RUMSFELD DRAWS REPUBLICANS' IRE
Date: 24 October 2003
By Douglas Jehl and David Firestone
Douglas Jehl
Senior Republicans in Congress join Democrats in openly complaining about Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld, whose steps and missteps in past month are drawing increasing Republican ire; accuse him of high-handedness and lack of respect; cite his failure to question propriety of comments made by Gen William G Boykin that many see as defamatory to Islam, as well as his glossy public assessments about war on terrorism at time when his gloomy private views are being leaked to press; White House officials make clear they are increasingly frustrated and impatient with Rumsfeld, particularly after he publicly criticizes Pres Bush's closest foreign policy adviser, Condoleezza Rice; senior Republican Congressional official says he feels Rumsfeld is doing harm to White House; photo (M)
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F.B.I. Agents Begin Interviews Of Bush Officials on C.I.A. Leak
Date: 24 October 2003
By Richard W. Stevenson
Richard Stevenson
FBI agents begin interviewing Bush administration officials about disclosure of undercover CIA agent's identity to columnist Robert D Novak; inquiry has been taken to White House, CIA, State Dept and Pentagon over last two weeks; phone logs, e-mail messages, diaries and other documents have been examined, and dozens of administration officials have been questioned (M)
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CHIEF RESIGNS FROM SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
Date: 24 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Saks Inc says Christina Johnson has resigned as president and chief executive of its Saks Fifth Avenue department store division; successor from outside company has been chosen and will be announced in December; vice chairman Steve Sadove will take over in interim (S)
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U.S. CHALLENGES FIRST DATA'S DEAL WITH CONCORD
Date: 24 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
First Data Corp's proposed $6.9 billion acquisition of Concord EFS Inc is challenged by Justice Department, which says combination will hurt competition in debit card networks; Justice Department and seven states file lawsuit seeking permanent injunction from federal judge to prevent First Data from acquiring Concord, owner of nation's largest ATM network (S)
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JUDGE APPROVES PURCHASE OF 6 LORAL SATELLITES
Date: 25 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Loral Space and Communications wins bankruptcy court approval to sell six North American telecommunications satellites for $1.1 billion to Intelsat (S)
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COURT APPROVES SALE OF UAL'S STAKE IN HOTWIRE.COM
Date: 25 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
UAL Corp wins approval in bankruptcy court to sell its stake in Internet travel site Hotwire.com to InterActive Corp and Hydrogen Properties Inc; says it expects to earn about $85 million from sale (S)
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MAXIM INTEGRATED BUYS PHILIPS PLANT IN SAN ANTONIO
Date: 25 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Maxim Integrated Products buys plant in San Antonio that manufactures semiconductor wafers from Royal Philips Electronics for $40 million (S)
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PRIMEDIA AGREES TO SELL ONLINE AD UNIT TO GOOGLE
Date: 25 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Primedia says it will sell its Sprinks online advertising division to Web search company Google (S)
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FORD AND FIRESTONE SETTLE 90 SUITS IN ROLLOVER CASES
Date: 25 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor Co and Bridgestone's Firestone unit say they have settled 90 lawsuits over rollovers of Ford Explorers in Venezuela, Mexico and Colombia (S)
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HEALTH NET AGREES TO PAY $137 MILLION TO SETTLE SUIT
Date: 24 October 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
California's Health Net Inc agrees to pay $137 million to settle lawsuit over sale of workers compensation business that was later taken over by state regulators; suit was brought by Superior National Insurance Group three years ago (S)
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