AUTODESK TO REPURCHASE 24 MILLION MORE SHARES
Date: 11 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Software maker Autodesk says it will buy back as many as 24 million more common shares to offset impact of stock options granted to employees (S)
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G.E. TO BUY BACK STOCK AND RAISE DIVIDEND
Date: 11 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Co says it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock over three years and raise dividend by 10 percent (S)
TIME WARNER TO TAKE A CHARGE FOR JOB CUTS AT AOL
Date: 11 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Time Warner will take $60 million charge in fourth quarter for severance benefits related to job cuts at America Online unit (S)
The Left's Problem
Date: 12 December 2004
John S Koppel letter takes exception to Frank Rich's December 5 column about network news' shift to right
Maxwell McCrohon, 76, Chief of Three News Organizations, Dies
Date: 11 December 2004
By Jennifer Bayot
Jennifer Bayot
Maxwell McCrohon, former Australian news correspondent who became editor of Chicago Tribune, United Press International and Los Angeles Herald Examiner, dies at age 76 (M)
Honeywell Increasing Dividend by 10%
Date: 11 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Honeywell International raises annual dividend by 10 percent, first increase in almost five years (S)
Wholesale Prices Rose 0.5% in November
Date: 11 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Labor Department reports 0.5 percent rise in wholesale prices in November, compared with 1.7 percent gain in October; core rate rises 0.2 percent (M)
El Paso to Sell Power Plant
Date: 11 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
El Paso Corp agrees to sell power plant in Rensselaer, NY, to Bison Power; price is not disclosed (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 11 December 2004
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Afghan Opium Production An Issue in U.S. Report Poppy cultivation and opium production will continue to increase in Afghanistan, expanding the dangerous influence of drug lords on the government, a new confidential American military assessment warns. Overall, though, it contained a largely upbeat report on other military, economic and political fronts. A1 Fatal Helicopter Crash in Iraq Two American soldiers were killed and four were wounded when an airborne helicopter struck one on the ground at an airfield in the northern city of Mosul. The cause of the crash was unclear. A6 Crossfire Kills Palestinian Girl Israeli gunfire killed an 8-year-old Palestinian girl during shooting between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians fired mortars toward a nearby Jewish settlement, wounding four Israeli civilians, including a child. Israeli soldiers then returned fire. A9 Ukraine Candidate Tested Again The opposition candidate for president in Ukraine, Viktor A. Yushchenko, returned to a Vienna hospital for the third time, for further testing to determine whether he had been poisoned and, if so, to identify the toxic substance. A3 Berlusconi Cleared of Charges A panel of judges swept away corruption charges against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But it did not completely cleanse the suspicions of wrongdoing that have clouded his three turbulent years in office. A9 Warning on Colombian Militants Colombian officials celebrated the disarmament of 1,400 right-wing paramilitary fighters in northeast Colombia, but rights groups and some lawmakers warned that the effort to demobilize the groups was moving too fast, with no verification of the results and no assurance that they could bring lasting peace. A9 NATIONAL A12-16, 20 Kerik Withdraws Name for Homeland Security Chief Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, abruptly withdrew his name from consideration to be President Bush's secretary of homeland security late Friday night with little public explanation. A1 Setbacks for Anthrax Program The government's $877 million project to create an anthrax vaccine to protect Americans from germ warfare is undergoing significant setbacks. For one thing, the vaccine is unproven in humans. A1 A Question of International Law The Supreme Court accepted an appeal from a death-row inmate in a case that questions whether the federal government can permit Texas to execute a Mexican whose rights under a binding international treaty were violated when he was tried and sentenced to death without Mexican officials being notified. A12 Unions to Pressure Wal-Mart The A.F.L.-C.I.O. and more than a half-dozen unions are planning an unusual -- and unusually expensive -- campaign intended to pressure Wal-Mart to improve its benefits. A15 Weather Halts Search for Crew Huge waves and freezing rain hampered efforts to search for six missing crewmen from a wrecked cargo ship that was spilling its oil into the Bering Sea, threatening a remote and ecologically fragile wildlife refuge in the Aleutian Islands. A13 SCIENCE/HEALTH Testing Advance on Cancer New findings add to the evidence that genetic tests can help to predict whether breast cancer will recur, giving valuable guidance to doctors and patients about whether potentially toxic chemotherapy will be useful or can safely be avoided. A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 Removal of Hawks' Nest Causes Stir Across Nation Since workers removed a red-tailed hawks' nest from a luxury co-op building, the move has been the focus of searing anger from those around the city and nation who saw the hawks as emblems of raw nature in a densely populated urban setting. A1 M.T.A. Head Got Big Raise The chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is seeking a fare increase and new state taxes to stanch a growing budget deficit, approved a 22 percent pay raise for the authority's executive director last year. B1 Rent Assistance Plan O.K.'d The Pataki administration approved a rent assistance plan worth $60 million a year to help families in New York City leave shelters, avoid eviction or obtain larger residences to reunite with children in foster care, while also setting limits on how long and how much they can collect. B1 Religion Journa B6 Neediest Cases B6 OBITUARIES A17 ARTS B9-23 SPORTSSATURDAY D1-6 Sprinter Suspended for Doping The sprinter Michelle Collins, 33, received an eight-year suspension after an arbitration panel declared that she was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of using banned performance-enhancing substances. The decision was a validation for the United States Anti-Doping Agency in its attempts to punish athletes who were suspected of doping in the Balco steroids scandal but who had not failed a drug test. D1 BUSINESS DAY C1-12 Nextel and Sprint Near Deal Sprint is near a deal to acquire Nextel Communications for more than $34 billion in a transaction that would lead to further consolidation in the rapidly changing telecommunications industry, according to executives involved in the negotiations. A1 OPEC to Cut Production OPEC oil ministers agreed to cut production by a million barrels a day to stem a recent slide in price and called for an emergency meeting next month. C1 Internet File-Sharing Case The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the online services that enable copyrighted songs and movies to be shared freely over the Internet can be held liable themselves for aiding copyright infringement. C1 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A18-19 Editorials: Intelligence and civil rights; the commerce secretary's other job; a first cut at sentencing reform; be afraid, be very afraid. Columns: David Brooks, Nicholas D. Kristof. Bridge B17 Crossword B16 TV Listings B23 Weather D7
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 12 December 2004
INTERNATIONAL 3-32 Ukrainian's Poisoning Verified New tests conducted at a hospital in Vienna confirmed that popular Ukrainian Presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko had been poisoned with dioxin, providing an explanation for the broad array of painful and disfiguring conditions that have plagued him during the past three months of the campaign. 1 The Iran Question The Bush administration says the prospect of Iran's obtaining a nuclear weapon is ''intolerable,'' and officials express considerable skepticism that Europe's efforts to negotiate quietly an end to Iran's nuclear activities will succeed. 8 Despite a renewed American effort to repair relations with Europe, a disagreement between the Bush administration and European leaders over Iran's nuclear weapons program has deepened in recent weeks, diplomats on both sides say. 8 Attacks Across Iraq, 4 Dead Four Iraqi police officers were killed and sixteen American soldiers were wounded in a string of insurgent attacks across central and northern Iraq, military officials said. 8 NATIONAL 37-48 Kerik Position Called Untenable President Bush accepted Bernard Kerik's decision to withdraw his nomination as Homeland Security secretary, a White House official said, after Mr. Kerik informed the administration that he had tax and immigration problems with a former nanny and housekeeper. 1 Details on Spy Program A highly classified intelligence program that the Senate intelligence committee has tried unsuccessfully to kill is a new $9.5 billion spy satellite system that could take photographs only in daylight hours and in clear weather, current and former government officials say. 1 Democrats Vie for Top Post Eight Democrats, from a famous failed presidential candidate to a little-known South Carolina political strategist, appealed for support in the contest for national Democratic chairman at a forum in Orlando, Fla., with speeches that offered a portrait of the tough task the winner will face. 44 NEW YORK/REGION 51-60 Plan for a Troubled Reactor Managers of the Salem nuclear power station want to restart a troubled reactor later this month, even though New Jersey regulators have objected. 51 Neediest Cases 53 OBITUARIES 62 F. Darrin Perry An innovative design director of ESPN Magazine , he was 39. 62 Chess 61 Weather 63