World Briefing | Africa: Mozambique: Murder Inquiry Cites Leader's Son
Date: 24 December 2002
By Rachel L. Swarns (NYT)
Rachel Swarns
Mozambique news agency reports officials are investigating possible involvement of Nyimpine Chissano, President Joaquim Chissano's son, in slaying of journalist Carlos Cardoso two years ago; reporter was killed while investigating bank fraud tied to many influential people (S)
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MediaTalk; CNN Is Said to Court White House Insider
Date: 23 December 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
CNN informally seeks to learn whether Mary Matalin, who is resigning as strategist for Vice Pres Dick Cheney, wants to return to cable network where she once worked; photo (M)
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White House Letter; From Baring Knuckles to Combing Hair
Date: 23 December 2002
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Interview with Mary Matalin, who is leaving her job as strategist for Vice Pres Dick Cheney; she says that while White House remains accommodating to working mothers, she wants to spend more time with her daughters; says she will continue to advise Cheney on strategy and press matters from outside White House; photo (M)
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DIAL TO SELL BUSINESS IN ARGENTINA FOR LOSS
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dial Corp, maker of Dial soap and Purex detergent, agrees to sell its Argentine business to Southern Cross Group at a loss of as much as $60 million after currency devaluation and recession hurt sales in that country this year; Southern Cross will pay $6 million for business (S)
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NOVARTIS GAINS APPROVAL FOR USE OF LEUKEMIA DRUG
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Novartis wins approval to sell its cancer drug Gleevec in United States as first treatment doctors should try for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (S)
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RIBAPHARM BOARD MEMBERS TO BE REMOVED OVER BONUSES
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ICN Pharmaceuticals plans to remove all but one member of board at Ribapharm as it evaluates whether to shed its 80 percent ownership of company; directors to be removed include Ribapharm chairman, Johnson Y N Lau, who remains chief executive (S)
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CHARTER SAYS IT HAS FIRED 2 TOP EXECUTIVES
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Charter Communications, cable TV operator, dismisses its chief financial officer, Kent Kalkwarf, and its chief operating officer, David Barford, because of federal investigation into company's accounting (S)
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F.D.A. APPROVES KIDNEY DIALYSIS SOLUTION FROM BAXTER
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Baxter International wins FDA approval of its new kidney dialysis solution, Extraneal (S)
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WAL-MART SAYS DECEMBER SALES ON LOW END OF FORECAST
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wal-Mart Stores says that December sales are near low end of its forecast of increase of 3 percent to 5 percent (S)
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Technology Briefing | E-Commerce: Sandisk and Miron Settle Patent Lawsuit
Date: 24 December 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SanDisk Corp, one of world's biggest makers of flash-memory data storage products, says it settled patent lawsuit with Micron Technology over memory chips that retain information when power is off (S)
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