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[ { "title": "e6816_p31", "sents": [ "So far, with only 69 days left until the deadline, workers haven't poured a drop of concrete foundation for the $125-million natural gas-burning facility, developed by Delta Power Co. of New Jersey.", "The site is on the outskirts of the California Institution for Men.", "The proposed plant, the largest of 11 so-called peakers given expedited approval, is galvanizing opposition to the governor's emergency fast-track program.", "Environmentalists decry the fact that until the plant installs devices to reduce nitrogen oxide compounds, which contribute to smog, the level of the pollutant will reach five times the legal limit.", "Five groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Planni ng and Conservation League, have joined in petitioning state air quality officials to deny the plant a final operating permit.", "They contend that excess nitrogen oxides will endanger public health and that the fast-track process jeopardizes decades of gains against smog.", "\"We're not necessarily opposed to a power plant on the site,\" said Gail Ruderman Feuer, an attorney in the Los Angeles office of the Natural Resources Defense Council." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 6 ] }, { "title": "e736_p3", "sents": [ "\"The people who are building these power plants know very well that we expe ct it to be used in California, and we're confident that it will be,\" Davis spokesman Roger Salazar said.", "Cal-EPA Secretary Winston Hickox said the \"preponderance\" of new peaking plants will devote their electricity to California.", "\"We will do everything that we can to encourage that the energy produced as a result of our bending over backward to be accommodating is sold to California.", "We're not there yet, but I believe we'll get there,\" Hickox sai d. He also said the three-week reviews of peaking plants have cut no corners in terms of fundamental environmental standards.", "Two of those plants scheduled for Energy Commission votes today were praise d by environmentalists as having relatively low emissions of smog-forming compounds, but they still were concerned by the 21-day review.", "\"If you're having a quick review, a plant shouldn't be allowed to continue for more than the summer,\" said Gail Ruderman Feuer of the Natural Resource s Defense Counsel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Musandam Governorate", "sents": [ "The Musandam Governorate (Arabic: محافظة مسندم‎ ‎ Muḥāfaẓat Musandam) is a governorate of Oman.", "It is located on the Musandam peninsula, which juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula.", "The Governorate is an exclave, separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates.", "Its location gives Oman partial control, shared with Iran, of the strategic strait.", "In the northern section of Musandam, around Kumzar, the language is Kumzari, which is a southwestern Iranian language closely related to Larestani and Luri.", "The Musandam Peninsula has an area of 1800  km (695  mi) and a population of 31,425 people." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Kumzar", "sents": [ "Kumzar (Arabic: كُمزار‎ ‎ ), also written as Kumza, is a village located in Musandam, the northernmost province of Oman.", "It is the most northerly inhabited part of the country, located on the Strait of Hormuz.", "The village is isolated and only accessible by boat." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sphingomonas soli", "sents": [ "Sphingomonas soli is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of Sphingomonas which has been isolated from soil from a ginseng field in Korea.", "\"Sphingomonas soli\" produces beta-glucosidase." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Sphingomonas", "sents": [ "Sphingomonas was defined in 1990 as a group of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, chemoheterotrophic, strictly aerobic bacteria.", "They possess ubiquinone 10 as their major respiratory quinone, contain glycosphingolipids (GSLs) instead of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in their cell envelopes, and typically produce yellow-pigmented colonies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Trey Ball", "sents": [ "Ronald Eugene \"Trey\" Ball, III (born June 27, 1994) is an American baseball player in the Boston Red Sox organization.", "He graduated from New Castle High School in New Castle, Indiana, and was considered to be among the best prospects available in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.", "He started his minor league career with the Gulf Coast Red Sox.", "He then was moved to Greenville and now to Salem." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Boston Red Sox", "sents": [ "The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.", "The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division.", "The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in twelve.", "Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 .", "The \"Red Sox\" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the \"Boston Red Stockings\", including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "George Washington", "sents": [ "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S.", "February 11, 1731]  – December 14 , 1799) was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.", "He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution.", "He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation's establishment and came to be known as the \"father of the country,\" both during his lifetime and to this day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3793_p102", "sents": [ "The people were wis e enough to see that it was a failure.\"", "lThe American Revolution.", "In 1777, Pennsylvania froze commodities used by George Washington's continental army to try to help the troops as well as t he local population.", "\"The prices of uncontrolled goods, mostly imported, rose to record heights,\" the Heritage book says.", "\"Most farmers kept back their produce, refusing to sell at what they regarded as an unfair price.", "Some wh o had large families to take care of even secretly sold their food to the British who paid in gold.\"", "The result was that Washington's continentals \"nearly starved to death\" at Valley Forge.", "The Continental Congress then adopted a resolution, which rea d, \"[R]esolved, that it will be recommended to the several states to repeal or suspend all laws or resolutions within the said states respectively limitin g, regulating or restraining the Price of any Article, Manufacture or Commodit y.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Love, Love, Love (1974 film)", "sents": [ "Love, Love, Love () is a Taiwanese film, released in 1974 by Central Motion Pictures Corporation (中央電影事業股份有限公司) and spoken in Mandarin.", "It stars Charlie Chin as Li Ai-fang (李愛芳) and Brigitte Lin as Lin Chuen-chuen (林純純).", "Chin Chuan (金川) is co-starring in this film.", "It was written, composed, and directed by Liu Chia-chang." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Brigitte Lin", "sents": [ "Brigitte Lin () or Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress.", "She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films.", "She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film \"Bishonen\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1600 Smith Street", "sents": [ "1600 Smith Street, (previously named Continental Center I and also known as Cullen Center Plaza) is a 51-story, 732 ft office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.", "The building houses offices of United Airlines, and it was Continental's headquarters prior to its merger with United Airlines.", "At one point it also served as the headquarters of ExpressJet Airlines.", "It is a part of the Cullen Center complex." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Continental Airlines", "sents": [ "Continental Airlines was a major United States airline, founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas.", "It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jack Starr's Burning Starr", "sents": [ "Jack Starr's Burning Starr is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1984.", "The band was founded and guided by former Virgin Steele guitarist Jack Starr and enjoyed limited success in the USA during the explosion of hair metal in the second half of the 1980s.", "Burning Starr released four studio albums before disbanding, with Jack Starr going to work in other short-living formations.", "The band was resurrected by Jack Starr in 2008 and signed with Magic Circle Music, playing in the Magic Circle Festival of 2008 and 2009.", "The band will play at the 2013 Keep It True festival and record a DVD." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Jack Starr", "sents": [ "Jack Starr is a heavy metal and blues guitarist and songwriter born of a French mother and American father.", "He learned to play guitar by ear, copying the riffs of R&B records.", "His first semi-professional band was Les Variations in France with future members of Trust.", "In the U.S. Starr emerged on the rock and metal scene in 1981, forming, together with Joey Ayvazian, David DeFeis and Joe O’Rielly, the first incarnation of the heavy metal band Virgin Steele.", "The new band was selected in 1982 by Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records to appear on the label's compilation album \"U.S. Metal Volume 2\".", "The song Starr sent in for the compilation was \"Children of the Storm\".", "After only two albums, \"Virgin Steele\" of 1981 and \"Guardians of the Flame\" of 1982, Starr left Virgin Steele in 1983 because of musical differences with the band’s front man and other main songwriter David DeFeis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Imperial Valley", "sents": [ "The Imperial Valley lies in California's Imperial County.", "It is located in southeastern Southern California, and is the site of an urban area largely centered on the city of El Centro.", "The Valley is bordered by the Colorado River to the east and, in part, the Salton Sea to the west.", "Farther west lies the San Diego and Imperial County border.", "To the north is the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, which together with Imperial Valley form the Salton Trough, or the Cahuilla Basin, also the county line of Imperial and Riverside counties, and to the south the international boundary with the U.S. state of California and Baja California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e19540_p0", "sents": [ "'Jeff: First of all - greetings from Portland!!", "I don't know if you know this, but I moved here last week.", "My new number, by the way, is 503-464-5073. Several months ago, we briefly discussed a CEERT initiative to allow direct access for retail customers choosing green.", "This is referrenced at the end of this article.", "Do you know if they have come out with a formal proposal?", "Would they try to push it via a bill introduced next session (January, right?)?", "Thanks!", "Green-Energy Firms Seek an Outlet <http: www.latimes.com images standard blackpix.gif Power: Generators want to expand, but California continues to favor nonrenewable sources of electricity.", "More than a mile beneath the Imperial Valley, heat from magma boils a mixture of water, salt and minerals into a briny soup.", "Steel piping drilled into the desert floor taps this reservoir.", "The superheated liquid flashes into steam, spinning electric turbines that generate a small portion of the power that zips across Southern California Edison's massive transmission grid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8, 9, 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19622_p65", "sents": [ "The filing said he is no longer with the company.", "Enron said it believes Lynn and Yaeger remain associated with LJM2. The SEC began a formal investigation into some of Enron's partnerships last month, causing the stock price to plummet from already low levels.", "Shares of Enron had fallen 89 percent this year, as of the close of trading yesterday.", "Enron, short on cash, began merger talks with Dynegy Inc.", "Yesterday, it failed to reach an agreement with Dynegy to sell itself for about $8 billion in stock.", "ChevronTexaco Corp., which owns 27 percent of Dynegy, is also involved in the talks.", "Dynegy is concerned credit rating companies may downgrade Enron's debt, people familiar with the situation said.", "Enron shares fell 64 cents, or 7.1 percent, $8.41. Shares of Dynegy, which is also based in Houston, rose $3.50, or 11 percent, to $36.50. ChevronTexaco rose 31 cents to $87.59. Restatement Enron restated its earnings for the past four years and the first three quarters of 2001 to incorporate the first LJM partnership, as well as Chewco Investments LP and Joint Energy Development Investments LP, known as JEDI." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lanfair Buttes", "sents": [ "Lanfair Buttes, also known as Eagle Mountain, Indian Hill, Eagle Hill, Graveyard Hills is a summit in the Mojave National Preserve in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California.", "The Lanfair Buttes lie 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of the Grotto Hills and 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of Hackberry Mountain in Lanfair Valley.", "The tallest and northernmost elevation in the Lanfair Buttes is Eagle Mountain at 1338 feet.", "The southernmost elevation is Indian Hill, at at an elevation of 1281 feet.", "Indian Well, an old well is found west of the Buttes at , and petroglyphs are found nearby on the slope of the Buttes to the east.", "Indian Well petroglyphs indicate it was a Native American water source and camping site in previous centuries.", "Indian Well was also located along the route of the Mohave Trail." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Grotto Hills", "sents": [ "Grotto Hills is a range of hills in the Lanfair Valley of San Bernardino County, California.", "Its tallest summit is at 4,892 feet / 1,491 meters." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5860_p40", "sents": [ "\"Everybody has to stick to their guns for awhile,\" Wagner said.", "The judge wouldn't say how he arrived at his refund estimate.", "But within Davis' $9 billion estimate is more than $4 billion that he says is owed to the state by entities over which FERC has no control, such as municipal power companies.", "In addition, the state has calculated the $9 billion based on overcharges from May 2000 to May 2001. FERC began calculating overcharges in October 2001. There's no way, Kahn said, that the state will abandon its overcharge claims for last summer.", "The first day's proceedings was largely theater.", "The conference started with a statement from Wagner, including his reading of a letter from new FERC commissioners Patrick Wood and Nora Brownell, both of whom were in Sacramento Monday researching the natural gas issue.", "\"This is not the place to debate the shopping list,\" Wood and Brownell's letter said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "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": [ 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alan Greenspan", "sents": [ "Alan Greenspan {'1': \", '2': \", '3': \", '4': \"} ( ; born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006.", "He currently works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC.", "First appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006, after the second-longest tenure in the position (behind William McChesney Martin)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9957_p5", "sents": [ "It was the result of a computer problem instituting the new \"soft\" price cap rules.", "No electricity was bought or sold at that price in California that day, and hours later the prices were refigured at $250-$310 MWh.", "The over-the-counter market had drifted down to $450-$500 MWh in the Northwest and to $320-$350 MWh in the Southwest.", "And prices have been drifting down ever since.", "Northwest power traded Friday at $135-$155 MWh and Southwest power traded at $121-$130 MWh.", "Generators are coming back on line from fall maintenance, and the weather is warmer than expected.", "Pretty fundamental stuff, but Steve Peace, the CPUC and Gov.", "Davis are still convinced they can simply dictate prices.", "Sure.", "And Alan Greenspan can save the Nasdaq.", "-By Mark Golden, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-4604; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires 05-01-01 1845GMT(AP-DJ-01-05-01 1845GMT)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9, 10 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4375_p18", "sents": [ "Avienda also announced it has launched its Global Network and Proximity Storage products.", "The company has also received funding from Neocarta Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Partners, Labrador Ventures, Gray Ventures, and Im!", "la!", "y Investments.", "http: www.avienda.com Healthcare Contract Platform Medpool.com Gets $10 Million REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Medpool.com, a business-to-business contract negotiations software platform for the healthcare market, said it closed an additional round of financing at $10 million.", "Charter invested in this round.", "The company said it will use the funds for expansion.", "Medpool's backers include Institutional Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and Domain Associates.", "http: www.medpool.com Insurance Firm Summit Global Gets $17.5 Million Round Four DALLAS -- Summit Global Partners, an insurance brokerage firm specializing in risk management and employee benefits for midsize companies, said it raised $17.5 million in its fourth round of financing.", "The investment was led by Securities Capital and also included Austin Ventures and Mellon Ventures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Institutional Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is a US-based private equity investment firm focusing on later-stage venture capital and growth equity investments.", "IVP is one of the oldest venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road founded in 1980." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ralph Reed", "sents": [ "Ralph Eugene Reed Jr. (born June 24, 1961) is a conservative American political activist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s.", "He sought the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia but lost the primary election on July 18, 2006, to state Senator Casey Cagle.", "Reed started the Faith and Freedom Coalition in June 2009.", "Reed and his wife JoAnne Young were married in 1987 and have four children." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2386_p29", "sents": [ "In the mid-1990s, Enron was aggressively hopscotching from state to state, urging deregulation and offering money and promises.", "The company pushed for opening up markets in Iowa and Michigan, priming politicians there with contributions.", "In 1997, it doled out more than $858,000 in soft money and political-action contributions to members of Congress, becoming the largest contributor from the energy industry.", "That year it hired Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition, to preach its agenda.", "At the time, Enron was a comparatively small ($8 billion a year in revenue) marketer of natural gas.", "But it was on its way toward becoming one of the world's most successful companies, a $100-billion-a-year giant that counts President Bush among its friends.", "Enron had qualms about the system California was leaning toward.", "In testimo ny before the PUC in June 1994, it warned that the highly centralized market structure could lead to higher prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28108_p32", "sents": [ "A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission administrative law judge began several days of hearings this week on claims from Pacific Northwest purchasers that electricity suppliers owe refunds of some $1.5 billion from overcharges during the region's energy crisis earlier this year.", "Refunds are being demanded by Puget Sound Energy and a host of Pacific Northwest cities, including Seattle and Tacoma.", "FERC ordered a proceeding to determine if any refunds were due in the region, while establishing a separate case to review California's demand for $8.9 billion in refunds.", "At Tuesday's hearing, electricity sellers - including Enron Corp. Idacorp Inc. and Pinnacle West Capital Corp. unit Arizona Public Service Co. - joined forces to defend their business practices.", "\"We overcharged no one,\" Dan Watkiss, an attorney for the power-selling firms, told reporters during a break in the hearing.", "Watkiss also complained to FERC judge Carmen Cintron that the selling firms were not given enough time to prepare for the hearing and the companies were being rushed and denied their legal rights." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Pacific Northwest", "sents": [ "The Pacific Northwest (in the United States, commonly abbreviated as PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.", "Though no agreed boundary exists, a common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.", "Broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon, south into northern California and east to the Continental Divide, thus including Idaho, Western Montana, and western Wyoming.", "Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana are more accurately termed the Inland Northwest (INW), as the climate, folia, fauna, and politics are different than in the Pacific Northwest, as well as a different time zone in all but North Idaho.", "Narrower conceptions may be limited to the northwestern US or to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains.", "The variety of definitions can be attributed to partially overlapping commonalities of the region's history, geography, society, and other factors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9403_p4", "sents": [ "http: www.drkoop.com Online Bill Payment Rivals Paytrust and PayMyBills.com Merge PASADENA, Calif. -- Paytrust, a service that enables consumers to receive, review, pay, and organize all of their bills online, said it entered into a definitive purchase agreement for an all-stock acquisition of personal bill management services company PayMyBills.com.", "The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal.", "Both co-founders of Paytrust, CEO Edward G. McLaughlin and chairman and president Flint Lane, will retain their positions in the newly combined company.", "PayMyBills.com co-founder and CEO John Tedesco will become chief strategy officer.", "PayMyBills.com co-founder Jeff Grass will continue in his role in business development, andp resident and COO Jaynie Miller Studenmund will run West Coast operations for Paytrust.", "Paytrust backers include American Express, AT&T Ventures, Citigroup, GE Equity, Goldman Sachs, NextCard, Softbank Venture Capital, Spectrum Equity Investors and Thomas Weisel Partners.", "PayMyBills.com is backed by E*Trade, ComVentures, Financial Technology Ventures, idealab!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e2852_p37", "sents": [ "To date, Gu ru has raised $63 million in financing from investors including American Express, August Capital, CS First Boston, Greylock, Investor AB, Texas Pacific Group, and WR Hambrecht.", "http: www.guru.com Training Products Firm Cognitive Arts Appoints New CEO mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Cognitive Arts, a developer of Internet-ba sed products and services for educational and corporate training, said it has appointed Robert C. Daugherty as CEO.", "Mr. Daugherty replaces Russell C. White, who has left the company to pursue other interests.", "Prior to joining Cognitive Arts, Mr. Daugherty served as president and COO of inaQuest.com, a provider of commercial commercial printing software until its July 2000 merger with ProForma.", "He also joins as the eighth director on the company' s board, which includes Rob Bernstein of Leeds Weld, Brian Friedman of FS Private investments, and Elliot Royce of GE Equity.", "To date, the company ha s raised $33 million in three rounds of financing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2807_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Internet Daily for Tuesday, May 15, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com -- United, MSN in Net access deal UAL Corporation's United Airlines and Microsoft's MSN announced a marketing deal Tuesday that will include the airline launching a co-branded Internet access service and a branded version of Microsoft's Explorer browser software.", "United will become MSN's \"premier airline service provider\" and be featured on its home page.", "The custom Explorer will allow United customers one-click access to their frequent flyer accounts, online booking, and flight and gate information.", "-- Wireless deals Microsoft Corp. will deliver MSN content and services to Handspring's new Blazer Web browser for use in Visor personal digital assistants and other handheld devices using the Palm operating system.", "Blazer is priced at $19.95. The company says it allows access to virtually any site on the Internet, not just those tailored for mobile access.", "MSN Mobile provides the default home page on Blazer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Microsoft", "sents": [ "Microsoft Corporation ( , abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.", "It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.", "Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.", "Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup.", "As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.", "The word \"Microsoft\" is a portmanteau of \"microcomputer\" and \"software\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.", "A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.", "Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).", "Davis holds a B.A.", "in history from Stanford University and a J.D.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5812_p112", "sents": [ "Now, finally, the state is gaining a measure of control.", "The threat of near-constant rolling blackouts through the summer is fading, though not gone, and Washington has halfheartedly come to the rescue.", "What's still needed is a long-term plan, a way to turn this monstrous puzzle into a coherent whole.", "As Chairwoman Debra Bowen (D-Marina del Rey) of the state Senate's Energy Committee said, \"What do we want this beast to look like?", "We've got to have pieces that fit together.\"", "What California will have by the end of this year is a ragged mosaic of emergency edicts from Gov.", "Gray Davis, lots of hasty legislative action and a multibillion-dollar debt from turning the state into the chief power purchaser.", "Consumers already are paying higher electricity bills--much high er ones for those who don't conserve.", "There is constant action in the federal Bankruptcy Court and the acronymic stew of state and federal agencies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jim McMullan", "sents": [ "James P. McMullan (born October 13, 1936) is an American actor from Long Island, New York, best known for his role as Dr. Terry McDaniel on the 1960s series \"Ben Casey\" and as Senator Andrew Dowling on the CBS primetime soap opera \"Dallas\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "CBS", "sents": [ "CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.", "The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City (at the CBS Broadcast Center) and Los Angeles (at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p24", "sents": [ "The company was founded by chief executive officer Kathy Jardine, a former executive at Lehman Brothers who most recently worked with New York -based construction firm Stephens Constructing, and her sister-in-law, chief technology officer Lisa Jardine, who was most recently systems manager of futures trading at Merrill Lynch in Tokyo.", "HomeJupiter, which intends to raise an additional $1 million in venture financing, has raised $525,000 in seed funding from Cutter Mill Partners and individual investors.", "The company's board of directors include James Bolton of Andersen Consulting; Drew Gautrau, a former business director at Priceline; Paul Allen, a principal at United Consulting; Dave Lapin of Cisco Systems; and Tom Towers, senior vice president of Infonet DataCommunications.", "http: www.homejupiter.com Patient Monitoring Firm LifeShirt.com Now Called VivoMetrics LOS ANGELES -- LifeShirt.com, a continuous, ambulatory monitoring company, said it changed its name to VivoMetrics.", "The company's first product, the LifeShirt, a monitoring system in the form of a shirt with embedded sensors, enables physicians and clinical researchers to closely monitor patients outside of medical facilities during their day-to-day routines." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Tokyo", "sents": [ "Tokyo (] , ), officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures.", "The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world.", "It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government.", "Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.", "Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters.", "It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo.", "Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Times of India", "sents": [ "The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.", "It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India).", "It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838.It is the second oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation after the Bombay Samachar.Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of India called The Times of India \"the leading paper in Asia\".", "In 1991, the BBC ranked \"The Times of India\" among the world's six best newspapers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e20071_p0", "sents": [ "'INDIA: Enron may sell India's Dabhol at discount - source.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 03 01 BG Group to Buy Enron India Assets for $388 Million (Update2) Bloomberg, 10 03 01 NEWS SNAP: BG Builds E&P, India Asset Base In Enron Deal Dow Jones International News, 10 03 01 UK: UPDATE 1-BG to buy Enron India assets.", "Reuters English News Service, 10 03 01 India: RCF seeks British Gas supply for Trombay Business Line (The Hindu), 10 03 01 India: Enron refuses to take hit on equity Business Line (The Hindu), 10 03 01 NCP, Cong differ on judge to head Enron probe The Times of India, 10 03 01 INDIA PRESS: Enron Rejects Tata, BSES Offers For Dabhol Dow Jones International News, 10 02 01 High Court To Decide FERC's Role In Competitive Pwr Mkts Dow Jones Energy Service, 10 02 01 UK: United States Enron, Guinness sign 15-year energy deal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kfar Saba", "sents": [ "Kfar Saba (Hebrew: כְּפַר סָבָא‎ ), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel.", "In 2016 it had a population of 98,981 ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7723_p7", "sents": [ "The round inlcuded investments from new investor Carlyle Internet Partners and previous seed investors ADC Telecommunications, Polaris Venture Capital, and Portview Communications.", "The company said it will use the funding to continue its development.", "Hossam Galal, director of the Carlyle Group, will take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "PacketLight also said it recently moved to new facilities in Kfar Saba.", "http: www.packetlight.com Connectivity Firm NetCarrier Raises $28 Million First Round LANSDALE, Pa. -- NetCarrier, an internet connection provider, said it has raised $28 million in its first round of funding from Brooks Capital Group, whose president and CEO Brook J. Lenfest is also chairman of NetCarrier.", "NetCarrier said there will be no board changes as a result of the round and that it will use the funds to expand beyond its current service area of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey; to develop its network and infrastructure; and for production." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Avalon Equity Partners", "sents": [ "Avalon Equity Partners is a New York, New York-based investment group that invested in media, communications and information services industries.", "In 1999, it formed its first fund from private individuals and the Small Business Administration and in 2006 it formed an exclusive partnership with a leading hedge fund to provide its financial backing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6231_p35", "sents": [ "Mr. Oberman was previously the European regional director for Kellogg, and has held global and European management roles with PepsiCo, Cambell's Soup and Haagen-Dazs.", "efoodmanager is backed by Technologie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft (tbg), a subsidiary of Deutsche Ausgleichsbank and Atlas.", "http: www.efoodmanager.com VC Fund News o Avalon Equity Partners Forms $63 Million Fund NEW YORK -- Avalon Equity Partners said it has formed a new equity fund with $63 million.", "The fund will target media and communications investments in the United States Avalon's managing partners are David W. Unger, former chairman of Avalon Cable and Benjamin E. Brandes, formerly of ABRY Partners.", "To date, the company has invested $10 million from the new fund in four companies: ICE Cable Holdings, a cable company in Colorado; US Cable, a cable company in Paramus, New Jersey; Neighborhood.com, a community-oriented Web site that sells exclusive sponsorships to real estate agents; and Executrain, a chain of business-to-business outsourcing training schools." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5677_p75", "sents": [ "On Monday, Reliant Chief Executive Joe Bob Perkins called the FERC action \"more of a political response\" than an acknowledgment of the gap between electricity supply and demand in California.", "\"Price caps don't work,\" Perkins said, and he warned California consumers against assuming that the energy crisis is over simply because wholesale electricity prices have recently dropped to their lowest levels in a year.", "Prices are falling because of mild weather, not price controls, he sai d. \"Without sound economics that increase available supply and reduce pea k demand consumers can only hope for favorable weather and look forward to [rolling blackouts],\" Perkins said.", "Energy analyst Frederick Schultz of Raymond James & Associates in Houston called the FERC order \"a nonevent to the California generators\" because so much of their power is now being sold through long-term contract s. However, every long-term deal reduces the size of the electricity market, which supplies about 20% of California's needs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e490_p34", "sents": [ "The nation's largest technology companies posted strong gains, and the Dow Jones industrial average put some distance between itself and the definition of a bear market, which it had temporarily dropped below on Thursday before rebounding from a steep decline.", "But as corporate earnings continue to erode and economic views only grow murkier, modest reversals and even more wild swings seem likely before stock prices settle on a consistent direction again, market analysts said.", "\"I think these kind of market swings are going to be typical,\" said David Henwood, chief investment officer for Raymond James & Associates.", "\"Is there anything out there on the horizon to cause you to believe there's any sustainability to it?\"", "The Dow gained 115.30 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 9,504.78, with a strong contribution from its technology components.", "Despite Thursday's late rally and Friday's gains, the Dow is still down 318.63 points, or 3.2 percent, for the week." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5050_p27", "sents": [ "Mr. Cortese was previously president and chief executive officer for Experian's information solutions division, which provides information to credit reporting and direct marketing industries.", "Evoke Software is backed by Signal Equity, GE Equity, Wheatley Partners, Axiom Venture Partners, and RRE Investors.", "http: www.evokesoft.com Sales Software Firm UpShot Names President and CEO MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- UpShot.com, which develops sales-force automation software for sales teams, announced that it has named Robert K. Reid as president and CEO.", "Reid replaces UpShot founder Keith Raffel, who will continue with the company as chairman.", "Mr. Reid was previously president of the Concur Commerce Network.", "UpShot's backers include ABN AMRO Private Equity, Ensley Partners, FrontLine Capital Group, New England Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, and individual investors including Bob Finocchio, chairman of Informix; Ken Oshman, chief executive officer of Echelon; Tom Proulx, chief executive officer of Netpulse; and Ben Rosen, chairman of Compaq Computer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e5916_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.e4einc.com WeddingChannel CEO and Three Execs Resign LOS ANGELES -- WeddingChannel.com, an online wedding planning and content resource, said its chief executive officer Rebecca Patton is stepping down along with three members of her management team.", "Ms. Patton, who will remain on the company's board of directors, will be replaced by company president Adam Berger, who will now hold both posts.", "A company spokesperson said relocation issues were the problem, noting that the company plans to move its San Francisco offices to Los Angeles and that Ms. Patton and the three executives were unwilling to move.", "Ms. Patton was CEO of San Francisco-based online wedding gift registry Della.com before it merged with L.A.-based WeddingChannel in April.", "WeddingChannel's sales office will remain in San Francisco.", "WeddingChannel is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RRE Investors, Goldman Sachs, Trinity Ventures, MSD Capital, idealab!, MacAndrews & Forbes Capital Holdings, and a number of public corporations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Juno Online Services", "sents": [ "Juno Online Services, also called simply Juno, is an Internet service provider based in the United States.", "It is a subsidiary of United Online, which in turn is a subsidiary of investment bank B. Riley Financial.", "United Online is also the parent of NetZero and BlueLight Internet Services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e9403_p34", "sents": [ "Outercurve is backed by Research In Motion, MSD Capital, Time Warner Digital Media, and First Union Bank.", "http: www.outercurve.com Spanlink Names New CEO and Three Additions to Board MINNEAPOLIS -- Spanlink Communications, which provides communications products and services, said it named Mark Francis as president and CEO.", "Mr. Francis was the vice president of business development at Spanlink prior to this appointment.", "Spanlink also appointed three new members to its board: Eugene Lee of Cisco Systems, Teri Dahlbeck of GotMarketing.com, and Tom Kieffer of Agiliti.", "Investors for Spanlink include Cisco Systems.", "http: www.spanlink.com Gate42 Technologies Names Former Juno Exec as CEO NEW YORK -- Gate42 Technologies, a developer of Internet-based business communications technology, announced the appointment of Robert H. Cherins as its new chief executive officer.", "Cherins' most recent position was as the executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Juno Online Services.", "Gate42 investors include Shalom.com and Evergreen Robertson Stephens." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Darius White", "sents": [ "Darius White (born 1992) is a wide receiver.", "He currently an undrafted free agent.", "White was a 2009 High School All-American by \"USA Today\", \"Parade\" and EA Sports." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "EA Sports", "sents": [ "EA Sports is a division and brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games.", "Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to imitate real-life sports networks by calling themselves the \"EA Sports Network\" (EASN) with pictures or endorsements with real commentators such as John Madden, it soon grew up to become a sub-label on its own, releasing game series such as \"NBA Live\", \"FIFA\", \"NHL\", \"Madden NFL\", and \"NASCAR\".", "The best selling EA Sports series is the \"FIFA\" series with over 100 million units sold." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Neutrogena", "sents": [ "Neutrogena is an American brand of skin care, hair care and cosmetics, that is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.", "According to product advertising at their website, Neutrogena products are distributed in more than 70 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6455_p2", "sents": [ "Neutrogena headquarters is located in Councilmember Galanter's district.", "\"Being a good corporate citizen is very important to Neutrogena and Johnson &amp; Johnson,\" said Michael McNamara, president of Neutrogena, \"and this is a very tangible representation of our commitment to bettering the cities where we work and live.", "And we're grateful to the LADWP, who brought this program to our attention and assisted us every step of the way.\"", "According to Angelina Galiteva, LADWP Director of Strategic Planning, \"The Neutrogena system will eliminate more than 513,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, which is the equivalent of taking 53 automobiles off Los Angeles streets.", "We can all breathe a little easier, thanks to LADWP customers such as Neutrogena.\"", "Through its Solar Power Program, LADWP offers its residential and commercial customers an Incentive payment or rebate of $3 or $5 per watt for solar electric systems, in order to make these systems more affordable." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Estadio Fortunato Bonelli", "sents": [ "The Estadio Fortunato Bonelli is an indoor arena in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina.", "It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of the Belgrano de San Nicolás.", "It holds 2,600 people." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "San Nicolás de los Arroyos", "sents": [ "San Nicolás de los Arroyos (usually shortened to \"San Nicolás\") is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the western shore of the Paraná River, 61 km from Rosario.", "It has about 138,000 inhabitants (2001 census ).", "It is the administrative seat of the \"partido\" of the same name.", "It is sometimes called \"Ciudad de María\" (City of Mary) due to a series of Marian apparitions that led to the erection of the Sanctuary in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás that began during the 1980s and were approved by Bishop Cardelli of the diocese as \"worthy of belief\" in 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11062_p49", "sents": [ "Not only has the Dabhol project been a draining experience, but it is no longer seen as a wise investment, says the article.", "It quoted the Enron President, Mr. Jeffrey K. Skilling: \"We shouldn't be in there building $2-billion power plants.", "Our cost of capital is too high to do that.\"", "A spokesperson for Enron India, however, said the reference in the article to the selling of its stake did not mean it intended to sell out of DPC altogether.", "\"It is with reference to what we have already announced.", "We are looking for someone to buy the additional 15 per cent we have in the company following the Maharashtra State Electricity Board acquiring only half of the 30 per cent stake it was to take.", "We have already appointed Credit Suisse First Boston for the same, we want to revert to the earlier equity stake we had,\" said a spokesperson for Enron India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e619_p2", "sents": [ "It hit a 12-month, intraday high of $90.75 on Aug. 23, around the time that California's utilities first sounded the alarm.", "And even though Enron has taken some hits this year, the stock closed at $58.10 on Friday, 39.5 times its 2001 earnings per share, well above its peers.", "On March 22, it fell to a 12-month low of $51.51 amid concerns about possible layoffs in its broadband operations, but rebounded after Jeffrey K. Skilling, the chief executive, assured investors that all was well in broadband.", "Enron's edge is its sheer size and its recognized competence in helping corporate clients cope with unprecedented swings in electricity prices.", "Enron in turn, charges a premium to manage the risk of energy price movements, said Donato J. Eassey, a natural-gas analyst at Merrill Lynch.", "''They have market intelligence that is second to none,'' he said.", "''They help firms lower the cost by avoiding the spot market for power.''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3720_p5", "sents": [ "Comdisco reported an operating loss of $8 million and a net loss of $54 million for its second quarter.", "It also had to write off severa l investments from the venture unit.", "&We believe the charges taken with re spect to Comdisco Ventures were necessary given the recent and rapid decline in t he economic environment for venture capital-backed companies, 8 the company said in a statement last month.", "Comdisco Ventures portfolio companies include Everypath, a San Jose, Calif. company that provides a mobile application platform; Homes.com, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of marketing and productivity applications for real estate companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March; Mobilocity, a New York-based professional services firm focused on remote computing; Optical Solutions, a Minneapolis provider of fiber optic voice, video, and data technology; and Pirus Networks, an Acton, Mass.-based IP storage networking company.", "http: www.comdisco.com Charter Growth Capital Changes Name to Focus Ventures mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p30", "sents": [ "Prophet and RedEnvelope have been working together since 1999. Investors for RedEnvelope Gifts Online include Atrium, Comdisco Ventures, Crown Technology Partners, Sequoia Capital, Weston Presidio, Sippl MacDonald Ventures, Silicon Valley Angel Fund, and Philips-Smith Specialty Retail Group.", "http: www.redenvelope.com New People o Net Video Firm Vividon Makes Ex-Vignette VP President, CEO SADBURY, Mass.", "-- Vividon, which develops content delivery servers for streaming video, said it has appointed David Ellenberger as president and CEO.", "Mr. Ellenberger recently served as vice president of Vignette.", "When Vignette acquired DataSage in January, Mr. Ellenberger became president and board member of the acquired company.", "Vividon has received funding from Atlas Venture, Carlyle Venture Partners and private investor James Dow.", "http: www.vividon.com Former Motorola Executive is New CEO for Foxcom Wireless VIENNA, Va. -- Foxcom Wireless, a provider of indoor coverage technology for the wireless industry, said it named Tom Hinton as its new chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20039_p10", "sents": [ "Says FORTUNE senior writer Pattie Sellers in \"Patient But Not Passive,\" the story that accompanies the list, \"By patience, we mean staying with a company, steadily building influence there, and rising to power through determination and insider knowledge, not promises and self-promotion.\"", "Fiorina, who has claimed the top spot each year since FORTUNE's inaugural list in 1998, heads the biggest company ($48 billion in revenues last year) run by a woman.", "And she is still as audacious and impatient as ever.", "Wall Street practically heckled her latest move-a bold bet to buy Compaq-but Fiorina, 47, remains defiant.", "In difficult times, \"people who drive change are the subject of great scrutiny,\" she says.", "As always, the list is a snapshot of power at a moment in time.", "Last year, power resided in the technology and Internet sectors, but that influence was fleeting.", "Gone from the list this year: Deborah \"Hurricane Debby\" Hopkins, who pushed her agenda too ambitiously at Lucent and lost her CFO job in May; Ellen Hancock, who failed at the startup, Exodus; and Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker, who influenced so many to buy into the Internet fizz." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Compaq", "sents": [ "Compaq (a portmanteau of Compatibility And Quality; occasionally referred to as CQ prior to its final logo) was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.", "Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer.", "It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001.", "Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002.", "The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2110_p14", "sents": [ "Also Monday, legislation was introduced in the Assembly to bolster natural gas supplies in the state.", "Tight supplies have led to soaring costs for natural gas, the fuel most commonly used to generate electricity in California.", "* Morain reported from San Francisco and Simon from Washington.", "Times staff writers Miguel Bustillo, Carl Ingram and Julie Tamaki in Sacramento, Tim Reiterman in San Francisco and Mitchell Landsberg in Los Angeles contributed to this story.", "GRAPHIC: PHOTO: (A3) Gov.", "Davis, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and a bodyguard after news conference at which Davis urged cities to cut energy use.", "Davis is trying new tactic in plan to buy PG&E's power grid.", "A16 PHOTOGRAPHER: ROBERT DURELL Los Angeles Times LOAD-DATE: May 1, 2001 10 of 58 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times May 1, 2001 Tuesday Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 3; Metro Desk LENGTH: 429 words HEADLINE: California and the West; THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS; Power Marketer Ordered by FERC to Refund $8 Million; Energy: Williams Energy agrees to pay but admits no wrongdoing in taking plants offline." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e894_p99", "sents": [ "Many others, however, are viewed as permanent.", "In the West, especially, there is simply no reason to believe that costs will drop any time soon.", "The bankruptcy move Friday by PG&E only solidified that widely held opinion.", "Among its other worries, Bonneville has been holding a $ 100-million IOU from California utilities--half of it owed by PG&E--and hoping that money would help to mitigate its rate hikes to other customers.", "When PG&E became the biggest utility in United States history to seek bankruptcy protection, BPA became just another creditor likely to lose money.", "* Times staff writer Julie Tamaki in Sacramento contributed to this story.", "The Price of Electricity Here is a look at the average retail price per kilowatt hour in each state as of October.", "California's rates ranked ninth highest.", "Source: Energy Information Administration GRAPHIC: GRAPHIC: The Price of Electricity, AP Los Angeles Times LOAD-DATE: April 9, 2001 25 of 305 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times April 9, 2001, Monday, Home Edition SECTION: Part A; Part 1; Page 1; Metro Desk LENGTH: 1386 words HEADLINE: JUDGE IN PG&E BANKRUPTCY CASE SEEN AS A PROBLEM SOLVER; COURTS: DENNIS MONTALI WILL FACE UNPRECEDENTED LEGAL COMPLEXITIES." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Wapiti, Wyoming", "sents": [ "Wapiti is an unincorporated community in Park County, Wyoming, United States.", "It is situated along the North Fork of the Shoshone River in Shoshone National Forest, between Cody and the eastern entrance of Yellowstone National Park.", "The location is named after the Cree Indian word for elk." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Cree", "sents": [ "The Cree (Cree: Nēhiyaw ; French: \"Cri\" ) are one of the largest groups of First Nations in North America, with over 200,000 members living in Canada.", "The major proportion of Cree in Canada live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.", "About 38,000 live in Quebec." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e6909_p24", "sents": [ "Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials could not be reached fo r comment.", "Steve Kean, executive vice president and chief of staff at Enron, argued th at instead of crafting a formula to decide rebates, the commission should have examined the companies individually to see if they owe anything.", "The commission's action Wednesday \"was about political pressure,\" Kean said \"There's been way too much of that.\"", "Steve Stengel, a spokesman for Dynegy, said the commission \"confirmed what we already knew; I think we need to go through the hearing process and see wha t comes out of that.\"", "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took action Wednesday after negotiations between the power companies and California officials failed to resolve the dispute.", "The power generators had offered to pay California $716.1 million in refund s, light-years away from the state's demands.", "Also Wednesday, the commission ordered natural gas pipeline companies, gas supplies and local distribution companies to provide regulators with more data." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e490_p13", "sents": [ "Williams Energy emerged as one of its industry's most profitable companies last year by capitalizing on electricity price swings from its 21,000-square-foot trading floor in Tulsa, Okla.", "The operation includes a 70-foot wall filled with secret data and two 30-foot data walls breaking out the latest information on energy futures.", "Even as its California utility sank deeper into debt with the electricity generators, PG&E Corp. continued to build a 137,000-square-foot trading floor in Rockville, Md., to trade electricity.", "PG&E's worsening financial woes finally forced the company to delay the expansion late last year.", "AES Corp. discovered the increasingly important role that trading floors play in the profit equation last year.", "The Arlington, Va.-based company owns three California power plants, but said it didn't make any money from them last year because of a contract that turns over the electricity sales to Williams.", "The arrangement left AES with an $11 million loss from its California operations last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1420_p15", "sents": [ "He invited five major generators to attend the committee's second hearing next week.", "All five - Reliant, Dynegy, Williams Energy, Duke Energy and Mirant - say they are eager to cooperate and clear their names, Dunn said.", "Dunn asked the five for a total of 86 specific documents.", "If the companies feel they cannot provide documents because of legal or confidentiality concerns, Dunn said he will subpoena them.", "Smutny-Jones said investigators appear to be growing desperate to blame the state's natural gas and electricity price hikes on illegal market manipulation instead of natural market forces.", "He cited Attorney General Bill Lockyer's announcement last week that any informant who helped prove wrongdoing would be entitled to a percentage of the state's recovery he estimated could range from $50 million to hundreds of millions of dollars.", "\"If the state's offering a $50 million reward, they haven't found anything,\" Smutny-Jones said.", "\"I don't think you're going to find the fact that anybody did anything criminal here.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19680_p53", "sents": [ "But Carol Coale, an analyst with Prudential Securities in Houston, quipped: \"That might stave off one shareholder lawsuit.\"", "Bottom of Form 1 Nov. 14, 2001, 11:25PM Houston Chronicle Enron offers reasons for selling to Dynegy Underperforming assets, heavy debt cited By LAURA GOLDBERG Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle Among Enron Corp.'s reasons for agreeing to be bought out by rival Dynegy: Underperforming assets were draining cash and earnings, and debt load was stretching the company.", "That Enron faced a loss of confidence from financial markets and departures of some senior executives also played into the decision, documents filed by Enron on Tuesday with federal securities regulators said.", "Before agreeing to a merger with Dynegy, Enron also considered staying independent, an infusion of private equity and an infusion from a strategic partner.", "Friday, the two companies announced Dynegy would buy Enron for almost $9 billion in stock plus the assumption of almost $13 billion in debt and $2 billion in preferred stock." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Prudential Securities", "sents": [ "Prudential Securities, also formerly known as Prudential Securities Incorporated (PSI), was the financial services arm of the insurer, Prudential Financial.", "In 2003, Prudential Securities was merged into Wachovia Securities, a division of Wachovia Bank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Los Angeles", "sents": [ "Los Angeles ( ; Spanish for \"The Angels\"; ] ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.", "With a U.S. Census-estimated 2016 population of 3,976,322, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California.", "Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10000 ft , Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 sqmi .", "The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country.", "Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with 13,131,431 residents, and is part of the larger designated Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10102_p7", "sents": [ "But such efforts are counterproductive, according to a paper released by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank.", "\"Governments that have entered the telecommunications business have been saddled with financial losses and obsolete, legacy technologies.", "Furthermore, government entry in the marketplace distorts incentives and slows the development of private-sector competition,\" writes PFF president, Jeffrey A. Eisenach, author of \"Does Government Belong in the Telecom Business.\"", "He views the pace of state and local government entry into the telecom and Internet service businesses as \"rapid and increasing,\" citing efforts by municipally owned utilities on Long Island, New York; Los Angeles; and Chicago.", "In total, the paper lists 233 municipal utilities that were providing one or more of the following services in 1998: cable TV, Internet access, high-speed data, broadband data resale, local phone, long distance, leased fiber, and municipal data network services.", "NEWS IN BRIEF Wisconsin Gov.", "Tommy G. Thompson (R.) has appointed Robert Garvin to a seat on the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, effective March 1, subject to state Senate confirmation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p6", "sents": [ "Gannett will invest an undisclosed amount of cash and provide services for Space.com.", "Earlier this month, Space.com laid off 22 of its 108 employees.", "Space.com is backed by Blue Chip Venture, Greylock, NBC, PaineWebber, SpaceVest, Venrock Associates, and individuals.", "http: www.space.com Optical Networking Firm Edgeflow Gets $5.5 Million Round One KANATA, Ontario -- Edgeflow, a developer of optical networking services to the carrier and enterprise markets, said it raised $5.5 million in its first round from Sierra Ventures and Venture Coaches.", "The company will use the funds to continue development of its technology.", "http: www.edgeflow.com E-Commerce Network eScout.com Raises $25.5 Million Round Two LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo.", "-- eScout.com, a Web-based Internet commerce and business network for independent businesses and banks, said it raised $25.5 million in its second round of financing.", "New investors include Allfirst Financial, Citizens Financial Group, Golden State Bancorp, Marquette Bancshares, Texas Financial Bancorp, and Utilicorp Communications Services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Misfits Records", "sents": [ "Misfits Records is an independent record label conceived of in 2002 by founders Jerry Only of the Misfits and John Cafiero of Osaka Popstar.", "Intended to release Misfits material after the band's contractual obligations to Roadrunner Records were fulfilled by 2001's \"Cuts from the Crypt\", the label's first non-Misfits signing was Japanese horror punk band Balzac, and its first release was the Misfits/Balzac split single \"Day the Earth Caught Fire\".", "In 2003 the label became a formal company and launched worldwide with its first full-length releases.", "Misfits Records has also released material by The Nutley Brass, Osaka Popstar, JuiceheaD and others." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Roadrunner Records", "sents": [ "Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal and hard rock bands.", "It is a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5922_p0", "sents": [ "'AES Expresses Interest in Enron's India Project The Wall Street Journal, 06 28 01 California Energy Firm Subsidiary Puts Rockville, Md., Headquarters on Hold KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Washington Times - Washington, D.C., 06 28 01 World-Wide The Wall Street Journal, 06 28 01 INDIA: AES interested in Enron's Indian power plant.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 28 01 Bush kicks off summer of fund raising with $20 million dinner Associated Press Newswires, 06 28 01 INDIA: Japan bank may invoke Enron loan guarantee-paper.", "Reuters English News Service, 06 28 01 India: Reinsurance rates rise 20 pc Business Line (The Hindu), 06 28 01 United States firm enters local energy market Lethbridge Herald, 06 28 01 Investigators may seek contempt sanctions against power generators Associated Press Newswires, 06 27 01 State energy crisis may imperil future of deregulation, consumer choice Associated Press Newswires, 06 27 01 Impact: Why Won't Vice President Cheney Say Who He Got Advice From on the Energy Crisis?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Lethbridge Herald", "sents": [ "The Lethbridge Herald is the leading daily newspaper in greater Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.", "It is owned by Alta Newspaper Group and also publishes and distributes a weekly newspaper, the \"Lethbridge Sun Times\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "I Wear the Face", "sents": [ "I Wear the Face is the 1984 RCA Records debut album from Mr. Mister.", "It reached a high of #170 on the Billboard Top 200 charts.", "It was originally issued with a different cover photograph that was changed after the success of their 2nd RCA album.", "The first single from the album \"Hunters of the Night\" reached a high of #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Hunters of the Night", "sents": [ "\"Hunters of the Night\" is the first single and hit song released by the band Mr. Mister.", "The song is from their 1984 debut album, \"I Wear the Face\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5806_p34", "sents": [ "All California generators, investor-owned utilities, some municipal utilities and state officials from the Public Utility Commission and Davis' office will attend, Wagner said.", "The administrative law judge said reaching an agreement in the 15-day period scheduled for the conference was \"going to be tight.\"", "\"But it's something we need quick action on,\" he added.", "\"Sometimes it's best to have a short time period to do something.\"", "Wagner is also separately hearing the California Public Utilities Commission's complaint accusing El Paso Corp. of improperly sharing information with its natural gas marketing arm to boost the price of natural gas deliveries to California.", "The judge has found himself at the center of a political whirlwind over the role United States regulators should take to head off the California energy crisis.", "The White House has repeatedly rejected price caps, while Democrats insist they are the only way to shield rate payers from prices ten times higher than usual." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "El Paso Corp.", "sents": [ "El Paso Corporation was a provider of natural gas and related energy products and was one of North America's largest natural gas producers until its acquisition by Kinder Morgan in 2012.", "It was headquartered in Houston, Texas.", "United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lucent", "sents": [ "Lucent Technologies, Inc., was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in the United States.", "It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e9373_p16", "sents": [ "Previous investors for Stayhealthy.com include TeleTech Holdings, investment firms, and individual investors.", "http: www.stayhealthy.com New Directors o Healtheon Co-Founder Joins Sigaba's Board of Directors SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sigaba, a provider of services for secure Internet communications, said it added Pavan Nigam to its board of directors.", "Mr. Nigam is a co-founder of Healtheon and has served as that company's executive vice president of strategic development and as its chief technology officer.", "He served Silicon Graphics as division manager of its interactive media group and as director of its Casevision products.", "Sigaba was founded in January 2000 and has raised one round of $4.5 million from Thomas Weisel Capital Partners' Tailwind Fund and individual investors, including partners of Thomas Weisel Capital Partners.", "http: www.sigaba.com Lucent Executive Joins Net Health Care Service Firm's Board MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- HealthCenter, which provides application hosting, patient management, and clinical services for physicians and consumers through an ASP model, announced Lucent Technologies' vice chairman, Ben J.M." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "The consolidated city-county covers an area of about 47.9 sqmi at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.", "It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5392_p38", "sents": [ "Undergraduate degree required.", "Skills and personal attributes important to success include general knowledge of business organizations; very strong organizational abilities, including ability to prioritize; work effectively and productively in fast-paced environment with demanding workload; comfortable and articulate dealing with high level executives; competent in real-time use of technology in a business setting; sense of urgency and pride in one ,s work; good judgment, teamwork and partnership spirit.", "Base compensation is competitive, plus yearly bonus.", "Send resume to: [email protected].", "No phone calls please.", "-- 18 LOCATION: San Francisco, Ca TITLE: Senior Partner Marketing Manager, Senior Channel Marketing Manager, Technology Alliance Manager, Partner Marketing Programs Manager, Channel Marketing Manager COMPANY: Plumtree DEGREE: varied Senior Partner Marketing Manager- Technology Alliances Job Description: The Senior Partner Marketing Manager is responsible for driving incremental revenue to Plumtree through successful alliances with technology partners.", "In tandem with Business Development, this position oversees Plumtree ,s Technology Partner Program, managing the program structure an d evaluating the appropriate level of new partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Drorah Setel", "sents": [ "Drorah Setel is a biblical scholar and feminist theologian from Buffalo, New York, who serves as a rabbi at Temple Beth El in Niagara Falls, NY.", "A social activist and a spiritual caregiver, Setel is known as a co-writer, with Debbie Friedman, of the \"Mi Shebeirach\" sung in many Reform Jewish communities today.", "Ellen Umansky has listed Setel as among the most prominent Jewish feminist theologians." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Debbie Friedman", "sents": [ "Deborah Lynn \"Debbie\" Friedman (February 23, 1951 – January 9, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter of Jewish religious songs and melodies.", "She was born in Utica, New York, but moved with her family to Minnesota at age 6.", "She is best known for her setting of \"Mi Shebeirach\", the prayer for healing, which is used by hundreds of congregations across America.", "Her songs were used by some Orthodox Jewish congregations, as well as non-Orthodox Jewish congregations.", "Ms. Friedman was a feminist, and Orthodox Jewish feminist Blu Greenberg noted that while Ms. Friedman’s music impacted most on Reform and Conservative liturgy, \"she had a large impact [in] Modern Orthodox shuls, women’s tefillah [prayer], the Orthodox feminist circles... She was a religious bard and angel for the entire community.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p11", "sents": [ "The effect on the business climate remains to be seen.", "\"We really have no experience with this,\" said chief economist Ted Gibson of the California Department of Finance.", "Various industry analysts have predicted anywhere from 20 to 36 days of rolling blackouts this summer.", "The ISO has said the state could face blackouts any day when total demand exceeds 40,000 megawatts, which happene d 34 times last summer.", "The ISO, which is scheduled to update its summer forecast next week, didn't predict the number of hours of blackouts.", "But the reliability council fed ISO's assumptions into its computer model and came up with 55 hours of blackouts this summer.", "Using its own, more pessimistic assumptions, the council estimated 260 hours, or about 15 hours a week.", "\"It wouldn't shock me,\" said Severin Borenstein of the University of California Energy Institute.", "\"It's a little high, compared to the other estimates, but there's a lot of uncertainty about what's going to be available in state and out of state.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "e490_p8", "sents": [ "After raking in billions of dollars for their companies last year, the energy traders are emerging as the first business hotshots of the new millennium.", "\"They are extremely good at what they do,\" said Severin Borenstein, director of the University of California at Berkeley's energy institute.", "\"There are guys on Wall Street that spend all their time doing extremely complex calculations on bond yields and figuring out how to make the most money on the spreads.", "These traders (at the power companies) are doing the same thing with the energy market.\"", "As they become more sophisticated, the power marketers are moving much of their muscle online, where they are proving more adept at e-business than most of Silicon Valley's fallen Internet companies.", "Enron handles much of its trading business on a Web site launched in November 1999. The company describes Enrononline.com as the world's biggest e-commerce site, based on the completion of 548,000 transactions, totaling $336 billion, with 3,000 customers in 2000. Following Enron's lead, Duke, Reliant and another major California generator, Mirant Corp., banded together with Wall Street investment banks Goldman Sachs and Dean Witter Morgan Stanley to launch IntercontinentalExchange.com." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19594_p18", "sents": [ "Now, how does that come about?", "I think the SEC could urge the FASB to do this.", "In 1990, the present chief accountant of the SEC called for that action to be taken place, but at that point, the then-chief accountant didn't support the move.", "RATIGAN: And this creates, in your mind, a rallying call to reiterate that request with more venom and more passion than before?", "LEVITT: I don't know about venom, but I. RATIGAN: But with passion.", "LEVITT: I certainly think that passion - I think this is clearly a call for better disclosure.", "RATIGAN: Fair enough.", "I will see you next week, OK?", "LEVITT: Good.", "Nice to see you.", "RATIGAN: You, too.", "END OF TRANSCRIPT USA: United States FERC watching Enron's impact on energy markets.", "11 07 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is w atching what effect Enron Corp.'s financial problems may have on interstate electricity and natural gas markets, FERC chairman Pat Wood said on Wednes day." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 12 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mumbai", "sents": [ "Mumbai ( ; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.", "It is the most populous city in India with an estimated city population of 18.4 million.", "Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million as of 2016 .", "Mumbai lies on the Konkan on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5805_p31", "sents": [ "What is interesting is that Rolls Royce has also been interacting with financial institutions and lenders and they are willing to lend to projects that are realistic.", "The road show will be held in Surat, Vadodhara and Mumbai in the first phase and taken to other southern states in the second phase.", "The company has zeroed in on Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh Gujarat and Maharashtra as their target destinations for the gas based captive power projects.", "Apart from offering to set up plants, the company will also offer other services like energy service, or operation and maintenance of the plant, and even take up distribution for specified regions.", "The idea behind taking up distribution would be to feed the excess power into the grid.", "In fact, since most industrial consumers would prefer to have reliable power such captive power plants are likely to find enough takers, he said.", "The government is also opening up special schemes to attract such investments into the export processing zones." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Billy Tauzin", "sents": [ "Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II (] ; born June 14, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician.", "He was President and CEO of PhRMA, a pharmaceutical company lobby group.", "He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3793_p9", "sents": [ "\"I will support all necessary efforts to meet that goal,\" Daschle said in a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who is sponsoring price-cap legislation.", "President Bush is adamantly opposed to price caps, a position backed by mos t leading Republicans.", "Rep. Billy Tauzin, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sai da potential agreement on the energy relief measure collapsed in the lower house because Democrats insisted on including price caps.", "Republicans blame d House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., for scuttling the deal.", "\"Gephardt .?.?.", "apparently has made a decision to kowtow to the more radica l elements of the Democratic caucus in the House, and the centerpiece of thei r policy is price caps,\" said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, an energy subcommitte e chairman who prepared the Republican version of the bill.", "California Democrats on the energy committee immediately fired back, claimi ng Tauzin, R-La., had reneged on a pledge to involve them in negotiations over the bill during the Memorial Day recess." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Simon Property Group", "sents": [ "Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American commercial real estate company in the United States and the largest real estate investment trust (REIT).", "It is also the largest shopping mall operator in America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e7555_p7", "sents": [ "It's just a question of when.", "\"Enron is going to be a winner in bandwidth trading ,\" agrees Brad Bradshaw, senior director at the Yankee Group.", "\"It's going to take a while, though.\"", "Even if the broadband plans don't work out, Enron has a thriving energy business to fall back on.", "The company owns gas pipelines, sells wholesale gas and electricity in North America both traditionally and online and manages energy needs for large companies such as Chase Manhattan (CMB) and Simon Property Group (SPG).", "Says Janus' Ruben.", "\"Its energy businesses are equally paradigm-breaking.\"", "For more information and analysis of companies and mutual funds, visit SmartMoney.com at http: www.smartmoney.com" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2750_p108", "sents": [ "``We're confident El Paso will be completely exonerated.", "We did nothing wrong,'' said Norma Dunn, a senior vice president of El Paso Corp., after t he first day of the FERC hearing.", "The allegations stem from an agreement in February 2000 in which El Paso Natural Gas Co. sold to El Paso Merchant Energy, a marketing company, the right to ship 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas on its pipeline from Texas and New Mexico into California.", "The deal between the two subsidiaries of El Paso Corp. accounted for about 30 percent of the pipeline's capacity and about one-sixth of California's dail y demand.", "FERC has said there was nothing wrong with the deal itself, but ordered a further investigation to determine whether El Paso used the capacity to manipulate the market and drive up prices of natural gas going into California.", "Southern California Edison, one of California's financially struggling utilities, submitted a report to FERC last week alleging that El Paso's market strength resulted in $3.7 billion in added natural gas costs during a 13-month period ending last March." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "El Paso Corp.", "sents": [ "El Paso Corporation was a provider of natural gas and related energy products and was one of North America's largest natural gas producers until its acquisition by Kinder Morgan in 2012.", "It was headquartered in Houston, Texas.", "United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Börfink", "sents": [ "Börfink is an \"Ortsgemeinde\" – a municipality belonging to a \"Verbandsgemeinde\", a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.", "It belongs to the \"Verbandsgemeinde\" of Birkenfeld, whose seat is in the like-named town." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Birkenfeld", "sents": [ "Birkenfeld is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.", "It is also the seat of the like-named \"Verbandsgemeinde\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20425_p35", "sents": [ "jms For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpre ss.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Business THE TICKER ENRON: Embattled chief financial officer ousted From Tribune news services 10 25 2001 Chicago Tribune North Sports Final N 2 (Copyright 2001 by the Chicago Tribune) Enron Corp. ousted Andrew Fastow as its chief financial officer Wednesday, a day after Chief Executive Kenneth Lay stressed the company's confidence in him despite growing controversy over Fastow's role overseeing partnership s that did business with the energy- trading giant.", "\"In my continued discussions with the financial community, it became clear to me that restoring investor confidence would require us to replace Andy as CFO,\" Lay said in a statement..", "The company said Fastow had taken a leave of absence, but it also named his successor, Jeff McMahon, the head of Enron's industrial markets group and a former corporate treasurer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Kenneth Lay", "sents": [ "Kenneth Lee \"Ken\" Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman.", "He was the CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation for most of its existence and is a central figure in the Enron scandal.", "Lay was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud.", "Lay died while vacationing, three months before his October 23 sentencing.", "A preliminary autopsy reported Lay had died of a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease and his conviction was vacated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pandesara", "sents": [ "Pandesara is an Industrial Area in city of Surat, India.", "It is about 10 km from Surat central Railway Station and 5 km from Udhana.", "It hosts more than 230 industries and is home to 150,000 residents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Surat", "sents": [ "Surat is an Indian port city previously known as Suryapur.", "It is the economic capital and former princely state in the Indian state of Gujarat.", "It is the eighth largest city and ninth largest urban agglomeration in India.", "Surat is the 3rd \"cleanest city of India\" according to the Indian Ministry of Urban Development, and 4th fastest growing city of the world.", "Surat is famous for its food, textile, and diamonds.", "Surat polishes over 90 percent of the world's rough diamond." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19681_p0", "sents": [ "\"Jeff, I understand that Enron has filed an appeal on California's suspension of direct access.", "If possible, would you forward a copy of your filing to me?", "Hope that you are doing well pending the merger with Dynegy.", "Jeanne Zaiontz BP Energy Company Regulatory Affairs -- 4.424 501 West Lake Park Blvd.", "Houston, Texas 77079 Phone +1-281-366-4507 Fax +1-281-366-5090 Email [email protected]\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3126_p0", "sents": [ "'California Blame Game Yields No Score Probes Reveal Little Evidence Suppliers Acted Illegally The Wall Street Journal, 05 22 01 Enron Unit Moves to End India Contract For Power The New York Times, 05 22 01 The State GOP Criticizes Davis' Choice of PR Aides Capitol: Legislative leaders call the pair political operatives who are too partisan to represent the state during energy crisis.", "Los Angeles Times, 05 22 01 BUSINESS DIGEST The New York Times, 05 22 01 World Watch The Wall Street Journal, 05 22 01 IN BRIEF ENERGY Enron Withdraws from Qatar Project Los Angeles Times, 05 22 01 INDIA: UPDATE 1-Indian state spurred by Enron reopens power deals.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 22 01 INDIA: India utility may slap 4bln rupee fine on Enron unit.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 22 01 IXEurope creates a Storm in colocation M2 Presswire, 05 22 01 Power corrupts The Economic Times, 05 22 01 The Godbole findings Business Standard, 05 22 01 SMARTMONEY.COM: Power Grab Dow Jones News Service, 05 22 01 Malaysian LNG Sales to India Threatened by Enron Power Dispute Bloomberg, 05 22 01 LEADER: India unplugged Financial Times; May 22, 2001 Enron pulls out of venture drilling in Qatar's waters Houston Chronicle, 05 22 01 Enron exploring commodity trading Houston Chronicle, 05 22 01 Plains Resources Gets New Officers Houston Chronicle, 05 22 01 Economy California Blame Game Yields No Score Probes Reveal Little Evidence Suppliers Acted Illegally By John R. Emshwiller Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 05 22 2001 The Wall Street Journal A2 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LOS ANGELES -- California may be struggling to keep its lights on, but one thing there is no shortage of is accusations over who is to blame for an electricity crisis that has sent power prices skyrocketing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "The New York Times", "sents": [ "The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated NYT and The Times) is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, by The New York Times Company.", "\"The New York Times\" has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.", "The paper's print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind \"The Wall Street Journal\", and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the United States.", "\"The New York Times\" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation.", "Following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19703_p1", "sents": [ "11 14 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Troubled energy trading giant Enron Corp. which agreed last week to a buyout by smaller rival Dynegy Inc. said on Wednesday it expects its recent woes to have a \"temporary but negative impact\" on fourth-quarter profitability.", "Enron executives said in a conference call with analysts and investors that fourth-quarter results would also be adversely affected by severance costs and other restructuring costs.", "It did not provide further details, but said it expects to issue fourth-quarter earnings guidance in two to three weeks.", "Enron also said it is seeking an additional $500 million to $1 billion in private equity to help rebuild confidence in the company and keep its core trading operations afloat in the nine months before the acquisition by Dynegy is expected to close.", "Enron, the nation's biggest buyer and seller of natural gas and electricity, agreed on Friday to be bought by Dynegy for about $9 billion in stock after investor unease over the company's business deals sapped its finances to the point of near-collapse." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20439_p9", "sents": [ "Both sides could potentially benefit from changes to the length of the term of the contracts or the specifics of power-supply obligations - perhaps freeing up supply that Williams thinks it could get more money for on the spot market, Malcolm said.", "\"We're always willing to sit down with a customer,\" Malcolm said.", "Williams hasn't been approached by the state to renegotiate the contracts, Malcolm said.", "Any attempt by California to force through one-sided changes is unlikely and could backfire for the state by disrupting plans for new power plants, he said.", "\"To the extent contracts are changed, financing is going to go away,\" he said.", "Downplaying Enron Opportunities Williams downplayed its ability to capitalize on the recent troubles of market-leader Enron Corp. (ENE), saying it focuses on large, long-term structured deals, not the high-volume, physical-market transactions that Enron dominates, Malcolm said.", "Also, TradeSpark - the Internet-based energy exchange in which Williams is a partner - is limited for now in its ability to expand and take volume from Enron's proprietary system EnronOnline because of the horrific losses operator Cantor Fitzgerald (X.CFZ) suffered in the attacks on the World Trade Center." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Cantor Fitzgerald", "sents": [ "Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., is a financial services firm that was founded in 1945.", "It specializes in institutional equity, fixed income sales and trading, and serving the middle market with investment banking services, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate financing.", "It is also active in new businesses, including advisory and asset management services, gaming technology, and e-commerce.", "It has more than 5,000 institutional clients." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1146_p4", "sents": [ "A Williams Communications Group (WCG) spokeswoman would say only that bandwidth trading is profitable for the company.", "Other bandwidth-trading companies were unable to provide information in time for this report.", "-By Erwin Seba, Dow Jones Newswires, 713-547-9214 [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: UPDATE 1-United States must embrace energy efficiency-report.", "By Matthew Robinson 04 12 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters) - The United States must adopt new conservation measures such as improved vehicle fuel efficiency if it is to ease its energy supply woes, a new report from an independent task force said on Thursday.", "The Bush administration's plan to increase domestic energy supplies is not enough to tackle a squeeze that has sent gasoline and heating oil costs soaring and pushed California's power system to the brink of collapse, the task force organized by the the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Baker Institute of Rice University said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "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, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2110_p35", "sents": [ "http: www.nytimes.com GRAPHIC: Photo: Electricity generated by Rock Island Dam in Chelan County, Wash., helped the county's public utility earn a record $58.2 million in profits last year.", "(Larry Davis for The New York Times)(pg.", "A20) Graph: \"The Public Utilities\" NET OPERATING PROFITS Graph tracks operating profits since 1995 for the following: Grant County Wnapum and Priest Rapids Dams Chelan County Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dams BC Hydro All major hydroelectric dams in British Colombia (Source: The public utilities)(pg.", "A20) Chart Map: \"One River's Bonanza\" Some public utilities that own dams along the Columbia River, which has one third of the hydroelectric potential in North America, are selling power to California and making record profits.", "Map of the United States and Canada follows the path of the Columbia River.", "(pg.", "A20) LOAD-DATE: May 1, 2001 13 of 58 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service The Orange County Register May 1, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K4842 LENGTH: 378 words HEADLINE: Power supplier to pay state BYLINE: By Kate Berry BODY: SANTA ANA, Calif. _ An energy company accused of withholding power to drive up prices in California's electricity market agreed to pay $8 million in a settlement approved Monday by federal energy regulators." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e894_p191", "sents": [ "LOAD-DATE: April 9, 2001 65 of 305 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service San Jose Mercury News April 8, 2001, Sunday SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K3554 LENGTH: 1393 words HEADLINE: In wake of PG&E bankruptcy, California governor, state officials scramble for solution BYLINE: By Steve Johnson BODY: SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The way they lambasted each other for PG&E's plunge into bankruptcy Friday, Gov.", "Gray Davis and the utility's top executives sounded like innocent passengers on the Titanic, seemingly powerless to prevent it from sinking.", "In reality, the governor and officials at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. _ along with state regulators _ were supposed to be at the helm.", "Though PG&E's fortunes are now in the hands of a bankruptcy judge, little has changed for state authorities.", "They still bear much of the responsibility for charting California's course out of its energy crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "RWE", "sents": [ "RWE AG, until 1990: \"Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG\" (Rhenish-Westphalian Power Plant), is a German electric utilities company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.", "Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company supplies electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe.", "RWE is the second largest electricity producer in Germany, and has increased renewable energy production in recent years." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20158_p21", "sents": [ "4 power company, said it's setting up an energy trading unit in Texas, bidding to take on Enron Corp. on its home turf.", "RWE Trading Americas will be run by Bill Coorsh, the German company said in a faxed statement.", "As in Europe, RWE will trade electricity, gas, coal and oil in the Americas, the company said.", "Chief Executive Dietmar Kuhnt has repeatedly said the Essen- based company wants to expand its trading operations, and in June singled out the United States market as one of the main expansion areas.", "``We want to take advantage of the extremely attractive opportunities in the United States energy trading market,'' RWE said.", "RWE will compete with Enron, the biggest energy trader that's also based in Houston.", "RWE Trading has said it wants to become one of Europe's top traders.", "The United States unit will be built up ``in parallel'' with the European expansion, RWE said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ramshackle", "sents": [ "Ramshackle was an electronic dub group that released two albums and collaborated with such artists as Steve Winwood, Jah Wobble, and Maxi Jazz.", "They released two albums, \"Depthology\" and \"Chin on the Kerb\" in the 1990s and a remixed version of their song, \"Eyes, Lips, Body\" was included on the Hackers soundtrack." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Maxi Jazz", "sents": [ "Maxi Jazz (born Maxwell Fraser on 14 June 1957 in Brixton, London) is an English musician, rapper and singer-songwriter.", "He is best known as the lead vocalist of British band Faithless." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3698_p14", "sents": [ "Mr.", "Fish, the ne w CEO, said investors may include other venture capital firms as well as strategic investors.", "Pre-money, Avaki had a valuation of $11 million.", "Looki ng ahead, Mr.", "Fish predicted the company would close Series B funding in the middle of 2002. However, he said it was too early to predict how much Avaki would raise.", "Avaki anticipates monthly revenues of approximately $100,000 in fall 2001 and $500,000 by the second half of 2002. Concurrent with Series A financing, Avaki has appointed three new directors from Polaris to the boar d: general partner Mike Hirshland; and venture partners, Bob Metcalfe and Dave Barrett.", "They join Anita Jones, former director of DOD Research and Engineering, Mr.", "Fish, and founder Andrew Grimshaw on the board.", "In the top posts, Mr.", "Fish replaces Mr. Grimshaw, who was CEO for two years.", "Mr. Grimshaw, who began working on the technology in 1993 at the University of Virginia, now serves as chief technology officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 7, 9, 10 ] }, { "title": "University of Virginia", "sents": [ "The University of Virginia (U.Va.", "or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.", "Founded in 1819 by Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson, UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20451_p56", "sents": [ "Even the shares of Enron rose, a day after the embattled company dismissed its chief financial officer and replaced him with an another executive from within the company.", "Enron rose 28 cents, to $16.69. Semiconductor shares also rebounded, led by industry bellwether Intel, up 4 4 cents at $25.92, and Applied Materials, up $1.35 at 36.69. Leading data-s torage maker EMC rose $1.06, to $13.54. Traders said the Senate's passage this afternoon of an anti-terrorism measu re also helped lift investor sentiment.", "Late Wednesday, the House passed a $100 billion economic stimulus package to combat the effects of the terrori st attacks on the economy.", "A surprisingly large drop in orders for durable goods had weighed heavily on the market in the morning, as did poor earnings results from American Int ernational Group and WorldCom.", "The Commerce Department reported orders plunged in September for the fourth consecutive month.", "The 8.5 percent decline was far worse than the 1.3 perc ent dip many analysts had forecast." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Intel", "sents": [ "Intel Corporation (also known as Intel, stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California (colloquially referred to as \"Silicon Valley\") that was founded by Gordon Moore (of Moore's law fame) and Robert Noyce.", "It is the world's second largest and second highest valued semiconductor chip makers based on revenue after being overtaken by Samsung, and is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers (PCs).", "Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as Apple, Lenovo, HP, and Dell.", "Intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Loretta Lynch", "sents": [ "Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2015 to succeed Eric Holder.", "Previously, she held the position for United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both the Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama administrations (2010–15).", "As U.S. Attorney, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p49", "sents": [ "Most of Bush's proposals, however, are slow-acting remedies, and many others already are being applied in California, which was hit by energy woe s far ahead of other states.", "The plan's dozens of incentive programs designed to boost output or promote conservation cannot be ramped up in time to protect the state from blackouts and painful spikes in electricity prices, experts say.", "\"Overall, the message in this plan is, 'Drop dead, California,' said Eric Heitz of the Energy Foundation, a San Francisco-based research and advocacy group.", "\"I don't think it delivers another megawatt to California,\" added Loretta Lynch, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.", "State economic analysts say the plan fails California by viewing the power crisis as an ongoing emergency, rather than a temporary one.", "California's supply crunch should ease dramatically by summer 2003, once 27 new power plants--15 of them licensed, 12 in the pipeline--start churning.", "\"It's not that we don't have long-term problems,\" said Stephen Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the Californ ia Economy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Carnival Music", "sents": [ "Carnival Music Company is an independent music publishing company located in Nashville, Tennessee.", "Carnival was founded in 1999 by Travis Hill and Frank Liddell (Liddell has also produced Miranda Lambert, David Nail, Lee Ann Womack, Brandi Carlile, Charlie Worsham, Jack Ingram, the Eli Young Band, and Kellie Pickler).", "Carnival celebrated its fourteenth #1 song in December 2016 with Brett Eldredge's Wanna Be That Song.", "Carnival Music is the parent company to the record label, Carnival Recording Company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Miranda Lambert", "sents": [ "Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter.", "Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley.", "Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium", "sents": [ "Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium is a stadium in San Antonio, Texas.", "It is used for the men's and women's soccer teams, track and field, and American football as the home field of the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals football team.", "The stadium currently seats 6,000 people.", "It is named after Tom Benson and his wife Gayle.", "Record stadium attendance of 6,498 was recorded in a game vs Houston Baptist on November 17, 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Tom Benson", "sents": [ "Thomas Milton Benson (born July 12, 1927) is an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner.", "He currently is the owner of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) and New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John McCain", "sents": [ "John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, in that office since 1987.", "He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e20091_p3", "sents": [ "But he has never run for office before and is unknown to the voters, who have showed s kepticism about first-time millionaire candidates in both parties.", "Secretary of State Bill Jones, the only Republican in statewide office, has been Davis's most aggressive and effective critic, zeroing in on conflicts of interest in the stock holdings of several Davis energy advisers and app ointees.", "But Jones left the Bush campaign early in the battle for the 2000 nomination to endorse Sen. John McCain, and the White House reportedly has told GOP contributors not to help him.", "Two McCain allies, Sens.", "Fred Thomps on and Chuck Hagel, are coming out to raise money for Jones next month, but his treasury is anemic.", "The White House favorite is former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, who w on two races in that heavily Democratic city.", "Riordan is 71 and, as Davis p oints out, has never run statewide or in a partisan contest." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Phil Stanford", "sents": [ "Phil Stanford is an American journalist and author based in Oregon.", "Stanford is best known for his work on the murder of Oregon Department of Corrections director Michael Francke and his efforts to prove the innocence of Frank Gable, the man who was convicted of the crime.", "His 1994 \"Oregonian\" series on the “Happy Face Killer” case resulted in two innocent people being released from prison." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Michael Francke", "sents": [ "James Michael Francke (October 2, 1946 – January 17, 1989) was the Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, the governmental bureau which manages prisons, inmates and parolees in the state of Oregon.", "He was appointed by then-governor Neil Goldschmidt to oversee Goldschmidt's plan to double the state's inmate capacity.", "On January 18, 1989, his body was discovered outside the department's office building in Salem; an autopsy determined he had been murdered the night before.", "A local petty criminal was eventually tried and convicted for the crime, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.", "However, the convicted killer maintains his innocence, and several conspiracy theories have been advocated, claiming that the killing was a murder for hire conducted by corrupt state prison officials threatened by an investigation Francke was conducting into prison mismanagement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20258_p2", "sents": [ "Under Assembly Bill 2XX, introduced by Assemblywoman Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, generators wouldn't be taxed on power priced below $60 per megawatt-hour.", "Prices above $60 MWh would be subject to a gradually increasing tax.", "The first $30 charged by suppliers over the $60 MWh baseline would be taxed at a 50% rate.", "The next $30 would be taxed at 70%.", "Anything higher would be taxed at 90%.", "The tax would be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2001 and effective through 2005. Tax proceeds would be used to fund a state sales tax holiday on the first weekend in December.", "Alternative energy suppliers, or \"qualifying facilities,\" as well as self-generators, would be exempt from the tax.", "Any excess receipts after the sales tax holiday would be used to provide tax credits to companies for building new generation.", "\"AB 2XX will help Californians recoup and regain financial footing in an economy that is changing very quickly,\" said Corbett." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ellen Corbett", "sents": [ "Ellen Marie Corbett (born December 31, 1954) is a Democratic politician from the San Francisco Bay Area.", "She served in the California State Senate, representing the 10th District, which included San Leandro, Hayward, Pleasanton, Union City, Fremont, Newark, Milpitas, and part of San Jose.", "She was the Senate Majority Leader." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The ABC Comedy Hour", "sents": [ "The ABC Comedy Hour was an American television variety series that aired on ABC in 1972.", "Seven of the 13 episodes featured a guest host and a team of comedy impressionists known as The Kopykats (Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, Joe Baker, Marilyn Michaels, George Kirby, and Fred Travalena, with single appearances by Charlie Callas, Will Jordan, and Peter Goodwright).", "Guest hosts included Steve Lawrence, Orson Welles, Ed Sullivan, Raymond Burr, Robert Young, Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis.", "The remaining six episodes were variety specials and included two Friars Club roasts and a revival of the musical \"Hellzapoppin'\" starring Jack Cassidy and Ronnie Schell." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Orson Welles", "sents": [ "George Orson Welles ( ; May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.", "He is remembered for his innovative work in all three: in theatre, most notably \"Caesar\" (1937), a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare's \"Julius Caesar\"; in radio, the legendary 1938 broadcast \"The War of the Worlds\"; and in film, \"Citizen Kane\" (1941), consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2582_p134", "sents": [ "''Instead, we like to say we built the conservation power plant.''", "When Vice President Dick Cheney said last week that conservation could not be a centerpiece of energy policy, he left some utilities -- those that have spent 20 years trying to prove just the opposite -- feeling as though their efforts had been undermined.", "In his speech, he said, ''Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.''", "The nation, he said, should build a new powe r plant every week for the next 20 years.", "In recent days, Bush Administration officials have emphasized that their energy policy will include some financial incentives for alternative power and energy efficiency.", "But they said that the nation still needs to build thousands of new power plants, no matter how well energy is used.", "Bob Royer, a spokesman for the municipally run Seattle City Light utility, agreed that the country needs to build more power capacity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 6 ] }, { "title": "Bob Royer", "sents": [ "Robert D. \"Bob\" Royer (October 15, 1927 – May 30, 1973) was an American professional basketball player.", "Royer was selected in the eighth round in the 1949 BAA Draft by the Providence Steamrollers.", "He played for the Denver Nuggets in 1949–50 before ending his NBA career after one season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Minerva Foundation", "sents": [ "The Minerva Foundation is a US-based non-profit, scientific and charitable foundation.", "It is headquartered in Berkeley, California.", "It works to promote research in neuroscience, specifically on original and challenging approaches to the study of the visual brain.", "It was established in 1983 by Helen and Elwin Marg.", "Other than the founders, directors include Richard M. Buxbaum, Lawrence W. Stark, Semir Zeki, Tamia Marg Anderson and Lila S. Crutchfield." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Elwin Marg", "sents": [ "Elwin Marg (23 March 1918 – 15 July 2010) was an American optometrist and neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley.", "He was the first to receive a PhD from UC Berkeley School of Optometry.", "It was he who gave the name electrooculogram, a technique for measurement of nerve impulse in the eye." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e490_p30", "sents": [ "Jeffrey Skilling, Enron's chief executive, said in a conference call Friday that there is only a 5 percent probability that Sierra Pacific's purchase of Portland General will be closed.", "A Sierra Pacific Resources spokesman confirmed that the deal is in trouble.", "\"It's going to be very difficult for the transaction to be completed,\" said Karl Walquist, spokesman for Sierra Pacific in Reno, Nev. Enron announced the deal to sell the utility that serves the Portland, Ore., region in November 1999. The company had been one of the first natural gas and power marketers to buy a regulated electric utility.", "Enron paid $1.8 billion for the company in 1997 and assumed $1.1 billion in debt.", "If the deal falls through, it isn't likely to pose any big problems for Enron Portland General has consistently posted profits for Enron - although much less than the company's natural gas and power marketing operations - and analysts say it should not be hard to find another buyer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Jeffrey Skilling", "sents": [ "Jeffrey Keith \"Jeff\" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) is the former CEO of Enron Corporation.", "In 2006, he was convicted of federal felony charges relating to Enron's collapse and is currently serving 14 years of a 24-year, four-month prison sentence at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) – Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama.", "The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the appeal of the case March 1, 2010.", "On June 24, 2010, the Supreme Court vacated part of Skilling's conviction and transferred the case back to the lower court for resentencing.", "During April 2011, a three-judge 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that the verdict would have been the same despite the legal issues being discussed, and Skilling's conviction was confirmed; however, the court ruled Skilling should be resentenced.", "Skilling appealed this new decision to the Supreme Court, but the appeal was denied.", "In 2013, the United States Department of Justice reached a deal with Skilling, which resulted in ten years being cut from his sentence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2232_p0", "sents": [ "'ENRON PLANT HEARING PLANNED FOR TONIGHT South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 05 03 01 Would buying boycott help lower California's electricity bill?", "Associated Press Newswires, 05 03 01 INDIA: Indian banks appeal to govt to help end Enron row Reuters, 05 03 01 DNC: Special Interests Write Bush Energy Policy PR Newswire, 05 03 01 UK: INTERVIEW-Innogy starts trading power in mainland Europe Reuters, 05 03 01 Mosaic Group posts strong first quarter results Canada NewsWire, 05 03 01 European Phone Companies' Outlook Brightens: Rates of Return Bloomberg, 05 03 01 UK:Corporates warm to charms of credit derivatives Reuters, 05 03 01 Allegheny Energy buys three power plants Associated Press, 05 03 01 Allegheny Energy Buys Midwest Capacity From Enron Unit Dow Jones, 05 03 01 Allegheny Energy Supply Completes Purchase of Midwest Assets; Adds 1,700 MW to Growing Generation Fleet Business Wire, 05 03 01 SSB Cuts Forecast For Power Profitability In 2002, Beyond Dow Jones, 05 03 01 Fitch Affs Northern Border; Rtg Outlook To Stable From Negative Business Wire, 05 03 01 INDIA: UPDATE 1-Enron to meet govt panel over Indian project Reuters, 05 03 01 India State Panel's Sat Meet With Enron Unit Postponed Dow Jones, 05 03 01 EnergieKontor Secures Enron Deal For Spain, Germany Projs Dow Jones, 05 03 01 The Bottom Line: Scottish Power Looks To Refine Focus Dow Jones, 05 03 01 LOCAL ENRON PLANT HEARING PLANNED FOR TONIGHT Staff Reports 05 03 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinel Broward Metro 3B (Copyright 2001 by the Sun-Sentinel) Pompano Beach A town meeting will be held tonight on Enron Corp.'s power plant proposal for Pompano Beach." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Allegheny Energy", "sents": [ "Allegheny Energy was an electric utility headquartered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.", "It owned and operated electric generation facilities and delivered electric services to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia.", "Allegheny Energy was incorporated in Maryland in 1925." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8533_p6", "sents": [ "The company said it will use the funds for marketing a nd product development.?", "http: www.momenta.com?", "Mobile Commerce F irm ViaFone Gets $23 Million in Round Two?", "REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- ViaFone, which enables consumers to purchase items via the Internet from any wireless device, said it secured $ 23 million in its second round of funding, led by Redpoint Ventures.", "RRE Ventures participated along with previous investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Partech International.", "The company will use the funds to launch its OneBridge Mobility Platform internationally.", "RRE Ventures co-founder and general partner Jim Robinson III, and Redpoint Ventures partner Peter Gotch er joined the company's board of directors.", "http: www.viafone.com B2B Content Portal Hetairia Gets $250,000 in Additional Seed DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Hetairia Communications, which is develo ping a business-to-business content portal at www.fastcamel.com, said it h as raised an additional $250,000 in seed financing from Doug Duncan, a gen eral partner at BarleyMills Investment, adding to Mr. Duncan's previous in vestment of $250,000. The company said it will use the funds to form a par tnership with industry magazines, to make site content available in severa l languages, and to expand customer service and sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2933_p24", "sents": [ "http: www.lostboys.com Pitman Acquires Online Printing Equipment Firm PrintNation mail?", "top TOTOWA, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pitman, which provides digital imaging services, traditional pre-press and pressroom products, announced it has acquired PrintNation, an online printing equipment and supplies store, for an undisclosed amount.", "Pitman said it will retain the PrintNation name for the e-commerce site, which will be relaunched this month with Pitman's full product line.", "Founded in 1906, Pitman has 20 fully-stocked warehouse locations across the United States Pitman said it will continue to support its own w eb site at www.pitman.com for customer information, support services, product sales, technical resources and industry information.", "PrintNation was funded by Lehman Bros. Venture Partners, Partech International, United States Venture Partners, and Venrock Associates.", "http: www.pitman.com http: www.printnation.com Poster Firm Bignose Acquires Photo Finishing Site Eframes mail?", "top BREMERTON, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Bignose.com, a provider of custom large-format printing products, said it acquired San Francisco-based eframes.com, a supplier of custom framed prints and online photo finishing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5942_p9", "sents": [ "So for now th e bridge loans total $4.3 billion.", "S&P had downgraded the state's credit rating two notches in April because of the mushrooming cost of electricity purchases and kept California on its \"credit watch\" list, indicating that the credit rating might fall further.", "California's credit rating stands at \"A-plus,\" with a negative outlook, S&P said.", "The agency said it was still concerned by the \"state's continued rapi d level of spending for power purchases.\"", "--Dale Kasler Contracts to be released State Controller Kathleen Connell on Thursday said she will release unedite d copies of the state's long-term electricity contracts next week, even if Go v. Gray Davis appeals a court ruling requiring him to do so.", "Connell, who has been highly critical of her fellow Democrat's handling of the state's energy crisis, said Davis negotiated the contracts \"in a moment of panic\" earlier this year.", "Davis for months refused to provide copies of the pacts but sent out edited copies earlier this month as a San Diego Superior Court judge ordered them released." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e515_p3", "sents": [ "\"If we do it for energy now, what's to say a month later, a legislator or interest group who has a beef against a single company\" might also demand that CalPERS sell its stock.", "At the October meeting, CalPERS committee sessions didn't address Enron's role in the electricity crisis.", "State Controller Kathleen Connell, however, asked Andy Fastow, Enron's chief financial officer, how power shortages affected Enron's profits.", "\"How does Enron benefit from that, and what can you do to maximize this fuel energy shortage, not only now but as we move into the future?\"", "Connell asked.", "She was unavailable for comment Thursday and Friday.", "Consumer advocates said they were surprised to learn of the CalPERS connection to Enron.", "\"I guess it's nice that some folks on retirement income get a soft landing because they were thrown into cahoots with marauders,\" said Nettie Hoge of the Utility Reform Network in San Francisco, an advocacy group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "San Diego", "sents": [ "San Diego ( , Spanish for \"Saint Didacus\"; Spanish: ] ) is a major city in California, United States.", "It is in San Diego County, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately 120 mi south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e9583_p2", "sents": [ "SoCal Gas, the nation's largest gas distributor with 18 million customers, and SDG&E, with 2.2 million electricity customers in San Diego and south Orange County, were both acquired by Sempra Energy, of San Diego, in 1996. The lawsuits also name three units of El Paso Natural Gas: El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co., El Paso Merchant Energy, and El Paso Merchant Energy-Gas L.P. SoCal Gas and SDG&E would not comment on the lawsuits, saying they had not been served with the complaints.", "Andrew Berg, owner of Wave Length Hair Productions in San Diego and a plaintiff representing retail electricity customers, said he contacted a lawyer after his electricity bill doubled in June.", "Since then, the state Legislature temporarily capped electricity prices for SDG&E customers.", "Natural gas is one of the core commodities used to produce electricity.", "The spot price of natural gas on the Southern California border Monday was $19.82 per million British thermal units, compared with $54.99 per million Btu a week ago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Applied Materials", "sents": [ "Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services and software to enable the manufacture of semiconductor (integrated circuit) chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones and televisions, and solar products.", "The company also supplies equipment to produce coatings for flexible electronics, packaging and other applications.", "The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e20451_p56", "sents": [ "Even the shares of Enron rose, a day after the embattled company dismissed its chief financial officer and replaced him with an another executive from within the company.", "Enron rose 28 cents, to $16.69. Semiconductor shares also rebounded, led by industry bellwether Intel, up 4 4 cents at $25.92, and Applied Materials, up $1.35 at 36.69. Leading data-s torage maker EMC rose $1.06, to $13.54. Traders said the Senate's passage this afternoon of an anti-terrorism measu re also helped lift investor sentiment.", "Late Wednesday, the House passed a $100 billion economic stimulus package to combat the effects of the terrori st attacks on the economy.", "A surprisingly large drop in orders for durable goods had weighed heavily on the market in the morning, as did poor earnings results from American Int ernational Group and WorldCom.", "The Commerce Department reported orders plunged in September for the fourth consecutive month.", "The 8.5 percent decline was far worse than the 1.3 perc ent dip many analysts had forecast." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Low Rock", "sents": [ "Low Rock is a low rock surrounded by foul ground, lying 1 nmi southwest of Stranger Point, the southern extremity of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.", "An unnamed rock in essentially this position appears on a chart by David Ferguson, a Scottish geologist aboard the whaler \"Hanka\", in these waters in 1913–14.", "Low Rock was more accurately charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the \"Discovery II\" in 1935 and 1937." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Stranger Point", "sents": [ "Stranger Point is a point forming the southernmost tip of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.", "It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for the sealer \"Stranger\" (Captained by Joseph Adams) from Boston, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 in company with the \"O'Cain\", operating from nearby Potter Cove." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27407_p1", "sents": [ "Most of the world has agreed in principle to a version of the Kyoto climate accords, and the European Union has approved its long-awaited directive, albeit in a watered-down form, aiming to double the use of renewable energy.", "Meanwhile, growth rates in the industry continue above 20%, and even laggard countries from England to Brazil to India say they will step up investment in new wind farms.", "So why isn't the outlook for Europe's big wind turbine makers rosier?", "Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein last week downgraded Vestas Wind Systems, the world's leading turbine maker, citing slower growth rates next year, even as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter got bullish, upgrading its recommendation on Denmark-based Vestas.", "Meanwhile, despite good first-half results for Gamesa SA, Credit Suisse First Boston trimmed the target price for the Spanish company to 28 euros from 30 euros.", "(The stock finished last week at 24.66 euros) Who's right?", "\"They all are, in a way,\" says Robin Batchelor, who heads a renewable-energy fund for Merrill Lynch." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Vestas", "sents": [ "Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines.", "It was founded in 1945, and as of 2013, it is the largest wind turbine company in the world.", "The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, and the United States, and employs more than 21,000 people globally." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Turner Landing, Illinois", "sents": [ "Turner Landing is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States.", "Turner Landing is located on the Mississippi River northwest of Batchtown." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Mississippi River", "sents": [ "The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.", "Flowing entirely in the United States (although its drainage basin reaches into Canada), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2320 mi to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.", "With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains.", "The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river in the world by discharge.", "The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6913_p47", "sents": [ "The Texas law commits the state to building 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy -- about 2 percent of its overall energy use -- by 2009. Texas expects to be halfway to that goal by the end of this year.", "To ensure a market for the power, state power providers are required to draw a slice of their energy from renewable energy companies.", "While California already has a much more vibrant alternative energy market -- 10 to 12 percent of its energy comes from renewable power -- the state has no similar targets.", "Environmentalists are joining with state leaders like Sen. Byron Sher, D-Redwood City, and Assemblyman Fred Keeley, D-Santa Cruz, to change that.", "Both lawmakers are trying to refine legislation that would call on California to draw 20 percent of its power from alternative energy sources by 2010. Friday, sources said, Davis is expected to unveil a new plan that would require state power providers to draw 17 percent of their energy from renewable energy companies by 2006. The governor plans to unveil the details during a visit to an alternative energy company in Berkeley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Fred Keeley", "sents": [ "Fred Keeley (born May 9, 1950) is a politician in California, U.S. Keeley was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 27 which included parts of Santa Cruz County and Monterey County from 1996 to 2002.", "He retired in January 2015 after 10 years as the Treasurer of Santa Cruz County ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Chameleon", "sents": [ "Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015.", "These species come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change color." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3127_p36", "sents": [ "The company is advised by the Houston office of law firm Baker Botts.", "http: www.ivita.com Armando Geday Joins Chameleon Board of Directors mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Chameleon Systems, a fabless semic onductor company, said Armando Geday has become the sixth member of the board of directors.", "Mr. Geday is the current board member, president, and CEO of GlobeSpan.", "Chameleon designs, markets, and sells programmable system-on-a-chip applications for the communications electronics markets.", "M r. Geday joins Charles Cump, Chameleon's chairman and vice president of sales; Charles Fox, president and CEO; Sam Lee, general partner of Infinity Capita l; Russ Irwin, general partner at Convergence Partners; and Gary Little, gener al partner of Morgenthaler Ventures.", "Chameleon is backed by 3i Group, Argo Global Capital, Athena Technology Ventures, Bayview 2000, Convergence Partners, Crossroads, Dain Rauscher Wessels, GTG Ventures, Information Technology Ventures, Macnica, Merrill Lynch Kecalp, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Synopsys, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures, and WK Technology Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Covad", "sents": [ "Covad Communications Group was an American provider of broadband voice and data communications.", "By 2006, the company had 530,000 subscribers, and ranked 16th largest ISP in the United States.", "Covad was acquired by U.S. Venture Partners, who in 2010 announced a 3-way merger of MegaPath, Covad, and Speakeasy, creating a single Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC), providing voice and internet services; the new company was named MegaPath Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e8775_p16", "sents": [ "Covad currently has 1000 Central Offices (COs) service ready and expects to have 2000 COs service ready by the end of 2000. Channel Development Manager - Retail Retail channels (e.g., Office Depot, Frys, Best Buy, CompUSA) represent a tremendous opportunity for Covad to build awareness for and actually sell broadband services to consumers and small businesses.", "Covad expects to have direct relationships with Retail chains who will sell their own brand of DSL as well as others who will co-market DSL sold under one of our ISP ,s brands.", "In addition, Covad will partner with DSL modem CPE suppliers to allow end users to purchase their DSL modems from retail chains and then self-install their DSL.", "The Retail Channel Development Manager will have a unique opportunity to help Covad enter a new channel and change the way broadband services are bought and sold.", "Specific responsibilities would include: Developing Covad ,s retail store channel strategy Create sales marketing approach for retail stores that sell their own brand of DSL or co-market an ISPs brand of DSL Work with product marketing team to introduce &self install DSL modem kits 8 into retail channel Support sales development team efforts to sign new retail channel customers Create and track metrics to monitor success of Covad ,s efforts in retail channel Ideal skill characteristics for the New Channel Development Manger role: Experience selling high-tech products services in retail channels (e.g., 2 years or more) Strong leadership skills and experience leading team of multifunctional teams Ability to work independently Experience familiarity with the Internet and online service e-commerce business models MBA preferred Covad ,s has the following Full-time & Internship opportunities: _ Program Manager Department: Process Design Develop implement manage process and or systems changes that improve service, reduce costs, or enhance the scalability of our rapidly growing business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2808_p0", "sents": [ "'We may want to add other issues and there may be some overlap between the P X filing and the EOB filing.", "Sorry this is so rough.", "Protest of PX filing FERC should reject the PX ,s price caps because Energy Markets are competitive in the West 20 loads and 40 sellers.", "Say what we and EPSA said in San Diego case and say that high prices are not due to exercise of market power, they are the product of scarcity and t he failure of the IOUs to hedge in the forward market and their underschedulin g in the PX day ahead market.", "FERC had to administer the price caps for the gas industry and they cause d terrible problems list a few of FERC ,s nightmares FERC as reminders The Cal PX shouldn ,t be able to do this on a whim and indefinitly.", "Cal PX should have to substantiate the request, which they haven ,t." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e6439_p1", "sents": [ "The Chief Judge thinks not. 8 Another notable quote: & (it is the opin ion of the Chief Judge that the amount claimed by the State of California has not and cannot be substantiated. 8 The Judge noted that he submitted a proposal of his own on July 5, which wa s summarily rejected by the State of California, and that the five separate offers of the various industry groups to settle with California were also rejected.", "Refund Effective Date- Refund effective date of October 2, 2000, for sales in the spot markets of the CAISO and the Cal PX.", "The Chief Judge ,s recommendations do not go beyond that date.", "\"Spot market\" sales are \"sales that are 24 hours or less and that are entered into the day of or day prior to delivery.\"", "Evidentiary Hearing- &The differences between what the State of Californ ia believes the buyers in the California markets are owed in refunds and what the sellers in the California market believe should be refunded raise material issues of fact." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alan Greenspan", "sents": [ "Alan Greenspan {'1': \", '2': \", '3': \", '4': \"} ( ; born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006.", "He currently works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC.", "First appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006, after the second-longest tenure in the position (behind William McChesney Martin)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1720_p48", "sents": [ "Such government intervention \"on a temporary basis is better than nothing, but I don't think it's ideal.\"", "The reverberations from Nixon's fiat aren't just felt in California either.", "When New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani recently proposed more stringe nt controls on wholesale electricity costs in New York state, critics promptly pointed to Nixon's controls.", "\"They were a disaster,\" one columnist wrote.", "Even Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who was in the private sector in the early 1970s, turned down several requests to take high-level White House jobs in part because he was disgusted with Nixon's price contro ls.", "Many economists and historians also judge Nixon's controls as a mistak e. But some maintain that his decision--which began with a 90-day freeze on prices, wages and rents--wasn't entirely a failure and even provided \"shock value\" that, for a while at least, arrested higher inflation.", "In addition, part of Nixon's move involved taking the dollar off the gold standard--which in effect meant its price was controlled--and letting it float in value against other major currencies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3975_p19", "sents": [ "http: www.amsecsolutions.com Wireless Entertainment Firm Digital Bridges Gets $14 Million FIFE, Scotland -- Digital Bridges, which develops multimedia entertainment for wireless devices, said it raised GBP 10 million ($14 million) in its most recent round of funding.", "Apax Partners Funds and Argo Global Capital financed the round.", "The company said it will use the funds for its planned global expansion.", "Digital Bridges has existing partnerships with One2One and Vodafone in the U.K., France Telecom Mobile, Omnitel in Italy, Telfort in the Netherlands, Orange Switzerland, and others.", "As a result of the investment, Stephen Grabiner of Apax Partners, and Alan MacIntosh of Argo have joined the company's board of directors.", "http: www.digitalbridges.com Education E-Transaction Firm KawamaCommerce Gets Funds SANTA ANA, Calif. -- KawamaCommerce, which provides online business transaction services for school districts, service agencies, and purchasing cooperatives, said it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Sylvan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p13", "sents": [ "Previous investor Mars also participated.", "The company said it will use the funding to further develop its infrastructure and accelerate the deployment of its technology.", "The company currently produces English, French, and German versions of its product, with Spanish and Italian versions in development.", "As a result of the financing, Jean-David Chamboredon, technology director for Europ@web, will take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.ukibi.com Wireless Software Firm NetSanity Raises $20 Million Series C REDWOOD, Calif. -- NetSanity, which develops software for wireless telecommunications carriers, said it has raised $20 million in its Series C funding, led by Argo Global Capital and previous investor Nokia Venture Partners.", "Pascal Tremblay, principal at Argo, will join NetSanity's board of directors as a result of the investment.", "The new funds will go towards product engineering and marketing.", "http: www.netsanity.com Office Supply Retailer, officeXL, Gets $3.8 Million MUNICH, Germany -- Wellington partners said it contributed to Hamburg, Germany-based officeXL's $3.8 million funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3929_p0", "sents": [ "'The MBA Classes of 2001 and 2002 cordially invite you to join us for the 3rd annual Leading Edge Technology Conference Friday, Sept. 22nd and Saturday, Sept. 23rd, 2000 Haas School of Business Ticket Cost: $50 - All Day Saturday Ticket Cost: $10 - Friday Evening Keynote Speakers: * George Shaheen, CEO, WebVan * Jim Clark, Founder, SGI, Netscape, Healtheon, myCFO, Shutterfly * Dave Ditzel, Founder and CEO, Transmeta Participating Speakers include: * Tony Perkins, Chairman Editor-in-Chief, Red Herring Communications * Jim Ryan, President, Grainger.com * Elan Amir, CTO, OmniSky * Charlie Finnie, Partner, CMGI@Ventures * Julie Smith, Senior Director of Production, Entertainment, Yahoo!", "* Penelope Finnie, Co-Founder and VP of Ideas, Ask Jeeves, Inc. * Roger Dorf, Presdident and CEO, Nortel Networks Broadband Access * Milton Olin, Jr., COO, Napster * Others from such leading companies as - IBM, Ariba, Commerce One, NBCi; marchFIRST; campsix; Microsoft; McKenna Group; Cisco; Ventro; Jupiter Communications; EarthLink, WebMD; Loudcloud, Everypath, OracleMobile, Tellme, and many more Special Note: Tickets will be by Lottery * In an effort to make our limited ticket distribution more equitable, tickets will be distributed by lottery." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Napster", "sents": [ "Napster was the name given to two music-focused online services.", "It was founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing digital audio files, typically audio songs, encoded in MP3 format.", "The company ran into legal difficulties over copyright infringement.", "It ceased operations and was eventually acquired by Roxio.", "In its second incarnation, Napster became an online music store until it was acquired by Rhapsody from Best Buy on December 1, 2011." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19866_p12", "sents": [ "``The people who were marketing power were manipulating the market, primarily through California,'' Shutt said.", "``Kaiser took advantage of the situation of what was happening in the West.''", "Refunds Enron Corp., Sempra Energy, El Paso Corp. and about 40 other power sellers have asked FERC Judge Carmen Cintron to throw out refund claims made by Clark and other power buyers.", "They argue they charged more for electricity because of a surge in natural gas prices and a drought that reduced production from the Northwest's hydroelectric plants.", "FERC ordered Cintron to gather evidence about these allegations during a Sept. 4-6 hearing and issue a recommendation on Monday whether refunds should be considered.", "The commission will ultimately decide if, or how much, is due in refunds.", "``This is a case where five Pacific Northwest purchasers whose transactions didn't fare very well want out of their deals,'' said Jeffrey Watkiss, a Washington attorney representing the sellers group, which includes Kaiser." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 6 ] }, { "title": "Pacific Northwest", "sents": [ "The Pacific Northwest (in the United States, commonly abbreviated as PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.", "Though no agreed boundary exists, a common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.", "Broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon, south into northern California and east to the Continental Divide, thus including Idaho, Western Montana, and western Wyoming.", "Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana are more accurately termed the Inland Northwest (INW), as the climate, folia, fauna, and politics are different than in the Pacific Northwest, as well as a different time zone in all but North Idaho.", "Narrower conceptions may be limited to the northwestern US or to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains.", "The variety of definitions can be attributed to partially overlapping commonalities of the region's history, geography, society, and other factors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "LandAmerica Financial Group", "sents": [ "LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. was the third largest title insurance group in the US.", "It was incorporated in 1991 as Lawyers Title Corporation, and renamed LandAmerica after Lawyers Title acquired Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and Transnation Title Insurance Company in 1998.", "It was headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.", "The company's subsidiaries were primarily title insurers; however, they offered a number of other real estate transaction services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e7595_p11", "sents": [ "http: www.bandwidth9.com Homebytes.com Secures $12 Million in Second Round Funding RICHMOND, Va. -- Homebytes.com, which conducts residential real estate brokerage services online, said it has secured $12 million in its second round of funding from America Online and LandAmerica Financial Group.", "The two were joined by previous investors, FBR Technology Venture Partners, Grotech Capital Group, and Monument Capital Partners.", "Homebytes.com, and its subsidiary Owners.com, said it will use the funding to continue ongoing infrastructure development and to develop its technology and multiple listing service integration to support the national rollout of the company's residential real estate services.", "The company said it has now raised over $30 million in venture capital to date.", "http: www.homebytes.com Wireless Infrastructure Company MobileRAIN Raises Seed Round FREMONT, Calif. -- MobileRAIN Technologies, which develops carrier-grade products to enable voice and data service for wireless technologies, said it raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hypomyces completus", "sents": [ "Hypomyces completus is a parasitic ascomycete in the order Hypocreales.", "The fungus grows on boletes, typically \"Suillus spraguei\" in North America, although the type collection was found on growing on \"Boletinus oxydabilis\" in Siberia.", "The color of its subiculum (a crust-like growth of mycelium) ranges from white initially to yellow-brown to greenish-brown to brown to black; the fruitbodies (perithecia) range from pale brown to dark brown to black.", "Spores measure 35–40 by 4–6 μm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Suillus spraguei", "sents": [ "Suillus spraguei is a species of fungus in the Suillaceae family.", "It is known by a variety of common names, including the painted slipperycap, the painted suillus or the red and yellow suillus.", "\"Suillus spraguei\" has had a complex taxonomical history, and is also frequently referred to \"Suillus pictus\" in the literature.", "The readily identifiable fruit bodies have caps that are dark red when fresh, dry to the touch, and covered with mats of hairs and scales that are separated by yellow cracks.", "On the underside of the cap are small, yellow, angular pores that become brownish as the mushroom ages.", "The stalk bears a grayish cottony ring, and is typically covered with soft hairs or scales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bank of Shanghai", "sents": [ "Bank of Shanghai Co., Ltd. (BOSC) is an urban commercial bank based in Shanghai in China.", "The bank was ranked 108th among the banks around the world by \"The Banker\" in terms of their Tier 1 capital in 2015." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e26661_p4", "sents": [ "Excluding a 69.8% drop in defense orders following October's joint strike fighter contract, durable goods orders increased 2.7%.", "Orders excluding transportation rose 1.1% as aircraft and aircraft parts orders fell 57.9%.", "- WORLD MARKETS European markets are higher with the Bloomberg European 500 index up 1.3% as of 11:49 a.m. EST, led by technology-related shares.", "In economic news, French unemployment rose to 9% in November, the highest level in a year.", "The euro-zone M3 money supply grew at an 8% rate in November, potentially reducing chances for European Central Bank interest-rate cuts.", "Marking the first time a foreign commercial bank will own part of a mainland Chinese bank, European lender HSBC Plc (HBCYF,11.5) announced it intends to purchase an 8% stake in the Bank of Shanghai.", "The euro is trading slightly lower versus the United States dollar.", "Crude oil is higher on news that OPEC officially agreed to reduce output by 1.5 million barrels per day starting Jan. 1. Jeffrey Reeve, Market Analyst =================================== LOGIN to access your account: https: investing.schwab.com trading start - To unsubscribe or modify your Email Alert customization options, log in using the link below or copy and paste it into your browser's address window: https: investing.schwab.com trading start?SANC=EAMyAlerts - Notice: All email sent to or from the Charles Schwab corporate email system may be retained, monitored and or reviewed by Schwab personnel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5223_p2", "sents": [ "Come get the answers from Keynote presentors: Claude Leglise, VP, Intel Architecture Group & GM, Home Products Group, Intel Michel Mayer, GM, Pervasive Computing, IBM Michael Ramsay, President & CEO, TiVo Larry Smarr, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Carl J. Yankowski, Chief Executive Officer, Palm Dr. Henry C. Yuen, Chairman & CEO, Gemstar-TV Guide International For more information and registration, go to: http: www.tpsite.com tp conf to2000 vw 001024 Top Stories o FusionOne Raising $100 Million in New Funding SAN JOSE, Calif. -- FusionOne, a developer of Internet synchronization software and services, is about to secure approximately $100 million in new financing, sources close to the company said.", "Other details of the deal were not disclosed.", "In April, the firm announced that it received about $50 million in third-round financing from Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Access Technology Partners, Robertson Stephens, CSFB Private Equity, Deutsche Bank Alex Brown Technology Group, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and unnamed private investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e401_p4", "sents": [ "WebCT will use the financing to expanding the scope of academic resources available on the company's site.", "WebCT has received revious investments from BancBoston Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, Chase Capital Partners, CMGI @Ventures, Duke Management, Kestrel Venture Management, NetInvest, and SCT.", "http: www.thomson.com http: www.webct.com Recruiting App Firm SkillSet Gets Funding From Microsoft PLEASANTON, Calif. -- SkillSet Software, which develops employment recruiting applications, announced it has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Microsoft.", "Skillset said it has also received funding from undisclosed institutional and individual investors.", "The company said it will use Microsoft's products and the funding to support expansion.", "Microsoft is expected to take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.skillset.com Sony Computer Entertainment Acquires Interactive Firm RTime FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America said it acquired RTime, a provider of products and services that support real-time interactivity on the Internet and broadband networks, for an undisclosed amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5457_p9", "sents": [ "\"Natural Gas Prices High in Southern California\" The New York Times, June 3, \"Econ 101: It's Right and It's Wrong\" San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 05 17 M N88959.DTL The New York Times, May 18, \"In the State of Power, Scant Praise for Bush Plan\" The New York Times, May 18, \"Energy Executives Like proposals; outside experts see less need for action\" NPR, May 19, \"Prices for Natural Gas and electricity in California Remain High, and further Rate hikes May be Necessary\" HAPPENING AT HAAS ALUMNI EVENTS Alumni Presentation and Book-Signing\"A New Brand of Expertise: How Independent Consultants, Free Agents, and Interim Managers, are Transforming the World of Work\" by Marion McGovern, MBA 85, president and co-founder of My, Inc. Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8.00 a.m. Lifeprint, 120 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco Under McGovern's leadership, My earned a spot on the Inc. 500 listing of the fastest growing private companies in America in 1994 to 1997. From 1994 to 1999, M2 has been on the San Francisco Business Times listings or the \"Fastest Growing Companies in the Bay Area\" and the \"Largest Women Owned Businesses in the SF Bay Area.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "The New York Times", "sents": [ "The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated NYT and The Times) is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, by The New York Times Company.", "\"The New York Times\" has won 122 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper.", "The paper's print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind \"The Wall Street Journal\", and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the United States.", "\"The New York Times\" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation.", "Following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Paul Mara", "sents": [ "Paul Richard Mara (born September 7, 1979 born in Ridgewood, New Jersey and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).", "He was selected 7th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.", "Despite his surname and birthplace being associated with Wellington Mara, he is of no relation to the family." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Belmont, Massachusetts", "sents": [ "Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston.", "It is part of the greater Boston metropolitan area.", "Its population was 26,171 as of 01 2016" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "India Business Report", "sents": [ "India Business Report was a weekly business news programme produced by the BBC and shown on BBC World News, presented by Yogita Limaye.", "The last episode of this programme aired on April 3, 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11016_p34", "sents": [ "Why is it then that the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, the Maharashtr a Government as well as the Union Government have got into such an agreement with the Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Corporation?", "Were they all really concerned about the power situation in Maharashtra or were there other unsa id imperatives?", "We will perhaps never get the answers to these questions, but as DPC evoked the Central counter-guarantee for its payment, the controversial project ha s once again become the focus of media attention.", "Last week was full of stories and discussions on the controversy from day-to-day news reports, to a lengthy feature in the India Business Report.", "But the most interesting one was on India Talks on CNBC and featured Mr Har ry Dhaul, Director-General of the Independent Power Producers' Association, an d Mr Abhay Mehta, activist and author of Power Play, an \"expose\" of the Enron project.", "Anchored by Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, the discussion kicked off by talking about the options open to the various parties involved." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28023_p3", "sents": [ "Still, the Power Authority cannot issue bonds until it has its own economic house in order, and an Assembly investigation might jeopardize that [J.A.", "Savage].", "18.1] Power Authority RFB Drafts Too Narrow to Grow Market, Say Respondents The Power Authority received a remarkably reserved response to its draft request for bids for mi-croturbines, fuel cells and photovoltaics, but most say the parameters it sets are too restrictive.", "The Power Authority planned to finalize the projects in its Octo-ber 19 meeting.", "The microturbine maker Capstone is the only com-pany that can comply with the draft RFB in the short term, according to Jennifer Rice, Capstone vice presi-dent of governmental affairs.", "Others involved with the RFB also readily admit that Capstone, a known entity in Los Angeles Department of Water & Power terri-tory, is the only game in town.", "Sempra Energy, in its comments to the Power Authority, said that it had filed a response simply because it wanted to keep a placeholder to make sure that larger microturbines would not be excluded in future RFBs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e20234_p4", "sents": [ "Chairman Freeman requested that the Natural Gas Infrastructure Report also include a forecast of natural gas availability from the lower 48 states and Canada, as well as whether or not California may depend on these sources to meet its needs.", "Board Member Vial questioned if the unbundling of storage has been successful.", "Ms. Hale replied that the PUC is monitoring non-core use, and that preliminary findings indicate that many non-core customers are increasing their use of storage.", "Activities Related to Renewable Energy and Conservation Staff at the Power Authority reported that coordination between the PUC and the Power Authority is necessary to optimize conservation, energy efficiency, and demand response.", "Specifically, the Power Authority is putting together a residential loan program; financing for efficiencies in public buildings; and, financing for small commercial and industrial upgrades.", "The Power Authority believes that the small commercial and industrial market is the most under-served, due to the multiple demands on owners and their lack of resources." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]