Word: agreements
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...remarkable agreement between Napster and Bertelsmann pans out [BUSINESS, Nov. 13], the New York State liquor authority might want to investigate, as the legal age for drinking alcohol in New York is 21. In describing how the partnership came together, you noted that Bertelsmann chief Thomas Middelhoff and Napster founder Shawn Fanning consumed a bottle of "$219 Phelps Insignia Cabernet" wine with their power lunch at a New York City restaurant. Perhaps that was the reason why 20-year-old Fanning was so "entranced" by the German media giant. Should the deal turn sour, I'll wonder if the alcohol...
...intangible social equity to the corporate and community-organization partners he has attracted. The National Urban League is promoting Placesofcolor.com at its technology centers, where people get computer training. AOL bought 3% of DME's shares with an option on 4 million more. In October, Dash signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard to buy laptops and PCs. "He's blazing a trail," says Doug McGowan, general manager of e-services solutions at Hewlett-Packard. "If he's successful, others will follow in his footsteps...
...There is that perception," admits Gibson. "The 'Payback' guy who goes around shooting people indiscriminately." Truth be told, Gibson enjoys the perception, and there seems to be an implicit agreement between him and his audience. All parties concerned know he's not as bad as he says he is. He does admit that he was drunk when he made the offending antigay remark, though he has since kicked alcohol and, in the course of recovery, "cooled down a bit," he says. "I was the kind of guy who could strangle an inanimate object. I was a road-rage kind...
...Moscow in the Middle East peace process, and has helped lead a growing number of European and Arab countries to loosen sanctions against Iraq in defiance of Washington's wishes. But Putin's most dramatic challenge yet to the U.S. comes Friday, when Russia unilaterally withdraws from an agreement brokered by Vice President Al Gore committing Moscow to refrain from selling arms to Iran...
...agreement between Gore and then Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin obliged Russia to stop shipping conventional weapons to Iran, in order to exempt Moscow from automatic U.S. sanctions against those who sell arms to countries on the State Department's list of states sponsoring terrorism. Despite the undertaking, Russia continued to fulfill orders for fighter aircraft, armored vehicles and submarines, but it has withdrawn from the Gore-Chernomyrdin agreement to take advantage of a $5 billion Iranian order for helicopters, surface-to-air missiles and new tanks and jets...