Dow Jones Sees Some Good News Amid the Shadows
Date: 21 April 2004
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Dow Jones shareholders will hear good news about company for first time in years at company's annual meeting on April 21; advertising linage has grown for three consecutive quarters after declines in previous 11, thanks to nascent recovery in financial advertising and increasing consumer advertising at flagship Wall Street Journal; representatives of restive union plan to be on hand to complain about their protracted and heated labor dispute with company; photo (M)
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ARTS BRIEFING
Date: 20 April 2004
By Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Gelder
Arts Briefing column; French police, for first time, reportedly will exhibit their files on Pablo Picasso at police museum in Paris; fragmented copy of Beyond the Rocks, long-lost silent film starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino and directed by Sam Wood, is found in Amsterdam's film museum; NBC announces that Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw will retire on December 1; Brian Williams will replace Brokaw; photos (M)
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Kennedys Without Tears
Date: 21 April 2004
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire Op-Ed column on John F Kennedy's womanizing as reported in Sally Bedell Smith's new book, Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House; comments on journalists' willingness to protect Kennedy aura
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Vanunu Says Israel's Atom Reactor Should Be Destroyed
Date: 20 April 2004
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician convicted of treason and imprisoned for 18 years for revealing Israel's nuclear capacity, is to be released under tight travel restrictions on Apr 21; says he has no more secrets to reveal; tells security officials in recent interview that Israel's nuclear reactors should be destroyed; Israeli officials express fears that Vanunu will draw embarrassing attention to Israel's nuclear program; he has been quoted in Israeli press as saying there is no need for Jewish state; expresses disappointment that Israel has not come under greater international pressure to do away with its nuclear program; photo (M)
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On and Off the Baseball Field, Bonds Prefers to Go for Distance
Date: 20 April 2004
By Lee Jenkins
Lee Jenkins
Barry Bonds, home-run-hitting hero of San Francisco Giants, may be most controversial and most unaccepted player in baseball; his frosty demeanor, his past feuds with teammates and coaches and his connection to baseball's steroids scandal make him more mysterious and, as result, more compelling; he was first person to withdraw from players union's group-licensing program, giving himself control over his image; is buffered by 'team' of two publicists, managing director and creative director; is disdainful of distractions associated with stardom, frequently refusing contact with fans or the press; refuses to discuss matter of steriods and indictment of his trainer Greg Anderson and his nutritionist Victor Conte Jr on charges of illegally supplying performance-enhancing drugs; is expected to eclipse Babe Ruth's career total of 714 home runs, then go after Hank Aaron's major league record of 755 career home runs; is not that different from some of his historical equivalents, many of whom were just as ornery, maintaining lofty self-opinion and motivating themselves by real or perceived slights; photos (M)
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A Haitian Journalist Was Killed, But a Film Keeps His Spirit Alive
Date: 20 April 2004
By David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez
Article on Haitian agronomist and radio journalist Jean Leopold Dominique, who was slain in 2000; Dominique is subject of Jonathan Demme's new documentary The Agronomist; photo (M)
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SONOCO DEVELOPS PARTNERSHIP WITH FINNISH COMPANY
Date: 20 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sonoco Corp, maker of boxes and cans for food packaging, and Ahlstrom Oyj of Finland agree to combine their paperboard-core units in Europe; new company will be called Sonocore-Alcore (S)
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HEALTH-CONSCIOUS CONSUMERS WILL HAVE A NEW COLA
Date: 20 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Coca-Cola Co will sell version of its flagship cola with half calories and carbohydrates to increase demand among health-conscious consumers who do not like diet colas (S)
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KOHLBERG KRAVIS TO BUY PANAMSAT FROM DIRECTV
Date: 21 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co agrees to buy satellite operator PanAmSat Corp from Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV Group and other investors for $3.53 billion (S)
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ETHAN ALLEN WILL CLOSE PLANTS IN NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA
Date: 20 April 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ethan Allen Interiors, which sells furniture at more than 300 stores, will close plants in New York and Virginia and lay off about 500 workers to make its manufacturing base more efficient (S)
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