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1st of May 2002 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 1 mei 2002
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Three Journalists Arrested
Date: 02 May 2002
By Rachel L. Swarns (NYT)
Rachel Swarns
Two Zimbabweans and an American are arrested in Zimbabwe and accused of publishing false news; they had reported accusations made by opposition party that supporter was beheaded by government-backed militants; Andrew Meldrum, American who was arrested, writes for British newspaper The Guardian; he has been called 'terrorist' by officials for writing articles critical of government (S)
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World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Editor Shot To Death
Date: 02 May 2002
By Sabrina Tavernise (NYT)
Sabrina NYT
Valery Ivanov, newspaper editor in Togliatti, Russia, is killed after publishing articles on corruption in local government and on ties between local criminal groups and auto producer Avtovaz, which is based in city; Ivanov was also general director of local television station whose previous two directors were killed (S)
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Murder Trial Moved
Date: 01 May 2002
By Seth Mydans (NYT)
Seth NYT
Suspended trial of four men charged with kidnapping and murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is moved to Hyderabad from Karachi for security reasons; third judge is named for case after prosecutor, Raja Qureshi, says previous judge could not guarantee his safety (S)
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World Briefing | Americas: Mexico: Freedom Of Information
Date: 02 May 2002
By Ginger Thompson (NYT)
Ginger NYT
Mexican Senate unanimously approves nation's first freedom of information law, requiring government to open records and files to public; law is seen as important step toward ending seven decades of government corruption and abuses shrouded by secrecy (S)
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WYETH RECALLS AN INJECTABLE ANTICOAGULANT DRUG
Date: 02 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wyeth recalls thousands of lots of injectable clot-busting drug, injected version of heparin sodium, after it finds compound from rubber containers tainted some vials; recall will cause temporary shortage of product, which helps blood move smoothly through vessels; Food and Drug Administration says drug is given to people with cancer and diabetes and those who undergo some operations (S)
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BLOCK SAYS EARNINGS WILL BE AT HIGH END OF FORECAST
Date: 02 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
H & R Block says it prepared record number of tax filings this year and that its income in fiscal year ended April 30 will be at top of range it had forecast earlier; reports $2 billion in fees for tax preparation and related services from Jan 1 to April 15 and says it served 18.1 million clients (S)
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INCREASED SALES LIFT PROCTER & GAMBLE'S PROFITS
Date: 01 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Procter & Gamble Co says quarterly earnings rose 16 percent; net income rose to $1.04 billion from $893 million year earlier; sales rose 4.1 percent, to $9.9 billion, biggest gain in two years (S)
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QUARTERLY LOSS WIDENS AT PRIMEDIA ON RISING EXPENSES
Date: 02 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Primedia Inc says its loss widened to $139.6 million in first quarter from $85.8 million year earlier; sales slipped to $412.1 million from $414.2 million (S)
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NORTHROP SEEKS TALKS WITH TRW ON HOSTILE BID
Date: 02 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman says it is willing to halt its $6.7 billion hostile offer for TRW for 75 days to begin talks with TRW; TRW, which has described bid as inadequate, has insisted that Northrop hold off on tender offer for three years through so-called standstill agreement as condition for opening talks (S)
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ZIFF DAVIS WINS AGREEMENT TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT
Date: 02 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ziff Davis Media reaches agreement to restructure $250 million in debt and says it might need to file prepackaged bankruptcy reorganization plan; shareholders, including leveraged buyout firm Willis Stein & Partners, will contribute $80 million to plan (S)
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DYNEGY GETS $900 MILLION CREDIT LINE
Date: 01 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dynegy Inc posts first-quarter loss of $140 million, but obtains $900 million in credit to protect its energy trading business (S)
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QWEST REPORTS EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY LOSS
Date: 01 May 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Qwest Communications International Inc says first-quarter loss widened to $698 million from $46 million year earlier; sales fell 14 percent, to $4.37 billion (S)
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