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Date: 23 August 2002
By Adam Liptak (NYT)
Adam NYT
California State Supreme Court declines to hear appeals of orders barring lawyers and witnesses in two criminal cases from talking to journalists (S)
Date: 23 August 2002
By Melody Petersen
Melody Petersen
CNN, in learning that some celebrities who talked on its news programs about their health problems were being paid by drug companies, issues new policy and will tell viewers about stars' financial ties to corporations; says it will ask celebrities who want to talk about medical issue whether they are being paid by company and if so, financial tie will be disclosed during interview; other news programs say that they have also become more careful after learning that some Hollywood celebrities they had interviewed, including stars like Lauren Bacall and Kathleen Turner, had been paid to help promote drugs or other medical products on their programs; dozens of movie, television and music stars, as well as sports celebrities, who are paid by drug and medical device companies, have appeared on talk shows and morning news programs in last year to discuss ailments they or people close to them have; they often mention drugs or other medical products by brand name without disclosing their ties to company (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Leonard Koppett
Leonard Koppett
Houston Rockets No.1 draft pick Yao Ming impresses coaches, players and media in US debut while playing for Chinese national team; photo (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Steven A. Holmes
Steven Holmes
FBI asks all 17 senators on joint Senate-House intelligence committee to turn over appointment books, schedules, phone records and electronic calendars in effort to determine if they may have spoken with journalists about National Security Agency intercepts of telephone conversations by suspected members of Al Qaeda on day before Sept 11 attacks (S)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TiVo Inc reports second-quarter loss narrowed to $3.04 million, down from $34.5 million year earlier; sales rose almost sixfold, to $23.9 million (S)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tenet Healthcare says it will spend $1 billion in year ending May 2003 on capital projects at its 115 hospitals (M)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pennsylvania Atty Gen Mike Fisher asks state judge to bar Hershey Trust Co from selling Hershey Foods until authorities decide whether court approval is necessary (M)
Date: 23 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Second-quarter earnings at Williams-Sonoma rose tenfold as company sold more home furnishings at full price at its Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn stores; cuts forecasts for same-store sales growth; net income in period ended Aug 4 rose to $14.1 million from $1.35 million year earlier; sales rose 16 percent, to $495.6 million (S)
Date: 24 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Network Associates Inc wins support from McAfee.com board of directors to buy remainder of company's shares for $224 million in cash and stock; offer has been revised four times (M)
Date: 23 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Golden State Bancorp says shareholders approved Citigroup's planned $4.7 billion takeover of company; two banks expect to complete transaction by Sept 30, pending approval from federal bank regulators (S)