Woes of 'Donahue' Cast Shadow Over MSNBC
Date: 19 August 2002
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Phil Donahue's talk show on MSNBC has lost 40 percent of its audience in its four weeks of existence and has fallen well behind Connie Chung's new show on CNN and Bill O'Reilly's on Fox News Channel, which dominates weeknights at 8; Donahue's show is centerpiece of effort by MSNBC and its parent, NBC, to move MSNBC away from reliance on news coverage during day and documentary-style programs in prime time and toward format of opinionated talk all the time; photos; graph (M)
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A TV Rush, At Times Crass, To Remember Sept. 11 Terror
Date: 19 August 2002
By Felicity Barringer With Bill Carter
Felicity With
Television news business is vying to line up officials and survivors whose voices will give accessible dimension to anniversary coverage of terrorist attacks of Sept 11; coverage threatens to mix reverence and solemnity with one-upmanship; newspapers and news magazines are planning special sections or series, but broadcast journalists, whose medium demands immediacy, may be feeling most competitive for exclusive access to people they believe can help recapture collective memory of attacks and aftermath; photos (M)
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Qaeda Videos Seem to Show Chemical Tests
Date: 19 August 2002
By Judith Miller
Judith Miller
CNN reporter Nic Robertson leaves Afghanistan with cache of videotpes experts say provides clearest evidence yet to corroborate US government charges that Al Qaeda developed and tested chemical agents; say collection of about 250 tapes is largest known assembly of videotapes ever made by Al Qaeda of its history and activities; archive includes instruction on bomb-making and how to shoot surface-to-air weapons, as well as first meeting of Osama bin Laden and other Qaeda leaders with foreign journalists in May 1998; earliest videotapes date back to late 1980's, latest include news broadcasts of attack against World Trade Center; photos (M)
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Schools Chancellor's First Day Suggests a Low Profile for Now
Date: 20 August 2002
By Abby Goodnough
Abby Goodnough
Joel I Klein quietly begins tenure as New York City schools chancellor; holds meetings with school officials and workers at Board of Education headquarters in Brooklyn and meets with parents in Queens; visits school District 16 in Bedford-Stuyvesant; entirely private schedule was closed to media in stark departure from tradition; style suggests he may keep lower profile than predecessors; photo (M)
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S.E.C. IS INVESTIGATING CRYOLIFE'S HANDLING OF RECALL
Date: 20 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CryoLife, provider of human tissue for transplants, says Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether company broke securities laws before announcing share recall last week; inquiry follows Food and Drug Administration order to recall all tissue processed since Oct 3 because company could not ensure that products were free of bacteria and fungus (S)
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AQUILA TO SELL PIPELINES FOR $265 MILLION
Date: 20 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aquila Inc sells two natural gas pipelines and its 50 percent stake in third line for $265 million to Energy Transfer Co (S)
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MALDEN MILLS IS EMERGING FROM BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
Date: 20 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Malden Mills Industries, the maker of the Polartec fabrics used in cold-weather clothing, plans to emerge from bankruptcy protection and repay creditors in full (S)
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DIAL CONSIDERS BUYING CONSUMER PRODUCTS BUSINESSES
Date: 20 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dial Corp says it will consider buying consumer products businesses, buying back shares and reducing debt after failing to find buyer after yearlong search (S)
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY IS BUYING CTB FOR $140 MILLION
Date: 20 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, headed by Warren E Buffett, agrees to acquire farm-equipment maker CTB International Corp for $140 million in cash, plus assumption of $40 million in debt (S)
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WAL-MART REPORTS SALES ON LOW END OF FORECAST
Date: 20 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wal-Mart Stores says August sales at stores open at least one year are near low end of its forecast as shoppers bought less clothing last week than expected (S)
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