The World: Press Wars in Baghdad; If the News Turns Bad, the Messenger Takes a Hit
Date: 02 November 2003
By Raymond Bonner
Raymond Bonner
Tensions between US officials in Iraq and journalists discussed; photo; civilian authorities say reporters are ignoring good news, while reporters complain of virtual impossibility of talking to any official without approval of public relations officers who they believe are determined to withhold information (M)
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So Much For 'The Front Page'
Date: 02 November 2003
By Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich article looks at reasons for Americans' lack of trust in news media; says standards within journalism were suffering long before current scandals about reporters who passed off fiction as truth; comments on Shattered Glass, 'pompous' movie about scandal at New Republic, and on 'weird' HBO TV series K Street; says sins of con men Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass pale in light of far more serious, long-term corruption of press; photo; cartoon (L)
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Pros At The Con
Date: 02 November 2003
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column recalls cheating of reporters Janet Cooke, Stephen Glass and, most recently, 'seriously creepy' Jayson Blair at The New York Times; draws parallel with Pres Bush's continuing manipulation of reality in Iraq, where he tries to obscure intensity and nature of opposition and plays down fatalities and large number of wounded by not attending services and banning photographs of coffins coming home (M)
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Juror Denies Comments In the Trial Of a Mother
Date: 01 November 2003
By Alison Leigh Cowan
Alison Cowan
Vincent Giardina, juror in trial that convicted Judith Scruggs of contributing to son's suicide, takes stand in court to deny telling newspapers he voted to convict in part because he did not want Scruggs to be able to sue Meriden, Conn, where she and 12-year-old son lived; The New York Times and other papers stand by quote (S)
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CALIFORNIA AMPLIFIER SAYS EARNINGS WILL AT LEAST DOUBLE
Date: 01 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
California Amplifier says third-quarter per-share earnings will at least double (S)
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NETWORK ASSOCIATES RESTATES RESULTS FOR SIX YEARS
Date: 01 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Network Associates files restated results for previous six years with Securities and Exchange Commission; company is subject of two federal accounting investigations (S)
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PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS RAISES PROFIT FORECAST
Date: 01 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Piedmont Natural Gas says profit will rise in fiscal year beginning Nov 1 after company adds customers in North Carolina and wins rate increases there and in Tennessee (S)
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RELIANT RESOURCES TO HAVE $1 BILLION WRITE-DOWN
Date: 01 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Reliant Resources will have $1 billion in third-quarter costs to write down value of power plants amid glut of energy supplies (S)
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POWEREX TO PAY $1.3 MILLION TO SETTLE U.S. ALLEGATIONS
Date: 01 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Powerex, division of British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, agrees to pay California $1.3 million to settle claims that it manipulated energy prices and violated the state's power-market rules in 2000 and 2001; Powerex agrees to settlement rather than incur estimated $7.5 million in additional legal fees (S)
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NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL TO BUY STAKE IN NATIONAL MEDICAL
Date: 01 November 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National Medical Health Card Systems, which manages pharmacy benefits for insurers and businesses, says New Mountain Capital agrees to buy 55 percent stake in company for $80 million; National Medical says most of shares in purchase will come from chairman Bert Brodsky, and his family; Brodsky is retiring as chairman and will be replaced by New Mountain's chief executive Steven B Klinsky (S)
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