Pentagon Says It Will Give Journalists Access to Frontline War Units
Date: 28 December 2002
By Thom Shanker
Thom Shanker
US Defense Department, which has battled reporters for decades over access to frontline troops during combat operations, pledges to 'embed' hundreds of correspondents, photographers and video crew members with troops if US attacks Iraq; organizes, for first time, 'media boot camps' to prepare journalists to report on troops; photos (M)
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Doleac Gets to Be the Big Man
Date: 28 December 2002
By Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has adjusted on court and off, prompting teammates and coaches to comment on his easy-going personality, sense of humor and ability to handle hoards of reporters; photo (M)
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Good Polls and Lots of Cash, But Still No Rest for Schumer
Date: 27 December 2002
By Raymond Hernandez
Raymond Hernandez
Sen Charles E Schumer, four years into his first term, has already begun running for re-election; is most popular elected Democrat in New York; people close to him say he is moving aggressively to prepare for any potential challenges, particularly from two titans of Republican politics--Rudolph W Giuliani and George E Pataki; he has visited every one of state's 62 counties in last year, as he did in his first three years in office; his advisers say he plans to do same next year; he has stepped up fund-raising pace, hoping to add $8 million to $12 million he has raked in over last four years; his affinity for publicity is well known; he has continued practice he established during his years in House of Representatives, assembling New York's press corps every Sunday, often to talk about small-bore issues, in hope of getting headlines on what is traditionally slow news day; photo (M)
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PFIZER MIGRAINE MEDICINE IS APPROVED BY F.D.A.
Date: 28 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pfizer's Relpax migraine medicine wins FDA approval, giving company a rival to treatments from several other pharmaceutical companies (S)
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EARNINGS RISE AT NURSING HOME CHAIN
Date: 27 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sunrise Assisted Living's fourth-quarter earnings will rise as much as 77 percent, more than company expected, because it sold nursing homes in seven states ahead of schedule (S)
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HOOKER FURNITURE BUYS LEATHER-SEATING MAKER
Date: 28 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hooker Furniture agrees to buy Bradington-Young, leather-seating maker, for $24.5 million (S)
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PLAYBOY GAINS CONTROL OF FOREIGN TV OUTLETS
Date: 27 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Playboy Enterprises takes of 27 television networks in Europe and Asia in restructuring of TV venture with Argentina's Claxson Interactive Group; now wholly owns venture's networks and TV distribution outside of Latin America, Spain and Portugal (S)
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REAL ESTATE COMPANY IN VENTURE TO BUY MOVIE THEATERS
Date: 27 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
One Liberty Properties, real estate company, buys three movie theaters in New York and Texas through joint venture it controls for $30.8 million (S)
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COMPUTER-MEMORY CHIP MAKER EXPECTS LARGER LOSS
Date: 28 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Silicon Storage Technology, maker of computer-memory chips, says it expects larger fourth-quarter loss and lower sales than previously forecast (S)
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SLOT MACHINE MAKER SELLS OFF CASINOS IN COLORADO
Date: 27 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Game Technology, leading maker of slot machines, agrees to sell its Colorado casinos to Isle of Capri Black Hawk for $84 million (S)
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