Putin Annuls Decree Allowing Radio Liberty's Broadcasts
Date: 05 October 2002
By Steven Lee Myers
Steven Myers
Pres Vladimir V Putin annuls decree issued in 1991 by then-Pres Boris N Yeltsin, allowing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to be broadcast from Russia; Kremlin says Putin's decision is purely technical and would not affect work of station, but to advocates of free press, Putin's decision raises specter of still more Kremlin meddling in Russia's mass media; station has license to broadcast until 2003; it is unclear whether Putin's decision would have any effect on possibility of renewal of license then (M)
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Hague Tribunal Hears Arguments on Exempting Reporters
Date: 04 October 2002
By Marlise Simons
Marlise Simons
Lawyers representing 34 news organizations appear at war crimes tribunal in Hague, urging court to drop its demand that former war correspondent Jonathan Randal testify against his will in trial of Radoslav Brdjanin, Bosnian Serb politician; issue may have become moot because Brdjanin's defense lawyer John Ackerman says he no longer plans to question Randal (M)
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Knicks and Controversy A Familiar Camp Theme
Date: 05 October 2002
By Chris Broussard
Chris Broussard
New York Knicks player Latrell Sprewell causes more controversy when reports that he injured hand during fist fight on his boat are leaked to press; Knicks deny team has any knowledge about that report (S)
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New President of Columbia Urges Affirmative Action
Date: 04 October 2002
By Karen W. Arenson
Karen Arenson
Lee C Bollinger uses inauguration as Columbia University president to reassert value of affirmative action in college admissions and predict that Supreme Court will consider constitutional issue this year; also discusses Columbia's need to expand physically and to engage more with local community and world; photo; he touches further on role of journalism school, where he has suspended search for new dean in order to revisit school's mission and curriculum (M)
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CHIEF QUITS AT INSTINET'S ELECTRONIC TRADING UNIT
Date: 04 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Island ECN says president-chief executive Matthew Andresen has resigned to become head of global trading at Sanford C Bernstein & Co; chief technology officer Will Sterling replaces Andresen as president (S)
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FOUR INDIAN TRIBES TO BUILD HOTEL IN WASHINGTON
Date: 05 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Partnership of American Indian tribes forms to build hotel in Washington, DC; aims to diversify sources of income beyond reservation-based enterprises (S)
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P&O PRINCESS CRUISES FAVORS CARNIVAL AS SUITOR
Date: 05 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
P&O Princess Cruises says that Carnival Corp's $4.1 billion hostile bid is more attractive than proposed merger with Royal Caribbean Cruises now that both offers have won United States antitrust authorities' approval (M)
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DOVEBID, AN AUCTION HOUSE, HALTS INITIAL STOCK OFFERING
Date: 04 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Auction house DoveBid scraps $60 million initial public offering (S)
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VERIZON WEIGHS SALE OF FOREIGN ASSETS TO TRIM DEBT
Date: 05 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Verizon Communications Inc, which owns stakes in overseas telephone companies, considers selling foreign investments to reduce its $61.6 billion debt burden (M)
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TXU HALTS EUROPE PROJECTS AS BRITISH OPERATIONS FALTER
Date: 05 October 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TXU Corp halts European projects and says that third-quarter profit fell more than 25 percent, markedly greater decline than forecast; blames tumbling electricity prices in Great Britain (S)
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