"It's a very weighty challenge," Kevin M. Rampe, the president of the development corporation, acknowledged yesterday.
However, he argued that the BBC's failure to stop Savile from abusing his victims made it all the more important that the corporation acknowledged what had happened.
The owner, the FirstEnergy Corporation, acknowledged that workers at its Davis-Besse plant, on Lake Erie about 30 miles east of Toledo, had concealed the damage.
Patrick J. Foye, co-chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation, acknowledged that the convention center expansion plan that he inherited from a previous administration was "dead".
The Polaroid Corporation, acknowledging that its ailing instant photography business is unlikely ever to recover, said yesterday that it would cut 2,000 jobs, at least half in Massachusetts.
F. Carlisle Towery, president of development corporation, acknowledged that he has been speaking to Ms. Stark about parting with the meat-processing plant.
David M. Goebel, the chief operating officer of the development corporation, acknowledged in testimony today that no developer had been signed for the project yet and that there were no definite plans for the property of some of the plaintiffs.
The HealthSouth Corporation, acknowledging that it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, sought yesterday to quell increasing concerns over its Medicare billing practices and stock sales by its chairman.
Jackson Gaius-Obaseki, managing director of the oil corporation, acknowledged the collusion at a news conference in Warri after visiting victims of the latest explosion, and said more dismissals were planned.
While some network executives have disputed some earlier reports of weakening in the ad marketplace, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, acknowledged that the issue was becoming a problem.
[A1.] Altera Apologizes to a Securities Analyst The Altera Corporation, acknowledging that it had been wrong to cut off a securities analyst who had published negative comments about it, apologized and promised to provide him and all analysts covering the company with access to management.
