The Nation; Breaking All the News That's Fit to Frighten
Date: 01 October 2000
By Jacques Steinberg
Jacques Steinberg
Effect onchildren of news broadcasts about violence and crime discussed in light of ongoing debate about television ratings system; photo; Prof Joanne Cantor, author of book on children and media violence, observes that exempting news from discussion is political, not socio-scientific, decision, because attempt to control news-gathering oeprations would be perceived as censorship (M)
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Pakistan Newspaper Inspection Is Seen as Effort at Intimidation
Date: 01 October 2000
By Barry Bearak
Barry Bearak
Civil libertarians and journalists in Pakistan react angrily and warily to surprise government inspection of electrical hookups at hedquarters of Dawn Group of Newspapers; visit by engineers and armed soldiers is presumed to be effort by military government to intimidate press; strong protests about news coverage have become recent staple of military government, which seized power in bloodless coup year ago (M)
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Reckonings; Oops! He Did It Again
Date: 01 October 2000
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says he was not planning to write any more about George W Bush's faulty arithmetic but is compelled to refute 'mind-blowing' misstatements on CNN's Moneyline program; corrects Bush's figures on budget surplus projections, Social Security and his proposed tax cut, asking why interviewer did not pick up errors (M)
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Turkish Journalist Cleared of Insulting Army
Date: 30 September 2000
By Douglas Frantz
Douglas Frantz
Three-judge panel dismisses charges that Turkish journalist Nadire Mater insulted military in her book about war against Kurdish separatists; case has been closely watched by advocates of press freedom and human rights; book, oral history based on interviews with army veterans, many of them disillusioned with their role in fighting, was banned and confiscated in June 1999; judges also lift ban on book (M)
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UNILEVER TO SHUT CHICAGO MANUFACTURING PLANT
Date: 30 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Unilever will close manufacturing plant in Chicago and lay off 600 workers as it consolidates production to cut costs and spur growth (S)
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SHARES OF AIRBORNE FREIGHT POST A DECLINE OF 17%
Date: 30 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Airborne Freight Corp fall 17 percent after it says it will post third-quarter loss (S)
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MERCK WINS F.D.A. APPROVAL FOR OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG
Date: 30 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Merck & Co's bone-building osteoporosis drug Fosamax is approved by Food and Drug Administration for use in men; drug is expected to generate more than $1 billion in sales this year (S)
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ROCKWELL TO LAY OFF 350 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE WORKERS
Date: 30 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rockwell International Corp will lay off 350 workers at its electronic commerce business, or about 35 percent of unit's staff, to cut costs (S)
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SALOMON SMITH BARNEY ACCUSED OF BIAS AGAINST BLACKS
Date: 30 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Salomon Smith Barney is accused by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of discriminating against black employees; EEOC says that supervisors, managers and coworkers of five 'Haitian, Nigerian or West Indian employees' directed offensive jokes at them and other minority workers; complaint says company paid the five lower wages and denied them promotional chances; Salomon Smith Barney calls suit 'meritless' (S)
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FRENCH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS
Date: 30 September 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
France's jobless rate falls to 9.6 percent in August from 9.7 percent in July; number of job seekers falls 4,000, to 2.527 million; graph (S)
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