O dia 24 de junho de 2002 foi um segunda-feira sob o signo de ♋. Foi o dia 174 do ano. O presidente dos Estados Unidos foi George W. Bush.
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Date: 24 June 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Connie Chung is set to make debut with nightly news program on CNN, right opposite Bill O'Reilly on Fox News; CNN executives, who hope Chung can help network regain No. 1 position from Fox, believe she will draw audience by standing in serious contrast to opinionated programs on competing channel; photo (M)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Suzanne Kapner
Suzanne Kapner
Vivendi Universal begins selling part of its controlling stake in its utility unit Vivendi Environnement, but doubts gather about planned sale of Italian pay television unit; company says it expects to raise 1.7 billion euros by selling up to 15.5 percent of Vivendi Environnement, majority-owned water and waste management company; investors are worried by potential unraveling of Vivendi Universal's agreement to sell Italian unit Telepiu to News Corp; Vivendi reached agreement to sell Telepiu two weeks ago for 1.5 billion euros to News Corp; photo of Vivendi executive Eric Licoys and News Corp's head Rupert Murdoch (M)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Eason Jordan, CNN's chief news executive, apologizes on behalf of network for giving more attention to statements of family of suicide bomber, Jihad Titi, than to parents of one of victims in its coverage of attack in Petah Tivka in late May (S)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Kenneth N. Gilpin
Kenneth Gilpin
Gretchen Morgenson of New York Times and Rebecca Smith and John Emshwiller of Wall Street Journal are among winners of Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism; awards, which are administered by Anderson School at University of California at Los Angeles, honor print and broadcast journalists; among other winners are Paul E Steiger of Wall Street Journal, Duff Wilson and David Heath of Seattle Times, Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein, Pamela Coyle and Ronette King of Times-Picayune, Janet Patton of Lexington Herald-Leader, David Henry and Nanette Byrnes of Business Week and Allan Dodds Frank and Lisa Slow of Cable News Network/CNNfn (M)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts
Tatyana Panova defeats Anna Kournikova in first round of Wimbledon, prompting Kournikova to momentarily lash out at media in post-match interview with BBC; photo (M)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Sophia Kishkovsky (NYT)
Sophia NYT
Two journalists from opposition newspaper Pursuit in Belarus are found guilty of libeling President Aleksandr Lukashenko and sentenced to prison; Western officials and human rights groups have criticized Lukashenko for crackdown on press (S)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Federal Trade Commission challenges Cytyc Corp's planned $283 million purchase of medical-test rival Digene Corp, saying acquisition threatens competition; says it will seek to block purchase until administrative law judge considers agency's complaint (S)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lazard LLC real estate fund will buy 34 percent of shopping center developer Konover Property Trust Inc it does not own for $23 million in cash; Kimco Realty Corp is joining Lazard in purchase (S)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CryoLife Inc receives letter from Food and Drug Administration related to inspection of company's human-tissue-processing laboratories that was completed April 12; company will meet with FDA shortly (S)
Date: 25 June 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bunge Ltd is in exclusive talks to buy control of French food oil company Cereol SA to increase its share of European soybean mqrket; negotiations cover purchase of 55 percent stake in Cereol held by Edison SpA (S)