Plan to Watch Italy Chief's News Media
Date: 29 September 2001
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Long-awaited plan for monitoring Italian Prime Min Silvio Berlusconi's inherent conflicts of interest between his political office and ownership of news media amounts to having parliamentary leaders from his own coalition name watchdog group that will report back to parliament; even Berlusconi allies concede plan's limitations (S)
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Battle Royal In Britain, All in Family
Date: 28 September 2001
By Alan Cowell
Alan Cowell
Prince Charles is said to be angry with his brother, Prince Edward, for allowing his production company to break agreement Charles reached with press not to film his son, Prince William, as he begins college; earlier criticized Edward's company, Ardent Productions, and his wife, Sophie, for supposedly exploiting their royal connections to further their business interests; photo (S)
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Editors' Note; COMING ON SUNDAY/THE FEAR ECONOMY
Date: 29 September 2001
Sunday Magazine articles noted; cover photo
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Gesture Changes Image of Pope's Health
Date: 28 September 2001
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Vatican officials invite 60 reporters to meet one on one with Pope John Paul II after his punishing six days of meetings, speeches and prayer services in Armenia and Kazakhstan; invitation is extraordinary, but church officials clearly want to show that up close, one on one, pope looks better than he often has in public in recent days; John Paul has been walking and talking with great difficulty at times, but he refuses to cut back at time when he feels that his message of tolerance is needed more than ever; photo (M)
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DAIMLERCHRYSLER EXTENDS CHIEF'S CONTRACT
Date: 28 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DaimlerChrysler supervisory board extends contract of its chief executive, Jurgen E Schrempp, through April 2005 to ensure continuity atop company (S)
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PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS ENDS TESTS OF PAIN DRUG
Date: 29 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Praecis Pharmaceuticals Inc says it will not proceed with trials of drug for chronic back pain after test fails to show it worked (S)
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THREE COMPANIES WIN SYSTEM CONTRACT FOR MEDICARE
Date: 28 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Health and Human Services Department awards Electronic Data Systems, Oracle Corp and PricewaterhouseCoopers a contract to create new accounting system for Medicare and Medicaid; potential value of contract is about $328 million (S)
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EASTMAN CHEMICAL EXPECTS TO EXCEED PROFIT FORECAST
Date: 28 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eastman Chemical says it will beat analysts' estimates for third-quarter earnings (S)
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GENESIS MICROCHIP TO BUY RIVAL FOR $241 MILLION
Date: 29 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Genesis Microchip Inc says it agreed to buy rival, Sage Inc, for $241 million in stock to bolster its portfolio of semiconductors used in flat-panel computer screens (S)
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MANDALAY, CASINO CONCERN, SEES INCOME DECLINE
Date: 29 September 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mandalay Resort Group, owner of Luxor and Circus Circus casinos in Las Vegas, says fiscal third-quarter earnings will fall significantly short of last year's and that it would cut 15 percent of its Nevada staff, or 4,300 people; travel to Las Vegas has fallen in wake of terrorist attacks on United States (S)
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