CNN Will Close Financial News Channel
Date: 29 October 2004
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
CNN will shut down ita
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28th of October 2004 News
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MarketWatch, Web News Site, Is Up for Sale
Date: 28 October 2004
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
MarketWatch, owner of leading financial news site, CBS MarketWatch, is soliciting bids expected to be as much as $400 million for company; some of media companies that are possible suitors include CBS unit of Viacom, Dow Jones, New York Times Co, Financial Times Group of Pearson and Yahoo; MarketWatch has hired UBS to conduct auction; successful sale would mean rich payday for site's founder Larry S Kramer (M)
Web Offers Hefty Voice to Critics of Mainstream Journalists
Date: 28 October 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Every-growing army of Internet writers targets mainstream media with accusations that play fast and loose with truth; journalists believe aim is to bully them into accepting particular point of view, which they insist they do not do, but others worry about eventual chilling effect; conservative Media Research Center posts lists of supposed press infractions, as does new liberal group Media Matters for America; many sites urge visitors to contact news organizations; The New York Times is favorite target of all sides, with one Web site devoted to personal insults aimed at reporter Adam Nagourney (M)
Newsweekly in Hong Kong Falls Victim to Economy
Date: 29 October 2004
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
Dow Jones & Co announces Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, often incisive newsweekly for more than half century, will become monthly opinion magazine in December and virtually all of its employees will lose their jobs; Dow Jones executive Paul E Steiger blames Asian financial crisis that began in 1997, global economic slump in 2001 and outbreak of SARS in 2004, as well as broader lack of advertiser interest in regional newsweeklies, for magazine's financial downturn over last six years; Hugo Restall will head new monthly; severance package for laid off workers noted; photo (M)
A Clouding of the Crystal Ball Draws the Candidates Back
Date: 28 October 2004
By R. W. Apple Jr
R. Apple
Sen John Kerry returns to campaign in Michigan and Pres Bush also plans stops in state that may be back in play; photos; renewed attention comes after Steve Mitchell's poll for Detroit News shows Bush ahead by five points when others poll give lead to Kerry; Gov Jennifer Granholm insists Kerry will win; conservative Detroit News withholds endorsement from Bush, near-seismic event in state politics (M)
A Onetime Senate Shoo-In Now Struggles to Hold On
Date: 29 October 2004
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Sheryl Stolberg
Kentucky Sen Jim Bunning, Republican once considered shoo-in for re-election, is in tight race against Democratic Daniel Mongiardo, physician, state legislator and sudden celebrity; photos; problems for pitcher-turned-politician began when he suggested Mongiardo looks Saddam Hussein's son, admitted using teleprompter during debate and said he watches only Fox News to get information (M)
SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE WACHOVIA-SOUTHTRUST MERGER
Date: 29 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shareholders approve Wachovia Corp's acquisition of SouthTrust Corp (S)2
BLACKSTONE TO ACQUIRE CHEMICAL MAKER ACETEX
Date: 28 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Blackstone Group acquires Acetex Corp for about 318 million Canadian dollars ($261 million) (S)
QUEST'S DOCUMENTS ON DIALYSIS TEST SUBPOENAED
Date: 29 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Quest Diagnostics and its Nichols Institute Diagnostics unit receive federal subpoena for documents related to tests for parathyroid hormone levels, which are used on kidney dialysis patients (S)
GLAXO EARNINGS DECLINE FOR FOURTH QUARTER IN A ROW
Date: 29 October 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
GlaxoSmith Kline says profit declined for fourth consecutive quarter in third quarter; net income fell 9.1 percent, to 1.07 billion pounds ($1.95 billion); revenue fell to 5.02 billion pounds ($9.18 billion) from 5.47 billion pounds ($10 billion) (S)9