Children's News Service Collapses
Date: 29 July 2001
By Tamar Lewin
Tamar Lewin
Children's Express news service for young people, runs out of moneyand closes down, after 26 years of giving young people ages 8 to 18 voice in public affairs; service has also been training ground for young journalists who have had some notable news scoops; photos; vice chairman Ed Jones Jr explains financial woes as foundations try to figure out how group ran through millions of dollars in grant money; fingers point to management and consulting spendingby president Eric Graham (M)
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The F.C.C. Loosens Its Media Rules
Date: 28 July 2001
Editorial says Federal Communications Commission's waiving of longstanding restrictions to give Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp control over second major television outlet in New York City should prompt Congressional exploration of ways of ensuring diversity and competition in media business
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Private Sector; None of the Above From Down Under
Date: 29 July 2001
By Becky Gaylord
Becky Gaylord
Anna Murdoch Mann, former wife of Rupert Murdoch, News Corp chairman, gives interview on their marriage to Women's Weekly, Australian magazine, in which she says none of their three children--Lachlan, James or Elisabeth--should take over Murdoch empire; photo (S)
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Censors, Spies and Scholars
Date: 28 July 2001
By Bei Ling
Bei Ling
Op-Ed article by Bei Ling, who was arrested in China last year for publishing literary journal, decries news censorship and suppression of free speech in her homeland; comments on arrest and deportation of Gao Zhan, Qin Guangguang and Li Shaomin; expresses hope that Secretary of State Colin Powell will make human rights, media freedom and creation of legal system that meets international standards focal point of his agenda in upcoming visit; drawing (M)
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Indian Police Arrest Man Loquaciously Claiming He Killed the 'Bandit Queen'
Date: 28 July 2001
By Barry Bearak
Barry Bearak
Man claiming to have murdered Phoolan Devi, India's legendary 'bandit queen,' is arrested as he boasts of crime at impromptu news conference; police had been desperately searching for man named Pankaj Singh when he showed up in town of Dehra Dun and held forth to rapt audience; after making arrest, police learn that his real name is Sher Singh Rana; Devi, notorious lawbreaker who went on to become celebrated lawmaker, was killed at her New Delhi home as she returned from session of Parliament (M)
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Making It in Sports With a Pen, Not a Ball
Date: 29 July 2001
By Chuck Slater
Chuck Slater
Article on Fordham University's Sports Communications Institute, whose recently concluded two-week summer session offered students intense, all-encompassing look at careers in sports writing, play-by-play broadcasting, sports marketing, production and public relations; photo (M)
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PRICES ON FIVE HAIR-CARE PRODUCTS ARE REDUCED
Date: 28 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Procter & Gamble Co cuts prices by as much as a third on three hair-care lines, attempting to regain sales lost to rivals (S)
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CISCO SYSTEMS TO BUY REST OF ALLEGRO SYSTEMS
Date: 28 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cisco Systems Inc will acquire the 60 percent of Allegro Systems Inc it does not already own for $109 million in stock (S)
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NESTLÉ WINS APPROVAL FOR PURCHASE OF RALSTON PURINA
Date: 28 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Nestle, world's largest food maker, receives European antitrust approval for its $11.9 billion purchase of Ralston Purina Co after agreeing to give up dog- and cat-food brands in Spain, Italy and Greece (S)
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON GIVES DETAILS OF SUIT PAYMENTS
Date: 28 July 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson will award consumers cash and credits to settle class-action lawsuit that accused it of misleading marketing of Acuvue contact lenses (S)
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