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[ { "title": "Highland Capital Partners", "sents": [ "Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Shanghai.", "Highland has raised over $3 billion in committed capital and invested in more than 225 companies.", "Investments include 2U, Ask Jeeves, Bromium, Gigamon, Handy, Lululemon Athletica, Lycos, Malwarebytes, MapQuest, Qihoo 360, Quattro Wireless, Rent the Runway, Starent Networks, Sybase, VistaPrint, Turbonomic, and WePay.", "Highland also serves as a mentor for future entrepreneurs through Summer@Highland, a program that provides students and university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources to take their initiative to the next level.", "They also help run a program for early stage security companies to explore their ideas and obtain customers called Cybersecurity Factory." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e9243_p2", "sents": [ "The round was led by Barnes & Noble.com, which contributed $20 million in exchange for a 30% stake in the firm.", "Vulcan Ventures contributed an additional $10 million and $6 million was raised from other investors including APV Technology Partners, Highland Capital Partners, and Millennium Technology Ventures.", "Vulcan Ventures will hold a 15% stake, Millennium Technology Ventures 4%, and both Highland Capital Partners and APV Technology Partners will hold 1.5% of the company.", "FatBrain.com will retain 23% of the company.", "Chris MacAskill, chief executive officer of MightyWords and founder and CEO of FatBrain, will serve as chairman of the MightyWords board of directors.", "Two representatives of Barnes & Noble.com, one representative from Vulcan Ventures, and one representative from Millennium Technology Ventures will take seats on the company's board of directors.", "Dennis Capovilla, the new chief executive officer of FatBrain.com, will also serve on the MightyWords board.", "The company said the funding will be used for system development and content acquisition as well as an $8.5 million payment to FatBrain.com as reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the subsidiary over the past five months." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "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, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5725_p6", "sents": [ "The questioning by the committee's chairman, Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and other Democrats was friendly.", "But Republicans tried to pai nt Davis as the culprit in a crisis he could have solved a year ago.", "\"How did you let things get totally out of hand?\"", "asked Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, the committee's senior Republican.", "Davis said his administration began the push to build new generating plants to meet the impending power shortage four months after he took office in 1999. \"I make no apologies for the aggressive actions we've taken,\" the governor said.", "Republican lawmakers warned that demanding refunds could actually add to California's power woes if energy investors become spooked about sanctions and take their business elsewhere -- resulting in a decreased electricity supply.", "Under pointed questioning from Thompson, Davis shot back.", "\"The people I represent are mad.", "They want us to fight back,\" Davis said.", "Obviously, we want the state to be an attractive place for investment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25276_p1", "sents": [ "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Petrochko, Mona L. Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:18 PM To: Hrach, April; Dasovich, Jeff Subject: RE: Football Tickets I'm interested.", "--Original Message -- From: Hrach, April Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:02 AM To: Alamo, Joseph; Brodbeck, Kelly; Browner, Victor; Calvert, Gray; Carranza, Octavio; Dasovich, Jeff; Deane, Ryan; Fillinger, Mark; Fukada, Cary; Ha, Vicky; Hrach, April; Kelly, Derek; Kistler, Dave; Kromer, Steve; Ly, Aandy; Mara, Susan; Mcdonald, Michael; Mentan, Ron; O'Neal, Aida; Parquet, David; Perrino, Dave; Petrochko, Mona L.; Qureishi, Ibrahim; Russell, Dean; Schoen, Mary; Sezgen, Osman; Springer, Jason; Turnipseed, Edith; Wehn, Samuel; Wong, Michael; Yee, Dennis; Zavala, Cristina Subject: Football Tickets Checkout the great deal, 49er fans!", "--Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 8:59 AM To: Hrach, April Subject: April: Could you please distribute this to the office?", "Thanks a bunch.", "Greetings Folks: Tired of thinking about related-party transactions, SEC probes and re-stated earnings?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e20533_p0", "sents": [ "\"Sounds like a bunch of eeediots falling down on the hard ice.", "I'm in!", "-April --Original Message -- From: McKalip-Thompson, Catherine Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:53 PM To: Hrach, April; Brodbeck, Kelly; Browner, Victor; Calvert, Gray; Carranza, Octavio; Dasovich, Jeff; Deane, Ryan; Fillinger, Mark; Fukada, Cary; Ha, Vicky; Kelly, Derek; Kistler, Dave; Kromer, Steve; Ly, Aandy; Mara, Susan; Mcdonald, Michael; Mentan, Ron; O'Neal, Aida; Parquet, David; Perrino, Dave; Petrochko, Mona L.; Qureishi, Ibrahim; Russell, Dean; Schoen, Mary; Sezgen, Osman; Springer, Jason; Turnipseed, Edith; Wehn, Samuel; Wong, Michael; Yee, Dennis; Zavala, Cristina Subject: Fun activities to beat the blues Anyone up for some fun lunchtime activities the last week of November?", "They've put up the outdoor ice rink at Embarcadero center and they rent skates", "How does Thursday the 29th sound?\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bell Labs", "sents": [ "Nokia Bell Labs (formerly named AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Labs) is an American research and scientific development company, owned by Finnish company Nokia.", "Its headquarters are located in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in addition to other laboratories around the rest of the United States and in other countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e4033_p16", "sents": [ "Mr. Lee joins LinkAir from Vodafone Airtouch, a mobile telecommunications company, where he served as the chief scientist.", "He also spent 15 years developing wireless technology for Bell Labs.", "LinkAir Communications is backed by undisclosed institutional investors.", "http: www.linkair.com Former HNC Software President Joins Centor Software's Board IRVINE, Calif. -- Centor Software, a business-to-business firm that provides information storage and manipulation techniques for multiple interaction partners, said it has appointed Robert North to its board of directors.", "Mr. North was CEO, president, and director of HNC Software.", "He also served as a member of the technical staff for the satellite central office of Aerospace.", "Centor is backed by the individual investor group, TechHarvest Group.", "http: www.centor.com New People o Strategic Data Names Delphi Information Founder as CEO SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Strategic Data, a provider of real-time optimization technology, announced Richard R. Janssen as the company's new chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p9", "sents": [ "Also participating were Putnam Investments, Essex Investment Mangement, and previous investors Chase H&Q, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Information Technology Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Worldview Technology, Robertson Stephens, First Analysis of Chicago, Stanford University, and Comdisco.", "The company will use the funds for manufacturing expansion and product development.", "http: www.lightwavemicro.com Optical Firm Centerpoint Has $130 Million Mezzanine Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, a developer of optical networking transport and aggregation systems, said it raised $130 million in its mezzanine round of funding led by Putnam Investments and Oppenheimer Funds.", "Other investors included Amerindo Investment Advisors, Essex Investment Management Company, Firsthand Capital Management, Kaufmann Fund, Octane Capital Management, and Pilgrim Baxter & Associates.", "The company said it will use the funds to develop its technology.", "http: www.centerpoint.com Optical Networking Firm Kymata Gets $77 Million Round Four LIVINGSTON, Scotland.", "-- Kymata, a designer and manufacturer of optical networking components, said it has raised $77 million in its fourth round of funding led by European Venture Partners, with syndicate members including GATC European Technology Ventures and new investor RBS Mezzanine." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Putnam Investments", "sents": [ "Putnam Investments is a privately owned investment management firm founded in 1937 by George Putnam, who established one of the first balanced mutual funds, The George Putnam Fund of Boston.", "As one of the oldest mutual fund complexes in the United States, Putnam has over $183 billion in assets under management, 79 individual mutual fund offerings, 96 institutional clients, and over seven million shareholders and retirement plan participants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4432_p23", "sents": [ "http: www.xpede.com Imaging Firm VideoChip Taps Former Honeywell Exec as CEO WOODBURY, N.Y. -- VideoChip Technologies, a developer of digital imaging technology, said it appointed Hector Andres Negroni as its chief executive officer replacing Derek Wilkes, who resigned.", "Mr. Negroni was site general manager of Honeywell in Huntsville, Alabama where he was a contact between NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, the United States Army Missile Command and all of Honeywell's Huntsville aerospace commercial partners.", "VideoChip is funded by Penn Ventures and individual investors.", "http: www.videochip.com VC Fund News o Investment Firm Starting Point Partners Announces First Fund SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Starting Point Partners, an investment firm that makes investments ranging from $200,000 to $1 million and offers enterprise-management services to initial-stage technology and infrastructure companies, announced the firm's first investment fund, also named Starting Point Partners.", "The fund will be used for early-stage infrastructure and technology companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Honeywell", "sents": [ "Honeywell International Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate company that produces a variety of commercial and consumer products, engineering services and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments.", "The company operates four business units, known as Strategic Business Units – Honeywell Aerospace, Home and Building Technologies (HBT), Safety and Productivity Solutions (SPS), and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5646_p0", "sents": [ "\"Next week is light on high-tech recruiting activities.", "Brience will be holding an info session on Thursday, Nov 2nd at 12:30 at the Faculty Club in advance of their interviews.", "See the invitation below and attached flyer for more details.", "Please sign up on BearTracks if you plan to attend.", "Thanks, Rich BRIENCE INFORMATION SESSION: Date: Thursday, November 2. Time: 12:30pm Location: Faculty Club Food will be served!", "There will be a raffle for a Palm VIIx.", "Please join us!", "Brience was conceptualized in late 1999, and launched in March 2000 to provide businesses with the flexibility, agility and power to meet the challenge of mobile eBusiness.", "While working together at KPMG Consulting, founders Rod McGeary, Keyur Patel, Arvin Babu and Joni Kahn had helped countless clients including Cisco, Macromedia, Netscape, Sears, Bally's, Bank of America, Fleet, Microsoft, and JP Morgan implement eBusiness infrastructures to meet constantly changing market conditions and customer demands." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e3975_p2", "sents": [ "PANELISTS INCLUDE: Morgan Harting - Manager, KPMG Consulting Bobby Lent, Co-founder, Ariba - Dave Cardinal, CTO, Calico Commerce Steve Foster, Partner, Crosspoint Venture Partners Mark Holman, President, e2open - Jeff Kleck, Co-founder, Neoforma Charles Duff, Chief Procurement Officer, AMES NASA Mark Klopp, Director Digital Business Ventures, Eastman Chemicals Register at: http: www.tsunami-group.com Top Stories o Baltimore Acquires Content Technologies For $992 Million LONDON -- Baltimore Technologies, a publicly traded online security company, said it acquired Content Technologies Holdings, developer of MIMEsweeper network security products.", "Baltimore is offering 91 million of its shares in the all-stock transaction.", "The acquisition is valued at $992 million.", "Content Technologies products enable organizations to implement policies protecting them against confidentiality breaches, exposure to e-mail legal liability, junk e-mail, e-mail borne viruses, and misuse of e-mail.", "Profitable since its inception, Content Technologies raised a single $13 million round of funding from private investors for expanded sales and marketing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1465_p10", "sents": [ "Other companies considering Elektro include Spain's Endesa SA, Spain's largest utility, Diario Economico said.", "PORTUGUESE PRESS: EDP In Talks to Buy Brazil's Elektro 04 20 2001 Dow Jones International News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LISBON -(Dow Jones)- Utility Electricidade de Portugal SA (EDP) is in talks with the U.S.'s Enron (ENE) to buy Brazilian electricity distributor Elektro Eletricidade e Servico SA (E.EKO), Diario Economico reports.", "Elektro is valued at EUR1.56 billion, but, according to analysts, EDP's offer stands at EUR878 million.", "Newspaper Web site: http: www.de.iol.pt Lisbon Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; 351-21-319-1863 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA: Enron may sell majority stake in India unit - paper.", "04 20 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, April 20 (Reuters) - United States energy giant Enron Corp plans to sell a major share in Dabhol Power Company, its controversy-ridden power project in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, a business daily said on Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e699_p10", "sents": [ "David Delainey, chairman and chief executive of Enron Energy Services said: \"By outsourcing energy management to Enron, JCPenney is protected from volatile energy prices while receiving the benefits of energy equipment upgrades in its retail stores.\"", "lj For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Endesa, Enersis To Test Powerline Technology In Chile 04 03 2001 Dow Jones International News (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chile's Enersis SA (ENI) will begin in Santiago, in the third quarter, a large-scale test of powerline technology which would transmit telecommunications signals across electricity lines, local paper El Diario reported Tuesday.", "Speaking at a shareholder's meeting, Enersis executive Rafael Miranda said Spain's Endesa SA (ELE), which controls Enersis through a 65% stake, will launch a parallel test in Palmas Mallorca.", "However, Miranda added, all other telecom investments that aren't yet generating revenues for the company are presently, temporarily paralyzed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Denver", "sents": [ "Denver ( ), officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.", "Denver is in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.", "The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 12 mi east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.", "Denver is nicknamed the \"Mile-High City\" because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 ft ) above sea level, making it the highest major city in the United States.", "The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e489_p44", "sents": [ "The only cable operator to be actively working with Intertainer is Comcast, one of the nation's biggest cable operators.", "Comcast is currently testing just the movies-on-demand part of Intertainer's service as an additional feature on its digital-cable service.", "It's unclear whether Comcast will offer Intertainer once it has completed the test, say people familiar with the situation.", "All that means is that Intertainer will likely have to rely mostly on telephone companies' DSL services in order for the service to grow.", "In Cincinnati, Zoomtown President Michael O'Brien says he plans to expand the offering to all Zoomtown's 40,000 DSL customers in the first half of this year.", "Qwest Communications International Inc. of Denver also is testing Intertainer's service on its DSL lines and plans to introduce it in half a dozen markets, including Seattle, Portland, Ore., Denver and Phoenix.", "Mr. Taplin hopes Qwest will roll it out commercially by April, although a Qwest spokeswoman wouldn't confirm the timing of the rollout." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20365_p30", "sents": [ "Among chip makers, Analog Devices rose 2.57, or 7.1%, to 38.74, LSI Logic gained 89 cents, or 5.6%, to 16.83, and Texas Instruments tacked on 1.17, or 4.2%, to 28.91. For its part, Intel r ose 1.15, or 4.8%, to 25.30 on Nasdaq.", "Shares of Lexmark International dropped 5.58, or 11%, to 44.77. The Lexingt on, Ky., maker of computer printers reported third-quarter results that mat ched Wall Street's forecasts, but warned that it continues to face sluggish demand in the fourth quarter.", "SBC Communications declined 2.24, or 5.1%, to 41.40. The telecommunications service provider reported third-quarter earnings that fell short of analys ts' forecasts, and warned that the company won't show \"meaningful growth\" n ext year.", "Citrix Systems fell 4.14, or 16%, to 21.08 on Nasdaq.", "Dain Rauscher reduced its rating on the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., maker of computer networking prod ucts, saying the company faces competitive pressures from products introduc ed by rival vendors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Citrix Systems", "sents": [ "Citrix Systems, Inc. is an American multinational software company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service (SaaS), and cloud computing technologies.", "It was founded in Richardson, Texas in 1989 by Ed Iacobucci, who served as chairman until his departure in 2000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5941_p38", "sents": [ "FERC also ordered generators to negotiate refunds with officials from the states that could total as much as $15 billion.", "Talks began on Monday.", "Administrative Law Judge Curtis Wagner, who is overseeing the negotiations, told the Associated Press that ``in order to reach a settlement, there will have to be refunds.''", "Davis estimates the generators overcharged California and its utilities by $8.9 billion or more.", "Enron, which earlier this year estimated it's owed $400 million to $500 million for California energy sales, is one of the companies in the talks.", "Shares of the Houston-based company, the largest energy trader, have fallen 44 percent this year and 20 percent this quarter.", "Enron's prospects also were hurt when it couldn't sell its Oregon utility, Portland General, and its plans for trading space on fiber-optic telecommunications networks grew less promising because of the collapse of many Internet companies.", "Also, while natural-gas and electricity prices in the West are up from a year ago, they are down from the first quarter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2746_p0", "sents": [ "GAS DAILY ON-LINE EDITION May 15, 2001 FERC launches formal hearing in El Paso case A collection of high-powered attorneys crowded a FERC hearing room yesterday for the launch of a formal hearing into allegations of market power abuse by El Paso and its affiliates.", "While a decision is still a way off, the presiding judge in the case made it clear that FERC must find a precise way to measure market share in California before ruling on the case.", "The hearing also marked the public release of a controversial market power study by The Brattle Group, which was commissioned by Southern California Edison to find evidence of market power abuse by El Paso marketing affiliate El Paso Merchant Energy.", "The Brattle Group said that it found substantial evidence that El Paso manipulated California's gas market -- a claim that remains strongly in dispute (see story, page 4).", "In an opening statement, FERC Chief Administrative Law Judge Curtis Wagner laid down the parameters for the hearing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dubai", "sents": [ "Dubai ( ; Arabic: دبي‎ ‎ \"Dubayy \", ] ) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).", "It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.", "Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's Federal Supreme Council.", "The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.", "Dubai will host World Expo 2020." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e8313_p12", "sents": [ "55-14: You can request a sample issue of Public Power Weekly.", "COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS SAY THEY WANT RELIABILITY, GOOD SERVICE The price of the electricity they buy is very important to large business customers, but the reliability of that electricity and the quality of customer service that comes with it also are critical, three businessmen told APPA's recent Customer Connections Workshop.", "- (Public Power Weekly, LENGTH=819 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!", "55-14: You can request a sample issue of Public Power Weekly.", "THOUSANDS LEFT WITHOUT POWER IN PUTNAM On a night when the low temperature reached 19 degrees, many Putnam County customers of American Electric Power were left cold and in the dark by a power outage.", "- (Screaming Media - comtex, LENGTH=648 words) -- NEWS SUBSCRIBERS can access this article for free!", "_ POWER PROJECTS _ ITALIAN FIRMS WIN 587-MILLION-DOLLAR DUBAI POWER CONTRACT The government of Dubai has signed a 587-million-dollar contract with two Italian firms, Enel Power and Fisia Italimpianti, for a power and desalination plant, newspapers reported Sunday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Center for Public Integrity", "sents": [ "The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) is an American nonprofit investigative journalism organization whose stated mission is \"to reveal abuses of power, corruption and dereliction of duty by powerful public and private institutions in order to cause them to operate with honesty, integrity, accountability and to put the public interest first.\"", "With over 50 staff members, CPI is one of the largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative centers in America.", "It won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e27165_p7", "sents": [ "But Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay was cultivating his own GOP connections.", "A longtime fundraiser and activist for former president George Bush, Lay and Enron officials had contributed more than $550,000 to his son's presidential bid by July 1999, according to the Center for Public Integrity.", "Lay, according to a spokesman, has also helped raise money for House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.)", "and for his Republican Majority Issues Committee, which was set up in 1999 to support House GOP members facing close races.", "Nonetheless, Southern Co. still outspent Enron on lobbying in 1999 by $4.2 million to $1.9 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.", "\"People talk about Enron being big and powerful,\" Skilling said.", "\"I mean, come on the utilities were powerful adversaries.", "We're still a little company compared to them.\"", "-- Dan Morgan http: www.washingtonpost.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "A Section Traders, Old Utilities Tangle Over Wires Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 08 23 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A01 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved ATLANTA -- Last of three articles Ever since steamboat captain W.P." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3230_p48", "sents": [ "The model for VOD distribution would be companies like Blockbuster, which aggregate distribution rights for movies on video tape.", "Aggregation at the other end of the networks could bring all subscribers into the market whether they have high-speed cable-TV connections or high-speed digital subscriber lines from phone companies.", "Aggregation at the local level seems ideal for utilities that are getting into the telecom sector.", "They have the billing systems and most if not all the local customers needed to make the service work.", "Two utilities, Reliant Energy Inc. (REI) and Potomac Electric Power Co. (POM), have opened the door to future revenue from VOD.", "Reliant Energy Inc. has invested in Grande Communications, which provides Internet access, phone service and cable television.", "Potomac Electric and RCN Corporation (RCN) have a joint venture, StarPower Communications, which provides cable television service in the Washington, D.C., area.", "-By Michael Rieke, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9207; michael.rieke@wsj.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p0", "sents": [ "'BANDWIDTH BEAT: Master Trading Agreement 3.0 Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 16 01 Sierra Pacific Shares Slump After Utility Suspends Dividend Dow Jones Business News, 04 16 01 Energy Traders Raise Ante In Power-hungry California Dow Jones Energy Service, 04 16 01 Independent Power Producers Expect to Meet or Exceed Forecasts Dow Jones Business News, 04 16 01 Seattle City Utility Racks Up $92 Million in Power Purchases in March KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Seattle Times - Washington, 04 16 01 Sierra Pacific Shares Fall After Dividend Canceled (Update2) Bloomberg, 04 16 01 BANDWIDTH BEAT: Master Trading Agreement 3.0 04 16 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) By Michael Rieke A Dow Jones Newswires Column HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Carriers and trading companies worked for more than nine months last year, missed four deadlines and couldn't produce a master bandwidth trading agreement.", "Now they seem to be coming out with something new every other month or so." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28013_p0", "sents": [ "'Below is an article that may be of interest to you.", "Ginger Dernehl Administrative Coordinator Global Government Affairs Phone# 713-853-7751 Fax# 713-646-8160 --Original Message -- From: Schmidt, Ann M. Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 4:04 PM To: Dernehl, Ginger Subject: Governor Chicken REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial) Governor Chicken 10 22 2001 The Wall Street Journal A18 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) The two politicians who've arguably benefited most from the national focus on war are both Californians -- Congressman Gary Condit and Governor Gray Davis.", "Too bad Mr. Davis is finding he still can't avoid his own chickens coming home to roost.", "Only now are the folks in Sacramento learning that their Governor's \"solution\" to the energy crisis has been a political sham.", "A combination of collapsing budget revenues, foolish spending and bad credit ratings threatens to plunge the state into a full-fledged financial crisis.", "Governor Davis's chickens left the roost back in May 2000, when California's botched scheme to deregulate electric power encountered a wicked price bubble." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Gary Condit", "sents": [ "Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is a former politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003.", "Condit holds a B.B.A from the USC Marshall School of Business.", "Condit originally represented California's 15th congressional district, and then later California's 18th congressional district after redistricting following the 1990 census." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Crosslink Capital", "sents": [ "Crosslink Capital is a private venture capital firm with a primary focus on technology and the energy industry.", "Crosslink Capital was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2942_p12", "sents": [ "http: www.crossaccess.com Voyan Names Ex-Broadxent VP Namraj Johal Sales, Bus.", "Dev.", "VP mail?", "top SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Voyan Technology, a broadband communications company, said it named Namraj Johal as vice president of sal es and business development.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Johal was vice president of sales and marketing at Broadxent, formerly known as Digicom.", "Voyan is backed by Crosslink Capital, Fuji Bank, Redwood Venture Partners, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Spring Creek Partners, and Venture Law Group.", "http: www.voyan.com FINANCE Unicru Adds Former E*Trade Exec Christopher Marsh as CFO mail?", "top PORTLAND, Ore. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Unicru, a provider of recruiting technolog y and services to companies, said it named Christopher Marsh as senior vice president of business development and chief financial officer.", "Mr. Marsh wa s formerly chief financial officer of E*Trade Access.", "Unicru is backed by Benchmark Capital, Greylock Management, and Venrock Associates.", "http: www.unicru.com Vivocom Names Medimpact Healthcare Systems Exec as CFO mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6506_p0", "sents": [ "'Future of Kyoto Protocol Minus United States Is Uncertain The Wall Street Journal, 07 16 01 As the shakeout proceeds, some business-to-business marketplaces show their staying power.", "The New York Times, 07 16 01 Municipal power firms cleaned up Public producers charged state far more than private San Francisco Chronicle, 07 16 01 Enron's Lay Visit Fails To End India Dabhol Woes Dow Jones International News, 07 16 01 INDIA'S NTPC WILL NOT BUY ENRON STAKE IN DAHBOL POWER: GOVERNMENT Asia Pulse, 07 16 01 INDIA PRESS: Min Rules Out NTPC Buying Out Dabhol Power Dow Jones Asian Equities Report, 07 16 01 INDIA PRESS: Dabhol Needs $500M To Restart Construction Dow Jones Asian Equities Report, 07 16 01 ITALIAN PRESS: Montedison Seeking Help In Takeover Defense Dow Jones International News, 07 16 01 San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Stocks.comment Column KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: San Jose Mercury News - California, 07 16 01 Innogy's pounds 300m power-trading lift The Independent - London, 07 15 01 Finalise terms of reference for Enron probe in 8 days:Munde Press Trust of India Limited, 07 15 01 Karl Rove, President's Focus Engineer, Finds Self in Spotlight; Eyes of Bush Critics Turn to Key Adviser If the Message Blurs The Washington Post, 07 15 01 8 firms plan building vast interstate gas pipelines But energy experts say other states could tap into supply first San Francisco Chronicle, 07 15 01 Sale withdrawal raises Mitie hopes The Times of London, 07 15 01 Future of Kyoto Protocol Minus United States Is Uncertain By John J. Fialka and Geoff Winestock Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal 07 16 2001 The Wall Street Journal A2 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Diplomats from around the world gather in Bonn starting today to address a seminal question: Will there be a Kyoto protocol on global warming without the U.S., or none at all?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e490_p0", "sents": [ "'Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook The Washington Post, 03 25 01 Energy trading floors represent ground zero in electricity crisis Associated Press Newswires, 03 25 01 India: Centre's interest liability on dues to Enron starts Business Line (The Hindu), 03 25 01 Victoria Station's pounds 250m facelift The Independent - London, 03 25 01 Standoff may delay renegotiation on Enron project The Times of India, 03 25 01 Deal to sell PGE may fall through Associated Press Newswires, 03 24 01 Govt clears FDI proposals worth Rs 683 crore The Economic Times, 03 24 01 Nigeria blames US firm for delay in power project: report Agence France-Presse, 03 24 01 Enron deal with Sierra likely a bust Buyer of Portland General having trouble raising cash Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Market rebounds, but not stability Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 Midwest to face high gas prices again Supply of anti-smog component already one-quarter below last year Houston Chronicle, 03 24 01 COMPANY NEWS ENRON SALE OF UNIT TO SIERRA PACIFIC IS DOUBTED The New York Times, 03 24 01 Operators of California Power Grid Testify of System Abuses KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Orange County Register - California, 03 24 01 Santa Clara Plans for More Power Generators to be built on existing plant sites San Francisco Chronicle, 03 24 01 Calif. Crisis, M&A, Gas To Dominate Talk At Howard Weil Dow Jones News Service, 03 23 01 A Section Coal Scores With Wager on Bush; Belief That Mineral Is Part of 'Balanced' Energy Policy Lifts Industry Outlook Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer 03 25 2001 The Washington Post FINAL A05 Copyright 2001, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved Few businesses placed as big a bet on Republicans in the last election as the coal industry, which gave 88 cents out of every dollar in campaign contributions to GOP candidates or organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Texaco", "sents": [ "Texaco, Inc. (\"\"The Texas Company\"\") is an American oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation.", "Its flagship product is its fuel \"Texaco with Techron\".", "It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand.", "Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to the Shell Oil Company.", "It began as the Texas Fuel Company, founded in 1901 in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e7634_p8", "sents": [ "The proposition will also be supported by the three underpinnings of the Democratic Party labor, minorities, and environmentalists.", "The proposition may require that all IOU assets be condemned by the State, including the output of the divested power plants.", "The proposition will pass, and like all good propositions, will be challenged in court.", "The court case will lead to a \"settlement\" whereby consumers and generators will re-arrange the money transfer between buyers and sellers, and FERC will sit idly by as over fifty percent of the generation assets in the West are controlled by the State of California.", "Stuff that in your RTO pipe.", "Does Senator Peace think this is a good idea?", "No.", "Does he think it is politically possible?", "Yes.", "Why?", "He refers to a landmark case he calls \"Texaco vs. Federal Power Commission\" as the case which makes this a slam dunk.", "I am not familiar with this case, but we have plenty of Burrito readers who might." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tommy Thompson", "sents": [ "Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is a United States Republican politician who was a state legislator in Wisconsin, and 42nd Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is the longest serving governor in the state's history.", "During his term as governor he was the chairman of Amtrak, the nation's passenger rail service.", "He served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001–05, appointed by George W. Bush.", "After his time in the Bush Administration, Thompson was a partner with the law-firm Akin Gump and Chairman of Deloitte's global healthcare practice and has served on the board of 22 other organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3153_p140", "sents": [ "But consider that HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, who resigned recently from the Amtrak board, had been a strong advocate of expanded rail service here in the Midwest while he was governor of Wisconsin.", "Thompson had hoped to remain chairman of the Amtrak board after he went to Washington.", "But the Associated Press reports that a 1997 law that restructured the Amtrak board says only one of the seven seats can be held by a member of the Cabinet - and the Bush administration wants Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta on the governing board.", "Few people around are as passionate as Thompson about Amtrak, and Iowa could have benefited.", "It's hard to ride a national passenger train service that doesn't go where the majority of Iowans live.", "Maybe the service will be expanded here.", "But maybe, with the changes in the governing board, that train has already left the station.", "Smoker identification: LE MARS DAILY SENTINAL: Have you heard the news from Walgreen's?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p16", "sents": [ "Office Depot will showcase vJungle' services in the business services section of its Web site, and vJungle will provide Office Depot with its OpenEX platform.", "The company's backers include Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems; Ashutosh Roy, founder of WhoWhere and eGain; Ben Rosen, founder of Compaq Computer; and Venkatesh Harinarayan, a general manager with Amazon.com.", "http: www.officedepot.com http: www.vjungle.com Taiwanese Firm Joins Need2Buy and Mitsubishi Joint Venture WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Need2Buy, which provides an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of electronic components, said Taiwan-based component distributor World Peace Industrial (WPI) joined Mitsubishi in the joint venture Need2Buy-Asia, a business-to-business Internet commerce site for electronic components in Asia.", "Mitsubishi and WPI now each hold a 20% equity stake in the joint venture, with Need2Buy retaining a 60% equity stake.", "Need2Buy is backed by Baker, Jump!", "Investors, Misubishi, Shelter Ventures, Star,TMCT Ventures, and Trust Co. of the West." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3786_p29", "sents": [ "LocalBusiness.com is backed by United States Equity Partners, TMCT Ventures, and Tribune.", "http: www.localbusiness.com M&A o Contact Center Firm !hey Software Merges with icontact.com NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.", "-- !hey software, a provider of contact center and voice technologies, and icontact.com, a personalized online communication software firm, said the companies have merged to form new company !hey.", "Terms of the merger were not disclosed.", "Duncan Mackay, president and CEO of !hey software, will remain as president and CEO of the new company.", "Investors in !hey include Telecom-Internet Investors, a subsidiary of Telecom, eCOM Partners, Broadband, Goldman Sachs, and individuals.", "http: www.heyinc.com Tech Licensing Firm UVentures Buys Datamonitor's QX Health NEW YORK -- UniversityVentures, a marketplace for the technology licensing industry, said it has acquired Datamonitor's QX Health technology assets and changed its name to UVentures.", "The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.", "UVentures said the acquisition will broaden its global technology transfer marketplace and enhance its content and service offerings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19680_p39", "sents": [ "Rice University officials said it's premature to know whether the name of the Enron Prize will be changed if the sale of Enron to Dynegy is completed.", "Lay indicated the award would live on when he said, \"I'm looking forward to our first woman recipient.\"", "USA: Enron's Lay says no to hefty pay package.", "By Andrew Kelly 11 14 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Enron Corp chairman Ken Lay has turned down the chance to cash in on his company's financial troubles by refusing to accept a $60 million payment due him if a proposed buyout by power-trading rival Dynegy Inc goes through, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.", "He decided it was not right to take the money under the circumstances now confronting the company, Enron spokeswoman Anne Denne said.", "Enron, the nation's top trader of gas and electricity, agreed on Friday to be bought by the much-smaller Dynegy in a stock swap worth about $9 billion after a controversy over questionable business deals had sapped its finances to the point of near-collapse." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10578_p15", "sents": [ "http: www.imperialtech.com Qala Gets Investment From Creative Tech., Walden, And Vertex SINGAPORE -- Qala, which provides broadband communications services to residential and business customers in Asia, said it secured a \"major\" round of equity investment from Creative Technology, Walden International, and Vertex Management.", "The exact amount was not disclosed.", "Qala has offices here, in Hong Kong, and in Australia.", "Telephone 852-2166-8020. o TIS Worldwide Gets $12.5 Million Investment From Silverline NEW YORK -- Silverline Technologies, a global software services company, said it will invest $12.5 million in TIS Worldwide, an online business integrator that specializes in delivering Internet-based sales and customer service applications.", "The investment is part of a strategic agreement that will enable Silverline to become TIS's exclusive provider of software services and products in India.", "Silverline will join Goldman Sachs as an outside member of TIS's board of directors.", "http: www.tisworldwide.com http: www.silverline.com Two Accelerators Takes Stake in Enabled Markets CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. -- Enabled Markets, which provides an online resource management and scheduling utility that integrates with wireless devices, said Blue Slate Solutions and Acuitive have taken undisclosed equity stakes in the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e11765_p16", "sents": [ "Previous investors include Fremont Ventures, which led its $6.5 million first round of financing in March.", "http: www.theweddinglist.com New Products o Business Accelerator Blue Slate Solutions Launches ALBANY, N.Y. -- Blue Slate Solutions, a business accelerator and consulting service, announced it has launched.", "The company was founded by David Wood, Joe Raiti and Richard Barnett, who will all serve as managing directors.", "The firm said it will focus on business service acceleration, including business plan writing, financial modeling and strategic marketing.", "Blue Slate Solutions is backed by individual investors.", "Telephone 518-443-0430. o Medical Last Wish Planning Network Jasperon Launches NORWALK, Conn. -- Jasperon, an Internet-based network designed to assit families with medical last wish decision making, has launched.", "The site provides guidance from experts and interactive tools to help with the communication and decision making process.", "Jasperon is backed by VentureQuest and internal individual investors.", "Jasperon's founders include Robert Mitchell, MD and Jesse M. FInk." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p0", "sents": [ "\"========================= VENTUREWIRE Tuesday, October 24, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o FusionOne Raising $100 Million in New Funding o Vanguard Venture Partners Closes New Fund with $240 Million o Hotmail Founders Start Web Server Performance Firm Akamba o StockPower, Online Direct Investment Service, Shuts Down Advertisement Want a sales team that will crush your competition?", "Make them yours VentureWorx' Competitive Human Capital Assessment identifies entire sales teams in your industry and delivers market share to your organization overnight.", "With 400+ assignments-from placing CEOs of leading technology companies to building entire management and advisory teams for startups, VentureWorx can turn your recruiting into dollar signs.", "Call Jonathan Long at 704.377.4100 or visit: http: www.ventureworx.com to learn more.", "Also in This Issue: New Money: o Insurance Revolution Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding o AV Labs Invests $1 Million in Seed Funding in Three Startups o Capital IQ Has Wit Soundview Funds, Part of Larger Round One o ID Software Firm Biometric Lands $5 Million in Series A o Net Tutoring Firm Smarthinking Closes $5 Million Series A o Retail Investor Site WorldBroker Gets $1.2 Million Round One o Training Firm PowerHiring.com Has $1.6 Million Seed Round o Business Apps Developer iRise Raises First Round Funds o Network App Firm Cramer Raises $25 Million in Round Two o Reservation Site OpenTable.com Has $42 Million Mezzanine o Telecommunications Firm Rapid5 Gets $53 Million Second Round o Underwriting Tech Firm Subprime Raises $800,000 Series A o Lab Supply Marketplace eLabsEurope Has $20 Million Round Two o Business Software Firm High Tower Has $10 Million Round Two o e-Commerce Tech Firm OpenNetwork Has $13 Million Round Two o Management Systems Firm CoManage Has $36 Million Round Three o Software Firm Primavera Systems Gets Intel Capital Backing o Ewireless Gets $25 Million from ComVentures in Round Three o Property Data Firm Accu-Search Raises $2.7 Million Round Two o SmartAge.com Closes $24 Million Series D, Names President o Vivre Raises $8 Million in Third Round, Announces New CEO o VoIP Phone Firm Pingtel Gets $5.15 Million More in Round Two o Web Technology Firm Roundpoint Lands $5 Million in Round Two o Web Training Firm CyberU Gets $3 Million in Second Round o MTI Invests $2.9 Million in U.K." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e401_p0", "sents": [ "'========================= VENTUREWIRE Tuesday, September 5, 2000 ========================= Private Company Business News Published Daily by Technologic Partners - http: technologicpartners.com ========================= Top Stories: o TeleTech Holdings Acquires Spanish CRM Firm For $100 Million o BroadVision, H&Q Asia Pacific, and Itochu Form Joint Venture o Thomson Learning Becomes Largest Shareholder In WebCT o Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft o Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime o Italian Incubator NetStrategy.it Gets $2.5 Million Round One Advertisement The world won't beat a path to your door just because you've built a dot.com.", "You have to have the right connections.", "Through the HP Garage Program, HP can get your name in front of the people who can speed your time-to-market and really help you succeed.", "(Marketing people.", "Web integration people.", "Hosting people.", "VC's.)", "You name it.", "And networking is only part of what the HP Garage Program has to offer.", "HP can help you finance it, build it, run it, and market it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4375_p7", "sents": [ "The company's executive vice president and COO Mitchell Cannold will act as president until a permanent successor is named.", "Lou Dobbs remains the company's chief ex!", "ec!", "utive officer.", "Ms. Ride, who joined the company in June 1999, was named president in September 1999 after Space.com's first president, Rich Zahradnik, resigned to join Goal Media Group as president and COO.", "Space.com's backers include Blue Chip Venture, Greylock, PaineWebber, SpaceVest, Venrock Associates, and NBC.", "Ms. Ride, who is on leave from the University of California at San Diego where she is a physics professor, also remains an investor.", "http: www.space.com New Money o French Online Auto Firm Launches with $16 Million Round One PARIS -- Caradisiac, an Internet commerce firm that specializes in online automobile sales, said it launched with FF 120 million ($16 million) in its first round of funding.", "Auto company Renault led the round through its subsidiary RDIC for a 33.36% equity stake in the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p5", "sents": [ "http: www.neocarta.com New Money o Broadband Firm Net to Net Secures $15 Million in Round One PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Net to Net Technologies, a provider of simplified IP broadband data and voice communication technology, said it received $15 million in its first round of financing.", "Summit Partners was the sole investor for the round.", "The company will use the funding to promote its IP DSL product line and for continued expansion.", "http: www.nettonettech.com Property Management Firm Realeum Has $15 Million Series A ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- AvalonBay Communities, United Domnion Realty Trust, and Post Properties, all publicly traded real estate firms, said they launched Realeum, an online property management service that raised $15 million in Series A funding.", "Realeum's investors include Carlyle Venture Partners, Cohen & Steers, through its Internet Realty Partners, Stichting Pensioenfonds, through its affiliate ABP-US Investments, and Venrock Associates.", "The company said it will use the funding for software engineering, platform deployment, development of customer care services, and new product development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "QuinStreet", "sents": [ "QuinStreet, Inc. is a publicly traded marketing company based in Foster City, California.", "QuinStreet uses performance-based advertising with search engine marketing strategies to promote clients over the Internet.", "QuinStreet was founded in 1999, and has launched or acquired dozens of websites and other media properties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e8613_p11", "sents": [ "http: www.ellacoya.com Marketing Firm QuinStreet Has $40 Million Round Two mail this story?", "top REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- QuinStreet, an online direct marketing company that builds Internet distribution channels for specialty goods merchants, said it has closed a $40 million second round of funding.", "Investments were provided by St. Paul Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and all of QuinStreet's previous institutional investors.", "The company said it will use the funding for overall growth.", "The company said it will also expand its electronic services offering in the direct selling and insurance markets.", "QuinStreet has also secured funding from J & W Seligman, Catterton Partners, Rosewood Venture Group and Venture Strategy Partners.", "http: www.quinstreet.com Training App Firm Knowledge Planet in $47 Million Round Two mail this story?", "top RESTON, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Knowledge Planet, a Web-based corporate training applications provider, said it has raised $47 million in its second round of financing.", "GE Equity and DHM Arcadia Partners co-led the round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27069_p13", "sents": [ "The shares have tumbled every day since Oct. 16, when North America's biggest marketer and trader of natural gas and power reported its first quarterly loss in more than four years.", "The last time the shares traded below $12 was in January 1993. After cutting Enron's senior unsecured debt rating on Monday, Moody's Investors Service warned it could lower the rating even further, as well as cut Enron's short-term debt status.", "Also on Monday, Enron confirmed that it was seeking additional credit lines after tapping its $3.3 billion credit lines last week.", "However, the company declined to say how much it was asking its banks to extend.", "Houston-based Enron has lost more than $15 billion in market capitalization in the past two weeks amid a series of disclosures about off-balance-sheet deals with partnerships run by a former chief financial officer.", "Shares have plummeted amid concerns about the transactions the Securities and Exchange Commission said it was looking in to." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p17", "sents": [ "3 investor-owned utility, San Diego Gas and Electric, had engaged in any financial misconduct by funneling billions to their parent companies to pay dividends and repurchase stock.", "Trading in PG&E stock was halted briefly today.", "When it resumed, the price quickly fell by nearly 40 percent.", "By day's end, the stock of Edison International, parent of Southern California Edison, had also dropped sharply, by 35 percent.", "That Pacific Gas and Electric, which helped design the deregulation that brought on the California power crisis, would now take so drastic a step both concerned and puzzled analysts.", "\"It doesn't make sense, because the governor endorsed the rate increase the utilities had been asking for,\" said Susan Abbott, head of the power group at Moody's Investors Service in New York.", "But Ms. Abbott also noted that the rate increases -- varying from 10 percent to 37 percent, on top of a 9 percent surcharge adopted by the state this winter -- would not entirely eliminate the debt accumulated by the utilities as a result of deregulation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rite Aid", "sents": [ "Rite Aid Corporation is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company.", "It is headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill.", "Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest in the U.S." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e19496_p26", "sents": [ "If you have sustained substantial losses in Enron sec urities during the Class Period, please contact Berger & Montague, P.C.", "at investorprotect@bm.net for a more thorough explanation of the Lead Plaintif f selection process.", "The law firm of Berger & Montague, P.C.", "has over 50 attorneys, all of whom represent plaintiffs in complex litigation.", "The Berger firm has extensive e xperience representing plaintiffs in class action securities litigation and has played lead roles in major cases over the past 25 years which have res ulted in recoveries of several billion dollars to investors.", "The firm is cu rrently representing investors as lead counsel in actions against Rite Aid, Sotheby's, Waste Management, Inc., Sunbeam, Boston Chicken and IKON Office Solutions, Inc.", "The standing of Berger & Montague, P.C.", "in successfully co nducting major securities and antitrust litigation has been recognized by n umerous courts.", "For example: \"Class counsel did a remarkable job in representing the class interests.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7932_p0", "sents": [ "\"fyi gngr 713-853-7751 -- Forwarded by Ginger Dernehl NA Enron on 11 18 2000 07:35 AM -- Elizabeth Linnell 11 17 2000 02:36 PM To: Ginger Dernehl NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Project Tracking Ginger - This has been tested and should now work for everyone.", "Please forward this message to Rick's group.", "Project Tracking (with RCRs) has been moved from the EES server to the Corp server.", "We need to re-establish everyone's connection to the application.", "To check to see if you have a link to the correct copy of the application, in Lotus Notes right click on each link to the application, then select Database, Properties, and check the server name, which should be ENE-NS05. If it is this server name, you can skip the rest of this message.", "If that's not the server you're accessing for each link, follow these steps.", "- Delete from your Lotus Notes workspace your existing links to the project tracking system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2102_p0", "sents": [ "\"REMINDER: all engagements of outside resources are to go through the RCR process.", "Also, this process is now on-line.", "Please see below.", "Thanks - Forwarded by Ginger Dernehl HOU EES on 11 01 99 11:01 AM Enron Energy Services From: Ginger Dernehl 10 19 99 05:02 PM Phone No: 713 853-7751 To: State Government Federal Regulatory Affairs Group cc: Subject: New Procedure for Projects RCR's Please see the note from Elizabeth below.", "RCR's are now on-line and should be submitted via this on-line format.", "Please refrain from using the old form.", "Thank you, gngr Please see the attached Word document for directions on a new on-line procedure for RCR's.", "All RCR requests must now be submitted on-line through the Project Tracking system.", "To access the system, click on the first link below, and a new icon will be added to your Lotus Notes desktop (it has a picture of a globe)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2881_p12", "sents": [ "Also added was Malcolm McMahon as director of product test and engineering.", "Mr. McMahon formerly served as director of product engineering in the datacom division at Cypres s Semiconductor.", "I-Cube is backed by Altera, Berkeley International Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and St. Paul Venture Capital.", "http: www.icube.com NetDecide Adds LivePerson Exec as CTO mail?", "top TYSONS CORNER, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- NetDecide, a developer of Web-based management systems for the financial industry, said it has appointed James Reagan as CTO.", "Mr. Reagan formerly served as CTO at LivePerson, an eCRM services company.", "NetDecide is funded by Bank of America, Dominion Ventures Ernst & Young, Legg Mason, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Steve Walker & Associate s, and WomensAngel.net.", "http: www.netdecide.com PrivaSys Adds DeLaRue Card Systems CEO as VP, Card Manuf.", "mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- PrivaSys, a provider of technology for cred it and debit card security, said it has named David Stonely as vice president of card manufacturing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Legg Mason", "sents": [ "Legg Mason, Inc. () is an American investment management firm with a focus on asset management and serves customers worldwide.", "Legg Mason offers products in equities and fixed income, as well as domestic and international liquidity management and alternative investments (via a funds-of-hedge-funds manager)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Henry Waxman", "sents": [ "Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California 's 33 congressional district from 1975 until 2015.", "Waxman is a member of the Democratic Party.", "His district included much of the western part of the city of Los Angeles, as well as West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and was numbered the 24th district from 1975 to 1993, the 29th district from 1993 to 2003, and the 30th district from 2003 to 2013, changing due to redistricting after the 1990, 2000 and 2010 censuses.", "He now serves as Chairman at Waxman Strategies, a DC-based communications and lobbying firm, working on issues like health care, environment, energy, technology and telecommunications.", "In addition, he serves as a Regent Lecturer for University of California, Los Angeles, and as an advisor and lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.", "Waxman is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e6615_p9", "sents": [ "Energy companies have an advantage during the current depression in the telecom sector, he said.", "They're used to the boom-and-bust cycle of the energy commodity market.", "-By Michael Rieke, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9207; michael.rieke@wsj.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: UPDATE 1-Waxman urges probe of White House aide Rove.", "By Thomas Ferraro 07 17 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - A key congressional Democrat told the White House on Tuesday it has \"a legal obligation\" to request a Justice Departmen t review of senior aide Karl Rove's dealings with companies that Rove held substantial stock in.", "Rejecting the White House's contention there was no conflicts of interest.", "Rep. Henry Waxman of California argued that the law requires the Justice Department to make the call.", "Earlier this year, Rove had contacts with energy companies as the administration drafted a national energy policy, and with Intel Corp ., as the California-based computer chip maker sought approval of a proposed merg er it later won." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: Bush may back some price caps Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: TV ads to pin blame on Davis for power woes Sac Bee, Sun, 5 17: Dan Walters: Political war between Sacramento and Washington is escalating Sac Bee, Sat, 5 16: Veil is lifted on pacts SD Union, Mon, 5 18: Deal would let SDG&E clients off the hook SD Union, Mon, 5 18: State officials to hold hearings on proposed high-voltage line SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Power grid operators issue blackout warnings for first time SD Union, Sun, 5 17: High energy prices to continue long term, experts say SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Ad criticizing Davis expected as officials consider price caps SD Union, Sat, 5 16: Energy deals rest on unsteady markets LA Times, Mon, 5 18: Bush Says FERC Plan Is Not Price Controls LA Times, Mon, 5 18: United States May Hike Aid for Poor's Utilities LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Power Debate Heats Up as Davis Reveals Contracts LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Ad Will Blame Davis for Crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Blackout alert for next 2 days State's first advance warning puts PG&E's Block 1 on notice SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: California's path to energy independence (by Gray Dav is) SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Federal panel considering ways to rein in Western ener gy prices SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Tougher price caps prompt controversy Consumer boon or bane?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2326_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 7: \"It's crunch time on power rates\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"SDG&E shutoff notices increasing\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"State OKs $7 billion contract\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"The energy crisis gives Filner some easy targets\" SD Union, Sat, 5 5: \"Gephardt tells rally here he's pushing price caps\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Proud Linemen Take a Hit\" LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Utility's Workers Watch Helplessly as Company Falls\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Utility Bills Are Just One Way People Pay for Energy Crisis\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Questions Remains Who'll Take Brunt of the Rate Hikes LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Riordan and Freeman's Feud Erupts in Public\" LA Times, Sat, 5 5: \"Cheney Rejects Price Caps, Aid for Calif. Power Crisi s\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Rolling Health Hazards Summer Blackouts May Pose Public Health Risks\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Oh, that boom in 2002 SF Chron (AP), Mon, 5 7: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"United States considers withdrawing lawsuits against coal industry Pollution controls affect power plants SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Swimming pool owners get PG&E discounts Operating pumps at night saves energy SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Legislators plan to sue United States panel on energy Top state Democrats want cap on prices\" SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Nevada's winning hand -- power State sees profit in California's crisis\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Share prices rise amid news of big energy deals\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Florida shrugs off Calif-blackout scenario\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Hot days worry energy watchers\" OC Register, Mon, 5 7: \"Unplugged Manking has lived thousands of years without electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2665_p70", "sents": [ "White House officials say they counted for months on the element of surpris e in the unveiling of the report, since it would contain more environmentally friendly measures than outsiders expect.", "But the need to focus on those par ts of the plan became critical after Vice President Dick Cheney, who led the task force, gave an April 30 speech in Toronto that seemed to denigrate conservation.", "Officials explained that part of Cheney's intention had been to signal that he had no plan to get involved in California's energy woes, which his advisers had said could distract Bush from carrying out an energy policy th at would eventually reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.", "Kyle McSlarrow, the Energy Department chief of staff, said the administrati on has focused on California outside the report but that the task force has added nothing aimed specifically at averting summer blackouts, despite pressure from Capitol Hill." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Toronto", "sents": [ "Toronto ( , ] ) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario.", "With a population in 2016 of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles.", "Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the most populous metropolitan area in Canada, and anchors the Golden Horseshoe, an urbanized region that is home to 9.2 million people, or over 26% of the population of Canada.", "A global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "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": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Dubai", "sents": [ "Dubai ( ; Arabic: دبي‎ ‎ \"Dubayy \", ] ) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).", "It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.", "Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's Federal Supreme Council.", "The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.", "Dubai will host World Expo 2020." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3679_p58", "sents": [ "The summit also featured Stephen Frank, chairman and CEO of Southern California Edison, and John Stout, senior vice president of Reliant Energy.", "Reliant, a Houston-based power generator, outraged state government officials last month when it charged California $1,900 per megawatt hour of electricity.", "Another generator, Duke Energy Co. of North Carolina, confirmed Friday that it sold electricity in California for as much as $3,880 per megawatt hour.", "During the panel discussion, Stout blamed high costs on a reduction of as much as 25 percent in hydroelectric power from the Pacific Northwest because of a drought, and a seven-fold rise in the past year for natural gas, which fuels generating plants.", "Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday that energy-related companies, unions, trade groups and executives gave about $95,000 in contributions to Freeman's unsuccessful primary campaign for a state Assembly seat last year.", "The contributions included $25,000 from Roger W. Sant, chairman of AES." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3679_p91", "sents": [ "And state records show a $25,000 campaign check from Roger W. Sant, chairman of the energy giant AES -- the same firm that Davis recently requested federal regulators ban from selling wholesale power in California.", "The governor charged that AES has illegally manipulated the market.", "\"For citizens of California, this information should raise eyebrows,\" said Chuck Lewis, who heads the Center for Public Integrity, a campaign finance watchdog in Washington, D.C. \"I can't call it an auspicious sign.\"", "Indeed, state documents show a \"who's who\" of big energy firms contributed last year to Freeman's losing Assembly campaign: El Paso Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Calpine, Sempra Energy, Edison International and Sunlaw Energy, among others.", "Energy-related political action committees also contributed, including the Independent Energy Producers PAC and the Texas Energy Group.", "There were also checks from at least two officials with the Independent System Operator, which manages California's power grid, including CEO Terry M. Winter and CIO Kellan Fluckinger." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3622_p7", "sents": [ "Forward Ventures IV had a first closing in June 2000 at $77 million.", "To date, Forward Ventures has committed $57 million from the new fund in 12 companies in California, Maryland, and New York.", "Among the recent portfolio companies are Acordia Therapeutics, Arizeke, Conforma Therapeutics, Cancervax, Nereus Pharmaceuticals, and Sagres Discovery.", "The managing partners for the fund a re Stan Fleming, Ivor Royston, and Jeff Sollender.", "Forward Ventures' co-founde r Mr. Royston is joining the firm full-time following his retirement as the founding president of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.", "New investors to the fund are Blue Dot Capital, China Development Industrial Bank, Chiron, Fairview Capital Partners, Henkel KgaA, Hunt Ventures, GIMV, J.P. Morgan, Sofinov, Societe Financiere D'Innovation, and Tai Cheung Capital.", "They join previous limited partners Adveq, Jafco, Portage Group Investors, and the Sa n Diego County Employees Retirement Association.", "Forward Ventures, founded in 1993, currently has $340 million under management and 42 companies in its portfolio." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3787_p20", "sents": [ "The new funding brings the company 's Series D to $32 million.At its initial Series D close in May, the company h ad a post-money valuation of $55 million, an up round.", "The financing was led by new investor Audax, with participation from other new investors CMEA, GIMV, and Radius Ventures.", "Also contributing were previous investors Forward Ventures, Oxford Bioscience, and Utah.", "The company said it plans to use the new funding to continue developing its flagship resonance-light-scattering technology for use during the drug discovery research and development process.", "With this investment there were no appointments to the company's seven-member board of directors, which includ es John Maki of Audax, Christine Cordaro of CMEA, Ned Olivier of Oxfo rd Bioscience, Jeff Sollender of Forward Ventures, and Allan Wolfe of Utah.", "http: www.geniconsciences.com NextSet Lands Funding from Sabre PALO ALTO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- NextSet Software, a provider of b usiness exchange automation applications, said it has received an undisclosed amoun t of equity financing from Sabre, a publicly traded travel technology firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p31", "sents": [ "Pete Magowan, vice president of sales and marketing at ARM Holdings, and Greg Reyes Sr., director of C-Cube Microsystems and Arc Cores International, joined the board, which includes five other members.", "ISS is funded by Apax Ventures and Enterprise Equity of Dublin.", "http: www.iss-asvc.com Open Network ASP 2nd Century Adds Four to Board of Directors ARLINGTON, Va. -- 2nd Century Communications, an open network application service provider that provides small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed Internet services, said it added four members to its board of directors.", "New members are Mark Templeton, president of ASP provider Citrix Systems; Charles Skibo, chairman and chief executive officer of COLO.com, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation facilities; Michael Malaga, founder and chairman of North Point Communications, a local exchange carrier and provider of broadband services; and Gabe Battista, chairman and CEO of Talk.com, an integrated telecommunications provider.", "2nd Century's president and CEO John Prisco; Peter Wagner, general partner at Accel Partners; Bill Geary, partner at North Bridge Venture Partners; and David Hathaway, managing general partner at Venrock Associates, currently sit on the board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Citrix Systems", "sents": [ "Citrix Systems, Inc. is an American multinational software company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service (SaaS), and cloud computing technologies.", "It was founded in Richardson, Texas in 1989 by Ed Iacobucci, who served as chairman until his departure in 2000." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5099_p2", "sents": [ "Congratulations to Allegheny Energy for giving the people of its service territory access to the existing 58,000 megawatt PJM wholesale market * a market that is much more transparent, liquid, and competitive than its present control area.", "In turn, the successful integration of Allegheny Energy and Duquesne Light into the PJM market would effectively increase it by about 11,000 megawatts.", "PJM West: the proposal PJM and Allegheny Energy ,s Memorandum of Understanding establishes a vi sion for PJM West.", "Allegheny Energy and PJM will form an independent transmissi on company that will regain from PJM, subject to FERC acceptance, those operational and management functions that are needed for the successful operation of an independent transmission business.", "PJM West will set up its own office and the PJM West Transmission Owners would transfer monitoring and functional control of their transmission systems to PJM.", "It will also expand the PJM system management concepts beyond a single control area with the potential for a significantly larger energy market that could include Ohio's First Energy Corp. Allegheny will adopt PJM ,s market operations policies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e5099_p3", "sents": [ "It will cede functional control of its transmission assets to PJM, eliminate &pancake d 8 transmission rates, utilize locational marginal pricing, and work with the FERC and other regional RTOs to develop rate reciprocity agreements and a transitional rate structure that will be revenue neutral.", "PJM will be the OASIS operator for PJM West.", "Allegheny Energy will operate under the existing ECAR rules regarding operating reserve requirements, reserve sharing, and other operating standards, and will work with PJM to develop a regime to ensure that PJM West receives full credit for its capacity anywhere within the PJM market.", "ICAP will not be expanding into PJM West.", "PJM will retain certain functions related to the operation of the energy market, including the PJM market, congestion management protocol, and marke t monitoring responsibilities.", "Allegheny Energy will freely participate in th e PJM energy market, including the necessary wholesale price cap.", "By providi ng access to PJM ,s energy market, PJM West may also give Allegheny Energy a means of meeting the scheduling needs of several proposed wind farms in it s control areas and avoiding an unfortunate regulatory battle (see &Electricity ,s Oktoberfest: Trouble blowing in the wind, 8 PennFut ure ,s E3, Vol." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6769_p6", "sents": [ "Still, the doomsayers aren't backpedaling, merely clarifying their fevered springtime predictions.", "Like Michael Zenker, of Cambridge Research Associates.", "Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle <http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f ca 2001 07 20 MN215347.DTL - - 7 20 01 PG&E extends deals -- More than 130 independent power generators have signed new five-year deals to supply electricity to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.", "The utility said that as part of the deal, it will pay the generators the estimated $740 million it owes them, once its reorganization plan is accepted in bankruptcy court.", "Jennifer Bjorhus in the San Jose Mercury <http: www0.mercurycenter.com premium nation docs QF20.htm -- 7 20 01 Spencer Abraham -- In San Francisco to stump for President Bush's energy plans, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham yesterday praised California's conservation efforts but insisted that frugality alone would not solve the power crisis.", "Abraham, speaking to a group of Bay Area business leaders, warned against the perception that the crisis is lessening even though rolling blackouts haven't materialized this summer as expected." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e186_p3", "sents": [ "Lett er to the editor to be submitted on behalf of IEP.", "Proposed Activities to Defend Industry Message training prior to Senate Investigative Hearing One on one meetings with key supporters Media tours of power plants Editorial board meetings Media Contacts 3 12 d 3 19 (partial list): KFBK am 1530, Mike Ward Metro Networks Radio, Don Andrews KCRA, NBC- 3, Kevin Riggs KTXL FOX-40 KXTV ABC d10 KPIX, CH.", "5 San Francisco National Public Radio, Capitol Morning Report, Mike Montgomery Craig Rose, San Diego Union Tribune David Ward, Bloomberg Dan Weintraub, Sacramento Bee George Spencer, Restructuring Today Jeff Barber, McGraw Hill Gretchen Wenner, Business Journal Don Thompson, Associated Press Jennifer Coleman, Associated Press Jennifer Warren, Los Angeles Times KGO Radio, San Francisco Leslie Burkman, Riverside Press Enterprise Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union Tribune Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times Greg Lucas, San Francisco Chronicle Jennifer Bjorhus, San Jose Mercury News Phil Yost, San Jose Mercury News Editorial Writer Steve Lawrence, Associated Press Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News on 3 19 01 10:09 AM, Katie Kaplan at kaplan@iepa.com wrote: Greetings: We will have a Public Affairs conference call on Wednesday at 10:00 PST to discuss the game plan for the next week, distributions and other related issues." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1100_p2", "sents": [ "Cal State would save $1.5 million a year through the contract, they said, and U.C.", "would save $2.4 million.", "The Switch Enron lawyer A. William Urquhart said the company didn't cancel the contract; it just switched the source of supply to the utilities.", "Enron said it will file an immediate appeal with the 9th United States Circuit Court of Appeal in San Francisco.", "During the hearing, Urquhart said Enron had a ``responsibility to its shareholders'' to make financially prudent decisions.", "At most, the universities have suffered some economic damage, which would not entitle them to enforce the contract, Urquhart said.", "California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who filed a ``friend of the court'' brief in the case, said that Enron's duty to its shareholders ``seems to be to rip off California consumers.''", "Enron is saying ``we don't want to sell power at the prices we promised,'' Lockyer said.", "``We continue to believe that we're acting in the best interests of our clients,' Enron Energy Services spokeswoman Peggy Mahoney said after the hearing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 5, 8 ] }, { "title": "e1120_p85", "sents": [ "Such a shift in the school systems' power supply arrangements would have cost the schools millions of dollars, said Ken Swisher, spokesman for the California State University system in Long Beach, Calif. \"We are very happy with today's ruling,\" Swisher said.", "\"Given the current uncertainty, remaining a direct access customer is very important to us.\"", "A statement issued by the systems said the ruling blocked Enron \"unilaterally jettisoning\" the school systems back to the utilities.", "Enron wanted to have the utilities buy the schools' power on the state's spot markets and Enron would bill the schools for the power instead of Enron buying the power and selling it directly to the systems, said Peggy Mahoney, Enron spokeswoman in Houston.", "Enron is honoring all terms of the contracts, she said, and the company believes it has the legal right to shift the systems back into the hands of the utilities, Mahoney said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3579_p16", "sents": [ "Investors for the round include Advent International, ARCH Venture Partners, and Polaris Venture Partners.", "The funding will be used for further product development.", "http: www.onsiterx.com Embedded Systems Firm NewMonics Gets $8 Million Round Two LISLE, Ill -- NewMonics, a supplier of advanced development tools for embedded systems, said it has secured $8 million in its second round of funding led by DynaFund Venture.", "Other investors in the round include ARCH Ventures, Asia Pacific Ventures, Intel Capital and Venture Investors.", "The company said it will use the funds to further develop open, portable software.", "http: www.newmonics.com Portal JobsOnline Secures $10 Million Led by First Analysis CHICAGO, Ill. -- Career portal JobsOnline.com said it completed its first round of funding with $10 million.", "First Analysis Venture Capital led the round, with contributions from William Blair New World Ventures and other investors.", "The company's Web site will be further developed and related product offerings expanded with the newly acquired funds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Advent International", "sents": [ "Advent International is an American global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.", "The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core sectors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Lagos", "sents": [ "Lagos initially emerged as a port city which originated on a collection of islands, which are contained in the present day Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin and Apapa; the islands are separated by creeks, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon, while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 km east and west of the mouth.", "Due to rapid urbanization, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to include areas in the present day Lagos Mainland, Ajeromi-Ifelodun and Surulere.", "This led to the classification of Lagos into two main areas - the Island, which was the initial city of Lagos, before it expanded into the area known as the Mainland.", "This city area was governed directly by the Federal Government through the \"Lagos City Council\", until the creation of Lagos State in 1967, which led to the splitting of Lagos city into the present day seven Local Government Areas (LGAs), and an addition of other towns (which now make up 13 LGAs) from the then Western Region, to form the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Condoleezza Rice", "sents": [ "Condoleezza \"Condi\" Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American political scientist and diplomat.", "She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush.", "Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State, as well as the second African-American Secretary of State (after Colin Powell), and the second female Secretary of State (after Madeleine Albright).", "Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that position." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2035_p52", "sents": [ "The likely play, sources told NEWSWEEK, would allow the sale of Lease 181 to go ahead with slightly redrawn boundaries.", "In exchange, Commerce Secretary Don Evans (an oilman himself) could turn down Chevron's request to begin drilling the closer-to-the-coast Destin Dome lease, which the company bought in 1988. Ironically, it was Bush senior who suspended drilling rights there.", "Chevron later named an oil tanker after Dubya's foreign-policy tutor, Condoleezza Rice.", "Nice try, guys, but family comes first.", "With Joseph Contreras in Miami and T. Trent Gegax in Washington Photo: Family time: Jeb appealed to his brother and Norton (inset) to stay drilling in the Gulf of Mexico Top Business Schools (A Special Report) And the Winners Are Six European Schools Rank Among World's Top 50 M.B.A. Programs By Ronald Alsop and Edward Taylor Staff Reporters 04 30 2001 The Wall Street Journal Europe 32 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Six European institutions rank among the world's 50 best business schools in a new Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5739_p0", "sents": [ "'Contact: Jean Munoz FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 916-447-8186 June 21, 2001 State Board of Equalization Decision Stands in the Way of New Power Supplie s Decision opposed by local governments, tax-payers The State Board of Equalization voted 5-0 Wednesday to usurp local contr ol over tax assessments of electrical corporations undermining current lo cal incentives to welcome and site desperately needed power supplies in California.", "\"This decision defies logic creating yet one more barrier, and more uncertainty, for developers proposing to build desperately needed electrici ty generation in California,\" said Jan Smutny-Jones, Executive Director of the Independent Energy Producers Association.", "The Board?s action, if not found unconstitutional, removes many of the incentives local governments have in siting new power plants by shifting assessment authority from local governments to the state potentially distrupting the traditional revenue flow to local communities.", "This change was opposed by all the host local communities, the Californi a Tax Assessors Association, the Kern County Tax Assessors, the Los Angeles T ax Assessors, and Cal-Tax." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e186_p1", "sents": [ "Attached (and below) is a copy of the PR memo for this week's Public Affair s Committee Conference Call.", "Katie will be sending out additional informatio n related to the call later today.", "Thanks, Jean -- Jean Munoz McNally Temple Associates 916-447-8186 916-447-6326 (fx) March 20, 2001 PR UPDATE To: IEP PR Committee Fr: Ray McNally, Richard Temple, Jean Munoz, Tom Ross Re: PR Update Key Messages When it comes to the upcoming Senate Hearings all we are asking for are: Facts, Fairness and Accountability This crisis can only be solved if we all work together to find solutions that increase supply and reduce demand IEP members are investing billions of private-sector dollars to buy, modernize and build power plants in California Long term contracts are the way to protect consumers, and stabilize price s We need to create a stable regulatory and political environment California is not an island and we import far more than we export Target Briefings State Senate and Assembly Republican and Democrat Caucuses Once Seei ng the light is revised Collateral Materials California Journal Ad April \"We?re working around the clock to keep the lights on\" California Journal Ad May Proposed theme: We?re part of the solution working to keep the lights on this summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10546_p4", "sents": [ "Motion picture studios, cable and satellite TV operators, consumer electronics companies and personal computer manufacturers use Macrovision's video copy protection technologies to prevent the unauthorized duplication, reception or use of copyrighted video materials.", "Over 300 million DVDs, 3 billion videocassettes, and 45 million digital set top boxes have utilized Macrovision's video copy protection technologies.", "Macrovision has its corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., with European headquarters in London and Asia-Pacific headquarters in Tokyo.", "Macrovision and the Macrovision logo are registered trademarks of Macrovision Corporation.", "Note to Editors: Additional background information on Macrovision Corporation and its other products, see www.macrovision.com.", "All statements contained herein, as well as oral statements that may be made by the Company or by officers, directors or employees of the Company acting on the Company's behalf, that are not statements of historical fact, constitute \"forward-looking statements\" and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Private Securities Litigation Reform Act", "sents": [ "The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.", "L. 104-67, 109 Stat.", "737 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 15 U.S.C.)", "(\"PSLRA\") implemented several substantive changes in the United States, affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation, and awards fees and expenses." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "World Energy Council", "sents": [ "The World Energy Council is a global and inclusive forum for thought-leadership and tangible engagement with headquarters in London.", "Its mission is 'To promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people'." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e11062_p73", "sents": [ "EnergyNewsLive.com's exclusive live, online coverage of CERA Week, an international gathering of energy-industry executives, is scheduled to conclude tomorrow with its 45th live newscast of the week from the conferen ce site at the Westin Galleria.", "EnergyNewsLive.com delivers energy news and information around the clock via the Internet.", "The site features a live, broadcast-quality, streaming-video, energy-focused newscast at the top of every hour during th e business day.", "EnergyNewsLive.com's home studio is located on the energy trading floor at the Williams (NYSE: WMB) Tulsa, Okla., headquarters.", "Among newsmakers EnergyNewsLive.com has interviewed this week are: -- Chakib Khelil, president, OPEC -- Sen. Frank Murkowski, chairman, United States Senate Energy Committee -- Gerald Doucet, secretary general, World Energy Council -- James Hoecker, former chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissio n -- Keith Bailey, president and CEO, Williams -- Daniel Yergin, chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates -- Jeff Skilling, president and CEO, Enron -- Robert Mosbacher, former United States Secretary of Energy -- Terry Winter, president, California Independent System Operator -- Mikhail Khodorkovsky, CEO, Yukos Oil Company -- Tony Knowles, governor, Alaska -- Steve Malcolm, president -- Energy Services, Williams -- Alberto Calderon Zuleta, president, ECOPETROL (Columbian Petroleum Company) -- Steve Letbetter, chairman, president and CEO, Reliant Energy -- Ria Kemper, secretary general, The Energy Charter Secretariat -- Jeroen van der Veer, managing director, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, and group managing director, Royal Dutch Shell Group -- Richard Bilas, commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission -- Joseph Stanislaw president, Cambridge Energy Research Associates -- David Lemmon, president and CEO, Colonial Pipeline Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3514_p16", "sents": [ "http: www.encelle.com Pegasus VC Invests in Info Security Firm Core SDI mail?", "top BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pegasus Venture Capital, a Latin American investment fund, said it led a $3 million round of financing for Core SDI, a provider of security products and services for information systems.", "Pegasus contributed $2.5 million, while individuals invested the remaining $500,000. Core's flagship product, Core Security Solution, provid es services for security administration and management for large enterprises.", "Customers include Ernst & Young, Amazon.com, Microsoft Bank of Boston, an d PricewaterhouseCoopers.", "http: www.core-sdi.com Software Firm Esterel Raises $10.5 Million Third Round mail?", "top GUYANCOURT, France (VENTUREWIRE) -- Esterel Technologies, which deve lops software tools for verification and validation of embedded systems, said it secured EUR 12.3 million ($10.5 million) in third-round funding from Advanc ed Capital Europe, CDC Innovation Partners, Galileo Partners, and Intel Capita l. The company said the funding would be used for its expansion in North America, the U.K., Germany, Scandinavia, and Asia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "Scandinavia", "sents": [ "Scandinavia is a historical and cultural region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages.", "In English usage, \"Scandinavia\" sometimes refers to the area known as the \"Scandinavian Peninsula\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7112_p21", "sents": [ "Davis has long been aligned with Edison chieftain John Bryson, who made his reputation as a pro-alternative energy Public Utilities Commission president in the Jerry Brown administration before becoming a bete noire to many environmentalists and renewable power advocates in his current role.", "Consumer advocates, like deregulation opponent Harvey Rosenfield of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, oppose any bailout of the utility, California's second largest, preferring that it join its larger cousin, Pacific Gas & Electric, in bankruptcy.", "Rosenfield promises to mount an initiative campaign to derail any bailout deal.", "Many legislators feel the same way, noting that the sky did not fall after PG&E went bankrupt.", "Sen. Mike Machado, a conservative Central Valley Democrat, says that bankruptcy court can do a better job of sorting out Edison's finances than the Legislature.", "Some liberals privately disdain Edison for its role in crafting the state's deregulation debacle.", "And Republican legislators are having a field day sounding like consumer advocates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e894_p138", "sents": [ "\"We may have had one or two new hurdles put in front of us, but we're confident we can get to the finish line,\" he says.", "* Consumers.", "Activist groups say Davis shouldn't bail out utilities by endorsing rate increases.", "Some activists view bankruptcy court as a shelter from higher bills.", "Douglas Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights says federal law doesn't allow Judge Montali to unilaterally raise rates.", "\"Bankruptcy court might be the only venue in which we can be somewhat protected,\" Heller says.", "\"Gov.", "Davis has been in full appeasement mode with the blackmail artists from Texas and the utilities.", "How can we do any worse than that?\"", "LOAD-DATE: April 09, 2001 37 of 305 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Chicago Tribune Company Chicago Tribune April 9, 2001 Monday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION SECTION: Metro; Pg.", "1; ZONE: N LENGTH: 1139 words HEADLINE: SURGE IS SEEN IN GAS-FIRED POWER PLANTS BYLINE: By Jeff Long and Melita Marie Garza, Tribune staff reporters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p33", "sents": [ "He wa s also an executive at 3Com and an engineer and manager at VeriFone, Hewle tt Packard, and General Motors.", "Cierra Photonics raised $40 million in its Series B round of financing this October with Worldview Technology Partne rs as the lead investor.", "Mayfield Fund, Soros Fund Managment, Chase Capita l Partners, and RWI Group have also invested in the company.", "http: ww w.cierraphotonics.com?", "IP Firm Celox Networks Names Pilot House Princ ipal to Board?", "HUDSON, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Celox Networks, which develops technology that aims to enable service providers to separate Internet traffic into streams of differing priority and to improve data flow tracking, said it added David Fellows to its board of directors.", "Mr. Fellows is a principal at Pilot Hous e Ventures and was formerly chief technology officer at US West Media Group.", "Celox is funded by Pilot House Associates, ABS Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Rosewood, Storm Ventures, Texas Pacific Group, Apex Investment Partners, an d Bay Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "e6231_p9", "sents": [ "The company will use the funds toward the commercial launch of its instant messaging products Mi-Notepad and Mi-Messages, which are in limited release.", "http: www.mi-corporation.com VantagePoint Participates in BeeLine's $22 Million Round Two SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- VantagePoint Venture Partners said it participated in the $22 million second-round financing of BeeLine Networks, a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of secure data transmission technologies for the Internet.", "Other details of the investment were not released.", "Beeline has also received funding from Infinity and PacRim Venture Partners.", "http: www.beelinenetworks.com Fiber Optic Firm Cierra Photonics Gets $40 Million Series B SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Cierra Photonics, which produces wafer scale integration technology for fiber optic components, said it has secured $40 million in its Series B round of funding led by Worldview Technology Partners.", "Mayfield Fund, Soros Fund Management, Chase Capital Partners and RWI Group also joined in the round.", "The company said it will use the funds to expand its manufacturing capabilities and accelerate product development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "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": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5876_p12", "sents": [ "\"Due to the development of gas markets in Europe, especially in Germany, the time is ripe for creating a standard European contract,\" Joerg Spicker, a spokesman for the European Federation of Energy Traders, told Dow Jones Newswires.", "Spicker is managing director of the German subsidiary of Aquila Energy, a Utilicorp United Inc. (UCU) unit.", "EFET members will create a \"template\" that could be used in all the trading hubs around Europe, which are emerging as delivery locations for gas sold on a short-term basis, Spicker said.", "An attachment to the standard contract would specify which hub will be used for physical delivery of the gas.", "\"One hurdle to liquidity (in these hubs) is the lack of a standard contract,\" Steve Asplin, director for Benelux operations at energy firm Enron Corp. (ENE) said, adding that he sees the EFET initiative as a positive step forward.", "The standard contract is likely to be in euros per gigajoules and will enable counterparties in the trade to choose which domestic law - German, Dutch or English - should apply to the contract." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3153_p192", "sents": [ "JERRY TER HORST, FORMER FORD PRESS SECRETARY: He was going to go off scot-free, whereas all of his minions -- the people who worked at the White House, from the chief of staff on down to Ehrlichman, Chuck Colson and others -- they were going to have to do prison time; they were not going to get pardons.", "MORTON: And it may have cost Ford the 1976 election.", "It was a close election.", "Many things could have swung it, but the pardon was surely one.", "Jimmy Carter, who beat Ford, thanked him Inauguration Day.", "JAMES EARL CARTER, 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: For myself and for our nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land.", "MORTON: Accepting the award, Ford talked about the need for courage today in a politics dominated by \"partisan jockeying at the expense of public policy.\"", "FORD: I sense a longing for community, a desire on the part of Americans to be part of something bigger, finer than themselves." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Jimmy Carter", "sents": [ "James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the Governor of Georgia prior to his election as president.", "Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5333_p0", "sents": [ "\"yes.yes.yes.", "Karen Denne 10 26 2000 09:54 AM To: Jeff Dasovich NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Berkeley Summit J -- is this what you're attending?", "Are you speaking?", "Is media attending?", "kd ELECTRICITY SUMMIT AT U.C.", "BERKELEY, NOVEMBER 13, 2000 U.C.", "Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, with additional support from the U.C.", "Berkeley's Competition Policy Center and the U.C.", "Energy Institute, will host a meeting of industry representatives, policy makers, consumers representatives, legislators and researchers to discuss the electricity restructuring experience and potential solutions to the difficulties that California and other governments have encountered.", "The summit will run from 12:30-6pm with two roundtable discussions that will include a wide variety of viewpoints.", "For registration information and further details, go to: http: gspp.berkeley.edu events electricity_summit_conference.htm" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1301_p28", "sents": [ "Karen Denne, an Enron spokeswoman, said it's unfair to fault the company for selling power at prices dictated by the free market.", "\"Enron is providing electricity to a market that needs it,\" Denne said.", "\"It's unfortunate when regulators are pointing fingers, looking to fix blame, when this is a problem of supply and demand.\"", "The company hails from President George W. Bush's home state of Texas, and is one of the top \"soft money\" donors to political campaigns.", "Enron and its executives gave $435,000 to the Democrats and $1.2 million to Republicans last year, according to Common Cause.", "Its chairman, Kenneth Lay, has consistently been one of the top donors to Bush's presidential and gubernatorial campaigns.", "Enron doesn't own a lot of dams or power plants.", "Instead, the company makes money as a middleman -- buying power from utilities and then reselling it for a profit.", "The company, formed in 1985 from the merger of two pipeline companies, has become the largest trader of wholesale electricity in North America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19622_p5", "sents": [ "November first-of-month index is $2.95 MMBtu.", "At the Katy hub in East Texas, buyers paid $2.56-$2.74 MMBtu, down 7 cents on the bid, up 3 cents on the offer.", "November index is $3.01 MMBtu, a trader said Thursday.", "At Waha in West Texas, buyers paid $2.44-$2.57 MMBtu, down 3 cents on the bid, up 1 cent on the offer.", "November index is $2.86 MMBtu.", "-By John Edmiston, Dow Jones Newswires,713-547-9209; john.edmiston@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: NewPower shares advance on revised guidance.", "11 08 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - National power and gas marketer NewPower Holdings Inc. revised its 2001 loss guidance downward on Thursday and saw its stock post its best one-day gain in two months.", "The projection came in NewPower's report of a third quarter net loss of $67.1 million, or $1.15 per share, compared to a net loss of $69.9 million, or $2.96 per share for the third quarter of 2000. Analysts had expected a per-share loss of $1.15 to $1.18, according to research firm Thomson Financial First Call, which put the consensus at $1.16. Purchase, New York-based NewPower is the parent of The New Power Co., which says it is the first national provider of electricity and natural gas to residential and small commercial customers in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "title": "e407_p22", "sents": [ "By Andrew Kelly 03 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Shares of electricity and natural gas marketing giant Enron Corp. slid further on Thursday amid broader weakness in energy stocks despite a reassurance from the company that it would hit its previously stated earnings target for this year.", "Enron was off $3.34, or 6 percent, at $52.55 per share Thursday afternoon after falling 8 percent on Wednesday.", "So far this year, Enron's stock is down about 37 percent, versus a 16 percent decline for Standard & Poor's utilities index.", "Seeking to reassure investors, Enron issued a statement on Thursday saying it was \"very comfortable\" with its 2001 earnings target of $1.70 to $1.75 per diluted share.", "On average, Wall Street analysts expect Enron to post earnings of $1.74 per share, according to data compiled by Thomson Financial First Call.", "The Houston-based company said it was confident about its strong business prospects for the year, adding that it would host a conference call for analysts and investors on Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20524_p27", "sents": [ "United States energy major Enron Corp. (ENE) holds a controlling 65% stake in DPC.", "Dabhol phase II is currently about 95% complete.", "Its construction was abandoned mid-June because of DPC's inability to pay the contractors.", "Enron has threatened to pull out of the Dabhol project following payment disputes with its sole buyer, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and the failure of India's federal government to honor its counter-guarantee for Dabhol project.", "Web site: http: www.economictimes.com -By Himendra Kumar, Dow Jones Newswires; 91-11-461-9426; himendra.kumar@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Dabhol impasse to cost MSEB Rs 15,000cr Our Bureau 09 10 2001 The Economic Times Copyright (C) 2001 The Economic Times; Source: World Reporter (TM) THE STOPPAGE of work and the current impasse at the Dabhol power project is estimated to increase the project cost by 39 per cent and impose liabilities to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore on the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and the state government." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5333_p0", "sents": [ "\"yes.yes.yes.", "Karen Denne 10 26 2000 09:54 AM To: Jeff Dasovich NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Berkeley Summit J -- is this what you're attending?", "Are you speaking?", "Is media attending?", "kd ELECTRICITY SUMMIT AT U.C.", "BERKELEY, NOVEMBER 13, 2000 U.C.", "Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, with additional support from the U.C.", "Berkeley's Competition Policy Center and the U.C.", "Energy Institute, will host a meeting of industry representatives, policy makers, consumers representatives, legislators and researchers to discuss the electricity restructuring experience and potential solutions to the difficulties that California and other governments have encountered.", "The summit will run from 12:30-6pm with two roundtable discussions that will include a wide variety of viewpoints.", "For registration information and further details, go to: http: gspp.berkeley.edu events electricity_summit_conference.htm" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ] }, { "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, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Teijin", "sents": [ "Teijin Limited (帝人株式会社 , Teijin Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese chemical, pharmaceutical and information technology company.", "Its main fields of operation are high-performance fibers such as aramid, carbon fibers & composites, healthcare, films, resin & plastic processing, polyester fibers, products converting and IT products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e20472_p41", "sents": [ "\"We are beginning to consider selling surplus power to third parties other than our own plants, with eyes on further deregulation in Japan's power mar ket,\" a Teijin spokesman said.", "Japan is in the process of deregulating its power market.", "Since March last year, large-lot consumers have been free to choose their suppliers.", "In its polyester business, Teijin has expanded overseas output while reduci ng domestic production, a trend which would leave it with surplus power.", "It is thus looking at how to make good use of any surplus.", "The two firms were also considering expanding the capacity of Teijin's exis ting power generator in Matsuyama, Teijin said.", "It hopes to reduce costs at the inefficient small plant with the help of Enron.", "Enron Corp said earlier this year it had presented plans to build a liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) fired power plant in northern Japan, aiming to become the first foreign company to build such a power plant in Japan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5876_p7", "sents": [ "An STM1 between Los Angeles and Tokyo is probably $90,000 a month, compared with $10,000 for an STM1 from New York to London, he said.", "That's because there's about three times as much capacity in the transatlantic market as in the transpacific market, Mauldin said.", "Growing Room The Asian market, however, needs some foundation work done.", "Standard contracts need to be developed, and players need to understand the idea of liquidated damages for nonperformance.", "There's also the challenge of introducing market prices in an area accustomed to basing prices on costs, said Ciara Ryan, head of Arthur Andersen's bandwidth trading team.", "Carriers deployed the Asian and transpacific networks according to five-year market forecasts.", "They projected how much demand there would be for capacity in five years, built networks to handle that much demand and are trying to sell capacity at prices based on the cost of laying and lighting the networks." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Arthur Andersen", "sents": [ "Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, is an American holding company and formerly one of the \"Big Five\" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations.", "In 2002, the firm voluntarily surrendered its licenses to practice as Certified Public Accountants in the United States after being found guilty of criminal charges relating to the firm's handling of the auditing of Enron, an energy corporation based in Texas, which had filed for bankruptcy in 2001." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e24948_p0", "sents": [ "'I'll check on reviving the unbundling, but I think they've begged off of that for now.", "In their most recent BCAP, they do propose to implement a customer-only open season on their backbone.", "You have that proposal?", "And having SoCal buy for SDG&E seems somewhat likely.", "I can check on that.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Tholt, Jane M. Sent: Wed 10 10 2001 6:57 AM To: Dasovich, Jeff Cc: Subject: RE: PG&E's Gas Accord II application I was talking to one of my customers yesterday, and they said that Southern California Gas Co. recently made a filing to revive unbundling of their system.", "Can you tell me if that is true Also can you tell me what the status is regarding Socal Gas purchasing natural gas for the needs of SDGE's customers.", "My customers tell me that is probably going to happen as well.", "--Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:15 PM To: Tycholiz, Barry; Tholt, Jane M.; Miller, Stephanie; Lawner, Leslie; Cantrell, Rebecca W. Subject: FW: PG&E's Gas Accord II application Importance: High FYI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e3001_p0", "sents": [ "'PG&E will announce via press release very early next week an open season on Redwood, Baja and Silverado.", "It comes in direct response to recent announcements of expansions into California by pipelines.", "The bid protocols will be structured similar to original open season from the original Gas Accord.", "The open season will start on June 1 and end on July 31. Capacity will be available starting 1.1.03. Bidders will be able to bid up to 30 years (PG&E states that that's what generators want).", "Accompanying the announcement will be another announcement that PG&E will expand Redwood by 200mmcf day, which they hope to have available by 1.1.03, or some time during Q103. About 2-4 weeks after the open season begins, PG&E will file its proposed \"Gas Accord II,\" (the first one expires end of 02).", "As part of that filing, PG&E will offer its proposed ratemaking treatment for the next five years (beginning 1.1.03)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Benjamin Franklin", "sents": [ "Benjamin Franklin FRS, FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S.", "January 6, 1705] April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.", "Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.", "As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.", "As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions.", "He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10793_p2", "sents": [ "Electrons are formed when clouds rub together and become excited.", "This was proved in the famous experiment wherein Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a thunderstorm and was almost killed.", "Encouraged by this success, Franklin went on to conduct many more electrical experiments, including rolling a hoop in a thunderstorm, playing hopscotch in a thunderstorm and doing somersaults in a thunderstorm.", "Finally one night he was caught wearing only a bonnet and playing Mister Pooter Rides the Pony in a thunderstorm, leaving the authorities with no choice but to arrest him and make him ambassador to France.", "Nevertheless, Franklin had proved an important scientific point, which is that electricity originates inside clouds.", "There it forms into lightning, which is attracted to the earth by golfers.", "After entering the ground, the electricity hardens into coal, which, when dug up by power companies and burned in big ovens called \"generators,\" turns back into electricity, which is sent in the form of \"volts\" (also known as \"watts,\" or \"rpm\" for short) through special wires with birds sitting on them to consumers' homes, where it is transformed by TV sets into commercials for beer, which passes through the consumers and back into the ground, thus completing what is known as a \"circuit.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5680_p78", "sents": [ "She and Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Oregon, pulled back their bill that would have established cost-based price caps in the West.", "\"Let's watch and wait and see how this order works,\" Feinstien said.", "As the pressure mounted politically for price controls two things happened: Republicans _ even President Bush _ began talking about caps that weren't really caps.", "And energy analysis and economists normally opposed to such regulation began to soften.", "\"I would fear price caps which don't have any market connection,\" said Steven Fetter a utility bond rater with Fitch Inc. in New York.", "Fetter testified before the Senate energy panel on Tuesday.", "This plan, he said, \"maintains a connection to the supply and demand patterns.", "That is definitely a positive.\"", "Fetter predicted that if the order, once implemented in all 11 states in the West, \"should ramp down some of the volatility.", "\"I came all ready for a brawl over price caps,\" he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e942_p10", "sents": [ "By contrast, Public Service Enterprise Group, owner of New Jersey's largest utility, reported earnings of $764 million last year, up 5.7 percent from 1999 levels.", "New Jersey has deregulated its power market, but the utilities haven't been forced to sell off their generating assets like they have in California.", "51 Cents Pacific Gas & Electric's 7 3 8 bonds due in 2005 were bid today at 51 cents on the dollar, or $510 per $1,000 face value, traders said.", "That's down from about 90 cents as recently as November.", "The company -- whose bonds were cut to junk status in January -- has defaulted on $870 million of commercial paper this year, the largest such default ever.", "The bankruptcy filing didn't result in any credit-rating cuts of other utilities and power generators, said Ellen Lapson, managing director at Fitch Inc. in New York.", "Still, risks for energy companies working in California will be high until the situation is resolved, which may not happen until new power plants are built years from now, analysts said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6535_p2", "sents": [ "\"We can't have a comprehensive solution if all parties are not at the table,\" Dorinson said.", "\"No one has come to us and talked to us about what we are willing to do or not do.", "You'd think the people producing the energy might have on opinion on how things should be solved.\"", "Suppliers said they weren't sure what action, if any, they'd take against the utilities if such provisions were approved as part of a deal this week.", "The Assembly and Senate proposals were expected to be debated on Monday and Tuesday, with floor votes on Wednesday.", "Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Fred Keeley, D-Boulder Creek, said a rescue plan for Southern California Edison could never pass the Legislature without concessions from generators.", "The proposals in both houses call for generators to accept 70 cents on the dollar.", "In the Assembly, legislation introduced last week by Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, and Keeley, aims to establish a trust account, controlled by the state and the Public Utilities Commission, to reduce payments to generators who overcharged for power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] }, { "title": "e1047_p3", "sents": [ "``We have done our part.", "We cannot do it alone,'' said Bob Hertzberg, speaker of the California Assembly.", "He cited state actions to boost conservation, increase retail rates and speed up power plant construction and said there is ``no earthly reason'' why energy prices should be 10 times what they were a year ago.", "Still, California officials expressed little optimism after the hearing.", "``It would take a dramatic, unprecedented change of direction'' for the FERC to adopt price controls, said Fred Keeley, speaker pro tem in the California Assembly, who was in the audience during the six-hour meeting.", "Breathitt, the FERC's third commissioner, who has not come out in favor of price caps, nevertheless indicated she might be inching toward some controls.", "She said she wants the commission to ``seriously discuss a price implementation plan.''", "The issue may end up, however, being decided by two new commissioners recently nominated by President Bush -- Pat Wood, now head of the Texas utility commission, and Nora Brownell, a Pennsylvania regulator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "National Post", "sents": [ "The National Post is a Canadian English-language newspaper.", "The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network, and is published Tuesdays through Saturdays.", "It was founded in 1998 by Conrad Black.", "Once distributed nationally, it later began publishing a daily edition in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia, with only its weekend edition available in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.", "As of 2006, the \"Post\" is no longer distributed in Canada's Atlantic provinces and the territories.", "As of 2017, the \"Post\" is no longer a daily newspaper, publishing on a reduced schedule and transitioning subcribers to electronic delivery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e19579_p0", "sents": [ "'Enron Looks for Investors, But Finds Them Skittish The New York Times, 11 07 01 COMPANIES & FINANCE THE AMERICAS - Companies scale back Enron business Financial Times, 11 07 01 Enron's Weaknesses Threaten Industry Los Angeles Times, 11 07 01 S&P Lowers Rating on Yosemite Securities Co.'s Notes to 'BBB' PR Newswire, 11 07 01 Mutual-Fund Manager Exits Merrill Lynch The Wall Street Journal, 11 07 01 SKilling, SEC to talk on Enron dealings Houston Chronicle, 11 07 01 Warren Buffet's Berkshire Won't Invest in Enron, NYT Reports Bloomberg, 11 07 01 Caterpillar, GE, DuPont Advance, As Markets Climb `Wall of Worry' The Wall Street Journal, 11 07 01 WORLD STOCK MARKETS - Wall St trims its losses on word from Fed.", "Financial Times, 11 07 01 Enron hid debt in its many units, suit claims: SEC investigates: Investors say it used asset sales to make its books look good National Post, 11 07 01 Parallel Woes: Is the United States Economy At Risk of Emulating Japan's Long Swoon?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1217_p12", "sents": [ "Sender Cohen of Soros Private Equity Partners and Scott Carpenter of Anschutz Investment will join Airslide's board of directors.", "http: www.airslide.com B2B Service Firm SupplySolutions Has $20 Million Round Two NEW YORK -- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette announced that its venture capital affiliate, the Sprout Group, has led a $20 million second round investment in SupplySolution, a provider of Internet-based application services for the automotive supply industry.", "Other investors who participated in the round include first round investors Enterprise Partners and Sigma Partners.", "SupplySolution said it will use the funds to develop products and service offerings and expand existing sales and service areas.", "Rakesh Sood, general partner at the Sprout Group, has taken a seat on SupplySolution's board of directors.", "http: www.supplysolution.com Behavioral Technology Firm Gets $11.2 Million in Series B HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Motivation Online, a developer of behavioral business systems, said it raised $11.2 million in its first, Series B round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e4073_p42", "sents": [ "Telephone +972-3-620-8434. http: www.eastwestvg.com VC Personnel o Oracle Exec Karen White Joins Pequot Capital As Principal SAN FRANCISCO -- Pequot Capital Management, an investment group, announced Karen White has joined the firm as principal in the Pequot Private Equity Group.", "Ms. White, who was most recently senior vice president of worldwide business development for Oracle, will run the Pequot's West Coast Internet business private equity and venture efforts.", "Before she joined Oracle, Ms. White was CEO of EGIS, a high-tech consulting company.", "Pequot Capital Management has over $10 billion under management.", "The company invests in start-ups in technology infrastructure, Internet business, telecommunications and health care.", "http: www.pequotcapital.com General Partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer Joins Sprout Group MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Sprout Group, which provides venture capital to datacom, telecom, Internet commerce, software, and healthcare companies, said it appointed Jeani Delagardelle to the position of venture partner.", "Ms. Delagardelle will be responsible for healthcare technology investments, including health-related sites, genomics, and medical products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "New Enterprise Associates", "sents": [ "New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is an American-based venture capital firm.", "NEA focuses investment stages ranging from seed stage through growth stage.", "NEA invests across a broad array of industry sectors.", "With over $18 billion in assets under management, NEA was the world's largest venture capital firm in 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e28006_p37", "sents": [ "A Confluence Networks spokesperson said that the company has begun its second round of funding, but did not disclose any details.", "The company closed its Series A round in January at $15 million.", "Confluence Networks is backed by Beachhead, Redpoint Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and Quantum Technology Ventures.", "<http: www.confluencenetworks.com * Edgeflow Adds Three to Board After Closing Series A top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=MJNMHQHMII OTTAWA -- Edgeflow, which develops wavelength infrastructure devices, said it appointed three directors to its board.", "The new members include two investors and one independent adviser.", "They are Claude Haw, Ken Wigglesworth, and Michael Pascoe.", "In September, Edgeflow closed its Series A at $24 million and, at the time, did not disclose which investors received board seats.", "Co-lead investor, Newbury Venture Partner, will be represented by Mr. Wigglesworth, founder and principal of Eagle One Ventures, Newbury's Canadian partner.", "Return investor, Venture Coaches, will be represented by managing partner Mr. Haw." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8665_p32", "sents": [ "Prior to joining Science Communications, Mr. Obermann served as vice president of commercial software products for MessageMedia, a provider of software and services for the eMarketing and eCustomerCare industry.", "Science Communications' technologies integrate search engines and e-mail for direct Internet marketing campaigns, e-commerce, and information delivery.", "The company is backed by ABS Ventures, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, and RNR Ventures http: www.sciencecommunications.com Openpages Names Ex-Intel Executive as President and COO mail this story?", "top WESTFORD, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Openpages, a provider of content management software and services, named former Intel general manager Michael J. Duffy as the company's new president and chief operating officer.", "Mr. Duffy will be replacing Warren Duffy as president.", "Backers for Openpages include Matrix Partners, Sigma Partners, and North Hill Ventures.", "http: www.openpages.com Campus App Firm Mascot Network Names COO as CEO mail this story?", "top CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Mascot Network, which develops and provides campus-specific education portals for colleges and universities, said it has named Peter Smokowski, the firm's COO, as CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Matrix Partners", "sents": [ "Matrix Partners is a US-based private equity investment firm focusing on venture capital investments.", "The firm invests in seed and early-stage companies in the United States and India, particularly in the software, communications, semiconductors, data storage, Internet or wireless sectors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Harry Snyder", "sents": [ "Harry Snyder (September 9, 1913 – December 14, 1976) was an American businessman.", "He founded In-N-Out Burger along with his wife Esther Snyder.", "Snyder was one of the first people to develop the idea of a drive-thru hamburger restaurant, where customers could order their food via an intercom." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5650_p3", "sents": [ "He believes Edison alone should be responsible for its debt; it's government's role to go forward, he said, and Edison's job to \"clean up its mess.\"", "Rosenfield cautioned that if legislators \"make the mistake of paying one more penny\" towards a bailout there will be a referendum on the bailout and the legislators voting for it.?", "He said they would be held personally accountable.", "(Exactly what he means by this is unclear.?", "In California, a \"referendum\" -- which is the word he used -- is a little-used tool to overturn legislation that has been passed and signed.?", "Whether he was threatening recall attempts is also unclear.)", "Rosenfield added that depending on how things progress, there could be an initiative and it could include a public power component.", "The press release issued at the press conference, which also featured Harry Snyder of Consumers Union, has been forwarded to Houston.?", "It is also available through this link: http: www.consumerwatchdog.org utilities pr pr001706.php3 ?'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Warburg Pincus", "sents": [ "Warburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China and India.", "It has been a private equity investor since 1966.The firm currently has approximately $40 billion in assets under management and invests in a range of sectors including retail, industrial manufacturing, energy, financial services, health care, technology, media, and real estate.", "Warburg Pincus is a growth investor.", "Warburg Pincus has raised 15 private equity funds which have invested $58 billion in over 760 companies in 40 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3639_p8", "sents": [ "The company also announced the addition of Kenneth L. Rice as vi ce president and chief commercial officer.", "Mr. Rice formerly served as vice president, CFO, secretary, treasurer, and in-house counsel at MacroChem.", "Discovery Therapeutics is backed by Alliance Technology Ventures and Sanderling.", "http: www.discoverytherapeutics.com Rare Medium Exec Michael Flickman Joins The FeedRoom as CTO mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- The FeedRoom, a broadband news network, said it named Michael Flickman chief technology officer.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Flickman was chief technology officer at Concrete.", "Prior to that, Mr. Flickman was vice president of technology at Rare Medium where he managed software development, systems integrations, reusable component strategy, and network consulting services.", "The FeedRoom is backed by Angel Investors, Arlington Capital Partners, Bear Sterns Constellation, Constellation, i-Hatch Ventures, Intel, NBC, New York City Investment Fund, Ridgewood Capital, Telesoft, Tribune, and Warburg Pincus Equity Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e4033_p17", "sents": [ "He replaces co-founder Lee Cooper, who will serve as chairman of the board.", "Mr. Janssen co-founded two companies: Delphi Information Systems, an insurance software company, and Homestore.com, a network of home and real estate related sites.", "Strategic Data is backed by Smart Technology Ventures, J Net Venture Fund I, Constellation, and a group of private investors through Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca and Fischer.", "http: www.strategicdatacorp.com VC Fund News o Quester to Launch New $70.2 Million Fund in U.K. LONDON -- Quester announced it will launch a new GBP 50 million ($70.2 million) venture capital trust, Quester VCT 4, in November.", "The trust will make investments in private companies developing software, Internet enabling technology, telecommunications services, new media, leisure, healthcare, and life sciences technology.", "The company's portfolio includes publicly traded firms Orchestream and Surfcontrol.", "Quester manages over $281.1 million and controls 13% of the total venture capital trust market in the U.K. http: www.quester.com Atlantis Group Forms $6 Million Fund for Startups RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Atlantis Group, an angel investment group, said it has raised roughly $6 million for a new fund, which could double through add-ons." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7726_p0", "sents": [ "'The Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee held a hearing on February 8 entitled; California ,s Energy Supply; Will it Be Full Power Ahead or Lights Out?", "Legislators in attendance for all or part of the hearing included Senators Bowen, Peace, Vasconcellos, Alarcon and Speier.", "Dave Parquet was one of the presenters.", "I will send handouts from the meeting to Joseph tonight.", "This was the first of several planned informational hearings for stakeholders to express their points of view on California ,s projected energy needs, hindrances to meeting those needs, and possible solutions.", "We expect future hearings to deal more with possible solutions rather then simply providing a broad overview.", "This was the agenda: California ,s Energy Supply William Keese, Chairman, California Energy Commission Carl Wood, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission Kellan Fluckiger, California Independent System Operator Jim Kritikson, California Power Exchange Marcie Edwards, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power III.", "Meeting California ,s Needs Focusing On The Demand Ralph Cavanaugh, Natural Resources Defense Council Mike Weedall, Sacramento Municipal Utility District Mike Florio, The Utility Reform Network Rich Ferguson, Sierra Club Pat McLafferty, NEXTEC Power Systems, representing California Association of Distributed Energy Resources Barbara Barkovitch, California Large Energy Consumers Association IV." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] }, { "title": "e3753_p37", "sents": [ "But under the terms of approval recommended by Energy Commission Chairman William Keese, CalPeak's plant would be able to operate \"up to 8,760 hours per year, typically when the demand for electricity is high.\"", "That number equals 24 hours a day.", "The actual number of hours would depend on the requirements of the state's Independent System Operator, which manages the energy grid.", "\"We certainly want to have the flexibility to run whenever we're needed,\" said Mark Lyons, CalPeak's development director.", "\"Exactly how often we will run is anybody's guess.\"", "Escondido Councilwoman June Rady said she was frustrated by the possibility of the plant running full time.", "In Ramco's case, the city and the county Ai r Pollution Control District made it clear how often the plant could operate.", "CalPeak chose to bypass the city's permitting process and went through the state Energy Commission, which offers an expedited 21-day approval put in place by Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p59", "sents": [ "B6 (BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX INFOGRAPHIC) A Blip or a Trend?", "Daily natural gas prices at the California border with Arizona--considered a bellwether of the state's costs--have been declining in the last two weeks.", "* Natural gas price per 1 million Btu $9.36 Source: Natural Gas Week California Metro Desk The State Utility Averts $1 Billion in Costs Courts: PG&E and Cal-ISO agree to recognize Department of Water Resources as purchaser of the power.", "TIM REITERMAN 06 06 2001 Los Angeles Times Home Edition Page B-6 Copyright 2001 The Times Mirror Company SAN FRANCISCO -- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the state's power grid operator reached an agreement Tuesday that insulated PG&E at least temporarily from more than $1 billion in power purchases the state made for its customers.", "California Independent System Operator sent $1.26 billion in invoices to the utility for power purchases by the state Department of Water Resources for PG&E customers from January through March." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3023_p22", "sents": [ "After that, attention will turn to hard questions of pinning down precise financial terms.", "BP and Phillips are unlikely to be selected for the leadership role at South Ghawar, EIG understands.", "The competition is essentially between Exxon and Shell.", "The choice at Core Area 1 may depend in part on the decision in Core Area 3, where any one of the three partners could yet be selected as operator.", "Conoco has the advantage of being the first one to propose a project in the area.", "The fact that Total is French is said to operate in its favor.", "FOR MORE GO TO http: www.energyintel.com http: www.energyintel.com is home on the web for Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, Oil Daily, Natural Gas Week, and other services from Energy Intelligence Group.", "The site is perfect for both EIG's clients and newcomers looking for the best business intelligence on the world of oil and gas.", "The site combines the high quality news, analysis and data you expect from EIG with cutting-edge Internet technology." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p31", "sents": [ "\"In order to keep a balanced grid, you need to disperse the power or build more lines.", "You don't have to do both,\" said Michael Shames, executiv e director of Utility Consumers Action Network, a San Diego watchdog group.", "Power grid operators issue blackout warnings for first time ASSOCIATED PRESS June 17, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO Blackout warnings were issued Sunday by the agency that runs California's power grid.", "California Independent System Operator said potential blackouts could occur Monday and Tuesday afternoons between noon and 8 p.m. both days.", "The early word marked the first time the ISO issued warnings under the new early warning system, which lets customers know of possible outages 24 to 4 8 hours in advance.", "Temperatures in the mid-90s to triple digits are expected Monday and Tuesda y in many areas served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. beyond the San Francis co and Humboldt Bay regions, from Redding to Bakersfield." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] }, { "title": "Humboldt Bay", "sents": [ "Humboldt Bay is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County.", "It is the largest protected body of water on the West Coast between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound, the second largest enclosed bay in California, and the largest port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, Oregon.", "The largest city adjoining the bay is Eureka, the regional center and county seat of Humboldt County, followed by the college town of Arcata.", "These primary cities together with adjoining unincorporated communities and several small towns comprise a Humboldt Bay Area total population of nearly 80,000 people, which accounts for nearly 60% of the population of Humboldt County.", "In addition to being home to more than 100 plant species, 300 invertebrate species, 100 fish species, and 200 bird species, the bay and its complex system of marshes and grasses support hundreds of thousands of migrating and local shore birds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Global Crossing", "sents": [ "Global Crossing (GLBC) was a telecommunications company that provided computer networking services worldwide and operated a tier 1 carrier.", "It maintained a large backbone network and offered transit and peering links, Virtual private network (VPN), leased lines, audio and video conferencing, long distance telephone, managed services, dialup, colocation and VoIP.", "Its customer base ranged from individuals to large enterprises and other carriers, with emphasis on higher-margin layered services such as managed services and VoIP with leased lines.", "Its core network delivered services to more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e7555_p6", "sents": [ "The company expects to generate content revenue of $2.5 billion in 2004, up from an estimated $45 million this year, according to Barone.", "The whole broadband services unit is expected to spend $650 million and lose $60 million (before interest and taxes) this year, Barone says.", "But right now, the stock is hardly reflecting this business, says Lehman's Gross.", "\"The non-broadband business is valued at $55 to $60, so there's very little in the stock for its broadband assets,\" he says.", "Many analysts have raised their 12-month stock price targets to $90 to $100, giving Enron's broadband business a value of $30 to $40 a share.", "Enron's broadband strategy is catching a lot of attention, but some of the established telecom companies, such as MCI WorldCom (WCOM), doubt that it will be successful.", "Still, Global Crossing, which was the first to sell bandwidth between New York and Los Angeles to Enron in December, has indicated that it thinks the bandwidth - trading concept can work." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3733_p11", "sents": [ "ALUMNI NEWS: REGINA JACOBS PULLS OUT OF THE OLYMPICS Haas alumna Regina Jacobs, MBA 92, announced this week that she is unable to compete in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney due to a viral infection in her lungs.", "Jacobs won both the 1,500 and 5,000 meter events at the Olympic Trials, but had been planning to compete only in the 1,500. Jacobs is still planning on traveling to Sydney to support her team mates.", "HAAS IN THE NEWS Fran Van Loo, associate professor in the Business & Public Policy Group and the Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Chair of the Public and Nonprofit Management Program, was quoted in The New York Times on September 10 in \"Private Sector: Sharing a Recipe for Philanthropy.\"?", "The article mentioned the \"Contemporary Philanthropy\" course and Paul Newman's visit to Haas.", "Van Loo was quoted in the Oakland Tribune on September 8 in an article on Paul Newman's visit to the Haas School." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "Oakland Tribune", "sents": [ "The Oakland Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California, by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of MediaNews Group.", "From 2010 to 2016, it was published as an edition of the BANG flagship newspaper, the \"San Jose Mercury News\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7860_p28", "sents": [ "Mr. Everson was most recently president and COO of Nelson Professional Sales, a contract sales firm.", "MyDrugRep raised $5 million in its Series A round of funding from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in May of this year.", "http: www.mydrugrep.com Streaming Media Firm Aerocast Announces CEO, Board Members SAN DIEGO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Aerocast, a streaming media s ervices firm, said Thomas Lynch will be acting president and CEO.", "Mr. Lync h is also vice president and general manager for Motorola's satellite and broadcast network unit.", "Mr. Lynch also sits on the board with Edward Breen president of Motorola's broadband communications sector; Bob Scott, Moto rola General Councel; John Orr, director of corporate development at Liber ty Media; and Chris Sophinos, senior vice president of Liberty Satellite a nd Technology.", "The company announced on Wednesday that it raised $15 mill ion in its first round from Liberty Media and Motorola.", "http: www.a erocast.com?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Hummer Winblad Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a software and web focused venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California.", "Its founders include John Hummer and Ann Winblad." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8133_p0", "sents": [ "\"The Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets has issued the Retail Energy Deregulation Index 2000 (RED Index).", "The RED Index shows that * Pennsylvania and New York, with scores of 59 and 58 out of 100, respectively, lead the nation in customer choice.", "* California, the pioneer in electric restructuring, surprisingly ranks only 11th, with a score of 34. * Texas, a relative newcomer to restructuring, leads the South with a score of 45 and a ranking of seventh in the nation.", "* The national average score is 18, but that rises to 20.4 when weighted by sales volume and 23.3 when weighted by revenue.", "The Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM) is an independent, nonprofit think tank whose mission is to promote an effective transition from the monopoly model of regulation to the competitive or customer choice model.", "Ken Malloy, President of CAEM and primary author of the RED Index, has been a public official with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the United States Department of Energy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e4381_p7", "sents": [ "``There isn't sufficient generation to really administer a full-scale competitive market.''", "Ralph Cavanagh of the National Resources Defense Council in San Francisco maintains that deregulation has been unfairly maligned because the dearth of power plants has made it impossible for consumers to benefit from competition.", "Once that and some other problems are fixed, he said, ``I'm confident we'll have a more orderly market in the future.''", "Others are growing nervous, however.", "This summer's difficulties have spurred calls to significantly stall or even reverse deregulation in North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oregon and Alabama, among other states.", "A Wisconsin consumer advocate recently chuckled over the phone as she read aloud a story about California's energy crisis, noting that such news made her opposition to deregulation much easier.", "``I am absolutely convinced that we are on an inexorable march toward the choice model,'' said Ken Malloy, president of the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3153_p23", "sents": [ "Republican legislative leaders sent Davis a letter criticizing the governor for using taxpayer funds to hire two aides to former Vice President Al Gore as communication consultants for $30,000 a month.", "The Republicans said Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane operate ''a partisan, cut-throat political communications firm.''", "The state auditor general said in a report on energy deregulation that the state is not meeting some of its goals for conservation and for building new power plants.", "The auditor also said the PUC does not have a process for quickly approving new transmission lines.", "The state has been importing about 20 percent of its power.", "Staff writer Karen Kucher contributed to this report.", "LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2001 6 of 85 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Copley News Service Copley News Service May 22, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: State and regional LENGTH: 308 words HEADLINE: Business customers criticize proposed 29 percent SDG&E rate hike BYLINE: Craig D. Rose DATELINE: SAN DIEGO BODY: San Dieg Gas and Electric's commercial customers are attacking the prospect of paying an average of 29 percent more to cover the state's soaring cost of buying electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e1060_p15", "sents": [ "Visit the Contra Costa Times on the Web at http: www.cctimes.com JOURNAL-CODE: CC LOAD-DATE: April 11, 2001 8 of 100 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Copley News Service Copley News Service April 11, 2001, Wednesday SECTION: State and regional LENGTH: 471 words HEADLINE: Price gouging could force new energy rate boost, PUC chief says BYLINE: Ed Mendel DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: The state's top electricity regulator told a congressional hearing yesterday that California may have to raise rates again if federal regulators do not stop price gouging by generators.", "The president of the Public Utilities Commission, Loretta Lynch, told the congressional panel that ''California is literally being plundered, with the full knowledge and consent of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.''", "When the PUC adopted the biggest rate increase in California history last month for Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison, Lynch said she believed that no more rate increases would be needed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26643_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Friday, December 21, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Bargain hunters drive online sales A sharp and unexpected rush to online shopping sites has occurred, according to Jupiter Media Metrix.", "The number of visitors to sites surveyed by the company last week, 52.3 million, was 55% greater than the number last year, said Charles Buchwalter of Jupiter.", "By contrast, year-over-year growth rates declined each week last year as the holiday neared.", "That has not been the case this year.", "\"That translates into a holiday season where the majority of online shopping activity occurs closer to Christmas,\" he said.", "\"Many consumers waited until late in the holiday season to make their gift purchases, and many were searching for late-season discounts,\" said Jared Blank, another Jupiter Research analyst.", "He also said consumers have increased confidence about online sites' ability to deliver merchandise quickly." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e26658_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Internet Daily for Friday, December 28, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Confusion stamps postal ecommerce Managers charged with expanding the United States Postal Service's ecommerce activities aren't delivering, a new congressional study says.", "A report by the General Accounting Office faults the USPS for \"difficulty defining, identifying and classifying its Internet-related initiatives.\"", "Financial information about the efforts is also not \"complete, accurate and consistent.\"", "The Postal Service has been studying how to implement electronic bill paying, online confirmation of deliveries and postal product sales.", "However, the GAO found \"fragmentation, inconsistency and poor performance.\"", "The deputy postmaster general responded saying he would take action to address the problems, the GAO said.", "-- Yahoo media chief to leave The vice president of Yahoo's media and leisure division will leave the company in February.", "David Graves, who lives in Massachusetts, said he had tired of the travel to headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Graves' departure occurs as Yahoo reorganizes its business divisions and cuts back on activities, including multimedia production." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3075_p36", "sents": [ "\"He's going to have to answer the question of what he's done as governor,\" Gilmore said.", "\"While he's in the process of attacking, one might suspect he may be diverting attention away from his own record.\"", "On Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman was overheard criticizing Davis to Iowa Republican Party official Darrell Kearney.", "\"He's had plenty of time to do something, and he hasn't done anything, she said as she left a meeting room in Nevada, Iowa, where Bush had just finished speaking.", "Some more independent observers see political liabilities in the Bush plan, namely the focus on long-term solutions at a time voters are growing increasingly upset about high gas prices and soaring utility bills.", "\"While [the administration] talks about how we approach things in the next five years, there's not a lot of empathy or understanding for what's affecting people now,\" said Stuart Rothenberg, a nonpartisan political analyst in Washington." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Stuart Rothenberg", "sents": [ "Stuart Rothenberg is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst.", "He is best known for his biweekly political newsletter \"The Rothenberg Political Report\" (renamed \"The Rothenberg and Gonzalez Political Report\" in 2015).", "Until 2016, he was a regular columnist at \"Roll Call\" and an occasional op-ed contributor to other publications, including \"The Wall Street Journal\", \"The Washington Post\", \"The New York Times\", and \"The Orlando Sentinel\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11552_p4", "sents": [ "\"I really wanted to hear how they were going to cope with the crisis,\" she said.", "UC is already negotiating with the State Department of Finance to get about $217 million for an additional list of energy efficiency and conservation projects that could save 149 megawatts within three years.", "Reducing electricity means reducing reliance on natural gas.", "John Baca, manager of the policy and strategic planning program for the Office of Energy Assessments at the state Department of General Services, said higher education facilities tend to consume a lot of energy.", "\"They have experiments that just can't go off and they have a lot of flue hoods, and things like that,\" Baca said.", "\"They have to have power for a lot of different things all the time, so there is still a lot of potential at the higher education level.", "But I think UC has done a really fantastic job.\"", "SYSTEMWIDE CHANGES The efforts have been made across the system." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "John Baca", "sents": [ "John Philip Baca (born January 10, 1949) is a former United States Army soldier and a Vietnam War veteran.", "He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration of the United States Armed Forces, for his actions in combat." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10692_p2", "sents": [ "On Jan. 23, Bush extended the order, but made clear through spokesmen and his energy secretary, Spencer Abraham (news - web sites), that the power order would not be prolonged further.", "Fleischer noted Monday the directive has been sharply criticized by utilities and officials in other Western states who worry about electricity shortages of their own.", "The order ``has implications for the region as a whole,'' said Fleischer.", "Among those most critical of the federal directive have been utility and government officials in the Northwest, where electricity prices have soared because of the tight wholesale market caused by California's demands.", "In Tacoma, Wash., the utility recently imposed a 50 percent rate hike for its customers to try to pay for higher wholesale costs.", "Major suppliers of power were not committing themselves one way or the other.", "``I don't know what we will do,'' said Richard Wheatley, a spokesman for Houston-based Reliant Energy, a major wholesale supplier with five generating plants in California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e490_p45", "sents": [ "\"We stand by our practices,\" said Richard Wheatley of Reliant Energy in Houston, which owns about 8 percent of California's in-state generating capacity.", "\"We have operated legally and ethically at all times in California.\"", "FERC has been under fire from state and federal officials and lawmakers for not being aggressive in dealing with the electricity crisis.", "In recent weeks the agency has taken several actions, including proposing refunds for January and February.", "But those who have watched the agency over the years say the actions do not yet signal a change of course from its posture of preferring to let the markets work their will.", "\"I think what they are trying to do is the minimal amount possible, to say they are on top of the situation,\" said Bill Marcus, an economist at JBS Energy in Sacramento, an energy and water-resources consulting firm.", "\"They'll probably figure out a way to back down from the refunds.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2593_p14", "sents": [ "Gray Davis attacked Republicans yesterday as he signed a record $13.4 billion bond to repay the state general fund for power purchases, warning that their opposition could harm the state budget and the California economy.", "Davis threatened to travel to the districts of Republican legislators and spell out how law enforcement, transportation, health care, education, and senior programs may have to be cut because the bond money will not be available until August.", "The governor also criticized three Republicans in Congress for voting against a proposal in committee yesterday to impose tighter federal controls on wholesale power prices.", "Assembly GOP Leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks predicted that Davis soon ''will be visiting up and down the state trying to get re-elected, that is why he using fear politics, the blame game.''", "The open partisan warfare erupted as Davis reported the incredibly high price the state paid for electricity Wednesday to avoid blackouts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Dave Cox", "sents": [ "David E. Cox (February 20, 1938 – July 13, 2010) was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma.", "A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as a California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his Senate tenure, including three years as Assembly Republican Leader." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Henry Waxman", "sents": [ "Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California 's 33 congressional district from 1975 until 2015.", "Waxman is a member of the Democratic Party.", "His district included much of the western part of the city of Los Angeles, as well as West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and was numbered the 24th district from 1975 to 1993, the 29th district from 1993 to 2003, and the 30th district from 2003 to 2013, changing due to redistricting after the 1990, 2000 and 2010 censuses.", "He now serves as Chairman at Waxman Strategies, a DC-based communications and lobbying firm, working on issues like health care, environment, energy, technology and telecommunications.", "In addition, he serves as a Regent Lecturer for University of California, Los Angeles, and as an advisor and lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.", "Waxman is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6615_p13", "sents": [ "Rove met on energy policy and high-tech issues involving companies in which he owned stock and \"under any objective interpretation Mr. Rove's conduct would surely violate the federal conflict of interest laws,\" Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., wrote in a letter to White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales Waxman, the senior Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, said it isn't possible to assess the seriousness of Rove's actions or his intent \"based on the little information that has been made public.\"", "White House spokeswoman Anne Womack said that Rove has followed all ethical guidelines and acted appropriately.", "\"Unfortunately, it appears that Congressman Waxman is continuing to put the politics of personal destruction before the business of the American people ,\" said Womack.", "Gonzales acknowledged June 29 that Rove participated in meetings on the administration's energy policy while he owned stock in energy companies suc h as Texas-based Enron Corp. (ENE).", "Gonzales said \"general policy discussions fall outside the scope of federal ethics rules that bar an official from participating in a matter in which he has a financial interest." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3517_p16", "sents": [ "http: www.cryocor.com OutStart Fills Out Executive Team mail?", "top NATICK, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- OutStart, a provider of an e-learning content management and delivery platform, announced the addition of Dan Kossman as chief financial officer, Ellen Brezniak as vice president of marketing, Patrick McHugh as vice president of sales, and Dave Janus as vic e president of professional services.", "Prior to joining OutStart Mr. Kossman w as the CFO at Servicesoft and Infinium; Ms. Brezniak was an executive at Be Free; Mr. McHugh is the founder of Exchange Applications and was previously an executive at EMC and Kendall Square Research; and Mr. Janus was formerly a senior director at Versata Software and a partner at SQL Solutions.", "Earlier this month, OutStart raised $10 million in Series A funding from Sigma Partners.", "http: www.outstart.com Delphi Communication Systems Names Chief Financial Officer mail?", "top MAYNARD, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Delphi Communication Systems, a provider of digital communications technology and digital signal processing-based applications, announced the appointment of Jeff Jonas as chief financial officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Kendall Square Research", "sents": [ "Kendall Square Research (KSR) was a supercomputer company headquartered originally in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1986, near Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).", "It was co-founded by Steven Frank and Henry Burkhardt III, who had formerly helped found Data General and Encore Computer and was one of the original team that designed the PDP-8.", "KSR produced two models of supercomputer, the KSR1 and KSR2." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5289_p22", "sents": [ "MSC Industrial Direct and VerticalNet have also invested in MROLink.", "http: www.mrolink.com MobileLogic Acquires Wireless Platform Eyeshake with Stock NEW YORK -- MobileLogic, a provider of services that enable secure wireless access to corporate data, said it acquired Eyeshake, a Boston-based developer of a wireless application development and delivery platform for mostly stock and some cash.", "The stock constitutes between 10% and 15% of MoblileLogic, which will completely absorb Eyeshake.", "All of Eyeshake's employees have been retained and will remain in Boston.", "MobileLogic raised $25 million this past March and is backed by Allen & Co., Apollo Management, CMGI @Ventures, Hikari Tsushin, Investcorp, and Odyssey Investment Partners.", "http: www.mobilelogic.com http: www.eyeshake.com New Directors o Hockey 's Bourque Joins Board of Retailer 180 aceOff.com DENVER -- 180 aceOff.com, a consumer and wholesale marketer of hockey equipment, said renowned hockey player Raymond Bourque joined the company as an investor and a board member." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "MSC Industrial Direct", "sents": [ "MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSC), through its subsidiaries, primarily, MSC Industrial Supply Co., is one of the largest industrial equipment distributors in the world.", "MSC is most famous for publishing \"The Big Book\", a catalog totaling over 3,000 pages detailing the company's products, which currently number over 1 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2746_p3", "sents": [ "Finding out whether market power exists also depends on how many players are involved in a particular market.", "Wagner said that the parties need to reach a stipulation among counsel on the number of players.", "In addition, he said that he would need a better geographic description of El Paso Merchant's capacity holdings and information on the price differential of gas between Northern and Southern California.", "Finally, Wagner directed a number of questions to El Paso.", "El Paso Merchant, he said, \"should answer the CPUC's question as to why it subscribed for the involved [1.2 billion cfd] for 15 months when it had no market for that amount.\"", "In addition, said Wagner, El Paso should \"show whether it sold in the secondary market short-term releases of the excess [capacity] at a price higher than it paid.\"", "Wagner also heard arguments over the admissibility of certain evidence.", "Given the volume of testimony involved, the case will require some legal heavy lifting before a preliminary decision is reached." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e489_p5", "sents": [ "The utilities are not allowed to recoup the costs from customers.", "While the cost of 1,000 cubic feet of gas typically is less than $1 higher at the California end of the pipeline, spot prices in the state rose to almost $50 more than the Texas-New Mexico price in December.", "To executives of the parent company, the El Paso Corporation, the accusations of market manipulation are ludicrous.", "High gas prices in California, El Paso executives said in interviews, are easily explained by soaring demand, the poor credit standing of the state's utilities and the failure of the utilities to retain pipeline capacity or store enough gas for winter.", "''The idea that anybody is holding back on California is really ridiculous,'' said Clark C. Smith, president of El Paso Merchant's operations in North America.", "Some El Paso customers, though, agreed with California officials.", "The Pacific Gas & Electric Company, the San Francisco-based utility, condemned El Paso in a filing with the federal agency after its lawyers reviewed the sealed company documents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20477_p0", "sents": [ "'USA: Enron shares in stay in doldrums after downgrade.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 USA: US companies' credit quality to worsen-Moody's.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 Enron's Lenders to Demand Harsher Terms, Analysts Say (Update1) Bloomberg, 10 29 01 USA: Enron shares drop despite further triage attempts.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 USA: Enron says in talks with banks for new credit line.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Enron says in talks with banks for new credit line.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 POWER POINTS:Enron May Have To Rethink Asset-Light Focus Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 29 01 OFFICIAL CORRECTION Enron long-term ratings downgraded to Baa2 - Moody's AFX News, 10 29 01 USA: Moody's cuts Enron to 2 notches above \"junk\".", "Reuters English News Service, 10 29 01 UK: Europe energy firms wary of Enron on credit worries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 5 ] }, { "title": "e407_p22", "sents": [ "By Andrew Kelly 03 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Shares of electricity and natural gas marketing giant Enron Corp. slid further on Thursday amid broader weakness in energy stocks despite a reassurance from the company that it would hit its previously stated earnings target for this year.", "Enron was off $3.34, or 6 percent, at $52.55 per share Thursday afternoon after falling 8 percent on Wednesday.", "So far this year, Enron's stock is down about 37 percent, versus a 16 percent decline for Standard & Poor's utilities index.", "Seeking to reassure investors, Enron issued a statement on Thursday saying it was \"very comfortable\" with its 2001 earnings target of $1.70 to $1.75 per diluted share.", "On average, Wall Street analysts expect Enron to post earnings of $1.74 per share, according to data compiled by Thomson Financial First Call.", "The Houston-based company said it was confident about its strong business prospects for the year, adding that it would host a conference call for analysts and investors on Friday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p9", "sents": [ "Also participating were Putnam Investments, Essex Investment Mangement, and previous investors Chase H&Q, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Information Technology Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Worldview Technology, Robertson Stephens, First Analysis of Chicago, Stanford University, and Comdisco.", "The company will use the funds for manufacturing expansion and product development.", "http: www.lightwavemicro.com Optical Firm Centerpoint Has $130 Million Mezzanine Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, a developer of optical networking transport and aggregation systems, said it raised $130 million in its mezzanine round of funding led by Putnam Investments and Oppenheimer Funds.", "Other investors included Amerindo Investment Advisors, Essex Investment Management Company, Firsthand Capital Management, Kaufmann Fund, Octane Capital Management, and Pilgrim Baxter & Associates.", "The company said it will use the funds to develop its technology.", "http: www.centerpoint.com Optical Networking Firm Kymata Gets $77 Million Round Four LIVINGSTON, Scotland.", "-- Kymata, a designer and manufacturer of optical networking components, said it has raised $77 million in its fourth round of funding led by European Venture Partners, with syndicate members including GATC European Technology Ventures and new investor RBS Mezzanine." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3344_p9", "sents": [ "Mr. Aceves was most recently chief operating officer at Levient, a provider of mobile enterprise systems access software.", "FusionOne 's investors include El Dorado, Flatiron Partners, J.P. Morgan Partners, Nokia, and 3Com, and Oppenheimer Funds.", "http: www.fusionone.com OneNest Adds ThunderBay Founder Darion Lemons as VP mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- OneNest, a business-to-business marketplace for hand-crafted and artisan merchandise, said it named Darion Lemons as vice president of international operations and business development, responsible for major partner alliances worldwide.", "Mr. Lemons formerly formed his own consulting company named ThunderBay, which specialized in international tra de development.", "OneNest is backed by Axxon Capital and Omnia Holdings.", "http: www.onenest.com FINANCE Metrika Appoints Larry Tannenbaum as CFO, Sr. VP mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Metrika, a developer of diabetes monitoring devices, said it appointed Larry Tannenbaum as chief financial officer and senior vice president, responsible for the company's financial strategy, capital planning, and shareholder value." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3787_p43", "sents": [ "Ms. Abrams also joins as the sixth member of the company's board, which includes Chris Gibbons of the Texas Pacific Group, Bill Hipp of 2M Invest, Craig Jorgens of the Texas Pacific Group, and Willa Seldon of Milepost Ventures.", "In August of 2000, BlueKite.com closed a $36 million Series C round of financing led by new investor Texas Pacific Group.", "New investors Credit Suisse First Boston and Robertson Stephens' Bayview 2000 Fund, along with previous investors Axiom Venture Partners, JF Shea, Teknoinvest, and Viridian, also participated.", "To date, the company has raised approximately $48 million in three rounds of funding.", "http: www.bluekite.com vc fund news nCoTec Has $38.2 M First Closing of Its First Fund LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- nCoTec, a technology venture capital firm wi th a focus on Northwestern Europe, announced the first closing of its nCoTec I at EUR 45 million ($38.2 million) at the end of May with investments from Commerzbank, Misys, Mercurius, Societe Generale, and Wallbrook." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3228_p19", "sents": [ "The financing will be divided among three Pennsylvania-based companies: EnviroGrow Solutions, which provides composting technology for animal waste iDayo Investor, a provider of financial content services for the investment community; and NetXentry, an Internet-based inbound and outbound calling platform for data collection.", "Ben Franklin Technology Partners currently maintains a portfolio of 140 companies representing over $14 million invest ed in southeastern Pennsylvania.", "http: www.benfranklin.org Open Solutions Raises $8.8 Million More in Mezzanine Round mail?", "top GLASTONBURY, Conn. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Open Solutions (OSI), a provider of data processing, Internet banking, and e-commerce financial services for communi ty banks and credit unions, said it raised another $8.8 million as part of its mezzanine round, led by Key Principle Partners.", "Allianz of America also invested along with previous investors including Aetna Investments, Axiom Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Crystal Internet Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Webster Bank of Connecticut.", "The company raised $20 million in its mezzanine round last March." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1438_p2", "sents": [ "RP00-241-000 FYI Judge Wagner issued a subpoena to Transwestern and several other pipelines in the referenced proceeding at SoCal Edison's request.", "The request sought information on scheduled, actual and contracts quantities to the California border for the time period 1997 to present.", "While we are not a party in the case, we decided to cooperate in the proceeding and not file a motion to quash.", "We responded yesterday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e529_p31", "sents": [ "In San Francisco on Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved electricity rate increases of up to 46 percent to try to head off blackouts this summer by keeping the state's two biggest utilities from going under.", "When California officials set up deregulation they allowed the price of wholesale electricity to rise but capped the amount companies could charge customers, Skilling said.", "SoCal Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric say they have lost more than $13 billion since last summer because they haven't been able to pass on the high cost of wholesale electricity.", "Skilling said Texans are in a much better position and shouldn't worry that their state's deregulation would be like the California experience.", "\"California, they just put together a crazy system,\" Skilling said in his first public comments since becoming the Houston-based company's chief executive officer in February.", "\"The markets in California are the most regulated markets in North America today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "RealNetworks", "sents": [ "RealNetworks, Inc. is a provider of Internet streaming media delivery software and services based in Seattle, Washington, United States.", "The company also provides subscription-based online entertainment services and mobile entertainment and messaging services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3871_p33", "sents": [ "http: www.crosslinkcapital.com St. Paul Venture Capital Names Tech Consultant as Partner ANDOVER, Mass.", "-- St. Paul Venture Capital has named Staffan Ericsson as a venture partner.", "Mr. Ericsson is a consultant to high-tech companies, including RealNetworks, and a director at Avian Communications, GeoVantage, and Billiant AB.", "St. Paul Venture Capital's portfolio of companies includes Bravanta.com, Altaworks, I Tradar.com, and Cartia.", "http: www.stpaulvc.com VW Corrections o Hispanic Sports NEW YORK -- A story in yesterday's VentureWire about a new board member election at Hispanic Sports listed an incorrect contact phone number.", "Hispanic Sports can be reached at 619-497-5413. o MarketingInfo NEW YORK -- An item in Monday's VentureWire about the launch of MarketingInfo incorrectly listed listed the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) as an investor.", "ARF is a non-profit organization that does not make investments, but is a MarketingInfo partner.", "Advertisement Is Bush or Gore better for your company?", "Technology isn't everything." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6026_p9", "sents": [ "The sale is the final step in TransAlta's program to divest about $2-billion in assets during the past two years as it retreated from the regulated power industry and focused on electrical generation and marketing.", "\"It was challenging,\" said Steve Snyder, TransAlta's president and chief executive, yesterday.", "\"This is it, in terms of the core restructuring.\"", "TransAlta expects to realize earnings from the sale of about $100-million, or 60 cents per share, which will be put toward the expansion of power generation plants in Canada and Mexico.", "The Calgary-based electric company has plans to spend up to $1.5-billion a year over the next five years to bulk up on its power generation, nearly doubling its 8,000 megawatts of capacity.", "Mr. Snyder said TransAlta will focus on ensuring its generation assets meet its target of a 15% return on equity.", "If they don't, those assets could also come under review, he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "TransAlta", "sents": [ "TransAlta Corporation (formerly Calgary Power) is an electricity power generator and wholesale marketing company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.", "It is a privately owned corporation and its shares are traded publicly.", "It operates over 70 power plants in Canada, the United States and Australia.", "TransAlta operates geothermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal power generation facilities.", "The company has been recognized for its leadership on sustainability by the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, the FTSE4Good Index and the Jantzi Social Index.", "TransAlta is Canada's largest investor-owned renewable energy provider.", "TransAlta, on several occasions, illegally manipulated the energy market to drive up power prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3078_p9", "sents": [ "Fuegotech is backed by $22.5 million from Sevin Rosen Funds, Star, Stephens Group, and SS M Ventures.", "http: www.fuegotech.com Nishan Names Ex-Sprint, Intel Exec as CFO mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nishan Systems, a provider of IP and Ethernet-based storage networking products, said it named Howard M. Bailey as the company's new chief financial officer.", "Mr. Bailey was formerly an executive with C-Cube Microsystems and Quantum Effect Devices and has also worked for Sprint and Intel.", "To date, Nishan has raised $90 million in two rounds from Altos Ventures, ComVentures, Dell, Discovery, Quantum Technology Ventures, Raza Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, Sun Microsystems, TPG-Comm Partners, and Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.", "http: www.nishansystems.com Allegiance Adds Analyst VPs as Part of New Division mail?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Allegiance, an investment banking firm specializing in the middle market segment, said it has incorporated a new analysis and research division and named Jason Johanne Bedasse, O. Mike Duwaji, and Eric Tyler as analyst vice presidents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e3786_p13", "sents": [ "Dell and Austin Ventures also joined in this Series A round.", "As a result of the funding, Guy Hoffman, a venture partner at TL Ventures and former chief executive officer of Deja.com, and Manish Mehta, the principal at Dell, will join the Allmystuff's board of directors.", "Allmystuff's technology allows companies to create Web pages that contain product information, self-help tools, warranty trackers, and other product data for their customers.", "http: www.allmystuff.com Security Consultant Espiria Gets $6 Million Series A MINNEAPOLIS -- Espiria, an information security consulting firm, said it raised $6 million in Series A funding.", "Wheatley Partners led the round, which included Dalewood Associates, Family Financial Strategies, and Jumpstart Capital.", "Wheatley Partners general partner Seth Lieber and Jumpstart Capital founder and general partner Shawn Kreloff have joined the company's board of directors.", "The company will use the funding for market expansion and to further develop its services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Richard Riordan", "sents": [ "Richard Joseph \"Dick\" Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is an American investment banker, businessman, investor, and politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California serving from 1993 to 2001.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "To date, Riordan remains the most recent Republican to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5815_p64", "sents": [ "It looks as though we are about to learn that lesson all over again.", "Donald Lambro is chief political correspondent for The Washington Times and a nationally syndicated columnist.", "GRAPHIC: Cartoon, PRICE CAPS, By Benson Arizona Republic (Tribune Media Services, '01) LOAD-DATE: June 25, 2001 26 of 141 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times June 24, 2001 Sunday Home Edition SECTION: Opinion; Part M; Page 6; Op Ed Desk LENGTH: 1061 words HEADLINE: THE STATE POLITICS; Why Riordan Can't Be Governor BYLINE: TONY QUINN, Tony Quinn is co-editor of the \"California Target Book,\" an, analysis of California legislative and congressional campaigns DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: As L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan weighs a possible bid for the Republican nomination for governor of California, he might ponder an unpleasant fact: had the electorate he faced in 1993 been the same as the one in 2001, he probably would have lost.", "California has undergone tremendous political change in the past eight years, a change driven by demographic shifts evident in the 2000 census." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Clarity Capital", "sents": [ "Clarity Capital is an investment firm founded in 2007 with offices in both Tel Aviv and New York.", "Clarity Capital serves high net wealth families and institutions including arts and educational endowments and philanthropic endowments.", "The firm manages over $1 billion in assets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e8917_p31", "sents": [ "top BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wireless solutions firm Lobby7, a provider of customized wireless applications and services, said it appointed Richard J. Chavez to the company's board of directors.", "Mr. Chavez previously held the position of chief strategy officer and vice president at Viant.", "Lobby7 is backed by I-Group HotBank NE, and Clarity Capital.", "http: www.lobby7.com Adhesive Software Names bTrade.com Chair to Board mail this story?", "top AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Adhesive Software, which develops content management and e-commerce software, appointed bTrade.com chairman and CEO David M. Lonsdale to its board of directors.", "Backers for Adhesive Software include individual investors.", "http: www.adhesive.com new people CEO Leaves Optical Component Firm Princeton Lightwave mail this story?", "top CRANBURY, N.J (VENTUREWIRE) -- Princeton Lightwave, which designs and manufactures optical components for advanced network applications, said that John Pittman has resigned as president and CEO to take an executive role with a large communications company.", "Greg Blonder, a member of Princeton Lightwave's board of directors, will serve as chairman and interim CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11016_p87", "sents": [ "The fact that it.", "has taken two months to appoint a committee only indicates the lack of seriousness on its part.", "Again the formation of a committee may be rightly or wrongly construed as an attempt to delay the matter.", "On the other hand, Enron also should not ignore the power tariff structure in this country and the rate at which other public undertakings are selling power from similar naphtha-based power plants, the capital cost and plant load factor based on demand, etc.", "Mr. Sharad Pawar, the architect of the project (and whose party is part of the present Government), should have been more proactive in resolving the present issue so that the situation does not deteriorate any further.", "There are suggestions for Enron to go in for direct selling, bring in the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) to deal with the Dabhol power company as an intermediary and for the NTPC to dilute the price for a large number of consumers, including those outside Maharastra." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e1120_p53", "sents": [ "In early December, the Maharashtra Government had underscored the idea that DPC power could be bought by National Thermal Power Corporation and the Power Trading Corporation.)", "A second point reportedly made was that, as regards the second phase of the DPC project, in return for the \"change of buyer\" concession, the company would prefer \"a waiver of the penalty clauses in the contract in the event of non-functioning of its units for whatever reason\".", "The interesting point here is that the Rs 400-crore penalty slapped by the MSEB on DPC on February 28 related to \"technical problems in the supply of power\" with regard to the project's first phase.", "Is there a hint here that the DPC's position is somewhat insecure in the specific dispute featuring the Centre's refusal to honour its counter-guarantee for MSEB payments for December and January on the ground that the penalty payment be made first by the DPC?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Duke University", "sents": [ "Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina.", "Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.", "In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment, at which time the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1917_p5", "sents": [ "One challenge that officials face in reforming the electric industry is the wide disparity in the customer base and amount of electricity used per customer in North Carolina.", "Of the approximately 4 million electric customers in the state, 87 percent are residential customers.", "About 12 percent are commercial customers, meaning owners of shopping centers and office buildings, with about 1 percent industrial customers, such as manufacturers.", "However, the vast majority of electricity is used by the least number of customers.", "For example, for Carolina Power & Light Co., less than 1 percent of its customers use 25 percent of the power that the utility generates.", "Put another way, of CP&L's 1.2 million customers, the top 50 virtually all industries use 25 percent of the utility's energy, CP&L reports.", "The disparity in the scope of customers and in how much electricity various types of customers use make it challenging to come up with a competitive rate structure where all types of customers benefit, said Charles Harman, a Duke University mechanical engineering professor." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7366_p21", "sents": [ "The company said it will use the funding to enhance its operations, sales and marketing, and ongoing product development.", "Bill Maw, vice president of GE Equity, will take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.comicro.com Magma Design Gets $28 Million Series D, Merges with Moscape CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Magma Design Automation, which develops electronic design automation software, said it raised $28 million in its Series D round of funding.", "The company said most of the new funding came from existing investors as well as new investors Toshiba and Vitesse Semiconductor.", "The company also said it merged with Moscape, a provider of electrical integrity and noise analysis and verification.", "Magma said that the two companies have together raised more than $91 million.", "Moscape will keep its name, retain all of its employees, and operate as a subsidiary of Magma.", "Magma Design Automation is backed by Alliance Venure Management, Cisco Systems, Galleon Group unit Admirals, Hyundai, Intel, New Enterprise Associates, Raza Venture Fund, and the Redwood Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 7 ] }, { "title": "Magma Design Automation", "sents": [ "Magma Design Automation was a software company in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry.", "The company was founded in 1997 and maintained headquarters in San Jose, California, with facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India.", "Magma software products were used in major elements of chip development, including: synthesis, placement, routing, power management, circuit simulation, verification and analog/mixed-signal design." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7723_p28", "sents": [ "http: www.infolio.com New Directors o BlueLight.com Appoints Kmart Executive to Board SAN FRANCISCO -- BlueLight.com, the consumer shopping Web site that offers Kmart products and free Internet service, named Randy Allen, Kmart's executive vice president of strategic planning and chief information officer, as the fifth member on its board of directors.", "Mr. Allen will be filling the board seat of retiring Kmart vice chairman Mike Bozic.", "Backers for BlueLight.com include Kmart, Softbank, and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.", "http: www.bluelight.com Quadrant Partner Joins ICP Firm Global Broadband As Chairman NEW YORK -- Global Broadband, an integrated communications provider of bundled voice and Internet services using optical networking technology, said it appointed Benjamin Scott as chairman of the company's board.", "Mr. Scott is a partner at Quadrant Management, an early-stage private equity investment firm.", "He was previously chairman, president and chief executive officer of IXC Communications.", "Global Broadband is backed by an undisclosed Boston-based venture capital firm and other unnamed investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia", "sents": [ "Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO) is a diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart owned by Sequential Brands Group since December 4, 2015.", "It is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting media platforms, and Merchandising product lines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9968_p1", "sents": [ "Rod Wright's office asking for me to provide a list of the CEOs, a secondary contact, and their phone numbers for all the California generators and marketers.", "As far as his staff knows, Asm.", "Wright is going to be calling them personally.", "About what, his staff doesn't know.", "Jan, on the other hand, had a conversation with Wright today about the generators' proposals to the utilities for long-term contracts and believes he is looking for this kind of information.", "I already have the CEOs names and addresses.", "If the generating companies and marketers (and I'm assuming he isn't talking about those with only QFs or renewables) would please provide me a secondary contact and a phone number as soon as possible, I would appreciate it.", "Julee Malinowski-Ball Senior Associate Edson + Modsette 916-552-7070 FAX-552-7075 jmball@ns.net" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "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": "e2973_p11", "sents": [ "Not all Mr. Lay's initiatives have been successful.", "When Mr. Bush reneged in March on a campaign pledge to fight global warming by requiring reductions in carbon-dioxide levels produced by burning hydrocarbons, Mr. Lay says he telephoned Mr. Cheney to complain.", "\"The scientific evidence, although certainly not conclusive, is pretty compelling that there could be a climate-change problem,\" he says he told the vice president.", "\"The administration should still look very seriously at it.\"", "Around the same time, Mr. Lay also called Mr. Rove, the White House political adviser, to urge him to talk to Fred Krupp, the head of the moderate Environmental Defense Fund.", "Messrs. Krupp and Rove spoke briefly but found little common ground.", "Later, Enron, which has plans to add emission credits to the commodities it trades, joined a coalition urging mandatory reductions in carbon-dioxide levels.", "But Enron saved its main lobbying push for Mr. Cheney's energy task force." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Environmental Defense Fund", "sents": [ "Environmental Defense Fund or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a United States–based nonprofit environmental advocacy group.", "The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health, and advocates using sound science, economics and law to find environmental solutions that work.", "It is nonpartisan, and its work often advocates market-based solutions to environmental problems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p12", "sents": [ "The investment follows an earlier investment of $1.5 million by Open Prairie in March.", "The funds will support hiring.", "http: www.epiworks.com New Deals o Oracle Trades Interactive TV Assets for Stakes in Two Firms REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- nCube, which provides media streaming infrastructure, said database giant Oracle sold assets of its interactive television unit to nCube and broadband network service provider Thirdspace Living in exchange for minority equity stakes in both companies.", "Financial terms of the deals were undisclosed.", "Under the terms of the agreement, nCube and Thirdspace will jointly own the intellectual property of Oracle's interactive TV video server technology.", "The three companies will also work together to develop interactive TV products and services.", "Publicly traded broadband access provider Alcatel also invested its interactive TV intellectual property and cash for a minority stake in Thirdspace.", "nCube is backed by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and other institutional and individual investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Larry Ellison", "sents": [ "Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is co-founder, executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation.", "As of August 2017, he was listed by \"Forbes\" magazine as the fifth-wealthiest person in America and as the seventh-wealthiest in the world, with a fortune of $60.6 billion." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]