CBS Realigns Entertainment Divisions
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Viacom's co-president Leslie Moonves realigns management of company's CBS entertainment division and Paramount television production studio, promising smoother and greater interaction between two; plan is for Paramount to produce more series specifically designed to satisfy needs of CBS schedule; Moonves promotes David Stapf to position of president of Paramount studio, succeeding Garry Hart; also promotes his long-time second-in-command at CBS Entertainment, Nancy Tellem, to president of CBS Paramount Entertainment Group; promotes Nina Tassler to position of president of CBS Entertainment (M)
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Abduction of Peace Activists Brings War Home in Italy
Date: 09 September 2004
By Ian Fisher
Ian Fisher
In Italy, there is shock at abduction in Iraq of two women who worked for relief group that is outspokenly against war in Iraq and helps child victims of war; Europe seems stripped once again of hope that opposition to war would provide protection from future kidnappings or terror attacks; France, nation most strongly opposed to war, is confronting that reality with abduction of two French journalists by kidnappers demanding repeal of country's ban on head scarves for girls in public schools (M)
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Mining the Courts for Truths Untold
Date: 08 September 2004
By Stacey Stowe
Stacey Stowe
Interview with Donald S Connery, veteran foreign correspondent who has specialized in false confessions and wrongful convictions, subject he first chronicled in 1970's case of Peter Reilly in Canaan, Conn; Reilly was convicted but later exonerated for murder of his mother; photo (M)
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Ilona Marton, 92, Who Wrote of '56 Revolt, Dies
Date: 09 September 2004
By Margalit Fox
Margalit Fox
Ilona Marton, award-winning journalist who was imprisoned for her coverage of events leading up to Hungarian uprising of 1956, dies at age 92; photo (M)
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With Funds Winding Down, Questions Remain About Longer-Term Needs
Date: 09 September 2004
By Lydia Polgreen
Lydia Polgreen
Some $3 billion was raised by charities to help victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks, and nearly all of it has been spent; bulk was handed over in cash grants, some without regard to financial need, decision that has come into question; practice of giving cash was in part driven by pressure from donors and scrutiny from news media over whether charities were dispersing money quickly enough and putting it in the right hands; as longer-term effects of attack begin to appear, safety net that would see victims through tough years ahead may have begun to fray; graphs show who gave to relief funds and where money went (M)
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VIACOM OFFERS SHAREHOLDERS A TRADE FOR BLOCKBUSTER
Date: 09 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom Inc is offering its investors 16 percent discount to exchange their Viacom shares for stock in Blockbuster Inc, video rental chain it is shedding (S)
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HEALTHSOUTH NAMES A NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
HealthSouth corp names John Workman chief financial officer, succeeding Guy Sansone (S)
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MCKESSON LOWERS EARNINGS FORECAST, CITING PRICES
Date: 09 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug wholesaler McKesson Corp says net income in second quarter will fall because of fewer price increases, setting off 15 percent drop in its share price (S)
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ARTHROCARE WILL BUY OPUS TO ADD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ArthroCare Corp acquires Opus Medical for $130 million in cash and stock (S)
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BRITISH AIRWAYS PLANS TO SELL STAKE IN QANTAS AIRWAYS
Date: 08 September 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British Airways plans to sell its 18.25 percent stake in Qantas Airways, valued at 1.1 billion Australian dollars ($764 million), to improve its balance sheet and to finance possible takeovers (S)
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