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Date: 24 October 2001
By Kenneth N. Gilpin
Kenneth Gilpin
Defense and Justice Departments move to block General Dynamics Corp's $2.1 billion offer to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding, effectively endorsing competing bid by Northrop Grumman; Defense Department finds General Dynamics bid would reduce competition in construction of nuclear submarines and other military vessels; Justice Department files antitrust suit to block deal (M)
Date: 24 October 2001
By Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
Cartoon in New York Post depicting tabloid war between New York Post and Daily News as battleground using anthrax as weapon causes auto dealership chain to withdraw advertising; others are considering similar move (M)
Date: 25 October 2001
By John F. Burns With Terence Neilan
John Burns
A string of explosions rocked Kabul, the Afghan capital, as American jets roared overhead late Thursday night and dropped bombs, witnesses said.
Date: 24 October 2001
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column criticizes federal government for not treating postal workers who may have been exposed to anthrax with same concern shown to people on Capitol Hill and in media and for not leveling with them about threats they face; notes that workers at Brentwood postal facility are going to keep working to defy terrorists despite being angry that Capitol Police dogs got tested before they did (M)
Date: 25 October 2001
By Elisabeth Bumiller and David E. Sanger
Elisabeth Bumiller
Even Pres Bush's supporters say administration's response to spreading threat of anthrax has been ragged and confused, with officials contradicting each other in competing press conferences; administration is coming under intense criticism for not testing postal workers at Brentwood facility--which handles mail for Congress and White House--even while it was clearing Congressional office buildings and offering Cipro to hundreds on Capitol Hill; war at home against anthrax attacks seems more fumbling and disorganized than war in Afghanistan, perhaps because Americans watch each anthrax attack live on television, where every contradictory story and bureaucratic misstep is on display, while in Afghanistan there are virtually no reporters or even independent observers in Taliban-controlled sections of country, meaning Pentagon's account of events trumps Taliban's; photo (M)
Date: 24 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
D R Horton Inc acquires Schuler Homes for $653 million in cash and stock, continuing consolidation of home construction industry; will also assume $552 million in debt (S)
Date: 24 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bowne & Co, whose main business is financial printing, plans to cut jobs because it had third-quarter loss caused by decline in initial public stock offerings and mergers and acquisitions (S)
Date: 25 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Brunswick Corp acquires Hatteras Yachts Inc from Genmar Industries Inc for about $80 million in cash; will close Sea Ray plant in Phoenix and cut about 370 jobs there, less than 2 percent of its work force (S)
Date: 24 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Xerox Corp says third-quarter loss increased to $211 million from $191 million in year-earlier period; sales fell 13 percent, to $3.9 billion from $4.5 billion (S)
Date: 25 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American International Group Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Chubb Corp form new insurance venture in Bermuda to expand their reinsurance operations (S)