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Date: 19 February 2001
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
New York Daily News gossip columnist Mitchell Fink comments on the unflattering treatment he and paper get in episode of The Sopranos, HBO series, after leaking plot lines in November (S)
Date: 19 February 2001
By Geraldine Fabrikant and Seth Schiesel
Geraldine Fabrikant
Cable modems are shaping up as nation's preferred medium for high-speed Internet service even as upgrading of digital cable service is eroding satellite's longstanding dominance in television programming; both satellite and cable companies try to assemble broad packages of video, Internet and even futuristic interactive TV; News Corp will likely soon merge its global satellite operations with DirecTV, dominant US satellite provider; but largest US cable provider, AT&T, considers its bundle of digital service, high-speed Internet and telephone service adequate to garner it the lead in satellite-cable battle; chart (M)
Date: 19 February 2001
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
Hidden Passions becomes best-selling romantic novel under cross-promotion arrangement between NBC and HarperCollins; NBC worked publication of book into plot of soap opera, Passions, a character of which ostensibly wrote it; publisher HarperCollins shares book profit with network; NBC is a unit of General Electric and HarperCollins is division of News Corporation; photo (M)
Date: 20 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Samsung's Samsung SDI unit plans to sell shares in its Malaysian unit (S)
Date: 20 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Debt-ridden Hyundai Life Insurance Co, Hanil Life Insurance and Samshin Allstate Life Insurance fail to attract buyers in government auction, further stalling South Korea's plan to clean up its financial industry (S)
Date: 20 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ernst Welteke, European Central Bank council member, says inflationary risks in 12-nation euro zone are reduced, but still present, suggesting he remains skeptical about cutting interest rates (S)
Date: 19 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Preliminary ratings for most recent NBC broadcast of XFL fall 25 percent from previous week (M)
Date: 19 February 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Liberty Media Corp and UnitedGlobalCom Inc make changes to their intended merger plan at insistence of bondholders (M)
Date: 20 February 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Collapse of Health System Adds to North Korean Crisis The country's grossly undersupplied health system is one victim of the continuing deterioration of North Korea's infrastructure, which has left many residents in a downward spiral despite relief efforts that have included huge amounts of food. Interviews with foreign aid workers and medical experts who travel extensively in North Korea bolster evidence of dire health conditions. A1
Date: 19 February 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-7 Refugee Workers in Kenya Accused of Extorting Fees United Nations investigators are sifting through evidence that corrupt workers with the U.N. high commissioner for refugees in Kenya extorted fees. The amounts are rumored to range from a few dollars for an appointment to up to $5,000 for a new life in the United States, Canada or Australia. A3