'60 Minutes' Creator to Step Down in 2004
Date: 27 January 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CBS News announced today that Don Hewitt would leave his post as executive producer of "60 Minutes."
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4 Dress Rehearsals, And President Is Set For State of the Union
Date: 28 January 2003
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Pres Bush puts finishing touches on State of the Union address, which is again being called speech of his life by political observers in Washington; holds four dress rehearsals with top aides; meets with Vice Pres Dick Cheney and group of newspaper and magazine columnists to discuss and preview it; photo (M)
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Aid Workers Questioned
Date: 28 January 2003
By Rachel L. Swarns (NYT)
Rachel Swarns
Authorities in Zimbabwe question five foreign aid workers, including one American, and accuse them of working as journalists without accreditation; workers are from Lutheran World Federation and write for in-house publication; country's strict media laws require all foreign journalists to be invited before working there (S)
PHARMACIA SATISFIES A CONDITION FOR SALE TO PFIZER
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pharmacia Group will give up right to experimental impotence drug to satisfy condition for company's acquisition by Pfizer; will return rights for drug intranasal apomorphine to Nastech Pharmaceutical Co (S)
ADVANTA TOLD TO PAY $29 MILLION TO FLEETBOSTON
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Judge Jack B Jacobs tells Advanta Corp, provider of credit cards to small businesses, to pay $29.4 million for duping FleetBoston Financial Corp into overpaying for consumer credit card unit; FleetBoston sued Advanta in 1999 for understating liabilities in sale and failing to disclose problems in coding correct interest on accounts; coding problem later forced FleetBoston to refund $41.8 million; Jacobs awards Advanta $854,907 on counterclaim, reducing FleetBoston's verdict to $29.4 million (S)
FAO SEEKS APPROVAL OF WORKER-RETENTION PLAN
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FAO Inc, owner of FAO Schwarz and Zany Brainy toy-store chains, asks bankruptcy court to approve $2 million employee retention plan that includes $750,000 for chief executive Jerry Welch; plan would also pay 15 senior managers bonuses totaling $1.65 million, including Welch's bonus, while lower-level managers would share as much as $350,000 (S)
STANDARD & POOR'S CUTS CREDIT OUTLOOK OF AT&T
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Outlook for credit rating of AT&T Corp is cut to negative by Standard & Poor's, which cites drop in revenue from business customers (S)
PHILIP MORRIS CHANGES ITS NAME TO THE ALTRIA GROUP
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Philip Morris Companies changes its name to Altria Group; Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International and Kraft Foods Inc will keep their names (S)
JOHNSON & JOHNSON SETTLES PATENT SUIT FOR $15 MILLION
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson will pay $15 million and future royalties to settle lawsuit claiming it infringed patent for screw used in spinal implants; Interpore International sued DePuy AcroMed Inc unit of Johnson & Johnson, saying business used technology protected by Interpore patents (S)
World Business Briefing | Europe: Spain: Construction Merger
Date: 28 January 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Spanish builder Sacyr is in talks to merge with real estate developer Vallehermoso valuing Sacyr at as much as 1.27 billion euros ($1.4 billion) (S)