Suddenly, AIDS Makes the News in China
Date: 05 December 2001
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Stories about AIDS suddenly overflow China's state-owned news media, reflecting government decision to allow greater discussion of rapidly growing epidemic; China concludes talks with at least one Western drug company to import discounted AIDS drugs; move is largely symbolic since prices are still out of reach of most Chinese; most Chinese know little about how virus spreads, while China continues to play down seriousness of its AIDS epidemic (M)
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Access Limits Were an Error, Pentagon Says
Date: 06 December 2001
By David E. Rosenbaum
David Rosenbaum
Pentagon acknowledges that reporters and photographers with Marines in Aghanistan were unnecessarily restricted in their coverage of American troops who were killed and wounded by stray American bomb; promises more access in future; three Special Forces soldiers were killed and 19 wounded when bomb hit near their position north of Kandahar; when casualties were brought to Marine base, reporters and photographers in Pentagon press pool were confined to warehouse and were unable to interview or take even limited pictures of wounded; journalists have protested (M)
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Technology Briefing | Telecommunications: Satellite Radio Coming To New York
Date: 06 December 2001
By Andrew Zipern (NYT COMPILED BY ALAN KRAUSS)
Andrew NYT
XM Satellite Radio begins service in New York City on Dec 6; service, which costs $9.99 per month, has 71 music channels and 29 news and entertainment channels; graph (S)
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World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Newspaper Fined
Date: 05 December 2001
By Sarah Lyall (NYT)
Sarah NYT
British court fines Manchester Evening News over $200,000 for contempt of court for publishing article about whereabouts of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, youths convicted of killing James Bulger, 2, in 1993 (S)
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Zimbabwe's Campaign of Violence
Date: 06 December 2001
Editorial says Pres Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, ruler for 21 years, is once again inciting violence and distorting election laws in advance of election day; says his panicked government has proposed laws banning foreign and domestic election observers or journalists, following recent polls showing that he might lose his presidency to Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of respected umbrella opposition group; says Zimbabwe's neighbors, especially South Africa, should hold Mugabe to his pledge to hold free and fair elections
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SPRINT CUTS EARNINGS FORECAST FOR THE QUARTER
Date: 05 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sprint Corporation reduces its quarterly profit forecast by as much as 21 percent, citing disappointing sales of certain products (S)
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POLYMEDICA SAYS IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY GOVERNMENT
Date: 05 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PolyMedica, a leading maker of diabetes test kits, says Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting formal investigation of its accounting, financial reports, sales of securities and other matters (S)
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TYCO INTERNATIONAL TO PURCHASE CII TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 05 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tyco International Ltd will buy CII Technologies Inc for about $310 million in cash to expand its line of industrial-relay products (S)
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COCA-COLA BOTTLER'S PROFIT TO BEAT FORECASTS
Date: 05 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Coca-Cola Enterprises announces that cost cutting and higher prices and sales will result in net income of 80 cents to 85 cents a share in 2002, above analysts' estimates (S)
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GOLDMAN SACHS SELLS 10% STAKE IN SOUNDVIEW
Date: 05 December 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goldman Sachs Group sells its 10 percent ownership of SoundView Technology Group, technology-focused investment bank, for $20 million to group including General Atlantic Partners (s)
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