Q: " It 's going to happen , " said Jim Santangelo , president of the Teamsters Joint Council 42 in El Monte .

" That really affects the companies , big time , " said Jim Santangelo , president of the Teamsters Joint Council 42 in El Monte .

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Q: Telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia .

Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia .

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Q: This was double the $ 818 million reported for the first three months of 2001 .

Berkshire Hathaway made profits of $ 1.7 billion in the first three months of this year alone , its best performance .

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no