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Tyson Foods not offering severance pay

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The union representing assembly line workers at Tyson Foods in Manchester says the company is not offering severence pay to most of the workers who will lose their jobs when plant closes in February

Halliburton Questioned regarding Iran

New York official wants information

By DAVID IVANOVICH

Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — New York City’s comptroller is prodding Houston-based Halliburton Co. to release more details about its business dealings in Iran.

William Thompson Jr

Tyson pleads guilty in pollution case, will pay $7.5 million in fines

Tyson Foods Inc. pleaded guilty Wednesday to 20 felony violations of the federal Clean Water Act and agreed to pay $7.5 million in criminal and civil fines

Europe Inquiry Into Pokémon Distribution

The Topps Company, maker of trading cards and Bazooka bubble gum, said yesterday that the European Union Commission found that the company’s Pokémon stickers and cards might have violated antitrust laws.

The European Commission claimed that Topps’s European unit and distributors used an elaborate strategy to prevent exports from low-price to high-price countries in the European Union.

The company, which is based in New York, said that its European units were planning a full response to the commission’s claim and that it would defend its interests

Tender for PeopleSoft

12th June 2003 Oracle Corporation has made a tender for a takeover of PeopleSoft corporation.

The consolidation is believed to be a reaction to the PeopleSoft bid for J.D