Privacy Rights, Fair Trials, Celebrities and the Press
Date: 23 July 2004
By Adam Liptak
Adam Liptak
News analysis; judges in several high-profile cases struggle to reconcile rights and appetites of press, privacy of litigants and fair-trial rights of celebrity defendants, but judicial hostility to press may have reached tipping point and some are concerned for future of prior restraint law and reporters' privilege; in Kobe Bryant case, Colorado Supreme Court has forbidden news organizations from publishing information from transcript mistakenly e-mailed to them by court clerk; legal experts call decision bold, and at odds with US Supreme Court decisions; in Michael Jackson case, court has issued series of orders barring release of essentially all information concerning evidence and potential witnesses' identities; law concerning access to proceedings and documents is not as definitive as that concerning restraints on publication; implications of rulings on First Amendment law discussed; news organizations have begun proceedings in both cases to overturn decision to protect rights of access; photos (M)
Full Article
Microsoft Says It Is Exploring the Sale of Slate Magazine
Date: 23 July 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
According to company executives, Slate has little business salience in an age dominated by search applications.
Full Article
KEYCORP ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND AND SHARE BUYBACK
Date: 24 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
KeyCorp will pay shareholders dividend of 31 cents per share; board agrees to bolster share-buyback program by purchasing additional $25 million worth of shares (S)
Full Article
J.P. MORGAN TO CONTROL AMC ENTERTAINMENT
Date: 23 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
J P Morgan Chase & Co acquires 50.1 percent stake in movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Inc for $2 billion and plans to take company private; Apollo Management will hold other 49.9 percent share (S)
Full Article
ELI LILLY REPORTS 5% DECLINE IN EARNINGS
Date: 23 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly & Co says second-quarter net income dropped 5 percent; net income fell to $656.9 million from $692.2 million year ago; revenue rose 15 percent, to $3.56 billion (S)
Full Article
GUIDANT FORESEES JOB CUTS AND WEAKER SALES
Date: 23 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Guidant Corp reports second-quarter net income of $126.5 million; says sales for quarter will fall as company cuts jobs and loses market share in implantable defibrillators and heart stents; third-quarter sales will probably fall to $890 million to $930 million, from $937.8 million year ago; reports profit of $184.6 million (S)
Full Article
SEARS PROFIT OFF 83% AND FORECAST IS LOWERED
Date: 23 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sears, Roebuck & Co's second-quarter earnings fell 83 percent; net income fell to $53 million from $309 million year ago; revenue in three months ended July 3 fell 14 percent, to $8.78 billion (S)
Full Article
SALADS HELP MCDONALD'S INCREASE PROFITS 25%
Date: 23 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McDonald's Corp says second-quarter profit rose 25 percent; net income rose to $590.7 million from $470.9 million year ago; sales climbed 10 percent to $4.73 billion (S)
Full Article
FAIRMONT HOTELS POSTS 28% DROP IN PROFIT
Date: 23 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts Inc says second-quarter earnings fell 28 percent from year ago; net income declined to $29 million from $40.1 million; revenue increased 21 percent, to $219.2 million from $181.9 million (S)
Full Article
SLUGGISH ADS SLOW PROFITS FOR CLEAR CHANNEL
Date: 24 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Clear Channel Communications Inc says second-quarter profit was little changed because slower growth in national advertising crimped sales at its 1,200 stations; net income rose 1 percent, to $253.8 million, from $251.3 million year earlier; sales increased 7.2 percent, to $2.49 billion (S)
Full Article