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• Boston-Area Companies Ready Plans to Battle Convention Disruption.

  - 2004-06-01

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 1--With the Democratic National Convention less than two months away, Boston businesses are honing plans to help employees navigate a week of traffic gridlock and lengthy delays in mass-transit service....

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• The Boston Globe Business Briefs Column.

  - 2004-05-07

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 7--GILLETTE SUES SHARPER IMAGE OVER PATENT: Gillette Co. filed suit against Sharper Image Corp., asking a federal judge to declare that the Boston shaving giant doesn't infringe patents held by the San Francisco retailer...

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• War, Scandal, Job Losses -- 2003 Had All of It, and More.

  - 2003-12-21

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 21--If 2003 didn't hurt so much, you would almost have to laugh. This was a year when an association of very smart economists not only chose the sixth consecutive...

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• The Boston Globe Boston Capital Column.

  - 2002-07-04

  By Steven Syre, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 4--Lots of new investment ideas hatched and thrived during the relentlessly bullish stock market of the past 20 years. Defined contribution retirement plans were near the top of the list. ...

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• Method of Drilling for Natural Gas Produces Riches, Concern in Wyoming.

  - 2001-08-20

  By Tatsha Robertson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 20--GILLETTE, Wyo.--Ellis Bennor walked into a natural gas exploration office to pick up his monthly royalty check. "Think I'll have enough to put something down on a new truck?"...

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• The Boston Globe Boston Capital Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-10-19

  Oct. 20--Gillette's stock soared yesterday when word got out that the Gillette board had sacked chief executive Michael Hawley. Oct. 20--Gillette's stock soared yesterday when word got out that the Gillette board had sacked chief executive Michael Hawley.

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• The Boston Globe Boston Capital Column.

  - 1999-02-22

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 23 -- When Alfred Zeien leaves Gillette Co. in April, he will not go empty-handed. The departing chief executive, who announced his retirement last week, will walk away with Gillette stock and options worth roughly $160 million, based on...

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• The Boston Globe Boston Capital Column.

  - 1998-12-17

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 18 -- Never mind those holiday shopping crowds. The world's consumer markets are not turning out to be a very merry place in the last months of 1998. Two of the biggest global consumer marketing companies, Procter...

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• Iowa Man Indicted on Charges of Stealing Gillette's Razor Designs.(Originated from The Boston Globe)

  - 1997-09-26

  Sep. 26--In wartime, spies steal invasion plans and battleship blueprints. Sep. 26--In wartime, spies steal invasion plans and battleship blueprints.

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• Gillette Co. Reports Increased Profits, Flat Sales.(Originated from The Boston Globe)

  - 1997-07-18

  Jul. 18--Gillette Co., which typically churns out earnings reports that evoke superlatives, yesterday had to use words such as "flattish," "virtually unchanged" and "slightly higher" to describe its performance for th Jul. 18--Gillette Co., which typically churns out earnings reports that evoke...

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