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Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Morgan Stanley, in filing with Securities and Exchange Commission, says it may face disciplinary action for mishandling charges related to individual investors' fee-based brokerage accounts (S)
Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Johnson Controls agrees to sell World Services Unit, which hires temporary workers at military bases, to IAP Worldwide Services Inc, owned by Cerberus Capital Management, for $260 million (S)
Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
August Technology Corp rejects $204.8 million cash buyout offer from KLA-Tencor Corp; reconfirms commitment to merge with Nanometrics (S)
Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
OPI Properties unit of Novartis agrees to pay $49.2 million in civil and criminal fines and be excluded from federal health care contracts to resolve inquiry into marketing of nutritional products to Medicare and Medicaid (S)
Date: 12 February 2005
INTERNATIONAL A2-8 Sunni Presence Scarce in New Iraq Government The Sunnis, the unchallenged ruling class under Saddam Hussein, decided with remarkable consistency to skip the election of the new government in Iraq. As a result, the Sunnis, who account for about 20 percent of Iraq's 28 million people, will have almost no representation in the government. A1 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made an unannounced visit to Iraq as sectarian violence rippled across the country, with a bombing at a Shiite mosque and a machine-gun attack on a bakery. A8 Japan Challenges North Korea Japan's prime minister urged North Korea to re-engage in disarmament talks while increasing economic pressure with a new law that would bar most North Korean ships from Japanese ports. A6 Russians Take to the Streets Russians are said to be politically passive, but the wave of recent protests unfolding in cities across 11 time zones is unexpectedly challenging this notion, while raising questions about public support for President Vladimir V. Putin. A6 Germany Bans Protests Germany's leading government ministers announced plans to ban far-right protests during coming commemorations of the end of World War II. The ban, if approved by the legislature, would apply to demonstrations at the sites of former concentration camps and Holocaust memorials. A3 Rebel Attacks in Colombia A new wave of leftist rebel attacks, along with mounting international criticism of government efforts to disarm right-wing death squads, have dealt sudden and serious setbacks to President Álvaro Uribe even as he has been touting his success in bringing order to his conflict-riven country. A4 Togolese President Summoned West African leaders summoned Togo's new president, Faure Gnassingbe, to talks in Niger, threatening immediate sanctions if he did not attend. A7 SCIENCE/HEALTH Drug Suspension Draws Ire Psychiatrists said that they were as confused as they were concerned by the news that Canadian regulators had suspended the use of a commonly prescribed hyperactivity drug amid reports of deaths linked to its use. A13 ARTS B7-19 High Expectations for 'Gates' With 45 television cameras in front of him and a view of bright orange vinyl gates stretching through Central Park behind him, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that New York expected an infusion of more than 80 million in tourism and other spending by people flocking to see ''The Gates,'' the vast public art project by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. B7 NATIONAL A9-13, 18 Bush Threatens to Veto Bills That Cut Drug Benefit President Bush threatened to veto any bill that scales back Medicare's prescription drug benefit, which becomes available in January 2006 to elderly and disabled people A1 Al Qaeda Threat Cited in 2001 A strategy document outlining proposals for eliminating the threat from Al Qaeda, given to Condoleezza Rice as she assumed the post of national security adviser in January 2001, warned that the terror network had cells in the United States, according to a declassified version of the document. A1 Wal-Mart to Settle Wage Suit Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's largest retailer, has agreed to pay $135,540 to settle federal charges that it violated child-labor laws in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Arkansas. A9 Hastert Cautious of Bush's Plan Speaker J. Dennis Hastert warned this week that ''you can't jam change down the American people's throat'' on Social Security, becoming the latest and most prominent Congressional Republican to call for more public education and debate before Congress acts on President Bush's top legislative priority. A13 Dean Stakes Claim to Post Still facing lingering doubts in some quarters about his rise to Democratic party chairman, Howard Dean sailed through a final round of meetings with a message of inclusiveness for his detractors and a few partisan zingers. A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 New Strain of H.I.V. Detected In New York A rare strain of H.I.V. that is highly resistant to virtually all anti-retroviral drugs and appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS was detected last week in a New York City man, who had unprotected anal sex with other men on multiple occasions while using crystal methamphetamine, city health officials announced. A1 2 Images of Accused Marine The friends and family of Second Lt. Ilario G. Pantano are struggling to absorb the news that he is a suspect in the murder of two people in Iraq. His friends knew him as a Renaissance man, a mover and shaker in the downtown Manhattan world of independent film and Internet television. B1 FASHION B20 SPORTSSATURDAY D1-6 OBITUARIES A14-15 Arthur Miller One of the great American playwrights, whose ''Death of a Salesman,'' a landmark of 20th-century drama. A man who grappled with the weightiest matters of social conscience in his plays and in them often reflected or reinterpreted the stormy and very public elements of his own life, he was 89. A1 BUSINESS DAY C1-10 CNN Executive Resigns Eason Jordan, a senior executive at CNN, resigned abruptly, citing a journalistic firestorm he had touched off during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in which he appeared to suggest that United States troops were targeting and killing journalists. C1 Private Pensions in Sweden Sweden, long known for its cradle-to-grave welfare state, has already embraced a system that partly resembles the White House's proposals on Social Security. C1 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A16-17 Editorials: A vital job goes begging; Mr. Abbas makes a stand; a dismal class action finale; Carolyn Curiel on ''The Gates,'' waving in Central Park. Columns: David Brooks, Nicholas D. Kristof. Bridge B18 TV Listings B19 Crossword B18 Weather A12
Date: 13 February 2005
INTERNATIONAL 3-20 18 Iraqis Killed in Attacks A suicide car bomber killed at least 17 Iraqis at the entrance gates of a hospital south of Baghdad, and a judge who had investigated crimes in Saddam Hussein's regime was gunned down outside his home. 1 Chalabi's Change of Fortune Ahmed Chalabi, vilified as the man who fed exaggerated reports of Saddam's weaponry to American intelligence agencies, is now all but assured a seat in Iraq's national assembly. Over the past several days he has begun maneuvering to become the country's prime minister. 1 Rumsfeld Returns to Munich An appearance by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in Munich, the scene of his most brutal and bitter clash with Europe two years ago, suggested that he was eager to forge a stronger trans-Atlantic relationship in the second Bush administration. 17 Detainee Tells of Torture Mamdouh Habib, an Australian citizen born in Egypt who was held as a terror suspect by the United States for 40 months, alleges that at every step of his detention he was tortured. 1 The Senate intelligence committee is moving toward adoption of a plan to conduct a formal inquiry into the Central Intelligence Agency's handling of suspects captured in the American effort to curb terrorism, Congressional officials from each party said this week. 15 Hints of China's Criticism State-controlled media and censored Internet chat rooms in China have become uncommonly critical of North Korea since it declared that it had nuclear weapons. 20 NATIONAL 22-35 Democrats Elect Dean Howard Dean, once the grass-roots outsider, rode to easy victory to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee with support from hundreds of party insiders and operatives. 22 Judicial Nominee Battle When the battle over judicial nominations resumes, President Bush may have a good chance of winning confirmation for some of his previously blocked candidates. The new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Arlen Specter, has been quietly building a strategy that could break the logjam over judicial nominations. 35 Army Creates New Badge Army troops assigned to combat units that come under fire will be eligible for Close Combat Badge, a new badge that recognizes their efforts separately from ribbons for all who serve in Iraq or Afghanistan or who support the Pentagon's antiterrorism missions based in the United States, a senior Army official said. 35 9/11 Report on F.B.I. A federal judge is weighing whether to make public a secret Justice Department report that officials say is sharply critical of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for failing to piece together terrorism leads before the Sept. 11 attacks. 22 Harvard Chief Hears from Peers An uproar over remarks made by the Harvard president, Lawrence H. Summers, on the performance of women in math and science took a fresh turn when a critical essay, co-authored by the presidents of three other universities, was published by The Boston Globe. 35 OBITUARIES 47-48 NEW YORK/REGION 37-45 Reaction to Rare H.I.V. Strain As news spread of a rare and deadlier form of AIDS found in New York, communities already hard-hit by the disease, professionals who combat it, and people who are infected, reacted with a mixture of fear and little surprise. 1 'The Gates' Unveiled The giant art project ''The Gates'' was unveiled by Mayor Bloomberg in Central Park as hundreds of spectators, including the artist Christo, looked on. 37 Chess 44 Weather 49
Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ducati Motor Holding reports preliminary fourth-quarter earnings drop of 9 percent, to 13 million euros ($17 million); reports 11 percent rise in sales, to 115 million euros (S)
Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Walt Disney Co directors win re-election with at least 92.2 percent of shares voted; board is working to find successor to chief executive Michael Eisner (M)
Date: 12 February 2005
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Michelin reports 4.6 percent drop in fourth-quarter sales and decrease in revenue, to 4.03 billion euros ($5.19 billion) (S)
Date: 13 February 2005
By Keith Bradsher and James Brooke
Keith Bradsher
China formally calls for nuclear weapons-free Korean peninsula and urges North Korea to return to regional talks regarding its nuclear program, following North Korea's announcement that it has manufactured nuclear weapons; sentiment is echoed in state-run media and Internet chatrooms; broad criticism is important because China has tended to take protective position on North Korea (M)