BOLDFACE NAMES
Date: 28 August 2003
By Joyce Wadler
Joyce Wadler
Joyce Wadler interviews Joe Namath, who New York Jet quarterback who is looking good at 60, and Geraldo Rivera, who interrupted his fifth honeymoon to cover breaking news stories (L)
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27th of August 2003 News
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Williamses Test a Life Without Any Games
Date: 28 August 2003
By Christopher Clarey
Christopher Clarey
Venus and Serena Williams, both absent from US Open because of injuries, generate more buzz than US Open participants, with some of media questioning their motivation; Williams sisters answer by insisting they will play for at least 10 more years (M)
A Dream Remembered
Date: 28 August 2003
By Juan Williams
Juan Williams
Op-Ed article by Juan Williams says March on Washington 40 years ago is considered ultimate expression of Americans peacefully petitioning their government for change; recalls that Kennedy administration, Congress and press had feared that mobs of black people would riot in capital; says despite tense climate, 250,000 people proved their fears were groundless; quotes from some participants on their memories of that day; drawing (M)
ZIMMER TO MAKE OFFER FOR CENTERPULSE
Date: 27 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zimmer Holdings Inc will proceed with $3.2 billion offer to buy Centerpulse after reviewing Centerpulse's accounting; Centerpulse said last week that Securities and Exchange Commission began informal inquiry into how its US subsidiary accounted for inventory (S)
TWINLAB IN TALKS WITH PROSPECTIVE BUYER
Date: 28 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Twinlab Corp, maker of vitamins, is negotiating with prospective buyer; will delay filing financial results for second quarter (S)
CATALINA MARKETING DELAYS REPORTING RESULTS
Date: 27 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Catalina Marketing Corp says auditor Ernst & Young resigned and it has delayed filing earnings reports; also says previously filed financial results are not reliable (S)
TECO ENERGY TO SELL POWER PLANT
Date: 27 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Teco Energy Inc, which is trying to avert credit-rating cut, sells power plant in Florida for $115 million to private equity firm GTCR Golden Rauner and Invenergy; buyers will assume plant's debt, which was $103 million on Dec 31 (S)
U.S. DENIES SBC ON LONG-DISTANCE REQUEST
Date: 27 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SBC Communications fails to win Justice Department support for its bids to enter $7 billion market for long-distance service in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin; department says that SBC issued inaccurate bills to carriers who buy wholesale local services on its network (S)
OFFICEMAX EXECUTIVES SELL SHARES AHEAD OF ACQUISITION
Date: 28 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Executives at OfficeMax Inc, the office supplies retailer being acquired by Boise Cascade Corp, sell $22.6 million of shares; Boise Cascade is buying OfficeMax for $1.15 billion in cash and stock (S)
MEDQUIST NAMES NEW PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Date: 28 August 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MedQuist names R Timothy Stack president and chief executive, succeeding David Cohen, who retired in July (S)