Bush Holds His First White House News Conference
Date: 23 February 2001
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
Pres Bush holds his first White House news conference; seeks public attention and support for his proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut (M)
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National Enquirer Is Out Front on Two Major Reports
Date: 23 February 2001
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
National Enquirer, weekly tabloid reviled for its gossip-laden and sometimes unsubstantiated articles, was ahead of mainstream news media in reporting payment to Hugh Rodham for his role in Pres Clinton's pardon of Almon Glenn Braswell, businessman convicted of mail fraud and perjury (M)
The Big City; Just Forgive, And Forget The Big Bucks
Date: 23 February 2001
By John Tierney
John Tierney
John Tierney The Big City column questions why media is so obsessed with former Pres Clinton's pardons, and why press blames Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton for having a 'venal brother', Hugh Rodham; holds that closest antecedent to American Presidents' power to grant pardons is Catholic system of indulgences (M)
Boston Globe Prints Apology On Article on Murder Inquiry
Date: 22 February 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Boston Globe prints front-page apology retracting report that investigators believed murders of Profs Half and Susanne Zantop likely resulted from adulterous love affair involving one of victims; says report accurately represented views of anonymous law enforcement officials at time they were interviewed, but that new developments have changed their views (M)
GENERAL MOTORS PLANS TEMPORARY CLOSINGS OF PLANTS
Date: 22 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp plans intermittent closings of 14 plants through mid-June; temporary closings will affect almost half of automaker's 29 plants in North America; also plans to slow assembly at four plants (S)
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC AGREES TO 2ND ACQUISITION IN A WEEK
Date: 23 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Scientific Corp acquires Embolic Protection Inc for $75 million (S)
ASTRAZENECA WINS U.S. APPROVAL FOR ULCER DRUG
Date: 22 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
AstraZeneca says American regulators agreed to allow company to promote its new ulcer medicine Nexium as a better alternative to Losec, which is sold as Prilosec in US (S)
KELLOGG CONCEDES TOP SPOT TO GENERAL MILLS
Date: 22 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kellogg Co chairman and chief executive, Carlos Gutierrez, says company is relinquishing its spot as biggest American cereal company after decades of holding off General Mills; Kellogg has focused on volume rather than revenue, offering coupons and other discounts to retain its top spot based on pounds; Gutierrez says it is willing to fall behind General Mills if it will help bolster Kellogg's profit (S)
KNIGHT RIDDER EXPECTS LOWER EARNINGS IN FIRST QUARTER
Date: 23 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Knight Ridder expects its first-quarter earnings to decline because of higher newsprint costs and slowing advertising market (S)
IBP TO RESTATE EARNINGS AND TAKE $153 MILLION CHARGE
Date: 23 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
IBP Inc, meatpacker being acquired by Tyson Foods, will restate earnings for last two years after Securities and Exchange Commission questions its accounting; will take as much as $153 million in pretax charges for inventory and accounting errors at its DFG Foods unit (S)