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26th of October 2001 News
Știri așa cum au apărut pe prima pagină a New York Times la 26 octombrie 2001
News organizations try to dispel the notion that ads and bad news don't mix.
Date: 26 October 2001
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Media companies whose properties provide news coverage are for first time forcefully seeking to persuade marketers and agencies to reconsider reluctance to advertise alongside coverage of calamities; for decades, many marketers, on advice of Madison Avenue, have avoided running commercials and advertisements that would appear in news coverage deemed too downbeat or depressing; since Sept 11 terrorist attacks, Time and other newsmagazines, television news channels and newspapers have been urging advertisers and agencies to rethink their longtime sensitivities; photo (M)
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News Helicopters Curbed by Air Restrictions
Date: 26 October 2001
By Greg Winter
Greg Winter
Federal Aviation Administration has opened skies over nation's largest cities to aircraft again following Sept 11 terrorist attacks, but news helicopters still must keep clear of most major metropolitan areas; FAA says news helicopters present unique threats to national security, but it refrains from specifying what those risks are; privately, some officials say that erratic flight paths of news helicopters, which often change quickly as day's events unfold, make it hard to distinguish between legitimate pilots and potential terrorists; no city is as affected by no-fly zone as Los Angeles, where news helicopter art form was born; helicopter reporters chafe at restrictions; photo (M)
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Two Networks Get No Reply To Questions For bin Laden
Date: 27 October 2001
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
More than week after submitting lists of questions to be answered by Osama bin Laden, neither CNN nor Al Jazeera, Arabic-language news network, has received response or any indication that one will be coming soon (M)
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G.M. Is Said To Be Near Picking Winner For DirecTV
Date: 26 October 2001
By Seth Schiesel and Andrew Ross Sorkin
Seth Schiesel
General Motors Corp hopes to decide Oct 27 whether to sell DirecTV, its communications satellite business, to News Corp or EchoStar Communications Corp; EchoStar appears to have edge in negotiations; News Corp is trying to gain advantage by rallying support in Washington, arguing that EchoStar deal would raise serious antitrust concerns; Sen Ernest F Hollings, chairman of Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Repr Billy Tauzin, chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee, express reservations about of merger that they say could eliminate competition; photo (M)
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Walking a Fine Line in Showcasing Women and Dealing With Muslim Allies
Date: 27 October 2001
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
American culture, particularly television news, is showcasing women in power as they cover war in Afghanistan, promote it from government podiums and help wage it in bomber jets and on aircraft carriers; yet enemy terrain is ruled by Islamic fundamentalists who have made veil obligatory and banned women from public life; as Bush administration seeks to help broker coalition government to someday replace Taliban, Pres Bush advisers warn that president's message must be muted for fear of alienating potential Muslim allies in Afghanistan and region; photo of Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke, one of American women whose visibility contrasts with women's status in Afghanistan (M)
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U.S. Steps Up Air Attack, While Defending Results of Campaign
Date: 26 October 2001
By Eric Schmitt and Steven Lee Myers
Eric Schmitt
American warplanes pound Taliban forces along front lines with troop-killing and armor-penetrating cluster bombs, while Defense Sec Donald Rumsfeld and Gen Richard B Myers, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, seek to counter criticism that airstrikes are falling short of America's goal; unmanned Predator reconnaissance drone is used to relay information about new targets to gunships; officials say air campaign has destroyed Taliban's arsenal of aircraft and air defenses and cut off their communications; Rumsfeld voices concern about likelihood of capturing or killing Osama bin Laden and about conflicting information given at press briefings; photo (M)
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Workers Being Kept on Cipro After Tests Prove Inconclusive
Date: 27 October 2001
By Dana Canedy
Dana Canedy
State and local health officials in Florida begin notifying about 400 American Media employees that despite two blood tests analyzed by federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they cannot definitely determine which of workers had been exposed to anthrax; say anyone who spent hour or more in American Media building in Boca Raton in two months ending Oct 7 should consider themselves exposed and continue 60-day regimen of Cipro antibiotics; building remains closed; photo (M)
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KRAFT FOODS IS OFFERING EARLY RETIREMENT
Date: 27 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kraft Foods, which is integrating Nabisco Holdings into its business, is offering some workers in US early retirement in program that is expected to eliminate 1,000 jobs (S)
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONTACT LENS SETTLEMENT APPROVED
Date: 26 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Judge John Fratto approves Johnson & Johnson's $860 million settlement of lawsuits that accused company of misleading consumers into prematurely throwing away disposable Acuvue contact lenses (S)
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LOCKHEED MARTIN POSTS PROFIT OF $213 MILLION
Date: 27 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lockheed Martin Corp reports third-quarter profit of $213 million compared with loss of $704 million year earlier; sales rose 7.1 percent, to $6.38 billion; company receives contract to build $200 billion Joint Strike Fighter (S)
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