General Manager Is Replaced In a Reorganization at CNN
Date: 16 September 2003
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN announces reorganization meant to produce more compelling news programs; changes include management reshuffling in which Teya Ryan, manager of CNN's domestic network, will step down; will be succeeded by Viacom executive Princell Hair, whose main experience has been in local television news; CNN president Jim Walton says main change is fundamental shift in way CNN collects its news (M)
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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Newspaper's Equipment Seized
Date: 17 September 2003
By Sharon Lafraniere (NYT)
Sharon NYT
Daily News, Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper, is closed by police after they seize computers and other equipment from offices, citing registration violation; is highly critical of President Robert Mugabe (S)
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Self-Immolation Attempt
Date: 16 September 2003
By Joseph Kahn (NYT)
Joseph NYT
New China News Agency reports man from Anhui Province tried to light himself on fire in Tiananmen Square to protest government seizure of his home; he was only slightly injured in attempt (S)
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Shockey Beats Himself Up After the Beating by the Cowboys
Date: 17 September 2003
By Lynn Zinser
Lynn Zinser
New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey is remorseful and humble in answering media questions about mistakes he made in game against Dallas Cowboys (M)
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Bolshoi Decides It's Over Before 'Fat' Lady Dances
Date: 17 September 2003
By Sophia Kishkovsky
Sophia Kishkovsky
Bolshoi dismisses ballerina Anastasia Volochkova for gaining weight after dispute that enthralled Russian press; she holds she is in top form and following strict diet; complains of conspiracy against her; is measured by New York Times to show that she is 5 feet 6 inches tall, not nearly six feet as Russian press has reported; detractors consider her outsider at Bolshoi who influenced administration with financial support her admirers give company; photo (M)
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IS CHOSEN BY WARNACO
Date: 16 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Warnaco Group names Lawrence Rutkowski as chief financial officer, succeeding Jim Fogarty, who resigns (S)
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TRADING BEGINS TO REBOUND, SCHWAB REPORTS
Date: 17 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charles Schwab Corp says it expects to meet Wall Street forecasts for earnings in third quarter, saying trading by its customers started to rebound in September (S)
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NORTHWESTERN CORP. IS SEEKING BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
Date: 16 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Montana-based NorthWestern Corp files for bankruptcy protection, with $1.76 billion of debt, after failing to refinance or sell stock; agrees to sell Expanets, communications service unit not part of Chapter 11 filing, to Cerberus Capital Management and TenX Capital Management Inc, for $107.5 million (S)
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WORLDCOM INCORRECTLY REPORTS INQUIRY IN VIRGINIA
Date: 16 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
WorldCom Inc makes mistake in bankruptcy court filing, incorrectly stating that federal prosecutor in Virginia was investigating its call-routing practices; will submit corrected filing as soon as possible; Federal prosecutors are examining WorldCom's call routing, as well as company's $11 billion in accounting misstatements (S)
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PANEL TO WEIGH BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PRODUCT IN NOVEMBER
Date: 17 September 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
FDA committee will meet on Nov 20 to consumer Boston Scientific Corp's application to sell its Taxus device in US; Taxus is drug-coated stent that holds arteries open after they are cleared in angioplasties (S)
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