12 Journalists Get Michigan Fellowships
Date: 25 May 2003
Twelve American journalists are awarded fellowships for coming academic year by University of Michigan's Knight-Wallace Fellows Program (S)
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There's No Exit From the Matrix
Date: 25 May 2003
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich comment connects genius of public relations strategy used to boost audiences for Matrix Reloaded to potential danger of concentration of power in hands of five immense media companies who posses ability to control content of news reaching public; photo (M)
Saudis Re-Examine an Islamic Doctrine Cited by Militants to Condone Jihad
Date: 25 May 2003
By Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar
Saudi newspaper columnist Mansour al-Nogaidan drops philosophical bombshell with column charging that Wahhabi doctrine of Islam is root cause of violence fomented in name of Islam in Saudi Arabia and around the world; terrorist attacks in heart of Riyadh transform discussion about religious roots of Islamic militancy and how it spreads through mosques, schools, state television and other official institutions; religious establishment is thrown on defensive by repeated accusations that denigrating anything they do not like as 'infidel' has helped breed generation of Saudis whose radical fringe thinks it is acceptable to kill Westerners and even Muslims who get in way; photo of Nogaidan (M)
MICROSOFT'S CHIEF PLANS TO SELL SOME OF HIS SHARES
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer will sell undisclosed number of company's shares for first time in 12 years (S)
HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES PLANS TO TRIM STAFF BY 20 PERCENT
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hudson Technologies Inc, which sells refrigerants, is cutting about 20 percent of its work force and closing six service depots to reduce costs; company has 85 employees (S)
ATARI SELLS A MILLION COPIES OF 'MATRIX' GAME IN A WEEK
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Atari sells more than one million units of its computer game Enter the Matrix in first week; game is tied to release of film The Matrix Reloaded (S)
JUDGE APPROVES UNITED'S DEAL WITH G.E. ON 51 PLANES
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Bankruptcy Court approves agreement under which United Airlines will restructure leases and financing arrangements with General Electric on 51 planes (S)
WELLA HOLDER IN BRITAIN MOVES TO BLOCK P.&G. OFFER
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies UK, shareholder of German hair-care products maker Wella, files motion to block $6.9 billion offer from Procter & Gamble to buy Wella (S)
World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Bond Conversion
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cirio Finanziaria, Italian producer of canned foods, approves plan to convert 1.3 billion euros of debt into shares in effort to avoid bankruptcy (S)
World Business Briefing | Americas: Chile: Economy Expands
Date: 24 May 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chile's central bank reports economy grew 3.5 percent in first quarter 2003, fastest rate since economy grew 4.1 percent in second quarter 2001; manufacturing rose 6 percent, compared with average of 2.8 percent growth last year (S)