18 januari 2005 was een dinsdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♑. Het was de 17e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
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Date: 19 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wyeth, which set aside $16.6 billion to resolve diet-drug lawsuits, says it is in settlement talks with lawyers for people who have rejected its attempts to resolve remaining claims over heart damage caused by fen-phen diet combination (S)
Date: 19 January 2005
By Bill Carter and Jacques Steinberg
Bill Carter
CBS chairman Leslie Moonves says he plans to introduce significant, potentially revolutionary, changes to CBS Evening News format when anchor Dan Rather leaves in March; says moves will likely include shift toward multiple anchors and away from what he calls longstanding 'voice of God, single anchor' format; photo (M)
Date: 18 January 2005
By N.r. Kleinfield
Faculty panel at Columbia University will investigate Jewish students' complaints of intimidation by pro-Palestinian professors in Middle East and Asian languages and cultures department; issue flared into international news in Oct 2004, when news media was shown film 'Columbia Unbecoming,' which had been made by pro-Israel group called David Project; Profs Hamid Dabashi, Joseph Massad and George Saliba are at center of dispute; Columbia pres Lee C Bollinger has been criticized for failing to contain controversy; photos (M)
Date: 18 January 2005
By Jonathan P. Hicks
Jonathan Hicks
Robert F Kennedy Jr is considering running for New York State attorney general, as is his brother-in-law Andrew Cuomo, who is getting divorce from Kennedy's sister Kerry; possibility of Democratic primary between two men promises to be not only battle of dynasties but also more fodder for tabloids, which featured front-page headlines in 2003 about Kennedy-Cuomo marital rift; there is said to be bad blood between two men over that matter; besides Kennedy and Cuomo, former New York City public advocate Mark Green is said to be thinking about entering race; number of candidates with well-known political names considering this race reflects prominence that current Atty Gen Mark Spitzer has given position, and is sign of many Democrats' reluctance to run against him in gubernatorial primary next summer; photo (M)
Date: 18 January 2005
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column likens methods used by Pres Bush to sell war in Iraq during presidential election to his current campaign to privatize Social Security; charges that in both cases, he did not level with voters, he systematically misrepresented case and he politicized federal agencies and intimidated their analysts; says in case of Social Security, secret intelligence is not involved, so media should check out numbers; says they will see that they do not match what Bush is saying (M)
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tesoro Corp's chief operating officer William T Van Kleef will resign and be succeeded by William Finerty, senior vice president of supply and distribution (S)
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Goodrich Corp, largest supplier of landing gear for Boeing Co airplanes, will take charge of less than $7 million in fourth quarter because of Boeing's decision to stop making Boeing 717 aircraft next year (S)
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Penn Engineering and Manufacturing Corp, maker of fasteners used in electronics industry, agrees to be acquired by PEM Holding Co for about $330 million (S)
Date: 19 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Colonial BancGroup Inc agrees to acquire FFLC Bancorp for about $232 million to add 16 branches in central Florida (S)
Date: 19 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Watson Wyatt & Co, which helps companies arrange employee benefits, acquires rest of Watson Wyatt LLP that it does not already own for $451 million in cash and stock (S)
Date: 18 January 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman Corp says chief financial officer Charles H Noski is leaving company and will be succeeded by Wesley Bush, effective March 15 (S)