Word & Image; When Is Private Pain a Public Good?
Date: 05 July 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel Word & Image column on California Supreme Court ruling in suit by accident victim over television coverage that media cannot by punished for publishing 'private facts' about 'newsworthy' event but can be sued for using 'intrusive tactics;' holds arguments approving publication of private matters contain potential threat to news gathering and arguments deploring intrusive tactics leave media probably excessive latitude; scores stand that news value depends on 'social value' of published material; photo (M)
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June 28-July 4; CNN and Time Apologize
Date: 05 July 1998
Apology by CNN and Time magazine for false report that US military used nerve gas in secret mission to kill American defectors in Laos in 1970 noted (S)
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Producer of Retracted CNN Report Defends Story, but Critics Fault Her Style
Date: 04 July 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Journalist April Oliver defends her report that US used nerve gas against American defectors in Laos during Vietnam War, story that was later retracted by CNN and Time magazine and led to Oliver's dismissal by CNN; Oliver stands by her reporting, and blames her superiors for not allowing enough broadcast time for complete coverage; some colleagues say she might have been better served not by more time but by a less committed and dogged approach; photo (M)
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Liberties; Prime Time Dead
Date: 05 July 1998
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column mocks tasteless media frenzy that does not allow Princess Diana to rest in peace (S)
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Citibank Plans for Japan
Date: 04 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citibank NA, Japan unit of Citicorp, says it will increase branches in Japan to 30 from 19 within one year (S)
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McDonald's Japan Drive
Date: 04 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McDonald's Corp to sell hamburgers in Japan for half usual price for 11 days this summer to try to improve sales in country by 20 percent; price of 65 yen (47 US cents) is lowest ever for McDonald's hamburger in Japan (S)
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Vision World to Be Sold
Date: 04 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vision Twenty-One Inc to buy Vision World and its 38 retail stores in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota, area for about $18.3 million (S)
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Consulting Firm In Acquisition
Date: 04 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Metzler Group Inc to buy LECG Inc, economic analysis and consulting group, for $274 million in stock, to expand services to customers (S)
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Mark Strengthens
Date: 04 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mark gains on unexpectedly large decline in German unemployment and signs of tax reform in Russia; unemployment falls by 120,000 persons in June, double previous month's decline; in London trading, dollar declines to 1.8189 marks from 1.8205 in New York on Thursday (S)
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Paper Makers Pursuing a Venture in Korea
Date: 04 July 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc of Canada and Norske Skogindustrier AS, Norway, say they are in talks with Hansol Paper Co, South Korea's largest paper maker, to form joint venture; Abitibi and other foreign companies are betting that demand from regional newspapers will increase once Asia's economic problems recede (S)
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