic Times Copyright (C) 2001 The Economic Times; Source: World Reporter (TM) APROPOS of Enrons notice to the government of Maharashtra, Mumbai should act pragmatically instead of indulging in heroics and rhetoric.", "It should set its own house in order, improve MSEBs functioning and quickly privatise.", "If it fails to do these its threat to Enron will also be taken as just another case of demanding kickbacks.", "IT is sad really that Enron had to issue its pre-termination notice.", "We should now ask whether MSEB would be able to construct such a project in record time.", "Corruption is rampant in MSEB.", "They may say Enron power is not needed, but you cannot even get a new connection easily.", "Interruptions are commonplace in rural areas (sometimes up to four times a week).", "Power thefts are commonplace too.", "Each day, on average, we pay MSEB about Rs 6 per unit for commercial connections." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5725_p48", "sents": [ "\"This says to the people of the West, 'Your emergency doesn't count to us,' said Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco).", "But such assertions were countered by House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), who said: \"Members should reject the siren song of price caps an d remember this: Government price controls will mean more blackouts.\"", "The issue erupted during debate on a $6.5-billion midyear appropriatio n bill to cover unanticipated costs and emergency expenditures, including $5. 5 billion for the Defense Department and $116 million to help the Internal Revenue Service pay the cost of sending out rebate checks authorized by the recently enacted tax cut law.", "The measure passed, 341 to 87. In an earlier vote, Bush barely escaped an embarrassing slap when Democrats moved to cut the proposed IRS increase by $29 million--the cost of a letter the agency is sending to tell taxpayer of their impending tax reba te." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Tom DeLay", "sents": [ "Thomas Dale DeLay ( ; born April 8, 1947) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006.", "He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003–05." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "James Baker", "sents": [ "James Addison \"Jim\" Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney and political figure.", "He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and as U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10961_p70", "sents": [ "George Schultz, Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, who held the same job under George Bush Snr, had been mentioned, as had Brent Scowcroft, a former Bush national security adviser, and Kennety Lay, chairman of Enron, the Texas energy company.", "But Mr Farish, whose family made a fortune from Texas oil, could hardly be better connected for the job.", "Apart from a friendship with the Queen which stretches back at least to 1984, when she first stayed at Lane's End Farm, near Lexington, Mr Farish is an old and firm friend of the Bush family.", "Coming from one of the oldest oil families in Houston, he has known the former president for almost 50 years and they have a long-standing tradition of hunting quail at Mr Farish's Lazy F ranch near Beeville, Texas.", "As an investment manager in Houston, he managed the blind trust that Mr Bush had to set up when he became vice-president in 1980. USA: INTERVIEW - Enron business model almost limitless-Skilling." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3558_p23", "sents": [ "Despite those problems, Abraham's sense of humor was firmly in place.", "He recalled again that night aboard Air Force One, when he was pinching himself in disbelief at his good fortune.", "\"And people were sending me condolences because I lost the Senate,\" he deadpanned.", "(c) 2001, Detroit Free Press.", "Visit the Freep, the World Wide Web site of the Detroit Free Press, at http: www.freep.com.", "JOURNAL-CODE: DE LOAD-DATE: May 31, 2001 10 of 114 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 31, 2001 Thursday Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 17; National Desk LENGTH: 702 words HEADLINE: NATION; FERC Chief Unfazed By Threat of Third Lawsuit BYLINE: RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, JUDY PASTERNAK, TIMES STAFF WRITERS DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: The beleaguered chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that he was not fazed by California Gov.", "Gray Davis' threat to sue the agency for failing to cap wholesale electricity rates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Detroit Free Press", "sents": [ "The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US.", "The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press.", "It is sometimes informally referred to as the \"Freep\" (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com).", "It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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, 2, 3 ] }, { "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, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8778_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.atviso.com Emulex Acquires Giganet for $645 Million mail this story?", "top COSTA MESA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Emulex, a publicly traded supplier of Fibre Channel host adapters, said it has agreed to acquire Giganet, a developer of IP networking services in a deal worth approximately $645 million.", "Emulex will acquire Giganet for approximately 4 million shares in common stock and assumed options.", "Giganet will become the IP Networking group of Enulex.", "Neil Ferris, Giganet president and CEO, will take a seat on Emulex's board of directors.", "Giganet Inc.'s investors include H&Q Venture Associates, Innocal, Mariposa Investment Holding, Merrill Lynch, NTT Leasing, Telsoft, and W.R. Hambrecht.", "http: www.emulex.com http: www.giganet.com Global Internet Ventures Launches $140 Million Fund mail this story?", "top VIENNA, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Global Internet Ventures said it launched a $140 million fund focused on early-stage technology companies based in India, China, and the United States The fund's average investment will range between $500,000 and $3 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Emulex", "sents": [ "Emulex Corporation provides network connectivity, monitoring and management hardware and software.", "The company's I/O connectivity offerings, including its line of Ethernet and Fibre Channel-based connectivity products, were used in server and storage products from OEMs, including Cisco, Dell, EMC Corporation, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, IBM, NetApp and Oracle Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5289_p10", "sents": [ "The company previously received seed funding of $800,000. http: www.angelengineers.com Wireless Services Firm Incurrent Has $3 Million Round One PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Incurrent Solutions, a provider of Internet and wireless services to card-issuing banks and transaction processors, said it received $3 million in its first round of financing from the Edison Venture Fund and individual investors.", "Bruce Luehrs, a general partner at Edison, will be taking a seat on Incurrent's board.", "Incurrent said the funds will allow it to accelerate its acquisitions and expand product development.", "http: www.incurrent.com Critical Care Tech Firm Visicu Lands $15 Million Round Two BALTIMORE -- Visicu, provider of a network monitoring system that aims to give hospitals constant physician oversight of critical care, completed its second round of financing for a total of $15 million.", "The second round, led by Pacific Venture Group, included Series A investors Abell Foundation and Cardinal Health Partners and also included Partech International, Sterling Venture Partners, Pacific Life, and Envest Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p3", "sents": [ "Investments will range from $1 million to $5 million and will be made in a host of companies, including providers of wireless content and services, handheld ASPs, and makers of accessory devices.", "Companies funded by Palm Ventures will also have the opportunity to form other types of business relationships with Palm.", "http: www.palm.com Metawave Buys Smart Antenna Firm Adaptive for $107 Million REDMOND, Wash. -- Metawave Communications, which develops antenna technology for wireless carriers, said it is acquiring Adaptive Telecom, which also develops antenna technology.", "Under the terms of the agreement, Adaptive Telecom shareholders will receive 5.5 million shares of Metawave common stock.", "On Wednesday, Metawave stock was down more than a dollar to $19.6 a share, putting the value of the acquisition at approximately $107.8 million.", "Adaptive Technology is backed by August Capital.", "http: www.metawave.com Sterling Venture Partners Secures $150 Million for New Fund BALTIMORE -- Sterling Venture Partners, a venture capital affiliate of Sterling Capital, said it secured $150 million from investors for its first fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3228_p34", "sents": [ "Ask Jeeves said it will integrate some of the technology into its site and continue to operate the eTour.com Web site.", "eTour had raised $45 million in equity and $5 million in media-for-equity financing from Barnstable Broadcasting, the Beasley Broadcasting Group, eHatchery, Imlay Investments, Jefferson Pilot Communications, Monarch Capital Partners, NeoCarta Ventures, !", "and Susquehanna Radio.", "Individual investors Jeff Arnold, the founder of WebMD, and Burt Ellis of iXL also backed the company.", "Wayne Walker & Associates served as the assignee for selling eTour's assets.", "http: www.askjeeves.com http: www.etour.com Investment Club Firm Actifunds Buys Iclubcentral.com mail?", "top CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Actifunds, which develops technolo gy for investment clubs, said it acquired Iclubcentral.com, an investment club community site, in a mixed cash-and-stock deal of undisclosed value.", "Actifunds, which approached iclubcentral.com about the acquisition, said it will integrate iclubcentral.com's offerings into its own Web sites.", "Douglas Gerlack, the founder of iclubcentral.com, will be joining Actifunds as a senior contributing editor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Jeff Arnold", "sents": [ "Jeffery James Arnold, known as Jeff Arnold (born July 26, 1967), is a senior vice president of First NBC Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana.", "The former dean of the Louisiana House of Representatives, he represented District 102, which encompasses the Algiers neighborhood.", "Arnold was first sent to the House in a special election held on April 6, 2002.", "He was hence term-limited and was ineligible to seek a fourth four-year term in the 2015 legislative elections.", "Instead, Arnold ran unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses parts of the west bank of Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2985_p26", "sents": [ "He made only passing references to the report's proposals to drill in an Arctic wildlife refuge, bury the nuclear power industry's waste and commandeer private lands in order to expand interstate electricity transmission grids.", "Proposals such as those have aroused the ire of many Democrats and environmentalists who charge Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the report's main author, with using the energy situation as a pretext to give an economic boost to the energy industry that made them wealthy.", "Meanwhile, Bush cited his own roster of villains President Clinton, Ir aq's Saddam Hussein and California.", "He noted pointedly that the nation, beginning in the early 1970s, made strides in energy efficiency, but declared that \"this improvement slowed in the 1990s\" during the Clinton administration.", "He also defended his proposal to drill in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by noting that doing so would produce 600,000 barrels a day \"for the next 47 years.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Saddam Hussein", "sents": [ "Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( ; Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي \"Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī \"; 28 April 1937  – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.", "A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Siebel Systems", "sents": [ "Siebel CRM Systems, Inc. was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications.", "The company was founded by Thomas Siebel and Patricia House in 1993.", "At first known mainly for its sales force automation products, the company expanded into the broader CRM market.", "By the late 1990s, Siebel Systems was the dominant CRM vendor, peaking at 45% market share in 2002." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4241_p1", "sents": [ "NOTE HAASWEEK DATE IS INCORRECT.", "12:30pm - Microsoft corporate presentation (Faculty Club, sign up in BearTracks) 2:00pm-4:00PM - Microsoft drop-in hours for 1:1 discussions with Microsoft reps (Haas Career Center Conference Room, no sign up needed) 6:00 - Compaq corporate presentation (Faculty Club, sign up in BearTracks) SNEAK PREVIEW Next Monday, Siebel Systems will be presenting.", "See their message below, sign up in BearTracks.", "NOTE HAASWEEK DATE IS INCORRECT.", "* What's it like to work for the fastest growing company in America?", "Siebel Systems will be on campus to talk about our company, our culture, and opportunities for you to be a part of it.", "When: Monday October 2nd at 12:30 PM Where: Faculty Club Brian Stone, Haas '98 and Director of Product Marketing, Wireless Products will talk about Siebel's vision, the eBusiness Application market, and Siebel's rise to the fastest growing enterprise application company in history.", "Additionally, you will get a chance to talk with some of the Haas '99 and '00 grads and hear about their experience at Siebel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Telecommunications Act of 1996", "sents": [ "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first significant overhaul of telecommunications law in more than sixty years, amending the Communications Act of 1934.", "The Act, signed by President Bill Clinton, represented a major change in American telecommunication law, since it was the first time that the Internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment.", "One of the most controversial titles was Title 3 (\"Cable Services\"), which allowed for media cross-ownership.", "According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the goal of the law was to \"let anyone enter any communications business -- to let any communications business compete in any market against any other.\"", "The legislation's primary goal was deregulation of the converging broadcasting and telecommunications markets.", "However, the law's regulatory policies have been questioned, including the effects of dualistic re-regulation of the communications market" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10178_p35", "sents": [ "In a two-to-one decision issued Jan. 16, the Fifth Circuit rejected 11th Amendment immunity claims raised by the Louisiana Public Service Commission during proceedings stemming from a lawsuit filed by AT&amp;T Corp. AT&amp;T was challenging the PSC 's 1997 arbitration decision regarding its interconne ction agreement with BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.", "Section 252 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 directed state commission s to review, approve, and, when necessary, arbitrate carrier interconnection agreements.", "The Act also says that parties aggrieved by state commission determinations in carrier interconnection proceedings can ask the appropria te federal district court to the review the carrier agreement.", "In AT&amp;T Communications v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., et al.", "(case no.", "99-30421), the Fifth Circuit reversed a ruling by the United States District Cou rt in Baton Rouge.", "The lower court had held that the 11th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution prohibited such lawsuits against state agencies or employees." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6080_p20", "sents": [ "Terms of the agreements, with AES Direct, the retail marketing subsidiary of the AES Corporation, and with CoEnergy, a unit of MDTE Energy, were not disclosed.", "New Power, of Purchase, N.Y., a unit of NewPower Holdings, said the deals would add more than 82,000 natural gas and electric customers in Ohio, and about 38,000 natural gas customers in Pennsylvania.", "Business Brief -- NewPower Holdings Inc.: Division to Acquire Assets Of AES's Power Direct Unit 07 06 2001 The Wall Street Journal A4 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NewPower Holdings Inc.'s New Power Co. unit agreed to acquire assets from AES Corp.'s AES Power Direct retail-marketing unit.", "Terms weren't disclosed.", "Under the agreement, New Power, Purchase, N.Y., will acquire natural-gas inventory, supply and transportation contracts and infrastructure in Peoria, Ill., and Toronto.", "AES Power is based in McLean, Va. New Power, which provides electricity and natural gas to households and small businesses in the deregulated energy marketplace, also agreed to acquire, for a sum that wasn't disclosed, the natural-gas inventory related to the Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion East Ohio gas customer choice programs of Coenergy Trading Co. Coenergy is a unit of DTE Energy Co., of Detroit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "e6063_p13", "sents": [ "At the end of the first quarter, it had about 631,000 customers, a company spokeswoman said.", "New Power said it signed an agreement to buy AES Direct's customer base and related assets, including natural gas inventory, supply and transportation contracts as well as billing and customer service operations.", "It also is buying Ohio-based customers from CoEnergy, gaining entry into service areas of four additional utilities.", "Shares of New Energy were unchanged at $8.75 in morning New York Stock Exchange trade, the low end of a 52-week range of $4.63 to $28.69. Factiva Energy Digest - July 5, 2001. 07 05 2001 Factiva Energy Digest Copyright (c) 2001 Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive Ltd., trading as Factiva.", "POWER & UTILITY *German Utilities Should Expand Abroad, Consultant Says COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's top utilities lag far behind major foreign rivals in the share of revenues derived internationally, which could limit future growth, a consultant told an industry conference on Thursday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Joe Barton", "sents": [ "Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing 's 6 congressional district () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.", "The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex.", "Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.", "Barton came to national prominence after telling a citizen at a town hall meeting to \"shut up\", although the citizen later claimed he deserved it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e10692_p3", "sents": [ "``We're encouraged by the recent progress in California,'' said Wheatley.", "``But the credit worthiness of SoCal and PG&E and their ability to pay for past power purchases remains very much in question.''", "Pressed on whether Reliant would continued to sell to the utilities, Wheatley said, ``We're going to continue to sell power to creditworthy buyers.''", "Reliant filed a lawsuit last week, challenging a directive from the California ISO that demanded power suppliers confirm that they planned to continue selling electricity in the California market.", "Reliant argues in the suit, which has yet to be heard, that the power agency lacks authority to make such a demand.", "Meanwhile, the chairman of a House Commerce subcommittee on energy became the latest in a slew of Republican lawmakers who have chided California for not building power plants and expecting low power rates.", "``We want to work with California, but California has to work with the rest of the country,'' said Rep. Joe Barton (news - bio - voting record), R-Texas, during a speech at a conference of the American Public Power Association." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8778_p8", "sents": [ "A member of Zero Stage Capital will receive a seat on Aprilis' board of directors.", "http: www.aprilisinc.com Motorola Invests in Teen Wireless Network Talking Drum mail this story?", "top PALO ALTO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Motorola said it made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in Talking Drum, a wireless network for teens and provider of wireless products.", "The company, which currently has eight employees, launched its network KODE in Sacramento in November, and plans to expand it to Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco in 2001. Currently, the KODE network uses Motorola's Mobile Internet Exchange (MIX) communications platform for voice and WAP access.", "KODE customized the MIX platform to target teens.", "The platform enables users to get messages, access personal information, and receive content by using voice commands, a WAP browser, or a compatible personal computer.", "http: www.dkode.com UK Host Provider Attenda Lands $21.6 Million in Second Round mail this story?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e3720_p11", "sents": [ "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Epicentric, a provider of portal-plat form software and services for e-business networks, said it received an undisclosed \"significant\" equity investment from Motorola, the strategic capital arm of Motorola and a customer and partner of Epicentric.", "The investment is part of a follow-on to Epicentric's $41 million Series D round of funding it announced in March.", "Vincent Fleming, CFO of Epicentric, said the company will use the funding to support its services and reach profitability by the end of the year.", "Motorola will receive observer rights on Epicentric's board of directors.", "Mr. Fleming said the company will close its Series D round by the end of the year with under $50 million.", "Epicentri c has raised more than $81 million to date from Autodesk, Bowman Capital Management, Capital Research Management, Chase Capital Partners, Da in Rauscher Wessels, Essex Investment Management, Information Access Technolog y, Innovacom, Interactive Minds Ventures, J.P. Morgan Capital, New Vista Capital, Putnam Investments, Reuters, Sandler Capital Management, and United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6166_p23", "sents": [ "AP Photo LA101 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "NIGERIA: INTERVIEW-Nigeria power project's success fuels AES expansion.", "By Ebenezer Ademola 07 07 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LAGOS, July 7 (Reuters) - If successful, Nigeria's most ambitious independent power project will be a beacon for other foreign ventures in the country, the head of the project said at the weekend.", "Dennis Skipper, project manager for AES Barge Nigeria Ltd, the Nigerian subsidiary of the United States energy group AES Corp. told Reuters in an interview that many prospective investors based in the United States and Europe are watching AES' attempt to generate 270 MW of electricity for Nigeria's power-starved commercial capital Lagos.", "\"There is a great deal of interest in the United States to invest in Nigeria and the success of this project is going to lead to an economic boom,\" Skipper said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5533_p14", "sents": [ "\"The initial reaction from a number of (firms) has been favorable,\" s aid Steven Kelly of Independent Energy Producers, an association of wholesalers \"We're hopeful this can be implemented in PG&E territory, too,\" said Joe Ronan, an official of the Calpine energy firm and chairman of Independent Energy Producers.", "The Bee's Jim Sanders can be reached at (916) 326-5538 or jsanders@sa cbee.com Bee Staff Writer Kevin Yamamura contributed to this report.", "Lockyer to seek grand jury probe of power players By Dan Smith Bee Deputy Capitol Bureau Chief (Published June 14, 2001) Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Wednesday that he will ask the Sac ramento County grand jury to look into potential criminal actions by power generato rs and natural gas companies that have led to skyrocketing wholesale power prices.", "Lockyer said he has reached no conclusions about possible criminal ac ts by \"a dozen or so\" companies his office is investigating, but is hopeful grand ju ry testimony will assist in the probe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "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": "e27151_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Monday, November 19, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com AOL, Yahoo start charity Web site AOL Time Warner, Yahoo and Cisco Systems announced Monday a Web site they've launched to enable 850,000 charities to solicit donations, recruit volunteers and collect comments.", "The purpose of NetworkforGood.org is to help nonprofit organizations become more effective and efficient by integrating the Internet into their fundraising and related activities.", "\"We will be able to make giving, volunteering and speaking out on issues as central a part of the Internet as shopping or getting e-mail,\" said Steve Case, AOL Time Warner's chairman.", "-- Olympic-sized sports Web site General Electric's NBC, Microsoft's MSNBC.com and the MSN network launched Monday what they said will be the largest event Web site in sports history.", "The Olympics-oriented site is available at http: www.olympics.com and http: www.nbcolympics.com During the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the site will feature exclusive live results." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20488_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Monday, October 29, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Yahoo expands video programming Yahoo said its streaming-video service has added new programming, including cooking shows, a TV sitcom and highlights of a conference offering families and businesses help after the terrorist attacks last month.", "The programs are free.", "Advertisers' messages are displayed as the programs are streamed.", "The announcement was made Monday at a conference sponsored by Webnoize, a market research firm specializing in digital entertainment technologies.", "CW EDistribution LLC's contributions include episodes of the show \"Townies\" and clips from old TV commercials and celebrity interviews.", "\"It is the ideal platform for people to see shows they might not otherwise be able to access,\" said CWD's Robert E. Raleigh.", "Yahoo's broadcast service is also offering free access to a conference hosted by Franklin Covey, in which author Steven Covey suggests ways people can cope with the effect of the events of Sept. 11. -- More confidence seen in Internet Online shoppers will be clicking and buying this holiday season because they find the Web more convenient and product selection more broad than bricks-and-mortar stores, not because they are afraid to shop in large public places, according to a special research report produced by VNU's ACNielsen and Yahoo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7097_p32", "sents": [ "Code Red scans the Internet for Web servers, sending a string of code to those machines that takes up residence not in the hard drive, but in the buffer memory where it is difficult to detect.", "The worm targets servers running Microsoft's Internet Information Server, or IIS, software versions 4.0 and 5.0. From within a server Code Red begins scanning a randomly generated list of Internet addresses to find another server to infect.", "If the infected server's default language is English, all Web pages served by that machine will be defaced with the message \"HELLO!", "Welcome to http: www.worm.com!", "Hacked by Chinese!\"", "Officials say they have not identified the author of the program, but its name is said to be a reference to a soda made by Mountain Dew that is popular with hackers, and the name is not a reference to \"Red\" China.", "Officials say they have not identified the author of the virus, but its name is said to be a reference to a popular soda made by Mountain Dew with hackers and not China." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "Mountain Dew", "sents": [ "Mountain Dew (sometimes stylized as Mtn Dew) is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo.", "The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman.", "A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958.", "The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia.", "William H. \"Bill\" Jones of the Tip corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961.", "In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, at which point distribution expanded more widely across the United States and Canada." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2044_p103", "sents": [ "Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has asked three times for a meeting with Bush to discuss the energy crisis.", "Her response from the White House: a form letter with her name misspelled.", "Bush has called for requiring public agencies to buy costly earthquake insurance, a measure opposed by California lawmakers of both parties.", "He has proposed cutting an earthquake preparedness program.", "And he provided no money in his proposed budget to clean up a pile of uranium processing waste in Utah leaking into the Colorado River.", "\"That's our water supply,\" political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe said.", "\"What kind of message is that?\"", "John J. Pitney Jr., associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, said Bush's apparent indifference makes political sense.", "\"It's hard to argue that Bush should spend any political capital in California,\" he said.", "\"The 2000 election suggested that he cannot carry the state no matter how hard he tries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Claremont McKenna College", "sents": [ "Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is an independent, coeducational and private liberal arts college with a curricular emphasis on economics, finance, international relations, government and public affairs.", "CMC is also a member of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, California, United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p12", "sents": [ "LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Zygon, a provider of software that enables busin esses to manage and distribute product information, said it raised $8 million in its second round of funding.", "Previous investors 3i and Intel Capital participated, along with Bamboo Investments and Taylor Young Investment Management.", "The company will use the funds for opening its new San Francisc o office.", "http: www.zygon.com Emageon Gets Round Two Funding from Kaiser Permanente, Tenet CHICAGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Emageon, which provides diagnostic imag ing services for health care providers, said that Tenet Healthcare, a publ icly traded company which operates hospitals through its subsidiaries, and Kaiser Permanente, a health care company, have made undisclosed private e quity investments in Emageon as an add on to its second round of funding.", "Tenet Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente will select one senior health care executive to serve on Emageon's board of directors.", "Emageon enables the on line archiving of diagnostic images, making them available over the Intern et or private networks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Tenet Healthcare", "sents": [ "Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a multinational investor-owned healthcare services company based in Dallas, Texas.", "Through its brands, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships, as of October 2016 Tenet operates nine facilities in the United Kingdom and around 470 outpatient centers in 16 American states.", "Also in the US, Tenet operates 20 \"short-stay\" surgical hospitals and 79 general acute-care hospitals in 14 states, primarily in California, Florida, Michigan and Texas.", "Tenet has more than 20,000 licensed beds and 130,000 employees, and the company’s hospitals offer acute, coronary and critical care; operating and recovery rooms; clinical laboratories and pharmacies; and radiology, respiratory, oncology, orthopedic, physical therapy and organ transplant services.", "Tenet also operates six health plans and 12 accountable care networks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2044_p1", "sents": [ "DAVIS' PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR FACES DEMANDS FOR BILLIONS AS A RESERVE AND TO CUSHION ELECTRICITY RATE HIKES., DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER, SACRAMENTO Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2001, Monday, Home Edition, Page 7, 839 words ?, COMMENTARY; WILL THE FERC SEE THE LIGHT ON THE LAW?, FRANK A. WOLAK, Frank A. Wolak, an economics professor at Stanford University, is, chairman of the Market Surveillance Committee of the California, Independent System Operator The New York Times, April 30, 2001, Monday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Page 1; Column 5; Business Financial Desk, 1444 words, While a Utility May Be Failing, Its Owner Is Not, By By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and LAURA M. HOLSON San Francisco Chronicle, APRIL 30, 2001, MONDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A3, 1108 words, NEWSMAKER PROFILE; Nettie Hoge; Taking on power; Consumer advocate revels in uphill battle, Chuck Squatriglia The Washington Post, April 30, 2001, Monday, Final Edition, A SECTION; Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e489_p0", "sents": [ "'Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition The New York Times, 03 26 01 Sale of Enron Unit To Sierra Pacific Becomes Unlikely The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Backing Bush Pays Off for Coal Industry Energy: Mineral is seen as key to halting power crisis.", "Officials also target pending regulatory rules.", "Los Angeles Times, 03 26 01 Abreast of the Market Hunting for Signs That Stocks Are Bottoming The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 It's About Time: A growing number of services let viewers pick what they want to watch, when they want to watch it The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 Overview Thumbs Up: What makes a good entertainment site click?", "The Wall Street Journal, 03 26 01 What's News United States The Globe and Mail, 03 26 01 USA: Enron's deal to sell Portland General seen dead-WSJ.", "Reuters English News Service, 03 26 01 Enron's 2 bln usd sale of PGE unit unlikely to go through - CEO AFX News, 03 26 01 INDIA'S ESSAR MAY OPT OUT OF SHELL LNG VENTURE Asia Pulse, 03 26 01 Business Financial Desk; Section A Deal for Use of Gas Pipeline Stirs Dispute on Competition By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and LOWELL BERGMAN 03 26 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 4 c. 2001 New York Times Company Early last year, the El Paso Natural Gas Company took bids from two dozen companies for the right to ship enough natural gas through its pipeline from Texas and New Mexico to meet one-sixth of the daily demand of energy-starved California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4073_p30", "sents": [ "The company will use the funding to enhance its servcies and for international expansion.", "iPass has also received backing from Asia Pacific Ventures, Intel, and Meritech.", "http: www.ipass.com Net Procurement Firm Nitorum Receives $6 Million Investment NORWALK, Conn. -- Nitorum, which develops business-to-business Internet procurement technology, said it received $6 million from several Merrill Lynch affiliated investment funds, which were not named.", "The funding will be used for product development and marketing.", "Nitorum is backed by Pequot Capital Management, Archery, and Seligman New Technologies Venture Fund.", "http: www.nitorum.com Network Access Firm Mapletree Secures $15 Million NORWOOD, Mass.", "-- Mapletree Networks, which designs and manufactures voice, data and fax network access technology, said it has secured $15 million in venture finance from a group of investors led by Pilot House Ventures.", "The round included Technology Venture Partners and Boston University's Community Technology Fund.", "Previous investor Norwest Venture partners also participated in the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e7650_p17", "sents": [ "http: www.bisanjia.com Infrastructure Firm Soneta Gets Funding from Gray Cary DALLAS -- Soneta, which develops technology and applications for e-commerce service providers, said it has received an undisclosed amount of cash and a pledge of services from the Internet technology law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in return for an equity stake.", "The details of the deal were not disclosed.", "Last week, Soneta said it closed its Series A round of financing with a $2 million investment from Yazam.", "http: www.soneta.com Video Networking Firm Artel Raises $10.5 Million Round Four MARLBOROUGH, Mass.", "-- Artel, which provides video networking systems to cable television and telecommunications service providers, said it has secured $10.5 million in its fourth round of funding.", "New investors, Liberty Mutual and Boston University's Community Technology Fund, joined previous investors, Cornerston Equity Investors, Atlas Venture, BancBoston Capital, Charles River Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, New England Partners, and Massachusetts Capital Resource Co., to invest in the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]