In Media Res
Date: 29 November 2002
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column on whether economic interests of media undermine objective news coverage; cites failure of most journalists in 'liberal media' to endorse Al Gore's clearly true stand that some major media voices are part of Republican Party; holds handful of organizations that supply most people with their news have major commercial interests that tempt them to slant their coverage and to be deferential to ruling party (M)
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China's Deadly Cover-Up
Date: 29 November 2002
By Nicholas D. Kristof
Nicholas
Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column scores Chinese government's cover-up of its AIDS crisis; holds West must pressure China to act quickly to address growing AIDS challenge; notes government blocks news coverage and aid to one million people infected in Henan Province as result of government-backed blood-selling schemes (M)
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Jewish Sports Hall Will Induct Five
Date: 29 November 2002
By Frank Litsky
Frank Litsky
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame elects former North Carolina University basketball player Lennie Rosenbluth, tennis player Tom Okker, fencer Sergei Sharikov, sportswriter Dick Schaap and statistician Al Munro Elias (S)
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ECHOSTAR SEEKS TO OVERCOME U.S. OBJECTIONS TO DEAL
Date: 30 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
EchoStar Communications, hoping to overcome opposition from regulators over its plan to buy Hughes Electronics, offers to sell Cablevision Systems enough spectrum to reach entire United States with new satellite television service (S)
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MANTECH DISMISSES WORKERS AFTER RECEIVING SUBPOENA
Date: 30 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ManTech International says it dismissed some workers as company conducts internal inquiry into whether it improperly charged federal government (S)
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FAO'S SHARES DECLINE ON WARNING OF SLOW TOY SALES
Date: 30 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FAO Inc, owner of F.A.O. Schwarz and and Zany Brainy toy stores, says that it will miss its sales and profit forecasts for year because of slower consumer spending (S)
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NIAGARA MOHAWK MAY NEED TO REDUCE REPORTED PROFITS
Date: 30 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
niagara mohawk may need to reduce reported profi
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W.T.O. Backs U.S. Law
Date: 29 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The World Trade Organization has upheld provisions of a United States trade law against a European Union challenge that the law was inconsistent with world trade rules, the United States said. The European Union had complained that United States provisions to counteract subsidized imports violated trade rules.
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Audit Firm Quits Client
Date: 30 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Publisher of bar assn directories, 1-800-Attorney Inc, says that Ernst & Young had resigned as its auditor on Nov 20 (S)
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Donnelley and SBC in Deal
Date: 29 November 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
R. R. Donnelley & Sons, the world's largest printer of telephone directories, will publish directories for SBC Communications units through 2015. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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