Top Editor Is Said to Depart U.S. News & World Report
Date: 02 June 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Stephen G Smith reportedly will leave as editor of US News & World Report, and be replaced by Brian P Duffy; Smith fell out of favor with owner Mortimer B Zuckerman in midst of circulation and advertising decline (S)
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TV Networks Say They'll Retain An Embattled Polling Service
Date: 02 June 2001
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Major television news organizations decide to retain associations with Voter News Service, polling consortium they blame for supplying bad information on Election Night last year; networks vow changes, such as updating computers, using new models on voting patterns and new ways of tracking absentee and early balloting (S)
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Appeal for Privacy After Bush Twins Are Cited for Alcohol
Date: 01 June 2001
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
White House beseeches reporters to give Bush family privacy following report that Pres Bush's 19-year-old twin daughters have been charged with violating Texas liquor laws; daughters, Barbara and Jenna, receive misdemeanor citations; Barbara is charged for underage possession of alcohol and Jenna with using false identification to try to buy alcohol; matter throws White House and press corps into turmoil, each trying to define what is and what is not appropriate for public examination; Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary, says family's conversations or emotions about matter are off limits to press; twins will visit with their parents at Camp David this weekend (M)
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Financial Journalists Chosen For 2001 Gerald Loeb Honors
Date: 01 June 2001
Floyd Norris of New York Times and Rebecca Smith of Wall Street Journal are among winners of Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, which are administered by Anderson School at University of California at Los Angeles; Allan Sloan, Wall Street editor of Newsweek magazine, is awarded Lifetime Achievement Award; other winners noted (M)
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CANTEL MEDICAL TO BUY MINNTECH FOR $70 MILLION
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cantel Medical Corp acquires Minntech Corp for $70 million to gain its equipment and chemicals for disinfecting kidney dialysis machines (S)
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REGULATORS BLOCK BURLINGTON GAS FIELD PURCHASE
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
$385 million purchase of Canadian gas properties by Burlington Resources Inc from Atco Ltd is blocked by Alberta Energy and Utilities Board regulators who say deal is not in public interest (S)
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BIDDERS FOR FINOVA RAISE PRICE OF BAILOUT OFFER
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkadia LLC, venture of Berkshire Hathaway Inc and Leucadia National Corp, raises offer to creditors of Finova Group, trying to fend off rival bailout plan by GE Capital Corp and Goldman Sachs Group for Finova (S)
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DOUBLECLICK AGREES TO BUY AN E-MAIL DIRECT MARKETER
Date: 02 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DoubleClick Inc agrees to buy MessageMedia, e-mail direct marketer, for $41 million in stock (S)
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SHARES OF CEC DECLINE AFTER PROFIT WARNING IS ISSUED
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CEC Entertainment Inc, operator of Chuck E Cheese pizza restaurants, warns that profit this year will fall short of analysts' estimates (S)
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Metro Business Briefing | Shareholders Lose Out
Date: 01 June 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Vlasic Foods International says it will file bankruptcy plan that provides for no payment to shareholders (S)
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