In Chicago, Anyway, You Surely Can Fight City Hall (and Vice Versa)
Date: 26 August 2004
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Mayor Richard M Daley of Chicago has accused Chicago Tribune of withholding bad news about Wrigley Field because its corporate parent, Tribune Co, owns field and Chicago Cubs, who play there; city officials recently suggested that Wrigley might be so unsafe that games there would have to be canceled; inspectors later pronounced it sound; Daley set off latest round of sniping after hearing news last month of falling concrete at Wrigley; Daily has never denied that he is a White Sox fan; photos (M)
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World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: Rebels Lift Blockade
Date: 25 August 2004
By Amy Waldman (NYT)
Amy NYT
Maoist rebels in Nepal fax statement to news agencies declaring they will lift week-long blockade of capital Katmandu; hold they will reinstate restrictions unless rebels held by government are released; withdrew from peace talks in August 2003 (S)
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Hamm Set to Put Ordeal In the Past
Date: 25 August 2004
By Juliet Macur
Juliet Macur
US gymnast Paul Hamm discusses difficulty of dealing with media after winning all-around men's gold medal; says he is empathetic toward South Korean gymnast Yang Tae Young, who won bronze instead of gold as result of scoring error; photo (M)
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Threat of Jailing Is Lifted With Reporter's Testimony
Date: 25 August 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper submits to deposition by special prosecutor Patrick J Fitzgerald, who is investigating disclosure of identity of covert CIA officer Valeria Plame to Robert Novak and other journalists; Cooper is questioned about his contacts with I Lewis Libby, chief of staff to Vice Pres Dick Cheney, after Libby waives confidentiality agreement with Cooper; Federal Judge Thomas F Hogan lifts contempt order against Cooper; photo (M)
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If These Walls Could Publish...; CUNY Puts Journalism Program in Fabled Home of Trib
Date: 25 August 2004
By David W. Dunlap
David Dunlap
City University of New York will open journalism school in 2006 in former headquarters of New York Herald Tribune; remembrances of Tribune, which folded 38 years ago, in its heyday; photos (M)
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY BOUGHT STAKE IN SERVICEMASTER
Date: 26 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway Inc discloses it has bought 3.73 million shares of Servicemaster Co (S)
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CASCADES PURCHASES REMAINING HALF OF DOPACO
Date: 25 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cascades Inc, Canadian maker of paper packaging, acquires half of Dopaco Inc it does not own for $90 million to $100 million to add plants in Asia (S)
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CONSOL ENERGY EXPECTS LOSS IN THIRD QUARTER
Date: 26 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Coal producer Consol Energy Inc will have net loss of 30 to 40 cents per share in third quarter because of lower production and higher costs; equipment problems at mines and labor shortages in eastern Kentucky contributed to production drop (S)
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KERR-MCGEE RAISES FORECAST FOR OIL PRODUCTION
Date: 26 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kerr-McGee Corp raises its forecast for oil output in third quarter because field in Gulf of Mexico is exceeding expectations; expects oil production to average 156,000 to 170,000 per day, beating earlier forecast of 142,000 to 155,000 (S)
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT CMGI RESIGNS AND SUCCESSOR IS NAMED
Date: 25 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CMGI Inc's echief executive George McMillan resigns; Joseph C Lawler to succeed (S)
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